VRScout

AUGUST 28, 2018

Oculus will provide headsets and training to three new pilot locations alongside a fresh helping of educational VR content. Oculus Education continues its ongoing streak of generosity with the expansion of its educational pilot programs to Taiwan, Japan, and Seattle. BREAKING BOUNDARIES IN SCIENCE.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Following a prominent lawsuit between ZeniMax and Facebook/Oculus which resulted in a $500 million award to ZeniMax , the company is now seeking an injunction to prevent Oculus from continuing to use code that was found by the jury to infringe upon ZeniMax’s copyright.

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Road to VR

MAY 4, 2021

Epic Games, the creators of Unreal Engine, said it would consider building a launch title for Sony’s “next VR platform” during negotiations about Fortnite cross-play on PlayStation in 2018. Shown during the debut of the Oculus Rift DK2, Couch Knights put players in the body of an avatar sitting in a contemporary room.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Oculus devices will require a Facebook login. The enormous piece of news of the week is tha t Facebook has communicated that from October, 20th, all people that want to use an Oculus device for personal use will have to use their personal Facebook account to log in. Top news of the week. Image by Tweakanalogy). The same on Twitter.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

(Image by Oculus). Oculus could be starting the production of a new Quest at the end of July. Multiple reports seem to confirm that Oculus is actually starting the production of a new Oculus Quest headset, with an expected release date in 2021. of units more produced annually. Other relevant news. Image by Pico).

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 20, 2023

Around the world, technologies in the extended reality landscape have gained increasing attention from virtually every industry. Increasingly, companies will search for designers versed in metaverse and virtual reality technologies to help them construct their own immersive worlds.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 20, 2023

The years following Connect 2021 were transformative for Meta as the company transitioned from a social media company to a serious technology firm. Although, in reality, these technologies co-exist. Thanks to consumer interest, many XR and Metaverse firms are gaining capital and resources generated from the gaming industry.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

Last Oculus Quest update shows hints of an Oculus MR ecosystem. Facebook is continuously updating the Oculus Quest , its most successful device, and this week it has rolled out the runtime v16. I think that this update, together with the last ones, marks the beginning of a mixed reality ecosystem that is being built by Oculus.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Touch technology company Immersion wants to bring that work to the next level. Already supported devices include Nintendo’s JoyCons for the Switch — which we previously speculated might make good controllers for VR — and Oculus’ own position-tracked VR controllers, Oculus Touch.

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VRScout

APRIL 21, 2021

Then from July 6th-15th, Cannes XR will benefit from the momentum of the Marché du Film at the Festival de Cannes by connecting the cinema industry with the XR community.” Cannes NEXT is about innovation in the industry. It’s important for us to heal, and to keep the industry going. It’s a very interesting trend.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

Unreal Engine 5 may change the rules of game development. Out of nowhere, Epic Games has teased the next version of Unreal Engine, Unreal Engine 5, due to be released in 2021. It means that you can take whatever model, even with billions of polygons, and put it in your Unreal Engine project. Other relevant news.

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AR Insider

MAY 24, 2021

Starline promises telepresence technology to reimage video conferencing as we’ve never seen. On the more comical side of the news, Unreal is suing Chinese smartglasses maker Nreal because the brand names are too similar and will cause confusion. Former Oculus chief Hugo Barra has announced he’s left Facebook in a blog post.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The event, hosted by AIXR, aims to recognize outstanding achievements in VR technology. Their site also posts educational and informative articles relating to the world of MR, AR, and VR technology. The VR Awards recognize innovations in VR technology through twelve categories. The Oculus Rift S was also nominated for the award.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 20, 2017

A significant milestone for a company that has been pioneering film technology for the past one hundred years. A proposed technology hub, the center hopes to incubate and advance virtual reality as a content medium and technology with a focus on improving the quality of the medium. With $3.8B With $3.8B

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AR Insider

APRIL 19, 2021

The maker of the mega-hit game and Unreal Engine game development platform has landed another cool billion in a new round of funding. Virtualitics secured $18 Million to support the defense industry expand AI-driven analytics and 3D visualization technology. VZfit launches on the Oculus app store.

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Digitalnauts

MARCH 23, 2022

SXSW 2022 CHAT WITH CHARLES SEGUIN: THE XR INDUSTRY, FIRST IMPRESSIONS AND EMERGING TECH. Charles Seguin, Co-Founder and CEO at Digitalnauts, answers a few questions on the representation of the XR industry at SXSW 2022 and gives us his top tips. In terms of technology at SXSW, to be honest I was a bit disappointed.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 11, 2017

This year’s participants have just been announced, and they include two big names in the VR industry. One of these companies is The Void, a group well known in the VR industry for its impressive location-based VR experiences. And maybe that Robo Recall lightsaber mod could become a real thing.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 19, 2021

Hello, my name is Regine Gilbert and I am currently an Industry Assistant Professor at NYU. I teach user experience design and assistive technology courses. As with all technology, XR is evolving. Oculus For Developers has some documentation for Designing accessible VR. Regine Gilbert (Image by Regine Gilbert).

