VRScout

JUNE 10, 2017

Apple and Google beat the billionaire social media magnate to creating the smartphone — the dominant platform underpinning the Facebook network. Companies like Google and Apple have done that instead. A year later, Facebook tried again to take on Apple and Google, this time with a branded smartphone, called Facebook Home.

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VRScout

JULY 9, 2019

Since the introduction of devices such as the Fitbit back in 2009 and the Apple Watch in 2014, the smart wearables market has gone from fantasy to reality, offering consumers a brand new, more convenient method for connecting with their digital lives. Image Credit: FORM. “I Featured Image Credit: FORM.

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ARVR

JUNE 29, 2020

Source: [link] When it debuted in 2013 the Google Glass was the first of its kind. The Smart-Accessory Revolution A Pew Research Center survey conducted at the beginning of 2013 showed that only 51% of adults in the United States owned a smartphone, 6 years after the launch of the 1st-generation Apple iPhone.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In December 2012 I published my first in-depth article after a demo with a hand-built Oculus VR prototype. Oculus VR CEO Brendan Iribe looking at a Rift prototype in 2012. “The issue is our efficiency.” “Right now this is a 60 hertz screen, that’s what cell phones are, 60 hertz screen,” Iribe told me.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

In the middle of this, of course, the Apple Vision Pro was also an iPhone moment, without forgetting Half-Life: Alyx in the mix. Palmer Luckey’s intuition in 2012 was realizing that with the launch of the iPhone, finally VR could have its iPhone moment (many of them, actually) and that’s how the Oculus Rift was born.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 20, 2020

As an entirely unknown startup, the company had a blowout Kickstarter success in 2012 when it raised $2.4 Let’s set the stage with a quick refresher on Oculus’ history. million for a VR headset development kit, the Rift DK1. In 2014, Facebook acquired Oculus for a whopping $2 billion.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 25, 2017

” This puts him in league with the likes of Clay Bavor at Google and means that now two of the world’s largest tech companies have VPs of VR. ” Previously, Barra worked at Google as part of the Android team. In the middle of that Barra was promoted to full vice president in 2012. to lead Team @oculus.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 17, 2020

But it also includes Disney, Google Earth, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple. ” Around 2012, he then landed at Amazon where he worked on the device that would become the recently-announced Echo Frames (audio AR). Then came Apple where there are several frames missing from the film reel of his professional career.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. ARKit  — ARKit is one of the powerful AR SDK released by Apple on 2017 to build AR solutions using iOS devices. ARCore   — ARCore is an AR SDK released by Google in 2018 for building augmented reality experiences.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 27, 2016

Provided the project reaches its $80,000 funding goal, the studio is aiming to release Mythica VR on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift/DK2, Google Cardboard and with future support for Google Daydream. Pledge $20 or more – The game on release, for PC with the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, or iOS or Android with Google Cardboard.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images The first Oculus Rift prototype reignited the conversation when it arrived in 2012. Google revealed Glass the same year the first Oculus prototype hit the scene. The following year, Google introduced Cardboard, a super cheap and extremely clever smartphone accessory.

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Bernard Marr

JANUARY 29, 2024

You can access them through Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts. Helping People Who Are Blind Or Vision-Impaired Be My Eyes is a Danish startup established in 2012 with the goal of creating technology for people who are blind or vision-impaired.

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Road to VR

JUNE 30, 2020

Google today confirmed in a blog post that it’s acquired North, the Canada-based smartglasses maker behind Focals. Founded in 2012, North (ex-Thalmic Labs) first set out to create Myo, a gesture-based armband. The Focals app itself is also going to be removed from both Google Play and Apple’s App Store.

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AR Insider

JULY 15, 2021

FWIW, Google had also partnered with Luxottica but never shipped a more fashionable version of Glass.]. From 2016 to 2019, I helped Apple figure out whatever it might be doing by prototyping experiences and technologies from the future. I worked at Microsoft from 2008-2012. It’s basically the Facebook of eyewear.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Google VR SDK is popular for building virtual reality applications for Android and iOS. WebVR is also becoming a formidable force for those who love HTC Vive, Oculus Rift or Google Cardboard, in a web browser. Edx.org is an online learning destination founded by Harvard University and MIT in 2012.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

But if I take it very short, it started really in volume 2012-ish. So it took like from 2007 to 2012. And in 2011-2012 we did about 10 to 12,000 high-res images a year, and I would say maybe 1,500 of them were 3D. Then in 2012, the IKEA catalog app had AR in it. Martin: That story has been told a few times. Martin: Okay.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

But if I take it very short, it started really in volume 2012-ish. So it took like from 2007 to 2012. And in 2011-2012 we did about 10 to 12,000 high-res images a year, and I would say maybe 1,500 of them were 3D. Then in 2012, the IKEA catalog app had AR in it. Martin: That story has been told a few times. Martin: Okay.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

The great thing is, one can start for as cheap as fifteen bucks with the simplest headset from Google (Cardboard). Google Daydream View. Google Cardboard. Apple and Samsung Smartphones. Google Play / iOS Appstore. Google Play / iOS Appstore. Google Daydream. Ultimately, you get what you pay for.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 8, 2017

