XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Developers and hardware solution providers have been working together over the past few decades to build VR headsets capable of hosting immersive experiences. People working with startups to government organisations have tapped the massive potential of VR collaboration. Currently, the VR market is expected to grow from $6.3

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Upload VR

MARCH 24, 2023

US lawmakers are concerned about possible Chinese government access to user data and influence over the content recommendation algorithm. The hearing was announced on Wednesday and took place on Thursday. ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant behind TikTok, acquired Pico in 2021.

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HaptX

AUGUST 28, 2022

Redmond, WA, August 29, 2022 – HaptX, the leading provider of realistic haptic gloves for VR and robotics, has hired trailblazing XR expert Linda Jacobson to oversee the company’s marketing efforts. Since then Jacobson has worked in commercial VR hardware and software development, operationalization, and implementation. About HaptX.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The recent partnership with Meta around mixed reality s eems a sign that the company is not pursuing new hardware projects internally. More info (Microsoft ended its collaboration with Samsung) More info (Microsoft and its disinvestment in XR hardware). Ultraleap has improved its touch-less mid-air haptic device. Learn more.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This ensures the firm complies with strict government regulations and reduces rail faults. By combining real-time 3D (RT3D) assets, haptic tools, and data analytics, Darley WS leads in firefighter education. Workers are also better prepared for most operational scenarios with VR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 9, 2023

Focusing on three verticals, ARC firstly will use its facilities to incubate an ecosystem of hardware and product demonstrations. These will develop tools such as haptic gloves, new immersive headsets, extended reality (XR) projectors, and other solutions.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2019

In this series of articles, I want to talk about my experience there , giving you some highlights about the hardware I tried, the companies I met, etc… I want to let you feel as if you did this VR travel with me. I think that it’s a great piece of hardware: the 3D effect is solid and the colors are very good.

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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?? Upload VR) More info (Microsoft’s haptic research).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

It will work with PlayStation 5 and offer amazing clarity, next-generation haptics, and for the first time on a consumer device, eye tracking. Big tech companies are also now constantly under the scrutiny of the governments, and this is not positive for them. Apple is proposing itself to be the next competitor of Meta.

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EON Reality

JUNE 18, 2019

— such as the immersive businesses at The Landing in MediaCityUK who’ve just received investment for their Government-backed Digital Catapult space in Salford ?— The breakfast tech panel discussed everything from eye-tracking in VR and biosensor or haptic inputs to predictive analytics within AR applications.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 9, 2020

Today, we're speaking with Amy Hedrick, co-founder and CEO of Cleanbox, a smart technology hygiene company that's providing hospital grade decontamination of shared hardware, which I guess we can all agree right now, is very necessary in the current situation. We use UVC light in an LED to decontaminate any kind of shared hardware.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 9, 2020

Today, we're speaking with Amy Hedrick, co-founder and CEO of Cleanbox, a smart technology hygiene company that's providing hospital grade decontamination of shared hardware, which I guess we can all agree right now, is very necessary in the current situation. We use UVC light in an LED to decontaminate any kind of shared hardware.

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Bernard Marr

MAY 22, 2023

In the future, the internet will increasingly be powered by decentralized technologies like blockchain and peer-to-peer networks rather than being controlled by a few government entities or large corporations. The Rise of Decentralization In the decentralized internet, power and control are distributed rather than centralized.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Most probably there won’t be hardware releases (Oculus has just launched the Rift S and the Quest ) but just teases of new devices of the future and a lot of new software releases and showcases (like the one about the game that is being developed by Respawn). This Area 51 VR simulator shows you what the US government is hiding to us!

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 2, 2020

Today, we're speaking with Amy Hedrick, co-founder and CEO of Cleanbox, a smart technology hygiene company that's providing hospital grade decontamination of shared hardware, which I guess we can all agree right now, is very necessary in the current situation. We use UVC light in an LED to decontaminate any kind of shared hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

These technology parks have been partly funded as part of a Government-backed initative to increase development and production of XR equipment in key regions across China. Battery life seemed dependent on the application’s use of haptics, with games like Beat Saber draining the batteries more quickly than a relaxing meditation app.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

2020 has been a good year for the sales of VR devices : Half-Life Alyx and the launch of the Quest 2 have created a big spike in the sales of VR hardware and software. I expect all these trends to continue in 2021, for a year that will see the growth of the technology on all its sides (software and hardware).

