Road to VR

MAY 20, 2016

This week Google announced Daydream, the company’s initiative for high-end mobile virtual reality. While Google didn’t reveal a dedicated dev kit, the company says developers can cobble together their own using the Nexus 6P smartphone, Cardboard, and a spare phone. Google Cardboard. Spare Android phone.

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InstaVR

JULY 8, 2019

There’s two ways to publish to Android — In-House (self-distribute) or Store (via Google Play). The latter requires an Android Developer Account, which can be procured for less than $100/year, though you will need your app to be approved by Google for publishing on Google Play. Samsung Gear VR.

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ARPost

MARCH 2, 2021

Giants such as Oculus, HTC, Sony, Microsoft, Samsung, Walmart, and many others have been implementing their technologies in this field for a long time. How to Use VR Technology in Education? We can find educational VR content in a variety of sources, such as: VR apps in the App Store, Google Play, or Steam directories.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

” review of standalone headsets (you can find in other posts the ones related to Oculus Go and HTC Vive Focus ). it is bigger than the Oculus Go but smaller than the massive HTC Vive Focus. What I really appreciated have been the lenses : I think that Google here used all its expertise on the field. Then, keep reading.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I’m sorry about that, but it’s still a miracle I’ve managed to write it… Top news of the week (Leaked image from Samsung video) Samsung is back to XR with Google and Qualcomm The big news of the week is that Samsung is back to XR. This is huge because we know that Samsung is able to always deliver good hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 22, 2023

It shows how to do an AAA game for a standalone headset: it features something like 60 hours of playtime, fantastic graphics, an interesting story, and a lot of side quests. More info Vive discontinues Facial Tracker HTC has discontinued the Facial Tracker, the face-tracking device that worked with various PC VR headsets.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 26, 2016

I know how to be a successful journalist in this day and age). From monolithic manufacturers such as Facebook’s Oculus, Samsung, HTC, Google, and Sony, to the small, but hard working development teams that filled our platforms with content, the entire industry deserves to take a bow.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

billion from companies listed below like Google and Qualcomm. Google – NASDAQ: GOOG – Cardboard, Google VR, Daydream & Tango, VR cameras, Tilt Brush. HTC – TPE: 2498 – Headset, Content Delivery Platform (non-gaming). Samsung – KRX: 005930 – GearVR (partnership with Oculus VR) and 360 Camera.

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ARPost

MARCH 2, 2021

Giants such as Oculus, HTC, Sony, Microsoft, Samsung, Walmart, and many others have been implementing their technologies in this field for a long time. How to Use VR Technology in Education? We can find educational VR content in a variety of sources, such as: VR apps in the App Store, Google Play, or Steam directories.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Google Cardboard. from Google. Google Daydream View. from Google. COMPATIBILITY: The Google Daydream View is only compatible with these devices: Pixel, Pixel 2, Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+, Galaxy Note 8, LG V30, Moto Z, Moto Z 2 , ZenFone AR, Mate 9 Pro, Axon 7. Samsung Gear VR (with controller). from Samsung.

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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

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! HTC announces Vive Pro Secure. It would be very intriguing….

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 30, 2021

Snapchat is so planning to compete with similar products like Google Lens or Samsung Bixby. This is very powerful because it means that while Google and Facebook will work on creating all the AI/ML algorithms by themselves, Snap can rely on the work of others and so grow its functionality in a faster and cheaper way.

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Unimersiv

JULY 13, 2017

How to download the Dinosaurs VR update? Oculus Store for the Samsung Gear VR. Google Play Store for the Daydream or Cardboard for Android. Steam VR or Viveport for the HTC Vive. Here are some screenshots of some of the dinosaurs that you will meet in our experience: Elasmosaurus. Some Triceratops. Dimorphodon.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2023

This era ended with the launch of the first consumer-oriented PC VR headsets: the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift CV1. Google joined forces with Samsung (and Qualcomm) to release a new headset soon. Google also owns popular services like the G-doc suite or Gmail. These are companies that know how to handle a new product.

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Hypergrid Business

JULY 11, 2017

The quality is better than in the mobile sets but, in my opinion, not as good at the HTC Vive. And speaking of the HTC Vive, it’s also on sale today, for $700 , or $100 off its regular price of $800. In my opinion, the HTC Vive is hands-down the best virtual reality headset on the market today.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The price is $599, but to work the glasses should be tethered to a smartphone from Samsung or OnePlus, so the overall price of the whole system is well beyond $1000. Image by HTC). Google details Project Starline. Honestly, I think it will be the next project abandoned by Google. News worth a mention.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Dominic Brennan from Road to VR estimates that Santa Cruz is using the same 1,440 × 1,600 displays that are also found in the Samsung Odyssey and Vive Pro headsets. For those of you that will not be able to attend in San Jose, California you can watch the event live streamed in virtual reality on your Oculus Go or Samsung Gear VR!

