VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

While this past year may have seemed like a quiet one when compared to the more exciting releases featured in 2017 and 2016, these past 12 months have been crucial in the development of the immersive entertainment sector. Of course we can’t talk about standalone VR without bringing up the HTC Vive Focus. LOCATION-BASED VR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 28, 2023

Groups like Microsoft are leveraging a collapsing military contact to keep its IVAS device lineup alive for further funding, and HTC VIVE took note to explain the importance of enterprise end-users in discussion with the World Economic Forum. Samsung Revenue Drops This week, Samsung also revealed its Q2 earnings.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

Users are discovering that virtual reality isn’t just a powerful tool for entertainment. The most recent addition to the Pro Collection is the HTC VIVE Pro 2, which includes precision room-scale tracking, 5K visual fidelity, and a 120-degree field of view. Demand for virtual reality is expanding at an incredible rate.

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2020

Winners from the past three events include Oculus Rift and Quest, Google Tilt Brush, HTC VIVE Pro, and the Vader Immortal series. In addition to the awards ceremony and networking opportunities, the program includes live and prerecorded entertainment and premieres. VR Hardware of the Year. Hardware decontaminator Cleanbox.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

There are so periods during the evolution of a tech with a certain group of leaders, who change over time. In the case of VR, we all remember the competition between HTC and Oculus in 2016, with HTC clearly winning the market until Oculus used Facebook’s money to slash the price of the Rift around 2017.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

This year’s 70+ person judging panel included academic professors and researchers as well as representatives from Google, HTC, HP, Deloitte, NVIDIA, Apache, and others. VR Hardware of the Year. This Year’s VR Hardware of the Year Award went to the Oculus Quest. That same year, Oculus Touch won VR Hardware of the Year.

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ARVR

JUNE 27, 2022

We’re getting better on hardware and high quality content, but how do we actually distribute the fabulous 360 degrees pieces? Hardware ?—?you The most popular devices include currently: Meta Quest 2, Pico G2 / Neo3, HTC VIVE Focus and Flow (coming up as the glasses?—?size It will not sell if it creates them. size headset).

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Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2017

A new report just published from gaming statistics stalwarts Nielsen, suggests that visibility of immersive entertainment and the desire to own hardware that can deliver it is looking pretty healthy heading into the 2nd half of 2017, amongst millennials at least. Of that group, 69% were men, 31% were women.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

We recently completed beta with a closed group of customers and ISVs, and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive. This month we’re continuing a gradual rollout to additional customers in the order with which they purchased and as hardware becomes available,” a Facebook spokesperson said. Image courtesy Facebook.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The show aims to celebrate some of the biggest and best releases in the industry over the past year, from the hardware, software, and business side. A panel of 25 judges will be selecting winners, including BAFTA’s Nick Button-Brown, Jaunt VR’s Dominic Collins, and Emblematic Group’s Nonny de la Peña.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 12, 2022

As the world of extended reality grows increasingly “mainstream”, we’re seeing a host of companies experimenting with the engaging, and entertaining aspects of the technology. This was something the MLB (Major League Baseball) community discovered for themselves, with the help of HTC VIVE. Creating Meaningful Moments for Fans.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 5, 2017

As a result, mobile VR hardware is significantly more popular with Chinese consumers than PC or console VR hardware. These mobile VR devices are easy to use and work with many smartphone models, which is often more appealing to budget-conscious Chinese consumers than expensive, high-end VR hardware. Pay-for-Play.

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VRScout

JUNE 23, 2016

We immediately saw how entertainment centers like The VOID can not only provide more access to the often cost-prohibitive immersive technology, but also help create an entirely new industry of real-life VR arcades that consumers will seek out to experience with groups of friends on a Friday night. Bringing VR Arcades to the Mall.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The HTC Vive releases for this week cover a diverse collection of genres of topics with some winter and Christmas themed treats mixed in. And don’t forget that UploadVR has a Steam community group , complete with a curated list of recommendations so that you don’t have to waste any money finding out what’s good in the world of VR.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

“So one of the questions you might ask us is ‘Why in the world are we making hardware?’ And what we can do now is to be designing hardware at the same time that we’re designing software. Our sense is that that’s going to allow us to actually build much better entertainment experiences for people.”

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XROM

MAY 15, 2023

We chose to host AWE Asia 2023 in Singapore not only because of its convenience for our diverse group of participants who join us from across the globe, but also in recognition of the growth of the extended reality industry in Singapore and across Asia. link] "Innovation in XR requires cross-border collaboration.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 3, 2023

Moreover, the investment secures the Saudi Arabian PIF group with four out of eight seats on Magic Leap’s board of directors as of November 2022. Magic Leap is developing an AR industrial hardware solution that projects immersive imagery on real-world locations to assist end clients with various tasks. 120 Hz refresh rate.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 8, 2020

This has caused a big bump in the SteamVR Hardware Survey, that made us happy. In the latest hardware survey, the number of connected headsets has reached a new all-time high , growing a bit from the one of the last month. HTC announces a new event for June, 16th. HTC Vive has announced a new event for Tue June, 16th at 1.00

