Upload VR

MAY 30, 2024

Google was an initial investor in Magic Leap, leading a $542 million funding round back in 2014. Samsung is also building a headset with Google powering the software, but Samsung's device is expected to be a VR-style headset with passthrough cameras like Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest 3.

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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. Air New Zealand is one airlines provider that is testing how the Microsoft Hololens can help improve in-flight customer service.

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Cats and VR

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The DOE is incentivizing the competition with $680,000 in cash prizes and additional sponsor prizes from IBM, Microsoft, and Samsung. In 2014, the Administration held the first White House Education Game Jam and in 2015 the U.S. Department of Education held the first Games for Learning Summit with Games for Change.

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Road to VR

JULY 29, 2016

John Carmack, On Stage at Microsoft’s Xbox Keynote at E3 this Year. Minecraft however is no stranger to VR, becoming a firm VR fan favourite in the modded VR version known as Minecrift way back in the days of the Oculus Rift DK1.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

We had full-body room-scale VR in 2014 , we were so cool. This lets you experience scenes that are a bit more complex than the ones that you can live on Microsoft’s device; The field of view is 40° Horizontal and 30° Vertical. This means that it is slightly bigger than HoloLens, but nothing special.

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Next Reality VR

MARCH 25, 2016

Since its purchase by Microsoft in 2014, Minecraft has regularly been pushed to new platforms such as Windows 10, Wii U, and Fire TV. In that spirit, Microsoft-owned Mojang has been developing virtual- and augmented-reality versions of the blocky sandbox game.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Both patents, spotted by Apple Insider , were first filed by Metaio GmbH in 2014, a German AR firm later acquired by Apple just a year later. Samsung, Apple v. Microsoft, Apple v. Nokia , the list goes on. And if the recent ZeniMax v.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Focused on harnessing immersive technologies to deliver groundbreaking VR, AR, Animation, DOOH, VFX and 360 degree video projects for some of the world’s largest brands including Sony, BBC, Red Bull, Microsoft and Lexus. He was tech lead on the BAFTA-award-winning Monument Valley (2014) and co-directed Gear VR hit Land’s End (2015).

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

It was as far back as 2014 that we spotted apple hiring an ‘App Engineer’ who would “create high performance apps that integrate with Virtual Reality systems for prototyping and user testing.” Here’s how we know. Well, you better get there too.

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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. . 2017 is also the year that Microsoft entered the VR industry.

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VeeR VR

APRIL 10, 2018

Host of Voices of VR, Kent has traveled to the top VR gatherings around the world since May 2014 to bring you a diverse range of VR perspectives and insights from over 500 makers and seasoned academics. Alan's business has worked with companies like Samsung, HBO, Techweek, Microsoft, Comcast, and many more.

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Everything VR & AR

AUGUST 1, 2016

Aisle411 was an early augmented reality development partner of Google’s Project Tango solution in 2014, offering 3D AR navigation solutions for leading retailers. There is also a possibility that the host of Everything VR & AR, Kevin Harvell, will be in New York at one of the upcoming chapter events recording some live interviews.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Microsoft’s enterprise-focused HoloLens 3 may be dead in the water, as a recent report maintains that internal divisions have hobbled the company’s efforts to release its next AR headset as planned. Alex Kipman wearing HoloLens 2, Image courtesy Microsoft. Microsoft Responds.

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

Let’s look back: Early trials: Virgin Atlantic ’s 2014 trial at London Heathrow Airport – in collaboration with SITA – included both Google Glass and the Sony SmartWatch 2. Around the same time, Vueling, Iberia, and Air Berlin launched smartwatch boarding passes for early Pebble and Samsung smartwatches.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

We’ve been investing in it since 2014. We got into AR seriously in 2014. Above: Microsoft’s HoloLens in action. Image Credit: Microsoft. An example of something that’s working out right now in VR is the Samsung commercials, the Samsung VR that was running every second over Christmas.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Samsung reportedly plans to send out an AR/VR headset to developers next year. South Korean outlet Electronic Times reports Samsung has already built prototypes and is testing samples for production. From 2014 it partnered with Facebook on the phone-based Gear VR, effectively the first widely shipped consumer VR product.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Many of you recall that I started working in VR in 2014 and my first solution was a full-body system that needed a PC, a VR headset, an array of Kinects, and some networking magic to work. New info on Microsoft abandoning the Hololens 3. And now, 8 years later, just a mobile headset could do all of this.

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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). Microsoft now sees VR as a high priority for Flight Simulator.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Then Facebook acquired Oculus for almost $3 billion in the spring of 2014, igniting a new boom in enthusiasm for VR. In May 2014, ZeniMax sued. This likely won’t affect Oculus or Samsung in the near future, though, since ZeniMax has to wait until after Facebook’s appeal,” Llamas wrote. “If Here’s the actual verdict.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

If developers of PC games want to invest more time to create a VR version of them (like it happened for No Man’s Sky, or Microsoft Flight Simulator, for instance), this could help a lot the PCVR market. Another brand I’m very curious about is Samsung : sooner or later, it should announce something, either in VR or in AR.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

After Luckey’s company was bought by Facebook for $2B in 2014, his reported net worth is $700M – so he has plenty of money to play with. Both shows are interesting experiments in serialized content and will be distributed exclusively on the Hulu VR app, which is available on the Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR. …and more.

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