VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

With regards to talent, Snapchat has been acquiring there in a big way as well, hiring people from Oculus, Hololens, Qualcomm, as well as a few designers who have created glasses for names like Michael Kors and Lady Gaga. The Seebright SDK also supports Unity and Unreal engines and is compatible with both iOS and Android.

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VRWorld

JULY 12, 2017

There’s no doubt that the announcements made on this conference might be the clearest direction where VR/MR/AR are heading as an industry, as it will happen after Microsoft Windows 10 Mixed Reality launches, as well as seeing the first sales results of next generation Oculus Rift headset. Maureen Fan, CEO, Baobab Studios.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

This week has mostly been in the sign of Oculus, with many news and updates from the brand controlled by Facebook. Before leaving you to the best news of the week, I would like to highlight two notable things about my work: My crazy trolling game “The Unity Cube” has been featured in a video by Upload VR! Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

Magic Leap has decided to put on sale its remaining units of the Magic Leap 1, its previous device, for just $550 , which is something like a -75% discount on its standard retail price. The “metaverse” was not a key topic inside “Microsoft Build”. Microsoft Build is one of the most important yearly events organized by Microsoft.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

It has made significant contributions in various verticals such as entertainment, education, retail etc. Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. Microsoft Hololens is a key player in the MR market. Types of AR Following are the types of AR.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

We started working really early on with the DK-1 from Kickstarter, testing, playing around with Unity, seeing what we could do, up to now where we're easily 200+ commercially funded, brand funded XR experiences. Alan: I've got a call one thing, that I saw here on your site, and I just got to ask: VR bungee jumping?

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

We started working really early on with the DK-1 from Kickstarter, testing, playing around with Unity, seeing what we could do, up to now where we're easily 200+ commercially funded, brand funded XR experiences. Alan: I've got a call one thing, that I saw here on your site, and I just got to ask: VR bungee jumping?

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

AR is being applied in training and education, healthcare, heads-up wayfinding and navigation, tourism, retail, field service, real estate sales, design and architecture. An Apple AR headset has been a mainstay of the rumor mills for several years, and we expect Facebook to be creating an AR Oculus device.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

We started working really early on with the DK-1 from Kickstarter, testing, playing around with Unity, seeing what we could do, up to now where we're easily 200+ commercially funded, brand funded XR experiences. Alan: I've got a call one thing, that I saw here on your site, and I just got to ask: VR bungee jumping?

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

The third major change came from Unity which recently announced that it will now be serving AR ads on mobile. Unity has one of the world’s largest mobile ad serving businesses and at the end of last year they partnered with Fossil to pilot this new ad format in mobile games. Virtual humans are getting more and more real.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 12, 2019

Tracey Wiedmeyer and Alan discuss a few ideas, from browsing the catch of the day in a VR tropical wonderland, to using VR and AR to test out retail layouts before you build them. So maybe you can just talk about InContext Solutions and what you’re doing for retailers. Alan: Today’s guest is Tracey Wiedmeyer.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 12, 2019

Tracey Wiedmeyer and Alan discuss a few ideas, from browsing the catch of the day in a VR tropical wonderland, to using VR and AR to test out retail layouts before you build them. So maybe you can just talk about InContext Solutions and what you’re doing for retailers. Alan: Today’s guest is Tracey Wiedmeyer.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 7, 2020

We do a lot of work with Microsoft in helping serve their customers across a variety of use cases. They were spread between the training, the retail layout team, and the network team. Was this something that-- in both, in the Quantas example of XR training and the retail Sprint training. At Oculus, they said 10 years.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 7, 2020

We do a lot of work with Microsoft in helping serve their customers across a variety of use cases. They were spread between the training, the retail layout team, and the network team. Was this something that-- in both, in the Quantas example of XR training and the retail Sprint training. At Oculus, they said 10 years.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 7, 2020

