XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 20, 2023

With these emerging technologies, companies have begun experimenting with augmented dashboards, entertainment systems, and immersive wearables. In the interview, we discuss the Munich-based firm’s end-user insights with Audi and HTC VIVE and trends in automotive XR. Of course, there are many advantages.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Unity) Unity’s new pricing model faces a huge backlash With an unexpected move, Unity has changed its pricing model for all its users, migrating from a per-seat subscription system to a per-install system. If the user downloads, deletes, and re-downloads a game, is it an install?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 27, 2016

In this episode we discuss one of the main topics in modern VR – Storytelling, with one of the biggest German experts, Astrid Kahmke. Second, we took a deep dive into VR storytelling with a top German expert on the topic, Astrid Kahmke. The blackout was the end of the experience. Episode Preview.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 11, 2017

Considering Upload’s recent hands-on session with TPCAST and the ResearchVR episode on challenges of wireless VR , we start our discussion with a quick recap on this topic. Then we move on to our guest, the person with the overview of what Leap Motion is cooking up, their experience, and best practices to date. Episode Preview.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The data of all the sensors merged together can be used to reconstruct the pose of the user thanks to the wonders of machine learning. Gorilla Tag is coming to the Quest Store! The ultra-popular indie game Gorilla Tag is finally coming to the Quest Store! This is amazing to reduce the friction of WebXR experiences.

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Ryan Schultz

APRIL 7, 2023

, while also adding some useful new features that enable easier discovery of Second Life events and experiences. Mobile users will notice that the Destination Guide is now much easier to browse and explore while on the go – which may come in handy to accompany our forthcoming Mobile Viewer. appear in the world’s name.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Among the topics tackled: How is VR resonating with everyday consumers? What types of experiences do they like most? Speaking of sales surges, Pico 4 just hit the market and will likely make a dent in the next survey wave, given its competitive spec sheet and price tag. adults for robust longitudinal analysis.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2023

More games are experimenting with Gorilla-Tag-like movement mechanics , and 2. More games are experimenting with mixed reality, which is the trend of the year. Big kudos to all the VR game studios involved! As usual when we are talking about these sensitive topics, there is no perfect answer.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 16, 2023

OpenSim virtual land area continued to increase this month, adding 942 new regions since we reported the stats, as well as registering 4,098 new users. However, the number of active users fell by 3,806 this month as the December holidays came to a close. The OpenSim metaverse is now a virtual home to 480,003 registered users.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

A new cycle that should bring new life to XR, with new users, new content, etc… I started wondering how this new cycle is starting, and if its beginning has already started to show the signs of a big jump for VR. That said, I still can’t see a widespread appeal for the mass market that loves playing Gorilla Tag.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

This looks like a different beast: featuring passthrough MR and only hands tracking out of the box, it seems to me a device that could be interesting more for productivity or social VR experiences. The problem of Lynx is always the same as all other headset manufacturers: foster a healthy ecosystem with many developers and users.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 22, 2016

User input is a hot topic across the virtual reality industry as different entities try to curve motion sickness and find ways to better immerse audiences in these dynamic experiences. Specifically, Neurable enables users to open applications, scroll menus, select options or even type using only their brain,” Thompson says.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 17, 2017

Valve co-founder and president Gabe Newell was live on Reddit today participating in an official AMA (Ask Me Anything) that was hosted to focus on a wide variety of topics. Reddit user GoodCrossing asked, “Is Valve interested in making a full game experience for the Vive? Tune in to follow the thread on your own as well!

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Game creation has become a big topic for ease-of-use software applications in recent years. It empowers users to make their own RPGs, similar to RPG Maker, but can use 3D graphics when you’re exploring and boasts a much brighter and more stylized art style, as opposed to the pixel art of the recent RPG Maker MV.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 27, 2023

Since then, the arrival of the new mixed reality wearable has become one of the hottest topics in the industry. With its slew of exciting new features (including a brand-new operating system ) and its hefty price tag, Apple seems determined to make a splash with the new headset. The Quest is a lot more affordable.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2016

This new experience from the development team of the same name recently passed a Steam Greenlight campaign. Using the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, users visit a series of iconic and gigantic industrial zones, like Hoover Dam, the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, and an oil rig and inspect them in minute detail.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Instead of creating bespoke worlds and games for its users, Neos VR thinks of itself as more of an ‘operating system for virtual reality’, focusing largely on providing its usersbase with a set of maker tools which lets you to create your own unique worlds one piece at a time without the need of a seperate game engine or coding ability.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 16, 2017

The Film and Interactive disciplines at SXSW are home to many VR experiences and they often intersect. As a matter of fact, the interactive nature of cinematic VR experiences is a quality that’s underestimated by those employing the efforts of production teams. This is especially true if those VR experiences are also interactive.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 19, 2017

