Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Cloud-based gaming has been seen by the industry at large as a way to make games more widely accessible by making them playable on less powerful hardware. It’s critical for us to start with latency-tolerant games so we can deliver a good experience for players across a variety of devices.

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VRScout

JUNE 18, 2019

VR hardware is front and center at this year’s festivities following the release of Oculus Quest and HP Reverb. The award ceremony recognizes multiple achievements in VR, such as hardware advancements, gaming, film, social experience, and marketing to name a few. VR Hardware of the Year: Oculus – Quest. Oculus – Rift S.

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Road to VR

JULY 15, 2024

It’s very well refined for a first device, owing to the company’s close partnership with XTAL , the Czech hardware manufacturer behind a series of high-resolution, high FOV enterprise XR headsets. This notably doesn’t include shipping or local taxes, or the required SteamVR base stations or optional controllers.

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Road to VR

MAY 4, 2022

Or at least that’s how it works when you’ve got high-end PC hardware. Spatial audio, for instance, is desirable in XR across the board for added immersion, but realistic sound simulation is computationally expensive (not to mention power hungry!). Fascinated by the cutting edge of XR science?

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ARPost

JANUARY 6, 2021

A computer-based headset is wearable hardware which the user puts over the head, connected to a computer that runs the VR software and sends the audio/visual information to the headset. Belonging to the group of technical VR terms, haptics means the simulation of touch by giving the user the sensation of pressure.

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NVidia VR

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Built on NVIDIA GPU technology, the new NVIDIA CloudXR software development kit helps businesses create and deliver high-quality, wireless AR and VR experiences from any application based on OpenVR , the broadly used VR hardware and software interface. To learn more, sign up for early access to the NVIDIA CloudXR SDK.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Yesterday, XR hardware developer Varjo unveiled two new additions to its lineup of human eye-resolution VR & AR products, the VR-2 and VR-2 Pro. One of the main goals of SteamVR is to support a diverse ecosystem of hardware and software. So is the accuracy and low latency of Ultraleap’s hand tracking. Image Credit: Varjo.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2022

This experience had everything I could expect from a remote rendering solution: the scene was much more complex than anything the HoloLens could handle , and the rendering latency was low, so almost not noticeable. Again, I noticed that the remote rendering was working well, with good visuals and low latency.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The awarded capital also allows the Redmond-based firm to fund research and development (R&D), building upon its HaptX Gloves DK2 , a touch-simulation product. Additionally, the capital enables the growth of new extended reality (XR) and robotics hardware. Haptic: Touch Simulation. pic.twitter.com/GmEonqZ02Z.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 21, 2024

Choosing headsets with minimal latency, higher refresh rates, and better graphics can also reduce VR sickness. Most modern headsets have wider fields of view, blue light filters, better ergonomics, and reduced latency. The less we see lag, flashing images, and distortion, the less our eyes will likely suffer.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The immersive training industry faces a double-edged sword of a rapid uptake adoption and conversely, limitations from current hardware and software solutions. . Despite this, firms are working to deliver innovative platforms capable of delivering hardware-agnostic, bespoke content delivery systems designed to scale for the enterprise. .

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Road to VR

MAY 3, 2017

264, which IMR says uses frame-to-frame compression (comparing one frame to the next) which necessitates a minimum 11ms latency given the 90Hz framerate. The entire end-to-end wireless VR system, including latencies introduced by various hardware interfaces like HDMI is around 2-3ms, the company says. Photo by Road to VR.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 13, 2024

In hardware and app news, Meta confirmed it's cancelled a Quest Pro 2 candidate and is working on an ultralight headset. Play for Dream showcased low latency with its headset, and Sightful cancelled the G1 Spacetop laptop. It's also unifying its official Meta Quest casting, PC VR, and remote desktop into one app.

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NVidia VR

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Built on NVIDIA GPU technology, the new NVIDIA CloudXR software development kit helps businesses create and deliver high-quality, wireless AR and VR experiences from any application based on OpenVR , the broadly used VR hardware and software interface.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 1, 2024

In the last year, we’ve seen a number of trends influencing how companies adopt hardware for XR training purposes. New accessories are also emerging to improve immersion in a simulated training environment. They eliminate the need for controllers, making each simulated experience more realistic.

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

VR was a big part of last year with new experiences, hardware and companies pushing the technology to the forefront of our everyday lives. As for VR hardware, Naylor says, “I’m looking for something that allows the aforementioned content to reach its full potential whilst making itself as accessible as possible to consumers.”.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 8, 2020

Korea-based TEGway , developers of a haptic accessory which generates hot and cold temperatures with impressively low latency, plans to launch a wearable VR thermal haptic dev kit aim in March. SEE ALSO Hands-on: 3DHaptics Achieves Compelling Directional Haptics with Simple Hardware. Photo by Road to VR.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The simulation (or recreation) of sense of touch through the sensations of applying force, vibration, or motion to the user. Haptics be used to assist in the creation of virtual objects in a computer simulation, to control such virtual objects, and to enhance the remote control of machines and devices (telerobotics). Latency? —?The

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Road to VR

MAY 16, 2017

We’ve had a couple different NASA contractors come through who were working on training simulations and setups for astronauts. Road to VR: You’ve produced some prototype hardware for the course and that seems like something that people would still like to have access to. Doug Bruey at the Synapse SteamVR Tracking training course.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The platform leverages Taqtile’s digital overlay, camera feed, analytics processing, and low-latency technologies. Partnering with Accenture, Talespin has become a mainstay in developing ecosystems for content creators, enterprises, and hardware partners. Moth+Flame.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Now, it seems that Valve are actively encouraging a solution to this issue as it’s emerged that the company is investing a “significant amount” in a company which has already demonstrated a wireless 60GHz, low latency video streaming solution that it was targeting at the VR hardware market.

