Tech Trends VR

JANUARY 16, 2021

Unity asked more than a dozen industry experts – including yours truly – to share their thoughts on how immersive technologies would be embraced for a report entitled Top 2020 Trends: Enterprise AR & VR. Expect that to continue into 2021. At the start of 2020 (remember those giddy, carefree times before the pandemic struck?)

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Notably, nDreams is known for a host of VR games over the years, including The Assembly (2016) , Phantom: Covert Ops (2020) , Fracked (2021), and Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord (2023), and more. At the time, the studio said it employed 250 people, meaning the layoff could affect up to 40 people.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 9, 2022

Similar to Meta, Microsoft has made some significant investments into the XR landscape in the last couple of years. Microsoft Teams now has its own Mesh integration, so companies can pull one of the world’s favourite collaboration apps directly into the MR space.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

In my opinion, Magic Leap 2 is a superior device to HoloLens 2 (see my hands-on here ), so I think that with these prices, it can have good success in the enterprise market, starting to gain shares with regard to Microsoft. Nano-tech wants to be the Nanite of Unity. Resolution Games has reported record earnings for 2021.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

You could theoretically even make an experience whose play area is as big as the one of a city (Microsoft once talked about “city-scale VR”). I would like to say that I personally made this discovery, but actually, it was told me by the great Microsoft MVP Lance Larsen. they are playable in a sports court or a warehouse).

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2021

Major VR stakeholders—including Oculus, Valve, HTC, Microsoft, Unity, and Unreal Engine—now offer full or partial support for the standard. Members of the OpenXR consortium publicly supporting the standard as of March, 2021. After years of development, the OpenXR 1.0 Sony, however, remains an odd one out.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In 2021, the brand implemented a Varjo Aero VR headset into the retail environment. Unity and Deckers. The company decided to leverage the services of RestAR and Unity to scan and render physical products in a digital environment. Microsoft and Wurth. Fortunately, XR can help.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

The Quest 2 is quite powerful and so Facebook has confirmed tha t in 2021 there won’t be the need for a Quest 2 Pro as some people were supposing. NVIDIA doubles down on Cloud Rendering and Omniverse at GTC 2021. NVIDIA DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) will be natively supported for HDRP in Unity 2021.2. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2021

Facebook losses in the VR sector will be around $6B in 2021. Yes, you’ve read it well… they will lose around $6B only in 2021, to carry on their XR ecosystem dominance goal. Microsoft too had to lose $10B to let Xbox enter the gaming console market and compete with PlayStation. Image by Microsoft). Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft ramps up distribution of HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. Microsoft is working to improve the distribution of its latest devices: HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. Nreal Light is shipping in Europe and US in 2021. Other relevant news.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

For years, Microsoft Mesh for Teams has promised companies an opportunity to create richer, more immersive collaborative experiences. Since then, however, access to Microsoft Mesh for Teams has remained relatively limited until now. Here’s your guide to using Microsoft Mesh for Teams. What is Microsoft Mesh for Teams?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has a very interesting working story, having worked for great companies like Microsoft and Fast Company. As John Riccitiello (CEO of Unity) said some years ago , the VR market won’t be interesting enough until it will reach the 10 million users mark. 2022 could be the key year for XR. PS5 + PSVR2.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. The big news of the week is that CES 2021 won’t be physically held in Las Vegas, but will have just a digital edition. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

It’s because tomorrow the SXSW 2021 starts and together with VRrOOm we have created the virtual spaces for it on VRChat! Read about Microsoft’s Ignite conference. NVIDIA launches GTC 2021. My friend Giambattista De Giorgis has published a book about learning how to develop AR/VR applications in Unity.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

It works with Unity, AWS, Microsoft, Pico, Meta, HTC VIVE, and countless other leaders, to unlock opportunities for growth. As we strive to create an exceptional platform for developing multi-user collaborative VR experiences, we are focusing on improving the user experience of our VIROO Studio within Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 11, 2020

The glasses continuously remind you that they’re actually working as displays of an Android system : when you launch Unity applications, you see the visuals split in two for the duration of the splash screen; when you change the volume, you see the standard volume bar of Android moving (split in two, of course). Should you buy it?

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Companies like Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Epic Games, Unity, and others are facilitating the rise of serious gaming technologies. Meta has debuted several visions for the Metaverse at its 2021 and 2022 Connect events. Arguably more lucrative than the movie industry, gaming has remained a massive market for content creators.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

Mozilla updates its Unity WebVR exporter. Two years ago, I reviewed on this blog a Unity plugin that Mozilla had released in beta to let you create WebVR experiences from your Unity projects. Thanks to this exporter, every Unity developer can create a WebXR experience by just building the Unity project for HTML5!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 22, 2022

All these measures are very welcome and they were strongly needed because during Christmas 2021 many kids received a Quest as a gift. Microsoft IVAS program is not doing great. The special IVAS program that Microsoft is carrying on to develop a special version of HoloLens 2 for the US Army is not doing that well. Other news.

