UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

In short, I saw a series of well-designed spaces equipped with some of the best virtual reality hardware and software available. HTC is betting big on VR arcades in China. I think,” said HTC’s Viveport President, Rikard Steiber. Photo provided by IMAX. “This will be a breakthrough for the U.S.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

It is amazing how Sony has decided to offer high-quality controllers to its users, and it is also great that it is following current VR standards so that to not disrupt the software that is already on the market. As it had promised on my blog last year , its cool Nreal Light AR glasses have finally arrived in Europe.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

With the technology advancing every year, the hardware is getting cheaper and the software base is growing steadily. In other words, virtual reality becomes affordable and thanks to massive price drops and discounts on hardware and software bundles, now is the perfect time to get your own VR headset and discover what all the hype is about.

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Main Stage: An AR/VR Ecosystem: The Triangle of Hardware, Software Platform and Solution | Fireside chat with Michael Zawrel, Sr. Main Stage: Enabling immersive exploration with Google Earth VR | Rupert Breheny, VR Manager, Google. Manager, B2B Solutions, HTC Vive and John O’Neill, Technology Evangelist, Tobii.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

People can also view YouTube 360 videos, Google Street View, as well as the enterprise’s bespoke 360 web browser. XR Studio : Furthermore, Igloo has also incorporated its in-house XR Studio, complete with LED Studio panels and HTC VIVE’s next-gen tracking system.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

With the technology advancing every year, the hardware is getting cheaper and the software base is growing steadily. In other words, virtual reality becomes affordable and thanks to massive price drops and discounts on hardware and software bundles, now is the perfect time to get your own VR headset and discover what all the hype is about.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The only company not much affected by it is HTC, that manufacturers its headsets in Taiwan and not in Mainland China. HTC Vive releases Cosmos Elite, two models of Vive Pro Eye and creates some confusion. For sure you remember the recent launch of a full line of Vive Cosmos headsets , all with customized faceplates.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! HTC announces Vive Pro Secure. in Europe).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. But, as Road To VR has stated, maybe HTC should have clarified that in all its marketing material.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I’m sorry about that, but it’s still a miracle I’ve managed to write it… Top news of the week (Leaked image from Samsung video) Samsung is back to XR with Google and Qualcomm The big news of the week is that Samsung is back to XR. What is even more interesting is that this device will be built in partnership with Google and Qualcomm.

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Road to VR

JULY 12, 2016

A twenty year career as a Software Engineer started in the UK defence industry, working on the Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft, before he co-founded a mobile games development company that worked with publishers such as THQ and EA. more affordable avenues like GearVR and Google Cardboard. Guest Article by Matthew Magee.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

So I’m coming from — let’s just round it down, let’s call it 15 years — in the enterprise space selling software and services and automation, things like that. And really what we do now is we connect enterprise users, AR hardware manufacturers and AR software providers, the problem solvers. Lance: Sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

So I’m coming from — let’s just round it down, let’s call it 15 years — in the enterprise space selling software and services and automation, things like that. And really what we do now is we connect enterprise users, AR hardware manufacturers and AR software providers, the problem solvers. Lance: Sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

So I'm coming from -- let's just round it down, let's call it 15 years -- in the enterprise space selling software and services and automation, things like that. And really what we do now is we connect enterprise users, AR hardware manufacturers and AR software providers, the problem solvers. Lance: Sure. Lance: Exactly right.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Or is it just a talk about glasses?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

A Horizon game is coming for this new headset, and some rumors talk also about Half-Life: Alyx potentially be available in the future; HTC has announced the Vive Wrist Tracker, a 6 DOF tracker for the Vive Focus 3. For every dollar of hardware, we were making three dollars on software and data sales.”

