Head Mounted Display, Oculus and Virtual Environment

Oculus Patents VR Movement System with Phone-Based HMD

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 23, 2016

Today, Oculus was granted a patent for a new method of moving around in a virtual environment that is more “natural and intuitive” to the user than teleporting – which has been an industry standard until now. One embodiment of the method was shown with a smartphone head-mounted display which can track hand movements.

Head Mounted Display

Head Mounted Display Oculus Virtual Environment Industry

Apple TV Store Now Lists 3D Movies In Preparation For Vision Pro Launch

Upload VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

When introducing Vision Pro at the WWDC event in June, Apple confirmed that its visionOS will support playing 3D versions of movies on a giant virtual screen. You can choose between your real room (optionally darkened) or a virtual environment. Example of a title with '3D' support listed for Vision Pro on Apple TV.

Apple

Apple Head Mounted Display Virtual Environment Examples

NVIDIA CloudXR Allows Hi-Fi XR Streaming via 5G Networks

ARPost

MAY 26, 2020

Thanks to NVIDIA CloudXR SDK kit, users will be able to enjoy VR, AR, and MR experiences at the highest definition of graphics and sound on head-mounted devices or mobile devices. They will have complete freedom of movement to explore the virtual environment, because they won’t need to connect their devices to a computer by cables.

Head Mounted Display

Head Mounted Display Industry Healthcare Architecture

Research: Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy, a Viable Solution for Treating Eating Disorders

ARPost

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The findings suggest that patients are confident to talk to therapists in a virtual environment, because they do not feel judged. To create this experiment, the researchers created a Multi-User Virtual Reality (MUVR) environment, where the participants could create their avatar. Behind the Scenes of the VRET Experiment .

Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Head Mounted Display Study Healthcare

Oculus Patents VR Movement System with Phone-Based HMDToday,

AllThingsVR

JUNE 23, 2016

Oculus Patents VR Movement System with Phone-Based HMD Today, Oculus was granted a patent for a new method of moving around in a virtual environment that is more “natural and intuitive” to the user than teleporting – which has been an industry standard until now.

Head Mounted Display

Head Mounted Display Oculus Virtual Environment Examples

Virtual Reality vs Augmented Reality: Understanding 6 Key Differences

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 10, 2022

The degree of immersion in virtual reality vs augmented reality. In VR, the user is completely absorbed in a virtual environment and minimises boundaries and markers. The second sort of VR headset contains uses your phone and utilizes its display as its own.

Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Head Mounted Display AR

What F8 2017 Means for Mass Market Adoption of Immersive Technologies

VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

The Facebook team articulated a distinction between lightweight AR, requiring only your smartphone and available today, and ‘full AR,’ requiring a head mounted display, such as AR glasses. The Santa Cruz standalone VR unit that Oculus is working on was briefly mentioned but no new version of the prototype was shown.

Technology

Technology Immersion 360 Video Augmented Reality

The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

JUNE 26, 2016

LET’S TALK OCULUS: DRM NO MORE AND PATENT FOR NEW VR MOTION. Movement is a big issue in virtual reality, and developers have to be careful to make sure users are not nauseated by vestibular mismatch (your brain/eyes say “I’m moving” in the virtual world which contradicts your inner ear/balance which say “I’m stationary” in the real world).

Samsung

Samsung Virtual Reality Head Mounted Display Los Angeles

EON Reality and University of Bologna Announce New Masters Degree in Innovation and Immersive Technologies

EON Reality

AUGUST 29, 2019

These systems run the gamut from mobile devices and Head Mounted Displays (HMDs) such as Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and others, to research-specific spaces likes Cave Automatic Virtual Environments (CAVEs).

Immersion

Immersion Technology Head Mounted Display Virtual Reality

WorldViz VR solutions help university research

Hypergrid Business

JULY 7, 2017

The system is used for tracking movements inside virtual reality environments, and provides freedom of movement inside virtual reality environments, whether users are walking, running, crouching, turning and gesturing. At Miami University , the platform is used to create shared virtual spaces.

Miami

Miami Head Mounted Display Virtual Reality Unity

For Science!

