Road to VR

AUGUST 12, 2016

Hackathon events in various forms are now commonplace across different technologies and for virtual reality has proven an important catalyst for innovation and creativity in the past, with both Oculus and HTC embracing the format to encourage content creation.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2016

It will feature in-depth presentations from numerous members of Valve, as well as a handful of developers and even Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney. Epic Games is heavily invested in VR thanks to deep integration with its Unreal Engine 4 and its own tech demos like Bullet Train. 11:15 am, 12th October. Developing The Lab, with Valve.

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ARPost

APRIL 8, 2020

The talk, presented by HTC’s senior developer Dario Laverde, focused on how developers can integrate hand tracking into their applications. For example, most HTC VR technology supports 3D hand tracking. Tuesday, April 7, saw VIVE’s second weekly developer live stream, “Build for Tomorrow – VIVE Hand Tracking SDK.”.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 28, 2018

Well, in VR, you don’t need to, because all three dimensions are present at once, right in front of you; Eye hydration, eye exercises, daily headset disinfection and a polyphasic approach to VR immersion were keys to long immersions with current hardware. Enea while meditating with a Vive Focus on.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Alex Kipman promised us a Microsoft Ignite conference with an amazing level of immersion , and he kept his word. The result was the one of having Alex Kipman as if he was really in front of you , a fantastic immersive feature for an XR event. Image by HTC). HTC is teasing the launch of a new hardware. Image by OceanX).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

This reminds me of a similar error HTC made in the past of mixing signals of a pro device and consumer content It has RGB passthrough cameras with three times the resolution of Quest 2 cameras. Another cool announcement has been the one of Immersive View for Google Maps. Weirdly enough, most of the demos he showed were games.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Apple’s take on immersive technologies will also test the future of XR hardware solutions and their roles in the broader XR community through rigorous use cases. Following the event, several global executives from the immersive tech industry weighed in on the device. XR Today: How was Apple’s presentation of the device?

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

You probably have heard of well-known models such as the Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, Playstation VR, and HTC VIVE?—?these Another industry standard is Unreal Engine, however, it is widely considered to have a steeper learning curve than Unity. Take collaboration to a new level with the immersive experience that MeetinVR offers?—?with

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. But, as Road To VR has stated, maybe HTC should have clarified that in all its marketing material.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Ok, of course, I’m kidding, but, you know, the possibility of saying the wrong name is so high that my proposal actually starts making sense… Top news of the week (Image by HTC Vive) HTC reveals inside-out-tracked Tracker With a totally unexpected move, HTC has revealed a new kind of Tracker.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Go on reading, I bet you will enjoy this journey into the present and the future of location-based augmented reality entertainment. The Vive Pro Eye just launched by HTC at CES (Image by HTC). They get immersed in the augmented reality even though they aren’t using a phone or headset.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

Unreal Engine 5 gets released in Early Access. After a lot of teasing of its upcoming fantastic features, Unreal Engine 5 is finally available for download. And it feels weird that HTC hasn’t fixed such a cheap little component that was already faulty on the original Vive. Here you can find the link: [link] Thanks a lot []-).

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VRWorld

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Virtuix is addressing one of the key obstacles for the immersion into the VR: Freedom of movement inside virtual presence. Motion sickness, room-scale space constraints and unnatural navigation schemes like teleportation that inherently break immersion and spoil the gameplay.

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ARPost

JUNE 1, 2023

Qualcomm From the main stage, Qualcomm Vice President and General Manager of XR, Hugo Swart, presented “Accelerating the XR Ecosystem: The Future Is Open.” Keeping the Conversation Going Another talk, “XR’s Inflection Point” presented by Qualcomm Director of Product Management Steve Lukas, provided a deeper dive into Dual Render Fusion.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2019

At Immersive Computing (see his Instagram account ) he carries on this interest, exploring the technology always starting from the human perspective, putting the human at the centre of his experiments and analysis. Valve Index box (Image by Immersive Computing). The material of the various tests (Image by Immersive Computing).

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

With that in mind, and with CES 2017 imminent, we thought we’d take a look back at the notable VR events from past shows, charting VR’s progress to the present day. Built atop an open source set of APIs, the platform was a refreshing take on how to deliver immersive technology. CES 2013 / 2014: The Early Years.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

Zuck has presented four different prototypes, each one focused on a single one of these aspects. Without HDR, you are conscious that you are seeing the world through a screen, while with actual HDR, you can feel the proper lighting of a scene, and it immediately becomes real and immersive. Image by HTC Vive). NVIDIA Blog).

