Road to VR

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Though it has held fairly steady since its launch in October, the stock of Oculus Quest 2 is starting to dwindle heading into the Black Friday holiday shopping season. Oculus Quest 2 & Rift S Stock Check. Where to Buy Quest 2 and Look for Stock. It seems likely that Quest 2 stock is going to become scarce this holiday season.

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MARCH 3, 2023

Meta says in a blogpost that pricing changes to Meta Quest 2 (256GB) will also update across Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the UK.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Oculus is going on a recruitment drive, with over 100 positions available , mainly in its US offices. Late last week German site Handeszeitung reported that Oculus parent company Facebook had acquired Zurich Eye, a Switzerland-based group formed of members of the University of Zurich and another university, EMT Zurich.

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JUNE 10, 2020

There’s no comprehensive app out there yet for learning sign language in VR, however a student at the computer science department of the Bern University of Applied Science is using Oculus Quest’s native hand-tracking to see just how close we might get to achieving that goal with today’s tech.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

According to reports by Dutch website Mobielkopen , Taiwanese consumer electronics company HTC has officially filed protection for the phrase “Vive Cosmos” at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), as well as several other agencies in both Switzerland and New Zealand.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Available for free on the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Go, MelodyVR is home to on-demand musical performances from over 750 artists, including major acts such as Post Malone, Bebe Rexha, The Chainsmokers, and The London Symphony Orchestra.

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AllThingsVR

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Oculus Acquires Computer Vision Company Zurich Eye Late last week German site Handeszeitung reported that Oculus parent company Facebook had acquired Zurich Eye, a Switzerland-based group formed of members of the University of Zurich and another university, EMT Zurich.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. These numbers are a great piece of news because they show how VR adoption is growing and that the Oculus Quest 2 launch is contributing to this growth. New details on the Lynx MR headset.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Switzerland-based CREAL is developing a light-field display which it hopes to bring to VR headsets and eventually AR glasses. Oculus’ Half Dome prototype does the same, seems to support a larger number of focal lengths. In November the company raised CHF 6.5 million (~$7.2 million (~$7.2

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NOVEMBER 21, 2018

The funding round was led by Davos, Switzerland-based AO Invest , and includes other undisclosed investors. SEE ALSO Oculus Founder: Price Isn't What's Holding VR Back From Mass Adoption. Precision OS, a Vancouver-based company creating VR surgery simulation software, announced that it has secured $2.3 million in Series A financing.

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MAY 22, 2020

Oculus has gained in these years always more success in the consumers’ landscape, and now with the Oculus Quest , thanks to an affordable device running great content , it is making strides in the market. Today, finally, Facebook has changed all of this and i s making Oculus For Business available to all interested companies.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 11, 2021

Switzerland-based CREAL, which is developing a light-field display, has revealed its first prototype AR and VR headsets. Oculus’ Half Dome prototypes do something similar, with support for a larger number of focal planes. The milestone marks ongoing progress in shrinking the once-bulky tech into something which can be worn on the head.

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VRScout

JULY 24, 2017

Researchers at the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the University of Zurich, Switzerland used the Oculus Rift to reconstruct crime scenes for jurors to be presented with at trials for the opportunity to walk through crime scenes similar to how lawyers will present photographs and video evidence.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Available On: HTC Vive, Oculus Rift (Touch not required). Reviewed On: Oculus Rift. Her most memorable bits: a skydiving trip to Switzerland and a day at the beach in Spain. From what I can gather from Daydream , they’re going to be a whole new ballgame. ProjectM: Daydream Details: Official Site.

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OCTOBER 10, 2016

Mindmaze, a spin off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, has taken a proficiency in VR and neuroscience that makes them one of the top startups in Switzerland and charged forward into consumer healthcare applications.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

Image leaked from Oculus runtime). The design of Oculus Quest 2 Pro and controllers has been leaked. The negative reputation could stick with the social network, but not influence products like Oculus headsets, for instance. Facebook releases the Oculus Go unlocked runtime. Top news of the week. Some news on content.

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AllThingsVR

OCTOBER 25, 2016

With the upcoming launch of Playstation VR, Oculus Touch controllers, cheaper VR-compatible PCs, and Google Daydream, VR promises to bring immersive entertainment, communication, and education tools to more people than ever before. There are also classes on developer programs at Oculus or HTC. Turkey, and France. Read more here.

