Road to VR

OCTOBER 28, 2020

And—better late than never—the RX 6000-series cards include a USB-C port to “power head-mounted displays with just one cable for a modern VR experience.” With a release date in November and prices starting at $580, AMD is aiming to compete directly with NVIDIA’s latest 30-series GPUs. RX 6800 XT.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 21, 2017

Just ahead of Microsoft’s E3 conference last week the company filed a trademark for Direct Reality. Speaking to Giant Bomb during last week’s event, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer clearly outlined exactly what this trademark pertained to. You can see the video below.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Next year, Apple will debut the Vision Pro following years of hype, and Microsoft will also start rolling out its industrial Metaverse services. One of the significant changes is the removal of Android and iOS notifications, which effectively separates Meta’s head-mounted displays (HMDs) from messages on smartphones and other devices.

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Immersive Authority

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

There’s a cool TED talk that showcases what it’s like to see through the Microsoft Hololens, and what the future hold for us. Coupled with AI and remote sensors, we are heading towards a world where technology truly understands us. Image Credit: HoloLens augmented reality scenario by sndrv under C C-license 2.0.

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VRScout

APRIL 18, 2019

Microsoft HoloLens 2 patent. Augmented reality (AR) patents protect technological elements and pieces of data such as video, sound, and mapping technologies that enhance the real-world experience. Microsoft, Intel, and Sony are the three strongest VR and AR-related patent owners. WHAT IS A PATENT?

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft are expected to reduce the prices for their game products in the coming years. The VR head-mounted displays were initially created focusing on games mainly. The dense graphics and 360-degree video content help in creating an immersive presence to boost the adrenaline rush.

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ARVR

JULY 9, 2020

Augmented Reality Definition Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that overlays digital content (graphics, text, audio, and video) on real-world images using mobile devices, PCs, or glasses, which have an integrated camera and specialized software (Papagiannis, 2017). 2000s : First outdoor mobile AR game ARQuake.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 4, 2023

The studio behind it also released a new gameplay video Samba De Amigo: This musical arcade game is not my genre at all, but it marks the entrance of SEGA into the VR market, and this is quite exciting. In the video, you see a family that is manipulated by the AI to sell them more drinks and food at the restaurant. This is impressive.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 19, 2022

With head-mounted displays, users can detach their senses of sound, sight, and space from their surroundings to fully ‘immerse’ in simulated, computer-generated realities. Solution providers aiming to tackle challenges in training include Meta Platforms, Lenovo, Pico, Microsoft, and many others.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 24, 2023

The partnership aims to integrate the Cupertino-based firm’s Apple TV+ product lineup on the new head-mounted displays (HMDs). It read that Apple designed the device jointly with Sony Group Corp, which will feature high-resolution displays and augmented reality (AR) full-colour passthrough.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

Generally, there are two types of AR solutions — marker-based augmented reality and markerless (sensor-based) augmented reality — that help developers merge content into the camera feed of a smartphone or head-mounted display. Additionally, engineers train Deep Learning algorithms to accurately detect markers in live video data.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

Yesterday Intel announced its entry into the virtual reality space with the Project Alloy all-in-one head mounted display. Much like the Microsoft Hololens the user is looking at the real world and the device overlays virtual objects and avatars into your view so they appear to be part of the real world.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

Yesterday Intel announced its entry into the virtual reality space with the Project Alloy all-in-one head mounted display. Much like the Microsoft Hololens the user is looking at the real world and the device overlays virtual objects and avatars into your view so they appear to be part of the real world.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

HTC VIVE also confirmed that new hardware accessories, such as a face gasket, over-the-top head strap, and security clips, will facilitate more versatile use cases. Users can also interact with immersive video calls, social media, and gaming applications.

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 10, 2019

VRFocus has seen recent patents appear for a virtual reality (VR) floor mat by Microsoft and a new headset design for Nintendo Switch. So the patent addresses this particular problem with what appears to be inside-out tracking, placing two cameras on the front and one on the back (1410) of the head-mounted display (HMD).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Camera angles were also crucial to the operating theatre demo, and RealWear’s Navigator 500 wearable device also integrated Microsoft Teams for seamless, hands-free communications. Additional perks of using the Navigator 500 included adjustable camera point-of-view, video optical image stabilisation (OIS), and precision zoom.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

At last year’s F8, the key focus was on Messenger and, to a certain extent, Live video. AR Studio (in closed beta): allows developers to create masks, scripted effects, animated frames and other AR technologies that react to movement, environment or interactions during Live videos. Allowing users to actually move through 360 ° videos.

