AR Insider

AUGUST 26, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO, August 26, 2021: ARtillery Intelligence has released a new report that projects headworn AR revenue to grow from $1.6 Moreover, its V1 design target will be style and wearability versus graphical immersiveness; and its appeal will lie in elegant integration with other Apple hardware and wearables.

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ARPost

AUGUST 22, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO, August 21, 2019 – According to one study , the extended reality (XR) market is forecast to grow to more than $209 billion in the next four years, an 800% increase from their 2018 prediction of $27 billion. Press release.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 27, 2021

I n 2006, I attended a launch event in San Francisco for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. cities, starting with San Francisco. But that’s a non-starter for anyone outside of the few million people that own VR hardware (much less the compatible HTC and Oculus hardware).

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Because their platform showcases life-like avatars, they typically hire for “holographic” roles that include 2D/3D design and engineers that have both AR/VR software experience and AR/VR hardware experience. As of November 2020, they’re hiring for both New York and San Francisco positions.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 10, 2020

COFFEE labs created the experience, the Holiday Hunt, which is made available through 8th Wall’s hardware agnostic and easy to use WebAR infrastructure. “ “We are excited to partner with Westfield to help drive shoppers to their centers for a fun, interactive augmented reality experience with special offers during this holiday season.”.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

HTC has now opened applications to its latest Vive X accelerator, the company’s $100 million program which aims to help grow the global AR/VR ecosystem by providing both software and hardware developers the right tools, expertise, and investment. HTC says there will be more locations yet to come.

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Next Reality AR

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

While augmented reality made more of a cameo appearance during Samsung's official grand unveiling of the Galaxy S10 line-up on Wednesday, it's the company's move into 5G connectivity that has huge implications for AR.

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VRScout

AUGUST 14, 2017

You can now swim with sperm whales and play with polar bears all in San Francisco, thanks to virtual reality. Aquarium on the Bay at PIER 39 in San Francisco just launched three new VR and AR exhibits, allowing visitors up close interaction with whales and polar bears without disturbing the animals.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 17, 2020

12/17/20 – SAN FRANCISCO – ARtillery Intelligence today released a new report that projects VR revenue to grow from $4.98 billion in 2020, which includes hardware and software. New Study Projects VR Revenue to Reach $12.2 Billion by 2024. ARtillery Intelligence publishes its five-year outlook for VR revenues.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

11/11/20 – SAN FRANCISCO – ARtillery Intelligence today released a new report that projects headworn AR revenue to grow from $822 million in 2019 to $13.4 These totals consist of both hardware and software. New Study Projects Headworn AR Revenue to Reach $13.4 Billion by 2024. billion in 2024.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Valve today confirmed that the Coronavirus outbreak has impacted production of the Index VR headset and other hardware. While COVID-19 has spread to 27 other countries to date, 99% of cases have been confined to China which is a key manufacturing hub for VR headsets and related hardware.

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Road to VR

MAY 9, 2019

A total of 17 startups spanning San Francisco, London, Taipei, Shenzhen, Beijing, and Tel Aviv have been selected. This year’s Vive X Demo Days is said to take place in Beijing on May 8th, Tokyo on May 16th, London on May 23rd, and in San Francisco on June 4th.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The hottest truck to hit the San Francisco food scene isn’t what you’re expecting. The extensively fabricated VR on wheels made its debut parked outside the Hotel Zetta in San Francisco earlier this month. This mobile VR truck is what everyone needs at their party. In fact, this truck isn’t a food truck at all.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In 2006, I attended a launch event in San Francisco for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. cities, starting with San Francisco. But that’s a non-starter for anyone outside of the few million people that own VR hardware (much less the compatible HTC and Oculus hardware).

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Road to VR

MARCH 16, 2019

On Wednesday, March 20th, the 2019 VR Mixer will be hosted at the Temple night club in San Francisco, two blocks from GDC. There the vibrant VR/AR/XR community will gather at the futuristic 20,000 sqft venue to enjoy two floors of VR/AR/XR demos, games, experiences, and hardware from partners and indie developers.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Spatial , a team of 3D Design and AR/VR experts based out of New York and San Francisco, today unveiled their cross-reality collaboration platform after two long years in stealth. Cross-reality collaboration arrives as Spatial reveals holographic teleportation through augmented reality.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The Daydream View headset was announced along with Google’s new Pixel phone in San Francisco, which is the first phone to be Daydream Ready. The tech giant’s plans for Daydream were unveiled back in May , a hint of their hardware and software platform that runs off Google’s Android mobile operating system.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 4, 2017

At today’s Google hardware event in San Francisco, the company previewed various augmented reality apps built using the ARCore SDK, including a League of Legends AR map and a Lego AR model builder.

