XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 19, 2024

Google Rebrands its Open-Source VR Modelling Tool DPVR’s VR Headset Deployed by Travel Africa Network Pimax Crystal Light Review: Affordable PCVR Clarity The headsets provide a number of services from a virtual kitchen to help users plan and cook healthy meals to creating VR versions of favourite holiday destinations.

Virtual Reality 216

Virtual Reality Africa Healthcare Training 216

Upload VR

OCTOBER 20, 2024

EMEA is a geographical region encompassing Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, typically used as a global division by companies. Samsung and Google are reportedly working on a competitor, and Apple is reportedly exploring releasing one in 2027 too. Ray-Ban Meta glasses are the top selling product in 60% of Ray-Ban stores in EMEA.

Europe 145

Europe Africa Samsung Controllers 145

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

This is Google Earth VR. Google Earth VR is a surprise project from Google’s Geo team that is being both announced and released today. This is the team behind Google Maps and the original Google Earth. I choose Africa and within minutes I am hovering a few hundred feet off the ground of a barren desert.

Google 100

Google San Francisco Cleveland Data 100

VRWorld

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

This past Friday, Discovery Communications and Google launched the first chapter of Discovery TRVLR, a collaboration that they herald as a “groundbreaking new immersive series,” which aims to provide a 360-degree cross-cultural experience. The post Discovery and Google collaborate on immersive VR experiences appeared first on VR World.

Immersion 49

Immersion Google South America North America 49

VRScout

MARCH 22, 2017

“Especially compared to Africa, which was much larger than I thought.” For instance, Google Cardboard is already providing virtual field trips to thousands of elementary school students, while Stanford University is creating experiences to show the effects of ocean acidification. ” Halvorsen said.

Norway 348

Norway Africa Education Microsoft 348

VRScout

OCTOBER 7, 2017

Google and Discovery expand the Discovery VR app with new VR travel series. Over the course of 38 episodes spread throughout seven chapters, you will travel throughout North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe and Antarctica in the first virtual reality series to cover all seven continents.

South America 181

South America North America America Africa 181

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I’m sorry about that, but it’s still a miracle I’ve managed to write it… Top news of the week (Leaked image from Samsung video) Samsung is back to XR with Google and Qualcomm The big news of the week is that Samsung is back to XR. What is even more interesting is that this device will be built in partnership with Google and Qualcomm.

Samsung 290

Samsung Google Ukraine Sony 290

VRScout

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

It was then that Kelly was transported to a painstakingly recreated version of her favorite place in the world, her grandparent’s home in South Africa.

South Africa 368

South Africa Latency Africa Haptic 368

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 16, 2017

In the fervor of the holiday season surrounding the release of PlayStation VR and Google Daydream, followed by the Oculus Touch controllers and the never-ending onslaught of new games and experiences on the Steam marketplace, it’s easy to forget about Samsung’s Gear VR.

Africa 100

Africa Gaming Morocco Samsung 100

VRScout

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Mondly , a successful language app with over 20 million downloads, and named Facebook’s “Europe, Middle East and Africa App of the Year” for 2017, looks to use this idea to make learning a new language a lot easier in VR with the launch of Mondly VR for Google Daydream.

Africa 282

Africa New York France Europe 282

ARVR

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Often, the audience interacts with virtual reality using a headset , such as Google Cardboard , to experience an entire virtual realm. During the ‘live-action’ remake of The Lion King , photorealistic lions in Africa were filmed using virtual cameras on an empty sound stage.

Virtual Reality 245

Virtual Reality Industry Filming Africa 245

Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Your guide through this complex experience is BBC Africa Correspondent Alastair Leithead. Your guide through this complex experience is BBC Africa Correspondent Alastair Leithead Click To Tweet. “As Both parts of Damming the Nile can be viewed on YouTube with or without a VR headset like a Google Cardboard.

