Road to VR

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

With middling smartphone sales and a loss of a major portion of its smartphone IP and engineering team to Google last year, HTC appears to be full steam ahead with VR headsets as of late. Now, a trademark filing has surfaced that throws the name ‘Vive Cosmos’ into the mix, possibly pointing to the company’s next VR headset.

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ARVR

JULY 9, 2020

2000s : First outdoor mobile AR game ARQuake. Google launched Google Glass , and Microsoft launched HoloLens , a head-mounted display (Krevelen, 2010)(Jaimini, 2016). 2010s : Companies are investing in the potential of this area like Google with ARCore and Apple with ARKit (Papagiannis, 2017).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 20, 2017

Lenovo is clearly hungry to make its mark in VR and AR; the company’s just announced a new AR headset, making it the fourth head-mounted display we’ve seen from it so far this year. daystAR, as the device is called, was revealed at the TechWorld conference this week, though it’s only a concept right now.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

When the smash-hit mobile gaming application Pokémon GO swept the globe last summer, the disruptive potential of augmented reality (AR) was thrust into the spotlight. It became the fastest game ever to reach $600 million in revenue, which it did in just a few months. China’s population of Internet users has nearly doubled since 2009.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

Among the expected fare of films, games, animation, audio products and cosplay during the four-day conference, there was one obvious and unavoidable sorta newcomer to the scene — virtual reality. Most of that hardware growth will be fueled by key products from Samsung, Sony, HTC, Oculus and Google.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

Major Firms Enter the XR Market During a launch event at MWC 2024, Samsung showcased a new XR headset developed in collaboration with Google and Qualcomm. Additionally, as Samsung and Google have partnered with Qualcomm, it is reasonable to assume that the device will use the Qualcomm XR2+ Gen 2 Platform, which supports AI-ready wearables.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The San Diego, California-based firm has become synonymous with delivering XR solutions capable of untethering head-mounted displays (HMDs) from PC. VR has gone through a rapid transition from a primarily consumer-focused, tethered device for gaming and entertainment, to standalone headsets in similar verticals.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 21, 2022

When we asked Bent, who once worked for virtual reality technology company Upload, she said she used to think the metaverse had to be tied to VR technology, specifically the head-mounted display screen. “I think we’re going to see the next WhatsApp, AOL, and Google founded in short order.”

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2017

At VRLA 2017, Unity CEO and games industry vet John Riccitiello dumped a little cold water wisdom on the hype surrounding the red-hot VR industry. John Riccitiello is the CEO of Unity Technologies , one of the world’s leading game engines. Photo courtesy VRLA.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 1, 2020

when edits/changes are made during non-gameplay mode/edit mode and before your application or game is deployed. A form of non-verbal communication through the body (typically the hands or head) that, when tracked by a motion sensing device, can be interpreted as movement and mirrored in virtual reality. Google Poly ?—?a

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AllThingsVR

JUNE 10, 2016

Oftentimes, when a player is given too many choices in a game, they can fail to make any choice as they over analyze the options for the best one. First, I would suggest doing something for mobile VR (Google Cardboard, Gear VR, or Google Daydream). Read more here.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

MediaTek is a key challenger to companies like Qualcomm, Intel, Apple, Google, and others, with the latter two also branching out with their own chipsets such as the M2 and Tensor G3, respectively. For example, Meta finally inked a deal with Tencent, the world’s largest video game manufacturer, after months of negotiations.

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VRWorld

JUNE 8, 2016

It was no other than Google that delivered the first “million unit VR headset” By launching Cardboard VR application and the headset made out of… cardboard, Google set the stage for massive adoption of VR among developers, and the company isn’t stopping anytime soon. The difference between $75 million and $1.34

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 30, 2023

This triggered massive layoffs and project closures across companies like Meta, Microsoft, Google, Snap, Salesforce, and many others. As before, Meta is playing the long game, and hopes to compete with major tech rivals like Microsoft, Apple, Google, Snap, and others entering the 3D advertising market.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 2, 2017

According to SMI: “The SMI Social Eye provides a breakthrough solution by accurately tracking the gaze of the wearer of the VR HMD (head mounted display) and animating the eyes of the avatar in real time. Eye tracking startups Eyefluence and The Eye Tribe were both recently purchased by Google and Facebook respectively.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

I think that hand tracking can enable some interesting applications , and I want to test it to see how it works well and what kind of experiences become doable (also to evaluate if it can fit a boxing game like our HitMotion: Reloaded ). Google ARCore now adds depth detection. JanusVR and High Fidelity close.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

While “head-mounted displays are demanding very high frame rates, frame rates aren’t an issue in immersive theaters because head tracking isn’t required.” VR movie theaters offer ideal opportunities for consumers to sample VR experiences without paying for high-cost consumer head-mounted displays.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 31, 2023

The author wrote, “But as with generative AI, Apple is not exactly the first to the game. This came amid the release of Pico 4 Enterprise and HTC’s XR Elite and Flow head-mounted displays (HMDs). Furthermore, it opens doorways to scaling up the market for future games, applications, and solutions.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 11, 2023

Following a decades-long career with the photography giant, he developed the world’s first VR head-mounted display (HMD) firm, Forte Technologies. His products led to one of the world’s first VR gaming companies but he later migrated to defence solutions.

