VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

On March 25th, 2014, many people were left scratching their heads: why did Facebook spend 2 billion dollars to acquire a Kickstarter funded virtual reality company called Oculus. Virtual reality has taken the world by storm. Here is a summation of all things virtual reality as we currently know it.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 17, 2020

I know that your team has created a tool called Holo-BLSD. Holo-BLSD is a self-learning tool in AR. A self-instruction tool can solve many of these problems if it is indeed effective in achieving the same learning outcomes of a traditional course. And is it a reliable self-evaluation tool? Presentation video of Holo BLSD.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 15, 2021

SenseGlove, one of the premier manufacturers of haptic and tracking gloves for XR and robotics, announced Wednesday, October 13, that the newest model – SenseGlove Nova – is now shipping worldwide. SenseGlove is based in the Netherlands, but the company’s haptic gloves are sold worldwide. Meet SenseGlove.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The level of realism for hand interaction is extremely important in a haptic immersive experience. It blurs the line between virtual and reality to immerse the user even more. The application increases the value of your virtual creations while significantly decreasing the time of development.

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ARVR

MARCH 2, 2021

Interhaptics collaborates with Simon Frübis on a multisensory feedback study for AR/VR Interhaptics collaborates with Simon Frübis and Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal University on multisensory feedback for VR /AR and how to integrate sound into haptics with the Haptic Composer from Interhaptics. Enter The Monarchy 3.

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ARPost

AUGUST 23, 2021

The company also makes haptic gloves for adding an extra layer of immersion to VR experiences. These include charging stations and interchangeable battery packs for long or frequent use, and adaptors for hardware from companies like VIVE , Oculus , and Antilatency. SenseGlove also makes haptic gloves for VR experiences.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Interhaptics is a Haptics software company specializing in tools for haptic design and rendering, and hand tracking interactions for digital platforms as Mobile, XR, and consoles. It supports an extensive list of XR controllers, hand tracking systems, and haptic devices. Augmented reality for maintenance and repair 4.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Facebook came with the Oculus Quest 1 & 2 , then Microsoft with the Hololens2 with hand tracking capabilities; but there are limitations in dealing with occlusions and in tracking outside the camera’s field of view on the headset. The Interhaptics suite gathers two powerful tools. Hand-tracking is on the rise in the XR market.

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ARPost

APRIL 27, 2021

There are some platforms that this article isn’t going to discuss because they lack tools to make them truly valuable for industry. Like Hubs, this VR remote collaboration tool is best experienced on a headset but is hardware agnostic and runs on just about anything with a screen and space for the app download. FundamentalVR.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Interhaptics is a software company specializing in Haptics. Interhaptics provides hand interactions and Haptics feedback development and deployment tools for extended reality, mobile, and console applications. Adding a haptic layer to these interactions will only increase the immersion level of any solution.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 21, 2019

Original image from Oculus). Oculus Rift and Gear VR have sold 10M units. At the beginning of the week, Jack McCauley, one of the founders of the Oculus startup, had claimed in an interview with CNBC that Facebook VR will never succeed. Of course, he was not only talking about Oculus but about VR in general.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

But hey, let me play this game anyway, so here you are my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 based on the trends and the anticipations that we had at the end of 2020! Also, the awareness has grown , because every gamer knew about Alyx, and so about virtual reality. The Quest will still be the king.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

This week I’ve anyway found the time to enjoy the artistic piece Finding Pandora X and to work on organizing my session at the Virtual Reality Day (more on this later on in this newsletter). Oculus Quest 2 gets a huge update. All in all, this big update is useful to finally give full power to the Oculus Quest 2.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2020

SenseGlove is an exoskeleton for your hands that is able to provide you haptics sensations. Theoretically, the SenseGlove can be used outside VR, but practically speaking it is inside the virtual reality that it shines , because it is able to give more realism to your VR experiences by offering more realistic touch sensations.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Plus, they have haptic feedback capabilities, though they’re less advanced than those on the Meta Quest Pro. You might have trouble clicking a specific button on a virtual website browser. Tools like the VIVE XR Elite or Ultraleap headsets might be a better option if you’re looking for advanced tracking.

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VRScout

MARCH 9, 2017

Lowe’s sympathizes with your concerns and as part of their never-ending battle to make home maintenance simple and easy has debuted a brand new DIY clinic that uses virtual reality to train you in the proper procedures and methods of various improvement projects.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

So, here you are how I envision this 2020 in virtual reality! (I’ll Me wearing the Oculus Quest. PlayStation VR selling more than 5 million units until now has proven that console players like virtual reality. Too many people still don’t understand the potential of virtual reality.

