ARPost

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

These days, most folks have experienced virtual reality in some shape or form: it could be a Google cardboard, VR kiosk at a local mall, or an at-home VR headset from HTC or Oculus. For example, your team can experience an epic alien crash site escape in Reason, a VR escape room in San Francisco. Sponsored content. Conclusion.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

A San Francisco-based startup, YUR (pronounced “why you are,”) was founded in early 2019 by Cix Liv and Dilan Shah. The plug-in tracks calories burned while in any VR game or app while using Quest, and also extends to a mobile app that syncs to Apple Health and Google Fit. Image courtesy YUR.

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AR Insider

JUNE 25, 2021

That could be wayfinding with Google Live View , geospatial gaming experiences from Niantic, or location-specific social AR experiences like Snap’s Local Lenses. An example of a product that utilizes these signals is Google Live View. Using Google’s database of Street View imagery, AR devices can localize themselves.

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

Following the reveal of the Daydream mobile VR ecosystem earlier in the year, Google has finally revealed the first headset to support it, Daydream View. The new device was revealed at the Made By Google conference in San Francisco today. Google claims it’s 30% lighter than similar headsets (read: Gear VR).

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MAY 18, 2016

At Google’s I/O event in San Francisco today, they’ve announced that in Android N, they’re including a complete platform and ecosystem built entirely for virtual reality. The post Google Announce ‘Daydream’ a VR Platform for Android N appeared first on Road to VR.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2020

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 4, 2017

At today’s Google hardware event in San Francisco, the company previewed various augmented reality apps built using the ARCore SDK, including a League of Legends AR map and a Lego AR model builder. Grab Games believes their platform “will be future of how we experience traditional sports and esports replays”.

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AllThingsVR

MAY 23, 2017

Weekly Funding & People Roundup: Google acquires Owlchemy Labs VR game studio, Improbable grabs $502M, Vivid Vision raises $2.2M, Oculus’s first employee just left 1) Google has acquired the VR game studio behind such popular gaming titles as Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality. Read more here.

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VRScout

APRIL 8, 2018

Over the past 40 years, the Canadian region has emerged as a dominant force in the video game, special effects, and animation industries. Among other notable studios, the location boasts gaming giant Electronic Arts Canada – the powerhouse behind the NHL, NBA, and FIFA franchises – and employs nearly 17,000 workers in the 3D industry.

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

Before Oculus can have its three days of fun later this week, Google will be getting its time in the spotlight at its own Made By Google press conference in San Francisco tomorrow. Namely, it’s time to learn a lot more about Google Daydream. What Hardware Is Google Making For Daydream?

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. As of November 2020, they’re hiring for both New York and San Francisco positions. Venture capital investment in augmented reality and virtual reality hit $4.1

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Mashable VR

MAY 11, 2022

Google announced what felt like a million things across a two-hour keynote to begin its annual I/O developer conference. Instead of dancing around it, let's jump right into all the biggest things Google showed off. Credit: Google. Google didn't spend much time talking about Android 13's specific perks for phones, though.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

With that backdrop, the Games Developer Conference (GDC) is returning to San Francisco in March, including lots of AR & VR focus. This is fitting, given that such a large share of user traction, investment and developer activity in AR & VR has and will continue to be around gaming.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

They had previously worked with groups from NASA and NOAA to Niantic and Google to the Department of Energy. That’s something Google has already been doing. They’ve recently had their name in the papers for their Dallas Cowboys demo with Nexus and what they called the world’s first massively multiplayer AR game.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

As we mentioned after Facebook bought Beat Games, it validates exit potential for other startups and game studios in VR, and could stimulate more early-stage activity to work towards that prize. And it’s not just AR but other interlinked pieces of the spatial computing spectrum such as VR. The AR LandSCAPE. Full-Stack Approach.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 7, 2017

There will be a gathering with press in San Francisco at the Upload SF office, with the highlight being a cross-platform VR engagement with the cast. High Fidelity is a San Francisco startup and social VR platform that can be used by creators, educators, and more to engage within interconnected VR environments.

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Cats and VR

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Wands® was recently awarded ”Best VR Game” at the International Mobile Gaming Awards Global in San Francisco. Game critics have been spell-bound Wands and now it will be coming to the Oculus Rift. The new Wands is a game strongly focused on immersion. Gear VR, Google Daydream and Pico).

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APRIL 7, 2017

San Francisco-based mobile marketing infrastructure company, Tenjin, is bringing its analytics software to Google’s Daydream mobile VR platform. So if a developer was to implement in-app advertising into their Daydream game they’d be able to generate statistics on things like visibility and engagement within the app.

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Cats and VR

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

They foresee that gaming, a notoriously sedentary behavior, can be harnessed with VR technology to get people to exercise. Their technology can determine how a player is moving in games, to provide specific health and fitness recommendations. Its first app, YUR.fit for the Oculus Quest, provides calorie tracking while playing VR games.

