Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Old Enemies – HTC. While both Oculus’ Rift and HTC’s Vive hit the market right around the same time in 2016, the Vive was the first system with motion controllers and room-scale. Former Friends – Samsung. Samsung was perhaps Oculus’ first major ally. A Tale of Two Headsets. Image courtesy Oculus.

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Upload VR

JULY 6, 2023

Samsung is reportedly redesigning its in-development headset. In February Samsung officially announced it was working on an XR headset, with Google handling the system software via a new variant of Android. Google is handling the software for Samsung's hardware. A year later Facebook formally abandoned Gear VR.

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Road to VR

MAY 30, 2017

Palmer Luckey, Founder of Oculus, circa 2014 | Photo courtesy Oculus. Luckey stuck with Oculus under Facebook for several years, but after the reveal of a polarizing political stance and a major lost lawsuit —brought by a company which Oculus was involved with in its early days— news broke that he had left the company in March.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2017

After it was introduced in 2014, Chinese manufacturers flooded the market with these ‘Plastic Cardboards’, which on the surface seem to fill a use: headsets made of cardboard get greasy and dinged-up fairly quickly, so having a more robust plastic version helps keep them in good shape longer.

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

I’ve been a big fan of the cute little Samsung Gear 360 camera since its first unveiling in the spring of 2016, and always recommend it to people inquiring about the best consumer-friendly 360 cameras out there. THE STANDALONE MOBILE HEADSET THAT HTC IS KEEPING IN JAPAN. AIRLINES TESTING AUGMENTED REALITY TO READ YOUR EMOTIONS.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

What it Means for 2024 The first article about Apple that I ever wrote on Road to VR was this one in 2014 about the company filing a job posting seeking someone with experience in AR and VR. That leaves HTC to fall back to the enterprise sector, the one place where it has long had a strong reputation.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). I’m Chen, General Manager and Chief Editor of VRTUOLUO , also a senior media expert who has dug and studied deeply the XR industry since 2014.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Original investors included Comcast Ventures, HTC and Samsung, but now join Horizons Ventures, Twentieth Century Fox, Evolution Media Partners (backed by TPG and CAA), China’s Shanghai Media Group, Youku Global Media Fund and LDV Partners. SEE ALSO Comcast, Samsung, and HTC Join $6 Million Investment in VR Animation Studio 'Baobab'.

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Way back in 2014 not long after VRFocus had first arrived on the virtual reality (VR) scene we spoke to Fireproof Games’ co-founder Barry Meade about bringing its popular mobile franchise The Room to VR, with him saying that: “It would be very, very difficult to port.”

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

John Root co-founded VRLA with Cosmo Scharf in 2014 , and it has organically grown into a thriving VR event with over 10,000 attendees at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Rikard Steiber, President Viveport and SVP of Virtual Reality, HTC Vive. Friday keynote speakers include: Cliff Plumer, CEO, The VOID.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

Already supporting the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, and PSVR – Unity will now support Google Daydream. The 2014 DoD contract is over in this upcoming October – so should we expect a military-innovated Holodeck release? According to a regulatory filing, Ostendo has now raised $41.8M

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AllThingsVR

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Kojima founded her startup in May 2014, soon after Facebook unveiled its $2 billion acquisition of VR headset maker Oculus. Fove ran a Kickstarter campaign, raising $500,000, and eventually got $13 million in financing from investors including Samsung Electronics Co., and HTC Corp. Qualcomm Inc. game maker Colopl Inc.,

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Upload VR

JUNE 17, 2024

The first VR headset to ship after Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus in 2014 was the Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition, using the Note 4 smartphone as its display, processing center, and battery. Later, the HTC Vive powered over PC by SteamVR promised to pair with your phone to keep you connected while in VR.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

On March 25th, 2014, many people were left scratching their heads: why did Facebook spend 2 billion dollars to acquire a Kickstarter funded virtual reality company called Oculus. HTC has sold an estimated 100k Vives. Samsung Gear VR expected 3.5 Since then, we have seen a movement. Virtual reality has taken the world by storm.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

” review of standalone headsets (you can find in other posts the ones related to Oculus Go and HTC Vive Focus ). it is bigger than the Oculus Go but smaller than the massive HTC Vive Focus. When Daydream launched as an alternative to Gear VR, it seemed destined to kill Samsung’s ecosystem. Then, keep reading.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Facebook paid $2 billion for Oculus in 2014, and although sales figures have not been released, many analysts believe the headset is lagging behind similar offerings from HTC and Sony. In July the price went down for 33% to $399.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Facebook says that Beat Games will remain independent and the game will remain the same, but these are the same words that I’ve heard when in 2014 it acquired Oculus, and we all know how the story ended (and in fact, the popular Damo9000 ironized about it). If you were always unsure if buying a headset or not, the time is now!

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 26, 2018

In just two short years, in early 2014, they were acquired by Facebook. Oculus Gear VR: A mobile VR solution, it allows a Samsung Galaxy smartphone to be used as a VR device. Their devices have come a long way from the original development kits. Oculus Rift: One of the best headsets on the market for gaming.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

Samsung Gear VR. Samsung Smartphone. Apple and Samsung Smartphones. The HTC Vive, produced by HTC and developed together with video game industry giant Valve, was released on April 5th, 2016. In 2018, all-new stand-alone devices are coming, and upgrades to the current generation will be released. Oculus Rift.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Samsung Gear VR. Samsung Smartphone. Apple and Samsung Smartphones. The HTC Vive, produced by HTC and developed together with video game industry giant Valve, was released on April 5th, 2016. In 2018, all-new stand-alone devices are coming, and upgrades to the current generation will be released. Oculus Rift.