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Road to VR

MARCH 11, 2019

The company joined VIVE X, HTC’s global VR/AR accelerator program, for its second batch back in 2017, which included investments and mentorship for a total of 33 startups working in the areas of software and hardware for both augmented and virtual reality. Mindesk was founded in Bari, Italy.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 23, 2024

VR|MR 2024 – a conference taking place in San Francisco, California, between 29 and 31 January 2024. The event aims to promote a space that brings together researchers, engineers, investors, entrepreneurs, customers, and suppliers to encourage development towards the hardware required to enable broad metaverse use cases.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Swedish company Tobii , who has specialised in eye tracking since its inception in 2001, have produced hardware for gaze detection hardware in various guises for some time now, and has recently announced plans to bring its tech to virtual reality, via a $50M funding round.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 14, 2019

Apple took us on a surreal walk through San Francisco, looking at digital art on an iPhone . San Francisco looks different through an iPhone XS Max — it’s still a city, but now there are floating balls of fabric, speech bubbles, and words popping out from the trees and buildings. You can read the original piece here. .

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 15, 2023

Spatial is a leading RT3D Metaverse platform for various hardware, including web browsers and XR headsets. Spatial Hits Big at GDC 2023 In March, at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2023 in San Francisco, Spatial announced the platform’s new Unity Creator Toolkit is entering its beta stages.

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2019

Are you attending XRDC’s AR and VR conference in San Francisco on October 14-15? As software, hardware, and applications improve, so do the mental health and medical fields. Being able to just pick up a piece of hardware, put it on, and get started is amazingly helpful in actually getting people to use your application.” .

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

INCOGNITO optimises Vuzix’s product performance by removing “forward eye glow,” a first-in-kind technology within waveguide-based hardware – according to the firm. The XR hardware manufacturer works closely with a range of end-users, proving the worth of workplace immersive solutions and driving adoption rates.

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Upload VR

MAY 25, 2022

Lynx recently showed off the hardware at GDC in San Francisco and confirmed to UploadVR Correspondents that backers could “expect the first headsets to come between June and July,” instead of the original April delivery target. The sides can also be closed off for a VR viewing experience as well.

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TechCrunch VR

DECEMBER 5, 2022

It’s now raised $16 million in new funds led by Founders Fund, the San Francisco-based VC, whose portfolio boasts names such as Airbnb, Spotify and SpaceX. Existing investors LAUNCHub Ventures, Hoxton Ventures, HCVC (Hardware Club) and Change Ventures also participated.

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Upload VR

APRIL 25, 2023

I completed a handful of puzzles in an early prototype of Laser Dance , ending with me rolling down a quiet hallway under some virtual lasers at the Moscone Convention Center of San Francisco. The player places two buttons on opposing walls, and in every level walks back and forth between them," Van Bouwel explains.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

As the company's CEO David Nussbaum said last week while beaming in live to San Francisco from Los Angeles, "We want to connect the living instead of resurrecting the dead." Two separate demo events in San Francisco last week helped show the value in highly realistic life-size video feeds projected onto a screen in real time.

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VRScout

AUGUST 5, 2020

To be blunt, the Neo 2 feels like a Quest with upgraded hardware and capabilities. While the Quest may feature less powerful hardware, the content and software are what makes the device so damn user-friendly. “Few I did come across a few hardware niggles in my testing that might present an issue for some.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 8, 2018

San Francisco-based Tactical Haptics is debuting its reconfigurable haptic controllers together with new demo content at CES this week. Colony Defense , a new game developed by Tactical Haptics to demonstrate the hardware, is a first-person experience with building and combat elements. Image courtesy Tactical Haptics.

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XROM

OCTOBER 29, 2023

San Francisco-based company Nimo Planet has unveiled its spatial computing system, consisting of the Nimo Operating System (Nimo OS) Nimo Core compact computer, and Nimo Glass. With a combination of hardware and software, the system delivers a power-user experience for productivity applications.

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TechCrunch VR

JULY 7, 2021

Osso VR , a San Francisco-based virtual reality startup focused on medical training, has piqued investor attention as they’ve bulked up on partnerships with medical devices powerhouses like Johnson & Johnson, Stryker and Smith & Nephew during the pandemic.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 7, 2016

In order the develop made-for-Windows Holographic experiences, developers will need to know what hardware they’re targeting, and soon they’ll be able to thanks to development kit hardware that Microsoft announced will be made available to developers starting in March at GDC 2017 in San Francisco.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

At an Intel event hosted in San Francisco, I got to see the Portal Ridge proof of concept for myself. And while many of the cost savings come from relying on smartphone hardware that many already own anyway, Intel’s approach could also ease PC hardware requirements. VRidge is one example that does just that.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 7, 2017

This position will be remote working mainly from home, but should be within short driving distance to either our San Francisco or Marina del Rey, CA offices for product demos and video shoots. What does an UploadVR editor do? Plans, pitches, creates and promotes relevant content across multiple channels.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 3, 2019

Although most VR hardware and experiences currently cost too much for the average consumer, Location-Based Virtual Reality (LBVR) is showing great promise as a consumer gateway to VR. Location-Based Virtual Reality (LBVR) is showing great promise as a consumer gateway to VR Click To Tweet.

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