VRScout

DECEMBER 19, 2016

PARTY WITH YOUR FACEBOOK FRIENDS IN VR: OCULUS ROOMS & PARTIES. If you have a Samsung Gear VR, you can now connect with your Facebook friends through Oculus Home. In the official words of the Oculus blog, this is “just the beginning of social VR.”. ADD-ON DEVICE AIMS TO MAKE HTC VIVE WIRELESS.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

Various genres such as escape rooms, Mission Impossible-style adventures, training simulations for crucial public servants like firefighters and EMT’s, even product design and presentation for brands and other marketers. The first universe is being revealed on Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Birthed in New Zealand and raised in Los Angeles, CA, volumetric capture company 8i has announced a Series B round of $27M. The collaboration platform is device agnostic (so you could use a Microsoft Hololens while communicating with someone wearing an Oculus Rift), and the B2B company is focusing on the training and education space.

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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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VRScout

AUGUST 15, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: Mindshow, updated Samsung Gear VR, Samsung 360 camera release date, GoPro, HTC, mobile tracking innovation from Chinese developer Deepoon, Microsoft Hololens, investment wrapup, and more! HTC VIVE STEPS OUT SOLO. SEIZE THE SPOTLIGHT WITH MINDSHOW.

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VRScout

JULY 18, 2017

If you jump into Facebook Spaces with your Oculus Rift, now you’ll be able to live stream your virtual world to your regular Facebook feed. Los Angeles, CA-based Hutch Interiors has raised a $10M Series A round , lead by Zillow (this is the Zillow Group’s first time investing in a startup). from Japanese firm gumi VR Inc.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 7, 2019

HTC Vive Cosmos will work with Vive Wireless Adapter. This week, HTC has not made another big reveal about the Vive Cosmos, so we’ll still have to wait to discover more about its price and its features. It’s more a logistic thing internal to HTC, so I think most of us can not care about this :D. Oculus Summer Sale has arrived!

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 22, 2017

The game more or less takes place in three phases, with these robot shootouts, an exploding train throwing debris at you and a final boss battle. The refresh rate of this system, however, is significantly less than the 90 frames each second displayed inside the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, which started shipping to buyers last year.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. ”H-A-P-T-X, the ones that have air– Dean: I’ve trained theirs, but I haven’t tried that particular demo. And that was with controllers.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. ”H-A-P-T-X, the ones that have air– Dean: I’ve trained theirs, but I haven’t tried that particular demo. And that was with controllers.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys -- Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. Dean: I've trained theirs, but I haven't tried that particular demo. And even the Oculus Quest is at $400, and they seem to be the $200 Oculus Go.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. ”H-A-P-T-X, the ones that have air– Dean: I’ve trained theirs, but I haven’t tried that particular demo. And that was with controllers.

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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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

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.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 27, 2017

My friends went to Los Angeles and they tried a demo of them. I have a business here in town called the Monkey Train. I’m a journalist for VR World, here to interview you today. First question: what gave you the idea to start a VR arcade? My friends bought these machines , we call them the eggs. They’re from NINED.

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Cats and VR

AUGUST 3, 2016

Laura Escudé aka Alluxe will be performing this weekend at the VR Los Angeles Summer Expo taking place August 5th & 6th as part of the first ever VR Rave presented by Skull Candy. Escudé is a classically trained violinist, and a Certified Ableton expert. Salar System is out now.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

They’ve envisioned it as the latest method of psychoanalysis, human enhancement, law enforcement training and so much more. 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. Though, they do not appear to provide any haptic feedback.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The multi-sensory massage experiences created by the Esqapes Immersive Relaxation Center in Los Angeles have proved the commercial appeal of such concepts, and it’s the sort of thing that gets people like Jeff Bezos rather excited. Training and Education.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The multi-sensory massage experiences created by the Esqapes Immersive Relaxation Center in Los Angeles have proved the commercial appeal of such concepts, and it’s the sort of thing that gets people like Jeff Bezos rather excited. Training and Education.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

I said the other huge area that we’re seeing just enormous amount of applications is in training. And really when you’re training, you really want to ideally do it yourself and be immersed into the context of the environment, to have all the emotions that are coming up when you’re under pressure to make a decision.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

I said the other huge area that we're seeing just enormous amount of applications is in training. And really when you're training, you really want to ideally do it yourself and be immersed into the context of the environment, to have all the emotions that are coming up when you're under pressure to make a decision.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

I said the other huge area that we’re seeing just enormous amount of applications is in training. And really when you’re training, you really want to ideally do it yourself and be immersed into the context of the environment, to have all the emotions that are coming up when you’re under pressure to make a decision.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

So HTC has given us some Vive Focus and we love them, because being untethered is a huge important part of having audience come in and not feeling like it’s a hassle, but really having this like ritualistic atmospheric experience without breaking that sense of immersion. So we have our own app on the Oculus store.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

So HTC has given us some Vive Focus and we love them, because being untethered is a huge important part of having audience come in and not feeling like it’s a hassle, but really having this like ritualistic atmospheric experience without breaking that sense of immersion. So we have our own app on the Oculus store.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

So HTC has given us some Vive Focus and we love them, because being untethered is a huge important part of having audience come in and not feeling like it's a hassle, but really having this like ritualistic atmospheric experience without breaking that sense of immersion. So we have our own app on the Oculus store. Anne: Yeah, they are.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

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). Has been at the forefront when it comes to XR, earlier he was VP, Platform Strategy & Dev Community at #HTC and is currently working at Facebook Reality labs.

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