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Things People Ask You as a Writer Covering XR Technology

ARPost

This doesn’t necessarily mean a “digitally rendered” view like we think of video games as being digitally rendered. For example, 360 video is (or can be) a VR experience that doesn’t involve any “virtual” elements at all. See Also: What Is the Difference between Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality?

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Samsung Gear VR Install Base Has Passed 5 Million Headsets

Road to VR

Baxter also highlighted the success of Samsung’s Gear 360 camera, which ‘empowers people to create their own 360 videos and images’, and revealed that consumers have viewed over 10 million hours of video in VR.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.07.20): Oculus ready to manufacture the Quest S, Pico doubles-down on 3DOF, and more!

The Ghost Howls

This new standard evolves the previous H265 compression format for videos, reducing data requirement up to 50% while providing visually the same quality. The standard will prove especially efficient for 4K and 8K video and it works with high dynamic range video and omnidirectional 360° video.

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Google Android Co-Creator Andy Rubin And International Music Powerhouse Timbaland Back SubPac

Cats and VR

I recently had a chance to watch the hella dope Run The Jewels 360° video in a Viewmaster headset while using a SubPac device. Here is my 360° video Demo and interview with SubPac. The startup has attracted major investors and industry leaders who have joined forces to engineer this unprecedented sound movement.

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NBA All Star Kyrie Irving shows off Timbaland's new favorite state of the art audio technology, SubPac

Cats and VR

I recently had a chance to watch the hella dope Run The Jewels 360° video in a Viewmaster headset while using a SubPac device. Here is my 360° video Demo and interview with SubPac. The startup has attracted major investors and industry leaders who have joined forces to engineer this unprecedented sound movement.

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User Experience Design is missed in VR!

ARVR

User experience for wearables in general, and for VR headsets in particular, is a two-fold concept. The Multiverse Bakery “ from Studio Syro , a VR 360 3D experience 3- Immersive Captured Environments: This category is the least interactive experience in VR and mostly consists of 360 video or photos.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Releasing a simple 360 video as a marketing ploy is old news these days, so it’s refreshing when companies embrace VR to enhance their experiential brand activations in unique ways. RIDE A VIRTUAL WATERSLIDE WITHOUT GETTING WET AT TOPSHOP. Apparently the $1.4B