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I’m thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE — first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now — and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, “well, this is ready for prime time.” The largest VR event in France; maybe in Europe, even. Alan: Oh wow.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I’m thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE — first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now — and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, “well, this is ready for prime time.” The largest VR event in France; maybe in Europe, even. Alan: Oh wow.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2019

So we do the webinars, industry surveys and reports, as well as three events throughout the year across the US and Europe. I think there are still huge questions around what’s happening with adoption, what’s happening with hardware, what’s happening with software, what are the challenges still? Kathryn: Yes.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2016

. • VR was “the biggest loser” in sales this year, PSVR sales forecast greatly lowered – SuperData. • The holiday season seems to have given virtual reality a reality check. • Despite slow 2016, VR is still forecast to hit $14 billion in consumer software sales in 2020. HTC – Vive. Google – Daydream. Sony – PlayStation VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I'm thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE -- first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now -- and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, "well, this is ready for prime time." The largest VR event in France; maybe in Europe, even. We had a big conference earlier in March.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2019

So we do the webinars, industry surveys and reports, as well as three events throughout the year across the US and Europe. I think there are still huge questions around what’s happening with adoption, what’s happening with hardware, what’s happening with software, what are the challenges still? Kathryn: Yes.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Sofia — the humanoid robot, if you’ve seen her — SingularityNET is Sofia’s software and provides some of that software there. So we’ve launched Crowe: The Drowned Armory on Oculus and HTC. HTC is also one of our investors. And so SingularityNET is an AI marketplace. Hrish: Sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Sofia — the humanoid robot, if you’ve seen her — SingularityNET is Sofia’s software and provides some of that software there. So we’ve launched Crowe: The Drowned Armory on Oculus and HTC. HTC is also one of our investors. And so SingularityNET is an AI marketplace. Hrish: Sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Sofia -- the humanoid robot, if you've seen her -- SingularityNET is Sofia's software and provides some of that software there. So we've launched Crowe: The Drowned Armory on Oculus and HTC. HTC is also one of our investors. We invested in about 35 companies in Eastern Europe, mainly in Ukraine. Hrish: Sure.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2022

It is currently on sale only in Europe , and the company plans to sell up to 22,000 units as part of a beta program. In case there is another platform involved, e.g. Android, 30% will go to Google, and 25% of the remaining money (i.e. HTC Vive is going to launch… a box. HTC implements OpenXR on the Vive Focus 3.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

We have about 40 million under management and we invest in primarily in North America, but also in Asia and Europe, too. Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers. So it’s more like AR on a Google map. Alan: Now did you guys participate in that round as well?

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

We have about 40 million under management and we invest in primarily in North America, but also in Asia and Europe, too. Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers. So it’s more like AR on a Google map. Alan: Now did you guys participate in that round as well?

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

You still see it on the hardware, software, and interaction side. On the software side, that’s another thing. HTC did something with Batman; that Game of Thrones thing; some of the demos that Magic Leap had really. We did stuff with HTC Vive at GTC — our first foveated rendering in the world with them.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

You still see it on the hardware, software, and interaction side. On the software side, that’s another thing. HTC did something with Batman; that Game of Thrones thing; some of the demos that Magic Leap had really. We did stuff with HTC Vive at GTC — our first foveated rendering in the world with them.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

We have about 40 million under management and we invest in primarily in North America, but also in Asia and Europe, too. Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers. So it’s more like AR on a Google map. Alan: Now did you guys participate in that round as well?

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

VR First , the global initiative to seed academic institutions with VR/AR hardware and software, today announced that it’s nearly doubling the number of its VR labs in universities and science parks across the globe by the end of 2017. This vision could only be achieved with a vendor-neutral approach,” added Özkan.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

There are hundreds of Chinese hardware and software companies. Two out of the four HTC Vive X accelerators in the world are located in China, in Beijing and Shenzhen. For that matter, those laboratories are proliferating, the fruits of collaborations between companies like HTC, and official bodies such as the Municipality of Shenzhen.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 14, 2020

So, keep a VR (and/or) AR headset at home so that you can keep working on XR software even during the lockdown. This year I had been invited to top-tier events like MWC, GDC, XR Europe and I was overly happy going there. Also now there will be interesting events in VR, like HTC’s VEC that will happen inside ENGAGE.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Meta has not explained why it was removed: some people suspect it was because it could have been used “to see through some clothes”, but I don’t know if the truth is actually some software/hardware incompatibility. Quest Pro costs $1500/€1800 (we have VAT in Europe). Meta Quest Pro and controllers (Image by Meta).

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

China-India & the other Asian Nations have some really interesting #augmentedreality #virtualreality #mixedreality #startups Innovating across Hardware, Software & Content. Alvin is the China President at #HTC leading all aspects of HTC’s business in the region (Vive/VR, phone, Viveport content platform, partnerships and investments).

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