Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2017

” SteamVR and HTC Vive on Mac OS. While Steam has been Mac compatible for some time now, Apple announced that Valve will be bringing SteamVR to Mac too, allowing the HTC Vive to run VR games on Mac systems. Unity and Unreal VR SDK Support. Unity and Unreal VR SDK Support. Vive Demo on Stage. Metal for VR.

Virtual Reality 278

Virtual Reality Apple Unreal Unity 278

ARVR

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Modeling Next, we created virtual copies of the tools and uniforms, so that all of them looked real in a virtual world. App programming (Unity) We developed a simple intuitive application that would help employees understand and remember a sequence of actions. We used sketches, schemes and references provided by Huawei.

Case Study 254

Case Study Training Simulation Study 254

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The flexible Oculus environment has already become the platform for a range of virtual museum, gallery and concert experiences hosted around the globe. Meta’s Oculus team have already partnered with leading companies like Sony Music to give fans an immersive way to explore music videos and unique content.

Entertainment 114

Entertainment Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Unity 114

Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2016

You can now register to attend Oculus’ 3rd ‘Connect’ conference, an event dedicated to all things Oculus from Rift to Touch and is focused primarily on developers and VR development. Photo courtesy Oculus VR, LLC. Oculus Connect 3 Registration. There’s also a student/academic pass available at $99.

San Jose 100

San Jose Oculus 360 Video Conference 100

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 31, 2022

The company is dedicated to making its XR environments as safe as possible, with everything from built-in security features in the Oculus , to new standards for Metaverse ethics. A powerful name in the VR and XR landscapes, HTC VIVE has made its mark on the extended reality world by creating business-focused tools for new realities.

Unity 75

Unity Tools Microsoft HTC 75

The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2022

All these tools look amazing also for the creation of very realistic VR experiences, but actually, we should hold our enthusiasm: both Nanite and Lumen are not available for VR yet, and Epic has not announced any kind of improvement of the workflow for development for Oculus Quest 2, either.

Unreal 453

Unreal Spain Ukraine Apple 453

Cats and VR

JUNE 27, 2016

JerrysPlaceVR is coming to the Oculus Rift CV1 and the HTC Vive very soon. VRChat lets you create, publish, and explore virtual worlds with other people from around the world. After purchasing the Oculus rift I started imagining what my first project might be. Virtual Reality Virtual Reality.

Virtual Reality 100

Virtual Reality Unity Virtual World Oculus 100

VRScout

MARCH 14, 2018

Multiple experiences are currently fighting for the position of top dog in the hopes of cementing itself as THE virtual world where users could meet and interact as entirely new people. Sinespace was built using the Unity game engine allowing for an easily customizable as well as upgradable experience.

Real Estate 203

Real Estate Unity Architecture Tools 203

The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

They should guarantee better tracking both for the headset and the controllers; The controllers are smaller and seem a mix between the Oculus Touch and the WMR 1 controllers. HP and Microsoft have a long track in offering enterprise hardware, so this headset may battle HTC on his own land (B2B). Oculus Link 2 could be tetherless.

Magic Leap 229

Magic Leap AR China Unity 229

ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

We talked with The Park Playground CEO Peter Vindevogel, who shared his thoughts on these myths and misconceptions, shedding light on virtual reality technology. According to Gajsek, “Anyone that decided to buy from the Oculus store or use Meta’s products essentially becomes a ’subscriber‘ in Meta’s user base.

Virtual Reality 400

Virtual Reality Unreal Technology Tools 400

Hypergrid Business

MARCH 12, 2018

Sinespace , a virtual world platform from OpenSim co-founder Adam Frisby, launched its virtual reality beta last week and reports 20 percent weekly user growth. Previously, the Unity-based social virtual world was only available for desktop clients. Unity 3D user interface for Sinespace.

Unity 81

Unity Virtual Reality Virtual World Entertainment 81

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Based on our recent talk with VP of content, Joel Breton, HTC has plenty of experiences in the works for its Vive VR headset across a wide range of categories. Though you probably wouldn’t have guessed it, one of those categories is virtual reading. The app doesn’t just bring the magazine into VR, however.

