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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Cats and VR

MAY 16, 2016

Virtual reality has unlimited potential for gaming and entertainment, but it’s also a powerful way to drive important social change. There’s also a large community of nonprofit organizations eager to embrace VR as a tool to raise awareness for causes in need of a voice. The first videos will be showcased at Sundance 2017.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 31, 2023

The San Francisco, California-based firm demoed its Mobile Dock solution at the event; the immersive wearable allows users to stream media and gaming content to their device on a 120-inch virtual screen. Over the years, VR/MR has been used for multiple purposes, including gaming and entertainment.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Vive Studios is launching its first game today as well: Arcade Saga. ” This model is much more similar to a traditional console or video game publisher. ” UploadVR had the chance to speak with Breton at the Vive X offices in San Francisco, California.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

You know well that I’ve been at SXSW , but, shame on me, I haven’t stayed a few days more to attend the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. It has been interesting to watch the reportages of Alex VR and Skeeva from the show floor , where they met many game studios and had meaningful interviews with them.

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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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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

JULY 2, 2019

Magic Leap, Disney, and Epic Games are bringing their A-game to the annual tech conference. These platforms are well-positioned as a tool to teach us more about the human experience, and I am so excited to share that with attendees.”. Image Credit: SIGGRAPH. Pixel Ripped truly is a nostalgic, mad trip down memory lane.

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VRScout

JUNE 19, 2017

Last Monday, I walked three blocks uphill on Mason St in San Francisco to the Fairmont Hotel to demo a stealth product that had been touted to me as one of the biggest advancements in XR tech this side of Magic Leap. Comparison shot of Varjo Bionic display and Oculus Rift display. So what is Varjo? Varjo solves this problem.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Parisi is considered by many to be one of the early pioneers of VR thanks to his work on Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), a tool for creating 3D environments on the internet, with Mark Pesce back in 1994. “We’re not just going to be using VR and AR to make games, we’re going to tell stories and create worlds. .

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2017

Since the launch of Tilt Brush last year, we’ve witnessed a surge in creative expression in immersive technologies, amplified by the presence of other applications popping onto the scene, such as MasterpieceVR , Oculus Medium , Quill , Kingspray , ANIMVR , and Sketchfab. That is, until May 20 at Terra Gallery in San Francisco.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 5, 2023

Even when talking about games, the first mention was to Apple Arcade games you can play on a giant screen. And the video trailer showed a guy playing with a gamepad and the Apple headset , like people playing with the Oculus CV1 at launch. What year is it? 2016 or 2023? Which is good news.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 3, 2020

This provides audiences a better understanding of the game, as well as a better overall experience. Many sports channels are already experimenting with this technology, including ESPN and Fox Sports, and are incorporating AR as part of their broadcasting and play-by-play analysis to highlighted information about the game in real-time.

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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. In 2017, Apple released software called ARKit, which includes tools for software makers to determine how far away an object or wall is, if the phone is moving, or identify limbs in a human body, among other functions.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Many of these “volunteers” were patients in mental hospitals and treatments included electroshock therapies, hallucinogenic narcotics, and a Freddy Krueger tool-chest of other brain altering machinations. Neither he nor the site receive any money from either this game or its creators.

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VRScout

AUGUST 22, 2017

After much recent speculation of a possible price drop, the HTC Vive has joined the Oculus Rift in the discount club—cutting $200 off the previously $799 tag. I have to admit I’ve never played the game, but regardless if you’re a fan or not—the numbers are undeniable: Clash of Clans is one of the top grossing mobile games.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2020

The Game Developers Conference (GDC) was supposed to take place this week at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, however it was postponed amidst the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) alongside basically every conference relevant to the industry this year. Best Practices for Launching Games on Oculus.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 1, 2016

The theatrical activation will feature kiosks with Oculus Rift headsets powered by Alienware Aurora PCs using AMD Radeon RX 480 graphics cards. The Animus from the original Assassin’s Creed video game. There are other elements inspired by the video game franchise, as well. “We Here’s how they made it happen.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2023

I was looking back at my 8+ years in the field, and I could identify already a few cycles of consumer XR: The devkit cycle: it’s the era of the good old days of Oculus Rift DK1 and DK2. This era ended with the launch of the first consumer-oriented PC VR headsets: the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift CV1.