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Infinityleap

MAY 11, 2016

Earlier last week, Oculus announced a handful of new changes to Gear VR , its mobile headset for Samsung phones, along with one big new Facebook feature created with virtual reality (VR) in mind: the arrival of 360-degree photo capability in Facebook’s News Feed. billion in 2014. Photo credit: Samsung).

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VRWorld

MAY 19, 2016

When Google launched the Cardboard VR project on I/O 2014, the company wanted to make sure that VR is not a passing thing, like the ill-fated Google Glass project ended up being. Daydream Ready devices are coming to market from Alcatel (TCL), ASUS, HTC, Huawei, LG, Mi, Samsung, Xiaomi, ZTE and others.

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VeeR VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Two years later, in 2014, Facebook bought Oculus VR company for 2 billion USD. 2014 was an exciting year for the VR community. 2014 was also the year that Samsung announced the Samsung VR gear that would eventually be released in 2016. . In 2016, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Playstation VR were all released.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Dominic Brennan from Road to VR estimates that Santa Cruz is using the same 1,440 × 1,600 displays that are also found in the Samsung Odyssey and Vive Pro headsets. For those of you that will not be able to attend in San Jose, California you can watch the event live streamed in virtual reality on your Oculus Go or Samsung Gear VR!

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Everything VR & AR

MARCH 21, 2016

On this episode, Nathan and Kevin are joined by Robert "The Scobleizer" Scoble as he shares his thoughts on the current state of VR & AR technology, along with what he feels it will take in order for devices such as the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR and more to be successful.

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Delight XR

MAY 14, 2019

visit website Samsung Gear VR. visit website Samsung Odyssey. visit website HTC Vive. visit website HTC Vive Pro. visit website HTC Vive Cosmos. visit website HTC Vive Focus Plus. Google Cardboard. Field of view. Max Resolution (combined). depends on smartphone. Positional Tracking. Motion Controller.

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Delight XR

MAY 14, 2019

visit website Samsung Gear VR. visit website Samsung Odyssey. visit website HTC Vive. visit website HTC Vive Pro. visit website HTC Vive Cosmos. visit website HTC Vive Focus Plus. Google Cardboard. Field of view. Max Resolution (combined). depends on smartphone. Positional Tracking. Motion Controller.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 11, 2020

We exited that company in 2014, and we were trying to figure out what we wanted to do when we grow up. Alan: You exited your company in 2014. And one of my co-founders bought an early innovators edition of Samsung Gear VR. We exited that company in 2014, and we were trying to figure out what we wanted to do when we grow up.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 11, 2020

We exited that company in 2014, and we were trying to figure out what we wanted to do when we grow up. Alan: You exited your company in 2014. And one of my co-founders bought an early innovators edition of Samsung Gear VR. We exited that company in 2014, and we were trying to figure out what we wanted to do when we grow up.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

We’ve been investing in it since 2014. I ended up at Valve Software running their hardware department, putting the team together that created the HTC Vive. Jeri, at Valve they did have that sort of choice point, and they chose to do Steam VR and get behind the HTC Vive. We got into AR seriously in 2014.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 11, 2020

We exited that company in 2014, and we were trying to figure out what we wanted to do when we grow up. Alan: You exited your company in 2014. And one of my co-founders bought an early innovators edition of Samsung Gear VR. We exited that company in 2014, and we were trying to figure out what we wanted to do when we grow up.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 10, 2018

In just two short years, in early 2014, they were acquired by Facebook. Oculus Gear VR: A mobile VR solution, it allows a Samsung Galaxy smartphone to be used as a VR device. Their devices have come a long way from the original development kits. Oculus Rift: One of the best headsets on the market for gaming.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

We’ve been creating VR experiences now for probably nearer to three years with the production company, starting back in 2014, but we started obviously with 360 video doing things for Thomson Holidays — you experience what it’s like to be on a cruise ship, or be on a plane. And also, yeah, the Samsungs get a bit melted.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

We’ve been creating VR experiences now for probably nearer to three years with the production company, starting back in 2014, but we started obviously with 360 video doing things for Thomson Holidays — you experience what it’s like to be on a cruise ship, or be on a plane. And also, yeah, the Samsungs get a bit melted.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

million in 2016 and expected an exponential growth over the forecast period from 2014-2025, said Grand View Research. You can either browse, walk around or even fly to visit these tourist attractions on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. If you don’t have Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, don’t worry. Relax in VR with your HTC Vive or Gear VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

We've been creating VR experiences now for probably nearer to three years with the production company, starting back in 2014, but we started obviously with 360 video doing things for Thomson Holidays -- you experience what it's like to be on a cruise ship, or be on a plane. And also, yeah, the Samsungs get a bit melted. Alex: Yeah.

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VeeR VR

OCTOBER 15, 2018

They did this back in 2014 before the 6th season was aired, and a video of the experience went viral and no doubt helped the already surging popularity of the show. Samsung VR Rollercoaster Samsung has partnered with Six Flags to create rollercoaster experiences. Stay tuned on veer.tv

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