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Santa Monica-based First Contact Entertainment has this week raised $5 million to work on AAA VR Games. The developer says that it’s “very important to include other people in the room when people are playing VR for a real-world group social experience. Oculus and Facebook aren’t the only ones funding VR developers.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Both Apple and Google already have very popular stores , they have full suits of tools (think about the Google Docs suite) and entertainment channels (think about Apple TV), and they have enormous expertise in building hardware and operating systems. Google may use its existing partnerships it has on the smartphone sector (e.g.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 30, 2017

Raja Koduri, senior vice president and chief architect of AMD’s Radeon Technologies Group, said in an interview with GamesBeat that the company started working on the project a couple of years ago after one of his visits to India. AMD’s teams also had to create content that could run on high-end hardware in VR in real-time. “It

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 9, 2017

They aim to bring the awards back in 2018, skipping the 2017 season “in order to assess the changing landscape of immersive technology and entertainment,” according to a prepared statement. The updated ceremony is planned to be a showcase looking at both virtual and augmented reality.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 30, 2017

Rikard Steiber, President of Viveport and SVP Virtual Reality at HTC, is constantly sharing his belief that VR “will change the world.” Another Canadian group driving the industry forward for VR innovators, with a significant amount of government backing, is the Screen Industries Research and Training Centre (SIRT.)

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Although VR hardware is growing at such a scale, immersive firms are doubling down on scaling extended reality (XR) developer talent pools to match the demand for VR software. Major immersive firms like Meta and HTC provide unique funding opportunities for various use cases.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Speaking on the emerging trends for 2023, Peck explained that sectors in social media, fashion, entertainment, and games would intersect with a “multimedia approach” to engage consumers. For her, immersive platforms were improving despite the limitations of current hardware devices. Tech Trends for 2023.

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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In the latest coverage of the immersive Out-of-Home entertainment scene for VRFocus , in his latest Virtual Arena column, Kevin Williams reports on an eruption of brand new Location-Based Entertainment (LBE) VR entertainment properties making the capital their home. The entrance to OtherWorld VR. Source: KWP.

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

January saw HTC Vive hold its first developer jam in five years, created in collaboration with Admix, Corsair and VRFocus. The jam saw 11 teams compete for prizes by utilising the latest virtual reality (VR) hardware, coming up with fun, innovative solutions over an intense weekend. .

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Vive Facial Tracker works also with non-HTC headsets. Last week, HTC Vive has announced the Vive Facial Tracker, a sensor to track your facial expressions while you are in VR. Header image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Top news of the week. As long as it works….

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Apple’s take on immersive technologies will also test the future of XR hardware solutions and their roles in the broader XR community through rigorous use cases. Platforms already exist that provide the immersion Apple offers but without the need to have a bulky — and very expensive — piece of hardware strapped to your face.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

PSVR 2 Hero view of PSVR 2 (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment) I had big hopes for PSVR 2. There was (and still is) quite a good hype for these headsets, exactly as there was hype for what was Oculus Santa Cruz, the codename of the Oculus Quest. Bu t the outcome for these headsets is a bit different than expected. Let me tell you why.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Medical institutions are filled with various hardware, and integrating XR could prove difficult without proper standardisation and interoperability. The HTC VIVE representative also reinforced how immersive solutions could ease patients into stressful surgeries or operations. However, there are many hurdles still present.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 5, 2017

The startup is building what it calls a “new type of portable hardware device that might be considered a hybrid between a powerful smartphone and a gaming console.” The group boasts a fairly eccentric group of investors, including Kevin Spacey, a couple of football players and, yes, Shakira. Read more here. Read more here.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

During all these months, I had the occasion of reading on Linkedin about all his cool prototypes and enterprise solutions that he and his colleagues have developed inside the company, ranging from 360 videos to hand-tracked training solutions with the Quest, not to mention XR entertainment solutions for airplane passengers.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Werewolves Within Details: Developer: Red Storm Entertainment. Available On: Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, PSVR . Reviewed on: HTC Vive. Absolutely sure that no one would trust me from that point forward, I left the match for another group. The answer: I’m surprisingly comfortable. Publisher: Ubisoft.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 21, 2018

He’s someone who has worked on games early in his career at Lucas Arts and has always been tied to the entertainment industry. We have a super group, and I feel very lucky to be working with them on a daily basis.”. Pimax, Vive, Oculus and StarVR are all pioneering new technologies and gearing up for their 2 nd generation hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Thanks to the support of HTC, Rob is experimenting with Vive Trackers , and is very eager to tell you everything about his experiments with them, in a series of two very detailed posts. The post finishes also with the little surprise of an interview with HTC’s Shen Ye. HTC Vive Trackers (Image by Rob Cole). Introduction.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In the VR space we had little news apart from the Facebook Connect, so this roundup will be very short… but we had enough news with the Connect that they were enough to keep us entertained for the whole week . Oculus and HTC), there were some cases when this sensor could actually prove to be very useful for some experiments.

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