Road to VR

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. This video is also the most that has been seen publicly of the Daydream controller in action.

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Road to VR

JULY 25, 2016

The concept of using head-mounted cameras to track facial movement has been in development since the early ’90s, and although it later found practical application in the film and video game industries, giving animated characters a more human touch , it seems virtual reality is poised to bring technology to the consumer market in a big way.

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

Today, Jaunt has applications on just about every consumer VR platform including the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream. The only notable exception to Jaunt’s availability on the various hardware platforms was Sony’s PlayStation VR headset. As of today, however, that exception no longer applies.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

VLC 360 works using Google’s specs for spatial media. Video Lan President Jean-Baptiste Kempf told PC World that support of this type is dependent upon Google. VLC will probably support VR headsets like Vive, Daydream, Oculus or OSVR, in 2017. VLC will also get 3D audio playback, including head tracking headphones.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

There’s a rumor going around that Nintendo is making a VR headset in partnership with Google. There was no head tracking, motion controllers, or even games that wouldn’t have played equally as well on a standard Gameboy.

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Road to VR

APRIL 28, 2018

But we could see that change in the near future, thanks to research from Google which details a system for low-cost, mobile inside out VR controller tracking. But both headsets have controllers which track rotation only, meaning that hand input is limited to more abstract and less immersive movements. Image courtesy Google.

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Doc-Ok

DECEMBER 26, 2018

These questions/answers are not hardware-specific, meaning they apply to any current-generation VR system (Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, all the Windows Mixed Reality headsets, PlayStation VR, …), and go beyond basic tech questions such as “how do I plug this in, install drivers, …). Want to Know More?

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Road to VR

MAY 4, 2018

Right on the heels of the Oculus Go launch, the Lenovo Mirage Solo is here. The headset promises to bring one of the top features of high-end VR headsets—positional tracking—to Google’s casual Daydream VR ecosystem. SEE ALSO Oculus Go Review: Standalone VR Priced for the Masses. Does it succeed? Read on to find out.

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Hypergrid Business

APRIL 30, 2020

The headset came out last year , starts at $800, and is hands-down the best VR headset I’ve used to so far, and that includes various incarnations of the Oculus Rift, the Microsoft Hololens, the original HTC Vive, Oculus Go, and dozens of different smartphone-based headsets. VIVE Focus Plus. Image courtesy HTC Vive.).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2022

After graduating from the University of Southern California in Computer Sciences, he joined Oculus VR out of his passion for virtual reality. He was part of the team behind the GearVR app store and developed some of Oculus’ first native apps, e.g., Oculus Video and Oculus Social.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

15 for a Google Cardboard viewer. At the same time, it uses your phone’s internal gyros to provide the head tracking. The experience within the headset will be at least a couple of frames behind what you would experience on the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. Setup your Google Cardboard with Leap Motion Controller.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

Available On: Steam (Oculus Rift & HTC Vive). Reviewed On: HTC Vive & Oculus Rift. Although technically not finished, this VR experience for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive offers a lot more than you might expect and leaves a lasting impression of its strange, alien world. The Solus Project Details: Official Site.

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Road to VR

APRIL 30, 2018

In this article we compare three standalone VR devices which will be available worldwide this year: the Oculus Go, Lenovo Mirage Solo, and HTC Vive Focus. Oculus Go – Value Oriented. Image courtesy Oculus. At $200, the Oculus Go is set to be the most affordable device of the three by a significant margin.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Image by Google). Google completely opensources Cardboard. With a surprise move, Google has announced with a blog post that it ha opensourced completely Cardboard. Google affirms that Cardboard has been a huge success to introduce people into VR, and more than 15 million headsets have been distributed.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

The system featured a head-mounted display with head tracking that could be used to explore virtual environments or real remote images from a camera — foreshadowing future breakthroughs in teleoperation. Palmer Luckey, co-founder of Oculus VR Inc., They were slick, they were robust.

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

Today, Google finally pulled the curtain back on its mysterious virtual reality headset: Daydream View. Since its announcement at Google I/O earlier in the year, Daydream has been positioned as a potential usurper to the mobile VR throne currently occupied by Samsung and Oculus with Gear VR. ” Comfort & Fit.

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Road to VR

MARCH 8, 2017

Mobile VR solutions like Samsung’s Gear VR currently employ rotational tracking only. Positional tracking adds not only comfort but also immersion to virtual reality, and is a feature of all major tethered VR headsets. However, achieving the same on mobile VR has proved challenging.

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

With the release of the Oculus Touch controllers , both of the major headsets — Oculus Rift and HTC Vive — have motion tracked controllers and roomscale capabilities. Head-tracking is one thing, but moving my hands around while inside VR, evoking that sense of body language, is a magical thing.

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Headjack

JANUARY 12, 2015

All the big names in tech are working on their own devices, including Apple, Sony, Samsung, and Google. This is a massive overkill, since the latest Oculus Rift Crescent Bay edition contains a 1440p display. However, Oculus does aim for content shown at 80fps! Do you know why so many Oculus Rift DK2’s can be found on eBay?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking. Oculus has sold a couple million. Amazon Sumerian. 3D on Web is really becoming prevalent as well.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking. Oculus has sold a couple million. Amazon Sumerian. 3D on Web is really becoming prevalent as well.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking. Oculus has sold a couple million. there's just all these tools. Amazon Sumerian. Alan: Well all right!

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Cats and VR

JUNE 1, 2017

[link] Scope AR is introducing significant updates to its live support video calling platform, Remote AR, making it the first remote assistance software to enable markerless tracking. Soap Collective is debuting Atlas: Prologue, an interactive sci-fi adventure short highlighting episodic content and debuting on Oculus Rift + Touch.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It was 2015, right after Google Glass, quote/unquote failed. So I know AGCO is using Google Glass all over. It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they’re pivoting to enterprise. Google has some easy tools. But there’s a lot going on. Alan: Really? How are they using that? Emily: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It was 2015, right after Google Glass, quote/unquote failed. So I know AGCO is using Google Glass all over. It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they’re pivoting to enterprise. Google has some easy tools. But there’s a lot going on. Alan: Really? How are they using that? Emily: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It was 2015, right after Google Glass, quote/unquote failed. So if you want to know more about this, it's brainxchange.com and just look for EWTS, or just Google "Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit". So I know AGCO is using Google Glass all over. Google has some easy tools. But there's a lot going on. Alan: Really?

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