AR Insider

MAY 3, 2021

This week we look at Zoom’s new immersive view, Looking Glass’ latest milestone, the latest AR funding rounds and the return to physical events. Let’s dive in… Tribeca Immersive will offer a combination of real and virtual events this June. So far, about 25% of exhibitors have committed to returning. Lumeto Inc.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

The typical summer week has passed by, with some interesting XR news, but mostly no amazing event to talk about. Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. Image by Oculus).

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AR Insider

MARCH 29, 2021

And that demand was given a place to go when Oculus Quest 2 launched. –Oculus’s Android App — an indicator of new VR users that have Android phones — has surpassed 5 million installs. — Oculus Quest 2 is now the most-used VR headset on Steam. But demand remained strong. General/Industry Milestones.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The supermarket will anchor AREA15’s retail and entertainment complex in Las Vegas. The event showcases a curated selection of immersive experiences from around the world. Baby Hands is in Oculus Labs for the Quest. This is an amazing twist to the Mirrorworld story. This is why the topic of Metaverses is so hot right now.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2021

CES is one of the most important technological events of every year. Because of the pandemic, though, it won’t be held physically in Las Vegas this year, but it will all be digital. More info (Facebook smartglasses) More info (Oculus Quest 2). Compliments to FRL for that. VR game earnings were +28% in 2020.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 25, 2021

Between the $299 Oculus Quest, the death of the movie theater, and the COVID stigma on shared headsets, you’d think we wouldn’t be hearing much about this right now. The company specializes in virtual concerts and events, usually for musical performances. But the stories this week bring up three of our favorite topics.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 30, 2016

To celebrate the huge VR milestones of 2016, and to usher in what looks to be an even bigger year for our industry coming up next, UploadVR is throwing our biggest party yet right in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. The main event kicks off on Friday, January 6th at 10PM PST. Mixed Reality Studio with an Audi VR Experience.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 3, 2021

Before I start telling you the news, let me tell you that if you want to join me in my upcoming events, I’ll have a nice fireside chat today (evening CEST time, morning PST time) at the amazing Univirtual event organized by Educators in VR; and on Wednesday at VR AR Chicago where I’ll be in a panel about virtual events.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 18, 2021

The Consumer Everything Show as we call it, attracts more than 200,000 people from all over the world to Las Vegas each year. The events that took place online, which were seen by many more people than would have participated in person, suffered from the same lack of presence and commitment that derails all virtual conferences.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 20, 2017

VR fans will be gearing up for the 2017 edition of the Game Developers Conference soon, as it gets underway in just over a month, but another big industry event is taking place just ahead of it. It’s a respected event for industry professionals, with talks and panels from pioneering developers and the annual D.I.C.E.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

A fast and furious racing title with plenty of combat elements, Death Lap has just been announced for Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift headsets. Players will be able to race on five circuits: a psychedelic desert, oil on fire in the desert, Las Vegas by night, an abandoned theme park, and a giant pinball.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

The 2016 Autodesk University event kicked off in Las Vegas yesterday, and the design software company wasted no time in making some big announcements for the VR industry. ” An example of what’s possible with Forge in VR is being shown at the event this week.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 31, 2017

It feels like just yesterday the Upload team was gathered in Las Vegas to kick the year off at CES. We thought that might be the biggest week VR would have yet seen, but it’s already been bested by a number of other events in the first three months of the year. Palmer Luckey Departs Facebook. Fallout 4 VR Is Coming To E3.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 5, 2017

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV is traditionally one of the largest tech events of the entire year and CES 2017 is no different. We Visited The First Oculus-Powered Bar In Las Vegas [ Link ]. Ricoh Unveils The First Camera Capable of 360-Degree Recording and Livestreaming For 24hrs [ Link ].

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ARVR

APRIL 5, 2021

And that demand was given a place to go when Oculus Quest 2 launched. Oculus’s Android App?—?an Oculus Quest 2 is now the most-used VR headset on Steam. - General/Industry Milestones - Oculus Quest App Lab reached 100 apps in less than two months. That decline was Covid-inflected, given supply-chain impediments.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

DICE 2017 — a gathering of some of the biggest thinkers, creators and leaders in the digital entertainment industry – kicked off today in Las Vegas. Oculus’ Jason Rubin and Insomniac Games’ Ted Price. Tagged with: Dice , htc vive , oculus rift. Jason and Ted’s Excellent VR Panel.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 3, 2017

The Chinese company revealed its first VR headset shortly ahead of CES 2017 in Las Vegas this week. As reported by The Verge and Engadget , Lenovo brought a non-functional prototype to its event, where it announced its line-up of products for 2017. Lenovo’s offering sounds like it might sit somewhere in the middle.

