XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 12, 2024

This might be part of the reason why the haptic technology market is expected to reach a value of $5 billion by 2028. These gloves are fitted with technology that delivers various forms of feedback to users wearing an extended reality headset. However, haptic technologies have the potential to support various use cases.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 22, 2023

More info Vive discontinues Facial Tracker HTC has discontinued the Facial Tracker, the face-tracking device that worked with various PC VR headsets. May it be something that HTC is going to announce at CES? More info RIP E3 The E3, which was one of the most important gaming exhibitions of the world, is no more.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2018

During my Chinese adventure, in the period that I was leaving Shanghai to go to Chengdu to watch pandas, I had the opportunity to interview via WeChat Qiyong Chen, one of the people leading the Virtual Reality R&D experiments at HTC. Who are you and what do you do in HTC? I’m Qiyong Chen, leader of HTC China Immersive Lab.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

When I attended university, ray tracing was described to me as something that was impossible to obtain in real-time, so when NVIDIA finally enabled it in realtime on PC GPUs, it felt like an enormous step forward for technology. This is of course the base technology needed for foveated rendering. HTC releases its “metaverse phone”.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Projection mapping technology kept track of our movements as well as our heartbeats as we explored the room. This is where we first learned of the underground robot invasion that’s secretly been underway for years. Image Credit: The Othrs. Image Credit: The Othrs. Image Credit: Sundance Institute.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

” Wearing an HTC Vive headset and given two Vive wand controllers, participants watched five 20-second clips from a randomized set of 360-degree videos, and then answered questionnaires in VR.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The spokesperson described the technology as a combination of inverse kinematics (IK) and machine learning (ML). Meta’s pitch here is that its machine-learning model can produce a more accurate body pose for free. It’s not actual tracking, and it doesn’t include your legs.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

The Quest 2 is a great gaming machine offered at a ridiculous price, and it has totally crushed the competition. The evolution of technology. The evolution of VR is usually compared to the one of other technologies, like the web or mobile. Let me show you why. No one can compete now. Let me show you what are some of them.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 18, 2017

During a Q&A on Reddit, Valve head Gabe Newell affirmed that the company is continuing development its own first-party VR content, as well as exploring interests in new technologies which could play a part in Valve’s future. Valve and HTC worked closely together to create the HTC Vive VR system. Photo courtesy Kotaku.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

The event always wows spectators with a rich lineup of technology vendors and innovations; however, in 2024, XR took centre stage with many firms highlighting major products, addressing device debuts, and entering the market. However, HTC VIVE still believes that controllers hold value. MWC 2024 wrapped up for another year.

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VRScout

AUGUST 16, 2017

Awakening uses Neurable technology to let you control the experience with just your mind. Mind-control technology is nothing new. According to Neurable, their upgraded headband for the HTC Vive combined with their advanced machine learning platform now means that players need only think to interact with their virtual environment.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 26, 2023

Technology has not swept the public’s imagination quite like the Metaverse for a while. Technical training and education can be enhanced by using metaverse platforms because they allow trainees to learn in a more immersive environment. The Metaverse, 2022, hottest tech topic.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Whether you’re falling, flying, accelerating, ZephVR uses machine learning to instantly trigger real wind synchronized to the events happening in VR. The first-of-its-kind device uses machine learning to track and analyze in-game audio, activating its wind fans at just the right moment according to the sounds its processing.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 9, 2023

The University of Southern California (USC) announced last week the launch of an over $1 billion USD initiative to grow its university programmes for extended reality (XR), generative artificial intelligence, and ethical technology. It will also spearhead a School of Advanced Computing to incubate computing projects for advanced technologies.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 18, 2023

For existing VR makers like Pico, HTC, Meta, Valve, and Sony, a $3,500 headset-in-a-box might not be too threatening to their immediate positions, but what happens when Apple's less expensive follow-ups ship with much less bulk? Can these smaller players really hope to lure enough developers to compete with the likes of Meta and Apple?

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Road to VR

MAY 29, 2018

On that front, the company says that HTC, Vuzix, and Pico are already developing products based on XR1. XR1 integrates Qualcomm Technologies’ heterogeneous compute architecture, including the ARM-based multicore Central Processing Unit (CPU), vector processor, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) and Qualcomm AI Engine.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Image by HTC). HTC launches Vive Flow headset for relaxation, priced at $499. After endless teasings and leaks, in the end, HTC has finally unveiled its headset: called Vive Flow, it is a lightweight device for media consumption. I send you good vibes so things go well for you too! Top news of the week.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

AWE EU 2023 Round Up Augmented World Expo EU (AWE) 2023 hosted its yearly event highlighting recent innovations in enterprise-grade AR/VR/MR solutions, as well as related emerging technologies such as genAI, digital twins, and geospatial tech. Meta showed up at AWE EU 2023. Mixed reality is not just looking into the future of work.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Things get serious in this week’s roundup for HTC Vive, featuring Serious Sam VR , the virtual release of The Golf Club with over 130,000 courses, and much more. We also have a top list of the absolute best HTC Vive games — which is updated every few months with the latest and greatest options. Fine China, from Fine China Games.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

