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APRIL 20, 2018

Unbeknownst to the VR community, Google also quietly included WebVR integration for OpenVR-compatible headsets including Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Windows “Mixed Reality” VR headsets. There are a numerous examples of web pages using WebVR; here are a few of our favorites to get you started: Within VR (video platform).

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DECEMBER 4, 2016

One example is personal organizers (mobile calendar and contacts apps) on a portable device. Samsung follows with another mobile headset (Gear VR). And HTC is close behind with its high-end headset, Vive, thanks to its partnership with Valve and the very popular Steam platform. This post originally appeared on VentureBeat.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

Just to make an example, I was there when there was the Netscape vs Internet Explorer war, but now the leading web browser is Google Chrome. 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

MARCH 2, 2021

Giants such as Oculus, HTC, Sony, Microsoft, Samsung, Walmart, and many others have been implementing their technologies in this field for a long time. For example, the anatomical features of the human body, the work of various mechanisms, etc. See Also: 4 Inventive Examples of Virtual Reality in Education. Visibility.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2023

The most important example of these devices is the new Xiaomi Wireless AR Glass Discovery Edition. HTC has made its moves at MWC, too. HTC is one of the best companies when it comes to XR for enterprise and it’s good that it is expanding its offering in the field.

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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. with Xiaomi, Oppo, Samsung, etc…) to convince hardware manufacturers to create headsets powered by Android XR.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Old Enemies – HTC. While both Oculus’ Rift and HTC’s Vive hit the market right around the same time in 2016, the Vive was the first system with motion controllers and room-scale. Former Friends – Samsung. Samsung was perhaps Oculus’ first major ally. A Tale of Two Headsets. Image courtesy Oculus.

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JUNE 26, 2017

In fact, it’s already spread to VR devices like the Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and even HTC Vive. Check it out in the prototype video he made right here: Sometimes it’s tough to imagine gaming-focused use cases for AR, but Minecraft seems like a great example.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). For example, we invited senior executives from HUAWEI, JBD, HTC, Alibaba, iQIYI, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and so on.

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Road to VR

APRIL 29, 2019

Dick inspired VR experience, The Great C (2018) , to Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream. Secret Location , developers behind Blasters of the Universe (2017), today announced they’ve brought their Philip K. Image courtesy Secret Locationc.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 7, 2018

The experience is available now on the Oculus and Steam stores for Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive headsets. It will also soon be available to watch in 360 on Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream. Now, as technology advanced almost beyond recognition, a new generation can experience that all over again, and perhaps learn from it.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Not heights, not speed, not intricate examples of mechanical engineering: roller coasters. One of the park’s existing coasters, Kong, was being converted into an immersive virtual reality experience using a large number of Samsung Gear VR headsets. Samsung Gear VR headsets with a modified head strap.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

could not have been a better example of that. Watch On: Oculus Rift • Gear VR • HTC Vive • PS VR . Watch On: PS VR • Oculus Rift • HTC Vive . Download Within to watch: iOS • Android • Samsung Gear VR. HTC Vive • Oculus Rift • PlayStation VR. Evolution Of Verse – Within.

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MAY 28, 2017

We don’t think so and believe that in the next couple of years major organizations such as Sony and HTC will start producing advertisements to be shown in virtual reality. Take another example, VR hire companies are starting to spring up everywhere in 2017 and we are not even half way through it!

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MARCH 2, 2021

Giants such as Oculus, HTC, Sony, Microsoft, Samsung, Walmart, and many others have been implementing their technologies in this field for a long time. For example, the anatomical features of the human body, the work of various mechanisms, etc. See Also: 4 Inventive Examples of Virtual Reality in Education. Visibility.

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MARCH 3, 2017

HTC introduced its new add-on Trackers and an integrated audio strap for the Vive at CES in January, and it kicked off GDC with the announcement that both will be available for $99.99 The Tracker will roll out to developers first and we saw plenty of great examples of what they’ll do with it at the show.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Alvin Wang Graylin is the China President of Vive at HTC, and I had a chance to talk with him at CES this year about what’s happening in China. The post HTC’s Alvin Graylin on What’s Happening in China & VR appeared first on Road to VR. Support Voices of VR. Subscribe on iTunes. Music: Fatality & Summer Trip.

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JANUARY 3, 2017

Small, fluid moves make it easy to navigate, jump, crawl, run, shoot or otherwise survive, for example, in a post-apocalyptic virtual world.” Most notable is the long list of compatible platforms from all Windows PCs, Android devices, Steam, the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, Google Daydream, and more.

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AUGUST 7, 2022

Samsung Gear VR. Samsung Smartphone. Apple and Samsung Smartphones. The HTC Vive, produced by HTC and developed together with video game industry giant Valve, was released on April 5th, 2016. HTC Vive Pro. Check out our article for what comes next. Click on any VR Headset to learn more. Oculus Rift.

