VRScout

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Could live-flight AR exercises be the future of air combat training? Most existing training procedures involve airmen-in-training flying against “adversary aircrafts,” real warplanes operated by real pilots which serve as the “foreign threat” during live combat exercises.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

HitMotion: Reloaded blends VR, MR, and exercise to create a truly unique fitness experience. Developed by New Technology Walkers , HitMotion: Reloaded is a new exercise game that’s half boxing, half dodging, and 100% cardio fun. It’s safe to say VR changed the way people think of video games.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

This is an exercise we’ve done every quarter for several years, but with a different approach lately given Meta’s disclosures. million*, making hardware $219.45 This averages out at $449, but we’ve reduced the estimated hardware ARPU to $429 due to weighted sales for the base model (common for new hardware).

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AR Insider

MARCH 16, 2020

In mature markets like smartphones, hardware players disclose figures — especially if public — but it’s a lot quieter on the early-stage front. That’s the case with VR, which becomes an exercise in gathering hints in perpetual market-sizing mode. But there are also some valuable gut checks and thought exercises along the way.

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VR Fitness

JUNE 22, 2020

Virzoom, developers of the popular VR biking software, VZFit got a bit of mainstream attention this month with the publication in the British Journal of Health Psychology of a dual Brunel, London and Exeter University study on the benefits of virtual reality and music in motivating people to exercise.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 2, 2021

So it’s time once again for our quarterly exercise to extrapolate unit sales. By “Oculus,” we mean hardware and software. That’s about 28 percent of Oculus’s overall ARPU ($454), given $299-$399 hardware.*. That makes hardware revenue $160 million of the above $222 million. Third-party reseller markups aren’t included.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

In mature markets like smartphones, hardware players disclose figures — especially if public — but it’s a lot quieter on the early-stage front. That’s the case with VR, which becomes an exercise in gathering hints in perpetual market-sizing mode. But there are also some valuable gut checks and thought exercises along the way.

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AR Insider

MARCH 23, 2020

From our analysis last month: [With] Oculus content volume disclosures, we can extrapolate and back into hardware estimates. Let’s also conservatively estimate for the sake of this exercise that new Quest owners buying content on Christmas day averaged 1.5 That exercise yielded an estimate of 424,242 Quest units sold in 2019.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Product designer Eugene Nadyrshin says the ostensibly hardware agnostic controller will use custom hand-tracking models together with IMUs for sensor fusion, and include a Linear Resonant Actuators (LRA) at the back of the hand which give vibro-tactile feedback. Here’s why: Hardware is very hard, but it’s also a moat. Not happening.

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VRScout

APRIL 20, 2021

Newly leaked images tease a fitness-focused VR headset from HTC, but is this sneaker-like hardware even real? The breathable and quick-drying fabrics improve ventilation in the heated exercise. With more people than ever jumping on the VR fitness bandwagon, the idea of fitness-focused VR hardware is sounding more appealing every day.

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AR Insider

MAY 10, 2021

So it’s time once again for our ongoing exercise to extrapolate unit sales. By “Oculus,” we mean hardware and software. That’s about 28 percent of Oculus’s overall ARPU ($454), given $299-$399 hardware.*. That makes hardware revenue $311 million of the above $432 million. . ((($732,000,000 – $300,000,000)(1-.28)(.90))

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Played from a first person perspective, with motion controllers enabling 1:1 fist tracking, boxing is a natural fit for the current generation of VR hardware. It is currently rated on the Virtual Reality Institute of Health and Exercise as equivalent exercise to rowing for burning calories.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 23, 2018

It has been a long and interesting ride, where I tried cool innovative virtual reality hardware and I met awesome people. The training works: at the end of the session, my back felt as when in the gym I do exercises for my back. Today has been my last day at Gamescom. It has been really tiresome, but I loved it. Really a great idea.

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VRScout

JANUARY 11, 2022

This includes everything from hardware to software-based solutions. Since the launch of the first consumer-ready VR headsets back in 2016, company’s have worked to develop effective workarounds for this issue that plagues so much of the community. According to a new study, however, the answer may be a lot simpler than we imagined.

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VRScout

AUGUST 5, 2020

” “Furthermore, there are significant implications for areas such as yoga and physical therapy – slower types of exercise to which form is critical, and we are actively targeting a move to indoor-compatible technology as the next step on our roadmap (assuming a successful launch of the current iteration) to provide for those needs.”

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ARVR

AUGUST 11, 2022

This is an exercise we’ve done every quarter for several years, but with a different approach lately given Meta’s disclosures. million*, making hardware $348.04 This averages out at $349, but we’ve reduced the estimated hardware ARPU to $329 due to weighted sales for the base model (common for new hardware).

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ARPost

MAY 26, 2021

Patients are guided through motions and exercises through the display as well as by a remotely located human therapist who also helps with pain management. Shout Out to Hardware. This article is about software experiences and companies, but they wouldn’t be possible without hardware solutions. The Future of Mental Health.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

In mature markets like smartphones, hardware players disclose figures — especially if public — but it’s a lot quieter on the early-stage front. That’s the case with VR, which becomes an exercise in gathering hints in perpetual market-sizing mode. Both exercises extrapolated hardware units based on software revenue disclosures.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 7, 2021

More affordable hardware and functional features have made VR a popular choice among fitness enthusiasts and gamers alike. When this obsession becomes an addiction, you’re more likely to develop exercise addiction , eating disorders, and injuries from overuse. See Also: The Future of AR Fitness: New Hardware and Old Use Cases.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 4, 2023

SenseGlove, an innovator in immersive haptic feedback hardware, opened pre-orders for its Nova 2 product, a glove which directs pressure-based feedback to the palm and hands of a headset operator. The firm gained key enterprise clients to help develop the Nova prototype before its global marketplace debut.

