Road to VR

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

TPCAST announced last month plans for an Oculus Rift version of their wireless module. At the SVVR Meetup #46 on Tuesday, TPCast showed the first public demo of their wireless Oculus Rift module. VR industry insider Jon Oakes was present at the Meetup shared his experience of trying the demo with Road to VR.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The latest update for Oculus Quest, v35, is rolling out to headsets starting today and brings with it mixed reality casting, global cloud saves, and Facebook Messenger calls in VR. This feature allows you to cast the VR experience to a smartphone while seeing your real body right inside of the virtual world. iPhone-only, For Now.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Our customers] need business-class solutions for the new realities of working in hybrid scenarios and virtual environments,” ThinkReality’s GM of XR and Metaverse Vishal Shah said in a release. “We The design is also pretty unique, featuring a counterbalanced halo-style head strap. “[Our More to Learn.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

I am also excited because thanks to the organizers of the VRX event, yesterday I have been able to interview Facebook’s Sean Liu and ask him some questions about Oculus and its vision of Virtual Reality. Oculus Link is here. If you’re interested, you can check the interview out here. Top news of the week. Other relevant news.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 1, 2020

From virtual field trips on the planet Mars to roleplaying as histories greatest public figures, here are eight fascinating examples of immersive technology in modern education: Credit: Umiversiv. With the Unimersiv app and Oculus Rift headset, students can meet people from any country in the world and learn languages in VR.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2020

Like an actual gym trainer, PICO is able to assist you based on your past and present performances, and can even respond to requests and relate everything in a way that contextualizes the experience into something much more meaningful and impactful. You can download Enhance VR on Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, and Viveport headsets here.

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InstaVR

AUGUST 13, 2019

As mentioned in last week’s blog , the Oculus Ques t has blown away sales expectations since launching three months ago. Companies are seeing real improvement and ROI from utilizing Virtual Reality. The Oculus Quest, in particular, is a great vehicle for delivering VR experiences. VR for Training Using Oculus Quest.

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ARPost

JUNE 17, 2019

Using the Oculus Rift, the researchers are experimenting on VR’s capacity to present forensic evidence. See Also: How to Start with Virtual Reality Technology. This team of researchers used advanced technologies to capture every detail in a crime scene and render it in a 3D environment.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 12, 2022

From the microscopic world to outer space, to the neighbor that you never knew, Alchemy Immersive , available via Meta Quest TV , partners with world-renowned presenters and content producers to create XR versions of educational classics. Wander is a VR classic – a port to Quest from the older Oculus Go. Wander (Quest).

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ARVR

JUNE 16, 2021

Furthermore, this literature review will investigate the design factors that make virtual reality successful, topics that can be successfully implemented in virtual reality, the implications of using virtual reality, and the significance of experience-based learning with virtual environments.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 12, 2020

There are a number of virtual reality (VR) collaborative tools that can be used by teams across the globe, one of which is Glue. Today, Glue has announced the launch of its next-generation platform, adding new features including support for Oculus Quest.

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VRScout

AUGUST 20, 2016

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. This Week’s New Gear VR and Oculus Rift Content (8/20/16). Engage with local characters and virtual environments, solve puzzles and use your powers of observation to propel the storyline forward.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Based on their popular Vizard software, it enables complex visual ideas to be assessed remotely, through VR presentations and virtual meetings. Virtual Reality is considered by many to be the ‘final compute platform’, and a key promise of our VR-enriched future is communication.

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ARPost

APRIL 27, 2021

VR remote collaboration solutions are those that place a user and/or their avatar into an immersive virtual environment. Hubs by Mozilla is largely presented as social VR these days. The platform allows presentations, whiteboards, and 3D objects as well as file management within persistent virtual spaces.

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VRScout

JUNE 1, 2017

In the case of Testimony , virtual reality is being used to bring the participant closer by making the storytelling more dynamic, intimate, and powerful. Details of Kfir’s future speaking and presenting schedule can be found on the Testimony website. Testimony is now available on the Oculus store starting June 1st.

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TechCrunch VR

AUGUST 19, 2021

Facebook’s journey toward making virtual reality a thing has been long and circuitous, but despite mixed success in finding a wide audience for VR, they have managed to build some very nice hardware along the way. In Zuckerberg’s own words, “It’s a virtual environment where you can be present with people in digital spaces.

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TechCrunch VR

JULY 29, 2021

It’s a virtual environment where you can be present with people in digital spaces. By 2012, Zuckerberg realized that apps were the future — quickly becoming the present — and the Facebook founder scrambled to turn the company’s attention toward mobile at every level. “What is the metaverse?

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VRScout

DECEMBER 16, 2018

During the hour-long town hall meeting, Keegen, the program owner from AltSpaceVR, introduced key team members behind the new virtual environment to assist her during the presentation. Creating an event the old way, meant logging into the AltspaceVR website through a computer and setting up the details of your event online.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Moreover, with the recently debuted Meta Quest Pro, users can communicate with each other in a virtual space, use gestures and face tracking, . VR also allows more immersive demonstrations and presentations in business-to-consumer communication. Is Virtual Reality the Perfect Alternative to Bussiness Travel? .

