The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Image by Google). Google performs interesting AR news at I/O conference. At Google I/O, no executive of the company has talked about the M-word, but they have anyway showed interesting AR updates, which will be relevant for our future M-world. Another cool announcement has been the one of Immersive View for Google Maps.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The Grammy award-winning group will perform their new single “Skinny Ape” at Times Square in NYC at 2:30 pm ET on December 17th and in Piccadilly Circus at 2:00 pm GMT on December 18th. Prior to that, the group released a 360-degree music video for their song “Saturnz Barz.” Image Credit: Google x Gorillaz.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Google has announced a $1.1 billion cooperation agreement under which certain HTC employees – many of whom are already working with Google to develop Pixel smartphones – will join Google. Separately, Google will receive a non-exclusive license for HTC intellectual property (IP). Google VR & HTC.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 5, 2017

Today, Brandon Jones from Google (who is one of the chairs in the official WebVR Community Group ,) noticed that developers from Apple have officially joined the group. In the Community Group there are 147 non-Chair participants as of the time of this writing. What do you think of this news and WebVR in general?

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VRScout

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. YouTube VR Social Viewing.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 25, 2021

Finally, why in the name of the geek gods is Google shutting down Poly? Google’s own Tilt Brush, an important content creation tool, relies on Poly. Tilt Brush co-creator Patrick Hackett just left Google, too. Not a good sign. Apple headset to be a pricey, niche VR precursor to eventual AR headset. What’s Next After Zoom?

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Google Arts & Culture partnered with Château de Versailles to create an extremely detailed VR tour of the iconic French palace, aptly named VersaillesVR – the palace is yours (2019). Liberté, égalité, fraternité—all that jazz—and no throngs of tourist groups to swim through either. Image courtesy Google Arts & Culture.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 14, 2017

During GDC 2017, Khronos Group unveiled OpenXR as the name for their VR/AR API standard that’s currently being developed. Now that the name is out in the wild, the next step is to work with current working group members over the next 12-18 months on the specifications of the standard.

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Road to VR

MARCH 14, 2019

Google is shutting down Spotlight Stories, the group tasked not only with pushing forward virtual reality as a storytelling medium, but creating a number of highly polished and thoughtful VR pieces in the process. Image courtesy Google. A copy of an email written by executive producer Karen Dufilho was obtained by Variety.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Two months ago Google launched their Blocks VR creation tool that enabled anyone to 3D model low polygon objects with little modeling experience required. And to delete a selected group of strokes, just throw it away. You can check out the full release notes from Google here.

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VRScout

JANUARY 21, 2018

Google WorldSense technology lets you freely explore 2023 Los Angeles. Owners of the recently released Blu-ray edition of Blade Runner 2049 were treated to a special trailer announcing Blade Runner: Revelations , an upcoming VR experience for the soon-to-be-released Lenovo Mirage Solo headset and the Google Daydream platform.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 7, 2022

The Dublin, Ireland-based company established the Accenture Metaverse Continuum business group to assist companies in grabbing this opportunity. What is Accenture’s Metaverse Continuum Group? Four Key Capabilities of the Metaverse Continuum Group. Moves Towards Accenture’s Metaverse Continuum Group.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

That’s the opening line of a new VR film from the Google Conflict Minerals Campaign entitled The Journey of Gold. Alyssa Newman, Google’s Conflict Minerals and Sustainability Program Manager, said that the film’s goal is to raise awareness about their efforts to implement responsible practices for sourcing for these metals.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 8, 2018

.” Impatient for the shift and inspired by Rosie Rios, the treasury secretary who first advocated to honor Tubman’s legacy by placing her on the bill, Google and Nexus Studios created an AR app to replace the faces of the white men on currency with those of prominent women. “I Image Credit: Nexus Studios.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 19, 2023

Microsoft is reportedly reducing the size of its HoloLens group. Google and Apple have instituted hiring freezes for some teams. But Bloomberg’s Dina Bass reports the layoffs include the Mixed Reality group, responsible for HoloLens 2 and the IVAS militarized version.

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Road to VR

JULY 5, 2017

With Apple’s newly public interest in VR , developers from the company have join the W3C WebVR Community Group to have a say in the development of the WebVR standard. To achieve that, W3C hosts online groups to get developers talking to one another and deciding what a standard should look like and how it should work.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

And while it’s essential that we continue to recognize the many problems plaguing these groups, it’s equally important that we encourage trans youth to imagine a future free from judgement and oppression. . The post Trans Youth Imagine Their Ideal Future Using Google Tilt Brush appeared first on VRScout.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 28, 2022

This Thursday, Google debuted Blockchain Node Engine for its Cloud ecosystem. Google Cloud’s Blockchain Node Engine helps Web3 developers by providing a node-hosting service which relays transactions, deploy smart contracts, and writes blockchain data. Google Cloud (@googlecloud) October 11, 2022.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 1, 2022

Restaurant reviews on Google have become a new digital territory in the fight against misinformation in Russia. 28, the Twitter account @Konrad03249040 tweeted : "Get involved: find a random shop/cafe/restaurant in Russia in big city on google maps and write in the review what's really happening in Ukraine. Credit: Screenshot / Google.

