XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 27, 2023

Users are discovering that virtual reality isn’t just a powerful tool for entertainment. Developed in collaboration with other leading XR companies like Microsoft, the HP headset is compatible with a range of platforms. Demand for virtual reality is expanding at an incredible rate.

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VRScout

AUGUST 9, 2018

Microsoft just announced new tools to make it easier for users to build and share their own virtual spaces. In a virtual Town Hall today, AltspaceVR unveiled a suite of tools that will allow anyone to build customizable VR spaces. The experience is fun and easy no matter what level you’re at. Watch this space.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. with Xiaomi, Oppo, Samsung, etc…) to convince hardware manufacturers to create headsets powered by Android XR.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

Major Firms Enter the XR Market During a launch event at MWC 2024, Samsung showcased a new XR headset developed in collaboration with Google and Qualcomm. At the event, Samsung also unveiled other innovative tech products, such as an immersive device, a smart ring, and an assistive mobility robotics device.

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

I’ve been a big fan of the cute little Samsung Gear 360 camera since its first unveiling in the spring of 2016, and always recommend it to people inquiring about the best consumer-friendly 360 cameras out there. THE STANDALONE MOBILE HEADSET THAT HTC IS KEEPING IN JAPAN. AIRLINES TESTING AUGMENTED REALITY TO READ YOUR EMOTIONS.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

HTC has revealed the design of the Vive Cosmos. HTC has finally unveiled some information on the Vive Cosmos. HTC has told in the past that this is a headset more consumer-oriented , but Sebastian Ang of Mixed Reality TV has reported that, according to a reliable source, the price will be 899. Top news of the week.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 20, 2018

AltspaceVR brings out new tools to make it easy for anybody to make and share their own personalized virtual environments. Recently unveiled updates to Microsoft’s social VR platform will allow anyone to build customizable VR spaces. Watch this space. This article originally appeared on VRScout.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! Image by Microsoft). So many memories… who was there already in VR with me?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 24, 2024

Meanwhile, competitors such as Meta and Microsoft are working to get XR devices into employees’ hands today. Then, like with its iOS platforms, driving consumer adoption of spatial productivity tools allows for Apple’s first step towards a Vision Pro in every office building. But enterprise adoption may come.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

On the contrary, Microsoft has worked a lot on the platform, to make it more appealing to enterprise customers. It has released experiences like Microsoft Remote Assist, that let different teams in a company work together to solve maintenance problems. Of course, it will exploit the already awesome Microsoft platform.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

HTC Vive Wrist Tracker. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker (Image by HTC). HTC has made an announcement at this CES and it has been a pretty cool one. To showcase its functionality, HTC showed some videos of the tracker in use to improve the performances of hands tracking and also with the tracker installed on external props.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Its founders claim to be a proven team of industry experts from their former senior roles at Apple, Adobe, Microsoft and Lucasfilm. ” For example, HTC Vive will receive a stream of about 110 degrees for HTC Vive. Pixvana supports leading VR headsets such as the Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, Google Daydream, and Oculus Rift.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

As ‘platform agnostic’ player, we’re sure to see apps available for headsets such as Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, Google Daydream, and Oculus Rift. Company founders come from senior product and engineering leadership roles at Apple, Adobe, Microsoft and Lucasfilm.

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VeeR VR

OCTOBER 11, 2018

But you can have high-quality VR gaming experiences on your Playstation VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive even on your IOS and Android phones. We rounded up different types of VR games that worth playing on PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive IOS and Android to give you the premium gaming experience. Microsoft Windows Mixed Reality.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

JANUARY 31, 2024

When HTC VIVE started teasing the HTC VIVE Flow way back in 2021 , it left some consumers a little confused. With that in mind, we decided to take a closer look at the HTC VIVE Flow to see whether it still holds up in the VR market. Still, they managed to earn a decent amount of attention.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2022

Image by Samsung). Samsung is close to launching an XR device, or maybe two. Last month, we got to know that (according to a rumor) Samsung is working together with Microsoft on new AR glasses, most probably powered by a Qualcomm chipset. Samsung has apparently completed a prototype, and “is deciding the release date”.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 28, 2020

Likewise, the VR presentation on the Microsoft booth at the education show was muted – rather than the bewildering array of Windows MR headsets seen two years ago, the company promoted the virtual learning systems on only one provider, with the Samsung Odyssey on display giving an example of the education content. Image credit: KWP.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The pilot, which used an iPad and HTC Vive powered by Marxent’s 3D Cloud Service, showed that VR increases average order value by 60%. HoloLens got a major software update , and Microsoft introduced new enterprise mixed reality applications like Microsoft Remote Assist and Microsoft Layout.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Here below I’m posting for you the best offers I’ve found: for instance, HTC is discounting basically every piece of hardware (including Vive Trackers that can be useful for all the VRChat fans out there), while Pico is offering one of the best deals with €100-worth-of-content given for free with every purchased Pico 4.

