VRScout

JULY 15, 2018

As major film studios and marketing firms continue to see the value in VR and AR technology as a promotional tool for original programming, you can be sure VR & AR experiences will begin to dominate these interactive categories. The Rick And Morty episode “Pickle Rick” has also been nominated for Outstanding Animated Program.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this week’s VRScout Report, we discuss Oculus Story Studio’s Henry Emmy win, NASA training astronauts with virtual reality gloves, Snapchat flirting with augmented reality, HTC Vive trying to go wireless, and iPhone laying potential plans for VR/AR. HOLLYWOOD LOVES HENRY.

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VRScout

MARCH 6, 2017

In the fall of 2016, Microsoft announced a partnership with a handful of hardware manufacturers to make developer headsets implementing the inside-out tracking technology seen on the HoloLens. For the recent Rogue One film, director Gareth Edwards used virtual reality to stage several several scenes.

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VeeR VR

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Oculus has announced the all-new standalone named Oculus Quest at 5th annual Connect developer conference. While Oculus Go is roughly “80 percent media and 20 percent gaming,” said Oculus chief technology officer John Carmack, the Oculus Quest is emphatically gaming-focused. Don’t know which VR headset to buy?

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VRScout

JUNE 19, 2017

It’s a Helsinki-based company (“varjo” is “shadow” in Finnish) that’s been in stealth until now, working to develop a 70 megapixel solution for XR (by comparison, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive run about 1.2 Comparison shot of Varjo Bionic display and Oculus Rift display. You can read writing from across the room.

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Cats and VR

JULY 10, 2018

The game, which will be available on PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, will arrive for download on July 31st, 2018. Those pre-ordering now on PlayStation and Oculus will save $5.00 Players can find the 20% Off Pre-Order Discount of Pixel Ripped 1989 on PlayStation and Oculus Rift for $19.99 USD off the $24.99

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

I had a chance to walk the showroom floor of VRLA 2017 with Root where he took me on a guided tour through the history of VRLA, his thoughts on AR, using VR for film production, the future of privacy in AR/VR, as well as why he is interested in seeing where eSports in VR is headed. Katie Kelly, Head of Engagement, AltspaceVR / Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2020

The most reactive major XR company has been HTC that has decided that its annual VEC event, that was usually held in Shenzhen, China, will be held in the ENGAGE virtual platform. Oculus rejects Crisis VRigade again, causing backlash from the community. It was rejected by Oculus, but it found great success on Quest’s unofficial store.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

The same day of the launch of Half-Life: Alyx, Hewlett-Packard has announced its new virtual reality headset, the Reverb G2 , made in collaboration with Microsoft and Valve. Valve could provide some audio-visual improvements, while Microsoft its WMR platform, with inside-out tracking of controllers. HP announces the Reverb G2.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2016

He was also a chief technology officer at Microsoft on the HoloLens project, and he was the lead programmer on Gears of War and Gears of War 2. Scott spent 15 years as an art director in Triple-A games at places such as id Software and Microsoft Game Studios. Davis recently served as general manager for the Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4.

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VRScout

JANUARY 25, 2018

It may be hard to believe but its been four years since Samsung and Oculus first announced their smartphone-powered Gear VR headset. Since then, Marvel has released not one but two Guardians of The Galaxy films that people actually love. There’s a reason that Microsoft spent $2.5 I’m not sure which impresses me more.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2017

The Mummy Prodigium Strike VR – A new location-based experience by VR pioneer Starbreeze Studios, in conjunction with NBC Universal, based on the recent Universal Studios film. A fully immersive experience in the cosmos using the HTC Vive VR platform, SUBPAC, and headphones. Also available in VR – with both forms being demoed.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

With regards to talent, Snapchat has been acquiring there in a big way as well, hiring people from Oculus, Hololens, Qualcomm, as well as a few designers who have created glasses for names like Michael Kors and Lady Gaga. Someone is Always Ready to Help THIS version of the HTC Vive…. Facebook Enables Native 360 Photos.

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Tech Trends VR

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The Oculus Quest was a hit. At this year’s year’s E3 conference, Facebook’s Vice President of Special Gaming Strategies Jason Rubin told audiences that the Oculus Quest was seeing “console-like” engagement from users, selling $5 million worth of content in first 2 weeks since the device started shipping back in May.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And while this is anyway a good result for a startup (developing an AR headsets means spending billions in R&D), targeting the consumer market has been a suicide move , that let Microsoft get full control of the profitable enterprise market. Valve Index and Oculus Quest were on sale again. Other relevant news. This is so sad.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

VR also dominated the pop culture, featuring prominently in films like “Johnny Mnemonic,” “Lawnmower Man” and “Virtuosity.” It’s easy to see how, in the early 1960s, such a system could be viewed as a logical next step beyond the film and television of the day.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

Development is divided evenly across the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift platforms, each accounting for 31% of projects created, with other major VR platforms such as Samsung Gear VR, OSVR, and Daydream rounding out the bottom numbers. Vancouver Film School, Canada. image courtesy VR First. image courtesy VR First.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Today, a company called Limitless is announcing a suite of virtual reality animation tools that could revolutionize the way immersive films are created. The legendary video game studio had recently lost its most famous IP, the Halo series, due to a round of corporate maneuvering with Microsoft. – Tom Sanocki was falling in love.