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Mashable VR

MAY 10, 2022

Online dating juggernaut Match Group is suing Google, alleging that its Android apps are being forced to use the tech giant's in-app payment system — thus allowing Google to extract royalties for such transactions. However, Google doesn’t allow apps onto the Google Play Store unless they meet certain criteria.

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Digital Trends

JUNE 23, 2020

Group tabs can make organizing your work and social browsing far easier. Here's how to make the most of them.

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Road to VR

JULY 21, 2017

The team behind Daydream, Google’s mobile VR platform, is currently conducting experiments with the aim of broadening virtual reality’s usecase to include more interactive learning. image courtesy Google. SEE ALSO This Restaurant is Using Google Daydream to Train Employees.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 15, 2021

Google has been the king of search for decades and has worked hard to keep competitors down. But there's a small group of startups that refuses to back down.

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Digital Trends

MAY 20, 2022

Google will let Match Group offer an alternative payment system in dating apps such as Tinder, one that charges a lower fee for subscriptions than Play Store.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

If you’ve been one of the creators working with Tilt Brush and Blocks, you’re probably aware of the two different galleries Google created for you to showcase your work: Sketches and Objects. The post Google Launches Poly, a Home and Discovery Platform for VR and AR Content appeared first on VRScout.

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Mashable VR

MAY 11, 2022

Google unveiled a new tool Wednesday at I/O, its annual developer conference , which makes it easier for people to request that the advertising giant remove personal data like their home address from search results. Still, as a significant majority of internet search engine traffic is done via Google, this tool packs a punch. "It’s

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VRScout

JULY 6, 2017

For the last month I’ve been working with Google to test Blocks, a new VR creation tool that enables anyone to 3D model low polygon objects without training. Grab Tool: Used to grab, group, duplicate, multi select, flip, and throw away objects. Google VR (@googlevr) July 6, 2017. To explain, I created this. Happy modeling!

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GizModo VR

JUNE 1, 2022

Amazon—a trillion dollar multinational corporation repeatedly sued by labor groups for unfair working conditions at its facilities—wants you to know it’s being treated unfairly. Read more.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

The team’s name was Master of Shapes , and they were one of the groups that HTC had gathered to showcase some of the many applications for the new device. The team today posted a look at its experiments attaching the Tracker to Google’s Daydream View, a device that doesn’t positionally track a user’s head movements.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 18, 2022

In a recent interview with Wired , engineer and mystic Christian priest Blake Lemoine discussed why he believes that Google's large language model named LaMDA has become sentient, complete with a soul. Lemoine also explained that the Google team has done a good job repairing these biased "bugs," as far as he could tell.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

VTime’s cross-platform social network vTime XR is now available on Facebook’s Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 headsets, offering standalone users a premium socialVR experience centered primarily around intimate group meet-ups. For more information on vTime’s growing cross-reality platform visit here. Image Credit: vTime.

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VRScout

MAY 10, 2022

Using a pair of Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 smart glasses, a clinical team of Pennard vets working out of Sevenoaks was able to broadcast audio and video to a group of Vet CT specialists tuning in remotely from Kent, London. Google Glass offers vets a way to communicate with specialists while keeping their hands free to operate.

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Road to VR

MAY 22, 2018

Ahead of SID Display Week, researchers have published details on Google and LG’s 18 Mpixel 4.3-in ” The researchers attached to the project are Googl’es Carlin Vieri, Grace Lee, and Nikhil Balram, and LG’s Sang Hoon Jung, Joon Young Yang, Soo Young Yoon, and In Byeong Kang. Specification. Upper bound.

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Anand Tech

OCTOBER 18, 2023

As part of a broad collaborative agreement with Google, Qualcomm this week said that that it will be adopting the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA) for a future Snapdragon Wear platform. Similarly, Google's backing of the ISA by porting Wear OS to RISC-V is a major milestone on the software front.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Google, Sony, Oculus, Samsung, Acer and HTC have combined their efforts in order to create a healthy and equal industry for virtual reality hardware and software to develop and expand. Working groups will be organized around important topics for the industry, enabling us to produce relevant research and guidance.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 11, 2022

One of the best and worst things about Google Chrome is the amount of browser extensions you can find in the Chrome store. Save to Google Drive. Send screenshots to Google Drive instantly with this extension. People were despondent when Google announced its Inbox by Gmail app would be shutting down, and it was understandable.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Generally speaking, VPNs are a Good Thing, and Google offers one… Read more. Virtual Private Networks or VPNs can protect the privacy of your browsing, cloaking your online activities and making it much harder for websites, internet providers, advertisers, and a hacker sitting behind you in a coffee shop to see what you’re doing.

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