Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

” Founded in 2013, nDreams has expanded its role beyond game developer, becoming a publisher and opening a number of first-party VR studios, including nDreams Studio Orbital, nDreams Studio Elevation, and Nearlight, the latter of which was acquired by nDreams in late 2022.

Sweden 285

Sweden Gaming Groups Unity 285

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

As usual, Microsoft is firing first with its press conference this E3, but it’s doing so even earlier than anticipated. This E3 is shaping up to be the biggest batle between Sony and Microsoft since 2013, the year where each had to convince gamers to buy a PlayStation 4 or Xbox One respectively. pic.twitter.com/EWilMOb47s.

Sony 172

Sony Microsoft Conference Hardware 172

Road to VR

MAY 4, 2021

” Later that year, after pressure from Epic and fans, Sony relented and allowed Fortnite cross-play on PlayStation, just as Microsoft and Nintendo had already done. ElementalVR – E3 2013. However, we don’t know exactly how the agreement panned out, including whether a VR game from Epic was part of the deal.

Sony 363

Sony Unreal Oculus Training 363

Road to VR

JANUARY 23, 2018

Following financial difficulties , which almost saw the complete shut down of the social VR app, AltspaceVR found new life when it was acquired by Microsoft back in October. I can’t wait to see what they’ll do next, and wish them all the best.”

Microsoft 251

Microsoft Groups Virtual Reality 251

Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2024

billion in 2013, or just around three years after Magic Leap was founded by Abovitz in stealth mode. Image by Road to VR And unlike Microsoft, Apple’s primary focus on consumer hardware makes it the ideal “rising tide to lift all boats” when it comes to XR headsets. And that’s in spite of its $3,500 price tag.

Magic Leap 328

Magic Leap Apple Microsoft Google 328

Road to VR

JUNE 18, 2019

A year ago, in response to Sony consistently delivering high-quality exclusives for PS4, Microsoft made a commitment to rejuvenating its first-party game development efforts and went on a shopping spree, acquiring a handful of respected studios to bolster its first-party game development talent under the Xbox Game Studios banner.

Gaming 279

Gaming Microsoft Industry Sony 279

Road to VR

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Glass had a rocky start in the world when it was first introduced in its 2013 Explorer Edition targeting early adopters and developers. 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.

Google 278

Google Magic Leap AR Hardware 278

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

In 2013, Bohemia Interactive Simulations began operating separately from BI Studio after BISim was acquired by The Riverside Company. BISim was founded in 2001 in Australia as part of Czech-based Bohemia Interactive Studio (makers of Arma and Dayz). Today, we’ve grown to around 300 staff, about two-thirds of whom are software developers. .

Simulation 505

Simulation Training Virtual Reality Software 505

Road to VR

JUNE 17, 2018

Featuring the cute bots first seen in The Playroom (2013) , Sony Japan Studio’s upcoming platformer Astro Bot Rescue Mission uses similar controls and gameplay mechanics as any other 3D platformer, but it has been created from the ground up with VR in mind. Hands-on With Astro Bot Rescue Mission. Image courtesy Sony Japan Studio.

Sony 240

Sony Japan HTC Entertainment 240

The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

The company switched to an enterprise model , but apart from a rebranding and an assistance service it is not clear what it actually means, especially if compared with the enormous enterprise offering that Microsoft is giving with HoloLens (Azure services, integration with Teams, etc…). Investments in AR/VR companies are at 2013 level.

Magic Leap 358

Magic Leap Healthcare Oculus AR 358

Road to VR

MAY 4, 2017

Back in 2013 the company had announced and taken pre-orders for a $3,000 headset called the Meta Pro. While Meta has raised a considerable $73 million in venture capital to fund their ongoing development, giants like Microsoft, Magic Leap, and perhaps even Apple loom. SEE ALSO Exclusive: Meta 2 AR Demos Revealed in Full.

AR 279

AR Augmented Reality Magic Leap Immersion 279

ARVR

JULY 9, 2020

Google launched Google Glass , and Microsoft launched HoloLens , a head-mounted display (Krevelen, 2010)(Jaimini, 2016). Evolution of Augmented Reality (Craig, 2013) by fernanda rodríguez. Elsevier Science, 2013. The FLARToolKit software was announced for free use, ported by the Adobe Flash platform. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

AR 130

AR Augmented Reality North Carolina Head Mounted Display 130

XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Next year, Apple will debut the Vision Pro following years of hype, and Microsoft will also start rolling out its industrial Metaverse services. According to the Los Angeles Business Journal, more than 12,000 entities have benefited from the programme’s incentives, creating almost 165,000 jobs since its inception in 2013.

