VRScout

DECEMBER 15, 2018

The Rizort VR app works on headsets such as the Oculus Go and Samsung Gear to allow potential guests to virtually explore hotels, resorts and experiences from anywhere in the world. To date, the San-Francisco based company has raised $2.9M Image Credit: Rizort Inc.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation—which runs theme park properties across the americas—and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. The ride has been running since the 20th at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom near San Francisco, and was well-received by thrill-seekers at the preview event.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Spatial , a team of 3D Design and AR/VR experts based out of New York and San Francisco, today unveiled their cross-reality collaboration platform after two long years in stealth. Cross-reality collaboration arrives as Spatial reveals holographic teleportation through augmented reality.

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VRScout

JUNE 8, 2017

Cannes NEXT, now in its second year, displayed a variety of cutting-edge immersive content. Penrose Studios’ newest animation tells the hauntingly beautiful story of Mina and her father, who live in a floating shack above a post-apocalyptic, underwater San Francisco. Separate Silences.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Announced at today’s Windows Mixed Reality event in San Francisco, AltspaceVR will be joining Microsoft as part of the family. AltspaceVR is expected to continue to work on PC and Mac in 2D mode, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Daydream by Google, and Samsung Gear VR. Microsoft’s lineup of VR headsets.

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VRScout

JUNE 22, 2016

Hollywood seems to really be warming up to virtual reality and it would appear Los Angeles is at the center of it all when it comes to immersive content creation. Even San Francisco-based VR studio, River Studios, opened a LA studio this week to service both Hollywood and social influencer talent.

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VRScout

JULY 31, 2018

I was doing just that this morning whilst trying out Overview , an immersive experience that takes you on a 30-minute journey to the limits of our galaxy and beyond, all narrated in a soothing and informative documentary style. It’s not surprising that they were awarded “Best Education Experience” at this year’s GDC in San Francisco.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 13, 2016

The real-time interactive experience dubbed “This Is Our Future” debuted October 6th at a Conservancy hosted event in San Francisco. The art gallery-inspired VR series starts off with a campaign that immerses you in the problems facing the world’s largest tuna fishery and how technology can catalyze change.

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VRScout

MAY 16, 2016

We have all seen how virtual reality can change gaming and entertainment forever with this immersive technology. The first program, the 360 Filmmakers Challenge, partners nine San Francisco Bay Area high schools with professional filmmakers to create 3-5 minute 360° films about their communities.

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VRScout

JANUARY 21, 2017

Unfortunately, when it comes to immersive experiences, WebVR sits backstage, while VR headsets from HTC, Oculus, Playstation VR, Google and Samsung soak up all the limelight. Here is Yagiz Mungan’s (San Francisco) entry into the competition as an example of some of the concepts being entered.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 24, 2023

Also, among new consumer-based immersive hardware and software launches, the industrial XR space is accelerating across the enterprise space. Major cooperations are building upon 2022’s technology innovations to provide reliable XR SAAS platforms, giving developers space to leverage immersive solutions across the workplace.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

When Six Flags first joined forces with Samsung last Spring to include Gear VR headsets on rides at theme parks across the country, it was unclear how first-time VR users would react. The Gear VR powered coasters include complex gameplay and use of the passthrough camera.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 21, 2023

3D social and shared immersive space platform Spatial announced on Monday that its Unity Creator Toolkit had moved to its beta version. Spatial’s Creator Toolkit offers creatives flexible designing, building, and publishing for games and immersive stories across the internet, virtual reality (VR), and mobile devices.

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2016

SAMSUNG AT VIDCON: BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS. Samsung solidified its commitment to the virtual reality space with some big announcements that essentially add up to an end-to-end consumer VR solution. They are rebranding Milk VR to Samsung VR, and opening up the content platform to users. NEW LAUNCHES, MOVEMENTS, AND MONEY.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 27, 2017

This week, Microsoft announced the launch of Microsoft Reactor in San Francisco —the flagship hub for the tech giant’s efforts in mixed reality (MR). Our goal is to reach and support partners, creative agencies, studios, application developers, and others to help them create the most immersive mixed reality content possible.”

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 4, 2018

It’s therefore not surprising that they were awarded “Best Education Experience” at this year’s GDC in San Francisco. This unprecedented representation of cosmic scale is intended to create a sensation of awe in the mind and eye of each and every viewer,” adds Mezier.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

After raising $480,000 in funds through Kickstarter and an undisclosed amount from Samsung Ventures, FOVE later participated in the River accelerator program early last year alongside a number of other “frontier technology” startups.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 6, 2022

Poised to arrive around January 2023, it is considered by many the savior of XR, the hardware that will show the real possibilities of immersive realities and make finally VR mainstream. The hype for the Apple visor is very high, and everyone is waiting for it as a kid waits for Christmas. Think about ARKit.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 6, 2016

It can even track individual fingers and has been well received by the immersive community so far. During an in-person demonstration at UploadVR’s San Francisco office, the Leap team explained that their new module is compiled using simple, “off the shelf” components. It will not be sold in stores.