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AUGUST 10, 2016

It’s available via Steam’s Early Access platform right and, most importantly, it has early support for both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Currently 16 aircraft come as part of the base package with further paid DLC adding additional high resolution terrain packs for Switzerland.

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JANUARY 18, 2017

Tonight at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland HTC Vive announced that it will devote $10 million “to drive VR content and technologies that will create positive impact and change,” according to a company spokesperson. Vive’s chief competitor, Oculus, also has a similar program called VR for Good.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Funding Roundup: Tactical Haptics Raises $2.2M, nDreams Raises $2.5M, Oculus Acquires Computer Vision company Zurich Eye & HTC Unveils a $1.5B 3) Oculus parent company Facebook acquired Zurich Eye , a Switzerland-based group formed of members of the University of Zurich and another university, EMT Zurich. roughly $1.5M

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Road to VR

JANUARY 8, 2020

Switzerland-based CREAL is developing a light-field display which it believes will fit into VR headsets and eventually AR glasses. Oculus’ Half Dome prototype does the same, and—from what we know so far—seems to support a wide range of continuous focal lengths.

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Road to VR

MAY 4, 2018

Oculus Go, the company’s recently launched standalone VR headset, is already on store shelves starting at $200 for the 32 GB version. The company is currently only shipping to the US, Canada, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Besides the Christmas Cabin VR experience, we prepare Oculus and many other gifts for you. You can download VeeR VR in your Oculus , Samsung Gear VR , HTC Vive , Windows Mixed Reality , Google Daydream , Steam VR and Lenovo Mirage Solo to have a wonderful Christmas experience. We will also send emails to the lucky winners.

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

Date: May 3-6, 2018 Venue: Rue Gourgas 3, Geneva, Switzerland Follow this event on social media: VRLA VRLA is a high-end virtual reality expo based in Log Angeles, CA, USA.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

A few weeks after I officially entered VR, the technology started being overhyped after Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus. If you follow the story described above, you can see that the hype for VR in 2014 was caused by Facebook buying Oculus. There was a lot of enthusiasm and hope.

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JANUARY 16, 2019

Co-founded by former CERN engineers who contributed to the ATLAS project at the Large Hadron Collider, CREAL3D is a Switzerland-based startup that’s created an impressive light-field display that’s unlike anything in an AR or VR headset on the market today. At CES last week we saw and wrote about lots of cool stuff.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Projects must be viewable via Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, or Google Cardboard. This initiative is made possible by two new partnerships, the Geneva International Film Festival Tous Écrans (Switzerland) and the Forum des images (France).

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

We also had Oculus participate, which was great. Hey, we are Switzerland. Even though there’s a gate on fidelity today, we don’t want that gate to exist down in the future. So what we want to do is increase the pipe, right? .” “Who’s this wonderful…? ” Right?

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JULY 28, 2019

We also had Oculus participate, which was great. Hey, we are Switzerland. Even though there’s a gate on fidelity today, we don’t want that gate to exist down in the future. So what we want to do is increase the pipe, right? .” “Who’s this wonderful…? ” Right?

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JULY 28, 2019

We also had Oculus participate, which was great. Hey, we are Switzerland. Even though there's a gate on fidelity today, we don't want that gate to exist down in the future. So what we want to do is increase the pipe, right? Who's this wonderful.? Let's go do something together, to really educate teachers and students about what VR is."

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JANUARY 22, 2020

Anne: Yeah, it’s really– Alan: Stack of phones charging while you’re swapping it out, whereas if you’re using something like an Oculus Go, you’ve got to take the whole machine away. So we have our own app on the Oculus store. Anne: Yeah, they are. Alan: Wow, that’s so cool. We’re extending it.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

Anne: Yeah, it’s really– Alan: Stack of phones charging while you’re swapping it out, whereas if you’re using something like an Oculus Go, you’ve got to take the whole machine away. So we have our own app on the Oculus store. Anne: Yeah, they are. Alan: Wow, that’s so cool. We’re extending it.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

Alan: Stack of phones charging while you're swapping it out, whereas if you're using something like an Oculus Go, you've got to take the whole machine away. So we have our own app on the Oculus store. Is there any way that they can download the app on the Oculus store and enjoy one of these concerts at home? We're extending it.

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