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Doc-Ok

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

I prefer to approach the question from the opposite end: not through what VR hardware produces, but instead through how the viewer perceives 3D objects and/or environments, and how either the real world on the one hand, or virtual reality displays on the other, create the appropriate visual input to support that perception.

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ARVR

JULY 29, 2021

Challenges in WebXR One of the main challenges for XR experiences to work correctly and be convincing are, to keep a low latency, high precision, and a great capacity to process data quickly to render scenes, animations, and much more.

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Upload VR

JULY 25, 2024

The blurred wrap-around screen effect for the car's side windows is a very nice touch, simulating peripheral vision and seemingly enhancing the perceived FOV. While Real Racer XR delivers a remarkable experience, there are some areas where it could be improved significantly in future hardware. KOBOTIX® Store BuzzFeed

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 4, 2023

We want to make sure that we can showcase our headset in context with software that our customers are really using to build these use cases we’ve discussed” Varjo-IDSI Partnership The news comes after Varjo partnered with Immersive Display Solutions Inc (IDSI) to train workers on the latter’s simulation and training technologies.

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ARPost

JUNE 1, 2020

These capabilities include higher bandwidth for lower latencies, and real-time volumetric capture and rendering. Best Input & Output Hardware. The Nextant Legacy Award was presented to Dr. Richard Satava , who has promoted the use of VR for surgical training and helped to develop the first VR simulator for surgery. “As

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

Yes, it is a sign that Facebook is all in for XR , as someone made me notice, but hiring 10,000 people and losing billions every year in R&D and hardware sold under cost wasn’t already a clear sign of it? Zuck also didn’t address much the theme of privacy and how much data harvesting in VR could be dangerous. Some news on content.

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XROM

MAY 7, 2024

This evolution is driven by factors listed above such as advancements in hardware, the growing emphasis on social and collaborative experiences, and the increasing diversity and accessibility of XR technologies. For example, the early adopter persona is no longer solely defined by their technical prowess and thirst for novelty.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 24, 2022

But the “Body Tracking” API only provides a “ simulated upper-body skeleton ” based on your head and hand positions, a Meta spokesperson confirmed to UploadVR. The system shown isn’t fully accurate though and has 160ms latency – more than 11 frames at 72Hz.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

Running at 2,500 hertz with a latency of 5 milliseconds, VRee is effectively future-proof, providing a platform intended to support various types of motion suits, gloves, peripherals and headsets. Other potential uses include art ,music and support for accurate simulations of traditional sports in the form of monitored training regiments.

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ARVR

JULY 9, 2020

80s : American Air Force developed a high-cost Super Cockpit plane simulator that mixed virtual and physical elements through an optical vision helmet (Krevelen, 2010). 2000s : First outdoor mobile AR game ARQuake. For those looking for all the articles in our AR 101 series.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 18, 2017

First, he said, I was going to use a generation older hardware from internal prototypes that likely would be improved upon in practically every way before its release as a reference design to developers and eventually to consumers (Google hopes at least HTC can achieve consumer release in 2017 with its first standalone headset). WorldSense.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 3, 2024

Widespread adoption of 5G networks will revolutionize the landscape with high speed and lower latency. Many companies, such as BMW and GM, are already using AI and digital twins to simulate crash tests, enhance designs, and more. What’s more, new connectivity options will help streamline the transfer of data.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

Meaning, that the only way we, as content creators, can produce the kind of content we desire, is to work to create the hardware or software solutions as we go. Along with the emergence of the VR industry, a slew of gadgets and supplementary hardware devices have begun to flood in. Black Box VR – VR Workout Simulator.

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Road to VR

APRIL 10, 2018

It worked relatively well for walking in straight lines, but the lack of precision and the latency in movement detection made it challenging to walk confidently once you put on the headset and lost some of your proprioception. Photo by Road to VR. Photo by Road to VR.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 2, 2017

Inside are 20 ‘pushers’ that will press up against the palm of your hand to simulate touching objects in VR. It’s also got low latency motion control, though it’s not clear if it offers six degrees of freedom (6DOF) like on Rift and Vive, or 3DOF as seen with Daydream and Gear VR.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Australian startup Immersive Robotics are poised to deliver what they claim is a truly universal wireless solution for PC VR headsets that delivers tether-free virtual reality with minimal compromises in quality and extremely low latency. Most of all there is no visible degradation to what the user normally sees with the cables.”

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