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Robert Scoble

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Qualcomm’s head of its augmented reality efforts (Qualcomm makes the inside of Meta’s VR headset), Hugo Swart, tells people my latest “The Infinite Retina” is a must read. I had the first video of a Google self-driving car on YouTube. The game and Lego organizer aren’t the secret sauce here.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

These include a 40 percent slimmer form factor, improved displays and resolution, and Qualcomm’s cutting-edge Snapdragon XR2+. Developers and coders will receive access to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Spaces, allowing them to develop for the massive ecosystem of applications, games, and content.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

It’s too early for Apple to jump into the AR/VR game. Apple has a number of head mounted display patents, including one which shows a headset that would dock with a mobile device, and another for an augmented reality display. Acquisitions. See Also: 3 Moves Oculus is Borrowing from Apple’s Marketing Playbook.

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2016

Samsung VR is now somewhat similar to the App Store or Google Play store in that it’s where you can find the latest content for virtual reality products. The patent shows a smartphone head-mounted display that can read a person’s movements as well as track hand movements.

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TechCrunch VR

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Despite short-term questions, games software/hardware to top $200 billion by 2023. Apple ARKit, Google ARCore ). Contributor. Tim Merel is managing director of Digi-Capital. More posts by this contributor. VR/AR startup valuations reach $45 billion (on paper). Facebook Messenger , Instagram , TikTok , Snapchat , Line ). OS-based (e.g.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

From zero gravity chambers to organic gaming consoles, Hollywood has been dreaming up some of the biggest and best ways to implement virtual reality for decades. To qualify the list, these movies had to be using technology with the goal of inducing presence, whether that be in a game world, dreamscape, or recording of reality.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 3, 2019

With all the phone and watch and TV and game and chip and other chip news coming out of Apple’s big event, it was easy to forget the company’s longest-running background process: an augmented-reality wearable. ” (HMD, or head-mounted display, is a common term for a VR/AR headset.). by Peter Rubin, WIRED.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 19, 2017

The last few years, VR has been about putting on a head-mounted display and looking around,” Edwards said. “It I saw that myself when I tried out Qualcomm’s new wireless stand-alone VR headset prototype at the Game Developers Conference a couple of weeks ago. It’s not just visual and sound. It’s a bit unfortunate.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

But AR/VR solutions are not limited to Google Glass, mobile apps for trying on shoes or accessories, and AR-based games. Visual augmented reality became mainstream with Pokemon Go (2016) and Snapchat filters, but its use cases are now moving beyond gaming and entertainment. Sponsored content. Sponsored by Softeq.

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Digitalnauts

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Users put on a VR headset or head-mounted display to get a 360-degree view of a space their brain believes to be real, thanks through a psychological mechanism called presence. Viral new solutions include Snap’s new AR glasses prototype and Google Glass Explorer Edition. .

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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. Check out the bottom of this post for a list of VR inspiration.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 17, 2019

But for us at Shell, that means that we utilize a head-mounted display — in this case specifically, the Realwear — and it is used for our operators; for quick resolution, and to get remote expertise to be brought in. But where we really revolutionize that process is with a head-mounted display.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 17, 2019

But for us at Shell, that means that we utilize a head-mounted display — in this case specifically, the Realwear — and it is used for our operators; for quick resolution, and to get remote expertise to be brought in. But where we really revolutionize that process is with a head-mounted display.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

A step up from an Oculus Go for those that want more power, much better tracking for immersive games and experiences. Google Cardboard ($15) . Google Cardboard, developed by Google for the promotion of the VR concept, is indeed made up of cardboard, and in different sizes for compatibility with different smartphones.

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RealVision VR

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

The other image is an Imax®-in-your-pocket like offering; A VR head mounted display. The cheap Google Cardboard can be called upon in a crunch, but even Samsung’s GearVR is only a $99 investment and is being given free with the Note7 phones. What is Barco Escape? Which brings us to… Reason #3: China.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 19, 2017

TwinCam is an omni-directional stereoscopic live-viewing camera that reduces motion blur and latency during head rotation in a head-mounted display. STRATA tunes into your heart rate, breathing, stress levels and brain waves to remix a generative game engine world. It’s All (VR) Fun & Games.

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Robert Scoble

JUNE 4, 2019

Irena and I are hearing that one of the devices, er, AR/VR head-mounted displays, Apple is considering launching next year could go directly after Oculus Quest and the rest of the VR space. Same with Google. You know all those apps that make it easy to sign on by clicking a Facebook or Google button?

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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. In 1968, Ivan Sutherland and Bob Sproull created the first head-mounted display (HMD) system for immersive simulation applications.

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