Montreal-based Minority Media, which also created the groundbreaking PSN title Papo Y Yo in 2012, created the dinosaur undersea adventure game that launched on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets in May 2017. But then you see Facebook and Google and all the platforms right now — they’re all working an AR platform.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

But if I take it very short, it started really in volume 2012-ish. So it took like from 2007 to 2012. And in 2011-2012 we did about 10 to 12,000 high-res images a year, and I would say maybe 1,500 of them were 3D. Then in 2012, the IKEA catalog app had AR in it. Martin: That story has been told a few times. Martin: Okay.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

Since the Oculus Kickstarter in 2012, VR has seen a revival on the big screen as it becomes a more affordable and accessible consumer device. Head mounted display: Used during the Gibson hack attempt, Dade wears a Google Glass like headset with a drop down heads up display. The Cell (2000). Creative Control (2016).

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 3, 2017

And earlier this month, Google released Blocks , which is a prim-based building tool for virtual reality. Google did release a prototype of a multi user Tilt Brush last fall, but there’s no word yet when it will actually be available. And there’s no in-world equivalent of Google search. Advertising and marketing.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The great thing is, one can start for as cheap as fifteen bucks with the simplest headset from Google (Cardboard). Google Daydream View. Google Cardboard. Apple and Samsung Smartphones. Google Play / iOS Appstore. Google Play / iOS Appstore. Google Daydream. Ultimately, you get what you pay for.

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Here, tech dreams come true, app ideas flourish into billion dollar corporations, and some of the most powerful tech companies in the world – Facebook, Apple, Google, to name a few – recruit smart and talented individuals to assist in shaping their bright future. As you are likely aware if you’re from L.A.,

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Since you founded Sketchfab in 2012, there has been a very big shift in 3D modeling and graphics regarding the emergence of VR. Do you see Google Project Tango as a big part of the company’s future? Google Tango is one of the leaders and the first to have shipped a product on the market, along with Intel Realsense. on Sketchfab.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 16, 2022

Credit: Screenshot / Apple. Audible is available for download on the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. Credit: Audiobooks / Apple. Audiobooks.com has been going since 2012, is based in Canada, and is run by "a bunch of book and tech nerds," according to its website. Credit: Screenshot / Apple.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The company, founded in 2012, believed that Middle Eastern projects and the global market strengthened the industry with numerous experiences and knowledge for developing projects. He explained in his interview that the Middle Eastern country was playing a major role in incubating emerging technologies and firms dedicated to the industry.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

Barry: It started out of a project which we did in collaboration with IBM and Jaguar Land Rover in 2012 when Jaguar Land Rover was rebranding their whole setup. The one thing that created that image now, in the streets, that I would have expected like XR to do; it’s those air pods from Apple. I thought that was amazing.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

Barry: It started out of a project which we did in collaboration with IBM and Jaguar Land Rover in 2012 when Jaguar Land Rover was rebranding their whole setup. The one thing that created that image now, in the streets, that I would have expected like XR to do; it’s those air pods from Apple. I thought that was amazing.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 12, 2019

So standardizing the 3D models that everybody uses; There’s OBJ, there’s glTF, there’s FDX, there’s now USDZ with Apple. We finally got WebAR working, and then Apple shut down the cameras, and I was like, “what?” The first Oculus was… out in, what, early 2012? Alan: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 12, 2019

So standardizing the 3D models that everybody uses; There’s OBJ, there’s glTF, there’s FDX, there’s now USDZ with Apple. We finally got WebAR working, and then Apple shut down the cameras, and I was like, “what?” The first Oculus was… out in, what, early 2012? Alan: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. I do a lot with Apple technology. So in 2012, when I was doing a lot of work with iPads in the classroom. I took that Vive into the school and started looking for ways to integrate it into different curriculum areas.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. I do a lot with Apple technology. So in 2012, when I was doing a lot of work with iPads in the classroom. I took that Vive into the school and started looking for ways to integrate it into different curriculum areas.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. I do a lot with Apple technology. So in 2012, when I was doing a lot of work with iPads in the classroom. I took that Vive into the school and started looking for ways to integrate it into different curriculum areas.

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Ryan Schultz

AUGUST 17, 2022

This will apply both to behemoth corporations like Meta, Apple, and Alphabet (the parent company of Google), as well as to much smaller metaverse-building companies. Granted, I understand that showing 2D screenshots of VR is difficult, and that VR generally lags behind traditional console and PC gaming in terms of graphics.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Back in 2012, it was really, really difficult to create any kind of augmented reality applications. Dirk: That’s like the Apple strategy, right? But it is like that, coming back to what we what we discussed earlier; you need to have that Netflix and Apple experience to have a good work result. laughs] Alan: Exactly.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Back in 2012, it was really, really difficult to create any kind of augmented reality applications. Dirk: That’s like the Apple strategy, right? But it is like that, coming back to what we what we discussed earlier; you need to have that Netflix and Apple experience to have a good work result. Alan: Exactly. Dirk: Exactly.

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