ARPost

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

See Also: New Guidelines for Developers: XR Software Should Be Accessible for Users With Disabilities. Their Oculus app allows real-time collaboration without ever leaving your home. The company was founded in 2016 and has hosted virtual concerts featuring artists like John Legend, Imogen Heap, & Lindsey Stirling.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 7, 2024

Meta notes how the Caddy demo highlights how VR/MR can increase accessibility to tools such as CAD and 3D modelling software – with Meta noting how the tech can “level the playing field.” It appeared that Meta would instead focus on XR gaming and AR-lite consumer wearables.

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TechCrunch VR

APRIL 13, 2021

After a relatively quiet couple of months from Oculus on the software front, Facebook’s VR unit is sharing some details on new functionality coming to its Quest 2 standalone headset. Users will need to update the Oculus software on both their Quest 2 and PC to the v28 version in order to use this feature.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 26, 2020

According to the original organizer of the initiative to jailbreak Oculus Quest 2 , an XR developer was successful in bypassing Facebook services on the device. Shortly afterwards, Oculus founder and former Facebook exec Palmer Luckey vowed to match Long’s bounty, which gained support among a few other voices in the community.

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Road to VR

JUNE 17, 2021

Facebook has made no secret of the fact that ads are coming to its Oculus VR platform in some capacity. As a part of its v29 software update for Oculus Quest last month, the company said it would begin testing ads for content within the Oculus App, although it wasn’t clear to what extent it would touch games.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Oculus sells battery packs and prescription lenses for the Quest. By “dumb” we mean, they affect how the glasses fit the user or the use case, but they don’t expand the functional software offerings. ?. However, both of these models bring strengths that are likely to become a part of the future of AR wearables as we know them.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

When you think about “haptics,” particularly in the sense of extended reality , you probably think about hardware and wearables that let you interact with and feel your environment. Haptics require hardware but they also require software. However, many haptics experiences require hardware and software to work.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 5, 2018

In the three to four years since the release of Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, the number of VR headsets available on the market has grown. I work in XR, organizing events and writing about AR and VR for my livelihood and yet, unlike some of my male peers, I purchased my very first piece of VR hardware just this year with the release of Oculus Go.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 26, 2020

The leading standalone VR headset, Oculus Quest, has been increasingly focusing on controllerless hand-tracking as a means of input for the device. The new announcement means that Ultraleap’s hand-tracking software is being offered independent of its hardware.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 5, 2017

Oculus has had a few weeks of transition, losing some major staff and just yesterday saying goodbye to its Story Studio division, but the changes aren’t ending there. Dov Katz, the company’s previous Head of Computer Vision, has parted ways with Oculus. Tagged with: oculus Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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ARPost

JULY 15, 2021

The relationship between hardware and software impacts consumers and producers alike, but it also impacts investors, according to Bentovim. “[XR] Further, recent increasing adoption figures are largely driven by one factor: Oculus. Hardware, Software, and Adoption. XR] is beginning to be perceived as real,” said Bentovim.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

With Oculus’ rumored ‘Rift S’ upgrade supposedly offering higher resolution alongside inside-out tracking, and with the Internet buzzing over leaked images of an assumed Valve head-mounted display, it comes as no surprise that HTC is looking to expand its hardware line-up.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Software will be provided by Google; WaPo reports it will be running on “the unannounced version of the Android operating system meant specifically to power devices such as wearable displays.” Samsung was one of the first truly massive tech companies to develop VR hardware.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 14, 2021

Those subdivisions include hardware and software, as well as consumer and enterprise use cases. Another device class paving the way for AR is wearables. Just as mobile AR conditions users for spatial experiences, wearables acclimate them to body-worn sensors. That includes AR, VR, and all of their subsegments. Lighter AR.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 29, 2023

With Meta Quest for Business, organizations can manage team accounts and devices just like they manage other assets in their tech stack, such as phone numbers, software subscriptions, and desk phones. Is Meta Quest for Business the Same as Oculus for Business? Back in 2017, Meta introduced “ Oculus for Business ”.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2023

Compatible with Apple’s iOS operating system, it will enable ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) on smart glasses and wearables. arGPT: The Next Step for GenAI Wearables For people with previous ChatGPT experience, Brilliant Labs’ solution will offer workplaces and enterprises novel workflow tools.

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TechCrunch VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Alongside, the Messenger update, Facebook also shared that with the new update, they will be rolling out what they call App Lab, essentially a TestFlight-like feature to allow Quest users to download content outside of the curated Oculus Store. The Oculus Quest’s unofficial app store gets backing from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

While wearable technologies, including wearable XR, didn’t exactly “blow up” this year, the technology did further entrench itself in enterprise—the number of companies in the evaluation stage rose significantly, several large deployments made headlines, and solution providers continued to partner and expand their products to more platforms.

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ARPost

MAY 11, 2021

The assessment from our custom VR headset – powered by Pico Interactive – is then put through our AI software to turn into useful insights.”. Originally, the company custom made VR headsets and eye-tracking software, as well as their in-house algorithms. See Also: VR Headset Comparison of Vive Cosmos vs. Oculus Rift S.