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 6, 2020

It was developed on the Unreal 4 engine and built by our studios team. And previously having been at HTC Vive -- and before that actually HP -- I have an interesting perspective on kind of all three of those. A lot of the immersive content today has to go through a full production with 360 video recording. It was crazy.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Rikard Steiber (HTC), Joel Breton (HTC). As President of Viveport and Head of Vive Studios respectively, Rikard Steiber and Joel Breton are two of the most senior figures working on the HTC Vive today. State Of Unreal: Epic Games’ Opening Session. : Tuesday, February 28th, 10:00am – 11:00am.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 21, 2017

But in contrast, it is boldly presented, as the video is a partnership with Lytro , and uses their lightfield camera for VR to capture the singer and the church he later stands in. These are realistic places you can explore in your Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. It is a sacredly soft version, only performed by one man, Bobby Halvorson.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

At Immersive Computing (see his Instagram account ) he carries on this interest, exploring the technology always starting from the human perspective, putting the human at the centre of his experiments and analysis. Rob first tried VR in 1991, and has become an enthusiast of the tech ever since. So what is going on here?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The Immerse Global Summit (IGS) 2022 took place in Miami 5 to 7 December, and concluded its final days in the sunny backdrop of Miami Beach’s historic Fontainebleu Hotel. The event also kicked off a series of stellar keynote speeches, workshops, product demos, and other feature presentations for the global tech industry.

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HaptX

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The Problem to Address Gloveboxes present a challenge for hands-on training; some gloveboxes can serve as inert containers, filled with an inert gas such as nitrogen, argon, or helium. With their fixed glove ports, gloveboxes also present strain and fatigue on users when used for an extended period.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2019

video) More info (Unreal Engine with Octane Renderer) More info (Wi-fi is not enough for VR streaming). Image by HTC). HTC has not confirmed nor denied the price, but 90% of cases when this happens, the rumored price is true. Other relevant news. Vive Cosmos release is close and it may cost £700. The page has now been removed.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 27, 2019

This year we had the launch of two amazing 6 DOF all-in-one Virtual Reality headsets : the Oculus Quest and the HTC Vive Focus Plus. USB should have OTG enabled; Battery : 3 hours nominal duration; Vive Focus Plus and controllers (Image by HTC). This is not present on the Focus. The only true difference is in storage.

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VRScout

APRIL 21, 2021

NewImages Festival, Cannes XR, and Tribeca present XR3, a VR platform bringing together nearly 50 incredible works. ” “The acceleration of innovation coming from the video game industry is being driven by real-time game engines, like Unreal and Unity, primarily used in XR and video games, and now more and more in the cinema industry.”

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VRScout

MAY 1, 2017

That’s why Mozilla, the makers of the popular FireFox web browser, are advocating their open source JavaScript API WebVR platform and HTML framework A-Frame to make it easier to design internet-based VR apps that run within cheap smartphone headsets or the more powerful Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Image Credit: Mozilla.

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VRGuy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Specifically, I am aware of plans and work in progress to support Intel Realsense, Tobii eye trackers, NOD devices, Leap Motion camera, HTC Vive and others. Figure 1 – Without OSVR: each device needs multiple plugins The problem is that there are many graphics and game engines (Unity, Unreal, Crytek, VBS, Mongame, OpenVR, Unigine, WebVR, etc.)

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

of research and development in the BCI space, and was created with the goal of providing fully immersive and personalized experiences through various streams of biometric feedback. Will it be compatible with Unity and Unreal Engine for development? Yes, it will be compatible with both Unity and Unreal via the BrainFlow SDK.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

All these different people who are making these 3D objects in these CAD programs, there’s just something that you can make design decisions lot faster when you’re actually immersed into this space. What is the return of investment for jumping into immersive? So you see a lot of it in architecture, engineering, construction.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

All these different people who are making these 3D objects in these CAD programs, there's just something that you can make design decisions lot faster when you're actually immersed into this space. What is the return of investment for jumping into immersive? And you don't have to spend all this money to prototype these things out.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

All these different people who are making these 3D objects in these CAD programs, there’s just something that you can make design decisions lot faster when you’re actually immersed into this space. What is the return of investment for jumping into immersive? So you see a lot of it in architecture, engineering, construction.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2020

It can be closed around your arm thanks to velcro that is present on it: you pull the fabric until the bracelet is tight on your arm, then you close it, and then you are ready to play. My HTC Vive with installed in the TACTAL facemask. Pray for my life… PC (HTC Vive). TACTOSY bracelet installed on my arm. Oh, they shot me!

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

VeeR acquires, produces, and distributes best-in-class immersive stories and light-weight interactive experiences. Alvin is the China President at #HTC leading all aspects of HTC’s business in the region (Vive/VR, phone, Viveport content platform, partnerships and investments). web, and mobile. 4- Kshitij Marwah. 9- Eddie Avil.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Zuck’s announcement has been reported everywhere, and this has been a very powerful endorsement for immersive technologies. Everyone with an internet connection has got to know that one of the most important companies in the world has even changed its name to focus on immersive realities and this thing called “the metaverse”.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Emily Friedman is a New York based enterprise immersive, wearable and emerging technology advocate, journalist and facilitator. And the more they start to present their findings, the more it becomes a no-brainer for this technology. It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they’re pivoting to enterprise.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Emily Friedman is a New York based enterprise immersive, wearable and emerging technology advocate, journalist and facilitator. And the more they start to present their findings, the more it becomes a no-brainer for this technology. It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they’re pivoting to enterprise.

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