Portugal 270

Portugal Head Mounted Display Los Angeles Trends 270

Road to VR

MARCH 6, 2019

The low resolution of the Switch’s display (1,280 × 720) means that the effective resolution could only be up to 640 × 720, which would be roughly equivalent to 2013’s Rift DK1 development kit, depending upon the field of view (which is currently unconfirmed).

Virtual Reality 277

Virtual Reality Google Latency Gaming 277

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 11, 2017

The device may remind some of Microsoft’s proof-of-concept system Microsoft revealed back in 2013 called IllumiRoom.

Hardware 126

Hardware Microsoft Entertainment Google 126

AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. Google was the first major technology company to release a head-worn computer when it introduced Google Glass in 2013. Microsoft announced its augmented reality headset, Hololens, in 2015, and released the first version in 2016.

Augmented Reality 198

Augmented Reality Amazon Apple Virtual Reality 198

AR Insider

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Microsoft, Google and Apple all have their own approaches to augmented reality and virtual reality, but the race for the face is particularly critical to Facebook and Amazon, because they have yet to establish computing gateways. Microsoft (enterprise) 4. Facebook has moved up in our view, while Google and Microsoft have stepped down.

Amazon 160

Amazon San Jose Google Microsoft 160

Ryan Schultz

JANUARY 20, 2023

Screen capture of the official announcement that AltspaceVR is shutting down Well, it’s official: Microsoft has decided to shutter (or “sunset”, to use their corporate-speak) the social VR platform AltspaceVR. (I To learn more about what is next for Microsoft Mesh, visit Mesh.com and sign up for updates here.

Microsoft 98

Microsoft Austin California Immersion 98

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 20, 2017

The VR industry is moving a lot faster than it did in 2013 — when GameFace started — and companies like Microsoft, Google and Facebook are racing to provide better and more convenient solutions built by ever-growing teams.

Head Mounted Display 137

Head Mounted Display Leap Motion Conference Eye Tracking 137

VRScout

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Jaunt has become a leading provider of software and integrated hardware to the industry since they were founded in 2013, yet their main drive is pushing the boundaries of VR as a creative storytelling medium.

Washington 181

Washington New York Argentina Belgium 181

VRScout

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Like Microsoft’s Takei demo, Holo-Hamm and Spiderman are grounded in place. ” In 2013, LA-based Framestore brought Audrey Hepburn back from the dead for a chocolate commercial. The Holo app features a variety of photorealistic 3D holograms that can be added to your camera view, moved, rotated and resized.

3D Capture 272

3D Capture AR New York Augmented Reality 272

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Google , Intel, Facebook and Microsoft have all either already begun or announced significant VR initiatives in the past 12-24 months. As the virtual reality industry makes its way through this highly important first year of commercial availability for its flagship headsets, it is being bolstered by most of the major tech companies.

AR 100

AR Magic Leap Augmented Reality Motion Capture 100

VRScout

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

GE USES AR TO TALK TO MACHINES IN MICROSOFT PARTNERSHIP. Using human-computer interfaces, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, employees are communicating and interacting with machines via the Microsoft Hololens augmented reality device. and is continuing to lead the enterprise space with augmented reality.

Machine Learning 150

Machine Learning Haptic Augmented Reality Google 150

Tech Trends VR

MARCH 7, 2018

it makes strategic sense that Pearson has partnered with Microsoft to develop content for the HoloLens Click To Tweet. This disrupt-or-be-disrupted scenario is something that I experienced back 2013 when working for Mendeley. That ship has sailed! If you are looking at the future, it’s right here.

Magic Leap 191

Magic Leap Trends Machine Learning Augmented Reality 191

Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2016

Once a property of Microsoft Studios, Twisted Pixel but has since returned to the status of independent company last fall. The studio is best known for their games LocoCycle (2013) , a racing game for Xbox One and Xbox 360, and The Gunstringer (2011), a third-person shooter designed for use with the Xbox 360 Kinect.

Oculus 100

Oculus Microsoft Gaming Controllers 100

GizModo VR

MARCH 24, 2022

Microsoft’s flagship shooter was first announced to be getting the TV treatment back in 2013, and has been in development for nearly a full decade—which is to say… Read more. With all the video game shows and films we’re expected to get in the near future, not many have the strange baggage that the TV adaptation of Halo does.