Still, we have some big stories surface from some of the post-show announcements to get through, plus some cool experiments from the development community this wekk. Oculus Touch Doubles Rift Steam Users. Tagged with: cats , htc , htc vive , Intel , oculus , oculus rift , project alloy.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2019

Performing a scientific experiment is not as easy as it seems in the movies: it usually requires performing various analysis and measurements using different instruments , following a very strict procedure. And if the experiment on the other instrument is going bad, it can also be stopped remotely on the fly.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

5G is a hot topic for XR glasses, and the new Snapdragon XR2 should let many upcoming standalone headsets connect to fast 5G networks. Qualcomm and Ericsson are already experimenting with it in their R&D centers. More info (Abovitz stepping down) More info (Editorial by Anshel Sag on the topic).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

Well, on another website, I’ve been able to find someone that reading some Apple’s documents has found pictures of strange colored circular tags that may act as QR Codes for Apple devices. If he’s right, what surprises me the most is the $499 price tag. I think Zuck should learn something from Lord Gaben on the topic.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Even more, if this becomes a trend, Roblox may become what we hoped that PlayStation Dreams could become, that is a place where people can create wonderful VR experiences without knowing how to code. I guess it is experimenting to see what happens if they lower the price of headsets to a price point where they are really affordable.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In this episode we have discussed a long list of topics, all connected to why wireless is important, how it is going to change more than just the VR ecosystem, and, most importantly, why it is not a solution for everything. For more show notes, links, and the list of discussed topics, check out this episode website. Episode Preview.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Facebook has finally deployed the required updates to let the Oculus Quest users connect their device to the PC via USB and use the Quest as a Rift. The Life” from the Serbian artist Marina Abramovic will be put on sale with a £600,000 price tag. A pretty unique experience in its genre. Other relevant news. Oculus Link is here.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And if you need some pieces of advice regarding how to professionally survive this quarantine, I have written a blog post on the topic you can read. It seems that the company has chosen a price tag around $10B and has already proposed to some companies including Facebook and Johnson&Johnson. Vicon can now track your body in AR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

These feelings trickle down to broader firms and end-users in the market, as mainstream success and exposure bring XR closer to tangible use case deployment and future ubiquity. HoloTile is a prototype device that serves as a VR input treadmill for multiple users.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 7, 2022

But many users have complained about the glaring lack of diversity across the internet subculture — there aren't enough authors of color in popular tags, stories with multi-dimensional Black and queer characters are few and far between, and creators of color across the app face suppression of their content and even rampant anti-Blackness.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2016

When doing physical puzzles a user is expected to place their controllers in different positions. New experiences can be created with fairly basic actions as well. Using motion controllers in VR games is a topic for discussion itself. It all takes an effort from a user to manage.

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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.” Here are some of the notable experience presentations, panels and talks that will be at the event. Experimental Realities. Holo-Doodle.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

This will lead to more money invested in research and development (R&D) to make a lighter-weight glass for the AR experience. For example, they are lowering the cameras and sensors so users’ hands aren’t getting tired. But Apple decided to dim the world, so to speak, creating a theater-like experience.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2019

BCIs is a very fascinating topic, that I really love. The part tagged with B are the actual threads we have discussed before. The chips have also already the logic to transfer data into the brain , even if in current tests, Neuralink is only experimenting with reading data. The company is experimenting with implants on animals.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Maybe Marc will finally be able to track legs on Quest thanks to this… This new Tracker has currently no name, and no associated release date or price tag. I think it’s very good because it can finally give full-body VR to many Quest and Vive XR Elite users. The big topic has of course been artificial intelligence.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Meta) Meta may be working on a very cheap Quest and very expensive Quest Pro 2 Thanks to Twitter user Lunayian , I got to read an article written by a Korean magazine with some very interesting rumors about Meta. Who is as excited as me?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2018

What can I say now from my experience is that: Data visualization in VR is so much fun , is so great to be there floating inside data. But if I take this real object (the alarm clock) and make it appear to the user as if it was flying, even if it is not, then you have mediated reality. Another experiment of mine on Mediated Reality.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 3, 2017

There have been a plethora of announcements for future games and you can find plenty coverage on UploadVR , but we mustn’t forget the new Vive experiences that released throughout the week as well. Starting off the highlights, we have an escape the room experience that’s tied into an upcoming feature film. Price: $9.99.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

We’d just put a “sponsored” tag on it and use the money to pay for things that people don’t want to write for free. But sometimes the article topics are good enough that I’d run them for free. They can just Google the topic themselves. Did your experience in virtual worlds inspire you in some way?

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