VRScout

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Facebook changes the name of its upcoming social VR platform to better represent its diverse selection of virtual worlds. We’ve learned so much from the community now,” added Meaghan Fitzgerald, Product Marketing Director at Oculus. Since then, Facebook Horizon has grown immensely in both size and scale.

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Road to VR

JULY 28, 2021

Facebook Reality Labs, the company’s AR/VR research and development team, announced the creation of a special product group focused on developing its future vision for “the Metaverse.” Bosworth says its so-called Metaverse Product Group will be lead by Vishal Shah, Instagram VP of Product.

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VRScout

JANUARY 26, 2021

Before hopping into the virtual world, attendees select their name and choose a personal photo (preferably the one you used for your badge) to serve as the head of their avatar. This creates a digital bubble around you and any nearby avatars, allowing you to engage in group conversations (up to eight users in one bubble).

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Developers designed the VR experiences using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 , arguably the world’s top immersive platform for designing and deploying immersive content. Users can visit the groundbreaking ‘virtual museum’ across all Meta Quest headsets , including the Quest, Quest 2, and Quest Pro using Oculus Link.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 30, 2021

The seed round was led by KB Partners and TitletownTech, with participation from Greycroft, Verizon Ventures, Haslam Sports Group, 49ers Enterprises, and SC Holdings, and “additional strategic celebrity investors.”. The Venice VR virtual world, designed by VRrOOm within VRChat, will be the Venice VR Expanded hub—a virtual version of Venice.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 2, 2022

This innovative solution builds on the existing functionality Meta Workplace has to offer in the XR world. With an Oculus headset, users can jump into a virtual meeting space and access a range of unique capabilities. In this Frame by Virbela review , you’ll learn everything you need to know about this intelligent tool.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

As a player, you don’t even notice the full-body workout, because you are completely absorbed in the virtual world. ”. Active Esports Arena Eindhoven sets itself apart from existing VR esports facilities due to its heavy focus on spectator interaction, live match broadcasting, and the games’ real-world presentation.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Developers designed the VR experiences using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 , arguably the world’s top immersive platform for designing and deploying immersive content. Users can visit the groundbreaking ‘virtual museum’ across all Meta Quest headsets , including the Quest, Quest 2, and Quest Pro using Oculus Link.

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ARPost

JULY 5, 2019

New virtual reality headsets such as the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, and Google Daydream have barely scratched the surface of the technology’s potential. Soon, they’d find out that virtual worlds are exciting for people of all ages. Six residents will enter the virtual world at the same time.

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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. Hands-On Review Unlike AR, VR is entirely simulated and disconnected from the physical world.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Facebook is plugging away on creating their perfect VR app that promises to integrate the social platform into 3D virtual worlds. Last we saw of the prototype in April that introduced a number of features, all of which hinge on Touch, the natural input controller from Oculus.

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ARVR

JUNE 2, 2022

2013; Nabben, 2021) that seamlessly integrates the physical world with the virtual world. This allows avatars to carry out rich activities including creation, display, entertainment, social networking, and trading, hybridizing work, rest, and play between physical and virtual reality (Ynag, et. Available online: [link].

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Road to VR

JANUARY 28, 2017

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has tapped Hugo Barra, Xiaomi’s current Global VP, for the position of CEO at Oculus VR. Barra will be tasked with not only leading Oculus, Facebook’s subsidiary, but all of Facebook’s VR projects. On top of that, SEE ALSO Oculus Touch Review: Reach into Rift.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Honor to all the other countries, some of them probably deserved more than us, but I think Italy won because we were a true team, a group of people that supported each other for a goal they craved to reach. Oculus plans to introduce in-app purchases to App Lab experiences. We won with our heart, the big heart of us Italians.

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ARPost

MAY 30, 2022

With the explosion of the billion-dollar VR market , wider adoption of headsets, and a desire to connect in virtual worlds, ’empathetic design’ is now a valued user acquisition tool. Creating Safe VR Spaces for Women.

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VRScout

JANUARY 20, 2022

Here attendees can use their very own customizable avatars to explore three virtual worlds. ” The States of Global Peace – “In this immersive documentary, you’ll inhabit the shoes of a prime minister who is preparing to deliver a high-profile speech at a virtual U.N. Image Credit: Sundance Institute.

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VRScout

APRIL 1, 2020

Technology can augment the world around us, it can enhance the human experience, our capabilities, and also extend our reality to digital and virtual worlds. With Oculus having launched hand-tracking on the Quest this past December, I wonder how far we are from consumer-ready mind-control systems. Eye-Tracking .

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 25, 2021

Oculus Quest 2 is an inexpensive and easy to use headset that offers a wide range of experiences for all kinds of people. First Steps is a short demo experience from Oculus that comes pre-installed with your Quest. If you’re demoing the headset for a group of friends or family, this is a great place to start!

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VRScout

MAY 18, 2019

Christian Long, gaming teacher and champion for VR technology for Windsor Forest Colleges Group // Image Credit: Langley College. Because it was a virtual world, organizers were able to do things during Chris’s Memorial that would have been near impossible to recreate real-world.