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I’m thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE — first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now — and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, “well, this is ready for prime time.” The government spent millions and billions of dollars on it at different levels.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I’m thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE — first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now — and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, “well, this is ready for prime time.” The government spent millions and billions of dollars on it at different levels.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I'm thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE -- first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now -- and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, "well, this is ready for prime time." Making sure the hardware is simple, unobtrusive, and acts naturally and feels natural.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 10, 2023

In addition to hand tracking, UltraLeap is investing in mid-air haptics, which can create tactile feedback, providing a more realistic and engaging experience when interacting with XR content. Our team has been developing the OctoXR, the most advanced hand-tracking interaction framework that utilizes the latest hardware advancements.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

In addition to hand tracking, Ultraleap is investing in mid-air haptics, which can create tactile feedback, providing a more realistic and engaging experience when interacting with XR content. Our team has been developing the OctoXR, the most advanced hand-tracking interaction framework that utilizes the latest hardware advancements.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The feedback has been overall positive, with people praising its haptics and display : one thing that made me curious has been when Brad Lynch said that the HDR is so effective that looking at the sun in the game Horizon: Call Of The Mountain you really have the sensation of something too bright for your eyes.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 24, 2023

Meta Platforms is named so because it was one of the first big tech firms to market itself as a builder of tools, hardware, software developer kits (SDKs), and infrastructure for the Metaverse. Hardware manufacturers must facilitate device interoperability to cross-communicate, interact, and port creative content.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2020

The biggest news of the week is the one that you can see in the above graph: i n the Steam Hardware Survey for April, it is possible to see a big spike of connected headsets. More info (Steam Hardware Survey) More info (Facebook’s revenues for Q1 2020) More info (Quest and Rift S stock, updated) More info (SuperData’s report).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2024

I would expect in that five-year period that our conversation would change to “Well, of course, you get VR shoes” You need your headset, and you need, let’s say, some really interesting haptic version of controllers, and you need your VR shoes because… how else do you experience VR? Brad: Appreciate it.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

I learned how to build hardware because back in the late ’90s, we weren’t using beautiful inside-out tracking systems. There was a lot of hardware work. You were really there building hardware and using very low frame, low-resolution headsets. Or Unreal if that’s your language. I learned how to do the coding.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Most of us are already familiar with haptics from playing video games, where rumble and vibration are creatively used to create a connection between the action on the screen and the gamer. There’s no getting away from the fact that developing immersive hardware is a huge challenge. Healthcare. Brain-Computer Interfaces.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Most of us are already familiar with haptics from playing video games, where rumble and vibration are creatively used to create a connection between the action on the screen and the gamer. There’s no getting away from the fact that developing immersive hardware is a huge challenge. Healthcare. Brain-Computer Interfaces.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 27, 2017

This second batch represents the latest group backed by HTC’s growing VR arm, which is investing in a broad range of teams working on hardware, content and services that could be important to the future of mixed reality. Shengda also helps local governments build up VR education centers in Shenzhen, Sichuan, Chongqing, and Jilin.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 6, 2020

Valve has updated the way it detects the VR hardware connected to a PC, and so it is now able to offer a more reliable picture of the PC VR landscape in its usual monthly hardware survey. More info (Apple partners with Dent Reality) More info (Apple potentially acquires NextVR). There are around 1.3M PC VR headsets on Steam.

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InstaVR

JANUARY 7, 2019

Whether that’s for education or enterprise, we look at the integration of technologies like virtual, augmented, mixed or extended reality with haptics and interactive sensory touch. The government has put millions and millions of pounds into. Question: What kind of hardware are you using for image and video capture? .

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

And yeah, the audiences there, they put the headsets on, the band comes in and plays a couple of sets, and they see these amazing visuals and they feel haptics and temperature and scent. We use everything from haptics. So explain how the haptics are working. They’ve received some grants from the Dutch government.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

And yeah, the audiences there, they put the headsets on, the band comes in and plays a couple of sets, and they see these amazing visuals and they feel haptics and temperature and scent. We use everything from haptics. So explain how the haptics are working. They’ve received some grants from the Dutch government.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

And yeah, the audiences there, they put the headsets on, the band comes in and plays a couple of sets, and they see these amazing visuals and they feel haptics and temperature and scent. We use everything from haptics. So explain how the haptics are working. They've received some grants from the Dutch government.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

Networking libraries, VR hardware, AR glasses, common standards… nothing is ready to build the metaverse in the short term. Bytedance can’t compete out off the bat with Facebook, but it has deep pockets too and also may have the support (and the money) of the Chinese government, so it is a company to keep an eye on.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

China-India & the other Asian Nations have some really interesting #augmentedreality #virtualreality #mixedreality #startups Innovating across Hardware, Software & Content. Kai holds several International Business director positions in VR educational companies and VR, AR hardware companies. 14- Kai Liang. 28- Harsha kikkeri.

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