Road to VR

MAY 26, 2017

Google’s overarching mission is to organize all of the world’s information, and so it’s a natural fit for the company to be one of the leading innovators for using VR for immersive education. SEE ALSO For Google, the Future of VR Is on the Open Web with WebVR & WebAR. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST.

Education 185

Education Immersion Google AR 185

ARPost

MARCH 3, 2020

Expeditions Pioneer Program by Google. Google helps tackle the latter with its Expeditions Pioneer Program. Below is a sneak peek of Google’s experiment at Andersen Middle School, where they pioneered their program. ?. Teachers and staff learn how to use Google’s Expeditions app and ARCore (for Android) or ARKit (for iOS).

Education 268

Education AR Industry Google 268

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Unity closed out its Unite 2016 Keynote in Los Angeles today with a huge focus on VR. “We think that immersive technologies like VR and AR represent the next computing platform,” Parisi told the crowd at Unite. We’re going to design and sell products, make compelling presentations and understand complex data.”

Unity 100

Unity Los Angeles San Francisco Unreal 100

XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 13, 2022

Through VR, MR, and AR, companies can present products and services to customers like never before, in a fully-customizable, adaptable, and interactive environment. Among the biggest technology brands in the world, and a major name for any company interested in advertising within the digital world, Google has plenty to offer in XR promotion.

Unity 172

Unity Microsoft Google Apple 172

VRScout

MAY 1, 2019

Those unfamiliar with immersive technology have often perceived VR as some form of modern black magic that only highly-trained developers can properly harness. But today you no longer need to be a Unity professional or 3D designer to get into this sacred industry. Image Credit: Amazon. Sumerian by Amazon.

Training 400

Training Software Education Tools 400

ARPost

JULY 23, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us how important immersive and interactive apps and games are in our everyday life. Immersive games and apps and 3D videos have opened a new world for emotionally exhausted people staying at home 24/7. XR Events in 2021 – Celebrating the Industry that Made Lockdown Bearable. ICHVR 2021.

Asia 509

Asia China Virtual Reality Entertainment 509

ARPost

MAY 5, 2021

The virtual event, which included networking rounds, panel discussions, and expert presentations, was attended by hundreds of educators and solution providers. Accessibility in terms of cost and learning curve were recurring themes, as were immersion, and data and security. AR, “Immersive Spaces,” and WebXR.

Education 350

Education Michigan Data Immersion 350

Road to VR

MAY 18, 2016

Google’s newly announced Daydream VR platform , an initiative that’s poised to bring low latency VR to a number of select Android smartphones later this fall, wasn’t exactly what the Internet was expecting when it heard about Google wanting to make its own VR headset. Watch Google I/O 2016 Livestream.

Google 102

Google Controllers Latency Unity 102

VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Organized by the VR Society, presented by AMD Studios, and co-presented by Dell, “On the Lot” is back for its second year. Jim Chabin, President of the Advanced Imaging and VR Societies, explained that the latest edition of the conference has expanded to match the explosive growth of immersive technologies as a whole.

Unreal 287

Unreal Conference Entertainment Unity 287

ARPost

JULY 29, 2022

See Also: 5 VR Accessories You Need for the Next-Level Immersion. This helps overcome the awkwardness of not being physically present and encouraging virtual conversations, just like in the real world. You can create your own world using the Unity SDK. These apps do not and should not replace in-person meetings. Half + Half.

Oculus 366

Oculus Virtual Reality Google Unity 366

Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2023

In their recent presentation VR is essentially reduced to a gimmick, the thing you lightly touch the edges of, instead of a complimentary and equally important medium. Inputs and Haptics are incredibly important to Virtual Reality as a major tenant in reinforcing immersion and tactile interaction with virtual objects.

Apple 324

Apple AR Gaming Hand tracking 324

ARPost

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

At his keynote last year, Swart presented Snapdragon Spaces and introduced the first two recipients of Qualcomm Ventures’ metaverse-funded companies. Nreal hasn’t been a keynote presenter in the years that ARPost has covered AWE. Following that is a “Fireside Chat” with Unity CEO John Riccitiello.

