XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 29, 2024

Meta to Drive AI-Powered XR Devices The upcoming AI features come as Meta seemingly sets its last hurrah for the previous Oculus branding, with all future sails featuring Meta. This month, Meta will remove all Oculus accounts and related data by the end of the month. Meta will enforce these changes today, on March 29th.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Oculus releases hands tracking SDK, official Link cable for Quest and more. This has been a great week for all Oculus Quest users and developers. First of all, Oculus has finally released the hands tracking SDK for Oculus Quest , letting all developers create hands-tracked application for this popular standalone headset.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 15, 2018

Booking travel is one of those strange things that are simultaneously pleasurable and a complete nightmare, so any way that technology can improve on the experience is likely to fall under that desirable category. Planning and booking a vacation is a clear example of that and can sometimes be a grueling task.

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VRScout

MAY 8, 2021

Similar to existing VR headsets like the Oculus Quest, the Pro 3e allows you to adjust the lenses to fit your personal IPD measurements. NuGaming’s Pro 3e uses a USB-C plug so you can connect your glasses to the Samsung S20 and other mobile devices. Image Credit: NuEyes. NuEyes’s Pro 3e even works with the MacBook Pro and iPad Pro.

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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. The 37-minute sci-fi adventure experience is now available for $6 across all platforms, including versions available on Steam (Vive, Rift) and the Oculus Store (Rift, Go, Gear VR), and Google Play ( Daydream ).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

The evolution of technology. The evolution of VR is usually compared to the one of other technologies, like the web or mobile. 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. Let me show you why.

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Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2017

Away from business analysts’ wildly varying estimations on how much virtual reality as a business segment is and/or will be worth, it’s very difficult to gauge just how well VR is doing as a technology outside of enthusiast communities. Image courtesy Nielsen. Image courtesy Nielsen. Image courtesy Nielsen.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 4, 2016

That said, we have also seen in the past that for some technologies, after several cycles of hype, the innovation finally does become mainstream. One example is personal organizers (mobile calendar and contacts apps) on a portable device. Samsung follows with another mobile headset (Gear VR).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the trend of Gaming entrepreneurs, for example, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Oculus transferred from games to virtual reality and we started to keep eye on the VR area. Since Meta made the acquisition and took over Oculus, VRTUOLUO began to write original and in-depth articles on the XR industry.

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InstaVR

AUGUST 13, 2019

As mentioned in last week’s blog , the Oculus Ques t has blown away sales expectations since launching three months ago. The Oculus Quest, in particular, is a great vehicle for delivering VR experiences. So what use cases do Enterprise clients have for InstaVR + Oculus Quest? VR for Training Using Oculus Quest.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 7, 2018

He was among the first “frontline” war correspondents, something made possible not only by his bravery and willingness to put himself in those situations, but by technological innovation. Now, as technology advanced almost beyond recognition, a new generation can experience that all over again, and perhaps learn from it. One can hope.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Pixvana recently announced SPIN, cloud based platform for VR publishing and streaming along with innovative field-of-view adaptive streaming (FOVAS) technology that will be released as an open standard to increase video quality and reduce bandwidth for stereoscopic 360-degree video. appeared first on VR World.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 26, 2017

In fact, it’s already spread to VR devices like the Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and even HTC Vive. In the case of Minecraft AR though, the world you’re building in is just the real world around you with modern AR technology layered on top of it all.

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2016

SAMSUNG AT VIDCON: BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS. Samsung solidified its commitment to the virtual reality space with some big announcements that essentially add up to an end-to-end consumer VR solution. They are rebranding Milk VR to Samsung VR, and opening up the content platform to users.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

This means that someone made some predictions that were totally wrong and this made lots of companies bet on a technology that was not ready enough, creating huge losses and so the general consensus that VR is not taking foot and so it is a dead technology. Oculus Quest and controllers inside a stand. Standalone headsets.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 29, 2017

Marble Land is a physics-based puzzle game from Devious Technologies , a Bucharest, Romania based studio. 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.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 18, 2018

He was among the first “frontline” war correspondents, something made possible not only by his bravery and willingness to put himself in those situations, but by technological innovation. Now, as technology advanced almost beyond recognition, a new generation can experience that all over again, and perhaps learn from it. One can hope.

