XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 29, 2023

Immersive Healthcare as an Emerging Technology VR solutions allow healthcare professionals to engage patients with bespoke, simulated environments to provide medical education. Her company has deployed Meta Quest 2, Pico, and HTC VIVE headsets to treat patients. Also, these aim to tackle the biggest challenges in healthcare to date.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap pivots to enterprise, lays off 1,000 employes. With a long post on Magic Leap’s blog, in the end Rony Abovitz has admitted that the company is not going that well, and has announced a new course, that should eventually lead to Magic Leap 2. Top news of the week.

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TechCrunch VR

APRIL 3, 2023

It instead relies on a concave design and slip-on shoe covers, using the effect of foot slipping to simulate movement in VR. The move is especially interesting in light of the relatively recent shift toward enterprise customers that’s been explored by Meta, Magic Leap and HTC.

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

THE STANDALONE MOBILE HEADSET THAT HTC IS KEEPING IN JAPAN. Remember, HTC is the Taiwanese-based hardware manufacturer and the HTC Vive Tech Corporation is a subsidiary that partners with American-based software company Valve for content via their huge Steam library. AIRLINES TESTING AUGMENTED REALITY TO READ YOUR EMOTIONS.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

With the surge of new headsets, including the Meta Quest Pro, Pico 4 Enterprise, Varjo Aero, Vuzix M400, HTC VIVE Focus 3, Magic Leap 2, and Lenovo VRX, global firms meeting the challenges of the global workforce upskilling crisis. Changing the Way Companies Train Staff. Time to Bring VR Healthcare Compliance and Training?

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Conversely, airlines can train the next generation of pilots with cutting-edge flight simulation solutions for rapid upskilling. The enterprise-first device offers some of the most advanced simulation tools to train pilots with minimal setup. Which Commercial Aviation Firms Offer XR Solutions? Remote Guidance for Inspections.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

HTC Vive and Penn State. With the help of the HTC Vive environment, Penn State has been able to create a comprehensive environment for training and educational immersion. Magic Leap and the University of Washington. Microsoft HoloLens and GE.

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VRScout

JUNE 19, 2017

Last Monday, I walked three blocks uphill on Mason St in San Francisco to the Fairmont Hotel to demo a stealth product that had been touted to me as one of the biggest advancements in XR tech this side of Magic Leap.

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Road to VR

JULY 11, 2016

Konrad the Kitten is a pet simulator for the HTC Vive that attaches a virtual model of an adorable kitten on your controllerm mapping it’s position to the SteamVR controller. See Also : VR Pet Tracking with the HTC Vive and Bandit the Dog. the body does a pretty good job of tracking hand positions by itself.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Researchers at the National University of Singapore first showed us how face electrodes can simulate food in virtual reality– and now they are bringing wind and heat to your virtual world. The notoriously secretive mixed reality company Magic Leap has acquired parts of Dacuda , a B2B computer vision software company.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This allowed farms to time-slice simulations to evaluate the size of wind planes in geographic locations. The event has seen Meta Platforms, AT&T, Lenovo, HTC VIVE, Magic Leap, and many others join the three-day activity near Miami Beach. Predictive Digital Twins?

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

HP and Microsoft have a long track in offering enterprise hardware, so this headset may battle HTC on his own land (B2B). Rony Abovitz steps down from Magic Leap CEO. This was a very good thing and attracted many people to Magic Leap. I hope that Magic Leap will benefit from it and will recover pretty soon.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 12, 2022

They offer not only the opportunity for really critical monitoring with digital twins and artificial intelligence (AI)-backed, often closed-loop optimisation strategies, but can also simulate outcomes so that you can improve processes today and meet those goals in the future, which is the near future” IGS 2022 Miami Takeaways.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The prototype weighs in at around just 200 grams—less than half the weight of a headset like the original Rift or HTC Vive—and Vality expects the finished product could be under 150 grams. For that reason, Vality’s headset is likely going to be best suited for experiences where high pixel density is more important than high immersion.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

I’ve added an eye system, which simulates natural eye behavior – looking at objects of interest (other people, hands that are holding things, random environment items), random saccades and expressions. The studio is also at bringing Neos VR to AR platforms such as Magic Leap One, although Marian?ík

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

The HTC Vive is arguably the best out there, but having to buy a souped-up laptop just to run it, paying full price for brief games that feel more like demos, and trailing a huge cable off your head and fumbling to mount trackers on your ceiling…it’s not ideal. Weight is tougher to simulate in VR. You’d smell the grass.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2023

Varjo, Lenovo, HTC VIVE Additional hardware offerings, including the Magic Leap 2, Lenovo’s ThinkReality VRX, HTC VIVE’s Flow and Focus 3, and Varjo’s Aero and XR-3 offer a trove of specifications. These new tools can fulfil an increasing number of use cases across the global industry.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2019