Magic Leap 327

Magic Leap Haptic AR New York 327

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 9, 2023

It’s impossible to deny the impact of immersive technology on today’s content landscape. Google, and Apple all have their own unique toolkits, designed to simplify the process of creating immersive content. Here are just some of the other major vendors innovating in this space: 1.

Unity 87

Unity Tools Education Unreal 87

VRScout

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

IBM predicts that AI will unlock the next generation of interactivity for XR experiences, describing in the 2021 Unity Technology Trends Report that the maturity of AI will play a key role beyond hand tracking, and into the world of voice. The open-sourced Watson Unity SDK can be found on GitHub.

AR 415

AR Machine Learning Unity Exercises 415

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In October, Igloo Vision , a major provider of immersive collaborative spaces, refurbished its demo centre in London to provide five novel immersive spaces for its Hoxton-based showroom. People can also view YouTube 360 videos, Google Street View, as well as the enterprise’s bespoke 360 web browser.

Immersion 89

Immersion 360 Video Architecture Microsoft 89

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

RT3D engines such as Unity and Unreal significantly streamline XR production pipelines with easy-to-use tools. A developer then imports the photogrammetry asset into an RT3D engine to use it as a component for many projects, including virtual reality (VR) immersive experiences, augmented reality (AR) objects, and movie VFX sequences.

Unreal 92

Unreal Tools Real Estate Construction 92

XR Today - Big XR News tag

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Next week, the Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Association (VRARA) will host over 100 speakers from various extended reality (XR) firms to explore new immersive technology innovations and opportunities to match a diverse and emerging industry demand. We have so much planned for the Immerse Global Summit Europe on Sept 28-30!

Europe 74

Europe Magic Leap Portugal Education 74

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 9, 2023

For entrants to the immersive sector, the company can guide potential clients to set up their own fully-functional studios or convert existing ones. The combined work from MRCS licences and product production aims to build the next generation of immersive technologies for the company.

Microsoft 81

Microsoft Los Angeles Motion Capture Immersion 81

VRScout

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Instead I’m virtually inside a rendered auditorium with a large presentation screen behind me. The free to attend showcase features women-led businesses in immersive technology (XR) and is hosted by the WXR Fund, a venture fund dedicated to amplifying female founders and XR startups committed to gender equality.

Los Angeles 321

Los Angeles San Francisco South Africa Latvia 321

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

RT3D engines such as Adobe Substance, Unity, and Unreal significantly streamline XR production pipelines with easy-to-use tools. Google: RawNeRF. Google first introduced RawNeRF in 2020 as an automated photogrammetry tool that can simulate the real-world lighting of a scanned object. NVIDIA Instant NeRF. ready workplaces.

Unreal 76

Unreal Real Estate Construction Tools 76

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. Following the event, several global executives from the immersive tech industry weighed in on the device. XR Today: How was Apple’s presentation of the device?

Industry 88

Industry Apple Unity North America 88

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 1, 2023

Numerous executives and officials have rallied the global tech community to sustain the momentum of a renaissance of immersive technologies. Ori Inbar, Founder, Super Ventures and Co-founder and CEO, AWE kicked off the event with a ChatGPT-powered avatar presentation. His presentation would set the tone for the resurging XR sector.

Industry 90

Industry Magic Leap Technology Immersion 90

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

Augmented Reality 147

Augmented Reality Technology How To AR 147

ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

For example, the Google Cardboard headset is only $20 !!! Google has a cardboard cutout template that you can follow at [link] Pro Tip: when making homemade lenses seal two pieces of plastic to create a biconvex shape with glue and use a needle syringe to fill it with water until there are no bubbles left!

Augmented Reality 130

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Tips AR 130

AR Insider

MARCH 20, 2020

XR Talks is a series that features the best presentations and educational videos from the XR universe. To synthesize where we are and where we’re going, our research arm ARtillery Intelligence recently presented findings from its report, Spatial Computing: 2019 Lessons, 2020 Outlook. Speakers’ opinions are their own.