Immersion 100

Immersion China AR Virtual World 100

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

Valve Index and Oculus Quest were on sale again. This week the Valve Index and the Oculus Quest have been put back in stock. Oculus and Valve have probably taken out all the devices they had in the warehouses so that to ship them before Half-Life: Alyx and the sale has been a big success. Image by Oculus). Who knows….

Magic Leap 319

Magic Leap Europe AR Virtual Reality 319

The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2020

At the end of this simultaneous performance, the participants gathered in the courtyard of the Palais Royal will be able to chat live with Jean-Michel Jarre’s avatar, erasing even further the boundaries between the physical and the virtual worlds. You should see it.

Virtual Reality 381

Virtual Reality Unity Russia Italy 381

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

To make you understand how these features are incredible, Qualcomm has stated that “the [XR2] reference design has 2x the CPU and GPU performance, 4x more video bandwidth, 6x higher resolution and 11x AI improvement compared to our current widely adopted XR platform [the Oculus Quest ]”. base stations and a 20m fiber cable.

Hand tracking 230

Hand tracking AR Oculus HTC 230

The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2018

HTC Vive Focus is one of the most famous standalone VR headsets. I have always been intrigued by this device, since the first time I’ve read about its reveal at an HTC event : I don’t know why, maybe because of the azure color that is my favorite, maybe because it looks so informal. The headset. It was funny.

HTC 162

HTC Controllers Virtual Reality Oculus 162

Leapmotion

AUGUST 2, 2016

With the Leap Motion Unity Core Assets and Modules , you can start building right away with features like custom-designed hands, user interfaces, and event triggers. The Leap Motion Unity assets provide an easy way to bring hands into a Unity game. Since they’re built on the native VR integration included in Unity 5.4,

Unity 28

Unity Leap Motion How To Examples 28

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

And that’s ok, it is still a new technology and it has already made big steps forward (I remember all the computer crashes I had at the Oculus DK 2 times!), Recently I had a big issue with my VR controllers in SteamVR (both with Oculus and Vive) and so I’m writing this post to try to help you in solving it.

Controllers 226

Controllers How To Gaming Eye Tracking 226

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 9, 2017

Facebook’s Oculus dramatically dropped Rift’s price and Valve is building a second generation of the innovative tracking technology deployed by HTC that could alter the VR landscape. And amid all this, dozens of new virtual worlds arrive each week for people to explore in VR headsets.

Los Angeles 104

Los Angeles Virtual Reality Industry Groups 104

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

Mister President launching the Vive Focus (Image by HTC). This year we saw the launch of: Oculus Go ; Lenovo Mirage Solo ; Vive Focus ; Pico Neo / G2 ; S hadow VR; and the announcement of the Oculus Quest. Oculus has been the king of standalones , because it is selling devices at very low prices that offer great content.

Virtual Reality 316

Virtual Reality Oculus China Samsung 316

VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

More evidence of Facebook’s big plans for VR/AR: they plan on selling almost half a million Oculus Rift units by the end of 2016. Later this year, HelloVR will be releasing an early version of a huge, open-world social VR experience called Metaworld. Speaking of the Metaverse… say hi to Metaworld.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Real Estate Virtual Reality Google 150

ARVR

JULY 29, 2021

Is the evolution in the exploration of virtual and augmented realities, because it takes advantage of the power of the web together with the unification of these realities, facilitating the creation of immersive and interactive environments, virtual reality tools, and more. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.How

Augmented Reality 147

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Examples Latency 147

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 26, 2017

Over the past three years, Melbourne, Australia-based startup Zero Latency has been refining its multiplayer virtual reality arcade platform, which currently has three playable games for up to six players with plans to add eight-player support by the end of this year. This also opened the door for traditional VR investment.

Latency 175

Latency Unity Wisconsin Philadelphia 175

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

My arms swing at my sides (in real life, and in the virtual world) as I move along the rail. The Playful team brought Wonderland exclusively to the Upload Collective in San Francisco during VRDC this week for our hands-on visit to the world in four HTC Vives.

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Texas Virtual Reality Virtual Environment 100

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

My arms swing at my sides (in real life, and in the virtual world) as I move along the rail. The Playful team brought Wonderland exclusively to the Upload Collective in San Francisco during VRDC this week for our hands-on visit to the world in four HTC Vives.