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ARVR

MARCH 9, 2021

So it’s time once again for our ongoing exercise to reason-out its unit sales. That total includes hardware and software. That’s about 28 percent of Oculus’s overall ARPU ($454), given $299-$399 hardware.* That makes hardware revenue $421.2 The exercise above is just one of them. a thought exercise.

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Upload VR

APRIL 25, 2024

As John Carmack pointed out earlier this week, Quest headsets are priced without the intention of making a hardware profit, because Meta can make this back with its cut of content sales on the platform. Other headset makers won't have this additional revenue stream, so will have to make their profit on the hardware itself.

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AR Insider

APRIL 8, 2020

Like in our ongoing “ follow the money ” exercise, they’re each building wearables strategies that support or future-proof core businesses where tens of billions in annual revenues are at stake. In Bose’s case, that’s a leading position in high-end audio hardware. Hardware Blitz.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

It features robust hardware, which on paper seems to position it as an ideal platform for VR gaming. By all accounts, Vision Pro is impressive hardware, but it’s not serving up competition in a way we’re used to seeing, which is usually just by making a better mouse trap.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Compared to the uphill battle that AR glasses face , mobile AR — though challenged in its own ways — has an easier climb due to ubiquitous hardware. Given these platforms’ explicit hardware specs for AR compatibility, counting in-market compatible devices was a relatively simple exercise. Platform Landscape .

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ARPost

MAY 18, 2022

We kind of thought about a mashup of futuristic exercises and a mid-century style gym.”. Modeled after a physical gym for your body, the Mind Gym is composed of over 60 different mental exercises, arranged from warm-ups, to “special equipment,” to cool-downs. Tend to Mind and Body With VZfit. It’s when I get my best ideas.”.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 28, 2021

A pple-related hardware rumors have become a favorite pastime in the AR world. We’ve been asking ourselves this question in light of our ongoing “ follow the money ” exercise. That hardware could sit at the center of a wearables suite that will redeem the iPhone’s decelerating growth.

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ARVR

JANUARY 13, 2023

One such exercise recently zeroed in on headworn AR revenues. This spending includes AR hardware and software that enables line-of-sight or live-guided support for assembly, maintenance, or tech support. Like many analyst firms, market sizing is one of the ongoing practices of AR Insider’s research arm, ARtillery Intelligence.

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AR Insider

APRIL 29, 2021

The latest such exercise zeroes in on headworn AR revenues. This is the starting point for the headworn AR opportunity, as other revenue categories like software build on the hardware base. These totals include enterprise and consumer hardware, the former leading in early years. million in 2024. million units in market by 2024.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Notably, when kicking off this thought exercise, we realized that several of the topics look similar to last year. As shown in the Google Glass era, cultural receptivity and comfort levels for face-worn hardware (with a camera, no less) will be a years-long uphill climb. But we’re not holding out for that.

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ARVR

MAY 9, 2022

million*, making hardware $535.15 This averages out at $349, but we’ve reduced the estimated hardware ARPU to $329 due to weighted sales for the base model (common for new hardware). Flirting with 10 Million To calculate Quest’s installed base, we can go back to the results of the last time we did the above exercise for Q4 2021.

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Cats and VR

JULY 24, 2017

The PlayStation Move tracking is basically ancient hardware in comparison to what the Vive and Rift are using. Due to the issues of the hardware the game becomes a Octodad John Wick Simulator due to the PSVR hardware limitations. Superhot VR is an excellent game that excels DESPITE the hardware issues.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 14, 2021

But hardware hacker Mike Choi may have just come up with the ultimate way to stay fit with the Switch by turning Mario Kart 8 Deluxe into a full-body workout Read more. From games like Wii Tennis to accessories like the Wii Balance Board, Nintendo has mad it possible to turn its consoles into fitness devices to help gamers get active.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

As part of an exercise within the University of Michigan, he was asked to create a “two-week focused learning” course. A common profile is people that are interested in XR but don’t get to exercise it in their jobs and are looking at future opportunities,” said Nebeling. How the Course Came to Be.

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VRScout

MARCH 22, 2019

In an effort to expand their hardware and software into new sectors, Manus VR has launched ‘Studio ’, a full-service content house dedicated towards the development of AAA VR training experiences. By combining our own hardware with high detail virtual environments and top notch interactions, we can bring VR training to the next level.”.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

So it’s time once again for our quarterly exercise to extrapolate unit sales. By “Quest 2 related,” we mean hardware and software. That makes hardware $506 million of the above $624 million. This of course is an extrapolation and a thought exercise, but it gives us some sense of volume. That comes to $624 million.

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ARPost

AUGUST 27, 2020

The exercises are engaging with guided lessons that lead to specific learning objectives. See Also: Lenovo Updates XR Software and Hardware Package for a Memorable School Year. Furthermore, they can redo everything as often as they want, enabling students to fully grasp the theories, concepts, or processes involved.

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