XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 4, 2023

With offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York, IW Group is a marketing agency dedicated to implementing Web3 and metaverse technologies for massive brands worldwide. We used Spatial as our platform and pushed their Unity SDK to the extreme to yield the most visually stunning and immersive space built on the platform.

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Cats and VR

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

After a recent crowdfunding campaign Vantage Point attracted the interest of many thought leaders in the VR space including Tony Parisi of Unity Technologies. Recently Katherine Kendall, a sexual violence activist that was the first to publicly speak out against Harvey Weinstein in The New York Times , joined Vantage Point as a spokesperson.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

But this is no animated video and I’m not watching this on a screen. Sophia Dominguez // SVRF (New York, NY) – the first search engine for immersive content for virtual reality and augmented reality. Check out this short “flattie” video showcasing the 1st WXR Pitch Showcase, held in VR.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Her work has been described by the New York Times as “beautiful and surprising.”. Elliot Cole is a composer, programmer, and “charismatic contemporary bard” (New York Times). Kate Parsons is an educator, video artist and VR content creator living in Los Angeles. in Digital Art and Video in May of 2013.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 23, 2018

While most participants receive hands-on VR development training followed by three months of video tutorials, a select few receive grants worth thousands of dollars; in fact, Oculus awarded a whopping $620,000 in 2017 alone. Each June, over 100 participants are chosen to attend the official Oculus boot camp in Menlo Park for a full weekend.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 1, 2017

Tyler left a comfortable job at renowned video game studio Double Fine Productions to pursue a career making music videos and short films in New York City, but the grim reality of that path became abundantly clear rather quickly. “My Frustration breeds expression. But then I got out there, and people were like, ‘What?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Before starting talking about the news of the week, I want to thank everyone for the compliments I got for the interview with Robert Scoble. If you want to watch it, it’s a very interesting 2-hour-long video and you can find it here [link] together with a summary of the key points he said. Top news of the week. More info.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 25, 2023

“A Gemba masterclass is entirely interactive — it’s 3D, immersive, and we use the same software that 90% of video games are created in ( Unity ),” Gemba CEO Nathan Robinson told TechCrunch.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2018

A trained masseuse then proceeded to conduct one hell of a relaxing massage, which I was able to view from the third-person via a real-time heat map video captured by the Kinect camera. Upon first entering the exhibit i was instructed to lay on a specially-designed massage table fitted with an HTC Vive headset at the face rest.

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Leapmotion

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

At the same time, hardware hackers have built their own versions of the AR headset, with new prototypes appearing in Tokyo and New York. But the most surprising developments come from North Carolina, where a 19-year-old AR enthusiast has built multiple North Star headsets and several new demos.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 19, 2017

This year Flock (video above) will expand upon some of the concepts of Holojam with a multi-user untethered virtual world “designed to get people to move, shake, and flock together.” The experience is a lightly gamified music video designed to get people to move, shake, and flock together. Body & Mind In VR.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

One of the most esteemed documentaries of 2018 began as ramshackle video recordings of a boy and his friends skateboarding in Rockford, Illinois. In 1980 New York, three young men faced this mind-blowing reality. How to watch: The Queen of Versailles is streaming on Hulu. Minding the Gap. Credit: Hulu.

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HaptX

DECEMBER 20, 2018

This new industrial-grade system offers the most realistic haptics experience to date. The HaptX Gloves Development Kit debuted on October 3, in New York City at Future of Storytelling and in Seattle at the GeekWire Summit. Destin’s video is approaching two million views and hit YouTube’s front page.

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AR Insider

JULY 26, 2021

Sketchfab is integrated into Epic’s popular Unreal Engine game and special effects paltform, and notably, all of its competitors, starting with Unity, Snap’s Lens Studio, Facebook’s Spark AR, and even Tilt Brush. Even the New York Times is writing about the metaverse this week. And now, so is Epic.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The educational testimony of this mini-doc features speeches from New York politicians, Senator Zellnor Myrie and Assemblywoman Diana C. By capturing this day through immersive 360 video, it would enable people who were looking back on this day in history, to experience it on an entirely different level.

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AR Insider

MAY 17, 2021

The debate has drifted into questions about what defines a video game. Is Fortnite a video game, or is it a metaverse with games inside of it? To provide some context, that is 5x the number of buildings in New York City. Let’s dive in… Apple – Epic Smackdown, part deux. What about Roblox?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Which are not that many, either An article in JingDaily states that in China metaverse activities are more appreciated by the authorities if they are somehow linked to real events and locations The New York Times has written a long and detailed article to bash Mark Zuckerberg and its metaverse efforts. New info about IVAS glasses.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

So instead of playing a video game and shooting everybody, you're enjoying a concert by Trevor Scott or whoever. Unity Technologies just went public. Alex: Huge news. So they went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker U. And Unity's, I think started. Unity is now on the stock exchange.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