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Road to VR

AUGUST 10, 2016

Anthony Steed is a professor in the Virtual Environments and Computer Graphics group in the Department of Computer Science, University College London. See Also: Oculus Shares 5 Key Ingredients for Presence in Virtual Reality. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST. — KentBye Voices of VR (@kentbye) March 23, 2015.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 16, 2016

You’re probably not through the sheer swarm of Oculus Touch titles that landed last week yet, but there’s still a fresh round of Rift and Gear releases to get through this week. Plus — check out our list of the best Oculus Rift games and best Gear VR games for more suggestions! Xbox One Streaming, from Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

People have started understanding the value of virtual events, and of having a virtual environment where we all can meet and live amazing experiences together. Maybe Oculus planned to showcase Del Mar at GDC. More info (Rumors on Oculus Del Mar) More info (One of the source articles on Reddit).

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XROM

DECEMBER 4, 2021

“We live in a time where virtual reality is rapidly expanding its roles in how we work, play and communicate,” said music professor Ge Wang when he introduced Bailenson and first-year communication Ph.D. ENGAGE is a virtual meeting platform that provides tools for students and teachers to build and interact in virtual environments.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Since 2016 the studio has created three Oculus exclusive VR titles— Feral Rites , Edge of Nowhere , and The Unspoken —but its next (and possibly last Oculus exclusive), Stormland , is unequivocally its most ambitious VR production yet. Insomniac Games is no stranger to VR game development. It immediately felt special.”

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Back then we were waiting on the Oculus Rift DK2 to start shipping, and VR input was still largely based around the traditional controller. It would be nearly a full year before HTC would revolutionize VR control with its Vive wands, and over a year until Oculus would reveal Touch.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 24, 2023

Apple TV : both immersive sports content and traditional video content — the latter presented in virtual environments, such as a desert or the sky (sport broadcasting tech could come from the acquisition of NextVR) Apple Books : will allow users to read in virtual reality. Siri voice control is also present.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

According to Gajsek, “Anyone that decided to buy from the Oculus store or use Meta’s products essentially becomes a ’subscriber‘ in Meta’s user base. AR Apps to Increasingly Leverage AI Tech To create more immersive virtual environments, AR applications must be able to collect a wealth of information about the user’s surroundings.

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InstaVR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Virtual Reality (VR), by contrast, can be published across a wide range of devices (headsets like Oculus Go/Quest and Gear VR, phones, Google Cardboard, WebVR, and much more), is completely immersive, and doesn’t necessarily require a real-time data connection (ie can be run offline). So why is immersion important?

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VRScout

APRIL 26, 2021

At the end of the performance, we joined the cast and crew for several virtual drinks at a heavenly bar located on Mount Olympus; the perfect end to an already intimate experience. We’ve seen attempts at live VR theater in the past—such as The Under Presents —but none quite as personal as Finding Pandora X.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Further, it stated that at present there is no indication that any customer information was breached. According to the leaked documents, the VR port of RE4 is scheduled to launch May 2021 on Oculus VR. The post RUMOR: ‘Resident Evil 4’ Heading To Oculus VR Headsets May 2021 appeared first on VRScout.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 17, 2018

To perform this experiment, they supplied HTC Vive headsets (of course Vive Immersive Labs doesn’t work with Oculus Go :D) to 207 office workers in three Chinese cities: Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai (three Chinese cities that are very distant the one from the others). I’ve lived that on my skin.

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Road to VR

MAY 23, 2017

Marks thinks that a voice-enabled VR environment, perhaps in the form of a procedurally-generated sandbox, where practically any element could be changed at the user’s command, “doesn’t seem very far away.” ” Marks imagines a future where voice input technology is set free in VR, limited only by the user’s imagination.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Four years after the original Oculus Quest headset arrived, the Meta Quest platform offers an impressive range of experiences that caters to all interests. We played on Oculus Quest 2, but it’s crossplay between Quest 1, Quest 2, and PC VR headsets with cross-buy on Rift and Quest. Looking for the best free Quest games and apps?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 29, 2018

Other examples are scuba diving masks or full-face motorcycle helmets, although neither of these have the added complication of housing a head-mounted display that relies on a good fit for the correct optical presentation of the display to the eyes.

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ARVR

MARCH 5, 2021

Whether it’s Pokemon Go or the Virtual Angkor Wat, the common thread is that virtual media exists in three dimensions and you’re inside it, unlike media on a page, a picture, or a screen. Because ‘Virtual’ has grown to mean anything your physical body isn’t present for, such as a Zoom birthday party, more precise language helps.

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Doc-Ok

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

I know, the Oculus Rift DK2 is obsolete equipment, but nonetheless — there are a lot of them still out there, it’s still a decent VR headset for seated applications, I guess they’re getting cheaper on eBay now, and I put in all the work back then to support it in Vrui, so I might as well describe how to use it.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 16, 2020

Developed internally by HTC, Sync lets you organize your meetings with your colleagues around the world, and interact with Powerpoint presentations, 3D models, etc… Vive Campus. A full university campus in VR where you can have virtual gatherings and events (university lessons, concerts, etc…) with many people, up to 2500.

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