Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2020

This represents a 64 percent increase over the number of patents granted to the company in 2018 however, which consequently bumped the company up the rankings by an astounding 22 places. 2018 Grants. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. Amazon Technologies Inc. 2019 Grants. Rank Change. International Business Machines Corp.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Lenovo first released its smartphone-powered Mirage AR headset last year alongside its sole title, Star Wars: Jedi Challenges (2018) , a collection of short AR games that let you do things like fight Darth Vader & Co. with a lightsaber-shaped controller, play HoloChess, and challenge the Empire in a tabletop RTS.

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Road to VR

JULY 30, 2018

They Suspect Nothing (2018) , the Oculus Go & Samsung Gear VR title from Coatsink Software , is getting its first big DLC since it initially launched back in May. Dubbed ‘Overclocked’ DLC, the expansion is coming free to owners of the game on August 3rd, 2018. Image courtesy Coatsink Software.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2018

Pre-orders are open globally as of today at Vive.com and other Vive retailers like Amazon. Now we have the answers: the Vive Pro headset alone will cost $800 and launch on April 5th. Image courtesy HTC.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 29, 2024

Google is building an 'Android XR' platform to power Samsung's upcoming headset. And while Samsung may have a period of exclusivity, that almost certainly ( and reportedly ) won't last forever. Samsung's headset will reportedly be priced somewhere around $2000. Meta also lacks any real moat beyond its game studios.

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VRScout

APRIL 29, 2019

Her first VR creation, Cardboard City , earned an award at the Samsung Gear Indie Milk VR contest in 2016.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 29, 2022

Amazon's infamous annual shopping event, Prime Day, will soon be upon us. and Amazon's Global Store until 5pm AEST on July 14. You will need to be an Amazon Prime member to partake in the fun. Gaming deals Check back here during Prime Day (July 12-14). -- What is Amazon Prime Day? If this is not you, fear not!

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Upload VR

MARCH 1, 2024

The Meta Quest operating system is a fork of the open-source core of Android (known as AOSP), a similar strategy to Amazon's Fire OS for its Fire tablets. Meta has been working on it for at least seven years, as it first arrived in 2018's Oculus Go.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 30, 2020

Together with Spatial’s last round, $8 million in October 2018 , the company has now raised $22 million. Other investors include Expa, Lerer Hippeau, Leaders Fund, Samsung NEXT and Andy Hertzfeld (of Macintosh fame). Given its position with developers, if Amazon is getting into the mix, you know something is up, he added.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

This year was going to be the year of augmented reality, but by the end of 2018 market analysts were pointing to 2020 or 2021 as the “golden year” of AR. In 2018, Gilbane , Bosch Power Tools and KPE Building all adopted Triax’s Spot-r system to detect falls, track the location of workers and equipment, and improve safety on the job.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Samsung Gear VR (with controller). Photo by Samsung. from Samsung. COMPATIBILITY: The 2017 edition of Samsung’s Gear VR is only compatible with Samsung smartphones, specifically these devices: Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+, Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 Edge, Note 5, Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, and Galaxy S6 Edge. from Amazon.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 29, 2022

A 2018 meta-analysis published in the Frontiers in Psychology journal combined numerous studies from the past few years, ultimately pinpointing a significant touchscreen learning effect. You have the choice of impressive tablets from the likes of Amazon, Apple, and Samsung. These are the best tablets for kids in 2022.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Show us your festive spirit by sharing your 360 photos and videos with #2018: What new places you’re visiting, what gourmet foods you’re having, what zany adventures you’re having. with #2018 （For new users of VeeR, you could either upload from desktop or our Android / iOS mobile app. How to win a free gear. For more specs, stay tuned!

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

Another leak regarded the release date: an Amazon listing put the availability date of the Quest 3 starting from October, 10th. First of all, Google has to keep the work on the headset very secret also internally , because Samsung is afraid that Google will steal its expertise to build a competing product.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 20, 2016

It is clear that the current pace of graphics development left Intel way behind not just AMD or NVIDIA, but mobile SoC providers such as Qualcomm, MediaTek, HiSilicon, Samsung and others. Sadly, no 3rd party IP will come inside Intel’s silicon before we see off Kaby Lake (2017) and Cannon Lake (2018).

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

Amazon Prime has a series coming up called Good Omens, which is about angels and devils among us in the days before the apocalypse. Charlie: Yeah it’s it’s a series on Amazon. Charlie: They’re taking the Amazon route. Alan: Do you think that… Charlie: Amazon is basically still not profitable.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

Amazon Prime has a series coming up called Good Omens, which is about angels and devils among us in the days before the apocalypse. Charlie: Yeah it’s it’s a series on Amazon. Charlie: They’re taking the Amazon route. Alan: Do you think that… Charlie: Amazon is basically still not profitable.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

But you can imagine, as this technology progresses quickly, a few years ago, we had Tango phones that had depth sensing cameras, now that went away and then all of a sudden the depth sensing cameras are back on the new Samsung phone. In this field, it’s it’s billions and billions and billions of dollars. Alan: USDZ, anyone?

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

But you can imagine, as this technology progresses quickly, a few years ago, we had Tango phones that had depth sensing cameras, now that went away and then all of a sudden the depth sensing cameras are back on the new Samsung phone. In this field, it’s it’s billions and billions and billions of dollars. Alan: USDZ, anyone?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Samsung starts off the month debuting its VR Internet browser for Gear VR, becoming the first to offer a VR browser. A series of announcements from Amazon, Crytek, Epic Games and Unity Technologies showcase an evolution among their respective game engines into VR world creation toolsets. December 2015. August 2016. September 2016.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

in 2018 ( according to SuperData ). One of the main reasons was the friction of turning it on , that required inserting your phone into a shell while inserting a USB plug in it: a very annoying process, that was necessary for various reasons, like the stabilization of the IMU of Samsung’s phone (Gear VR shell contained another IMU).

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

It offers tons of premium content covering over 500 million km² on earth, including the mysterious Amazon river basin, the bustling Manhattan, the grand canyon and the Swiss Alps. You can watch free premium VR contents through VeeR on major VR headsets, including Oculus , HTC VIVE , Google Daydream , Samsung Gear VR , Windows MR and more.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

We’re part of Nielsen as of late 2018, and the original focus of the company was on digital games — video games, primarily. I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets — like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it — are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing. 2018 and then beyond?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

We’re part of Nielsen as of late 2018, and the original focus of the company was on digital games — video games, primarily. I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets — like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it — are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing. 2018 and then beyond?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

We're part of Nielsen as of late 2018, and the original focus of the company was on digital games -- video games, primarily. I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets -- like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it -- are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing. 2018 and then beyond? Carter: $ 33.9-billion

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Roto VR Explorer | Image courtesy Roto VR The company notes it’s already started mass production in China, which will provide “greater cost efficiencies for global distribution” amid the upcoming launch of suspected VR headsets from Samsung and Google, the company says.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

Another brand I’m very curious about is Samsung : sooner or later, it should announce something, either in VR or in AR. Samsung has always released interesting products (think about the GearVR or the Odyssey), and it would be cool for it to release a standalone headset with mixed reality features.

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