VRScout

AUGUST 31, 2020

In contrast to 2019, 2020 will continue to be a little quiet in terms of hardware, with major brands like Facebook and Lenovo having launched new headsets just last year. It’s important to note, however, that Facebook finally released the Oculus for Business program on its Oculus Quest headset. Release date: 2020.

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Road to VR

APRIL 19, 2018

TheWaveVR also opened their new Los Angeles office today, where they plan to collaborate with artists and musicians on what they say will be “a number of high profile VR concerts this year.” The funding round follows a successful collaboration with Warner Bros. The app is available on Steam (U.S.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 9, 2018

Intel’s tiny VR-capable PC, Tactical Haptics’ reconfigurable controller, NextVR updates, TPCast Plus, HTC Vive Pro, and Xiaomi’s re-branded Oculus Go. The new system aims to address the shortcomings of the original TPCast line, with various hardware and software improvements. Xiaomi Branded Oculus Go.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 8, 2018

The hardware is based on the haptic controllers used for Justice League: An IMAX VR Exclusive that has operated at the Los Angeles IMAX VR Centre since November 2017 , but with the ability to be mated together in common interaction configurations, such as ‘gamepad’, ‘steering wheel’, or ‘machine gun’ poses.

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VRScout

JUNE 13, 2019

” Redpill VR and Sensorium debuted a technical prototype of the experience during this years E3 in Los Angeles, treating attendees to a captivating VR experience that was just as interesting outside of the headset as it was while immersed. Image Credit: VRScout. Image Credit: VRScout.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Los Angeles-based VR software development company TRIPP has announced a $4 million Series A round investment lead by venture capital firm Mayfield. TRIPP describe themselves as “mood architects”, aiming to create VR software that improves mindfulness.

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2018

Because INT hasn’t detailed the size of the panel, it’s impossible to say where it fits on the spectrum of VR hardware. Dubbing it UHPD (Ultra High Pixel Density), INT is slated to show off their display at the Poster Session of the upcoming SID Display Week , which takes place May 22 – 24 in Los Angeles, CA.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 1, 2017

It quickly turns into a modelling challenge to reproduce all the assets of Deckard’s apartment and a view on Los Angeles streets,” said Lengele of the project’s origins. Lengele doesn’t possess a current generation VR headset, just a now obsolete Oculus Rift DK1. Lets see if someone can help make it happen!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 12, 2024

It is always a matter of money and I think this case makes no exception, especially because Meta subsidizes hardware costs with the Store sales. The once LBVRE (Location-Based VR Entertainment) company has closed its venues in Los Angeles to focus on its VR educative program built together with Arizona State University.

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MAY 23, 2017

inch UHD 3840×2160 display at the Society for Information Display 2017 event in Los Angeles. Perhaps we could see two of these panels placed inside future headsets from Samsung or Oculus, which has partnered with the company to create the Gear VR. The screen reportedly featured 2250 pixels-per-inch and is designed for VR.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2017

While the approach allowed The Void to deploy the Ghostbusters: Dimension experience relatively early, it came online as Oculus and HTC started shipping improved consumer hardware. Jensen said they wanted to get their first location up and running quickly, which is why they launched using the hardware they did.

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Road to VR

JUNE 14, 2016

The expo floor opens today, but this year’s E3 in Los Angeles has already kicked off with some big names in the industry making fresh commitments to VR on both the software and hardware side of things. Oculus Touch Launch Lineup Will Top 30 Games, ‘Oculus Medium’ Bundled.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 21, 2019

Propelled by new technologies, new businessmen have been landing in Los Angeles since the invention of the nickelodeon to create a studio that would dominate popular entertainment. Oculus Quest and Rift S now shipping. There are significant economic reasons for companies to persist. The company was formed and financed with $6.3

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2023

The developments come amid the ongoing SIGGRAPH 2023 event in Los Angeles, California, USA. The most recent iteration tapped Brilliant Labs’ Monocle hardware and RizzGPT’s HCI software. The open-source ecosystem it aims to develop will back users across verticals to support their workflows.

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

The theatrical activation will feature kiosks with Oculus Rift headsets powered by Alienware Aurora PCs using AMD Radeon RX 480 graphics cards. While the Spanish Inquisition scene in the big budget film was shot on location in Malta, the VR experience was shot in Los Angeles. Here’s how they made it happen. 2 and Jan.

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JUNE 8, 2017

The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is in Los Angeles, CA next week and it’s always one of the largest events of the year for gamers, giving giants of the industry including Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo the chance to show off the latest hardware and games to drive the next generation of consumer interest.

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Cats and VR

APRIL 19, 2018

TheWaveVR today also opens a new Los Angeles office, where they are collaborating with top artists and musicians on a number of high profile VR concerts this year. anyone can immerse themselves in the dance party scene with specially designed avatars, iconic 80s visuals and music, and experience the ability to fly in VR.

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VRScout

JUNE 21, 2017

It’s interesting to note that although Nintendo did not directly develop this virtual version of the 2005 arcade classic Mario Kart GP , it is an official remake and has Nintendo’s blessing… but the experience will be using the HTC Vive and not Nintendo hardware (will the Nintendo Switch soon be the first VR-compatible hardware from Nintendo???).