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VRScout

JULY 30, 2018

While there, groups can watch, discuss, and share YouTube videos with one another in a private hangout setting. SoKrispyMedia ’s latest offering drops users into a chaotic video game adventure where one wrong move could mean an eternity in the digital world. “VR YouTube VR is available for free via the Oculus Store.

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VRScout

AUGUST 29, 2021

What’s exciting about HeadOffice.Space is that it is interoperable, flexible, and accessible across multiple platforms, with Mac, iOS, Android, Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard, and Oculus Quest support currently in development. It’s literally who you are in the virtual world and is thus very important.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Rad TV features 1-8 multiplayer, letting you and a group of friends play any one of its 25 madcap games, which if the trailer tells us anything, are mini-games in the vein of the Mario Party franchise.

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2020

Winners from the past three events include Oculus Rift and Quest, Google Tilt Brush, HTC VIVE Pro, and the Vader Immortal series. VRChat , the group bringing the VR Awards online, is a free-to-play virtual world currently in early access on Steam , Oculus , and VIVEPORT. The Oculus Rift S headset.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Then, he donned an Oculus Quest 2, put a controller on the bike, and rode the bike while doing the VR game, with the real track mapped perfectly with the virtual track. The problem of moderation inside virtual worlds. Doing moderation of virtual worlds is incredibly hard because there are a lot of grey areas to consider.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 12, 2017

The Oculus Rift gets a long-anticipated game this week, but it’s Gear VR that’s the real star of the show. And don’t forget that UploadVR has a Steam community group complete with a curated list of recommendations so that you don’t have to waste any money finding out what’s good in the world of VR. Price: $2.99.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 31, 2021

” VR shouldn’t be used by children… Health and safety warning of the Oculus Rift DevKits (Image from Oculus Forums). When I started using virtual reality in 2014, the age limit for using the Oculus Rift DK 2 was 7 years, but then it was incremented to 13 years old. … but they use it anyway.

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VRScout

MARCH 10, 2018

Attendees could jump into one of six networked Oculus Rift headsets and enter the world of SlimeZone, letting you play games, watch cartoons, create art, and of course slime others. We are excited that IMAX VR players will get exclusive access to this exciting, fun and family-friendly virtual world.”.

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ARVR

JANUARY 11, 2021

Virtual Reality is an immersive simulation of reality in which the surrounding world is completely replaced with a computer generated world. This is achieved using a headset that completely fills the users field of view in combination with body tracking to map the players body into the virtual world.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 29, 2024

Meta to Drive AI-Powered XR Devices The upcoming AI features come as Meta seemingly sets its last hurrah for the previous Oculus branding, with all future sails featuring Meta. This month, Meta will remove all Oculus accounts and related data by the end of the month. Meta will enforce these changes today, on March 29th.

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ARPost

JUNE 3, 2020

Even if VR headsets don’t cause you physical discomfort, you might feel that your virtual worlds seem… flat. According to Magyari, they start using mirror-based models for military applications in 2009 – three years before the Oculus Rift becomes the first major consumer VR headset. About 20% of people do.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 12, 2021

It’s interesting that the Chinese press release also talks about a certified Vive Streaming Cable to use the Focus 3 together with your PC (something in the likes of Oculus Link official cable) that will be available for RMB 699 (around $109). In an accident, she teleported back into the current day virtual world.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In 2012, the first Oculus Rift emerged, triggering a burst of excitement followed by relative silence from consumers. Much of Accenture’s work has involved creating a Metaverse Continuum Group for helping enterprises leverage XR technologies. Virtual Reality Guides: Case Studies.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Oculus Rift, Touch, and Gear VR. Find an Oculus Rift and Touch Demo Location. Oculus maintains a list of stores across the US and Europe where you can try the Rift, Touch, and Gear VR for free. Oculus has a healthy smattering of demo locations across the US in many Best Buy and Microsoft stores.

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VRScout

JULY 11, 2017

Google wants you to play with Blocks, this smartphone wants you to get rid of your headset, a new marketplace connecting content creators with funding, the price of the Oculus Rift is slashed, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. GOOGLE WANTS YOU TO PLAY WITH BLOCKS.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 5, 2022

XR brings real-world and virtual elements together like never before, to create interactive experiences which enlighten and inspire. For instance, the Oculus Quest 2, one of the world’s top gaming headsets, sold 15 million units after 20 months on the market, even during a pandemic.

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Road to VR

JULY 27, 2017

Among what’s now a fairly vibrant range of social VR platforms, AltspaceVR had an early mover advantage, opening it’s doors long before the launch of the consumer versions of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. AltspaceVR brought people together into shared virtual spaces to talk, play, and share. So what happened?

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Road to VR

JULY 26, 2018

Rec Room , the social virtual world filled with mini-games and activities, recently introduced a battle royale mode called ‘Rec Royale’ A new update now allows players to group up in squads of three for team-based strategic action.

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