Doc-Ok

DECEMBER 2, 2015

release of the Vrui VR toolkit (it looks like I will have full support for Oculus Rift DK2 just before it is obsoleted by the commercial version, haha), and needed a short break. Fancy virtual environments are left as an exercise for the reader. That was some serious Oculus face. No, there won’t be any pics.

Head Mounted Display

Head Mounted Display Sony Head Tracking Oculus

How Hollywood Has Predicted VR in Movies

VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

Since the Oculus Kickstarter in 2012, VR has seen a revival on the big screen as it becomes a more affordable and accessible consumer device. This technology could be in the form of a head mounted display, motion tracking, haptic systems in gloves or suits, locomotion, consoles or image capture. TRON (1982).

Head Mounted Display

Head Mounted Display Haptic Los Angeles Hand tracking

Why we should care about ergonomics in virtual reality

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 29, 2018

Examples of head measurements (Image by Rob Cole). Other examples are scuba diving masks or full-face motorcycle helmets, although neither of these have the added complication of housing a head-mounted display that relies on a good fit for the correct optical presentation of the display to the eyes.

Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Magic Leap Examples Data

Vive la Vrui!

Doc-Ok

OCTOBER 15, 2016

The main issue was that I had been chasing evolving hardware, from the Oculus Rift DK1 to the Oculus Rift DK2, and now to HTC’s Vive. During that long stretch of time, I was never happy with the state of support of any of these devices. That’s finally changed. In most cases, that’s all it takes.

Controllers

Controllers Head Mounted Display HTC Tools

How Will AR Transform Advertising?

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.

AR

AR Examples Data Head Mounted Display

A brief history of VR and AR

TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, David Em made strides in the creation of explorable virtual landscapes, while the Ames Research Center iterated on VIEW (Virtual Interactive Environment Workstation). Palmer Luckey, co-founder of Oculus VR Inc., In 2014, the social media giant purchased Oculus for nearly $3 billion.

AR

AR Magic Leap Virtual Reality Los Angeles

Keeping VR users from hurting themselves

Doc-Ok

JUNE 8, 2016

At its core, Chaperone is a combination user interface / software / API system that brings relevant parts of users’ physical environments into their virtual environments. The method of claim 1, wherein said location of said user is determined by continually monitoring the location of a portion of said head-mounted display.

Head Mounted Display

Head Mounted Display Video Filming Software

Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000. And now with the advent of Oculus Quest and these really inexpensive headsets, I think it’s just opened up the world to developers, and clinicians, and medical practitioners. And it also wasn’t very comfortable to wear.

Machine Learning

Machine Learning Technology Virtual Reality Healthcare

Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford's Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000. And now with the advent of Oculus Quest and these really inexpensive headsets, I think it's just opened up the world to developers, and clinicians, and medical practitioners. And it also wasn't very comfortable to wear.

Machine Learning

Machine Learning Technology Virtual Reality Healthcare

Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000. And now with the advent of Oculus Quest and these really inexpensive headsets, I think it’s just opened up the world to developers, and clinicians, and medical practitioners. And it also wasn’t very comfortable to wear.

Machine Learning

Machine Learning Technology Virtual Reality Healthcare

Virtual Reality Pulse

Oculus Patents VR Movement System with Phone-Based HMD

Apple TV Store Now Lists 3D Movies In Preparation For Vision Pro Launch

Trending Sources

NVIDIA CloudXR Allows Hi-Fi XR Streaming via 5G Networks

Research: Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy, a Viable Solution for Treating Eating Disorders

Oculus Patents VR Movement System with Phone-Based HMDToday,

Virtual Reality vs Augmented Reality: Understanding 6 Key Differences

What F8 2017 Means for Mass Market Adoption of Immersive Technologies

The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

EON Reality and University of Bologna Announce New Masters Degree in Innovation and Immersive Technologies

WorldViz VR solutions help university research

For Science!

How Hollywood Has Predicted VR in Movies

Why we should care about ergonomics in virtual reality

Vive la Vrui!

How Will AR Transform Advertising?

A brief history of VR and AR

Keeping VR users from hurting themselves

Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford's Dr. Walter Greenleaf

Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

Stay Connected