VRScout

AUGUST 29, 2021

Companies can host virtual events and secure their own private spaces on “Moon Valley” using this ambitious VR coworking platform. Built for remote teams such as startups, innovative global organizations, and educational institutions, participants are able to join or host events and secure their own private spaces on “Moon Valley.”

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 17, 2017

Google I/O’s 2017 keynote kicked off with some exciting statistics, showing off just how impactful and widespread the company’s applications are. There are 800 million Google Drive users and 500 million active Google Photos users. Pichai followed this up with the announcement of Google Lens.

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2020

The remote event is being organized in partnership with VRChat. Here, we’ll look at what the event will look like, how to register, and – of course – who the nominees for the VR Awards are. Winners from the past three events include Oculus Rift and Quest, Google Tilt Brush, HTC VIVE Pro, and the Vader Immortal series.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2017

During Day 2 of Google I/O 2017, following major announcements of support for standalone VR headsets and a ‘2.0’ After Daydream VR’s positive start in November 2016 , it has taken a while for additional third-party Daydream-Ready devices to appear, perhaps due to the demanding minimum hardware requirements. image courtesy Google.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

In an email to UploadVR, AltspaceVR announced that it will be releasing a “new version of its software” that consists of a “mobile app that fully supports Google Daydream View and also provides access into AltspaceVR for compatible Android phones even without a virtual reality (VR) headset.”

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

In the end, the time has come: Oculus has officially revealed the name and the price of the Santa Cruz headset. Its name will be Oculus Quest and will cost $399. I followed today’s OC5 conference via Facebook streaming only for this moment and Oculus has not disappointed my expectations. ” and he has satisfied us.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Before Oculus can have its three days of fun later this week, Google will be getting its time in the spotlight at its own Made By Google press conference in San Francisco tomorrow. Namely, it’s time to learn a lot more about Google Daydream. Namely, it’s time to learn a lot more about Google Daydream.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Those documents allegedly revealed that Meta’s stores aim to let people try out its upcoming XR hardware in a “more open and connected” space which will make guests feel “curiosity, closeness,” and “welcomed”—all whilst on a “judgment free journey.”

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 13, 2022

Whether it’s powering pop-up experiences and experiential marketing events, or creating unique new ways for customers to explore the latest products offered by brands, there are countless opportunities out there. The company is even producing some of the most impressive smart glasses on the market.

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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? Be it decreasing training costs and risks, reaching unreachable worlds, educating more effectively, boosting sales or increasing traffic at events. Hardware ?—?you It will not sell if it creates them.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 27, 2021

I n 2006, I attended a launch event in San Francisco for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. It let you essentially fly around a city, sort of like Google Earth but in three dimensions. In fairness, Google Earth offers 3D features. And Google Earth VR , lets users fly around cities in strikingly immersive ways.

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AR Insider

JUNE 21, 2021

This week, we look at Snap’s latest lens craze, Niantic’s next AR gaming title, new XR funding and more Facebook/Oculus acquisitions. Let’s dive in… E3, the big trade event for the video game industry, concluded this week. MMO-like ‘A Township Tale’ Coming to Oculus Quest on July 15th.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 29, 2024

In a recent report from the New York Times, Meta revealed new AI features for its smart glasses product – that Meta developed using Ray Ban frames – following the firm’s promise of broader virtual assistant tools for the product range at last year’s Connect event. Meta will enforce these changes today, on March 29th.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

I’m back from Belgium, where I took part in the nice Stereopsia event! Oculus Quest gets hand tracking. Oculus Quest gets hand tracking. Last week, the runtime v12 of Oculus Quest has been rolled out , and this took with it lots of interesting updates. Oculus Quests have started getting vocal commands in the menu.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

It is also working on creating its own hardware : a previous report highlighted that it could build its own chips in the future, and this article shows how the company is working also in acquiring hardware parts markers. Oculus releases hands tracking SDK, official Link cable for Quest and more. Honestly, this scares me a lot.

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ARPost

APRIL 11, 2023

Better AR Hardware Options Better AR hardware options, caused by innovations in mobile technology, such as LiDAR and ToF (depth sensing hardware). Companies like Google, Microsoft, Lenovo, and Vuzix are developing smart glasses to enhance the AR experience. For example, it’s popular among furniture stores like EQ3.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest. New Steam hardware survey highlights that the number of VR headsets has grown again, and now according to Road To VR there are 1.6M Oculus Quest is sold out, and Coronavirus may make the situation even worse.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Likewise, hardware, software and third-party content creators for extended reality (XR) are seeing much stronger enterprise growth compared to consumer sector growth over the last 12 months: almost half (49.2%) reported that growth on the consumer side was weaker than expected, as opposed to just 25.7% working on AR/MR. Kathryn Bloxham.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