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2019

Are you attending XRDC’s AR and VR conference in San Francisco on October 14-15? XRDC interviewed 5 innovators in art, science, game development and design, education, and R&D. Consequently, AI is improving as well, which makes it easier for developers and studios to make games and applications that benefit different fields.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

This is Google Earth VR. Google Earth VR is a surprise project from Google’s Geo team that is being both announced and released today. This is the team behind Google Maps and the original Google Earth. Google Earth VR’s primary locomotion system is flight. This is not the real Mt.

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Cats and VR

MAY 4, 2016

SubPac recently announced the close of $6M Series A financing with notable investors that include veteran DJ, Richie Hawtin, Dada Life, Azure Capital, NBA All Star Carmelo Anthony's M7 Tech Partners, and Andy Rubin of Playground Global and formerly Google Android. SubPac opened my eyes to the power of physical sound.

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

Game Cooks is an independent games studio founded in Beirut by two Lebanese brothers – Arz and Lebnan Nader. Since 2011, they’ve released over a dozen successful mobile games on iTunes and Google Play, but HOVR for Gear VR is their first foray into virtual reality. The real ‘Eureka!’

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

Game Cooks is an independent Games studio founded in Beirut by two Lebanese brothers – Arz and Lebnan Nader. Since 2011 they’ve released over a dozen successful mobile games on iTunes and Google Play, but HOVR for Gear VR is their first foray into virtual reality. The real ‘Eureka!’

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VRScout

JANUARY 23, 2019

Lyft drivers would access this information through an AR headset, such as a Microsoft HoloLens, Google Glass, or Magic Leap, which would place the digital content directly in the view of the Lyft driver, or through an AR enabled smartphone. Audi’s platform also revolves around utilizing real-world motions from the vehicle in-game.

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

Speaking today at the VRX conference in San Francisco, SuperData analyst Stephanie Llamas said that the company scaled back its forecast for PSVR because of scarcity of supply at the initial launch and the lack of marketing Sony put into the headset’s October debut. Game makers] won’t make a profit for now,” Llamas said. “To

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 23, 2023

This week we had our friend Cix Liv ordering a cafe in San Francisco with the Quest 3 on, while Brad Lynch went to Disneyland wearing a Quest. The game, made in collaboration with Capcom, reached an incredible amount of 10M downloads in the first month after launch and has no signs of stopping here.

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VRScout

AUGUST 10, 2018

What began as a couple of experiences at SXSW gaming, has no expanded into a VR takeover spanning several floors at the JW Marriott. In May 2017, Owlchemy Labs was acquired by Google. After scoring a partnership with Microsoft, they’ve talked at length about relocating to San Francisco.

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MAY 19, 2016

Epic Games’ Kim Libreri today took to the stage at Google’s I/O conference to announce Unreal Engine support for the newly announced Daydream Android VR platform, what’s more is that it’s available right now.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

With a tweet on its account, Valve has announced that the most awaited VR game of the year, Half-Life: Alyx is going to be released on March, 23rd. The game will be available only on Steam, but it will be compatible with all PC VR headsets. The price is €50, but the game is free for Index owners. I’m hyped, and you?

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VRScout

JUNE 16, 2018

You can think of the apps as as your own personal VR clubhouse that you can personalize with your own photos, invite family and friends over to watch movies, or get into an intense game of Boggle , where losers can’t throw the board across the room. It’s more than just Google hangouts or texting,” said Jones. “VR

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. Google was the first major technology company to release a head-worn computer when it introduced Google Glass in 2013. Google’s approach was significantly lighter and simpler than what’s come since.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

The Game Developer Conference is an annual gathering of professional devs as they share their various work-in-progress projects, attend networking functions, speak on and observe in-depth panel discussions, and absorb a wealth of knowledge and inspiration across the multi-day event.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

And in 2019, we have seen a series of high-profile announcements from the likes of Facebook, Google, Apple, Huawei and YouTube, suggesting 2020 could be a breakthrough year for consumer XR. Different applications of XR notwithstanding, the gains from successfully leveraging XR are real and demonstrable. said the same for AR/MR.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The inaugural Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC) is kicking off tomorrow at the Park Central Hotel in San Francisco. Making Daydream Real – Building for Google’s New VR platform. Nathan Martz, Product Manager, Google. Jason Finder, Software Engineer, Google. November 2nd, 3:30pm.

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MARCH 4, 2017

Gaming and the fabled power of the cloud has had a checkered history. Game-streaming service OnLive has come and gone, and Microsoft over-hyped the effect its Azure platform would have on Xbox One games, but that’s not stopping one company from using the cloud to unlock the power of its tools. enemy factions.

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MARCH 5, 2017

Unity Technologies and Epic Games are in a grudge match for the hearts and minds of game developers. I interviewed both John Riccitiello, CEO of San Francisco-based Unity, and Tim Sweeney, CEO of Raleigh, N.C.-based based Epic Games, this week at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

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