We do a lot of work with Microsoft in helping serve their customers across a variety of use cases. They were spread between the training, the retail layout team, and the network team. Was this something that-- in both, in the Quantas example of XR training and the retail Sprint training. At Oculus, they said 10 years.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But now expanding that, that whole gaming idea and bringing it into retail. Balenciaga just did this amazing 3D retail experience. Twelve months ago I put a prediction on LinkedIn saying that I thought -- based on some of the things that we're seeing coming out of Unity -- that Unity was going to go public within the next 12 months.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But now expanding that, that whole gaming idea and bringing it into retail. Balenciaga just did this amazing 3D retail experience. Twelve months ago I put a prediction on LinkedIn saying that I thought -- based on some of the things that we're seeing coming out of Unity -- that Unity was going to go public within the next 12 months.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

But soon, Arash Keshmirian saw the writing on the wall that XR’s current usefulness was better-suited to the worlds of industry, retail, and journalism. And we later did a project called Zombie Guns Raptor with Oculus and Oculus Go, Gear VR. So a company like a Macy's or a large retailer in Europe.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

But soon, Arash Keshmirian saw the writing on the wall that XR’s current usefulness was better-suited to the worlds of industry, retail, and journalism. And we later did a project called Zombie Guns Raptor with Oculus and Oculus Go, Gear VR. So a company like a Macy's or a large retailer in Europe.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But now expanding that, that whole gaming idea and bringing it into retail. Balenciaga just did this amazing 3D retail experience. Twelve months ago I put a prediction on LinkedIn saying that I thought -- based on some of the things that we're seeing coming out of Unity -- that Unity was going to go public within the next 12 months.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

So, I opened a chain of retail computer stores in the 90s, I ran a fairly large chain in Oregon with five computer stores and then in 2000 I started working in Silicon Valley doing electronics and engineering… and eventually, I got into doing consumer products. after that, I’ve always been a bit of an entrepreneur also. The Vive Wands.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

But soon, Arash Keshmirian saw the writing on the wall that XR’s current usefulness was better-suited to the worlds of industry, retail, and journalism. And we later did a project called Zombie Guns Raptor with Oculus and Oculus Go, Gear VR. So a company like a Macy's or a large retailer in Europe.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller. Alan: I think the zSpace thing could be used for retail on location.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller. Alan: I think the zSpace thing could be used for retail on location.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller. Alan: I think the zSpace thing could be used for retail on location.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller. Alan: I think the zSpace thing could be used for retail on location.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 21, 2019

For example, I saw one where Coke did a visualizer to show retailers what the new Coke machine would look like in their stores. So, when I say “fashion,” that could be anything; from a retail experience when you’re in a store, or it could be a brand experience that you don’t need to be in a store to have. Austin: Exactly.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 21, 2019

For example, I saw one where Coke did a visualizer to show retailers what the new Coke machine would look like in their stores. So, when I say “fashion,” that could be anything; from a retail experience when you’re in a store, or it could be a brand experience that you don’t need to be in a store to have. Austin: Exactly.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 21, 2019

For example, I saw one where Coke did a visualizer to show retailers what the new Coke machine would look like in their stores. So, when I say “fashion,” that could be anything; from a retail experience when you're in a store, or it could be a brand experience that you don't need to be in a store to have. That's like next-level retail.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

One example is retail employees. Michael: And this is why I’ve been working on starting this dojo, or this VR maker space; because the tools for building — there’s VRTK for Unity… there’s just all these tools. You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

One example is retail employees. Michael: And this is why I’ve been working on starting this dojo, or this VR maker space; because the tools for building — there’s VRTK for Unity… there’s just all these tools. You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

One example is retail employees. just in this very short, six-minute conversation that we've been in here, you've talked about VR being used for design, and for previsualization, and for training in retail. You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. Unity is always my top one.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

Kent: It reminds me of– I have gone to Microsoft Build for the last three years, and that’s a good place to kind of see some of the AR demos that are there in terms of the partners with Microsoft. I mean, I will say that with Oculus Quest that’s changing for me. I’ve had early access to the Quest.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

Kent: It reminds me of-- I have gone to Microsoft Build for the last three years, and that's a good place to kind of see some of the AR demos that are there in terms of the partners with Microsoft. I mean, I will say that with Oculus Quest that's changing for me. You can use the device that's in everybody's hands.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

Kent: It reminds me of– I have gone to Microsoft Build for the last three years, and that’s a good place to kind of see some of the AR demos that are there in terms of the partners with Microsoft. I mean, I will say that with Oculus Quest that’s changing for me. I’ve had early access to the Quest.

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