XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Virtual reality (VR) is one of four key forms of immersion, with others including augmented, mixed, and extended reality (AR/MR/XR). The concept captured the world’s attention after introducing VR headsets for gaming and entertainment. Virtual Reality Guides: Case Studies. billion USD by 2027, according to research.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 9, 2022

Meta Platforms unveiled last week the latest iteration of its hand-tracking technologies as a demo for developers, allowing users to explore virtual worlds with their hands rather than physical controllers.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The VIVE Focus 3 Eye Tracker and VIVE Focus 3 Facial Tracker are available now for purchase. HTC Vive this week unveiled two new accessories for the Vive Focus 3 that introduce both facial and eye tracking support to the all-in-one VR headset. Realistic eye movements and blinking result in more immersive in-VR conversations.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Developers and hardware solution providers have been working together over the past few decades to build VR headsets capable of hosting immersive experiences. Over the years, technology has become smaller, lighter, more comfortable, and with faster processing, breathing life into the virtual world. The History of VR.

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Road to VR

JUNE 29, 2023

The game’s telekinesis ability is finely tuned, relying on PSVR 2’s eye-tracking to target whichever item you’re looking at. It seems so natural to want to interact with virtual worlds using interesting physics mechanics rather than just shooting. The game runs well and generally sounds good too.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

German automaker BMW revealed its M Mixed Reality (MR) platform for developing real-time immersive driving experiences. The new technology converts the entire M2 vehicle as a controller for the MR system, using cutting-edge immersive solutions from Helsinki’s Varjo Technologies to merge the real and virtual worlds.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 12, 2024

More info Researchers perform eye tracking with audio waves The research project of the week has been for sure the one carried on at Cornell University, where the researchers have been able to perform eye tracking using sonar waves. More info Dreamscape becomes Dreamscape Immersive Dreamscape has pivoted.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 10, 2024

And I can guarantee you that it has been one of the f **g coolest demos of VR I had in my 10 years in the field: the sense of immersion was literally over the top… I’ve never felt immersed like that. An input system should be very reliable, and currently eye tracking is not. Why am I so critical about it?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 30, 2022

Not to mention, controllers and other devices can make the interaction less immersive too. Eye and hand tracking solutions are emerging as a valuable alternative to old-fashioned control mechanisms. By tracking the natural movement of our eyes and hands, these tools can place us straight in the heart of an immersive experience.

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ARPost

JUNE 3, 2020

Even if VR headsets don’t cause you physical discomfort, you might feel that your virtual worlds seem… flat. VR headsets using close-to-eye displays rely on lenses. Advancements like eye-tracking and autofocus try to fix these problems. Magyari founds Immy to explore immersive video. “I

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 28, 2023

VRChat was one of the first companies to introduce us to the potential of the metaverse, immersive collaboration, and digital communities without a monthly fee. Anyone can use VRChat, even if they’re just checking out virtual worlds on their desktop computer. Is VRChat Free?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 7, 2019

But if we compare it with the other premium headsets on the market (like XTAL, StarVR or Varjo ), we notice that it lacks a very important feature: eye tracking. Foveated rendering in an experience produced by HTC together with NVIDIA for BMW on the Vive Pro Eye (Image by HTC Vive).

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2018

Updates will appear below, no need to refresh your browser: Here’s the description of the talk: Mixed reality is the combination of the real world with virtual worlds, allowing developers to bring games and interaction to the real world around you.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 8, 2024

During the conversation, Cook explained a use case for the Vision Pro spatial computing device by noting: [With the Vision Pro], you can be sitting here in your living room, and you can have your virtual world overlying your physical world.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 23, 2024

The Apple Vision Pro brought expected eyes to the technology, and late last year, Meta launched its Quest 3, which introduced its brand of MR at an affordable price following its Quest Pro launch. Snapdragon MR technologies enable more immersive experiences to enhance reality with vivid colours and intuitive interactions.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 19, 2019

On Friday, December 13, Dreamscape Immersive launched a fourth destination and immersive adventure with “Dreamworks Dragon Flight Academy,” based on the Dreamworks movie “How to Train your Dragon.” Fans, the occasional water spray across the forearms and haptics breathe life into the virtual world.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 27, 2023

You also get a handy IPD slider and can adjust interpupillary distance manually or automatically (with eye tracking). When you put the headset on, it uses eye-tracking tools to ensure you get the best possible visual experience. Pros: Incredible visual fidelity with excellent resolution per eye.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 8, 2024

Specific patterns are emerging as mixed reality surges into the spotlight, promising access to incredible immersive experiences for training, collaboration, and more. Now, however, users are looking for more flexibility and control over their level of immersion. By 2032, analysts predict the MR space will be worth a massive $24.6

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 31, 2023

Over the last year, VR headsets are gaining reaction thanks to many technological innovations, such as hand-tracking, eye-tracking, and wireless streaming, which benefit business and consumer end-users. MR-integrated immersive wearables allow a user to combine their surrounding real and virtual worlds.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 11, 2022

ShapesXR will offer creative content developers a new suite of tools capable of building immersive experiences for any app on MR headsets from Meta, Pico Interactive, Apple, and others. The features will enhance collaborative efforts and creativity using Meta’s long-awaited mixed reality (MR) headset.