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2020

Collaborate on the data together in one room with two HoloLenses, or bring in more people from all over the world, wearing a Microsoft Mixed Reality Head-Mounted-Display (HMD). Watch videos, play with 3D objects, or just hang out. Hence we developed different possibilities of shared experiences. Mozilla Hubs.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Or we can put on device on our head (a head-mounted display or HMD) that completely occludes us from the real world allowing us to enter a completely simulated environment which we can walk around and interact in because the computer is sensing our physical actions: this is Virtual Reality or VR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

These include a 40 percent slimmer form factor, improved displays and resolution, and Qualcomm’s cutting-edge Snapdragon XR2+. It has also launched similar projects for enterprise, consumer, and industrial devices with Microsoft. This will incur billions in costs for many companies in the XR space race.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 31, 2021

For developers and prosumers, Tundra has released a number of SteamVR specific products ; two of the products are reviewed here today, Tundra Labs 12VDC Power Kit for Head-Mounted Displays and SteamVR HDK. The just-launched Tundra Tracker (Image by Tundra Labs). Tundra Labs HQ (Image by Tundra Labs provided by Rob Cole).

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

Project Allot was touted as a standalone VR headset which was essentially a head-mounted Windows PC, prompting some speculation that the end price of the product would be extremely high. In March, the company snapped up Replay Technologies, which is known for creating 360-degree video replays for the NBA.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 3, 2019

The same day, iOS developer Steve Troughton-Smith found the StarBoard framework in the official “golden master” of iOS 13; he also pointed out references to “HME,” which many speculated stood for “head-mounted experience.” ” (HMD, or head-mounted display, is a common term for a VR/AR headset.).

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Cats and VR

JUNE 1, 2017

link] HDBT is showcasing HDBaseT, a one-cable solution for Virtual Reality, supporting high-def audio, video, USB, controls, Ethernet and power over a single cable. link] Joinpad is demoing its remote video streaming and collaboration tool that lets on-field technicians share data and receive support from a remote expert.

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Digitalnauts

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Users put on a VR headset or head-mounted display to get a 360-degree view of a space their brain believes to be real, thanks through a psychological mechanism called presence. The most famous example being Microsoft Hololens. . Source: Microsoft “What is Mixed Reality” [link]. VR (VIRTUAL REALITY).

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VR Playhouse

JUNE 15, 2017

One day, we will all regularly consume media through head mounted displays, just as we all watch television today. While Sony competed in the home console space with several other companies, such as Sega and later Nintendo and Microsoft, what made the PS2 stand out was its built in DVD player. In 2016, an estimated 1.5

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Eye Tracking Apart from sessions a few years ago using the HTC Vive Pro Eye and Microsoft Hololens, I didn’t have any experience with eye tracking. The real challenge lies in transmitting these high-resolution images through the display’s optics without any loss of clarity or introduction of aberrations.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Now the pivot comes too little, too late: Microsoft is years ahead of its competitors in offering services for big companies (Azure is a fantastic solution in this sense), and Magic Leap is really behind in this. With the WebXR Device API, developers can now create immersive experiences for smartphones and head-mounted displays in Chrome.

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VRWorld

JUNE 8, 2016

Case in point is Microsoft’s HoloLens, where a development kit will set you back for $3000. ” See the instruction video for yourself: Assemble your RIPPLE Augmented Reality (AR) Viewer from Seebright on Vimeo. Unlike the VR, where you can purchase an Open Source VR Hacker 1.4 But that’s not all.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 27, 2022

Under the hood of any quality virtual, augmented, or mixed reality head-mounted display (HMD) is a hand and eye tracking platform designed to run a human-computer interface (HCI) capable of seamlessly joining man with machine and delivering seamless immersive experiences.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

The system featured a head-mounted display with head tracking that could be used to explore virtual environments or real remote images from a camera — foreshadowing future breakthroughs in teleoperation. In 2016, Microsoft began shipping a developer edition of its mixed reality HoloLens system, priced at $3,000.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

I’m an early-stage VC focused on virtual and augmented reality, so I pieced this together based on the forward-thinking pitches and demos I’ve been lucky enough to see through my work, plus a lifetime of burning through sci-fi and video games. Check out the bottom of this post for a list of VR inspiration.

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VeeR VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

It was a device that the user sat in-front of while their head was encased on four sides by a screen and they watched any one of five films, which all engaged sight, sound, smell and touch. In 1968, Ivan Sutherland and Bob Sproull created the first head-mounted display (HMD) system for immersive simulation applications.

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Doc-Ok

JANUARY 17, 2017

This is a solid and well-known technology called structured-light 3D scanning , and can be seen in action at the beginning of this HoloLamp video clip. Unlike video cameras, (most) humans have two eyes and a keen sense of stereopsis. Unfortunately, due to the lack of known details, we can only speculate. And speculate I will.

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Robert Scoble

JUNE 4, 2019

Irena and I are hearing that one of the devices, er, AR/VR head-mounted displays, Apple is considering launching next year could go directly after Oculus Quest and the rest of the VR space. I can’t use it to answer my emails, or do my social media work, or edit videos. FACEBOOK IS A PRIVACY THIEF.

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Robert Scoble

JULY 23, 2020

To underscore some of these changes, look at Apple’s patent disclosure of a head-mounted display that includes eye sensors, heart-rate sensors, etc. Media everywhere (you can “grab” a video of a baseball game off of a screen at a friend’s house, take it with you while you walk to your car.

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