Robert Scoble

MAY 20, 2019

I dragged my camera down to meet her and her team in their offices in Marina Del Rey, near Los Angeles, to get a look at the business visualizations they are building for use in both Spatial Computing headsets, like Magic Leap, and VR, for HTC Vive, Oculus Quest or Rift, or others. Think about dwell times in retail stores.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

I think Meta hopes to reinvigorate the sales with the new headset… let’s see if this strategy is going to pay off. More info News worth a mention Information leaks on Vive’s inside-out Tracker There is a new leak about the inside-out tracked Vive Tracker that HTC teased a few months ago.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

As always, they’re doing a great job not only with the product but also with the communication strategy. Johnson has worked at Microsoft and Qualcomm before, and she is a very respected executive. Image by HTC Vive). HTC Vive Air is a design concept for a fitness-focused VR headset. News worth a mention.

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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.” A lot of companies focusing on it. A lot of companies picking up on it.

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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.” A lot of companies focusing on it. A lot of companies picking up on it.

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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." One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

I opened up retail computer stores after that, at the height of the internet boom in 1995. I ended up at Valve Software running their hardware department, putting the team together that created the HTC Vive. Jeri, at Valve they did have that sort of choice point, and they chose to do Steam VR and get behind the HTC Vive.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

So, I opened a chain of retail computer stores in the 90s, I ran a fairly large chain in Oregon with five computer stores and then in 2000 I started working in Silicon Valley doing electronics and engineering… and eventually, I got into doing consumer products. Part of all of this is merit of Jeri (Image by HTC). The Vive Wands.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But now expanding that, that whole gaming idea and bringing it into retail. Balenciaga just did this amazing 3D retail experience. Our VP of Marketing and Strategy, Alex Colgan, will turn the tables and interview me on what happened in 2020 and what we can expect from 2021. This is the absolute future of retail.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But now expanding that, that whole gaming idea and bringing it into retail. Balenciaga just did this amazing 3D retail experience. Our VP of Marketing and Strategy, Alex Colgan, will turn the tables and interview me on what happened in 2020 and what we can expect from 2021. This is the absolute future of retail.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Cameron Ayres from Sector 5 Digital discusses strategies for maximizing that ROI. His primary role is developing the strategy and implementation of emerging technology, to best enhance digital projects. Alan: I think the zSpace thing could be used for retail on location. I mean, I was making notes, here. Cameron: Absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Cameron Ayres from Sector 5 Digital discusses strategies for maximizing that ROI. His primary role is developing the strategy and implementation of emerging technology, to best enhance digital projects. Alan: I think the zSpace thing could be used for retail on location. I mean, I was making notes, here. Cameron: Absolutely.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Consumers have seen this in some of their favorite retailers being hacked, personal data being stolen. Valve and HTC have the Vive. Back in the day Windows and Microsoft had a very open platform that did extremely well. We see companies being able to adopt both strategies. They’ve seen celebrity photos hacked.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But now expanding that, that whole gaming idea and bringing it into retail. Balenciaga just did this amazing 3D retail experience. Our VP of Marketing and Strategy, Alex Colgan, will turn the tables and interview me on what happened in 2020 and what we can expect from 2021. This is the absolute future of retail.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Cameron Ayres from Sector 5 Digital discusses strategies for maximizing that ROI. His primary role is developing the strategy and implementation of emerging technology, to best enhance digital projects. Alan: I think the zSpace thing could be used for retail on location. I mean, I was making notes, here. Cameron: Absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Cameron Ayres from Sector 5 Digital discusses strategies for maximizing that ROI. His primary role is developing the strategy and implementation of emerging technology, to best enhance digital projects. Alan: I think the zSpace thing could be used for retail on location. I mean, I was making notes, here. Cameron: Absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Alan: You’ve got kind of a divide; entertainment and gaming on one side, and then you’ve got enterprise applications across medical, healthcare, real estate, retail — across the whole enterprise. They’re much more distributable than the standard Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which has to be hooked up to a PC.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Alan: You’ve got kind of a divide; entertainment and gaming on one side, and then you’ve got enterprise applications across medical, healthcare, real estate, retail — across the whole enterprise. They’re much more distributable than the standard Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which has to be hooked up to a PC.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Alan: You've got kind of a divide; entertainment and gaming on one side, and then you've got enterprise applications across medical, healthcare, real estate, retail -- across the whole enterprise. They're much more distributable than the standard Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which has to be hooked up to a PC. It just works.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

One example is retail employees. We’re not tied to Microsoft. So I think it’s important to also understand that different studios do different things, and you really need to focus on a strategy. HTC VIVE sold a couple million. You were talking about exercise and fitness. There’s so many. million sold.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

One example is retail employees. We’re not tied to Microsoft. So I think it’s important to also understand that different studios do different things, and you really need to focus on a strategy. HTC VIVE sold a couple million. You were talking about exercise and fitness. There’s so many. million sold.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

One example is retail employees. just in this very short, six-minute conversation that we've been in here, you've talked about VR being used for design, and for previsualization, and for training in retail. We're not tied to Microsoft. HTC VIVE sold a couple million. Michael: Yeah, exactly. And one of the. million sold.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Microsoft has done well in the mixed reality space as it relates to enterprise adoption. It will not happen from a top down strategy but instead needs to be driven from a bottom up approach! For emerging technology platforms it is often harder for companies to develop compelling use cases.

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Tech Trends VR

DECEMBER 19, 2019

At this year’s year’s E3 conference, Facebook’s Vice President of Special Gaming Strategies Jason Rubin told audiences that the Oculus Quest was seeing “console-like” engagement from users, selling $5 million worth of content in first 2 weeks since the device started shipping back in May. HTC Vive Retires.

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