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ARVR

MARCH 16, 2021

Microsoft announced their new platform Mesh last week to enable better mixed reality experiences across not only AR and VR headsets, but also mobile and desktop. Mesh is built on Microsoft Azure which enables developers to build immersive, multiuser, cross-platform mixed reality applications through an SDK. Enter The Monarchy 3.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 26, 2023

This month, Microsoft will deploy an upgraded version of its dormant HoloLens 2 headset for US Army soldiers. Microsoft’s US Army contract sees the firm deploy 20 custom “Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS)” HoloLens 2 MR headsets for field testing. Microsoft IVAS: What’s New? The IVAS version 1.2

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ARPost

MAY 16, 2023

Bar-Zeev has worked in XR since 1992 including co-founding Google Earth, serving as a consultant for Linden Labs, a principal architect for Microsoft, advisor for Tilt Five and Croquet, and president of the XR Guild.

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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…). Pictures from FBEC 2021 (Image from VRTUOLUO) Who will be the most important speakers?

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ARVR

DECEMBER 2, 2020

We are announcing today Integration of Interhaptics with Hololens 2 Haptic design for all mobile phones early 2021 Upcoming Haptic design for PS5 in 2021 Interhaptics was released to the public in September 2020. Hololens 2 Credit: Microsoft One of the major XR platforms used in business applications is Microsoft Hololens 2.

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Hypergrid Business

APRIL 5, 2023

Earlier this year , I wrote about how Microsoft and other companies have pulled back on their VR and AR plans. In 2021 and 2022, Reality Labs — its metaverse division — reported a total loss of nearly $24 billion. It’s all Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, and occasionally Microsoft Teams. But that might be wishful thinking.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Although, the US Army hit a roadblock in August when it slashed funding towards developing a Microsoft-powered XR training solution. In 2021, the program marked over 80 billion euros provided in funding over seven years. Since 2021 the fund has delivered up to £16 million into creating immersive experiences.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 29, 2023

USAF engineers used Microsoft’s mixed reality headset, the HoloLens 2, to conduct the field test. The enterprise hopes to reduce production times, enhance safety, and digitise processes for its global operations after the COVID-19 pandemic and Boeing crisis in 2021, leading to a surge in production constraints and demand for Airbus.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Late to the party after Oculus and Microsoft already released prototypical implementations, but finally Valve has implemented OpenXR into its runtime SteamVR. Unity details its MARS solution. coming in 2021; Very original game Paper Beast is going to be released on PC this summer; Fast Travel Games announces “Wraith: The Oblivion?—?Afterlife

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents like Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft or Snap already own global social graphs, but perhaps looking to unseat them could be the multiplayer gaming behemoths like Sony, Activision Blizzard or EA, or 3D-specific ideas like Aura’s “avatar as a service”.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft has released more specifications for its upcoming XBOX Series X, and from these data is clearly possible to see that it will be compatible with VR headsets. This reinforces my belief that Microsoft in 2021–2022 will add VR support to it , to fight the PSVR when the market will be riper.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

HP and Microsoft have a long track in offering enterprise hardware, so this headset may battle HTC on his own land (B2B). In particular, the ones by Panasonic that were so popular at CES 2020 , are going to be released in 2021. Unity launches MARS tools. Pokemon Go adds AR occlusion and scanning features.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 Where Can I Find Virtual Land for Sale? It offers a full-fledge Unity SDK to develop games and support virtual reality. In 2021, according to MetaMetrics Solutions, sales in Metaverse reached $501 million. They also have to compete with industry giants like Facebook and Microsoft.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Here are just some of the tech stocks many are looking at right now (in no particular order): Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) For the people who brought you the Hololens 2, probably the most sophisticated pair of mixed reality smart glasses out there to date. One-year price performance for AAPL as of 2/3/20 Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MAY 24, 2022

According to IDC’s March 2022 quarterly report , headset shipments grew by a staggering 92 percent in 2021, with several players vying for the top spot. XTAL won the prestigious Red Dot Product Design Award in 2020 and was also among the finalists for VR Awards 2021. Microsoft Windows Operating System compatibility.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

Microsoft Magic Leap Varjo HP Acer Samsung ASUS Dell Biel AjnaXR FYR Medical ESight Canon IrisVision VRgineers Zappar Lynx Valve Microsoft Microsoft has been increasing its focus on the extended reality landscape in recent years, with the production of solutions such as Microsoft Mesh, and a metaverse environment for Microsoft Teams.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The Five Boroughs of Igloo Vision According to Igloo Vision, its immersive spaces now include: Immersive visualisation room with floor projection : In a 5 x 5-metre space, Igloo Vision displayed 360 video, Insta360 live streams, Unity-based architectural models, Matterport-based photogrammetry models, and immersive presentations built on Slides.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

Microsoft Microsoft has been increasing its focus on the extended reality landscape in recent years by producing solutions such as Microsoft Mesh and a metaverse environment for Microsoft Teams. The device includes two active Bluetooth controllers and access to development platforms such as Unity.

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