ARPost

MAY 16, 2023

The company is currently launching new hardware and a new product package, so we spoke with CEO and co-founder Jay Wright for a software demo and an explanation of the new release. A Cross-Platform Solution The complete Campfire ecosystem consists of hardware and software. Now, one app can do both jobs.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 25, 2020

Videogame engine Unity has supported the XR industry from the early days of virtual reality (VR) through to the current crop of augmented reality (AR) hardware. That has included a lot of different hardware support, some of which is still relevant while others less so. Affecting Unity 2019.3 Currently, Unity 2019.2.19

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 26, 2023

The With Google AR and VR technologies, companies can create immersive experiences designed to rapidly convert customers, and enhance brand loyalty. The ARCore solution from Google supports developers in creating simple but effective AR applications, which customers can download from the Google Play store and access on any Android device.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2020

It’s no doubt been a massive undertaking creating a platform agnostic standard for VR and AR, as The Khronos Group consortium has included in its ranks the important hardware and software creators in the industry, including AMD, ARM, Epic Games, Facebook, Google, HTC, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Unity, and Valve.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Microsoft’s play for command of next generation personal computing can be seen today with the announcement of a series of Windows-powered VR headsets starting at $300. This is not the case with the headsets on the way from Microsoft’s partners. “The strategy has become clear. . “The strategy has become clear.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 17, 2023

For instance: Meta: Meta’s Oculus devices not only work alongside a wide range of different hardware solutions, but they’re also designed to support countless different types of software too seamlessly. Unity Integrations allow users to connect Unity services to popular tools like Discord, Slack, and Jira.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Microsoft announces Mesh, an XR collaboration platform. Alex Kipman promised us a Microsoft Ignite conference with an amazing level of immersion , and he kept his word. But since Microsoft owns one of those studios (and using it costs around $100K/day if I remember well!), You are all fantastic! Here you are my flower for you!

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Cats and VR

JULY 15, 2016

The build was created in Unity with the HoloLens SDK" "For now the Pokémon are randomly generated within a mapped environment. A more challenging thing is how to access the Google Maps API and enabling it within a running app. David Robustelli, Head of Digital at CapitolaVR posted the above video and had this to say. "We

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ARPost

MAY 12, 2022

Immediately following Inbar’s welcome address is the Unity keynote by Unity Technologies CEO John Riccitiello. As one of the leading tools for 3D content creation, Unity is also one of the engines driving XR content and experiences. Of course, companies don’t need to have a keynote to say something interesting. Autodesk Inc.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Everything from hardware to experiences to people, the XR world is recognized, and Inbar is the master of ceremonies. The company has since teased hardware and a collaboration with Microsoft Mesh , so their AWE appearance could mean anything. Day two of the conference opens with Unity’s keynote.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This follows investments in mobile hardware capability, interest in immersive virtual experiences with the metaverse, and rising industry competition. For example, a user could point a camera at areas of their city to see what it looked like ten years ago from an archive of Google Maps. Earlier this year, ARCore v.1.31.0

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It will also “foster a vibrant AI hardware accelerator ecosystem” by increasing the number of contributions and adoptions of key software technologies. Meta has also joined the Metaverse Standards Forum , which works on building interoperability, standard file formats and hardware.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

It was really interesting to see Microsoft pivot towards enterprise with the HoloLens and I think it was absolutely the right move for them to make Click To Tweet. For starters, they’re based in Oregon as opposed to Silicon Valley.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One-year price performance for MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL, SNE, and NVDA According to the latest report from Statista , the global augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) markets are rapidly growing and are forecast to reach a total of $72.8 Microsoft’s smart glasses are now used as an enterprise solution by many companies around the world.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 19, 2018

without limitation, Oculus, Google, Microsoft, Valve, Steam, HTC)”, venture capital, or crowdsourcing. ” SEE ALSO Facebook Founder Says Company Invested $250M in VR Content, Will Invest $250M More. The post ‘Oculus Start’ Program Aims to Help Indies Jump into VR Development appeared first on Road to VR.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Although Unity 3D is undoubtedly the most common and trained standards for developing and deploying augmented and virtual reality application for both beginner or expert developer, it is cannot be employed for developing content for some headsets. Google VR SDK is popular for building virtual reality applications for Android and iOS.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). For example, we invited senior executives from HUAWEI, JBD, HTC, Alibaba, iQIYI, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and so on.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

On the contrary, Microsoft has worked a lot on the platform, to make it more appealing to enterprise customers. It has released experiences like Microsoft Remote Assist, that let different teams in a company work together to solve maintenance problems. Of course, it will exploit the already awesome Microsoft platform.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Initiatives like OpenVR have allowed platforms like Steam to be hardware agnostic, allowing almost any virtual reality (VR) headset which supports the protocol to be used. At present only Microsoft’s Windows Mixed Reality headsets support OpenXR. The current OpenXR 1.0

