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MAY 22, 2019

Sorry Google Jump users, but Google has made the decision to shut down their cloud-based video stitching service on June 28 th citing a decline in Jump Assembler users. Anything left on Google’s Cloud Storage will be deleted immediately after Google suspends their service on June 28 th. Image Credit: Google AR & VR.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

Tilt Brush co-creator Patrick Hackett announced today that he’s leaving Google after nearly six years with the company. Tilt Brush co-creators Patrick Hackett & Drew Skillman joined Google in early 2015 after the company acquired the duo and their application. Both have remained with the studio since. Stay tuned.”

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MAY 17, 2017

Google Expeditions expands services to include educational AR for students. Joining the list of announcements made during the first day of the 2017 Google I/O conference are plans to further expand the company’s Google Expeditions , helping to bring augmented reality experiences into classrooms across the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Virtual Virtual Reality launched on Google Daydream back in 2017, but thanks to some fun and clever interaction design that worked equally well on both 3DOF and 6DOF headsets, the game made its way to all major VR platforms with marked success in the years following the demise of the ill-fated Daydream.

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MAY 22, 2024

Introduced in 2017, the company’s Windows Mixed Reality platform included baked-in support for its line of VR headsets. This is just one of many ways to broaden your reach through the Windows ecosystem.” ” This isn’t the first time Microsoft has extended its reach into XR software.

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MAY 4, 2017

Virtual Reality continues to evolve, Constrained Reality is a Renowned Biologist’s take on the mind’s VR “software,” Mixed Reality is bringing it all together—and Vision Summit 2017 is where the industry’s ideas and the innovators came together. Google Tango with Unity. Jesse Damiani (@JesseDamiani) May 1, 2017.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2, the company’s most recent smartglasses (or rather smart glass ), was only available to partner companies when it launched in May 2019. Now Google is allowing its third-party hardware vendors to sell the headset direct to developers. Image courtesy Google.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Google Earth VR. presented Google Earth VR with the Century Award for VR in service of environmental enrichment. Google Earth VR turns much of the world into a digital playground that you can fly or teleport around in immersive 3D space. Longtime Hollywood environmental activist, Ed Begley Jr. Ghostbusters .

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

billion in 2017, up 142% year-over-year. The report suggests that premium headset shipments like Google Daydream will see more growth over light mobile headsets. Google Daydream will sell the most premium headsets in 2017, getting 6.8M billion in 2017, rising to $9.1 Billion in 2017 appeared first on VRScout.

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MAY 15, 2024

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, hinted at a potential comeback for Google Glass during a recent interview with CNBC. However, Google seems to be revisiting the idea by developing prototype glasses that integrate with Project Astra, their new multimodal AI assistant. ."

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FEBRUARY 28, 2017

At GDC 2017, Unity held a keynote discussing their impact on the gaming industry, future updates to the engine, and much more. adds support for Google Daydream and Google Cardboard and the full launch of the update will happen on March 31st. Stay tuned to UploadVR for more news from GDC 2017. For Android and iOS, 5.6

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JULY 25, 2017

In a few years’ time Google expects to operate Daydream on “Android scale,” one day opening the VR door to “hundreds of millions of users.” This week Google said they expect 11 Daydream ready phones on the market by the end of 2017. SEE ALSO Google Daydream Review: Casual VR Closes the Gap.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

VR Winners at the 2017 Lumiere Awards. A pioneering creative tool in VR; Google’s Tilt Brush was awarded for empowering artists from all realms to experiment, design and create all kinds of art in virtual reality. Century Award: Google Earth VR. Google Earth VR for helping the world see the world.

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APRIL 1, 2017

Some of the better VR and AR jokes in 2017. Google is probably the most prominent April Fools’ Day pranksters out there. Thanks to some helpful Google workers, you’ll now get an experience that includes smell, taste, and even touch. The post April Fools’ Day 2017 VR Edition appeared first on VRScout. Haptic Helpers.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Google Daydream is supposed to launch Fall 2016, but only a select group of developers will be able to publish Daydream apps to the Google Play store until 2017. See Also: Google Daydream SDK Launches Out of Beta, Adds Unity Integration. ” See Also: Start Making Google Daydream VR Apps Today with a DIY Dev Kit.

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MAY 18, 2017

Soon after, YouTube became the largest VR video platform over night by supporting playback within VR headsets like Google Cardboard. Since then, we’ve seen YouTube introduce 360° live streaming and YouTube VR pop up as an early launch app on Google’s Daydream platform. — VRScout (@VRScout) May 18, 2017.

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AUGUST 13, 2017

Colaianni told me, “the outstanding nomination process for the VR Awards 2017 is anything to go by, future years will continue to build upon the astounding work our nominees have been producing.” Google – Daydream View. Google – Tilt Brush. Google – Google Earth VR. Google – Tabel.

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

The location-based AR experience is powered by Google’s ARCore Geospatial API , which allows developers to tether digital content to real-world locations covered by Google Street View. Back in April 2017, Gorillaz launched their own mixed reality app that offered fans an interactive tour of their “unique” estate.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned VR studio, announced it’s bringing the chart-topping VR games Job Simulator (2016) and its sequel Vacation Simulator (2019) to Apple Vision Pro. The post Two Classic VR Games From Google’s VR Studio Coming Soon to Vision Pro appeared first on Road to VR.

