ARPost

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Microsoft, which apparently produces one of the best-performing augmented reality headsets on the market (HoloLens), is buying a video game production company Blizzard for a frightening amount of money: 68 billion dollars. Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) for AR Headsets. The problem is that this headset has been imminent since 2016.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Initially announced back in early summer of 2016, the joint venture outlined a capitalization plan of up to $25 million to be shared equally between Starbreeze and Acer through capital injections on a set schedule. StarVR headset circa summer 2016.

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Road to VR

APRIL 12, 2018

spec include Firefox Release 55, Oculus Browser, Samsung Internet, & Microsoft Edge. 350: Josh Carpenter at GDC 2016. 362: Brandon Jones at GDC 2016. 456: Clay Bavor at Daydream Launch 2016. 465: Tony Parisi at Oculus Connect 2016. 471: Diego Marcos & Chris Van Wiemeersch after W3C WebVR 2016.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

In the case of VR, we all remember the competition between HTC and Oculus in 2016, with HTC clearly winning the market until Oculus used Facebook’s money to slash the price of the Rift around 2017. Other companies like Nreal and Microsoft are in a better position, but just because we are in the very early stages of the market.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 6, 2019

When it comes to the most-searched-for headsets, there’s been three clear leaders during the 2016, ’17, and ’18 holiday shopping seasons: PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive. times Oculus Rift, 5 times HTC Vive, and many times greater than other headsets like Valve Index, Oculus Go, Pimax, and Samsung Odyssey.

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ARPost

JUNE 28, 2021

Spatial was founded in 2016 driven by an impressive line-up of investors including Macintosh co-founder Andy Hertzfeld and Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger. The company’s own co-founders, Anand Agarawala and Jinha Lee, have their own impressive pasts including working at Google, MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung. Meet Spatial.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

We saw mixed results in the global VR industry in 2016—initial sales volume by some high-end manufacturers didn’t quite live up to the hype, while PlayStation VR, Samsung Gear VR, and low-cost headsets continued to gain traction,” said Clifton Dawson, CEO of Greenlight Insights.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 6, 2017

Sony’s PlayStation 4 continues to widen the gap between it and the Xbox One with a strong 2016. Over the holiday season alone in 2016 Sony announced that more than 6.2 The most popular PS VR game digitally on PSN in 2016 was Job Simulator , which just announced surpassing $3 million in sales today.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

Visual augmented reality became mainstream with Pokemon Go (2016) and Snapchat filters, but its use cases are now moving beyond gaming and entertainment. Tech vendors can offer multiple solutions for cloud-based data storage and processing — AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud. Examples of Augmented Reality in Action.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 21, 2017

Google unveiled the Daydream platform a year ago at I/O 2016, but the View headset only arrived in November. Facebook and Samsung have not shared how many apps are in the Gear VR store, but a quick count shows the number is around 1,000. Like Microsoft , Google is facing an uphill battle in VR.

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VRScout

AUGUST 24, 2016

billion in 2016 to more than $162 billion in 2020. As VR hardware continues to compress in price and powerful smartphone based systems like Samsung’s Gear VR and Google’s mobile VR Daydream platform gain steam, it’s expected that 50% of worldwide revenues will be generated by VR/AR hardware sales according to the report.

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VRScout

JANUARY 16, 2017

percent between 2016 and 2020, according to a new industry research report from TechNavio. ” The report predicts America will be the major source of revenue for the VR gaming market, citing increased awareness and growth brought on by companies such as Google, Samsung and Sony.

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Road to VR

MARCH 16, 2019

It was released back in 2016, and sports a 1,080 × 1,200 resolution and a ~100 degree diagonal field of view. Rumors of the updated headset have further been stoked by spurious availability of stock for original Rift headset in recent weeks , as well as a quiet price drop on the headset from $400 to $350 back in January. Photo by Road to VR.

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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 cost is lower than the 2016 version with a pricetag of $229 and you can record in up to 4K resolution.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

The numbers are good if we compare the Quest to other VR headsets (probably the Rift has sold 1M units since 2016… so 400,000 units in few months is a good number), but are bad in the grand scheme of things : the Nintendo Switch, which Oculus compares the Quest to, has sold over 36M consoles since launch. Image by Microsoft).

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VRScout

MARCH 6, 2017

In the fall of 2016, Microsoft announced a partnership with a handful of hardware manufacturers to make developer headsets implementing the inside-out tracking technology seen on the HoloLens. THE UPCOMING SAMSUNG GEAR VR CONTROLLER IS COOL. HIGH-END VIRTUAL REALITY JUST GOT MORE AFFORDABLE. WHEN WILL WIRELESS VR GET HERE?