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

Image by Microsoft). After the news went viral, Microsoft has clarified that it was just “a translation bug” and that Xbox is not adding VR support at the moment. Google halves its revenues on the Play Store. Google has just decided to cut its share on the Play Store to “just” 15% of the revenues of the titles up to $1M.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

And the price of the wireless add-on is even more suspicious: speaking with a hardware manufacturer, they told me that ONLY THE ANTENNAS of a Wi-Gig connection for VR streaming (like the one of the Vive Pro) costs around $100… so how can the whole wireless streaming device cost just $50?? Simple WebXR” aims at bringing WebXR to Unity.

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

Remember, HTC is the Taiwanese-based hardware manufacturer and the HTC Vive Tech Corporation is a subsidiary that partners with American-based software company Valve for content via their huge Steam library. Air New Zealand is one airlines provider that is testing how the Microsoft Hololens can help improve in-flight customer service.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

It is also working on creating its own hardware : a previous report highlighted that it could build its own chips in the future, and this article shows how the company is working also in acquiring hardware parts markers. Of course its goal is to give importance to Steam, not to the hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Someone invokes saviors like Google and Amazon, but even if they managed to succeed, they are other data-harvesting companies , so in any case, we are f**ked. Well, now he has amazing hardware, a very good operating system, a profitable store, some of the best XR games, full control of the user accounts.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Technology partners like Mozilla, Google, and Microsoft have joined the collective effort to support WebVR as a priority to jumpstarting the industry. “VR is evolving rapidly, whether it’s interaction paradigms, uses, or hardware. With stakes this big, you need the heavy hitters.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

Did Seebright just release the augmented reality equivalent of Google Cardboard? The Seebright SDK also supports Unity and Unreal engines and is compatible with both iOS and Android. This partnership is sure to make major waves and shake up expectations for mixed reality content as well as hardware.

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VRWorld

JUNE 8, 2016

Case in point is Microsoft’s HoloLens, where a development kit will set you back for $3000. Next iteration of Google Android OS will feature Daydream UI and we feel it might be the main feature of upcoming Android. Apple or Google, it doesn’t matter as being platform agnostic is all that counts.”

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 9, 2017

Apple’s eye-catching ARKit is on the verge of release alongside a series of Microsoft-backed VR headsets. New efforts are likely to be revealed heading into January’s CES 2018 that could further improve VR with wireless setups, lighter weight headsets, less expensive hardware and more capable systems overall.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

More info (Use Google Translate). For this, it has just started Access Hardware, a program that gives for free Magic Leap glasses plus dedicated support to all developers that are planning to do interesting applications using the Magic Leap 1, especially in the enterprise sector. Google Chrome now supports WebAR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The firm’s first XR headset is due soon, and with it comes a spatial computing ambition that draws similarities and differences to Lenovo, Microsoft, Meta, HTC VIVE, and other XR headset vendors. On the other hand, Apple is not the only XR firm pushing for interoperability and cross-pollination of hardware and software.

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 8, 2022

Huge companies like Facebook and Microsoft are throwing vast sums of money at their attempts to build, and therefore define, the metaverse. Basically, if the metaverse is the new internet, then everyone wants to be the new Google - holding the keys to the huge amounts of money to be made from selling advertising there.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Apple’s take on immersive technologies will also test the future of XR hardware solutions and their roles in the broader XR community through rigorous use cases. This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. Apple is behind the ball here, with the advancements in spatial and mixed reality AI.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 9, 2016

The result is a headset that hopes to enhance mobile VR with positional tracking — something that everyone from Google to Oculus is also looking to do — and also provide mixed reality experiences, giving users access to the real world and placing virtual objects within them. So why just iPhone and not other handsets?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2022

If you are not going, well, expect to read some articles on mine about the hardware that I will try there, so you will feel as if you have been there, too… and I will also eat and review some delicious pasteis de nata for you :D. Meta announces at Connect Quest Pro and a partnership with Microsoft. Top news of the week. Image by Meta).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

I think that, after a year, its specifications don’t sound exceptional anymore and maybe it is better that LG jumps directly to a second generation or that enters the standalone market (as it seems, since there are some rumors about a new revolutionary headset screen developed by Google and LG). Oculus announces Hardware Reports.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). Sounded good.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

It is also the time when all magazines create a list of “best of” the year and give awards to the best content and hardware … about which there is always someone that doesn’t agree. I am a bit sad no one gave an award to The Unity Cube , though… I would have loved to get a “Worst Application Award 2021” from Road To VR….

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