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Texas Virtual Reality Virtual Environment 100

Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 3, 2017

Eight year ago, when I first launched Hypergrid Business , virtual worlds offered a unique set of compelling features. There was presence, and immersion, and the ability to create your own virtual environments. At that time, virtual worlds were the only visible path to an interconnected metaverse of virtual environments.

Virtual World 81

Virtual World Virtual Reality Virtual Environment Video 81

The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2019

But this time, Valve has made it without the collaboration of HTC. The specs list is very similar to the one of the HTC Vive Pro. It is funny because the GTX 970 was the same minimum requirement of the Oculus CV1 , that is a headset that is far less demanding than the Index. Oculus Rift CV1 Headset. Image by Oculus).

How To 317

How To Controllers AR Virtual Reality 317

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Our Virtual World. ” Google Earth turns all of this data into completely explorable, scalable 3D immersive worlds for the HTC Vive VR headset. The app is available now for free on the HTC Vive. Turning slowly I can almost feel the wind in my hair but I know that couldn’t be possible.

Google 100

Google San Francisco Cleveland Data 100

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

Feature comparison between ARCore, ARKit and the Unity Handheld AR SDK (Image by Unity). A lot of startups have started working on the so-called “ARCloud”, that is a persistent and shared virtual world that is coherent with the real one. is at the forefront of this technology.

Augmented Reality 394

Augmented Reality Magic Leap Leap Motion AR 394

Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 18, 2017

In simple terms, it can be described as the merging of real and virtual worlds where objects from both realities can exist side-by-side and interact with each other in real time. This technology has been revealed to the world as “mixed reality.” Interacting with the holo-world: Gaze.

Microsoft 60

Microsoft How To Construction Unity 60

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 30, 2022

The “TendAR” augmented reality experience creates a virtual fish for players, capable of interacting with the real world through the user’s camera. Respawn Entertainment and Unity. When creating the new “Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond” title, Respawn wanted to reboot an entire franchise for access in the Oculus VR platform.

Case Study 90

Case Study Study Gaming Unity 90

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2021

One of the first accessories for AR/VR I had the opportunity to work on is the Leap Motion hands tracking controller : I made some cool experiments and prototypes with it and the Oculus Rift DK2. I’ve tested it with my Leap Motion Controller, the Oculus Quest, and a lot of scotch tape and I was very satisfied by the results.

Leap Motion 518

Leap Motion Hand tracking Unity Controllers 518

VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Palmer Luckey is a tinkerer,” is how Time Magazine described the creator of the Oculus VR headset back in August of 2015. ZedMini camera mounted to HTC Vive / Image Credit: Lee Vermeulen. I just want to augment my world.”. “Most people don’t want to escape or be blinded from the world for a long period of time.”.

AR 312

AR Augmented Reality HTC Controllers 312

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

A Horizon game is coming for this new headset, and some rumors talk also about Half-Life: Alyx potentially be available in the future; HTC has announced the Vive Wrist Tracker, a 6 DOF tracker for the Vive Focus 3. from PC) to join its virtual worlds , too, so that to increment the user base. News worth a mention.

Apple 302

Apple Simulation Las Vegas Haptic 302

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Lessons Learned From A Thousand Virtual Worlds. He’s worked on the tech since before the Oculus Rift was invented and, with his team, since released some of the best games for it. Rikard Steiber (HTC), Joel Breton (HTC). Chris Pruett (Oculus). It is arguably Oculus’ biggest session of the show.

Unreal 100

Unreal Google Unity San Francisco 100

Hypergrid Business

JUNE 1, 2020

AltspaceVR allows people to host and attend live shows, meetups, and classes from anywhere around the world in virtual reality although not the most suitable tool for business and virtual reality collaboration. It works on the desktop allowing you to turn your desktop into a virtual reality device. The Prospect v2.10

Virtual Reality 87

Virtual Reality Tools Training Conference 87

The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

There will be also an associated Oculus Quest game, but it won’t be actually revealed until 2020. HTC is now selling certified refurbished Vive HMDs for $400. HTC has started selling again the OG Vive headset, but this time selling second-hand devices. Oculus Link is coming soon. The hype is rising…. Image from Amazon).

Augmented Reality 162

Augmented Reality Google Machine Learning AR 162