As I said a few months ago , we are in the middle of a paradigm change: the cycle that started with the Quest is arriving at an end, and a new cycle driven by new technologies (mixed reality headsets) and new players (Apple, Google) is starting. Google and Samsung Prototype of the Samsung XR headset. Let me tell you why.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The company has set up a virtual event on the platform ENGAGE (of which HTC is an investor) for October, 14th 2021 at 8 am PDT. The motto of the event is “Go With The Flow”, and Upload VR has discovered that HTC recently has trademarked the name “Vive Flow” , so it can be expected that the new device will have that name. Image by IGN).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 16, 2020

This night I woke up at 3am to participate in HTC Vive’s event on ENGAGE because I read that it was an “HTC VIVE LAUNCH EVENT” and I was super-confident in the launch of the Cosmos XR or at least of the Cosmos Play. It is like Google here. A prototype of a screen-less office of the future developed by me.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 8, 2023

T he event will be presented by Oculus Studios Executive Producer Ruth Bram like last year, but introduce new pre-event and post-event sessions. There are two interesting speculations happening about this event. This shows well why it is so difficult to have games with compelling visuals on Quest hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

I am also excited because thanks to the organizers of the VRX event, yesterday I have been able to interview Facebook’s Sean Liu and ask him some questions about Oculus and its vision of Virtual Reality. It has been made together with the development of the VR hardware, it can’t translate to mouse and keyboard.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Unveiled at a press event last month, Google’s Daydream View headset is now on sale from retailers like Best Buy, Verizon, and Google’s own store. Like the Google Cardboard and Gear VR, Daydream View is powered by your phone (in this case a Google Pixel or Pixel XL device). The Daydream View is finally here.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

WebXR is a JavaScript application programming interface (API) that enables applications to interact with augmented reality and virtual reality devices, such as the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard or Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), in a web browser.?—?Wikipedia Wikipedia WebXR API Design Principles: ? A-Frame ? —?A

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 26, 2019

What were the biggest spatial computing trends and events in 2019? Will Google Incubate AR Inside Search? Is Google Building an ‘Internet of Places?’ ’ Is Oculus Quest VR’s ‘iPhone Moment?’ VR Hardware Revenues Projected to Reach $6.39 Begun, The Wearables Wars Have.

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ARPost

APRIL 27, 2021

Similarly, platforms like Hyperfair are ideal for enterprise-oriented VR remote events like virtual forums and expos, but the scale is such that they aren’t great for things like regular or impromptu meetings of working groups. But again, do look into those solutions if they sound like they can fit your needs. Hubs by Mozilla.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Last week, at a Google press event UploadVR had the chance to speak with Google Tango’s director of engineering, Johnny Lee. Tango is a software/hardware solution that allows smartphones and other mobile devices to understand their location in 3D space and translate that information into powerful applications and programs.

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AR Insider

JULY 19, 2021

This week, we look at Looking Glass’ latest hardware, New avatars at Rec Room and lots of new funding. The new new game studio pulled in an astonishing $113M Series C to produce what the company calls “massive interactive live events,” or MILEs. The streaming giant is going head to head with Microsoft, Sony, Google and Apple.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

If you remember well, there’s a scary leaked letter of Mark Zuckerberg where he claims that he doesn’t want to just make programs that run on Android, because they’re subject to the rules of another company (Google). Then it could update them very fast and make them as powerful and successful as the Oculus Quest. Other relevant news.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 21, 2020

“Trendline” is AR Insider’s series that examines trends and events in spatial computing, and their strategic implications. We’ve generally stated “tens of billions” for the collective investment scale of the big five — Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. 608 billion. This can be annualized at $2.4

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Called Cities: VR, it will bring the city-building and management simulation to Oculus Quest 2 in Spring 2022; Polyarc has confirmed that is working on Book 2 for Moss and expects to release it for PSVR in Spring 2022. The event has already happened, but on Youtube, you can find the recording, which lasts around 90 minutes.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

And the price of the wireless add-on is even more suspicious: speaking with a hardware manufacturer, they told me that ONLY THE ANTENNAS of a Wi-Gig connection for VR streaming (like the one of the Vive Pro) costs around $100… so how can the whole wireless streaming device cost just $50?? Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Especially the first feature made most people go in awe : volumetric videos are very expensive, so they’re typically not used during XR events. The result was the one of having Alex Kipman as if he was really in front of you , a fantastic immersive feature for an XR event. HTC is teasing the launch of a new hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 6, 2020

I put inside it a lot of free information about the lessons we have learned organizing a huge musical VR event, and I’m sure it can be useful for you. Another amazing research project showcased by Oculus this week can enable high-resolution displays for the next generation of Oculus Quest. Google acquires North.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The event, hosted by AIXR, aims to recognize outstanding achievements in VR technology. 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. What Is AIXR? VR Lifetime Achievement.

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