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VRScout

APRIL 1, 2020

The software analyzes the data to figure out what should be happening in a game. In June 2019, CTRL-Labs acquired patents from Myo, a similar wearable created by North that enables control of robotics and PCs via gestures and motion. Brain-Computer Interfaces. Eye-Tracking .

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 7, 2022

I developed many software and hardware products in the past, not only as Electronics Engineer but also as a Product Manager, worked in some well-known corporates such as Nokia and Verifone then a couple of years ago I founded WalkOVR, the first wearable walk-in-place locomotion solution for Virtual Reality. . How does the product work?

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XROM

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Frame features an integrated multimodal AI assistant, making it a significant leap forward in wearable technology. Frame follows in the footsteps of its predecessor, allowing developers to explore and modify both hardware and software. Brilliant Labs' collaboration with perplexity.ai

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Facebook is now rolling out Messenger on Oculus Quest and Quest 2 headsets, and trust me, I’m cringing too. Read more.

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AR Insider

APRIL 5, 2021

Could the company have plans for its own wearable? The game comes to Oculus Quest this summer (and other headsets in the following months) and is being developed by HappyGiant with help from Sam & Max creator Steve Purcell, renowned artist Peter Chan, and other LucasArts veterans. Et tu, Niantic?

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TechCrunch VR

OCTOBER 28, 2021

At Facebook’s Connect conference, the company showcased a new framework for bringing 2D apps into the Oculus Store so that users will have to duck out of VR less to check notifications on their phone. While a number of Facebook apps are available today, the company also shared that Slack will soon be coming to the Oculus store.

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AR Insider

MARCH 19, 2021

We’ve estimated that its annual XR R&D spend — not including its $2 billion Oculus acquisition — approaches $10 billion. That includes both AR and VR, the latter being more tangible today, given Oculus’ in-market status. It’s playing a long game and is firmly committed. Network Effect.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 18, 2021

Facebook is really, really serious about augmented reality. Last year, the company showed off a frankly ambitious framework for the future of AR, and now the social media giant has revealed some of the advanced gadgets it’s designing to help people interact with the AR world. Read more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 14, 2024

Alongside access to a range of tools and frameworks, developers can leverage the Meta Horizon Store (previously the Meta Quest Store), which means software developers will have an easy way to bring their apps to more users worldwide. Already, John Carmack, the former Oculus CTO , has shared his concerns about the move.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Facebook came with the Oculus Quest 1 & 2 , then Microsoft with the Hololens2 with hand tracking capabilities; but there are limitations in dealing with occlusions and in tracking outside the camera’s field of view on the headset. Introducing the new AR-media platform & plugins 4.

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EnterpriseWear

JUNE 26, 2018

From building the actual plane to the in-flight experience, wearable XR (AR, VR, MR) devices have a role to play in multiple professions within the commercial aviation industry. The Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit (EWTS) is an annual conference dedicated to the use of wearable technology for business and industrial applications.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 29, 2023

Currently, the company is working on adding new technologies to its system, including updated developer tools and contextual awareness. → Explore Niantic Meta Best-known for the Oculus collection of VR headsets, Meta helps both businesses and consumers alike to explore the possibilities of virtual reality.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The flexible Oculus environment has already become the platform for a range of virtual museum, gallery and concert experiences hosted around the globe. Meta’s Oculus team have already partnered with leading companies like Sony Music to give fans an immersive way to explore music videos and unique content.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 31, 2023

Virtual reality (VR) headsets are on a constant uphill trajectory which sees the hardware’s landscape evolve rapidly with new components, integrated software, and use cases. MR-integrated immersive wearables allow a user to combine their surrounding real and virtual worlds. VITURE also debuted a new device at CES 2022.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 24, 2021

Think of the Oculus Quest 2 and you naturally think gaming: flying through virtual reality worlds, shooting down virtual reality enemies, and so on. But Oculus has been updating its software recently and new features suggest it’s keen to help you get some work done, too—even if we’re still in the early stages of that… Read more.

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ARPost

AUGUST 23, 2021

Right now, some of these products have limited out-of-the-box utility, but integrations with experiences, software, and hardware platforms are expanding all the time. These include charging stations and interchangeable battery packs for long or frequent use, and adaptors for hardware from companies like VIVE , Oculus , and Antilatency.

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ARVR

JUNE 9, 2021

Microsoft Microsoft is one of the few companies that has approached augmented reality wearables more successfully. Facebook Facebook is one of the Tech Giants that has been investing more in immersive technologies for some years now, in particular with the acquisition of Oculus and the subsequent release of several successful VR devices.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 31, 2019

Facebook’s Oculus Quest launched this past May, creating more interest in VR than ever and serious momentum across the consumer market. The introduction of wireless systems like Oculus Quest are going to make this more accessible to a lot of people too. David Heaney is a writer at Upload VR and a software developer.

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