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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.16): HTC launches Tracker 3.0, Facebook has 10,000 people working on XR, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Road To VR, from HTC images). HTC launches Vive Tracker 3.0 HTC was not teasing a new standalone headset, but a new Vive Tracker. I know that many of you won’t be excited by this news, but remember the Vive Tracker is one of the most successful accessories ever created by HTC. Come and visit it!

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The Media and Entertainment Metaverse: What to Expect

XR Today - Virtual Reality

These experiences will no longer function like webinars or VR apps, but will converge virtual spaces with interoperable, engaging content. Theme and amusement parks have begun incorporating VR technologies from HTC VIVE for novel attractions. Concerts, tech shows, events, and showrooms will invariably change with the Metaverse.

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Skype vs VR: When should you organize your meetings/events in VR?

The Ghost Howls

A video chat of a group of three friends over Skype (Image by Microsoft). Webinars are still very good to make online lessons. If you’re following a Webinar, there is someone talking and the other ones listening. So, here you are my guidelines on when VR is useful for meetings and events and when it is not.

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VR Experiences Designed for VIVEPORT with Bjorn Book-Larsson

ARPost

This Tuesday, March 31, was the first Tuesday of VIVE’s ongoing series of “GDC replacement” webinars. So here at HTC and at VIVEPORT we have decided to share some of the insights that we would normally share at GDC in a series of relatively short, concentrated web sessions.”. VR sessions tend to be relatively short.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.03.30): Half-Life: Alyx breaks every VR record, HP teases Reverb G2, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The same day of the launch of Half-Life: Alyx, Hewlett-Packard has announced its new virtual reality headset, the Reverb G2 , made in collaboration with Microsoft and Valve. Valve could provide some audio-visual improvements, while Microsoft its WMR platform, with inside-out tracking of controllers. HP announces the Reverb G2.

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The Down-Low on What You Need to Know (To Be Competitive in XR), with SuperData’s Carter Rogers

XR for Business Podcast

They’re much more distributable than the standard Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which has to be hooked up to a PC. Outside of that, we’ve worked with companies like PayPal, Microsoft, Accenture. And we have a webinar for that in May — I think the exact date’s on our website.

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The Down-Low on What You Need to Know (To Be Competitive in XR), with SuperData’s Carter Rogers

XR for Business Podcast

They’re much more distributable than the standard Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which has to be hooked up to a PC. Outside of that, we’ve worked with companies like PayPal, Microsoft, Accenture. And we have a webinar for that in May — I think the exact date’s on our website.