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InstaVR

MARCH 15, 2020

San Francisco, CA – March 16, 2020 – InstaVR Inc ( www.instavr.co ), the leading web-based virtual reality (VR) authoring, publishing, and analysis company, today launched organization-wide Academic pricing to give universities a more cost-effective way of utilizing VR across all departments. “We Haga, CEO and Founder of InstaVR.

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VRScout

JUNE 18, 2016

In the same report, it also claims that 3 out of 4 headset owners own a mobile VR viewer such as the Google Cardboard or Samsung GearVR. Using the Unreal engine, VRVixen has created a beautiful seamless gaming portal to view pornography in what may be the world’s most immersive porn experience so far. According to VirtualPorn360.com,

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

Development is divided evenly across the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift platforms, each accounting for 31% of projects created, with other major VR platforms such as Samsung Gear VR, OSVR, and Daydream rounding out the bottom numbers. Academy of Art San Francisco, USA. image courtesy VR First. Aalborg University Copenhagen, Denmark.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 28, 2016

They’re now keen to see how mobile VR can enhance immersion and engagement for the highly addictive casual games they specialize in making. We knew we had to get in on that action, and started jotting down ideas on the flight back from San Francisco. HOVR is now available on the Samsung Gear VR. The real ‘Eureka!’

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 28, 2016

They’re now keen to see how mobile VR can enhance immersion and engagement for the highly addictive casual games they specialize in making. We knew we had to get in on that action, and started jotting down ideas on the flight back from San Francisco. HOVR is now available on the Samsung Gear VR for free.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

We know mostly nothing about it, and we just have the image of its front view (semi-obscured) and the info that it will be revealed in San Francisco at Photonics West event. I also doubt that a startup can carry many innovations, given the high costs of R&D in immersive technologies, but I would be happy to be surprised!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Many Unity developers have slammed the new fees as unfair, prompting the San Francisco-based firm to rescind its announcement partially. As Unity is the most widely-used real-time 3D (RT3D) engine for immersive experiences, this is set to affect many enterprises aiming to build Metaverse platforms for the business.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Meanwhile, the immersive industry is coming closer to a potential paradigm shift in 2024, as big technology brands plan to make a mark on the emerging sector. Moreover, Michael Guerin said that over the next few years, immersive and spatial storytelling experiences would become “much more prevalent in the next three to five years.”

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

And while Portland is by no means a backwater, it’s still not a major tech or immersive content hub like LA or San Francisco either. Microsoft has this great patent portfolio and it would be great to take that amazing secret sauce of the HoloLens and license it out to their existing OEM partners like Dell or Samsung.”.

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InstaVR

MARCH 15, 2020

San Francisco, CA – March 16, 2020 – InstaVR Inc ( www.instavr.co ), the leading web-based virtual reality (VR) authoring, publishing, and analysis company, today launched organization-wide Academic pricing to give universities a more cost-effective way of utilizing VR across all departments. “We Haga, CEO and Founder of InstaVR.

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VRScout

JULY 25, 2017

LENOVO KEEPS GETTING MORE IMMERSIVE. Unlike the Lucasfilm AR headset, which uses a smartphone to power it (like the Google Daydream or the Samsung Gear VR does), the company says this concept is a standalone, self-powered headset. San Francisco-based Leap Motion has raised a $50M Series C for their hand- and finger-tracking technology.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

In April, we opened the doors to the first Upload Collective in San Francisco, a hub for VR and AR startups, development, co-working, education, meetups and even live broadcasting. With over 40 member companies in San Francisco, The Upload Collective has quickly grown both in size and in scope. December 2015. August 2016.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Today’s guest is a great friend of mine, Emily Olman, CEO and co-founder of SpatialFirst, a prop tech startup and creators of PlaceTime, a mobile immersive property visualization application bringing spatial computing to real estate. Emily is a regular speaker on immersive real estate technology, both in the US and abroad.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Today’s guest is a great friend of mine, Emily Olman, CEO and co-founder of SpatialFirst, a prop tech startup and creators of PlaceTime, a mobile immersive property visualization application bringing spatial computing to real estate. Emily is a regular speaker on immersive real estate technology, both in the US and abroad.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Today's guest is a great friend of mine, Emily Olman, CEO and co-founder of SpatialFirst, a prop tech startup and creators of PlaceTime, a mobile immersive property visualization application bringing spatial computing to real estate. Emily is a regular speaker on immersive real estate technology, both in the US and abroad. Alan: Yeah.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Game Developers Conference (GDC) - VRDC@GDC Date: March 19-23, 2018 Venue: Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, USA Check their passes and pricing for more information. IEEE Virtual Reality Conference Date: March 18-22, 2018 Venue: Stadthalle Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Germany Check here for pricing.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Alon Or-bach (Samsung Electronics), Kaye Mason (Google). It’s not often you get both Oculus and Valve together days, let alone Google and Samsung, with bonus helpings of Epic Games, Owlchemy Labs, and Sensics. There’s no better time of the year to do that than at the Game Developers Conference (GDC).

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2019

As this episode goes live, Alan’s away giving a talk at the XR Intelligence conference in San Francisco. Today, we’re speaking with Kathryn Bloxham from Reuters Events brand, XR Intelligence, about their amazing business conference, VRX happening in San Francisco, December 12th and 13th.

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