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Founded in 2013, Jaunt became known not only for producing its high-quality 360video for consumers, but also a 360 camera dubbed Jaunt One (formerly NEO) aimed at idustry professionals looking to get into immersive video capture. SEE ALSO Hands-on: Oculus Link Makes Quest Feel Like a Native PC VR Headset.
Next week, on September 26th-27th, Oculus will perform its annual showcase event: Oculus Connect , that has now arrived at its 5th edition. The latest event, the OC4 has been full of news and interesting information , both on Oculus products and VR in general and I think that this year won’t be different.
(Image by Oculus). Oculus could be starting the production of a new Quest at the end of July. Multiple reports seem to confirm that Oculus is actually starting the production of a new Oculus Quest headset, with an expected release date in 2021. of units more produced annually. Other relevant news. Image by Pico).
A virtual reality experience costs money. An augmentedreality app costs money. Let’s take a virtual tour with a minimum number of 10 photos (360 photos), 3 videos (360videos), and 10 hotspots (interactions) to be put only in the videos (therefore 30 total interactions).
See Also: AugmentedReality: The Next Big Thing in Social Media. Of course, they also own Oculus, and filed for an AR glasses patent almost three years ago and a new one last year. He also talked briefly about VR as “social infrastructure,” suggesting that we might see new content for Oculus sometimes soon.
Now, let’s consider the key takeaways related to AR, VR and 360 ° content and review how they will influence the mass market adoption of those immersive technologies. AugmentedReality. At last year’s F8, the key focus was on Messenger and, to a certain extent, Live video. Impact on Consumers.
Well, if the rumor becomes reality, this would mean that all next Apple devices will have both front and back depth cameras, for high-precision AugmentedReality and 3D reconstruction. And this is possible because they both have big cash cows: Oculus has Facebook’s advertisement, and Valve has the Steam game store.
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Today, live event broadcasting specialists NextVR announced three technology advancements to their platform coming this year: six degrees of freedom-enabled content, higher resolution output, and augmentedreality support. Positional tracking is the dream for immersive video content, but it is a complex hardware and software challenge.
YouTube tells you where people are looking in your 360videos AND embraces 180 degree video, Google’s 180 degree camera, the Meta-Cookie project gets weird and alters your taste, and Intel leans into sports in a big virtual way…. It turns out that 75% of people watch only the front 90% of 360videos.
Popular VR videos streaming service VeeR is planning to enter the LBVR sector with an all-in-one VR video installation. It is experimenting with a chair that will let people spend their time watching 360videos. Me while trying the VR video chair. I think that it may be an interesting solution for 360videos.
” This year, virtual and augmentedreality were well represented throughout the ceremony. The recently released jaw-dropper from Oculus Studios won tonight’s Lumiere for Best VR Animated Experience. Dear Angelica was created using the new Oculus art program, Quill and the results are simply astonishing.
Also noteworthy: Final Cut Pro X will be able to support 360video editing, Unity and Unreal now have VR support for Macs, and SteamVR is coming to Mac… and although there was a sweet on-stage mixed reality demo using Star Wars assets and an HTC Vive, there was no mention of support for Oculus.
It is no mystery that Apple is currently the best mobile augmentedreality company, and the latest update to ARKit confirms this. Oculus Quest is available again in some countries. In some countries (not US), Oculus Quest and Rift S have got back in stock. Oculus rolls out runtime v15 for Quest. Apple ARKit 3.5
Facebook frenzy: new 360 app + live streaming in VR + voice search, our Avegant future looks like Star Trek, ZeniMax and Oculus: the plot thickens, VR companies grew 40% in 2016, investment & funding wrapup, and more… FACEBOOK FRENZY: NEW 360 APP + LIVE STREAMING + VOICE SEARCH. ZENIMAX AND OCULUS: THE PLOT THICKENS.
But now, these days are over and while the standalone headsets like Vive Focus and Oculus Go are rising, the mobile headsets are becoming always more something of the past. LYN: We noticed that Samsung hasn’t mentioned or highlighted virtual reality since the Galaxy S9 launch. Too many 360videos, too many minigames.
FACEBOOK LAUNCHES LIVE 360VIDEOS WITH NAT GEO. Partnering with National Geographic to show off the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah in full 360 degree glory, Facebook took its first steps into live spherical video. PARTY WITH YOUR FACEBOOK FRIENDS IN VR: OCULUS ROOMS & PARTIES.
This latest acquisition is another piece in a secretive strategy: over the past few years Snapchat has quietly acquired a couple of other potentially augmentedreality-related companies as well as talent. AugmentedReality Gets Its First Smartphone-Powered Headset and a BIG Partnership Between Hollywood-Backed Giants.
They have a rich catalog of award-winning animated music videos, performed live with Madonna via hologram at the 2005 MTV Europe Awards to promote their record Demon Days, and even had augmentedreality album art accompany their 2010 release Plastic Beach.
Valve Index and Oculus Quest were on sale again. This week the Valve Index and the Oculus Quest have been put back in stock. Oculus and Valve have probably taken out all the devices they had in the warehouses so that to ship them before Half-Life: Alyx and the sale has been a big success. Image by Oculus). Who knows….
As the co-founder and COO of VR Vision, they’re a virtual and augmentedreality startup that’s enhancing immersive training outcomes for some of the world’s largest brands using VR, AR, and AI technologies. Let’s talk about how you guys are using VR and 360video to make better training.