Sudan 216

Sudan Africa Case Study Trends 216

ARPost

JULY 5, 2019

New virtual reality headsets such as the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, and Google Daydream have barely scratched the surface of the technology’s potential. From Paris to Africa, seniors can explore the world to their heart’s content. Even so, the applications of VR are reshaping entire industries. Seniors make up 15.6%

Virtual Reality 275

Virtual Reality Africa Virtual World Groups 275

The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The Africa XR Report tells you what is happening in immersive realities in Africa. Visually stunning adventure game Hubris is coming to PC VR headsets on December 7th, and on Quest and PSVR 2 in 2023 Wooorld is now available for Quest 2 and Quest Pro for $15 on the Meta Quest Store. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more.

Haptic 485

Haptic Africa Ukraine New York 485

Slashgear

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Called “The Okavango Experience,” this VR series will take viewers through the Okavango Delta in Africa, following a NatGeo team across 1,500 miles over the course of four months. On December 11, the first of three virtual reality projects from YouTube and National Geographic will debut on the video platform.

Video 112

Video Africa Virtual Reality Course 112

VRScout

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Some of the biggest names in social impact will be in attendance, including: Participant Media, Conservation International, the Rainforest Alliance, Connect for Climate/World Bank, and the Milken Institute, as well as tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Oculus.

Nigeria 221

Nigeria Africa Iraq Kenya 221

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The online collaboration works in a way similar to Google Docs. To qualify, registrants need to be residents in the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East, or Africa). When your colleague opens the project, he/she gets from the server your modified scene and works on it, then it saves it again for others to use.

Unity 545

Unity Unreal Simulation Tools 545

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 31, 2023

These include Oracle Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Caregility Joins Informa’s Arab Health Conference 2023 The news comes as the Eatontown, New Jersey-based company expands its operations across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

United Arab Emirates 109

United Arab Emirates UAE Healthcare Saudi Arabia 109

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

If this partnership is exclusive, Meta has just got a huge edge over its competitors like Samsung or Google. More info An association is showing the metaverse to African communities Kenya-based Africa VR Campus and Center is on a mission to give members of remote communities a first glimpse into the wonders of the metaverse.

Unity 269

Unity Kenya AR Samsung 269

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2019

When I was a junior executive at Disney I pitched my boss Jeff Katzenberg the idea this way: “ Bambi in Africa”. Wikipedia, Google, Yelp, selfies, other forms of social media. Is it true that you invented the Lion King? How have you managed to have the idea for such a masterpiece? Facial recognition means I’ll never forget a name.

Augmented Reality 330

Augmented Reality AR Technology Magic Leap 330

ARVR

AUGUST 25, 2022

We can only expect that after apple releases their glasses at the end of 2023, according to MacRumors Apple Glasses: Everything We Know So Far And the second model of glasses in 2024/5, as we know, will cause the markets to start “coping “ them, and we can’t forget about the return of google glasses 2.

Real Estate 147

Real Estate Augmented Reality Examples Entertainment 147

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 11, 2023

Additionally, we work with companies like Ohana One and Doctors without Borders, where doctors at smaller local hospitals in Africa need to perform operations they aren’t familiar with. With our smart glasses, they can get an expert from New York City, San Francisco, or [Baltimore-based] Johns Hopkins to join the theatre experience.

AR 99

AR Head Mounted Display San Francisco New York City 99

XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 12, 2023

Meanwhile, major technology firms Google and T-Mobile contributed further to the XR landscape with some significant project partnerships. Google Releases AR Geospatial Creator for Unity Google has launched Geospatial Creator for Unity, a new platform that allows developers to preview 3D assets in the Unity Editor.

Unity 193

Unity Google Study Africa 193

Bernard Marr

JUNE 10, 2022

Google helps its suppliers identify energy efficiency opportunities, and helps them to implement these opportunities. The company also partners with non-profit Justdiggit to restore and regreen dry lands in Africa, where the majority of cocoa beans are grown. Looking beyond the supply chain.

How To 59

How To Examples Africa Automotive 59

Robert Scoble

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

I do too, and go even further than she does in studying this industry (I had the first ride in the first Tesla with Elon Musk and had the first video on YouTube of Google’s self-driving car, and have interviewed many in the industry, and also have a Twitter list of people and companies building autonomous cars ). Can Google match this?

