AR Insider

JANUARY 27, 2021

I n 2006, I attended a launch event in San Francisco for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. But that’s a non-starter for anyone outside of the few million people that own VR hardware (much less the compatible HTC and Oculus hardware). The product’s main feature was 3D graphical renderings of U.S. cities, starting with San Francisco.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 21, 2019

Original image from Oculus). Oculus Rift and Gear VR have sold 10M units. At the beginning of the week, Jack McCauley, one of the founders of the Oculus startup, had claimed in an interview with CNBC that Facebook VR will never succeed. Of course, he was not only talking about Oculus but about VR in general.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

VirtualLink was announced back in 2018 with the backing of NVIDIA, AMD, Microsoft, Valve, Oculus, and HTC—representing a bulk of the most significant hardware players in the VR industry. The standard was said to be “purpose-built for VR,” being optimized for latency and the needs of next-generation headsets.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

He adds that one of the main causes of motion sickness in VR experiences is poor latency. When a delay in latency occurs, your real and virtual movements no longer match, knocking the equilibrium out of balance and causing ‘cybersickness.’ ” He expects Meta to continue pushing the narrative for VR.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 30, 2021

After the free September 9th update, the VR game will expand to allow 2 players wearing Oculus Quest 2 VR Headsets to freely roam in 100 square feet of shared playspace. This is now only possible wearing a backpack PC and VR headset in special locations like Sandbox VR, Zero Latency, and Dreamscape.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Microsoft announces Mesh, an XR collaboration platform. Alex Kipman promised us a Microsoft Ignite conference with an amazing level of immersion , and he kept his word. But since Microsoft owns one of those studios (and using it costs around $100K/day if I remember well!), You are all fantastic! Here you are my flower for you!

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 14, 2022

billion meeting minutes in Microsoft Teams alone in one day. . Companies like High Fidelity and Microsoft are already working on environments that make this possible. . The company has seen a record of 2.7 VR will take the new meeting landscape to the next level. Some interactions will still demand an extra human touch.

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VRWorld

JUNE 3, 2016

Microsoft decided to take a calculated risk and leave the Virtual Reality market to Facebook (through Oculus and Samsung) and HTC with their dedicated headsets Gear VR, Rift and Vive. All future users of HoloLens should need is a collaborative suite (perhaps Microsoft’s own HoloOffice?).

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VRScout

JUNE 19, 2017

It’s a Helsinki-based company (“varjo” is “shadow” in Finnish) that’s been in stealth until now, working to develop a 70 megapixel solution for XR (by comparison, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive run about 1.2 Comparison shot of Varjo Bionic display and Oculus Rift display. Comparison shot of Varjo Bionic display and Oculus Rift display.

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APRIL 25, 2017

VR headsets are designed to block out light and envelop our field of view as completely as possible with high quality, low latency visuals. Microsoft’s HoloLens, for example, can place virtual screens on physical walls that stay where you leave them as you walk around your living room or turn your head.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. Huawei has upgraded its sleek VR glasses and now they support 6DOF movement and 6DOF controllers that are very similar to the Oculus Touch. Notwithstanding all this hate, the Oculus Quest 2 is selling very well. Other relevant news.

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Charlie Fink

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Smartglasses that click, and all the news that's fit to tweet.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

Image by Oculus). The other bombshell news is that Resident Evil 4 is coming to the Oculus Quest 2. On April, 21st, Oculus will host its first Gaming Showcase , with news on ‘Lone Echo II’, ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’, and many other titles. Two cool news from Oculus App Lab. Top news of the week.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In 2006, I attended a launch event in San Francisco for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. But that’s a non-starter for anyone outside of the few million people that own VR hardware (much less the compatible HTC and Oculus hardware). The product’s main feature was 3D graphical renderings of U.S. cities, starting with San Francisco.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I have to say that this “leak” comes in a very timely fashion , by chance exactly at the moment when Facebook was building the hype for Oculus Quest 2 Pro , convincing so some people to wait for Valve’s moves before buying the new Oculus headset. Microsoft is going to release a database of synthetic faces.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 3, 2018

VirtuaLink is new connector standard created by a consortium representing many of VR’s most prominent players—NVIDIA, AMD, Valve, Oculus, and Microsoft. The standard is said to be “purpose-built for VR,” being optimized for latency and the needs of next-generation headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

I think that Gartner was not referring to the consumer market, where VR is still unripe (even if devices like the Oculus Quest and the Vive Focus Plus are helping it in becoming more widespread), but at the B2B one, where VR is already helping companies to spare money (e.g. thanks to a better training).

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

But immersive head-mounted AR for consumers has had one major hurdle that Microsoft may have just solved. When accuracy and latency isn’t low enough, the augmented objects swing around with your head and your brain doesn’t consider them part of the world. HoloLens’ sensor cluster has a whopping 11 elements.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 28, 2023

While still in Italy, I verified that Microsoft Teams, Unity, and Github were accessible from China. Oculus Quest Me and my Quest 2 When I’m at home, the Quest is the headset that I use the most. Verify the most that you can before leaving, so that you can find solution in advance.