As the co-founder and COO of VR Vision, they’re a virtual and augmentedreality startup that’s enhancing immersive training outcomes for some of the world’s largest brands using VR, AR, and AI technologies. Let’s talk about how you guys are using VR and 360video to make better training.
Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly live video show and podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst. Facebook is pushing its live video hard, and is desperate to increase augmentedreality functionalities to keep up with Snapchat (which reportedly is planning for an IPO in the $25B range).
To complement the theatrical film release of Distorted on June 22nd, Minds Eye Entertainment and SkyVR have partnered to produce “Distorted Reality,” a scripted, live-action cinematic VR distributed through OneTouchVR on Google Daydream, Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and iOs.
I found very interesting that they are trying to create full-body VR content for the Oculus Quest. I have instead tried another demo for Oculus Quest called Anamika, where you impersonate a four-armed Indian goddess. InVR is another nice company making 360videos and volumetric videos. Me and Simon of One Bonsai.
MetaVRse offers a wide range of experiential marketing and event production, content production and consulting services to brands interested in harnessing the incredible power of virtual and augmentedreality technologies. VR is already the most powerful and engaging platform for entertainment, gaming and branded content.”.
OCULUS RIFT ARRIVES TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. An Oculus Rift headset has been modified and certified for use in space by French space agency CNES. Pesquet will also be sending down some 360videos he’s been taking on the ISS since arriving there in November. ZENIMAX TRIES TO SHUT DOWN OCULUS.
WHAT: “Journey with a friend on an augmentedreality headset to come face-to-face with the earliest days of human brain development, and travel through to its evolution as the fulcrum of our extraordinary and always-growing abilities to create, communicate, and collaborate.”. Who: Oculus Story Studio (Saschka Unseld, Wesley Allsbrook).
Since around 2010 modern day VR has come out through the companies of Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and the Sony Playstation VR. The ability to create 360video has been around since around 2016 when users could attach a few GoPro’s together in a rig to capture pictures and video. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.
In addition to an extensive live stream campaign surrounding the 5-city tour featuring acts like Glass Animals and Gogol Bordello, a 360video experience will be created and distributed on (yep, you guessed it) the Google Daydream content platform. ON THE SCENE OF THE CRIME WITH AUGMENTEDREALITY. You’re welcome.
As the co-founder and COO of VR Vision, they're a virtual and augmentedreality startup that's enhancing immersive training outcomes for some of the world's largest brands using VR, AR, and AI technologies. Let's talk about how you guys are using VR and 360video to make better training. So let's dive in there.
After much recent speculation of a possible price drop, the HTC Vive has joined the Oculus Rift in the discount club—cutting $200 off the previously $799 tag. Selling tools to video editor software companies like Adobe, their plug-ins empower video editors to track objects—and then use that tracking data to add or remove desired objects.
360° videos not only show high resolution but also offer an all-round view that provides a delightful experience. With a headset from Oculus such as Quest or something more affordable [.]. Instead of going for bigger screens, it perhaps makes more sense to go small but immersive.
As the co-founder and COO of VR Vision, they’re a virtual and augmentedreality startup that’s enhancing immersive training outcomes for some of the world’s largest brands using VR, AR, and AI technologies. Let’s talk about how you guys are using VR and 360video to make better training.
The EarthXR section on Samsung XR debuted this week with 12 free 360 short films which can be viewed in web browsers, on iOS or Android , or immersively through the Samsung XR app on Oculus ( Rift , Quest , Gear VR ), Windows Mixed Reality , and Daydream. World Tour.
Oculus Go launch. We all knew that Oculus Go would have been launched at F8 and this has been the case. And not only online on Oculus website, but also on Amazon and Best Buy supermarkets : before the conference, lots of people started posting on Reddit the pictures of the Go being already inside Best Buy shopping centers.
Nick Ochoa-Founder Of Magik Gallery-" Virtual Reality is more that a gaming platform, more than a 360° Video distribution platform, VR is a canvas and what you can create is very vast and infinite. Also mad props to Oculus and Naomi from the Medium team out there showing mad love in support of the event.
Augmentedreality (AR) is the future of Restaurant Menu? He also suggested that, if I hadn’t seen anything yet, that I wait in line for the 360videos at the series of spinning chairs at the other end of the room. I then got in line for the 360videos, somewhat defeated by that experience. What IS this?”
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The headset-agnostic tech stack connects advertisers with developers and publishers to deliver immersive, native VR/AR/360video advertising experiences. Multiverse’s previous game, Reveries: Dream Flight, is one of the highest-rated VR games worldwide, and a top selling title on the Oculus Store.
Some of the technologies encompassed by the term XR include; 360° video, 3D Volumetric capture, photogrammetry, 3D modelling, virtual, augmented & mixed reality, computer vision, machine learning, and spatial audio, haptics, and even scent machines. MetaVRse is a leader in XR Solutions for business.
Snapchat is betting big on augmentedreality going forward , but Facebook’s own photo-sharing app, Instagram, might be heading down the path of VR instead. What isn’t surprising is that Systrom is so bullish on VR; Facebook of course also owns Oculus and its Oculus Rift. Talking to Bloomberg’s Studio 1.0
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. The Oculus Experience. Photo credit: Facebook).
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