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2016

At Microsoft’s Pre-E3 event, the Minecraft announced that the title will soon support players playing the game on any platform, including virtual reality devices like Samsung’s Gear VR. One small question remains, whether the Oculus Rift version will also support the feature once it arrives.

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Slashgear

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Following Microsoft’s reveal of Samsung’s HMD Odyssey headset, the company has announced the start of pre-orders for a variety of Windows mixed reality headsets. We’re closing in on the roll out … Continue reading.

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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. Information provided by WhiteHouse.gov https://www.edsimchallenge.com/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/11/15/new-prize-challenge-virtual-and-augmented-reality-learning-tools.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the trend of Gaming entrepreneurs, for example, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Oculus transferred from games to virtual reality and we started to keep eye on the VR area. This is the main reason why we separated VR from our game industry media and started to focus on VR and AR industries in 2014 and registered our brand in 2016.

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DECEMBER 14, 2016

While both it and the HTC Vive push forward in the high-end PC space, the desire for tetherless, more affordable products has given birth to smartphone-based mobile headsets like the Oculus-powered Gear VR, made in partnership with Samsung. Of course, we shouldn’t ignore Microsoft’s role in the mixed reality industry.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The Oculus Rift and Touch, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR (PSVR), Google Daydream, Samsung Gear VR, and so many other headsets are all available for purchase. But if 2016 was VR’s debut year, then 2017 needs to be the year of VR content. What to Expect from Microsoft. It’s a crazy time to be alive. Robo Recall.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

But while we were great on the technical side, we weren’t good at doing business and marketing (I only started my blog in summer 2016 ), so in 2017 we closed the curtain on our crazy adventure. Furthermore, it is not something original to Magic Leap, since I’ve seen Microsoft doing it in VR some years ago.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

It’s been viewed 15 million times so far, since it was posted in December 2016. The recently launched new Samsung Gear VR with controller was also briefly mentioned as an affordable alternative to the more cost-intensive Rift set-up. Zuck is doing the same thing with Augmented Reality. Impact on Consumers. Google I/O : May 17-19, 2017.

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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. Check out the gameplay video below.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

An odyssey is an epic journey, and Samsung’s Odyssey VR headset seems to be the latest upcoming step in theirs. The Odyssey VR headset has been long time coming ( since the leak of its name in early 2016 ), and a number of leaks have indicated that its formal announcement is coming very soon. Let’s tackle a few of these.

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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. Road to VR is a proud media sponsor of Develop:VR 2016. Peter Pashley – Head of Development, Ustwo Games.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Samsung, Apple v. Microsoft, Apple v. The company has since patented various AR/VR headset designs, like it’s Gear VR-esque phone-based headset, or the most recent patent in summer 2016 outlining a high FOV AR display. Nokia , the list goes on. And if the recent ZeniMax v.

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VRWorld

MAY 27, 2016

During the recent 2016 Annual Shareholding Meeting , AMD’s leadership disclosed their targets for the upcoming three years. You can download the 2016 edition of AMD investor presentation here , while we will highlight what we consider as the most indicative slides. So a solid momentum, as we transition into the third quarter.”

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VeeR VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

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. Because of how pricey the VR headsets and handsets were, most of the VR users in 2016 were underwhelmed with the VR's affordability.

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Everything VR & AR

AUGUST 1, 2016

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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VRWorld

MAY 10, 2016

Last year (Fiscal 2016), Nvidia broke into the five billion club ($5.01 This is something where titles such as Gears of War Ultimate Edition or Quantum Break failed entirely, as Microsoft ‘screwed the pooch’ with disastrous conversions and limitations set forth by the Windows Store. billion per year company.

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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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VRWorld

APRIL 30, 2017

“ The first quarter was another record quarter, coming off a record 2016. While other major tech companies like Google , Facebook and Microsoft have raced into the VR/AR markets, Apple has been biding its time.” ” Samsung is testing human face as a VR controller. ” Did something new come out recently?

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Steki Amusement

OCTOBER 22, 2021

When it comes to virtual reality (VR), with HTC, Microsoft, Facebook, AMD, Samsung and other internationally renowned brands stepping into the VR field one after another, the VR industry ecosystem has gradually improved, and consumers’ awareness of products has gradually deepened and matured. million units, and sales will reach 2.6

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 28, 2020

A system that took much of what had been achieved with mobileVR in 2016 and packaged it into a reliable and compelling solution for the education sector, becoming a world leader deserving much more recognition.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 20, 2016

And this system, configured “as is” – costs as much as one of those “AMD announces, but you can’t actually buy” CyberPower $499 VR Ready computers paired with an Microsoft Xbox One or Sony PlayStation 4. We did not expect that NUC will be VR capable, and it wasn’t.

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