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MAY 19, 2018

NextVR , the VR video streaming platform the brings live events to headset users, is introducing the 2017-2018 season NBA MVP highlight reel on the NextVR app. The NextVR app is available on Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Go, Google Daydream, PlayStation VR, and Windows “Mixed Reality” VR headsets. Image courtesy NextVR.

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JUNE 9, 2017

Augmented Reality has played a huge role at the developer conferences for Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, and Google, which is a great sign that the industry is moving towards spatially-aware computing. I also compare and contrast the recent AR announcements from Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook in my wrap-up. Support Voices of VR.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned VR studio behind Job Simulator (2016) , announced the game’s sequel Vacation Simulator (2019) just went platinum, having now topped over one million units sold. The post Google’s VR Studio Owlchemy Labs Now Has Two Platinum-selling Titles appeared first on Road to VR.

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DECEMBER 11, 2017

Earlier this year, Clay Bavor, VP of VR/AR at Google, revealed a “secret project” to develop a VR-optimised OLED panel capable of 20 megapixels per eye. The project was mentioned during SID Display Week 2017 but has gone largely under the radar as little information has surfaced since.

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MARCH 21, 2017

Next week’s Silicon Valley VR Expo 2017 is set to bring together the core of the VR industry from Silicon Valley and beyond. The Once & Future Web – Google. Road to VR Readers Save at SVVR 2017. Interested in attending or exhibiting at SVVR 2017? Attend SVVR 2017 Exhibit at SVVR 2017.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Though there wasn’t much groundbreaking in the Daydream news shared at Google I/O this year, the company is growing its AR/VR team at an accelerated rate, suggesting Google has a number of things up its sleeve yet. ” The opening is at Google’s Mountain View headquarters. Photo by Road to VR.

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MAY 17, 2017

On stage at the company’s Google I/O 2017 developer conference today, the company announced that it is building standalone Daydream VR headsets. Google announced Daydream, their high-end Android VR platform at I/O last year, and then launched the Daydream View headset, which is powered by a snap-in smartphone, in late 2016.

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APRIL 27, 2017

VRLA is the biggest conference of its kind in the world—and the Spring 2017 Expo on April 14 and 15 was the grandest outing yet. Google + Tilt Brush. At the end of the day, there was way too much amazing stuff to cover all of it; you’ll just have to make sure you make it to the Fall 2017 Expo and see it out for yourself!

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MAY 19, 2018

However it was last year that the organization revealed its most ambitious project – a partnership with the NBA to broadcast 27 games of the 2017-2018 season , featuring all 30 teams, live in VR. The post NBA 2017-2018 VR Highlight Reel Arrives Free On NextVR appeared first on VRScout. Imaged Credit: NextVR .

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MAY 17, 2017

Google I/O’s 2017 keynote kicked off with some exciting statistics, showing off just how impactful and widespread the company’s applications are. There are 800 million Google Drive users and 500 million active Google Photos users. Pichai followed this up with the announcement of Google Lens.

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OCTOBER 15, 2019

It was abundantly clear by earlier this year that Google’s interest in its Android-based Daydream VR platform had withered, but now the company has put the final nail in the coffin by discontinuing the Daydream View headset and confirming that its newest Pixel 4 smartphone isn’t compatible. Image courtesy Google.

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

With the latest amazing innovations in VR/AR, VRX 2017 next week in San Francisco is the place to be to hear from those leading the charge. Speakers from leading companies including Oculus, Intel, Ford, HTC, Paramount, Google, Epic Games, Walmart, Qualcomm and many more, will be present at the event. Not attending?

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Samsung Partners With Google & Qualcomm For New XR Hardware During today’s Samsung Unpacked event, Samsung announced plans to create new ‘Extended Reality’ (XR) hardware in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. In late 2017, Samsung launched Odyssey , a Windows PC VR headset, and a year later the successor Odyssey+.

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

Debuting back in 2017, the Google Home Max was a hi-fi alternative to the original Google Home smart speaker, promising better sound but still providing access to Google Assistant.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV is traditionally one of the largest tech events of the entire year and CES 2017 is no different. Consider this to be your consistently updated one-stop shop for all of the news from CES 2017 so far. Upload’s CES 2017 Predictions [ Link ]. Pre-CES News and Announcements.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

As reported by Road to VR , Google recently confirmed that the latest iteration of the framework, WebVR 1.1, Speaking at the W3C Workshop on Web & Virtual Reality last month, Megan Lindsay, WebVR Product Manager at Google stated that a beta version should launch in December 2016 followed by a stable launch in January 2017.

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MAY 17, 2017

According to a Variety exclusive, Google may be gearing up to show off a brand new mobile VR headset at Google I/O developer conference this week, one that not only delivers VR in an all-in-one device, but could likely offer inside-out positional tracking as well. ” Predictably, a Google spokesperson declined to comment.

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MAY 17, 2017

Google today announced that standalone VR headsets are coming to Daydream , the first of which will be made by HTC and Lenovo. WorldSense is a positional tracking system from Google that’s ‘inside-out’; that means it doesn’t need any external sensors or beacons to track the movement of your head through 3D space.

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