Road to VR

APRIL 19, 2017

Facebook today announced two new additions to the Surround360 hardware initiative that are poised to make 360 video more immersive. Unveiled at the company’s yearly developer conference, F8, the so-called x24 and x6 cameras are said to capture 360 video with depth information, giving captured video six degrees of freedom (6DoF).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

It is not a VR-only experience, but it works also through mobile phones (iOS and Android), Oculus Quest, and soon it will come for PC, too. I hoped for something a bit more 3D, but actually, the concert was “just” a collection of 360 videos recorded from a big concert of The Muse inside a stadium.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

That’s the question Oculus, Tool of America, and director Kevin Kornish set out to answer with the new experimental VR experience, Fall in Love VR. He pitched the idea to Tool of America, who jumped on board right away. “ He pitched the idea to Tool of America, who jumped on board right away. “

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

We all know that HoloLens 2 is a very powerful tool for remote assistance and collaboration, and can, for instance, be used to watch a 3D model of an industrial machine by many people together that have to discuss about it. Oculus Quest adds OpenXR, but rolls back new UI. It has been quite an interesting week for Oculus Quest.

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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. A pioneering creative tool in VR; Google’s Tilt Brush was awarded for empowering artists from all realms to experiment, design and create all kinds of art in virtual reality.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The company’s annual two-day event is dedicated to exploring the future of Facebook’s family of apps and services (including Oculus), and how businesses and developers can leverage them. In the last 12 months, the Facebook brand has become increasingly visible and involved with the Oculus subsidiary. Wednesday, April 19.

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VRScout

JANUARY 25, 2018

It may be hard to believe but its been four years since Samsung and Oculus first announced their smartphone-powered Gear VR headset. In darker times, the best 360° videos we had access too were grainy, nauseating clips of GoPro stunts and claustrophobic concerts. I’m not sure which impresses me more. Let’s get lost.

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Road to VR

MAY 26, 2020

Like Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Go, the headset only includes a single remote, which appears to have a touchpad and button array for basic input. Along with optical hand tracking comes room-scale tracking, making Mova closer to Oculus Quest or Pico Neo 2 in function. Image courtesy XRSPACE.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Lytro , the once consumer-facing light field camera company which has recently pivoted to create high-end production tools , has announced a light field rendering software for VR that essentially aims to free developers from the current limitations of real-time rendering.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

.” Kim Cooper is a two-time Emmy nominee and under her leadership, Spatialand’s VR platform has created projects for Oculus, Intel, Reebok and Linkin Park. He has also been a consultant for 360 video app company Splash and Mindshow , the VR movie creator tool. The post Walmart’s Tech Incubator Store No.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

They are offering two different tools: Frame Studio , which allows anyone to upload simple, static-overlaid image frames that will appear in Facebook camera to their friends or a Page’s fans. For many, the 360 ° video of his daughter’s first steps was the first 360 ° video they ever watched. Virtual Reality.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

In my brief demo inside the platform I walked on the surface of mars, strolled through the Scottish Highlands, explored a mysterious door to another world, examined a photorealistic Egyptian tomb, stood inside of a 360 video, and enjoyed a massive, outdoor, 4k amphitheater.

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Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2017

Although SteamVR also supports the Rift on PC, it relies on elements of Oculus’ PC SDK which means it’s unlikely that we’ll see Rift on Mac until Oculus supports it officially. VR Video Editing in Final Cut Pro X. Vive Demo on Stage.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The still-in-beta social VR platform has delighted us with the ability to join friends to watch 360° videos, capture silly Avatar selfies, draw or even let you answer video calls all from within VR. Since its official announcement back in April, Facebook Spaces has had a rocky journey. This is only the beginning,” said Booth.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Someone I was with said, ‘You need to check out this kid’s video,’ and I remember smiling really big and thinking this is the best 360 video I had ever seen.”. The tools get better every month,” explains Wickert. The tools we were using for the last one, I wish we had for the first one. Image Credit: SOKRISPYMEDIA.

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Cats and VR

MAY 16, 2016

There’s also a large community of nonprofit organizations eager to embrace VR as a tool to raise awareness for causes in need of a voice. Students will receive everything they need to create 360 videos for VR, including a Samsung Gear VR, a Galaxy S6, Ricoh Theta S 360 cameras, access to editing software, and VR film mentors.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2017

To make the upcoming Android ‘O’ OS more VR-friendly, Google is integrating some things you might think are pretty basic, but in the end are intended to give VR users the tools they need to manage the ‘always in VR’ nature of standalone headsets. Daydream Home. image courtesy Google. Daydream Cast.

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JANUARY 2, 2017

But the 360 videos do have one massive upside — anyone with a smartphone and a headset, no matter how cheap, can participate and view them. Right now 360 video offers not only more eyeballs [than Oculus or Vive] but we’re seeing 360 video being viewed even more than traditional video.

