Tech Trends VR

JUNE 5, 2018

After spending his formative years obsessing over video games and 360 experiences, he was inspired by Oculus Story Studio, Baobab & others to create his own rag-tag team of VR pioneers. “ Lá Camilla is Disrupt’s next step towards capturing the imagination of viewers and creating positive virtual experiences for all ages.

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VRScout

AUGUST 4, 2016

The young cast was gathered in a hotel ballroom where they took turns donning an Oculus Rift headset fitted with motion-capture sensors. Although its not clear if this room-scale VR version will ever become publicly available to try, it appears the cast is experiencing a version of the 360-degree video below.

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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. With a lot of sadness, I’m here watching the photos and the videos of WCVRI , the big Chinese conference about VR that is held every year in Nanchang. Notwithstanding all this hate, the Oculus Quest 2 is selling very well.

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Road to VR

APRIL 7, 2018

Yelena Rachitsky is an executive producer of experiences at Oculus, and she’s been inspired by how interactive narratives have allowed her to feel like a participant who is more engaged, more present, and more alive. The future of VR storytelling will be immersive and interactive. Support Voices of VR. Subscribe on iTunes.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2016

Interactive Lab brought their first untethered VR experience to the SVVR Expo in May, which utilised Optitrack motion capture systems and a Samsung Gear VR headset to give a user freedom to explore virtual, room-scale environments captured through photogrammetry. This could be quite the ride.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 23, 2021

Every year, the Oculus Connect, later (sadly) renamed as Facebook Connect, is the biggest event about XR from Facebook. It is quite affordable (around $400–500), and its advantage over Vive Trackers is that it doesn’t require external cameras or sensors , so it can also work with Oculus Quest. Other relevant news. Image by Facebook).

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VRScout

MARCH 19, 2017

In addition to the two POV 360° videos, a third experience showcases some of the biggest moments at the O2 music and entertainment venue. Compatible with multiple VR platforms including Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, fans will be transported into worlds of unforgettable live experiences. England Rugby VR.

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VRScout

JUNE 13, 2019

Each year the premier computer and video game expo draws some of the biggest names in interactive entertainment, resulting in a show floor stacked to the brim with incredible booths, expensive marketing stunts, and plenty of live entertainment. Getting down and dirty on the show floor with Redpill VR & Sensorium. Image Credit: VRScout.

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VRScout

JUNE 3, 2016

Björk has always been an early adopter when it comes to immersive technology, having released her “Stonemilker” video from last year’s album Vulnicura as a VR app along with an installation at New York’s Museum of Modern Art PS1. The Björk Digital exhibition features four VR music videos, with a premiere of Björk’s fourth VR video Notget.

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VRScout

JANUARY 29, 2019

Lintott continues, “ We used city-wide data supplied by Wellington City Council to create the virtual Wellington City and then added a layer of story and gamification though utilising motion capture, CG, 360 interactive video and photogrammetry.”. WellTown is available now on SteamVR and Oculus.

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ARVR

JANUARY 22, 2021

If the Fyre Festival taught us anything, it’s a lot easier to create a stunning marketing video than it is to actually deliver a stunning product. The virtual format meant we basically had to settle for a series of marketing videos, rather than the opportunity to fully evaluate every product hands-on.

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Road to VR

APRIL 14, 2017

Although not specified on the company’s website, a Techcrunch report maintains Mindshow will also be rolling out on the other major VR platforms including both the PSVR and Oculus Rift, according to a chat with CCO Jonnie Ross and CEO Gil Baron. image courtesy of Visionary VR.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 15, 2017

LA Noire is a unique game to say the least—designed as a sort of action-detective game, the title employed some of the top facial motion capture of its time to present believable characters for players to interrogate as they investigate crimes on the streets of 1940’s LA. Video Card: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1070 8GB.

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VRScout

JULY 5, 2016

The experience was developed in Unreal Engine, using 4D character scanning and a specialist array of 125 Digital SLR cameras to capture the hero tennis player and 24 other hero characters, and motion capture technology for animation.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The annual presentation at Oculus Connect by Michael Abrash, Chief Scientist at Oculus, is always a highlight of the company’s annual developer event, projecting a forward-thinking and ever inspirational look at the future of virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

The Oculus Quest 2 continues its march towards mainstream adoption. It wouldn’t be a normal week without some news about Facebook and/or the Oculus Quest. The first one is that the Quest 2 has now sold in some months more than all the other Oculus headsets (with the exclusion of Gear VR) combined in all these years.

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The Rift Arcade

MAY 3, 2017

A short five-minute video was released today both in the Oculus Store and on Steam, and it uses a combination of Unreal Engine graphics and motion capture to bring a Séance experience to life. Looking for a new creepy experience for the Rift? Séance: The Unquiet might be just what you’re looking for.