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VRScout

JULY 2, 2019

These platforms are well-positioned as a tool to teach us more about the human experience, and I am so excited to share that with attendees.”. City of Sparkles – Through using authentic Twitter messages, City of Sparkles portrays storytelling through a virtual reality experience in New York City and San Francisco.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Military simulations are one of the fields where virtual reality has always been an important technology , even before that VR had its new renaissance in 2012. BISim’s technology portfolio encompasses desktop training, simulation host, image generation, terrain editing and management, AI, and software development tools.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 28, 2018

After my interviews with the VR educational companies Langzou and Judao , I’ve visited in Shanghai VR Waibao , that is working on a multipresence VR collaboration tool. The idea of VR Waibao is offering a virtual place where people from various parts of the world can meet and collaborate.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Pixel density is what makes us see everything crisper, and if with the 773 PPI of the Quest 2 and Pico Neo 3 Link the screen door effect was already almost invisible, I think that with 1200, it will be impossible to see pixels at all, for a very immersive virtual reality. Pico Worlds in-world creation tools (Image by Pico).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 29, 2023

Currently, the company is working on adding new technologies to its system, including updated developer tools and contextual awareness. → Explore Niantic Meta Best-known for the Oculus collection of VR headsets, Meta helps both businesses and consumers alike to explore the possibilities of virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest. In Korea, a TV documentary has used virtual reality to make a mother meet again her daughter Nayeon , who died of blood cancer some months before. Other relevant news. Image by MBC, taken from Road To VR).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 5, 2022

For most people, gaming represented the ultimate “initial” market for the extended reality landscape. Some of the very first mainstream examples of augmented and virtual reality were delivered directly to the entertainment world, and many were met with significant levels of demand.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

This is incredible and will help the development of better AI algorithms (also for AR and VR) Omniverse is going to add new tools for developers so that development teams can work together in the creation of games using the integration provided by Omniverse, which merges the work of everyone out of the box. Upload VR).

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 18, 2023

Since purchasing Oculus, Meta has made significant strides in the extended reality (XR) world. In recent years, the company has been investing heavily in its vision of the “metaverse”, exploring new ways to bring people together in a digital landscape through virtual, mixed, and augmented reality (VR/MR/AR).

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

This Year’s VR Hardware of the Year Award went to the Oculus Quest. The Oculus Rift S was also nominated for the award. The original Oculus Rift won the first VR Headset of the Year Award (not its own category this year) in 2017. That same year, Oculus Touch won VR Hardware of the Year. VR Experience of the Year.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. Emerge is a new XR haptic device. Emerge is a new haptic device that can give you haptic sensations while you are in VR without the need for you to wear anything. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 27, 2020

The Oculus Quest 2 has been leaked. The famous leaker WalkingCat did it again, leaking this time a new model of the Oculus Quest , in the beginning with some renders, and then with true pictures of a pre-production device (that had been originally shared by redditor CallThePlumber). Top news of the week. Image by WalkingCat).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2021

Bosworth also said that Horizon is growing well : he says that the infrastructure is working and the world creation tools are solid, but the social VR is still in closed beta because they don’t think it’s a rich ecosystem yet. I’ve found a long and detailed post about how virtual reality is used for soft-skills training and assessment.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

He stresses that he wants his metaverse not to be like these ones… but I also have to remember you that currently, Oculus is the most closed VR platform. Oculus Quest 2 goes 128GB and MR. The Oculus Quest 2’s update pace is always impressive: every month we have new features to play with. Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

I used VR to lose over 50 pounds (23kg, AN) in the past year , and I’ve also used it to build social connections that later became real friendships at Oculus Connect 5 last month. I know that you are a huge fan of fitness in Virtual Reality. I had a feeling my new Oculus Rift (now one year old!)

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Sony Interactive Entertainment has l et many famous journalists and influencers (like Mike Virtual Reality Oasis) try the new headset in dedicated sessions where they could play four upcoming games: Horizon Call of the Mountain, Resident Evil Village, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners? Virtual Reality Day is back!

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2022

This afternoon I’m flying to Paris to then go to Laval to attend Laval Virtual, one of the oldest events about virtual reality, where I’ll be as an attendee , a virtual speaker (about the game HitMotion: Reloaded), a host of the AWE Nite Florence (featuring great speakers like Charlie Fink… ), and also as a. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 18, 2019

Image by Oculus). He was the last Oculus founder to still work at Oculus. From now on, nothing of the old Oculus remains at the new Oculus. Oculus is no more, there is only Facebook. Mitchell left with a heartwarming letter on the Oculus subreddit. Top news of the week. I really wish the best to him.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 31, 2017

Using an Oculus Touch, Vive wand, or PlayStation Move controller allows you to pick up and aim guns with one-to-one control, but their light weight and lack of powerful haptic feedback creates a clear gap between the virtual reality and the real thing. Now, to be fair, that’s not just for the gun alone.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 31, 2019

We asked the best and brightest in virtual reality to share their thoughts on what we can expect from VR in 2020. We’re more than halfway through 2019, so let’s get real about what’s happening in virtual reality. What you are expecting from virtual reality in 2020? Follow him on Twitter @ARinsider.

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