XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 13, 2022

For years, the company has been helping brands to unlock next-level promotional opportunities with AR ad campaign creation, and Oculus experiences. 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.

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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

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Earlier this week Unity’s Editor VR platform evolved from a novel new way of making videogames into potentially the most forward-thinking VR development platform, and its all to do with Tools. As an example, VR scene-building app Tvori , one of our favorite pieces of VR creation software, was shown running inside Editor VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2022

After a long time with my lovely Unity 2019.4 LTS, I have decided it was time to switch to something new, not to miss the new features that Unity has implemented these years. I have so started using Unity 2021.3 That is, an application built for the Oculus runtime can also run for the Valve Index on SteamVR.

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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

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Oculus releases hands tracking SDK, official Link cable for Quest and more. This has been a great week for all Oculus Quest users and developers. First of all, Oculus has finally released the hands tracking SDK for Oculus Quest , letting all developers create hands-tracked application for this popular standalone headset.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

Image by Oculus). The other bombshell news is that Resident Evil 4 is coming to the Oculus Quest 2. On April, 21st, Oculus will host its first Gaming Showcase , with news on ‘Lone Echo II’, ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’, and many other titles. Top news of the week. Facebook announces Wi-Fi streaming and Resident Evil 4 for Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

This is great news for the customers of the Quest 2, but it poses some doubts about the retro compatibility of the Quest ecosystem that Zuck promised at OC6: if the Quest 2 is much more powerful than the Quest 1 and the Quest 1 is discontinued, has sense for developers to keep producing software that is compatible with Quest 1?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The flexible Oculus environment has already become the platform for a range of virtual museum, gallery and concert experiences hosted around the globe. Meta’s Oculus team have already partnered with leading companies like Sony Music to give fans an immersive way to explore music videos and unique content.

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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 FB) Facebook is the owners of Oculus Quest , the current gold standard when it comes to VR headsets.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 2, 2022

Unity VisualLive. Created by a market-leading provider of XR development software, Unity VisualLive allows professionals in a host of environments to visualise designs and collaborate more effectively in a real-time space. Spatial integrates with a wide range of platforms, including OneDrive, Google Drive, and Slack.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 28, 2023

There is not only the problem of the timezone but also the unknown of the internet connection and the inability of reaching Western websites like Google. Luckily, one my of Chinese contacts managed to fix the problem by making me install on my computer some software that did the trick.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

T he use of the Exynos chips makes me think even more that this is an old device : Samsung has recently announced that it is going to build its headset with Google and Qualcomm, so it is impossible that the to-be-released device doesn’t have a Qualcomm chip. Almalence plans to license this technology to headsets manufacturers.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Soon Oculus will begin to adopt OpenXR with support reportedly coming in the latest Oculus Public Test Channel release. Appearing on the Oculus Forums , the preview release is available for testing now , just don’t expect to be running an HTC Vive or Valve Index on Oculus Home anytime soon. The current OpenXR 1.0

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

You probably have heard of well-known models such as the Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, Playstation VR, and HTC VIVE?—?these For example, the Google Cardboard headset is only $20 !!! Unity 3D is probably the most common software used for developing VR/AR applications?—?you 5: Have a VR Headset?

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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 ). There is everything you need, but not the same wonder that you have when you open the box of a product made by Oculus. it is bigger than the Oculus Go but smaller than the massive HTC Vive Focus.

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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

OCTOBER 26, 2020

So at least the collaboration with Valve is true, but notice that it has not been on the headset, so they got no reference design from Valve, it has just been on the software integration. While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. Doug Lombardi, Valve. Other relevant news.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2017

software update, called Daydream Euphrates, is going to bring along with it some major changes that are set to reach down to the core of the upcoming Android ‘O’ operating system. As for the store itself, Google says they want to put content front and center of the Daydream Home experience with an update to the Daydream UI.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Oculus plans to introduce in-app purchases to App Lab experiences. Oculus App Lab has been introduced by Facebook to give a way to indie developers to publish their applications for Quest without the need of passing Facebook’s strong store curation. Plus, the Netflix app has been in VR since the times of Gear VR/Oculus Go.