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The designs cover all three technologies from a sleek looking, matt black VR headset to an MR device similar to Microsoft’s HoloLens. As Oculus Quest has proven customers want easy to use, wireless devices and 5G is expected to take that to the next stage. All the form factor were developed by Goertek.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

Flash forward to 2019 and LAVR Tag, a VR version of laser tag just released by MANUVR Entertainment using the Oculus Quest , is giving those ‘80s kids—now adults—a chance to finally live out their dream. “He did this without the Oculus,” Bolton continued. I mean just it’s truly remarkable.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Metaverses are in line with the tech trend Oculus Quest reported sales growth, which indicates higher accessibility of VR equipment for the general audience. Thirdly, network latency is always there and always causes problems; usually, the Internet connection is not enough to cater to all the needs of metaverses.

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MAY 18, 2017

Second, latency on this hardware was said to be under 30 milliseconds but would be improved to under 20 milliseconds — a critical threshold for comfort — by the time the system reaches broader deployment.

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Road to VR

MARCH 6, 2019

Switch, despite being substantially underpowered compared to the latest consoles from Microsoft and Sony, has sold tremendously well since its March 2017 launch, reaching 32 million unit sales by the end of 2018.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Moreover, last year, Nreal partnered with University researchers and Microsoft to leverage its smart glasses technology as a medical device. In the background, major immersive tech vendors like Meta, Apple, and Microsoft are exploring what innovations are required to drive the space. The world of smart glasses is coming closer.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 30, 2020

” He also pointed out the development over at Amazon, where last month the company announced AWS Wavelength for ultra-low latency 5G computing at the edge, something that will have a direct impact on using and building the next generation of AR and VR headgear. “The industry is firing up 5G and that will also be a big push.”

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 24, 2022

VR is becoming more affordable for a wide range of gaming customers, thanks to tools like the Oculus Quest, which sold 15 million units during just 20 months on the market. Microsoft and Meta have already revealed their intentions to build Metaverse gaming environments and communities in the years ahead.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 1, 2019

During Oculus Connect 6 in San Jose, CA, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled that the Oculus Quest would allow for hand and finger tracking without the need of any hand controllers, and of course, I couldn’t wait to try it. We’ve come a long way since Oculus’ consumer product. ” Image Credit: Facebook.

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

While the second generation handsets from HTC and Oculus are getting shape hidden from the public eye, there are significant changes being announced or previewed for the upcoming Holiday season. With its $100 million treasure chest, it supports startups and provides them with education, investment and mentorship.

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Road to VR

MARCH 24, 2017

Today’s most immersive virtual reality systems, like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, rely on a bothersome tether to send power and high fidelity imagery to the headset at low latency. But everyone agrees a dangling cable is not only annoying, it’s an immersion detractor. 264 or similar chip solutions.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

But I would wait to rejoice from it: VR requires a very short motion-to-photon latency, and as of today no cloud rendering service can offer such low latency in every possible location of the user. The “metaverse” was not a key topic inside “Microsoft Build”. There’s still no word on when Mesh will be released. Other news.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2021

Besides a VR-ready PC, that includes everything you need to jump into some of the most popular PC VR games like Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, Half-Life: Alyx, No Man’s Sky, Skyrim VR, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, and Beat Saber. The newly redesigned controllers offer acceptable—but not exceptional—latency and jitter.

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OCTOBER 15, 2016

Right now we’re stuck thinking in terms of head-mounted displays (HMDs), like the Vive or the Oculus. Those interactions can be mapped to brainwaves and translated into action with almost no latency. The visual input is the most important piece of the VR setup.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 13, 2017

Oculus has added new documentation to their developer knowledge base detailing the ‘buffered haptics’ feature of the Oculus SDK, a method for programming more advanced haptic feedback from the company’s Touch controllers. SEE ALSO Oculus Touch Insides Revealed in Detailed Teardown. ” Photo by Road to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). I expect the smartglasses from Facebook, first of all, to be Facebook-branded (so, goodbye Oculus), to be very stylish (remember that Luxottica is the leading company for glasses and sunglasses), and to be able to connect to the smartphone without a tether. Sounded good.

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Road to VR

MARCH 4, 2019

Nvidia has GeForce Now, Sony has PlayStation Now, and both Google & Microsoft have their own future cloud gaming projects in the work too. and Intel, was delivering a total latency between 4 – 6 ms through their mock-up 5G network. Cloud gaming isn’t a new concept, at least in the world of traditional flatscreen games.

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ARPost

MARCH 31, 2023

So, in the past few weeks we have seen big tech, including Meta and Microsoft, announce massive layoffs , mostly to their XR division and at the same time, pivoting towards artificial intelligence and generative content. Despite the news, this year’s DEAL expo was as busy as ever. Perhaps more like 60fps or 45fps with reprojection to 90hz?

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