XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 12, 2024

While the average consumer might not need haptic experiences in VR games, sensory feedback in the business world can be extremely valuable. They’re not just ideal for intelligent gaming and entertainment. These gloves are also compatible with HTC VIVE, Meta Quest, and Pico Neo headsets, offering excellent versatility.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 22, 2024

With eye-tracking solutions, software can be designed to effectively render the content users are viewing according to their specific needs, reducing bandwidth use and improving clarity. With hand-tracking capabilities, innovators can remove the need for teams to utilize external controllers and devices when interacting with digital content.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 9, 2017

In a recent entry on the Google Blog , senior UX engineer Logan Olson describes how it could give users the power to “create expressive animations without needing to learn complex animation software.”. Olson explains that there is a short setup process for shape matching but it “could eventually be automated”.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

With eye-tracking solutions, software can be designed to effectively render the content users are viewing according to their specific needs, reducing bandwidth use and improving clarity. With hand-tracking capabilities, innovators can remove the need for teams to utilize external controllers and devices when interacting with digital content.

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VRScout

JULY 24, 2018

A combination of software was used to execute the endeavor, including Adobe Character Animator, Unreal Engine, and NewTeK NDI. Built entirely in-house at Nickelodeon’s Entertainment Lab, using a game engine allowed the ability to create real-time interactions and conversations.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Other companies specializing in motion capture, like IKinema, might also be able to put together products and services that are more accessible to a larger group of creators. A pair of videos released in the last few days, however, show how Valve Software’s promising tracking technology is usable for the same purpose.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

It’s a good read , full of interesting anecdotes, like when it is written that Beat Saber became the testbench for the tracking of the Quest controllers , or that Asgard’s Wrath, in the beginning, was a tower defense game. It’s nice to see how Facebook is updating the Quest software constantly. Snap is finally adding AR to its glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Image by HTC). The interesting thing is that HTC has claimed that duration, but then some people of HTC said that is not true, and also some reviewers called this a fake news. I hope that HTC releases a public statement about these two points, to clarify the situation to its customers. Good luck to him and to HTC!

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Thanks to the support of HTC, Rob is experimenting with Vive Trackers , and is very eager to tell you everything about his experiments with them, in a series of two very detailed posts. The post finishes also with the little surprise of an interview with HTC’s Shen Ye. HTC Vive Trackers (Image by Rob Cole). Introduction.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. But, as Road To VR has stated, maybe HTC should have clarified that in all its marketing material.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

Games currently make up 76% of all virtual reality content. 50% of millennials expressed desire for VR headsets that hook up to a gaming console as opposed to a PC. HTC has sold an estimated 100k Vives. Stationary and interactive puzzle games. Using 1-to-1 motion controls. VR Consumption, 2016. On-rails vehicle.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 26, 2017

Over the past three years, Melbourne, Australia-based startup Zero Latency has been refining its multiplayer virtual reality arcade platform, which currently has three playable games for up to six players with plans to add eight-player support by the end of this year. Vandonkelaar said it takes between seven and nine months to create a game.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 7, 2022

I developed many software and hardware products in the past, not only as Electronics Engineer but also as a Product Manager, worked in some well-known corporates such as Nokia and Verifone then a couple of years ago I founded WalkOVR, the first wearable walk-in-place locomotion solution for Virtual Reality. . Thanks for hosting me.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The Chinese VR ecosystem is very active and it is evolving pretty fast: this summer I have been in China and I met some cool startups that are working on software (e.g. SUPERDATA research for what concerns the mobile gaming market. We all know that China is a country that is betting big on Virtual Reality. The second key year is 2025.

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Steki Amusement

OCTOBER 22, 2021

This video game hall-like form exploded with unexpectedly strong vitality and quickly became an important part of the VR industry. With the gradual maturity of VR products, traditional video game halls have been involved, and even some offline entertainment venues are also involved, including some KTVs and restaurants. billion U.S.

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ARPost

JUNE 27, 2019

This method is similar to the motion capture technology that has been used to create realistic computer generated video for years. However, the company is partnered with household names like nvidia, Unity, Unreal Engine, and HTC. Live Client is a tool for facial motion capture.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

The software inside is also very simple: basically, all you can do is look at something and apply it to your vision filters taken from Snapchat. In an interview with a Chinese magazine, HTC China (Mister) President Alvin Graylin has stated that in his opinion, Facebook may lose at least $100-$200 for each sold Oculus Quest 2 device.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

You’ve got mobile phone-based AR, eye tracking set devices, taste experiments, hot and cold devices, thermal devices, and then tracking systems for motion capture, and of course, treadmills for omni-directional walking. Antony: Yeah, of course, I was there; I listened to all the presentations by HTC.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

You've got mobile phone-based AR, eye tracking set devices, taste experiments, hot and cold devices, thermal devices, and then tracking systems for motion capture, and of course, treadmills for omni-directional walking. Antony: Yeah, of course, I was there; I listened to all the presentations by HTC.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

You’ve got mobile phone-based AR, eye tracking set devices, taste experiments, hot and cold devices, thermal devices, and then tracking systems for motion capture, and of course, treadmills for omni-directional walking. Antony: Yeah, of course, I was there; I listened to all the presentations by HTC.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

China-India & the other Asian Nations have some really interesting #augmentedreality #virtualreality #mixedreality #startups Innovating across Hardware, Software & Content. Alvin is the China President at #HTC leading all aspects of HTC’s business in the region (Vive/VR, phone, Viveport content platform, partnerships and investments).

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