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Robert Scoble

MAY 20, 2019

I dragged my camera down to meet her and her team in their offices in Marina Del Rey, near Los Angeles, to get a look at the business visualizations they are building for use in both Spatial Computing headsets, like Magic Leap, and VR, for HTC Vive, Oculus Quest or Rift, or others.

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AUGUST 9, 2017

The event is organized by The Virtual Reality Foundation, which is composed of many of the same people behind the Virtual Reality Los Angeles conference and startup Mindshow. In 2014, 2015 and 2016 The Proto Awards were held to recognize some of the groundbreaking efforts pushing forward the emerging medium of VR content.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

According to Andy, the lack of complex sensors and hardware make the normally painful act of breaking down and setting up the motion capture system a mere 30 minute operation. The first universe is being revealed on Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR. Anyone up for a professional virtual reality shooter league? I sure as hell am.

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Road to VR

JUNE 23, 2016

The StarVR prototype I tried at E3 2016 was tracked using Sixense STEM, but Marquez tells me that the company is working on its own roomscale tracking system for StarVR which is based on different tech than Oculus’ ‘Constellation’ or Valve’s ‘Lighthouse’ systems. While the StarVR 1.4

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2016

LET’S TALK OCULUS: DRM NO MORE AND PATENT FOR NEW VR MOTION. Teleportation has become a common way to move users around a virtual environment, but Oculus was just granted a patent for a novel method of movement that could be more intuitive. No word if they’re working on a virtual experience of Putin on a horse…. VR IN HOSPITALS.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

More evidence of Facebook’s big plans for VR/AR: they plan on selling almost half a million Oculus Rift units by the end of 2016. Unity’s most recent update makes the cross-platform game engine even more equally optimized, so with only one API you can simply build for multiple platforms with hardware-specific tweaks held to a minimum.

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VRScout

AUGUST 15, 2016

One of the most memorable demos that debuted at the recent VRLA conference, Mindshow is a platform being developed by Los Angeles-based Visionary VR (who also happen to be the people behind VRLA). Here’s my bet: Microsoft is quickly learning from the “lack of content” complaints around the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 7, 2019

If you are in Los Angeles, at the end of July, the SIGGRAPH seems the place to go. It is more a game-oriented event, but there you can find some interesting VR experiences and hardware as well. Little indie studio Reality Rebels is creating a framework to let you play LBVR games in your house using Oculus Quest.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

million pixels per eye, almost three times more than what HTC and Oculus offer today (2.84x more). The VR experiences are designed to last for 10 minutes, cost approximately $10 and immerse you in the 3D world using high end hardware. This headset comes with the second highest resolution on the market (8.29

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VRWorld

JUNE 19, 2016

With the conclusion of E3 2016 trade show, which took place last week in Los Angeles, California – many international guests went on for the hunt for several hot ticketed items – HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and of course, Pascal-based GeForce GTX 1070 and GTX 1080. Kudos to Microsoft for in-store availability.

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VRWorld

JUNE 22, 2016

As an industry, we need immersive experiences that will show what VR brings to the table and so far, there are two experiences one should go through: WeVR’s “theBlu” for HTC Vive and Crytek’s “The Climb” for Oculus Rift. Can you tell me how did you got involved in Virtual Reality and how did you end up in Los Angeles?

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 22, 2019

At MWC Los Angeles this week, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang demonstrated the company’s CloudXR platform which is made to stream cloud-rendered AR and VR content over 5G connections. On stage at MWC Los Angeles this week Nvidia demonstrated CloudXR in action in a handheld AR mode. CloudXR Demo.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 17, 2017

As part of the Oculus VR for Good program, he and 9 other filmmakers were paired with 10 selected non-profits to create content with charitable causes. "In In Harmony" advocates for better musical education for some of the disadvantaged children in Los Angeles, where 68 percent of public schools do not teach instrumental music.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

By the time Howard Rheingold’s “Virtual Reality” was published in 1991, the Sensorama was already a “slowly deteriorating” relic stashed away in a cabana next the pool at its inventor’s West Los Angeles home. Palmer Luckey, co-founder of Oculus VR Inc.,

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle?—?for This time we don’t have more info about the hardware, but about the software. Somnium is already an investor in XTAL, and it is so strengthening its position as a leader both in the software and the hardware necessary to access virtual worlds.

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TechCrunch VR

OCTOBER 29, 2021

A day after Facebook’s rebranding as Meta (and simultaneous and unceremonious dropping of the Oculus brand), the company announced that it is acquiring Within. The company adds that its existing staff of coaches, choreographers and managers will remain on board after the acquisition.

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JUNE 2, 2017

The only trees are those that decorate the surroundings of the Los Angeles Convention Center, burning away in the sweltering Californian sun. It’s here that titans like Sony, Microsoft and others do their best to wow us with new announcements on both the software and hardware front.

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VRScout

MARCH 6, 2017

In the fall of 2016, Microsoft announced a partnership with a handful of hardware manufacturers to make developer headsets implementing the inside-out tracking technology seen on the HoloLens. LA, GET EXCITED: BJORK’S VR EXHIBITION COMES TO LOS ANGELES. …and more. VALVE’S R&D IN EYE-TRACKING TO INCREASE.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Additionally, founding the Upload Academy, a VR/AR developer training program, which graduated its first class in August with a number of success stories including Found – a gorgeous Miyazaki-esque narrative experience created by four of our students which was recently recognized on stage during the Oculus Connect Keynote. January 2016.

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