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AUGUST 24, 2016

As VR hardware continues to compress in price and powerful smartphone based systems like Samsung’s Gear VR and Google’s mobile VR Daydream platform gain steam, it’s expected that 50% of worldwide revenues will be generated by VR/AR hardware sales according to the report. HTC Vive most talked about headset on social media.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

He has been a believer in VR since the DK1 days but became sold on the current iteration of VR with the HTC Vive prototype. While Samsung’s Gear VR headset has been leading the way in mobile VR, it’s based on a smartphone inside of an HMD which has limited capability and cannot be implemented by anyone other than Samsung.

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ARVR

JULY 6, 2020

Since around 2010 modern day VR has come out through the companies of Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and the Sony Playstation VR. Using a 360 Camera Using a personal 360 camera like the Insta360 S or the Samsung Gear 360 is super easy. Examples include: Tiny Planets, Split View, Inverted Planets, Panoramics, and even more.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 29, 2017

We got a chance at this year’s Gamescom to pop into the unique little puzzler, which is slated to launch in the next few months on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR, Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream. Marble Land is a physics-based puzzle game from Devious Technologies , a Bucharest, Romania based studio.

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

For example: at one point you actually rocket into the mouth of an enormous clown monster and travel down through his esophagus. VR technology studio Positron is a perfect example of the incredible 4D future we can look forward to. Their flagship product, The Voyager, has already been making for its impressive immersive capabilities.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

Mister President launching the Vive Focus (Image by HTC). Samsung has also teased to be interested in releasing a new AR/VR standalone device. That’s why the other companies, like HTC and Pico, have decided to aim at the enterprise market. It also features a very nice anti-SDE display that everyone loves. Mobile headsets.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The experience is available now on the Oculus and Steam stores for Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive headsets. It will also soon be available to watch in 360 on Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream. Now, as technology advanced almost beyond recognition, a new generation can experience that all over again, and perhaps learn from it.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

It’s available or in beta on most current headsets, including PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung GearVR and Google Cardboard. Viewers can choose where they want to watch from, for example: on the stage, in the audience, even backstage. It also offers the ability to share your own creations and lists with other users.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The Ford Motor Company and PepsiCo are examples of companies using XR to improve their design processes. Users can start customizing the virtual office to suit specific tasks; for example, a VR meeting can be set up on a virtual whiteboard so everyone can brainstorm ideas.

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Road to VR

JULY 29, 2017

Samsung’s Gear VR is the only headset today that’s ‘Powered by Oculus’ The first is ‘Oculus partner’ headsets, and for that the company likes to point to Gear VR as an example—a headset that’s made by Samsung, but ‘Powered by Oculus’ (which means it uses Oculus as the content platform).

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OCTOBER 8, 2016

Samsung is giving him a glimpse of its cards while also showing others to Google, not placing all its chips in one basket. Stern-faced and determined, HTC goes all-in, playing with both its own money and that of strategic allies. Both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are better machines for trying to compete with each other, for example.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 7, 2016

” For example, HTC Vive will receive a stream of about 110 degrees for HTC Vive. Pixvana supports leading VR headsets such as the Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, Google Daydream, and Oculus Rift. Out of the full 360-degree frame, the actual stream will only push what your headset’s field of vision “sees.”

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

For example, the software could provide real-time feedback to tennis professionals, measuring their grip strength and analyzing stance. The first universe is being revealed on Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

It’s the purest example of using VR to connect people.”. While there are plenty of examples of people using VR to construct creative and rather moving ways of proposing to their loved ones, Kotecki believes that this is the first time that a Social VR platform will host a full-blown wedding ceremony and reception like this.

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Cats and VR

AUGUST 1, 2017

Other solutions which include streaming the signal from the workstation to the headset (TP Cast for example) or offering an all inclusive headset (such as the GEAR VR or HTC Vive’s unreleased 3 DOF heasets). All inclusive headsets such as Samsung Gear VR, are too underpowered when compared to high end workstations.

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Peter Graham

JULY 31, 2019

Remote learning is just one example of how this can be achieved.” It’ll support a wide range of headsets including Google Daydream, Oculus Rift, Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR and HTC Vive. Our goal for the next 5 years is to use our immersive technology for good and help change the world for the better.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

For example: how do you keep people safe when they are walking around freely with a headset on?… ” Today’s high-end VR systems — the Oculus Rift, Playstation VR, and HTC Vive — all use what’s called “outside-in” positional tracking. There are just some concerns we need to address first.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 28, 2020

Likewise, the VR presentation on the Microsoft booth at the education show was muted – rather than the bewildering array of Windows MR headsets seen two years ago, the company promoted the virtual learning systems on only one provider, with the Samsung Odyssey on display giving an example of the education content. Image credit: KWP.

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