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APRIL 16, 2025

Immersix is a platform for playing back CGI content that’s been converted into volumetric video using the Presenz technology, which means it supports comfortable and immersive 6DOF viewing. On the other hand, volumetric video allows for both rotation and translation within the content, which makes it feel considerably more immersive.

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MAY 21, 2025

Invisible Universe launches Invisible Studio, an AI-powered short-form video engine already adopted by major media and toy brands, now open to enterprise partners.

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

Vimeo now has an Apple Vision Pro app and natively supports Apple's spatial video format, including uploading from iPhone. That makes Vimeo the first major content platform to support spatial video, Apple's term for stereoscopic 3D video using the Apple HEVC Stereo Video Profile format.

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DECEMBER 6, 2024

James Cameron announced an exclusive multi-year partnership with Meta to help bring significantly more 3D video content to Quest headsets.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Apple's Final Cut Pro video editing software for Mac now supports editing spatial videos. Spatial Video is Apple's term for stereoscopic 3D video using the Apple HEVC Stereo Video Profile format of MV-HEVC.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The new iPhone can shoot spatial photos and videos that can be seen inside the Apple Vision Pro. And here comes the intriguing thing about this exploit, dubbed GAZEploit : the attackers had no control of eye-tracking cameras, they were just seeing the Persona avatar that the user was sharing in a sort of video call.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

After you have done that, you upload your scan to the cloud and you let Varjo servers do the magic of converting your video scan into an environment people can enter into. The interface I could see on the phone resembled the one of the camera app when you record a vertical video. The thing is: for everything there is a learning curve.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The best part of the video is where I put toilet seats in my living room… well, they’re still useful if you have an urgency to go to the toilet, but are too lazy to change rooms! This avatar video stream is generated by Avatar provider apps/services on the headset. Scott Stein having a video call on Vision Pro.

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Road to VR

MAY 22, 2025

Google has released its second Developer Preview of the Android XR software development kit (SDK) following its initial release late last year, introducing new features and improvements including wider support for immersive video, better adaptive UI layouts, hand-tracking in ARCore for Jetpack, and more.

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Road to VR

MARCH 4, 2025

Rockstar Games announced it’s acquiring Video Games Deluxe, the Sydney-based studio behind L.A. ” In addition to those VR ports, Video Games Deluxe is best known for its work on hit detective game L.A. ” In addition to those VR ports, Video Games Deluxe is best known for its work on hit detective game L.A.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

It is so now possible to enter the Gracia app in SteamVR and enjoy something similar to a short volumetric video happening in front of you, always rendered using Gaussian Splats. The video could also be paused , and so I could see her in all her full details, including the semi-transparency of her black dress. It was impressive.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 24, 2025

Now-defunct Oculus Video app | Image courtesy Meta Without rehashing ancient history (the list of now-defunct home theater apps goes on), Meta’s most recent attempt was in Horizon Home on Quest, which was updated in 2021 to allow multiple users to join your home space and do things like watch videos and launch into VR apps together.

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Road to VR

APRIL 7, 2025

Quest Travel Mode | Image courtesy Meta Meta says the Lufthansa program has been such a success, having served up Quest 3 in-flight entertainment to nearly 4,000 travelers, it hopes to expand to even more airlines in the near future.

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Road to VR

JUNE 9, 2025

Native Playback of More Immersive Video Formats View post on imgur.com While Vision Pro has long supported spatial (3D) video playback, and Apple Immersive Video (Apple’s own wide field-of-view immersive video format), VisionOS 26 will support other common immersive video formats.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Lihn’s now-digital brain is where the narrative plays out, presented as a mix of 3D spaces, and both 2D and 360 video, offering a total of five possible endings. But the sisters are forced by the company to continue their work, and Lihn’s consciousness is transferred to the metaverse.

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JUNE 9, 2025

Adobe is making a visionOS app "powered by Premiere" for natively editing Spatial Video on Apple Vision Pro. 0:00 / 0:10 1× Spatial video is Apple's term for stereoscopic 3D video using the Apple HEVC Stereo Video Profile format.

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Road to VR

MARCH 24, 2025

Meta’s upcoming Horizon OS release is bringing a few more of Vision Pro’s most useful features to Quest, including a video chatting selfie cam for avatars and possibly the ability to share windows with other users when in its Horizon Home social space.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 11, 2025

The platform supports 360 VR video editing with AI-powered enhancements, up to 8K Topaz video AI upscaling, Adobe Premiere Pro integrations, and immersive 360 VR experience storytelling features. Moreover, the TRX50 AERO D motherboard and GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING OC support the GIGABYTE 8 K VR video editing workflow service.