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Peter Graham

AUGUST 28, 2019

Adapting VRJAM’s existing core 3D graphics technology, the platform will then make use of Agora’s real-time audio and video streaming capability. All of which will be unveiled at the IBC Conference in Amsterdam later this year. As VRJAM announces further updates in the future VRFocus will let you know.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly live video show and podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst. A traveling showcase of digital and video works, Björk Digital started in Australia and it just debuted at London’s Somerset house. EVERYONE WANTS IT STANDALONE. Internet traffic.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 6, 2019

He also said that the market is big enough for HTC and Oculus. Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest gets the runtime update promised at OC6. This week, Oculus has started distributing the runtime update for Oculus Quest carrying with it some of the features promised at OC6 : Oculus Go emulation.

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2016

” Brekelmans has released a video (embedded at the top of this page), demonstrating the new project in action, filmed through the HoloLens visor, aptly demonstrating the HoloLens’ tracking abilities. ” See Also: HoloLens Enterprise Mixed Reality Development with Object Theory. .

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

Oculus Go showcased. The Oculus Go (Image by Oculus). At GDC, the Oculus Go has been one of the main characters. First of all, Oculus has showcased all its main technical characteristics : I advise you to read the post dedicated to that on Oculus blogs , where Chris Pruett introduces you to them.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 29, 2021

I sat down for a video chat with Blake Kammerdiener, XR and Film Programmer, to learn more about this project. VRrOOm was provided with basic concepts and blueprints as well as videos and reference images. The worlds are only available to PCVR, Oculus Quest and Windows PC users. Blake Kammerdiener: XR and Film Programmer.

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Peter Graham

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Originally starting out in motion capture (mocap), hardware and software solution specialist then turned its attention to virtual reality (VR) and location-based entertainment (LBE). Offering a range of solutions for VR arcade owners, this culminated in the Vicon Origin system which launched in 2018.

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Road to VR

JULY 25, 2018

Ninja Theory, the minds behind BAFTA award-winning action-adventure game Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (2017), are bringing the full, uncut title to Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets soon. The last niggle: the only supported controllers are Oculus Touch, gamepads, and keyboard.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Lead by National Taiwan University PhD student Po-Chen Wu during his internship at Oculus Research, the work presents a low-cost tracking and input solution with many potential applications in virtual and augmented reality. SEE ALSO Oculus Research Reveals "Groundbreaking" Focal Surface Display.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 26, 2017

The idea came to co-founders Tim Ruse (who’s now the CEO) and Scott Vandonkelaar (CTO) when the two first saw the Oculus Rift while working together at web agency Roadhouse Digital. Patent-pending technology using more than 100 cameras and motion capture devices track each player in real-time as they move.

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Road to VR

JUNE 14, 2017

Anvio VR is a new, motion capture tracked VR experience that throws you and a bunch of friends into a warehouse-scale VR arena to battle, well, pretty much everything. Anvio VR is a new, motion captured virtual reality platform developed by Vortex LLC in Moscow. It looks great!

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The driver, available at the official Driver4VR site , works for both Rift and Vive when running SteamVR; this could be particularly interesting for Rift users, as Oculus currently offer no ‘Vive Tracker’ equivalent. model for Xbox One.

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VRScout

AUGUST 20, 2019

In a video posted to Stirling’s official Twitter account, the musician can be seen wearing what appears to be an XSens 3D motion capture suit. This device captures Stirling’s movements and translates them into VR in real-time, allowing her to perform complex dance routines just as she would in real-life.

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Road to VR

APRIL 20, 2018

All we had to do was remember what it looked like when we were back in the motion capture volume.”. Spielberg also utilized a custom virtual camera rig specially developed for him by motion capture production supervisor Clint Spillers, who had worked with the director on both of his previous mocap films.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2018

As I did with Mister President Alvin Wang Graylin , I’ll leave you here the full video of the interview, with a non-exact (simplified) transcription of it below it , so that you can choose how to get to know Gaeta’s thoughts.

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VRScout

JANUARY 2, 2021

Jumping into VRChat with my Oculus Quest 2, I used the social VR platforms search function to locate Welcome to the Other Side. We didn’t know how to bring Jean-Michel Jarre into the public rooms, we liked the idea of taking the video streaming and creating a hologram from the video, and making the background disappear.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The last paragraph of this point talks about VR videos. The goal is having videos that feature: 3D 12K resolution 60 frames per second HDR (high dynamic range) visuals. Development of robust, millimeter-accurate interior-out tracking and positioning devices and motion capture devices. – Near-eye display technology.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

The game will comes to PlayStation, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive later this year. It’s being developed by Tequila Works, a Madrid-based video game developer that has created award-winning games like Deadlight, RiME and The Invisible Hours. In Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son, you’ll play as the charming but arrogant Phil Connors Jr.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Available On: Steam (Vive, Rift), Oculus Store (Rift), PlayStation Store (PSVR), Reviewed On: Rift. This includes real-time motion capture, so you can accurately toss your future self an all-important block, catch it, and give your past self a high-five for doing such a great job. Transpose Review Details: Official Site.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Hand Capture. A new motion capture and animation plugin for Autodesk MotionBuilder 2016, Hand Capture lets you “capture hand and finger movement in real time directly inside MotionBuilder.” ” Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. HappyLittlePainter.

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