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2020

More info (Official launch post) More info (How to buy the Quest 2) More info (My review of the Quest 2) More info (Ben Lang’s review of the Quest 2) More info (Ben Lang’s review of the accessories of the Quest 2). They tell you what games to buy, how to customize your headset, what options to activate, and much more. Good job, Zuck.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

After having tried the headset for some days, having written what it is and what are its features, the comparison between it and the Vive Focus Plus , having taught people how to start developing with it , I think tha t I’m ready to let you know my impressions on the first 6 DOF standalone headset by Facebook.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Now that you have your awesome 360/VR videos or photos uploaded to VeeR, how to bring them to a larger audience and get discovered by more people? How to use hashtags? Learn about How To Create 360° Renderings Using 3DS MAX and how VR could revolutionize Interior Design Industry. What is a hashtag? 360interiordesign.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

HTC Vive Wrist Tracker. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker (Image by HTC). HTC has made an announcement at this CES and it has been a pretty cool one. To showcase its functionality, HTC showed some videos of the tracker in use to improve the performances of hands tracking and also with the tracker installed on external props.

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Road to VR

JULY 8, 2016

And it might be true that it’s only as audiences start to go through experiences like this that they’ll start to learn the best practices for how to watch it. I’ve found that gamers are much more likely to natively know how to explore and watch an interactive experience. ” Here’s a trailer for Sequenced.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2019

I got a chance to try out the software at CES 2019, getting a full demo of the VR side of Mobile Connect using a HTC Vive Pro and a pair of Android smartphones—one for my far-flung contact, and the other for me, which normally sits tight in my pocket so I can keep my notification anxiety in check. Image courtesy Dell.

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VeeR VR

MARCH 15, 2018

One of the most frequently-asked questions we were asked by our users is how to remove the default watermark. VeeR VR app has been featured on App Store’s front page in many countries and regions, and handpicked by editors on Google Daydream, Samsung Gear VR, and HTC Vive, and Oculus. .

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VRScout

MARCH 28, 2017

So here are the methods for the best possible viewing on every major headset: HTC Vive and Oculus Rift : Virtual Desktop is not only the best way to watch 360 videos on the Vive and Rift, but the best way to experience the internet as a whole. Google DayDream : Download the official YouTube app. Bada bing, bada boom.

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VR Bites

JANUARY 23, 2017

Play Oculus Rift and HTC Vive games with your smartphone. In contrast most VR games will be asking a lot from the PC and therefore we recommend to maintain the system requirements advised by Oculus and HTC so at least an Intel Core i5 4590 or AMD FX 8350, 4GB of RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290. VRidge your Gear VR.

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VRGuy

APRIL 30, 2016

I've been thinking about how to classify VR and AR headsets and am starting to look at them along three dimensions (no pun intended): VR vs AR PC-powered vs. Phone-powered vs. Self-powered. The zSight 1920 has about 32 pixels/degree whereas a modern consumer goggle like the HTC Vive has less than half that. Is it connected to a PC?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Here below I’m posting for you the best offers I’ve found: for instance, HTC is discounting basically every piece of hardware (including Vive Trackers that can be useful for all the VRChat fans out there), while Pico is offering one of the best deals with €100-worth-of-content given for free with every purchased Pico 4.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2018

Have you seen how many new features? Let’s start with something easy: do you remember my article on how to stream the content of the Focus on an external screen? From my tests, the image on the screen appears slightly distorted, so there will be something to fix on HTC’s side. Better integration with HTC phones.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 10, 2017

They include Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR, OSVR, Samsung Gear VR, Daydream, Cardboard apps for both Android and iOS, and even Windows Phones and the IdeaLens K2 all-in-one headset. ” They’ve got over 200 titles on this list, with prices, and the links take you directly to the Google Play downloads.

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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. Another XR developer, David Smith , noted how the Apple Lab he visited “checked everything off my list.”

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

More info (Reddit post explaining how to do AR with the Index) More info (Video showing AR on the Index) More info (MetaChromium on Steam). Google drops support for Daydream. With a communication that has surprised no one, Google has dropped support for the Daydream platform, which won’t be supported in the upcoming Android 11.

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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). Or is it just a talk about glasses?

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Road to VR

MAY 8, 2017

What’s imperative, especially now that we have a massive workforce ready to deploy, is that we figure out how to properly monetize 360 film content. We know that the tech companies driving the VR industry (Google, Samsung, Valve, HTC, Oculus, etc.) Divide and Be Conquered. from Farmville to Angry Birds to Clash of Clans).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2018

And so here we are again: Oculus vs HTC, America vs China, Hugo Barra vs Alvin Wang Graylin. HTC has also been smart because every time someone says “Focus” during some VR event, he’s doing some hidden advertisement for its product. According to some reviewers, the display may also be the same one made by Samsung.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

I ended up at Valve Software running their hardware department, putting the team together that created the HTC Vive. We were tasked with exploring how to bring new gamers into the Steam platform. Jeri, at Valve they did have that sort of choice point, and they chose to do Steam VR and get behind the HTC Vive.

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