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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.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Yesterday, Oculus announced the release date for what will be one of its first big Studios games this year, Rock Band VR. Starting Months of high profile rollouts with #Rockband from @Harmonix for @Oculus Rift: — Jason Rubin (@Jason_Rubin) February 6, 2017. But there’s plenty more where that came from. Why Are We Excited?:

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2023

It has developed a proprietar y High-Performance Quantum Dot (HPQD) technology to make very small, very bright, very efficient RGB pixels. The basic idea is to separate the elements of the video into 3 “layers” using a depth map , and then reconstruct the missing pixels occluded by each layer on the next one using an AI technology like Nerf.

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 13, 2019

If VRFocus’ weekly VR Job Hub is anything to go by then the industry can’t be doing too bad, especially when factoring in those featured below. Unreal Mobile Rendering Engineer. Unreal Mobile Rendering Engineer. Dublin, CA. Sanzaru Games. Environment Artist. Click Here to Apply. Dublin, CA. Sanzaru Games. London, UK.

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2018

The company is still heavily involved with VR development however, and are expected to present some new technology with Google at Display Week 2018 in May. Magic Leap has launched the SDK for the device’s Lumin OS , with support for Unity and Unreal engines. Magic Leap announcements. image courtesy Magic Leap. Nvidia RTX.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

We support all major VR platforms – including Oculus/Meta HMDs and Steam VR, Vive Flow , Nreal and Pico ecosystems – and below you can find a handy image demonstrating a selection of supported creation tools! I think this vision is also shared by numerous other CEOs and influencers in the VR industry. And the supported creators tools?

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

Oculus has teased the OC6. Oculus has just announced the dates for the Oculus Connect 6. Oculus is going to announce something not only about VR but also about AR. For sure some surprises: we don’t know anything about the 2nd gen of XR that Oculus has in mind. Other relevant news. Image by Upload VR).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Unity should anyway be the first engine partner, something that doesn’t surprise me considering the litigation between Apple and Epic Games, the company behind Unreal Engine. VR looks incredibly stunning with Unreal Engine 5 features like Nanite and Lumen. Being Adobe, you can use it only by paying a monthly subscription. Other news.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2017

If you don’t already know Cliff Bleszinski from his involvement with the Unreal Tournament and Gears of War franchises, you may remember him from Oculus’ 2012 Kickstarter video. Bleszinski indeed believes in the technology. Bleszinski in the Oculus Rift Kickstarter video | Photo courtesy Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest. The technology can be so powerful, but it must be used the right way. Considering that this number doesn’t count the Quest users connected via Oculus Link, the actual number of VR users on Steam is even higher.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

With CES 2017 kicking off next week, here we take a look back at the highlights (and lowlights) from 4 years of VR at CES to gauge how far the industry has come and look for clues as to where it goes from here. CES 2013 however gave us the first glimpse of Oculus VR operating as a company. CES 2013 / 2014: The Early Years.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 2, 2017

Oculus and Epic Games share a strong and fascinating partnership that’s grown over the past few years. Handing him the prize was none other than John Carmack, another videogame industry legend and current CTO of Oculus. Last night’s Game Developer Choice Awards showed why.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

This week we had no big news from Facebook, but in the communities, the theme of the Facebook login for the Oculus Quest 2 remains pretty hot. Some people have already abandoned the Oculus ship, but many have still bought the Quest 2, that in fact is already backordered by several weeks in some countries (e.g. Other relevant news.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 12, 2016

Hackathon events in various forms are now commonplace across different technologies and for virtual reality has proven an important catalyst for innovation and creativity in the past, with both Oculus and HTC embracing the format to encourage content creation. Image courtesy Scapeliving.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. We invite all industry technology providers and stakeholders to join us in this meaningful program.”.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 11, 2017

Developer Relations Strategist at Oculus, has decided to leave at the end of the month and join small gaming company, Raw Fury. 3) Eva Hoerth , Developer Evangelist at VREAL, has chosen to leave her design position to “explore other use cases for VR and emerging technologies.” Read more here. 2) Callum Underwood , Sr. Read more here.

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TechCrunch VR

MARCH 1, 2022

. “We are excited we will be working together on hardware, software and technology roadmaps to enable the ecosystem for people,” Rubo Liang, ByteDance’s CEO, remarked remotely via video. Despite being a leading VR brand in China, Pico is nowhere close to the scale of Oculus’s user reach or creator ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Facebook keeps working to become a leader in immersive technologies. This week we had a bunch of news, that seem quite unrelated, that show us how Facebook is working on its plan to become the dominant force in future technologies. Then it could update them very fast and make them as powerful and successful as the Oculus Quest.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Everyone in the VR industry can envision a world in the next 10 years that’s radically changed by virtual reality. But it seems most of the industry is in agreement that the Killer App —a single, platform-defining piece of software that compels buyers—has not yet arrived. Nick Whiting.

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