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Road to VR

MARCH 9, 2019

First was the punch card, then the command line, the mouse… and now we’ve got touchscreens, voice assistants, and VR/AR headsets which read the precise position of our head and hands for natural interactions with the virtual world.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 30, 2023

The result is deeper immersion, improved user experiences, and a stronger link between humans and computer systems. As we continue our journey into the digital world, here are some main reasons companies investing in XR should consider implementing eye and hand-tracking tools.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 10, 2022

The degree of immersion in virtual reality vs augmented reality. In VR, the user is completely absorbed in a virtual environment and minimises boundaries and markers. The user must their adjust the lenses with eye-tracking technologies, depending on the unique movement of each eye. percent up to 2028.

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Road to VR

JULY 8, 2018

Half Dome introduces a much larger 140 degree field of view (to the Rift’s ~100 degree) along with a varifocal display and eye-tracking. The larger field of view will make the virtual world feel much more encompassing and immersive. Oculus Santa Cruz. image courtesy Oculus.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Quest Pro doesn’t just bring improved form-factor and controllers, the headset is also equipped with a bevy of sensors for better integrating the real world into the user’s experience, and better integrating the user into the virtual world.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 29, 2024

The basic specifications of the glasses include a 12MP ultra-wide portrait camera, 1080px video resolution, live streaming mode for up to 30 minutes, 32GB of storage for videos and photos, 133-gram weight, custom-built speakers, five mics with immersive audio recording, Bluetooth 5.2

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a physically opaque VR-style headset that can use its high-resolution passthrough cameras to show you your real environment with virtual interfaces and objects added to it, or a fully virtual world instead. Vision Pro's operating system, visionOS, is controlled with eye tracking and hand gestures.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This up-and-coming technology seamlessly blends virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR), namely for enterprise use. Additionally, immersive firms leverage XR to build solutions for engineers, soldiers, medical professionals, and even pilots. Generating stronger communicative and collaborative immersive experiences. Defining XR.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 19, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a physically opaque VR-style headset that can use its high-resolution passthrough cameras to show you your real environment with virtual interfaces and objects added to it, or a fully virtual world instead. Vision Pro's operating system, visionOS, is controlled with eye tracking and hand gestures.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Smart glasses remain a luxury product, like virtual reality headsets (VR), but a lack of system-selling software slightly stuns the growth of AR hardware. Although, demand for AR hardware and software is making immersive firms scramble to create a relevant service. Let’s say that you want to exercise in a virtual world.

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CraneMorley

JUNE 27, 2023

” Published in 1994 the article details MR “as a particular subset of Virtual Reality (VR) related technologies that involve the merging of real and virtual worlds somewhere along the “virtuality continuum” which connects completely real environments to completely virtual ones.” Spatial sound.

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AIXR

AUGUST 1, 2022

Welcome to our weekly roundup of key advancements from immersive, web3, and real-time. The Venice International Film Festival unveiled its selection for Venice Immersive. The immersive selection will now include 360-degree videos, XR installations, live performances, and virtual worlds, each in its own subcategories.

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VRScout

JULY 2, 2019

Kicking-off July 28th at the Los Angeles Convention Center, SIGGRAPH 2019 will feature the largest offering of immersive programming since the conference’s creation back in 1973. Among these 48 offerings are four never-before-seen projects from some of the prominent names in entertainment and immersive technology.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 20, 2023

The evolving extended reality landscape is changing the world we live in on a phenomenal scale. As immersive technologies become more accessible, both for consumers and business users alike, we’re discovering just how impactful these solutions can be.

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Bernard Marr

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This is what I mean when I talk about the “future internet” – the next iteration of the internet, characterized by immersive virtual metaverse worlds (such as Fortnite or Meta’s Horizon Worlds) and decentralized web3 technologies (think crypto, blockchain and NFTs).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

However, some companies have implemented hand-tracking to convey arm movements in digital landscapes, too. But things are starting to change as the avatar’s role in the metaverse becomes more essential, particularly for companies investing in meta-work, immersive collaboration, and XR innovation.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 25, 2022

Inspired by the rising interest in the “ Metaverse ”, photorealistic avatars are becoming a common way for users to embed digital versions of themselves into the virtual world. The more detailed our avatars, the easier it is to engage with colleagues and contacts from around the world in an XR environment.

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