Road to VR

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Granted, the game plays best in groups of onlookers, but considering that nowadays—for some overwhelmingly obvious reason—those sorts of gatherings simply aren’t possible, it’s nice to know you can have essentially the same asymmetric action from afar. Thanks to Steam Remote Play , you can also challenge your friends online.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 28, 2016

HTC today announced a partnership with InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) to bring the HTC Vive to sites in Chinese cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Sanya. More interestingly, they’ll also be able to try some of the content from HTC’s Viveport storefront in their own rooms. In a prepared statement, Alvin W.

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Road to VR

JULY 17, 2018

More than just the latest in a long line of niche gadgets, Oculus Go represents the linchpin of Facebook’s lofty goal of putting one billion people into virtual reality. serves as an Analyst at Greenlight Insights in the Devices Group. SEE ALSO Oculus Go Review: Standalone VR Priced for the Masses. Guest Article by J.C.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2018

HTC today announced that the Vive Pro headset only (without controllers or base stations) will cost $800 and launch on April 5th; the headset is now available for pre-order. After announcing the Vive Pro headset back in January, HTC left the VR sector in suspense as to what the price would be and precisely when it would launch.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

While hardware advancements such as the HTC Vive Pro and Oculus Rift have solidified at-home VR as a viable option, those looking for next-level immersion will still find the most success with location-based VR installations. Of course we can’t talk about standalone VR without bringing up the HTC Vive Focus. LOCATION-BASED VR.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

I also led a group of 8 Chilean companies, that were awarded a government fund to create the 1st Chilean XR industry export hub , and within that initiative, we traveled to Immerse Global Network – Miami in December, to promote and lead the way for the Chilean XR exports. applicants as of this writing).

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MARCH 27, 2017

HTC’s Vive X accelerator program is welcoming more than 30 new VR and AR startups to the fold with investments in North America and Asia. The companies join the inaugural group of 33 startups funded in July last year. Tagged with: htc vive , Vive X. For example, “we can help provide access to the China market.”

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ARPost

APRIL 11, 2023

VR-Enabled Online Shopping Experiences VR creates an immersive visual environment, including 360-degree videos, photos, product demos, and complex experiences using devices such as the HTC Vive or Oculus Quest. See Also: Should You Buy a Quest 2? How can people safely enjoy digital realities?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 2, 2017

That’s to be expected, of course, given that most Steam games require just a gaming PC and not an expensive headset on top to be played, but Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and OSVR-supported games do make a small appearance in the recently-published list of 100 games that grossed the most revenue over those 366 days.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

This year’s 70+ person judging panel included academic professors and researchers as well as representatives from Google, HTC, HP, Deloitte, NVIDIA, Apache, and others. This Year’s VR Hardware of the Year Award went to the Oculus Quest. The Oculus Rift S was also nominated for the award. VR Lifetime Achievement.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

When the first consumer version of the Oculus Rift was launched in the spring, it was disappointingly bundled with a Microsoft Xbox controller – and we’ve eagerly been awaiting the native Touch Controllers. HTC VIVE LAUNCHES VIVE STUDIOS. HTC Vive is helping the big issue of the state of virtual reality today: lack of content.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

With regards to talent, Snapchat has been acquiring there in a big way as well, hiring people from Oculus, Hololens, Qualcomm, as well as a few designers who have created glasses for names like Michael Kors and Lady Gaga. Someone is Always Ready to Help THIS version of the HTC Vive….

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Hypergrid Business

JUNE 19, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating the use of virtual reality and augmented reality, experts say, especially in retail, education and health. Retail shopping and advertising. Virtual Reality health simulation with Arch Virtual. Image courtesy Arch Virtual. ). Taylor Freeman. Jon Cheney. Image courtesy Arch Virtual. ).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2019

Image by HTC). After some weeks of silence, HTC has started again to rise the hype for its upcoming flagship PC VR headset, the Vive Cosmos. In the meanwhile, UK retailer Argos has published by error a page on its e-store in which the device is listed for sale at £700 , specifying no release date, though. Other relevant news.

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

2: Augmented Reality in a Browser We’ve seen AR experiences become increasingly popular in our daily lives, from Snapchat filters to at-home retail try-on applications. You probably have heard of well-known models such as the Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, Playstation VR, and HTC VIVE?—?these Mozilla has recently released the 2.0

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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The site comprising 14 of these unique cylindrical VR pods – all powered by HTC Vive Pro headsets. . This venue is the latest deployment of an Arena-Scale (Free Roam) VR experience offering a chance for groups of up to 8-players to simultaneously experience the latest in true free-roaming VR experiences. . NAVRTAR’s new location.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 29, 2018

Historically, virtual reality systems were prohibitively expensive and were limited to being used in controlled conditions by a small number of researchers, scientists, and groups like astronauts. Three different models of HTC Vive, three different form factors (Image by Rob Cole).