Data 113

Data Apple Google Kansas 113

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

This move resembles the one that Google had with TiltBrush: instead of killing the program, it is returning it back to the community, and this is for sure a good decision. If you are a company/startup/lab leveraging XR in Africa, kindly fill the form linked below or reach out to VRARA Nigeria to get featured. Some XR fun.

AR 494

AR Nigeria Apple Oculus 494

The Ghost Howls

APRIL 2, 2021

We also have great representation from Africa, South America, and Europe. How many stages have I spoken on, in front of groups of hundreds and even thousands of people with barely any black people in the audience. Our mentees come from different cities, backgrounds, and cultures. Let’s talk about development, now.

Augmented Reality 390

Augmented Reality Technology Industry Education 390

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2022

This collaboration also lets me offer you one special bonus: if you live in the EMEA area (Europe, Middle East, Africa), if you register for the GTC event using my referral code [link] , you can have a chance to win an NVIDIA RTX3080 Ti (worth $1200)!

Latency 522

Latency Training Tools Simulation 522

VRScout

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Each female founder has been paired with complementary women leaders from companies such as Google, Magic Leap, Norwest Venture Partners, and Warner Bros., Women and allies from Canada to Latvia to South Africa joined in on the festivities. This program provides strategic alliances and entrepreneurial guidance over 10 weeks.

Los Angeles 321

Los Angeles San Francisco South Africa Latvia 321

XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 14, 2023

Additionally, we work with companies like Ohana One and Doctors without Borders, where doctors at smaller local hospitals in Africa need to perform operations they aren’t familiar with. She points to companies like Boeing and Google, which use XR to create innovative workplace solutions.

Healthcare 105

Healthcare San Francisco New York City Baltimore 105

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 9, 2019

And so mixed reality is allowing them to remotely — you could have an office in Toronto — remotely monitoring a mine in South Africa, sitting at their desk but wearing a device. It’s like, “Oh, this business went out of business, send that back to Google Maps.” So that’s what Connected Mine does.

Jordan 78

Jordan Construction Data Microsoft 78

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 9, 2019

And so mixed reality is allowing them to remotely — you could have an office in Toronto — remotely monitoring a mine in South Africa, sitting at their desk but wearing a device. It’s like, “Oh, this business went out of business, send that back to Google Maps.” So that’s what Connected Mine does.

Jordan 78

Jordan Construction Data Microsoft 78

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 9, 2019

And so mixed reality is allowing them to remotely -- you could have an office in Toronto -- remotely monitoring a mine in South Africa, sitting at their desk but wearing a device. It's like, "Oh, this business went out of business, send that back to Google Maps." So that's what Connected Mine does.

Jordan 60

Jordan Construction Data Microsoft 60

Robert Scoble

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

It brings with it a bunch of new technologies that could disrupt even Apple, Google, or Amazon, but soon will start bringing service after service to your home. We have visited homes all around the world, in China, India, Israel, South Africa, and many European countries, along with homes in Canada and Mexico and have seen this.

Augmented Reality 46

Augmented Reality Machine Learning Data San Francisco 46

VRScout

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

That’s the opening line of a new VR film from the Google Conflict Minerals Campaign entitled The Journey of Gold. Alyssa Newman, Google’s Conflict Minerals and Sustainability Program Manager, said that the film’s goal is to raise awareness about their efforts to implement responsible practices for sourcing for these metals.

Congo 296

Congo Filming Google Africa 296

The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

South-Africa startup Eden Labs has created an interesting design for VR headsets needed in public installations to show 360 videos. Google announces The Relightables. Google has just invented a new system to shoot volumetric videos of avatars. I really can’t wait…. News worth a mention. Image by Eden Labs).

Oculus 213

Oculus South Africa Arizona Canada 213

VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Projects must be viewable via Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, or Google Cardboard. exhibiting a number of new-but-unknown feature films, documentaries, animations, and shorts that have gone on to significant box-office success and multiple Oscar nominations.

Filming 49

Filming Virtual Reality Atlanta San Jose 49