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JUNE 5, 2025

Citing people familiar with the matter, Meta has recently been in talks with a number of entertainment brands, including Disney, A24, and smaller production companies to create both episodic and standalone immersive video tied to well-known IP.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2024

When I put my eyes inside it, after I managed to focus on it, I was able to see some monochrome green writings, something like a simple video emulating the menu of an application that was in use. A fascinating through-the-lenses video of the AR contact lens The visuals I could see were defined enough to see the menus and read the texts.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 25, 2024

It’s a really handy way of sharing your screen without technically needing a beefy, VR-capable PC, as practically any PC will do, even Intel CPUs with integrated graphics which support Quick Sync Video.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2024

During my demo I also wasn’t allowed to capture photos or videos, so we only have an official image for the time being. Google Photos has also been updated for Android XR, including the ability to automatically convert any existing 2D photo or video from your library into 3D.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The first unit I tried was showcasing a 360 video and this effect was very noticeable (maybe there was something wrong with the device or the video playback). This is very good for public installations where people just have to try a quick viewing passive experience like a 360 video.

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Road to VR

MARCH 17, 2025

Varjo Base Pro is packages to include more advanced mixed reality capabilities,such as chroma key, 3D reconstruction, and video post-processing, along with expanded tracking support, programmatic controls, and multi-app functionality. Notably, all XR-4 Secure Edition headsets purchased after March 25th will include a Pro license.

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JANUARY 16, 2025

Speaking on the AI features, Williams explained: With Eduverse+, students can use AI to turn their own ideas into 360 images, explore diverse biomes and 360 wildlife videos, access interactive 3D models to help them understand complex STEAM topics, and use VR to explore career pathways.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 7, 2025

There is not much written… I have recorded a short video framing the headset from all sides, as much as I could. PS Big thanks to Tyriel Wood for having helped me recording the videos of this article! The thing is: this new headset is actually a variant of that previous one.

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Road to VR

APRIL 23, 2025

Check out the gameplay video below to see LunchAndVR’s early attempt at bringing Oblivion to VR: In the video’s description,LunchAndVR says these are still “very early tests,” noting they still don’t have full 6DOF profiles to share just yet due to motion controls causing some crashes.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The company claims in a video on its social media channels that you can develop also applications for Ray-Ban Meta, but this sounds a bit strange to me and in fact, this device is not listed in the list of officially supported models on its website. David Heaney from Upload VR tried the video and was impressed by its quality.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2025

These are very lightweight smartglasses that have speakers, a monochrome green waveguide display for notifications and small texts, and a camera to shoot photos and videos. But I have tried to shoot some photos and videos : they are recorded on the glasses and then can be moved on the phone through the companion app.

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2025

Image courtesy Apple To create the immersive concert experience, Apple built a custom stage layout featuring 14 of its Apple Immersive Video cameras using a mix of stabilized cameras, cable-suspended cameras, and remote-controlled camera dolly systems that moved around the stage.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

When looking at the Brelyon displays at the booth, I had a clear perception of the depth of the visuals of the videos that were shown there. I didn’t feel immersed in the videos when I was trying the Brelyon displays. It was much more immersive than a traditional monitor, but far less immersive than a VR headset.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 23, 2025

So no demos beyond those early, closed door hands-ons allowed last month.Check out the video below, courtesy of The Verge : Drawing design and software cues from Meta Quest and Apple Vision Pro, the device features a rigid strap, eye-tracking, pancake lenses, and ergonomic design, which wethought was pretty close to Quest Pro in terms of comfort.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Sometimes I need to manually transfer files from/to the headset, for instance, because I recorded a video I want to edit, or I need to push a configuration file in the folder of some of the installed apps. Well, I have a few solutions for you… In the video, I show you two methods, the first and the fourth one described below.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This is a video showing Augmented Reality with 2D markers in 2008 using a Nokia N95 phone. If I show you a video recorded with a phone moving in front of this wall, you just see full white in every frame, so you have no idea about how the phone is moving. When I say that markers are an old technology, I really mean it!

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AR Insider

MAY 13, 2024

Director Paul Trillo’s new music video for the band Washed Out is the first commercial use of OpenAI’s new text-to-video generator, Sora. What does this mean for the future of video production? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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JULY 17, 2024

Now we have the panel takeaways and video for AR Insider readers. We were on stage with Snap CTO Bobby Murphy when he announced GenAI Suite at AWE. Along with prolific AR creator Page Piskin, we discussed the fusion of AR and AI. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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