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Read on for a recap of the major developments that took place in 2018: Enterprises that made the news for using wearables: In 2018, major retailers got more serious about XR in hopes of competing with Amazon and improving the shopping experience. Walmart was very active, beginning with its acquisition of VR startup Spatialand in February.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

As someone who has spent a lot of time using different PCVR controllers like Wands, Index, Windows MR, and different versions of Oculus Touch, I wondered: how would these Sword controllers compare? The new design was certainly different, a first glance a mutant offspring of the new PSVR2 controller and an Oculus Touch.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 3, 2017

I’ve used it with the HTC Vive, and you can literally stand in the middle of your creation, and hold the virtual paintbrush in your hand to paint in the air around you. There were portals and search engines and blog rolls and discussion groups. Late last month, the industry group rolled out new standards for VR ads.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

So, I opened a chain of retail computer stores in the 90s, I ran a fairly large chain in Oregon with five computer stores and then in 2000 I started working in Silicon Valley doing electronics and engineering… and eventually, I got into doing consumer products. Part of all of this is merit of Jeri (Image by HTC). The Vive Wands.

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VR Playhouse

JUNE 15, 2017

Because of their input, a single DVD was capable of holding 95 minutes of footage (encompassing the runtime of 90% of films) all for a retail price under $20. Crucially, this interest is spread fairly evenly amongst age groups, a good sign that the technology will stick. In 1997, the first DVD player was released in America.

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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.” And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void. Alan: Absolutely.

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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.” And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void. Alan: Absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But now expanding that, that whole gaming idea and bringing it into retail. Balenciaga just did this amazing 3D retail experience. So a group called SPACES -- out of LA -- and they had locations all over the world. We heard from Alvin Wang Graylin from HTC talking about 2021 and beyond. Alex: Mm-hm.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But now expanding that, that whole gaming idea and bringing it into retail. Balenciaga just did this amazing 3D retail experience. So a group called SPACES -- out of LA -- and they had locations all over the world. We heard from Alvin Wang Graylin from HTC talking about 2021 and beyond. Alex: Mm-hm.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. We found a really neat solution for virtual reality, but really more of a trainer for any size of group, that goes all the way back to old 3D screens.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. We found a really neat solution for virtual reality, but really more of a trainer for any size of group, that goes all the way back to old 3D screens.

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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." And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void. Alan: Absolutely. Really simple.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But now expanding that, that whole gaming idea and bringing it into retail. Balenciaga just did this amazing 3D retail experience. So a group called SPACES -- out of LA -- and they had locations all over the world. We heard from Alvin Wang Graylin from HTC talking about 2021 and beyond. Alex: Mm-hm.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. We found a really neat solution for virtual reality, but really more of a trainer for any size of group, that goes all the way back to old 3D screens.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. We found a really neat solution for virtual reality, but really more of a trainer for any size of group, that goes all the way back to old 3D screens.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

I’m actually one of the founding members of the Open Air Cloud Group and Kronos Group is is really kind of trying to pull together these standards for 3D, as well for e-commerce. I know there’s a group right now trying to standardize 3D objects for e-commerce and retail because right now it’s a dog’s breakfast.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

I’m actually one of the founding members of the Open Air Cloud Group and Kronos Group is is really kind of trying to pull together these standards for 3D, as well for e-commerce. I know there’s a group right now trying to standardize 3D objects for e-commerce and retail because right now it’s a dog’s breakfast.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

I'm actually one of the founding members of the Open Air Cloud Group and Kronos Group is is really kind of trying to pull together these standards for 3D, as well for e-commerce. I know there's a group right now trying to standardize 3D objects for e-commerce and retail because right now it's a dog's breakfast.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

But if you’re trying to look and have a group conversation with five different people about a 3D object, maybe you want to have that in AR — especially if you’re co-located with each other in the same room — so you can have all the affordances of body language and communication that we all have.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 27, 2020

So if you're lucky enough to get put in a group of employees that get leadership development, or other types of more privileged trainings, those are usually role-plays or summits or things like that. But with the VR, we did a B group, where they had one fourth the amount of exposure, and they were able to elaborate 400 percent more.

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