Road to VR

AUGUST 18, 2017

These impressive metrics are bolstered by the new funding, which involves several other strategic investors, including Foundation Capital, The Venture Reality Fund, Initial Capital, East Ventures, HTC Vive, MCJ Co. Investment to Bring Ads into VR and Mobile 360 Video appeared first on Road to VR. image courtesy Immersv.

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Road to VR

MAY 26, 2020

At a special event in Taipei, Taiwan, HTC cofounder and former CEO Peter Chou today revealed the first products from the new startup XRSPACE. It will also offer premium 2D and 360 video content from its operators and partners. And XRSpace is planning to bring it to the mass market.

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VRScout

MAY 17, 2017

Steam VR expands its services with native 360-degree video support. . If you’re fortunate enough to own an HTC Vive or Oculus Rift VR headset, odds are you’ve checked out Steam. Now Valve is dipping their toes into VR video with its own custom 360 video player.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 14, 2017

View your 360° video projects in realtime on a HTC Vive. In a trio of announcements, Apple revealed that Valve would be bringing SteamVR and HTC Vive to the new iMac, Unity and Unreal Engine were coming to Mac, and Final Cut Pro X would finally support VR video editing. Final Cut Pro X 10.4

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Oculus parent company Facebook today announced it’s bringing Spaces , the company’s own social VR app, to HTC Vive. Facebook’s extension of Spaces to HTC Vive somewhat clashes Oculus’ with historical practice of creating exclusive content to drive headset sales. And the same makes sense for Facebook Spaces.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

The popular open source media player that practically plays any video format on any platform has now added support for 360° videos. The latest support comes to its desktop versions with a plan to rollout 360° support to its mobile apps in the near future as well. VR headset support coming in 2017. PHOTO mode.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Oculus and HTC have already reduced the prices of their respective headsets, with the Oculus Rift now selling for $500 and HTC Vive for $600. According to a report by Engadget , HTC will be trialing the new project in Dalian, China where it will offer access to games hosted on a digital marketplace separate from Viveport.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Featured 360 Videos from the VRScout Haunted Mansion. This is part two in our Halloween VR series, which started with our horror picks for the HTC Vive. This time we’re featuring some of the spooky 360 videos we’ll be showcasing at the VRScout Haunted Mansion tomorrow.

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HTC VIVE announced on Tuesday it will expand the availability of its VIVE Flow compact VR goggles with a novel Business Edition version. The devices are set to train, work, collaborate remotely, and enhance classroom interactions for its users across sectors, including education, healthcare, and many others, HTC VIVE explained.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 6, 2017

HTC calls itself the first ever global app store to announce a subscription service for VR content. Announced at VRLA last summer, Viveport is somewhat of a parallel marketplace to Steam, featuring all-VR content across several genres, including information, edutainment, social media, 360˚ video, news, sports, health, travel and shopping.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

Previously the family-centric film, which also happens to be the longest and most dialogue-heavy piece of content within the Google Spotlight Stories catalog, was only available on the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift via SteamVR. Finished the film and still find yourself craving more Mexican wrestling goodness?

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VRScout

MAY 24, 2016

So you just shot your first 360° video, maybe using a Gear 360 camera , and now you want to share your masterpiece with the world. If you uploaded your content to an immersive video platform like Vrideo , friends could already check out your latest work of art with a Google Cardboard or Gear VR headset by downloading an app.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 7, 2020

Firefox Reality , Mozilla’s made-for-VR web browser, has been available on standalone devices for some time now, featuring support for Oculus Quest, Oculus Go, HTC Vive Focus, and Pico standalones. Like with its standalone headset variant, Firefox Reality PC Preview supports standard 2D web browsing, 360 video, and immersive content.

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VRScout

APRIL 28, 2017

Dubbed Facebook Spaces, the new VR app lets you join friends in VR, step inside 360 videos, and even use Messenger to call friends outside of VR. Now HTC Vive wants to show us that they’ve been focused on social messaging in VR as well. The post HTC Vive Teases WeChat VR Integration appeared first on VRScout.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2019

After having detailed his vision for a better future where we all will wear an XR headset, Alvin has started introducing HTC’s vision for the Vive Focus Plus. As you can see from the price, it has been positioned in the West as an enterprise headset as all the devices by HTC. This is how to set it up.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2022

It was a video player for virtual reality headsets, able to play both 2D videos, 360 videos, and 360 VR videos which was quite popular back in the Gear VR days. There is always a big debate about 360 videos being VR or not. This includes but is not limited to HTC, Oppo, Xiaomi, and Huawei.

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VRScout

MAY 17, 2016

Disney has released a new VR experience for fans that own a HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. Whether you have an HTC Vive or Oculus Rift, the Disney Movies VR app is available to check out and download now. .” ” You will see a mix of experiences to choose from, everything from 3D 360° video to a Junglebook VR experience.

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Road to VR

MARCH 24, 2017

Sadly it isn’t 3D, though when viewed in high quality, the sharp edges of the CGI environments give a better sense of depth than most other non-3D 360 videos. With it’s thoughtful direction, this is one 360 video worth watching (though your taste in music is likely to be the overriding factor here).