If we pair it to the fact that this device is connected to a PS5, which is a quite powerful machine, we see that the whole system is truly the next-generation VR that PlayStation users (and not only them) were waiting for. I think it makes sense considering the different requirements of the two technologies. Learn more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2024

Ultraleap’s computer vision and machine learning models also enable low-cost hand-tracking integration for enterprise end users. To support the chipset, Qualcomm is working with more than 100 partners, including Samsung, HTC Vive, Immersed, and Play for Dream, to leverage the hardware in real-world settings.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 1, 2023

Lauded as a contender to the Pico 4 Enterprise, HTC VIVE Elite Pro, and others, the Quest Pro will now see its consumer-facing sibling enter global markets this year. ” Meta Quest 3: A Deeper Dive In a subsequent press release , Meta explained that the device would also feature its “breakthrough Meta Reality technology.”

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VRScout

OCTOBER 3, 2018

This is the promise of HaptX , a haptic technology company, that has unveiled their HaptX Gloves Development Kit. When combined with a VR headset, HaptX Gloves hope to revolutionize human-machine interaction, enabling users to feel countless virtual objects with unprecedented realism.

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Road to VR

JULY 13, 2017

Promising branded VR content playing on HTC Vive, the now publicly open arcade features some big names like Nintendo’s Mario Kart Arcade GP VR, Dragon Ball VR, and Gundam VR— most of which uses special motion platforms and other ‘4D’ sense-fooling gadgetry to beguile would-be VR first-timers. Dragon Ball VR. Evangelion VR.

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Road to VR

MAY 27, 2016

Time Machine VR Details: Developer: Minority Media. Available On: Steam (HTC Vive, Oculus Rift). Reviewed On: Steam (HTC Vive). Time Machine VR puts players inside a time traveling pod with different research tools in order help them learn about the underwater creatures of the past. Release Date: May 19th, 2016.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

BMW unveiled the new technology at the Web Summit in Lisbon earlier in November, leading to a location-independent driving experience with the company’s M2 coupe. They may want to drive vehicles that they own in real life in the latest racing game”. BMW Keynote Address. Test Driving the Future.

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Road to VR

MAY 7, 2018

Both Oculus Rift and HTC Vive currently offer 15 pixels per degree, a resolution of 1,080 × 1,200 pixels per display, and a field of view of around 110 degrees. Abrash presciently announced then that the current tech’s fixed depth of focus would also likely become variable within 5 years.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 8, 2020

Let’s hope it will happen, or personally, I would keep advising companies using the services from Pico and HTC that give you far more freedom of operation. The FOV is not exciting, but for the first version of a new technology, it may be ok. HTC announces a new event for June, 16th. A new technology to make video presentations.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

It showed what is its vision for the long-term future: AR glasses that are intelligent enough to learn about your behavior and to examine the context you are in so that to be able to already provide you suggestions about what they can do to help you. More info (Volu official website) More info (The technology behind Volu). Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

It’s been a very interesting chat, and I’ve learned a lot from it. I’ve been working in technology and multimedia for the past 25 years , doing everything from graphic design, sound production and editing, music production, video, illustration, printing, coding, and everything in between.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 5, 2017

It requires a close partnership deep at the engineering level to design the right optics, display technologies, sensors,” said Singh. ” The current count of Daydream-compatible phones includes Google Pixel and Pixel XL, Moto Z and Z Droid, Asus ZenFone AR, and ZTE Axon 7, with more to come from Samsung, LG, HTC, Mi, and Alcatel.

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ARVR

JANUARY 4, 2021

XR encompasses augmented, virtual, and mixed reality technologies. Like many other technologies, there is no perfect roadmap to learning XR. Nevertheless, I have tried my level best to come up with a generalized learning process for the same. There are tons of online resources to learn these. Virtual Reality MR i.e

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2024

Qualcomm Partners with Google and Samsung for New 4K XR Chipset Qualcomm Technologies has unveiled a new chipset called the Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 Platform, designed to enhance the quality of XR displays, visuals, and the overall user experience. and 256GB devices cost $269.99.

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EON Reality

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

From the Global Economics standpoint, this means VR and AR are relevant across the world as they are fast becoming the default ways of learning, training and performing – across the workplace, in education organisations, and beyond. Workplace learning and on-site service processes usually take place ‘on’ a 2D environment.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 25, 2017

MIT is partnering up with Bayview Labs and early stage VC firm the Seraph Group to launch a new accelerator dedicated to “Playful Technologies” such as VR and AR. which come under the scope of what they define as “Playful Technologies”. Once applications close on Feb. Tagged with: mit game lab.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

What an exciting week for technology, with the Facebook Connect, PS5 price announcement, Apple event and the release of RTX30 graphics cards! an ARM chips can be installed on IoT sensors that communicate to a server where an NVIDIA card is used to perform machine learning on the data). Learn more. Learn more.

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Charlie Fink

JUNE 11, 2019

When Stacey Patch, Raymond’s Virtual Reality Simulator Business Manager, and her team began designing the Virtual Reality Simulator, they considered how VR technology had been used in several different industries. You can feel the power of the heavy machine and its momentum as you turn. The physics are perfectly accurate.

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