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AllThingsVR

MAY 12, 2016

and Universal Pictures is adapting Armada for a film adaptation, based on a script written by Cline. Ready Player One has become required reading at Oculus VR, literally. Steven Spielberg is directing Ready Player One, which will star Simon Pegg, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, and Tye Sheridan.,

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VRScout

MAY 3, 2017

PlayStation looks to an arcade rollout, Shazam goes augmented, AMD wants to go wireless, HTC Viveport’s new subscription service, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… You can enjoy the full audio recording below: IT’S NOW WAY EASIER TO COMBINE 360 VIDEO AND ANIMATION. TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL LOVES VR.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

The HTC Vive is arguably the best out there, but having to buy a souped-up laptop just to run it, paying full price for brief games that feel more like demos, and trailing a huge cable off your head and fumbling to mount trackers on your ceiling…it’s not ideal. Neural plugins: The Matrix (film). Total Recall (film).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2019

From the birth of adult film producers Virtual Real Porn back in 2013, and tube sites like VRporn.com , the industry has continued to grow with industry experts estimating that virtual reality porn accounts for 50% of the total VR market. The app is available for both VR and AR , and is compatible on Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Android and IOS.

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VRWorld

JULY 12, 2017

There’s no doubt that the announcements made on this conference might be the clearest direction where VR/MR/AR are heading as an industry, as it will happen after Microsoft Windows 10 Mixed Reality launches, as well as seeing the first sales results of next generation Oculus Rift headset.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Billion & mind you i haven't added the overall population of #asia.Ignore us at your own risk #facebook #microsoft & the curators of those lists. Chaitanya has had a multi-faceted career in the Indian Film & CreativeArtsIndustry for over 17 years. 6- Chaitanya Chinchlikar. 7- Alvin Graylin. 9- Eddie Avil.

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VeeR VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

It was a device that the user sat in-front of while their head was encased on four sides by a screen and they watched any one of five films, which all engaged sight, sound, smell and touch. It was also in 2010 that 18-year-old Palmer Luckey created the first prototype of Oculus Rift, the famous VR headset. million USD in funding.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

So, over the past couple years, we've done a lot of different VR work, ranging from filming the 49ers -- Colin Kaepernick's last season with them -- to the San Jose Sharks. Kevin: I always thought about doing this as a narrative film, actually. So we filmed some AR videos with Will.i.am. Kevin: Sure. Can you talk about them?

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Metastage is the first US partner for the Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Software, and their soundstage is located in Culver City, California. Volumetric capture — thanks to the Microsoft system, I think — is finally really ready to be used in a major way in all these projects. So, we’re getting a ton of data.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Metastage is the first US partner for the Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Software, and their soundstage is located in Culver City, California. Volumetric capture — thanks to the Microsoft system, I think — is finally really ready to be used in a major way in all these projects. So, we’re getting a ton of data.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Metastage is the first US partner for the Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Software, and their soundstage is located in Culver City, California. Volumetric capture -- thanks to the Microsoft system, I think -- is finally really ready to be used in a major way in all these projects. So, we're getting a ton of data.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Part of all of this is merit of Jeri (Image by HTC). In virtual reality, you have to do this reprojection, Oculus calls it timewarp, and that means that your video card and your computer has to be running at a really high frame rate to correct for your head motion and we’ve rolled that all into the headset. The Vive Wands.

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VR Playhouse

JUNE 15, 2017

Because of their input, a single DVD was capable of holding 95 minutes of footage (encompassing the runtime of 90% of films) all for a retail price under $20. While Sony competed in the home console space with several other companies, such as Sega and later Nintendo and Microsoft, what made the PS2 stand out was its built in DVD player.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

She has broad experience in traditional film, TV, digital media, augmented reality, virtual reality and video games. She’s the former head of content acquisition and partnerships for VIVE Port at HTC VIVE, and she used to be the V.P. You can do it with an Oculus Quest. Welcome, Jenna. Jenna: Yeah, absolutely. Jenna: Yep.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

She has broad experience in traditional film, TV, digital media, augmented reality, virtual reality and video games. She’s the former head of content acquisition and partnerships for VIVE Port at HTC VIVE, and she used to be the V.P. You can do it with an Oculus Quest. Welcome, Jenna. Jenna: Yeah, absolutely. Jenna: Yep.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

She has broad experience in traditional film, TV, digital media, augmented reality, virtual reality and video games. She's the former head of content acquisition and partnerships for VIVE Port at HTC VIVE, and she used to be the V.P. When I was at HTC, yes, my job was a quote/unquote, "sit behind a desk" kind of thing.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Above: The Oculus Touch controls let you navigate independently with each hand in VR. Image Credit: Oculus. With what’s going on from Project Tango and Microsoft, there are definitely big players in this space. But recently both Google and Oculus have gotten behind it, and as a result we’re seeing accelerated adoption of web VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. But I've been writing a series of blogs about my journey using and integrating the HTC Vive headsets at GESS. My background is in film. So before I was a teacher, I worked in the film industry. The Rift never launched here.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. But I've been writing a series of blogs about my journey using and integrating the HTC Vive headsets at GESS. My background is in film. So before I was a teacher, I worked in the film industry. The Rift never launched here.

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