VRScout

DECEMBER 27, 2016

The next year they achieved a major milestone together, successfully completing a Kickstarter campaign that has become the company’s signature event, Steam Carnival. In 2016 they teamed up with Samsung to simulate an in-game basketball experience for the Rio Olympics. Two Bit Circus Chief Content Officer, Nancy Bennett.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2023

More info (CREAL announcing its new lightfield innovation) More info (Video showing the technology in action) Samsung acquires eMagin Samsung has just acquired eMagin, an American manufacturer of OLED microdisplays for AR/VR headsets, for $218M.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Since it’s currently in Early Access, there’s still more to come, including an animated 1912 experience being released later this year where players will witness historically accurate events through the eyes of a survivor. Titanic VR was the result of a successful Kickstarter campaign created by studio founder David Whelan.

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2018

Part industry event and part immersive tech festival, VRLA is a place where seasoned veterans can catch up on their latest updates while newcomers experience VR for the first time. The two-day conference’s full slate of keynote speakers also include live performances. There’s quite no conference like VRLA.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

John Root co-founded VRLA with Cosmo Scharf in 2014 , and it has organically grown into a thriving VR event with over 10,000 attendees at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The Biggest Immersive Tech Event of the Year Returns May 4-5, Exploring “A New Reality.”.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Meta is building up towards its Connect event later this month. However, audiences do not expect the Menlo Park firm to announce many enterprise XR solutions, with Meta outlining that the Connect event will focus on consumer and gaming use cases.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2021

Together with this piece of news, Bloomberg also reported that PSVR 2 will feature an OLED display manufactured by Samsung. The second one is a research project by Cornell University and Samsung that have created together a metalens that can change its optical properties using voltage variations.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2018

When I talked about this disillusionment, Mr. President ( Alvin Wang Graylin ) told me that it is an event about smartphones, so of course, there hasn’t been much attention towards VR. There was a setup that let them simulate a fly inside a ballon and it worked completely wireless. Samsung S9. He has a point. It has a 5.8-inch

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

Google – Daydream View. Samsung – Gear VR. Google – Tilt Brush. Google – Google Earth VR. Google – Tabel. Industrial Training International – ITI Crane Simulator. Oculus – Rift. Razer – OSVR. Sony – Playstation VR. Starbreeze – StarVR.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Image by MegaDodo Simulation Games). Viveport is improving a lot, and now HTC is also launching the Vive XR Suite , which will be distributed thanks to the support of a strong network of partners like HP, NVIDIA, Baidu (the Chinese Google), and Accenture. Stanford and Samsung create a super-high-resolution display.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 29, 2016

We’ve had big events from practically every major headset maker with announcements that mean big things for both the short and long-term futures. Google Daydream Is Weeks Away. Daydream, Google’s mobile VR ecosystem for Android, is almost here. So what was the biggest announcement of the last 30 days?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 7, 2017

We’ve got great new apps from the BBC and Google and there’s some cool content for Gear VR, too. You follow the survivor’s account of the events, visiting historic locations and breathing in the atmosphere. Blocks, from Google. Blocks is Google’s shot at getting everyone involved with VR content creation.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

to play simulation games) or if you don’t need to play games where controllers tracking is fundamental, like competitive shooters. In the communication, it is emphasized that it is able to work with 5G phones from different brands like Sony and Samsung. Google releases the Objectron dataset. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

Imagine it as the Google Docs for 3D artists, a set of tools that let people involved in CGI work on the same scene collaboratively at the same time, even if they are at the opposite sides of the world. Samsung terminates its XR services. In-person events are banned because of the COVID, so festivals have to find alternate solutions.

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

Ideas on the ground and on board: The airport industry first began toying with wearable technology with the release of the original Google Glass in 2013. Let’s look back: Early trials: Virgin Atlantic ’s 2014 trial at London Heathrow Airport – in collaboration with SITA – included both Google Glass and the Sony SmartWatch 2.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

During its WWDC showcase event, Apple already highlighted how users could leverage classic first-party productivity applications on the Vision Pro device. Now there’s a step change in my ability to develop in the simulator, write quality code, and design good user experiences. The Vision Pro device is due in 2024 for $3,499.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This involves the simulated placement of virtual sound sources anywhere in a simulated three-dimensional space, including behind, above or below the listener. Relive an unforgettable event. This feature will soon be available for Androids and PC ends. Stay tuned! Listen to true surround music.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