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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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Road to VR

MARCH 10, 2020

Image courtesy Microsoft. Samsung Odyssey. Samsung Odyssey+. You can also play Half-Life: Alyx wirelessly from a PC with third-party tools Virtual Desktop and ALVR , but this requires advanced setup. VR Headsets Compatible with Half-Life: Alyx. Vive (original). Acer WMR headset (AH101). Acer OJO 500. Pimax 5K Plus.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

If these Facebook features proved to be popular, more developers would use them, and finally, Facebook could have more power on the VR development tools , after the failed acquisition of Unity. Microsoft now sees VR as a high priority for Flight Simulator. You know, Microsoft only adds VR when people ask for it….

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

We captured the transition from a couple companies shipping development tools to hobbyists into a fast-moving industry driven by some of the world’s largest tech companies, each of which is selling increasingly sophisticated systems directly to consumers. December 2015. In December, these plans become known. January 2016.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

All social companies are now competing on who can offer the best tools to create them: the one having the lead is currently Snapchat (that has been the first startup believing in augmentations), which has already implemented full-body filters, and location-based filters, where you can augment certain landmarks of various cities. Sounded good.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 14, 2016

While both it and the HTC Vive push forward in the high-end PC space, the desire for tetherless, more affordable products has given birth to smartphone-based mobile headsets like the Oculus-powered Gear VR, made in partnership with Samsung. Of course, we shouldn’t ignore Microsoft’s role in the mixed reality industry.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft is acquiring Activision Blizzard for $68.7B. The biggest news of the week has been the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft for $68.7B. With it, Microsoft acquires many popular games like Overwatch, Starcraft, Call of Duty, and even Candy Crush. Other relevant news.

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VRScout

MARCH 6, 2017

In the fall of 2016, Microsoft announced a partnership with a handful of hardware manufacturers to make developer headsets implementing the inside-out tracking technology seen on the HoloLens. schools are already using Nearpod’s interactive learning tools, and the added cash will help grow their virtual reality offerings.

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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. Alon Or-bach (Samsung Electronics), Kaye Mason (Google). : Tuesday, February 28th, 10:00am – 11:00am.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2019

Image by HTC). After some weeks of silence, HTC has started again to rise the hype for its upcoming flagship PC VR headset, the Vive Cosmos. HTC has not confirmed nor denied the price, but 90% of cases when this happens, the rumored price is true. Samsung gets a patent for an AR contact lens. Other relevant news.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

With what’s going on from Project Tango and Microsoft, there are definitely big players in this space. We’re also looking at things like content production, content tools. Above: VR Funhouse is a series of mini games for the HTC Vive virtual reality headset. Microsoft and Facebook have talked about inside out tracking.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

We plan to go online with it on Amazon or Netflix and present it like that, and then have it be an additional thing that maybe Netflix or Amazon has on their platform in the Oculus or HTC. But ultimately, I think it needs to be a tool in every cinematographer's toolset right now. No one knows who Meta was.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

BlackBerry started off kind of as an enterprise tool, as well. I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets — like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it — are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing. And being immersed in a 360 video, for example, makes a wonderful training tool.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

BlackBerry started off kind of as an enterprise tool, as well. I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets — like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it — are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing. And being immersed in a 360 video, for example, makes a wonderful training tool.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

BlackBerry started off kind of as an enterprise tool, as well. I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets -- like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it -- are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing. 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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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

When the first consumer version of the Oculus Rift was launched in the spring, it was disappointingly bundled with a Microsoft Xbox controller – and we’ve eagerly been awaiting the native Touch Controllers. HTC VIVE LAUNCHES VIVE STUDIOS. HTC Vive is helping the big issue of the state of virtual reality today: lack of content.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Horizon World is more or less what we all expect from it: a clone of RecRoom with intuitive and simple creation tools, that at the moment let you just add basic geometric shape and some logic. Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device. Samsung Odyssey+). This announcement is not sus, it is just great.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 20, 2021

Recently, one of the previous Xbox executives has said that Microsoft invested $5-7B for selling Xbox consoles undercost, so that to be able to enter the market and establish XBox as one of the leaders. It has some content creation tools (SparkAR). It builds its own hardware. It has its own store. No competition.

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