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

It lets you experience what it’s like to be at the helm of the action, driving all the way from Tucson, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada, in real time. The game is also playable outside of VR, so if you don’t own an Oculus Rift or a HTC Vive you can still play.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Penn & Teller’s Desert Bus VR is finally here, letting you take the wheel of a crappy old commercial bus for a mind-numbing 8-hour trip from Tuscon to Las Vegas. The VR version uses the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift’s respective motion controls, but annoyingly maps acceleration to the left trigger.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Adobe is clearly acutely aware of these issues and are keen to tackle them, so they demonstrated a short sneak peek session at the annual Adobe MAX conference in Las Vegas last week.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 25, 2017

Last week we reported that Magic Leap, Oculus, and Insomniac Games were set to talk at the 2017 edition of the D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas. We also took issue with the event’s annual awards ceremony.

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Road to VR

JUNE 10, 2016

I went hands-on with The Martian VR Experience at a special event at CES in Las Vegas in January and was impressed. Motion control implementation was intuitive and rewarding whilst also adding to immersion and both Oculus Touch and SteamVR controller implementation seemed to work equally well.”

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

This hilarious tweet thread by Nima Zeighami shows you all the worst uses that have been of the M-word on the Las Vegas showroom. I’ve seen what companies are doing nowadays to use tracked props on the Oculus Quest: they have to add bulky mounts to install the even bulkier Touch controllers on them. Thunderbird) AR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

This has been the week of CES, and I will write tomorrow or the day after a full roundup only dedicated to this incredibly important tech event. And subscribe to my newsletter to not miss my upcoming CES roundup, which will contain all the news I’ve read about XR from Las Vegas! Top news of the week. Image by CTA).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 29, 2021

Before leaving you to the news of the week, I want to tell you that the AWE Nite event I co-hosted with Cecilia Lascialfari about AR and VR in psychology has been great. The company claims that it will open in Summer 2021 a new center in Las Vegas, and will re-open 15 venues before the end of the year.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Wedged somewhat inconsiderately at the very start of every year (it’s OK CES organisers, no one in the tech industry have families they want to spend time with), the annual Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas is still the biggest event for hardware in the world. Oculus’ Pre-DK1 Prototype, shown at CES 2013.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Industrial Training International is readying their VR Mobile Crane Simulator for the March ConExpo Event in Las Vegas. The simulator uses an Oculus Rift headset in combination with a modular rig, in order to significantly reduce the costs of training, compared to both real-world and older VR solutions.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Eric is the co-founder and co-organizer of the HoustonVR Meetup , and an event manager for the Immersive Technology Conference. ITI’s VR crane simulator will officially debut at ConExpo in Las Vegas and will begin shipping to clients in the latter half of March. He has been a professional computer programmer for over 20 years.

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Robert Scoble

JUNE 8, 2021

We’ve been seeing the potential coming in other products like the Oculus Quest, the Magic Leap 1, or Microsoft’s Hololens. Well, going to a concert or a sporting event is experiential. You experience these things by being immersed in the event you are attending. For years we’ve dreamed about an augmented world.

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InstaVR

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Their use of InstaVR has shown the transformative power of Virtual Reality as a B2B tool — in the travel/tourism space, for use at conferences + events, and as a cross-platform publishing success (iOS/Android/WebVR/Gear VR). May 2018 – Oculus Go starts shipping, with InstaVR publishing to it from launch!

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VRWorld

JULY 14, 2016

With the introduction of Google Cardboard and the Daydream VR platform, Oculus and HTC discrete VR headsets and GearVR headsets for even smartphones like the Samsung’s Galaxy S7, the first tentative steps towards virtual reality gaming are being taken. Virtual Reality Gaming isn’t coming, it’s already here.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The Virtual Reality Festival will be holding its Extreme Virtual Reality Challenge event in Las Vegas starting next Thursday, January 5, but you still three days to vote for your favorite virtual reality movies, video games, and ads. First Person ep 4: Las Vegas. Science 360 Oculus Build. Bare Thoughts.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Additionally, founding the Upload Academy, a VR/AR developer training program, which graduated its first class in August with a number of success stories including Found – a gorgeous Miyazaki-esque narrative experience created by four of our students which was recently recognized on stage during the Oculus Connect Keynote. January 2016.

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VeeR VR

JANUARY 5, 2018

As one of the biggest events on the tech calendar, CES showcases the latest innovations in consumer technologies such as robotics, smart homes, TVs, electronic cars and virtual reality. This year CES will be held in Las Vegas from January 9th to January 12th.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Virtual Reality Festival Held annually in Las Vegas, Virtual Reality Festival is one of the first virtual reality film festivals, which also opened world's first VR Lounge. Projects must be viewable via Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, or Google Cardboard. Cinequest awards the annual Maverick Spirit Awards.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

And we had some great partners along the way, that helped us kind of co-develop and beta test this and– including our friends over at Oculus, who are really making a strong push for 180 3D these days for their headsets. You see Facebook with Oculus. Alan: Yeah. You see Adobe. You see Google. Alan: Yeah, 360’s too hard.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

And we had some great partners along the way, that helped us kind of co-develop and beta test this and– including our friends over at Oculus, who are really making a strong push for 180 3D these days for their headsets. You see Facebook with Oculus. Alan: Yeah. You see Adobe. You see Google. Alan: Yeah, 360’s too hard.

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