So instead of playing a video game and shooting everybody, you're enjoying a concert by Trevor Scott or whoever. Unity Technologies just went public. Alex: Huge news. So they went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker U. And Unity's, I think started. Unity is now on the stock exchange.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

This doesn't much matter for watching traditional video content, as most of it is in widescreen aspect ratio anyways. That’s reason #1 that Vision Pro can't be practically used outdoors, and why the videos you see of people doing this are influencers chasing clout, not honestly depicting a practical use case.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

My video about Engage Link, with 20 minutes of Gameplay with commentary. In the business district, I could see the live stream of some news channel talking about stock trading. While going around, I met a few other people, but since I was shooting the video linked above, I preferred not to speak with them. Engage Link.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

So instead of playing a video game and shooting everybody, you're enjoying a concert by Trevor Scott or whoever. Unity Technologies just went public. Alex: Huge news. So they went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker U. And Unity's, I think started. Unity is now on the stock exchange.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The news signals growing collaborations among companies seeking enterprise-grade solutions for content creation for extended reality (XR) content. Avalon is a global, remotely-operated gaming studio staffed by some of the world’s top video game industry executives.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Neal Stephenson has co-founded a Web3 company called Lamina1, with the idea of building a new blockchain the right way, so that it is sustainable and that has around it an ecosystem not focused on speculation, but on giving value to content creators. New York Times talks about the UX of immersive journalism. Learn more.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

I wonder if you can even scan your videos. "By So one question I actually had from a technical standpoint is how hard is it to put these things on the web, compared to something like an app or maybe using Unity for a configurator? What is the difference between workflows on Threekit, versus Unity or even Unreal? I don't know.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

I wonder if you can even scan your videos. "By So one question I actually had from a technical standpoint is how hard is it to put these things on the web, compared to something like an app or maybe using Unity for a configurator? What is the difference between workflows on Threekit, versus Unity or even Unreal? I don't know.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

I wonder if you can even scan your videos. "By So one question I actually had from a technical standpoint is how hard is it to put these things on the web, compared to something like an app or maybe using Unity for a configurator? What is the difference between workflows on Threekit, versus Unity or even Unreal? I don't know.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Some of my favorite news have been: Many many many announcements about artificial intelligence and generative AI. I think it’s very good because it can finally give full-body VR to many Quest and Vive XR Elite users. Of course, Epic is completely against Apple and its vision of its own walled garden.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

This week, thanks to The New York Times, we got to know the reason , and it is pretty interesting. One states that the m**averse is nothing new showing a terrible video from 2017, and the other underlines how the last 3 VR concerts made by Meta flopped, and so this should be a sign of how the Meta-verse is not coming.

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ARVR

JUNE 13, 2020

Tech companies are collaborating in new and interesting ways to bring audiences content that inspires and engages. Remote MR collaboration Volumetric video capture, a system that creates realistic 3D holograms, is gaining popularity as it provides productions with the ability to integrate authentic real-action talent and not just CG content.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle?—?for It is a terrible moment for tech companies: after Meta and Unity, also Snap stock has lost -30% of its value after the CEO has announced that the company won’t be able to reach its estimated earnings goals. Some news on content.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The New York Times distributes more than 1 million Google Cardboard phone VR viewers to subscribers with the launch of The Displaced , a 360-degree video project focusing on children driven from their homes by war. In fact, developers using Unity and SteamVR start effectively standardizing this mixed reality capture method.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 9, 2022

To the single dogs of New York City, she says "I have your hearts and you have my pity." But this bad boy chooses to reject his villainous destiny in favor of love, understanding, unity, and, unbeknownst to him, my eternal affection. Georgette is God's gift to this earth, and she knows it. Damn, Georgette, pity me!

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 10, 2019

I’ve seen some of the videos, I’ve seen what you guys are doing; holy crap. There’s Unreal, and then there’s Unity. Unity, we find, is extremely effective for slightly more screen-based experiences. Is there a cost difference between using Unity versus Unreal? Greg: Thank you very much, Alan.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

You have video that you’re doing; maybe think about how 360 video could enhance the experience, or bring it a step further. I mean, I am in New York, but there’s other cities; Boston, on the West Coast, as well as Chicago, L.A. And now video is very commonplace. There’s a lot of groups.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

You have video that you’re doing; maybe think about how 360 video could enhance the experience, or bring it a step further. I mean, I am in New York, but there’s other cities; Boston, on the West Coast, as well as Chicago, L.A. And now video is very commonplace. There’s a lot of groups.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

I can take a video, it stitches on my phone. Beyond that, I mean, you’re able to create completely new 2D videos from the 360 perspective. Michael: [laughs] Alan: So basically what you’re saying is I can take a 3D 180-degree video, and then play it back on my phone with this case. One, ease of use.

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