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VRWorld

JUNE 7, 2016

Last year, he got the call to move to San Francisco and take over the reign over the company, and build relationships with different franchise owners. We started development using Oculus Development Kits (DK1), and our breakthrough came when we started to show our code on DK2’s with different business leads. That I was crazy.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2018

The app launched in Early Access on the Oculus Store in December. San Francisco-based VR development startup Tribe VR is concentrating on immersive learning applications for virtual and augmented reality to enable users to learn real-world skills.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

From healthcare, education, social, training, cinema, gaming, and more, VR has a lot of Killer Use-cases. Oculus’ Jason Rubin weighs in on how we might come to find it. Today we hear from Jason Rubin, Head of Content at Oculus. SEE ALSO Oculus Head of Content Teases 'Months of High Profile VR content' On the Way.

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Cats and VR

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

[link] Today he is back again being a super punk rock dev and kicking off his time at GDC in partnership with Gold Club San Francisco to launch Gold Club SF VR. Gold Club SF VR is a virtual reality gaming experience that delivers an authentic adult-themed adventure to the privacy of your own home.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

From healthcare, education, social, training, cinema, gaming, and more, VR has a lot of Killer Use-cases. Every day this week leading up to the 2017 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, we’re featuring insights on the hunt for the killer app from virtual reality’s leading companies. Nick Whiting.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

First of all, let me wish a nice rest to anyone who has participated in the Global Game Jam, especially the ones that have proposed some AR/VR games! monthly connected headsets only on Steam (so this doesn’t consider Oculus Store users and PSVR users), and t he year-over-year growth is +75%. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 29, 2021

I’m 46 years old and an avid car-, tech- and games- enthusiast. My “old” passion rekindled in 2012 with the Oculus Kickstarter campaign and even prompted me to pitch the use of VR technology in sales at Audi for which I was then also fortunate enough to take over the project management. Marcus Kuehne (Image by holoride).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

In April, we opened the doors to the first Upload Collective in San Francisco, a hub for VR and AR startups, development, co-working, education, meetups and even live broadcasting. With over 40 member companies in San Francisco, The Upload Collective has quickly grown both in size and in scope. December 2015.

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Road to VR

MARCH 27, 2017

Here’s the new batch, across Vive X’s operating territories: San Francisco. cognitiveVR provides 3D spatial analytics and user feedback tools for VR/AR, enabling organizations to quickly and easily display analytics on their users’ sessions and collect deep metrics on user behavior and feedback.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 21, 2017

Today at an event in San Francisco HTC hosted a Vive X Demo Day for its second batch of funded company demos. The event featured 26 different companies ranging from game developers, enterprise applications, ease-of-use convenience tools, and a litany of other projects. China, and more.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

We have a platform called xrcollaboration.com, and there's been over 70 startups that have created XR collaboration tools that allow you to go in VR, go into AR glasses, and communicate with people around the world. So instead of playing a video game and shooting everybody, you're enjoying a concert by Trevor Scott or whoever.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

We have a platform called xrcollaboration.com, and there's been over 70 startups that have created XR collaboration tools that allow you to go in VR, go into AR glasses, and communicate with people around the world. So instead of playing a video game and shooting everybody, you're enjoying a concert by Trevor Scott or whoever.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Teppei is currently leading the GFR Fund in San Francisco. You come from a gaming background. I would assume because — it’s social media and gaming — you would be a direct competitor or something like Tencent. You can learn more about the GFR Fund by visiting gfrfund.com. Teppei: Oh yeah. Teppei: Sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Teppei is currently leading the GFR Fund in San Francisco. You come from a gaming background. I would assume because — it’s social media and gaming — you would be a direct competitor or something like Tencent. You can learn more about the GFR Fund by visiting gfrfund.com. Teppei: Oh yeah. Teppei: Sure.

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VRScout

JUNE 13, 2017

This post is part of an ongoing series about writing, storytelling, and critique in VR, in partnership with Galatea , a writing and project management tool for immersive stories. I first encountered Hunicke’s work when I demoed Luna at Oculus Connect 3 last October. The affable disposition is just the icing on the cake.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

There’s no better time of the year to do that than at the Game Developers Conference (GDC). He’s worked on the tech since before the Oculus Rift was invented and, with his team, since released some of the best games for it. Chris Hewish (Survios), Mike McTyre (Survios). Room 2011, West Hall. Room 3022, West Hall.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 4, 2017

In the two videos below you might notice a slight echo — that’s just from us recording both in-game voice chat and spoken voices from the room. The actual game doesn’t have any echo problems. All of the crew on the Aegis has a large display in front of them that has various touchscreen sections.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

We have a platform called xrcollaboration.com, and there's been over 70 startups that have created XR collaboration tools that allow you to go in VR, go into AR glasses, and communicate with people around the world. So instead of playing a video game and shooting everybody, you're enjoying a concert by Trevor Scott or whoever.

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