ARPost

MARCH 2, 2021

There are several reasons for the spread of virtual reality technology in education: Reduced price of technical equipment. The rapid growth of software for virtual reality. Giants such as Oculus, HTC, Sony, Microsoft, Samsung, Walmart, and many others have been implementing their technologies in this field for a long time.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

But Samsung isn’t stopping there… THE NEXT GENERATION OF GEAR VR MAY COME WITH CONTROLLER. Although not yet officially confirmed by the Korean company, a recent FCC filing indicates that the next version of the Samsung Gear VR will boast its own controller. OCULUS RIFT ARRIVES TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2016

SAMSUNG AT VIDCON: BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS. Samsung solidified its commitment to the virtual reality space with some big announcements that essentially add up to an end-to-end consumer VR solution. They are rebranding Milk VR to Samsung VR, and opening up the content platform to users.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

HULU WITH YOUR FRIENDS IN VIRTUAL REALITY. Oculus recently integrated your Facebook profile with your Oculus profile so that you can meet up with your real world friends and hang out in Oculus Rooms, which look like beautiful floating islands in the virtual sky.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

It’s important to remember that every VR device fits one of three categories: mobile (meaning it uses the user’s smartphone to produce its virtual world), tethered (meaning the device must be hooked up to a PC or console) or more recently, “all-in-one” (meaning the computing hardware is built into the headset itself). Photo by Samsung.

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ARPost

MARCH 2, 2021

There are several reasons for the spread of virtual reality technology in education: Reduced price of technical equipment. The rapid growth of software for virtual reality. Giants such as Oculus, HTC, Sony, Microsoft, Samsung, Walmart, and many others have been implementing their technologies in this field for a long time.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 15, 2017

You’re raring to jump into virtual worlds but, let’s face it, you’re probably about $1,000 lighter than you were yesterday and gaming is not a cheap hobby. HTC Vive and Oculus Rift – The Lab. Oculus Rift – Robo Recall. “Isn’t Dead and Buried an Oculus Touch game?”

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VRScout

DECEMBER 19, 2016

PARTY WITH YOUR FACEBOOK FRIENDS IN VR: OCULUS ROOMS & PARTIES. If you have a Samsung Gear VR, you can now connect with your Facebook friends through Oculus Home. In the official words of the Oculus blog, this is “just the beginning of social VR.”. OCULUS CEO STEPS DOWN, WILL LEAD PC DIVISION.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

The details are posted on GitHub , including assembly instructions, control software, and the code that stitches the images into seamless 360-degree content. More evidence of Facebook’s big plans for VR/AR: they plan on selling almost half a million Oculus Rift units by the end of 2016. Speaking of the Metaverse… say hi to Metaworld.

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2016

To help do that, I coordinate engineering efforts internal to Epic as well as well as manage relationships with other companies like Oculus, Valve and Samsung to make sure that UE4 lets people maximize the potential of the engine to the fullest and that it’s easy to use. We don’t really have any software to show on it.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. Bondi should be a headset that can bring multiple virtual displays in front of the eyes of the user: something very useful, but for sure not as interesting as a new HoloLens. Other relevant news.

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VeeR VR

APRIL 10, 2018

Alan's business has worked with companies like Samsung, HBO, Techweek, Microsoft, Comcast, and many more. Sabarish is a 14 year-old Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality developer. He is the youngest AR developer in the world to be sponsored by Microsoft to develop for the Microsoft HoloLens. Sabarish Gnanamoorthy.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

These are huge numbers for VR: if you look at the most recent SteamVR survey, you get that Oculus headsets are now at 67% of the whole PCVR market. There is instead a rumored partnership with Samsung , where Samsung would actually build a new XR device and Microsoft offer the platform on top of which the headset may run.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Almost exactly five years ago, the hot thing I could think of to control virtual worlds was the early Emotiv EEG headsets. Which self-respecting software development institution wouldn’t want to have that to tinker with!? And then the Oculus Kickstarter happened. I mean, using computers with MIND CONTROL!? VR was here.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

I ended up at Valve Software running their hardware department, putting the team together that created the HTC Vive. Just recently, in the last few years, I founded a company called CastAR, where we’re making AR glasses that allow you to blend virtual graphics with real-world objects on your table.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

HDR OLED Panels PSVR 2 is the only released VR headset with OLED panels since the 2018 Samsung Odyssey+. While the original Oculus Rift and HTC Vive (and even the original Quest) used OLED, LCD has almost entirely taken over the VR market since then. Why did that happen? In some ways it’s a matter of cost.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 27, 2019

This year we had the launch of two amazing 6 DOF all-in-one Virtual Reality headsets : the Oculus Quest and the HTC Vive Focus Plus. The official boxes of the Oculus Quest (above) and Vive Focus Plus (below). Oculus Quest and controllers (Image by Oculus). The Quest has more tracking cameras and more audio jacks.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Most of the focus so far has been on building those worlds and experiences, but if we’re ever to achieve a true sense of presence in these virtual worlds, we need to also be able to create really good avatars. Full immersion and meaningful social interaction can only really happen if we feel comfortable in our virtual skins.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

On one side, many of these games have a huge multiplayer component and acquiring Activision Blizzard, Microsoft gains a lot of expertise in how to manage virtual worlds that host many thousands (if not millions) of players at the same time. Samsung Exynos 2200 introduces ray tracing on mobile.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest may have sold only 400,000 units. The latest report on virtual reality by SuperData doesn’t offer us great news on the VR landscape. The Quest is selling well, and Oculus itself didn’t expect billions of sales. Samsung will manufacture the chips for Facebook AR glasses. More info.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

As it is tradition of this little blog, I will write a full round-up of the Oculus Connect 5 , the very important Oculus event that has been held in San Jose on 26th and 27th of September (2018). Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest has been the rockstar of this event. Specifications. There is also a 3.5mm jack for earphones.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 31, 2019

Alex: So we did about 250 VR headsets, all synced up from Madison Square Garden for LumiereVR, which brings that enterprise software to large venues and media entertainment folks. Alan: So does it work with the Oculus Go? We actually have a pretty good relationship with the folks at Oculus. I’ll let you talk to that.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 31, 2019

Alex: So we did about 250 VR headsets, all synced up from Madison Square Garden for LumiereVR, which brings that enterprise software to large venues and media entertainment folks. at the very beginning when VR was kicking off, when Samsung did this huge presentation and they had hundreds -- or probably a thousand headsets -- all synchronized.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 31, 2019

Alex: So we did about 250 VR headsets, all synced up from Madison Square Garden for LumiereVR, which brings that enterprise software to large venues and media entertainment folks. Alan: So does it work with the Oculus Go? We actually have a pretty good relationship with the folks at Oculus. I’ll let you talk to that.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

I can’t guarantee that these predictions will come out to be true (I always joke about the fact that I miss many of the predictions about Meta/Oculus), but I think they will be worth reading anyway to understand what can be the trends to look for in this new year. Me wearing my branded Oculus Quest 2. So… let’s start!

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

China-India & the other Asian Nations have some really interesting #augmentedreality #virtualreality #mixedreality #startups Innovating across Hardware, Software & Content. He has experience creating VR/AR content and is an adviser/mentor for many VR and AR companies, incubators and accelerators around the world.

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