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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Robert Scoble

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Computer vision running inside says “hey, there’s a rook in a chess game” and it keeps track of that rook from then on and, from then on, developers can perform their own magic (for instance a developer might want to change that rook into something crazy, like a Sponge Bob character). Board games? Refrigerators?

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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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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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VRScout

JULY 12, 2016

As the publisher of Unreal Engine 4, Epic Games is at the forefront of developers creating new worlds in VR, and we recently sat down with the man driving their VR efforts: Nick Whiting, Epic’s Technical Director of VR/AR. I oversee all things VR and AR for Epic Games. Games are a big challenge in VR and AR.

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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. Barco even chose to introduce the concept via a VR headset – the Samsung GearVR, to drive the point home about the future of immersive movie viewing. That first image in the composite is of a movie presentation format: Barco Escape.

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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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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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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. According to Chris Pruet, Oculus’ Head of Development Engineering, mentioned at GDC 2018, the headset’s thermal design allows the processor to run at higher clock rates than any device he’s seen before.

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TechCrunch VR

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Despite short-term questions, games software/hardware to top $200 billion by 2023. Contributor. Tim Merel is managing director of Digi-Capital. More posts by this contributor. VR/AR startup valuations reach $45 billion (on paper).

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VRWorld

JUNE 8, 2016

Seebright also announced Seebright Wave Innovator Edition , a complete head-mounted display (HMD) system that still utilizes your smartphone, but also comes with an array of sensors and what they hope to be ‘an industry leading visual quality with 52 degree field of view’ The post Did Seebright Just Launch Google Cardboard for AR?

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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. Extended reality in visual solutions is making the headlines.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

As a side note, I’m so glad we collectively stuck with calling it head-mounted displays, and not something like “VR Helmet”, “VR Glasses”, or any of the other many attempts to call it something else. The games behemoth themselves saw the potential of VR and its use in games, and decided to join the fun.

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VR Playhouse

JUNE 15, 2017

One day, we will all regularly consume media through head mounted displays, just as we all watch television today. At the time, DVD players still cost an average of $201, and for an extra hundred bucks, consumers could buy a PS2 and have a game console on top of that. GAMING WILL INCREASINGLY DRIVE ADOPTION.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

In the book, you discuss military, telepresence, design and architecture, medical, retail, marketing, journalism, social media, entertainment, gaming, and education. There are some games and social experiences. So, it has some social benefits, you know, because that’s not a game – that’s an experience.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

In the book, you discuss military, telepresence, design and architecture, medical, retail, marketing, journalism, social media, entertainment, gaming, and education. There are some games and social experiences. So, it has some social benefits, you know, because that’s not a game – that’s an experience.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 4, 2016

The idea is that, as soon as we identified VR was coming — this was before the Oculus acquisition by Facebook — it was clear that one part of VR would be computer-generated experiences, games being the major example. Ozo’s output is one single cable going into either your storage or a head-mounted display.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The new iPad Pro, the new iPhone 12, all the Samsung phones, they all have LiDAR scanning. It's a bit like the game of whispers, where one person whispers into one one person's ear and it starts off with "Send reinforcements, were going to advance," and ends up with "Spend three and fourpence, we're going to a dance." Totally get it.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The new iPad Pro, the new iPhone 12, all the Samsung phones, they all have LiDAR scanning. It's a bit like the game of whispers, where one person whispers into one one person's ear and it starts off with "Send reinforcements, were going to advance," and ends up with "Spend three and fourpence, we're going to a dance." Totally get it.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The new iPad Pro, the new iPhone 12, all the Samsung phones, they all have LiDAR scanning. It's a bit like the game of whispers, where one person whispers into one one person's ear and it starts off with "Send reinforcements, were going to advance," and ends up with "Spend three and fourpence, we're going to a dance." Totally get it.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Today, Zappar is announcing the closing of its $3.75m Series A funding round, led by London-based investors Hargreave Hale , along with brand technology business You & Mr Jones and China’s largest independent mobile game publishing platform iDreamSky. “There are a number of players entering this space. .”

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000. The consumer electronics companies like Apple and Samsung and to some extent Google and Microsoft, along with companies like Amazon, are jumping nto healthcare. And that’s really changing the game.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000. The consumer electronics companies like Apple and Samsung and to some extent Google and Microsoft, along with companies like Amazon, are jumping nto healthcare. And that's really changing the game. And it also wasn't very comfortable to wear.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000. The consumer electronics companies like Apple and Samsung and to some extent Google and Microsoft, along with companies like Amazon, are jumping nto healthcare. And that’s really changing the game.

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