Trends 195

Trends AR Apple Tips 195

The Ghost Howls

JUNE 16, 2020

Among these technologies, immersive realities will play a very important part, and HTC wants so to start offering services in that sense. Developed internally by HTC, Sync lets you organize your meetings with your colleagues around the world, and interact with Powerpoint presentations, 3D models, etc… Vive Campus.

HTC 459

HTC China Video Unity 459

ARVR

JULY 29, 2021

WebXR stands for “Extended Reality” for the web, which includes virtual reality and augmented reality, and all other related immersive technologies, such as mobile devices, for which these types of experiences can also be developed. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.How How VR could bring transhumanism to the masses 2. ExpiCulture?

Augmented Reality 147

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Examples Latency 147

ARVR

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

In cases where it is necessary to explore specific equipment and learn how to use it, an augmented reality application can present the required 3D model and helpful explanations. Students study the material more deeply through immersion, which makes it feel more real and relevant. Google Arts & Cultures in the classroom.

Augmented Reality 130

Augmented Reality Examples Education Study 130

Voices of VR

JULY 13, 2023

Liz Hyman President and the CEO of the XR Association (XRA), which is a non-profit, industry trade association representing 47 XR companies including major players like Meta, Google, Microsoft, HTC, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Unity, and HTC. At the XR Access Symposium, Hyman moderated a breakout session focused on public policy.

Government 40

Government Unity Technology HTC 40

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2020

Presenz also offers a Unity plugin so that you can import this render file in Unity and so mix the resulting volumetric video with some real-time interactions that you add in the game engine. They use AntiLatency tracking to provide positional tracking in a large setting to a VR headset and some props present in the scene.

360 Video 207

360 Video Leap Motion Video Training 207

The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The console can also be inserted in a special case (a much improved version of Google Daydream View) to become a VR headset. That would be great for immersion, of course. Mindport helps you in building your Unity VR experiences. These “7 laws of the present metaverse” is what you need to read but you didn’t know it existed.

Apple 343

Apple China Ukraine Unity 343

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…). The fun thing is that since it is a publication very focused on the Chinese market, outside China almost no one knows them.

China 328

China Industry Government AR 328

AR Insider

JULY 24, 2020

XR Talks is a series that features the best presentations and educational videos from the XR universe. To make sense of all of this, Shape Immersive ran a series of virtual events over the past few months. Unity’s Tony Parisi reiterates that this capability is here today… we just need to make it scalable.

Retail 268

Retail AR Amazon Education 268

Hypergrid Business

MARCH 28, 2018

In general, interest in virtual world education has been down lately, as educators begin to look ahead at virtual reality, which offers more compelling immersive experience and, unlike virtual worlds, is backed by giant players. In fact, several presentations focused on non-Second Life technology. How Linden Lab tries to stay relevant.

Conference 74

Conference Virtual Reality Education Virtual World 74

ARPost

MAY 14, 2020

We were trying to capture the major reason people go to AWE,” including talks, interactions with presenters, networking, special events in Altspace and Engage VR, and even replicating the expo floor, said Inbar. Unity – a cross-platform AR tool that probably needs no more introduction.

Technology 454

Technology Augmented Reality Tools AR 454

The Ghost Howls

JUNE 29, 2020

Google is going to buy North. A report says tha t Alphabet, the company behind Google, is in the last stages of the acquisition of North, the Canadian startup that makes the Focals smartglasses. Google adds depth APIs to ARCore. Other relevant news. Image by North). Apple adds spatial audio to AirPods.

Google 444

Google Oculus AR Unity 444

Peter Graham

JANUARY 28, 2020

Out-of-Home entertainment, and Immersive Technology industry specialist Kevin Williams reports in his latest Virtual Arena column on the further growth in recognition that virtual reality VR is receiving from the Enterprise sector. Image credit: KWP. The VR Classroom 2 platform looking beyond just mobileVR towards the high end of PC VR.

Education 69

Education Examples Technology Google 69