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2017

Forbes claims that the researchers, originating from both Alibaba and Tsinghua University, were able to ‘complicate’ experiences on a variety of VR platforms such as Facebook’s Oculus Rift, Microsoft’s HoloLens, the HTC Vive and Facebook 360 videos on the iPhone 7. Successful test causes signal loss on HoloLens.

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VRScout

JANUARY 29, 2019

The results showed that 51% of travelers found VR to be very appealing as a tool to explore vacation ideas. This idea could theoretically be used on any city/town/destination around the world as the ultimate promotional tool. WellTown is available now on SteamVR and Oculus. Image Credit: WellingtonNZ.

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Road to VR

APRIL 3, 2018

Facebook Spaces , the company’s social VR application which launched in beta one year ago , is getting an entirely new avatar system and customization tool, something Facebook says in a recent blog post was designed to make avatars “more expressive and customizable than ever.”

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JANUARY 16, 2017

Samsung updated the WebVR support for its browser on Gear VR, Google introduced the promised experimental Daydream support for the mobile version of Chrome, and Oculus launched the preview version of its Carmel web browser that will one day have us exploring the Internet through the Rift and Gear VR. You can grab the tool from GitHub.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

This means Jumanji: The VR Adventure – which was developed by Sony Pictures, Oculus, and co-developed by Avatar Labs along with the Facebook Creative Shop —can not only run on a VR headset, but it can also run on mobile phones, desktop computers and even on Facebook’s News Feed.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

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. Doug Liman, 30 Ninjas, Condé Nast, Jaunt VR and Samsung won tonight’s Best 360 Series award for Invisible.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2016

You can now register to attend Oculus’ 3rd ‘Connect’ conference, an event dedicated to all things Oculus from Rift to Touch and is focused primarily on developers and VR development. Photo courtesy Oculus VR, LLC. Explore the endless possibilities for VR across 360 video, film, art, and education.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2016

360 Photos have finally hit Facebook. Considering Facebook rolled out 360 video support late last year , we are surprised it took them this long to implement photo support, which you would think is considerably more accessible to create over 360 video.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 19, 2016

FACEBOOK LAUNCHES LIVE 360 VIDEOS 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.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

You can already use Valve’s tools to create custom maps for the game. Oculus Quest is available again in some countries. In some countries (not US), Oculus Quest and Rift S have got back in stock. If you’re interested in these devices, have a look at Amazon and Oculus websites. Oculus rolls out runtime v15 for Quest.

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Road to VR

MAY 24, 2016

The company’s founder Palmer Luckey, a self confessed audio enthusiast, ensured that the consumer Oculus Rift which shipped in June sported both high quality headset integrated headphones, but also ensured the Rift received its own audio path, including a quality DAC and Amp.

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VRScout

AUGUST 4, 2016

If your content is approved by an internal review board, you’ll have access to what the company is calling Jaunt Cloud Services, a process that should look familiar if you’ve published 360-degree video on other content platforms like YouTube and Facebook. We’ll get there — one 360 video at a time.

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ARVR

JUNE 27, 2022

In order to address the problems described above (and many more) by using VR tools we need the following: 1. Meta is however still struggling with adaptation to business / education use since it abandoned Oculus for Business solution and now you need to have one Facebook account per each headset. Content ?—?that’s size headset).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2020

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 360 videos and volumetric videos. Me and Simon of One Bonsai.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Adobe’s Steven DiVerdi took to the stage armed with an Oculus Rift and two Oculus Touch controllers to who off ‘Project CloverVR’, a prototype in-VR video editor for Adobe Premiere which allows the assembly of 360 video from within virtual reality.

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APRIL 21, 2017

A bunch of huge releases hit the Oculus Rift this week, including a long-awaited game and two new experiences that you simply have to try. Plus — check out our list of the best Oculus Rift games and best Gear VR games for more suggestions! New Oculus Rift and Gear VR Releases on Oculus Home. Google Earth VR, from Google.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Pixvana , a cloud-based VR video company, today announced their much awaited solution for publishing and streaming 360 video, a platform that promises to deliver up to 10K resolution streaming playback from the cloud to your VR devices. Even 4K video spread across a 360-degree sphere leaves much to imagination.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Operation Apex is a direct sequel to ‘Great White Sharks’, an educational experience that’s featured in one of the most viewed 360 videos on YouTube at 26 million views. The creators also say Oculus Rift is slated for release sometime in 2018, and that the game requires Vive controllers to play.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 23, 2019

Live Planet today announced the launch of the Live Planet VR System , an end-to-end pipeline for 360 stereoscopic livestreaming and distribution, including a custom camera & content management tools. The company claims that creators can go “from box to livestreaming within minutes.”

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