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ARPost

MAY 5, 2021

Dedicated VR headsets and software packages were toted by some speakers, while hardware-agnostic WebXR solutions were praised by others. In the same discussion (and other discussions throughout the day) Facebook’s ownership of Oculus also came up as a privacy concern. Debating the Importance of Headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 16, 2020

Actually, I have been pretty disappointed because there has been no hardware launch , but my lack of sleep has been rewarded by the announcement of a new software platform by HTC and also by HTC publicly showcasing some prototypes I made in the last weeks. It is like Google here. In Taipei they’re investing a lot in software now.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 7, 2020

While Oculus has decided to discontinue the Oculus Go and abandon completely the 3DOF sector, Chinese vendor Pico has decided to double down on 3DOF offering two new models , the Pico G2 4K S and the Pico G2 4K Enterprise , that are two improvements of the original Pico G2 4K. to 4hours Front camera : 16M AF RGB Weight : 490g.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2022

What’s more, the company is also responsible for one of the most powerful and affordable VR headsets available – the Oculus Quest. The versatility of VIVE’s technology, and its ability to work with a wide range of software solutions makes it ideal for creators hoping to reach a wider audience.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 14, 2021

Since no other company is doing similar operations, the result is that the monopoly of Facebook in the VR field is growing always more , because they are now controlling the hardware and the software of VR. If in every piece of software I’m a different person, this is frustrating. Oculus Quest increments its tracking area to 15m x 15m.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 29, 2020

Original image by Oculus). Oculus kills the Go and opens to content on Quest. In the end, the time of the Oculus Go has come. Devices like Oculus Quest , Pico Neo 2 , and Vive Focus Plus have proven that 6DOF VR is more interesting and has far more retention. Google is going to buy North. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Oculus devices will require a Facebook login. The enormous piece of news of the week is tha t Facebook has communicated that from October, 20th, all people that want to use an Oculus device for personal use will have to use their personal Facebook account to log in. Top news of the week. Image by Tweakanalogy). The same on Twitter.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

We’re hearing this since many years, but now the sensation is that we’re coming close to the moment when the prophecy will come true: the rumors are intensifying and the software (ARKit) and the hardware (depth cameras, 5G) designed by Apple are all converging to the glasses solution. Oculus Link now works with USB 2.0. port and cable.

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VRScout

APRIL 29, 2019

Catching up with VR director and two-time Oculus Launch Pad recipient Kiira Benzing. Impressive. “ [My story] goes way back to theater if we want to go that far, ” Benzing told me over our Google Hangouts call. “ So when I finally got an Oculus Rift DK2, I jumped in and started going to every meetup that was happening in New York. ”.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

The shape of the controllers is slightly different than the one of the Oculus Touch, though, and there is a ring that surrounds the wrist of the user. There is also “finger-tracking” a la Valve Index , but just for the thumb, index, and middle finger (so, it is more a la Oculus Touch). Google halves its revenues on the Play Store.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2020

I found very interesting that they are trying to create full-body VR content for the Oculus Quest. I have instead tried another demo for Oculus Quest called Anamika, where you impersonate a four-armed Indian goddess. That is, using its software, you can create a 360 3D video where the user can move the head. I like this modding.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

The details are posted on GitHub , including assembly instructions, control software, and the code that stitches the images into seamless 360-degree content. More evidence of Facebook’s big plans for VR/AR: they plan on selling almost half a million Oculus Rift units by the end of 2016. Google Omnitone Surround Sound Support.

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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 Go showcased.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2018

The typical development environment that they use is Unity, but if the customer requires Unreal because wants a better graphical quality, they can develop using UE4, too. Of course, he said that after having tried Google products, they also took inspiration to improve their ones to try to keep pace, but this was surely a bad news for them.

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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. ” Granted, the technology has changed a great deal since 2014, the same year Oculus Rift DK2 came out. Having seen how far the technology has come though, it raises a question: why hasn’t Nintendo made a VR headset yet?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 9, 2017

Facebook’s Oculus dramatically dropped Rift’s price and Valve is building a second generation of the innovative tracking technology deployed by HTC that could alter the VR landscape. The move to 2018 by the Proto Awards comes when the emerging mixed reality industry is in a transitional period.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

Last Oculus Quest update shows hints of an Oculus MR ecosystem. Facebook is continuously updating the Oculus Quest , its most successful device, and this week it has rolled out the runtime v16. I think that this update, together with the last ones, marks the beginning of a mixed reality ecosystem that is being built by Oculus.

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