As with every big event, I’m writing a post to try to summarize the most important news that have come out from the GDC 2018 … so that if you have lost something, you just need to read this post to get in par with the rest of the world. Google AR apps. So, are you ready? Let’s start! Vive Pro price and release date.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Google drops support for Daydream. With a communication that has surprised no one, Google has dropped support for the Daydream platform, which won’t be supported in the upcoming Android 11. Phones stopped to be compatible with Daydream , and Google never released a new viewer after the second version of the Daydream View.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

More info (Sam Altman returns as CEO of OpenAI) More info (The Q* algorithm could be the reason why Altman was fired) News worth a mention Samsung trademarks “Samsung Glasses” Samsung has filed a trademark for “Samsung Glasses” in the UK. And guess who is one of his first guests?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2019

A little while back, he sat down with Event Director Kathryn Bloxham, to get a sense of who will be there, what there is to see, and where the XR market is as 2019 comes to a close. Kathryn: Yeah, so I work for XR Intelligence, which was actually recently acquired by Thomson Reuters under the new Reuters Events brand, which is very exciting.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2019

A little while back, he sat down with Event Director Kathryn Bloxham, to get a sense of who will be there, what there is to see, and where the XR market is as 2019 comes to a close. Kathryn: Yeah, so I work for XR Intelligence, which was actually recently acquired by Thomson Reuters under the new Reuters Events brand, which is very exciting.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

There’s a whole range of services, and GPS is getting better now that it’s being married to computer vision, so you can get highly-localized Google directions – really accurate, down to a couple of feet. Is this a job for Google Glass? Charlie: VR has a lot of fantastic applications in training and simulation.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

There’s a whole range of services, and GPS is getting better now that it’s being married to computer vision, so you can get highly-localized Google directions – really accurate, down to a couple of feet. Is this a job for Google Glass? Charlie: VR has a lot of fantastic applications in training and simulation.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

But, in the early days of this industry, it is the developer conferences, the places where creators come together to share knowledge and reveal breakthroughs, that are the really exciting events to cover. Alon Or-bach (Samsung Electronics), Kaye Mason (Google). Stefan Walker (Google), Luca Prasso (Google).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The New York Times distributes more than 1 million Google Cardboard phone VR viewers to subscribers with the launch of The Displaced , a 360-degree video project focusing on children driven from their homes by war. Eye-tracking startup Eyefluence, which raises $14 million this month, is acquired about a year later by Google.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google killed its AR glasses Project Iris Do you remember the name Project Iris? Various reports indicated it as the internal codename in Google for a project meant to build augmented reality glasses. It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The downside is that dvelopers only receive events, such as the pixel the user was looking at when they pinch, but don’t have raw access to skeletal hand tracking. On Quest you can bring up the browser without minimizing the immersive app, so you could be standing next to a friend in a VR game while you quickly Google something.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 21, 2018

I didn’t know that: Google has still to coordinate with OEMs and so at the moment there is no ARCore-compatible tablet. And it can also be used in training experience to simulate extreme situations (think about firefighters training, for instance). A Samsung Odyssey and a haptic vest: this setting makes VR more realistic.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop — a 3D physics multi-touch desktop — to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Jacob, welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop — a 3D physics multi-touch desktop — to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Jacob, welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop -- a 3D physics multi-touch desktop -- to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. To learn more about Spatial, you can visit spatial.is.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

A sought-after authority on interactive media industry, Carter has presented at every event around the world, including Casual Connect, the LA Games Conference, and the VR/AR Global Summit. A friend of mine, James, he went in a virtual reality crane training simulator, spent an hour in it. He was able to drive it. Which is crazy.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

A sought-after authority on interactive media industry, Carter has presented at every event around the world, including Casual Connect, the LA Games Conference, and the VR/AR Global Summit. A friend of mine, James, he went in a virtual reality crane training simulator, spent an hour in it. He was able to drive it. Which is crazy.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

A sought-after authority on interactive media industry, Carter has presented at every event around the world, including Casual Connect, the LA Games Conference, and the VR/AR Global Summit. A friend of mine, James, he went in a virtual reality crane training simulator, spent an hour in it. He was able to drive it. Which is crazy.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Will this Convergence lead us into the futuristic dystopia of our nightmares — the one where we are jacked into a simulated reality, a siloed and centralized network where we are constantly under surveillance by dark forces operating in the shadows, all the while being mined for our data like a natural resource?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

We don’t have many specs about it , because they will be actually announced at a dedicated event in China next month. This week we got to know that Meta is in talks with LG and Samsung to talk about microLED supplies. More info (Meta talking with LG and Samsung) More info (ITRI Display). This is impressive. Other news.

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