Road to VR

OCTOBER 22, 2016

And then on October 19th and 20th, there was a historic W3C Workshop on Web & Virtual Reality where all of the major VR players gathered in San Jose to hash out the WebVR web standards for delivering VR and AR applications over the web.

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AllThingsVR

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Just a few weeks ago, major forces collaborating on the WebVR Spec gathered in San Jose, CA for the W3C Workshop on Web & Virtual Reality, a two-day conference where the likes of Mozilla, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, Oculus, The Khronos Group, and many more hashed out the latest developments and directions for the WebVR ecosystem.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Microsoft have just announced that the game will also receive support for Oculus’ VR motion controllers ‘Touch’ on October 18th which may be further evidence of an October release for the devices. The Gear VR saw it’s version drop earlier this year , with the Rift version following some months later.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 1, 2019

At an event in San Jose, California, Facebook introduced its plan for augmented reality glasses, where users will be able to pull up a visual display on top of what’s actually in front of them. Microsoft won the PC era and now has a tablet business, while Apple and Google have the dominant mobile operating systems.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Just a few weeks ago, major forces collaborating on the WebVR Spec gathered in San Jose, CA for the W3C Workshop on Web & Virtual Reality , a two-day conference where the likes of Mozilla, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, Oculus, The Khronos Group, and many more hashed out the latest developments and directions for the WebVR ecosystem.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 6, 2016

A big “NO CAMERAS” sign is not something that I usually see as a member of press, yet it’s the first thing that greeted me after I was hurried through a nondescript pair of doors at the San Jose Convention Center. Up to this point I hadn’t even been told what I was about to see.

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TechCrunch VR

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“I can’t imagine any Chinese corporations willing to invest in AR and VR as heavily as Microsoft, Apple or Facebook today,” said the founder, whose company sells headsets both in and outside China. “On the contrary, China is good at playing catch-up by spending money on a race with a clear finish line.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

More than 4,000 people attended the event at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California, and more than 3 million worldwide watched the keynote via Facebook Live. F8 2017 was held on April 18th and 19th 2017. Leading up to F8, I wrote a piece highlighting five key predictions about what we’d discover at the conference.

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VRWorld

APRIL 4, 2017

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), a world leader in AI computing technology, will host its eighth annual GPU Technology Conference (GTC) on May 8-11, at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center. We will cover the conference extensively. GTC is a great opportunity for developers and data scientists to sharpen their skills.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

From the very start, explanation for the Vive price was that the package enables “room scale VR,” with the included tracking solution (Lighthouse) and a pair of motion controllers, while the Oculus Rift only comes with a Microsoft Xbox controller.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

It will be held at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California on September, 25–26th. The company is now a very close partner for Microsoft and has already in mind more than 300 scenarios where MR can be applied to improve its production , that thanks to this is expected to grow fast in the upcoming years.

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NVidia VR

MARCH 26, 2018

At the GPU Technology Conference in San Jose this week, VR industry leaders are rallying around NVIDIA VRWorks 360 Video SDK, paving the way for a wide range of industries — from travel and sports to entertainment and journalism — to create high-quality, 360-degree stereo video experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

Hello everyone from San Jose, California! The “metaverse” was not a key topic inside “Microsoft Build”. Microsoft Build is one of the most important yearly events organized by Microsoft. I’m here ready to attend AWE… tomorrow I’ll start having the first meetings, and then from Wednesday, the real deal will begin!

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Robert Scoble

OCTOBER 4, 2019

It isn’t alone, we know of many companies that are spending billions on same, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Sony, Magic Leap, Huawei, and others. You can see this in today’s AR products (and despite what Microsoft or Magic Leap call their devices, they really are augmented reality devices that you wear on your face).

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I was at the San Jose newspaper at the time. And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It’s not your drab, beige Windows building, or Microsoft Word. It’s just neat how they built a subculture within the Microsoft culture.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I was at the San Jose newspaper at the time. And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It’s not your drab, beige Windows building, or Microsoft Word. It’s just neat how they built a subculture within the Microsoft culture.

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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. Quest hand tracking is perfect for slower experiences with light interaction.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I was at the San Jose newspaper at the time. And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft's best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It's not your drab, beige Windows building, or Microsoft Word. It's just neat how they built a subculture within the Microsoft culture.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I was at the San Jose newspaper at the time. And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It’s not your drab, beige Windows building, or Microsoft Word. It’s just neat how they built a subculture within the Microsoft culture.

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NVidia VR

MARCH 18, 2024

Huang spoke in front of massive images on a 40-foot tall, 8K screen the size of a tennis court to a crowd packed with CEOs and developers, AI enthusiasts and entrepreneurs, who walked together 20 minutes to the arena from the San Jose Convention Center on a dazzling spring day. The automotive industry will be a big part of that.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

We'll be talking about making an AR video with Will.i.am, creating art with Intel, and delivering on the promise of VR and AR with the San Francisco 49ers, San Jose Sharks, YouTube, and more. Today's guest is Kevin Kunze , an award-winning interactive filmmaker based out of Berkeley, California. Kevin: Sure. Kevin: Sure.

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