Filming 105

Filming Video Gaming Microsoft 105

Cats and VR

JANUARY 23, 2018

Eric Romo, who founded AltspaceVR in January 2013, will be moving to the role of Director of Product at Facebooks’s Social VR team, the group behind Facebook Spaces. Romo is joining Facebook as a product director, according to a post by Facebook’s social VR team leader Rachel Rubin Franklin.

Virtual Reality 100

Virtual Reality Microsoft Groups Filming 100

GizModo VR

MARCH 5, 2021

is making a surprise comeback nearly eight years after it was shut down in 2013. The beloved social media music site Turntable.fm In fact, there are two new versions: The original Turntable.fm , recently resurrected by founder Billy Chasen, and the mobile-focused Turntable.org , created by several Turntable.fm Read more.

Microsoft 98

Microsoft Entertainment Technology 98

Anand Tech

OCTOBER 28, 2020

After over a year of official teases , naming , and plenty of performance details , Microsoft is on the cusp of launching their first proper new generation of the Xbox since the Xbox One launched in 2013. Microsoft is going all-out on their next-generation Xbox, and they have been gracious enough to send us one for review.

Microsoft 93

Microsoft Controllers Course Hardware 93

VRWorld

JUNE 13, 2016

At it’s pre-E3 2016 conference, Microsoft announced the long awaited shift of its console model. Microsoft did not disclose the exact refresh cycle strategy, but we would not be surprised if the company decides to use E3 as the place where their annual or bi-annual refreshes will be announced. PC lives forever, obviously.

Microsoft 40

Microsoft Strategy Hardware Sony 40

The Ghost Howls

JULY 21, 2019

To prove his claims, he put on the tale the sales numbers of the Oculus devkits: “The original DK1, released in 2013 sold 70,000 units while the follow-up DK2 from 2014 sold 150,000”, he said. Microsoft has showcased a great holographic translating technology. These numbers are of course far away from mainstream adoption.

Oculus 203

Oculus Gaming Haptic AR 203

VRWorld

MAY 9, 2016

In 2013, the situation for PC gaming was rather grim. The arrival of new, AMD powered consoles brought the x86 architecture back to Microsoft (Intel x86, IBM PowerPC, AMD x86), and marked the third architectural change for Sony (SGI MIPS, IBM PowerPC, AMD x86).

Architecture 73

Architecture Gaming Hawaii Sony 73

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 4, 2017

Patents filed in 2013-2014 explore a variety of exotic optical designs, functional on paper, but with specifications outside the tolerances of existing manufacturing methods. In April of last year Abovitz landed himself on the cover of Wired magazine with what was dubbed the Magic Leap “photonic chip.”

Magic Leap 224

Magic Leap New York San Francisco Avegant 224

Upload VR

JANUARY 14, 2023

And if you stack the billions spent there against Sony, Microsoft, Magic Leap, Google, Apple and others, are all these executives investing too much on AR & VR, or too little? — Jeri Ellsworth (@jeriellsworth) February 13, 2013. Does “bit” understate or overstate how much faster things could have gone? ” Yup.

AR 120

AR Gaming Las Vegas Magic Leap 120

TechCrunch VR

AUGUST 29, 2021

Urbanbase, founded in 2013 by chief executive officer and a former architect Jinu Ha, has now raised $20 million (approximately 23 billion won) in total. Big tech corporations, ranging from Facebook, Intel to Microsoft, are targeting to move in the area. million (13 billion won) in a Series B+ round as it scales up.

South Korea 75

South Korea Tools Data Japan 75

TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

In a 2013 Time interview , he briefly — and modestly — spoke of The Sword of Damocles, noting, “The name virtual reality might be applied, but it didn’t come along until ten years later.” “You’ve seen some really compelling demos here,” Sergey Brin told the crowd. Glass was released for developers in February 2013 for $1,500.

AR 100

AR Magic Leap Virtual Reality Los Angeles 100

ARVR

MARCH 5, 2021

Furthermore, my involvement is primarily confined to one particular social VR platform, AltspaceVR, owned by Microsoft, making most of my experience the product of a niche within a niche within a niche. Microsoft has been very active in this area for years and their video on the history of flight simulation is a good introduction.

Virtual Reality 130

Virtual Reality Cambodia AR Education 130