I had the pleasure of participating to the “VR Visionaries” event in Kaohsiung and then I headed to Taipei to meet some XR companies (like HTC ) and people. 3D objects had washed out colors , a bit like when you see AR objects through HoloLens 1 and Magic Leap One … they appeared a bit semi-transparent. It felt like magic.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2023

Varjo, Lenovo, HTC VIVE Additional hardware offerings, including the Magic Leap 2, Lenovo’s ThinkReality VRX, HTC VIVE’s Flow and Focus 3, and Varjo’s Aero and XR-3 offer a trove of specifications. These new tools can fulfil an increasing number of use cases across the global industry.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

Two years ago, the company had won a $480M deal with the army to produce the first evaluation units (beating Magic Leap in this contest and condemning it to a sad fate) that should have increased soldiers’ efficiency and lethality. I suggest you exploit this opportunity, of course. What puzzles me is why this partnership.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 30, 2023

Quest 3, A Quick History Most recently, Meta entered a negotiation with Magic Leap to leverage the former’s AR technology for an unspecified immersive device – notably, the deal foreshadows both firms’ monumental presence at AWE this week. Support for simulation applications for training or entertainment.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The firm’s first XR headset is due soon, and with it comes a spatial computing ambition that draws similarities and differences to Lenovo, Microsoft, Meta, HTC VIVE, and other XR headset vendors. Now there’s a step change in my ability to develop in the simulator, write quality code, and design good user experiences.

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VeeR VR

JANUARY 14, 2018

on Quora Read Nicholas Napp 's answer to Could augmented and virtual reality be implemented in the manufacturing process and simulation, especially for additive manufacturing? on Quora Read David Frankel 's answer to Why is Magic Leap raising a 1B+ round (October 2015)?

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

Morton Helig’s 1962 patent describes a system that delivers a realistic simulation for potential work and military training purposes: There are increasing demands today for ways and means to teach and train individuals without actually subjecting the individuals to possible hazards of particular situations.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I’m thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE — first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now — and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, “well, this is ready for prime time.” Bob: It was kind of a model simulator. Alan: Absolutely. Alan: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I’m thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE — first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now — and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, “well, this is ready for prime time.” Bob: It was kind of a model simulator. Alan: Absolutely. Alan: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I'm thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE -- first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now -- and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, "well, this is ready for prime time." Bob: It was kind of a model simulator. Alan: My previous guest today was Elizabeth Baron from Ford.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I mean, it sort of makes more sense to me that, as long as the prices for the headsets are lingering up pretty high — like the Cosmos from HTC, the brand new one, it’ll be an $800 purchase. Dean: And I think more critical are these more foundational companies, like Facebook and Valve and HTC. Dean: Yeah, I think.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I mean, it sort of makes more sense to me that, as long as the prices for the headsets are lingering up pretty high — like the Cosmos from HTC, the brand new one, it’ll be an $800 purchase. Dean: And I think more critical are these more foundational companies, like Facebook and Valve and HTC. Dean: Yeah, I think.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I mean, it sort of makes more sense to me that, as long as the prices for the headsets are lingering up pretty high -- like the Cosmos from HTC, the brand new one, it'll be an $800 purchase. Dean: And I think more critical are these more foundational companies, like Facebook and Valve and HTC. Alan: HTC's got their enterprise division.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2023

For him, such industries would benefit ‘enormously’ from digital transformations via digital twinning, simulation, and computer-aided design (CAD). He explained further, “Amazon is using Omniverse to visualise their warehouse, [a] giant robotic system, to help their workers [and] to simulate their fleet of AMRs. [We

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. They can practice complex procedures, simulate real-world scenarios, and access contextual information, leading to faster skill acquisition and reduced training costs. This improves first-time fix rates and reduces the need for on-site visits.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I mean, it sort of makes more sense to me that, as long as the prices for the headsets are lingering up pretty high — like the Cosmos from HTC, the brand new one, it’ll be an $800 purchase. Dean: And I think more critical are these more foundational companies, like Facebook and Valve and HTC. Dean: Yeah, I think.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 26, 2018

This year was awesome for VR gaming, but 2019 is looking even brighter with a slew of highly polished titles coming to PSVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. We don’t know much about gameplay mechanics yet, but it’s possible the Magic Leap One release of Angry Birds: FPS – First Person Slingshot may hold some answers. Space Junkies.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Flow Business Edition. HTC has just launched the Business Edition of the Vive Flow , the lightweight device meant for media consumption and wellbeing applications enjoyment. Road To VR) More info (Metaverse Standards Forum?—?Upload Upload VR) More info (Metaverse Standards Forum?—?NVIDIA

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Oculus and HTC had been holding details surrounding Rift and Vive launch windows close to the chest, probably because they had delays to announce and need to nail down new plans. First, HTC delays the Vive until April 2016, with plans to show an updated developer kit at CES in January. In December, these plans become known.

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