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VRScout

MARCH 21, 2018

That’s the beauty of MondlyAR , an upcoming language learning application that does away with flashcards and textbooks in favor of AR technology. One good example shown in the video above comes 55 seconds in as the user attempts to respond to a drink order made by the AI. MondlyAR will be available on the Google Play Store March 19th.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 13, 2016

In the hopes of enacting meaningful environmental change rather than simply raising awareness for causes, the Nature Conservancy has launched a new experience for Oculus Rift and Gear VR. For example, when you look at the iceberg hulls, they break apart and you can see inside them.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Small startups can’t compete with big companies, so usually, startups produce expensive headsets at a smaller scale to survive : see VRgineers or Varjo as an example. While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. Other relevant news. A new FCC listing appears for an HTC Vive headset.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

The first of which delivers intricate real-time full body technology via a simple, easy-to-use set-up. The VRee technology contains proprietary algorithms which optimize (third party) mocap suits and other VR peripherals to provide immersive full body virtual reality experiences without using line of sight technologies.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Those were actually made for VR, while the other ports – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey for example – have been less than stellar; in some case’s just pointless, detracting from the original. ” What is very possible is the addition of VR to the Nintendo Switch Lite.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

For example, an entire facility has been fitted out for AR and VR education in Oklahoma. “This is not so easy because schools or educational institutions are sometimes very slow in adopting new technologies mostly due to finances, but we believe that VR in education has huge potential.”

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Road to VR

MAY 24, 2016

The company’s founder Palmer Luckey, a self confessed audio enthusiast, ensured that the consumer Oculus Rift which shipped in June sported both high quality headset integrated headphones, but also ensured the Rift received its own audio path, including a quality DAC and Amp.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 30, 2021

Someone compared this news to the acquisition of Oculus by Facebook , and I agree: Pico is a very smart startup, like Oculus was, and Bytedance is a very rich company that controls one of the most popular social networks, like Facebook. As it has happened with Oculus, this news is good and bad for Pico and VR in general.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

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. We bring the technology, and they bring the creativity and the ideas.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

No one wants to work every day with a faulty input: as Michael Abrash said during one of the Oculus Connects, no one would work with a mouse that works only 90% of the time… imagine if every ten clicks, one would be misdetected… you would probably throw your mouse out of the window.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 3, 2017

The wires and size of your space are just as much a limitation as the technology itself. Small, fluid moves make it easy to navigate, jump, crawl, run, shoot or otherwise survive, for example, in a post-apocalyptic virtual world.” The wired version, while much more limited, does feature support for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.

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InstaVR

JANUARY 23, 2019

But no longer are they just watching from the sidelines to learn about the technology. For each reason, we’ll provide you examples of colleges actively utilizing InstaVR to achieve these goals. Academia is continually evolving thanks to technology. VR is not just a fad or only being used for one-off projects.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 19, 2017

The immersive technology pairs perfectly with the frightening medium, enhancing the atmosphere and jump scares ten-fold. For example: at one point you actually rocket into the mouth of an enormous clown monster and travel down through his esophagus. Real-world interactive elements bring immersive horror to new levels.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 28, 2020

Out-of-Home entertainment, and Immersive Technology industry specialist Kevin Williams reports in his latest Virtual Arena column on the further growth in recognition that virtual reality VR is receiving from the Enterprise sector. Image credit: KWP. The VR Classroom 2 platform looking beyond just mobileVR towards the high end of PC VR.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

Even though the technology has been around for years, the current generation of products and devices gets closer than ever to the VR’s original promise: getting elsewhere and connecting to whatever matters most to you. With the technology advancing every year, the hardware is getting cheaper and the software base is growing steadily.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

It’s a while that I virtually know Chris Koomen , a talented professional that works with immersive technologies at KLM. For example, creating and processing 360 videos creates a lot of data. You need to understand the technology and how you react to your sensory input. No headphones were used.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 1, 2023

Numerous executives and officials have rallied the global tech community to sustain the momentum of a renaissance of immersive technologies. Speaking on the upcoming Apple Reality Pro headset, he explained how Lucky Palmer, Founder, Oculus said Apple’s device was “excellent.” I think that XR will be much faster.

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Peter Graham

JULY 31, 2019

Unlike a Kickstarter where you’ll hopefully get a product by backing the project, VRJam’s initiative is an investment campaign offering futurist fans and technology lovers a chance to be part of a social and digital solution. Remote learning is just one example of how this can be achieved.”

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

We all love to make speculations on the technology and I am no exception. Not because I am a genius, but because the technology is still evolving very slowly and so it is very predictable. is at the forefront of this technology. Technology is not ready at all: current AR glasses are clunky and have low FOV. Magic Leap.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

He provided me with a lot of cultural context, which includes support from the highest levels of Chinese Government to invest in companies working on emerging technologies like virtual reality and artificial intelligence. There were a flood of Chinese companies at CES showing VR headsets, peripherals, and 360 cameras.

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