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 12, 2023

A virtual reality fiction (6DOF) on Steam and HTC Viveport, a 360° video on YouTube and a short film on ARTE.tv Polo is a ball of fire, and for her, truth means expressing her opinion loud and clear " explains Benjamin Steiger Levine, director of Marco & Polo Go Round. and YouTube.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Then on Sunday during the Grammy Awards, Chick-fil-A ran two 30-second commercials and launched their CowzVR site, letting you finally watch the 360° video the cows have been teasing all week. The second commercial (below) is a split-screen that gives a sense of what the site looks like and people’s reactions to it.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Less than a month after launching the Viveport VR app store , HTC is introducing even more ways to discover and experience VR content. At the Alibaba Cloud developer forum conference Monday, HTC announced the release of a closed beta for Viveport M. Up until know, VR at HTC has been lacking any sort of mobile features.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

It started with a preview of nominated VR experiences and ended with a lengthy awards ceremony where virtual reality and 360° video played a major role. HTC Vive CEO, Cher Wang, earned this award for her team’s exceptional forward progress at the intersection of art and science in VR. Best 360° Series: Invisible.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 19, 2017

There’s a reason the horror genre is so popular among VR developers and 360° video creators. That’s exactly what the folks over at Dark Corner are attempting with a slew of pants-wetting 360° videos supported by some captivating physical add-ons. Real-world interactive elements bring immersive horror to new levels.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2019

At ChinaJoy today, HTC has just announced a little but very important news: the Vive Focus Plus will be able to connect to Viveport on PC and play all its games via Wi-fi streaming. Today HTC has unveiled an official streaming solution for Viveport on the Vive Focus Plus. HTC hopes to deploy it for October. All natively.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Back at WWDC 2017 Apple finally embraced VR, announcing that it had been working with Valve to bring SteamVR and the HTC Vive to MacOS , along with a number of other announcements about how the company would support VR as part of its ecosystem. Virtual reality gets real. For now, Apple’s VR moves largely appeal to VR creators.

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VRScout

MAY 26, 2016

A couple years later, they started experimenting with VR and 360 video to tell more impactful stories. RYOT’s current output is about three videos per week produced for viewing on mobile phones. This is their story, with pictures. The acquisition was big news. They’re weighing innovation vs. impact.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 28, 2017

Revealed today by HoloLens chief inventor and project lead Alex Kipman, the Windows VR headsets have been confirmed to work with at least 67 apps—including games, experiences, and 360 video platforms. Arte 360 VR. Apps and Companies Supporting Windows VR Headsets: Ark Park. Ancient Amuletor VR. Arizona Sunshine. Made in Holo.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 8, 2016

The post New HTC Vive Releases for the Week of 07/03/16 appeared first on UploadVR.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

The video I saw was impressive also because the headset has an integrated 8K video decoding hardware , that makes watching 8K videos in it great (remember that in 8K videos, the 8K resolution represents the full-dome of the 360 video, so the part that you see has actually a resolution inferior to 4K most of the time).

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Road to VR

JANUARY 18, 2017

Although it isn’t shown in the latest devlog video, Keybl confirmed to Road to VR that 360 video support is in the works and will be coming in V2 of the Plevr app. “I really want to nail the 360 experience,” he says. Keybl plans to make an initial release of Plevr on the HTC Vive in January.

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JANUARY 2, 2018

After being eased into the immersive technology with casual 360-videos, the selected convicts are then given access to more interactive applications via an HTC Vive. They’re also exposed to more informative experiences such as dealing with conflict and handling self-checkout at the grocery store.

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Road to VR

APRIL 1, 2017

As of now, no specifics as to the nature of the experiences are available – whether they’ll take the form of passive 360 videos or more substantial realtime, interactive rendered experiences. SEE ALSO First 'StarVR' 210 Degree FOV Headsets Have Shipped to IMAX. Warner Bros.

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Road to VR

JULY 24, 2019

Amazon is also committing to bringing VR content to Prime Video VR. At today’s launch the library includes 10 “curated” 360 videos, and the company says it has plans to “continue to add new VR-specific titles.” SEE ALSO Amazon to Begin Selling VR Apps Through New HTC Partnership.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The company calls it ‘Volume Tracer’ Light field cameras are typically hailed as the next necessary technology in bridging the gap between real-time rendered experiences and 360 video—two VR content types that for now act as bookends on the spectrum of immersive to less-than-immersive virtual media.

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MARCH 21, 2017

But on the off chance that Jaunt, Oculus Video, Facebook 360, YouTube, Littlstar apps and many others don’t quench your thirst, HTC has its own solution – Vive Video. While it’s interesting that HTC has retroactively added Oculus support to Vive Video, it’s not too surprising.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Feelreal is designed to fit Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, PSVR, Oculus Go and Gear VR, and connects to the headset via Bluetooth or WiFi. Users will also be able to watch 360 videos with the Feelreal player and experience supported videos, the company says. Image courtesy Feelreal Inc.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Available today, headset owners can finally get to dive into a collection of immersive music videos that only previously graced museums worldwide via the Björk Digital Exhibition since late 2016, Pitchfork reports. The Vulnicura Virtual Reality Album is now available Steam (Oculus Rift, Valve Index, HTC Vive) priced at $30.

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