ARVR

APRIL 5, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

That’s iPhones today and a wearables suite (including AR glasses) in the longer term. Amazon wants AR for product visualization, pursuant to boosting e-commerce sales and reducing returns. Amazon will be the commerce layer, Microsoft the productivity layer and Facebook, the social/identity layer. to Oculus headsets.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 21, 2020

We’ve generally stated “tens of billions” for the collective investment scale of the big five — Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. More importantly, this aligns with the timeframe that followed its 2014 Oculus acquisition. billion for a representative baseline of pre-Oculus spending.

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VRScout

APRIL 29, 2019

Catching up with VR director and two-time Oculus Launch Pad recipient Kiira Benzing. I wanted to work with all types of wearable technology. So when I finally got an Oculus Rift DK2, I jumped in and started going to every meetup that was happening in New York. ”. I started off training in theater all over the world.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

While wearable technologies, including wearable XR, didn’t exactly “blow up” this year, the technology did further entrench itself in enterprise—the number of companies in the evaluation stage rose significantly, several large deployments made headlines, and solution providers continued to partner and expand their products to more platforms.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

But that’s the tradeoff for achieving Ray-Ban Stories’ intended style and wearability. To achieve that endpoint, Facebook knows that wearability is the first step to gradually condition users to accept face-worn tech. Among smart glasses to date, including Snap Spectacles and Bose Frames, Stories are the closest to real sunglasses.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

Meta has not officially answered this report, but Andrew Bosworth, the CTO of the company, has indirectly commented on it: “ We’re going to ship wrist wearables and AR glasses that bring completely new tech?—?like Amazon now offers the possibility to try-on shoes in AR on its app. like EMG?—?to Learn more. Learn more. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

cable extender left over from my ownership of an Oculus Rift CV1 with a 3-camera tracking setup. cable extender of the same style from Amazon for £10, it was easy to use the USB extension cables to place two Vive Tracker dongles right into my playspace, by passing under the door alongside the headset tether. Image by Rob Cole).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Every year I like to write a detailed report about all the major news from Oculus/Facebook/Meta Connect. But maybe we can compare it to the moment Palmer Luckey launched the Kickstarter of the Oculus DK1 : it’s the start of something new. I think the comparison with the early Oculus DK1 prototype holds for many things.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. Amazon Sumerian   — Amazon Sumerian enables users to create and run virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and 3D applications quickly without requiring any specialized programming expertise.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

In fact, Apple’s patents in this field tell us that the company has been thinking about immersive wearables for a long time; patents filed at least as far back as 2007 show a device that looks much like the VR headsets we see today. See Also: 3 Moves Oculus is Borrowing from Apple’s Marketing Playbook. Acquisitions.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 30, 2020

” He also pointed out the development over at Amazon, where last month the company announced AWS Wavelength for ultra-low latency 5G computing at the edge, something that will have a direct impact on using and building the next generation of AR and VR headgear.

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GizModo VR

JULY 15, 2021

For the foreseeable future, you’ll have to settle for hooking your wrist directly into an Oculus Rift. Facebook is mostly abandoning its plan to hook users’ brains directly into Facebook, at least for now. Read more.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

8th Wall recently partnered with Amazon Sumerian on a WebAR ad experience where, with just a click of a banner ad, an AR experience placed a 3D Spiderman into your space for you to interact with directly in your mobile browser.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

A new OS for wearable, on face, computers. I also am invested in Apple competitors, Qualcomm, Snap, Microsoft, Amazon, and about 50 other companies in a diverse portfolio. Just get Amazon’s latest iPhone app. Using the new Siri you will be able to ask “how much are 20 of these on Amazon?” Disclaimer.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Even though they’re not the only VR headsets on the market, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift attract the most attention and command the mainstream media presence. When announced, Oculus Rift launch price of $599 presented a main advantage over HTC Vive’s $799. Oculus Touch controllers to cost £190 in the UK.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Starting with the Device itself: today we use smartphones, and tomorrow we may be using some kind of headset, glasses or audio-only wearable, with different kinds of control or head/gaze tracking. An Apple AR headset has been a mainstay of the rumor mills for several years, and we expect Facebook to be creating an AR Oculus device.

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Robert Scoble

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Mark Zuckerberg talks about the future of VR and AR at Facebook’s recent Oculus Connect conference. It isn’t alone, we know of many companies that are spending billions on same, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Sony, Magic Leap, Huawei, and others. The tech industry is gearing up for a new paradigm shift.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

As someone who has spent a lot of time using different PCVR controllers like Wands, Index, Windows MR, and different versions of Oculus Touch, I wondered: how would these Sword controllers compare? As with any wearable equipment, you won’t know until you try, and your chance of getting a good fit will vary.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

HTC advertises it as a headset for relaxation and productivity because it wants to position it as a different product than a gaming machine like Oculus Quest 2. The first comes from the major consultancy brand Accenture, which has just announced that it is going to deploy 60,000 Oculus Quest 2 headsets for the training of new employees.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

What is the only wearable that people is keeping on their face all day? There is another reason that will make medium-big studios happy: from now on, there won’t be any revenue share with Epic until $1M of revenues of your game, a limit that raises to $5M if your game is published on Oculus Store. Oculus Link now works with USB 2.0.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

This won’t be the year of AR : exactly as I said for virtual reality, let’s not hype the technology and think that this is the year when mainstream adoption of wearable AR glasses is going to happen. while we have seen the complicated life of Oculus hands-on booths at Best Buy.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 29, 2018

Higher-quality, integrated VR hardware will take important steps this year, with the likes of Oculus’ Santa Cruz project and various other standalone mobile VR headsets on the way, but the most visually-ambitious experiences will continue to demand powerful, ‘desktop-class’ PC hardware in the foreseeable future. Image courtesy HP.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

2010, we had wearable technologies like the Fitbits, the Apple Watch, so forth and so on. When you walk into a Best Buy’s or you walk into any retailer, they’re selling you the Amazon Echo and they’re selling you the Google Home, where you ask a question, it plays a video. And in the 90s we had the laptops.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

We had, for DuPont Corian — which is a client of ours — we had an experience that showed bathroom vanities that you’re able to look at and place inside of your own space, similar to what IKEA is doing, and Amazon. Mobile virtual reality on a headset like an Oculus Go, which is $200.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

We had, for DuPont Corian — which is a client of ours — we had an experience that showed bathroom vanities that you’re able to look at and place inside of your own space, similar to what IKEA is doing, and Amazon. Mobile virtual reality on a headset like an Oculus Go, which is $200.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

2010, we had wearable technologies like the Fitbits, the Apple Watch, so forth and so on. When you walk into a Best Buy's or you walk into any retailer, they're selling you the Amazon Echo and they're selling you the Google Home, where you ask a question, it plays a video. And in the 90s we had the laptops.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

2010, we had wearable technologies like the Fitbits, the Apple Watch, so forth and so on. When you walk into a Best Buy’s or you walk into any retailer, they’re selling you the Amazon Echo and they’re selling you the Google Home, where you ask a question, it plays a video. And in the 90s we had the laptops.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2024

Call it mobility, call it locomotion, but we make wearable robotics, which got us to the two different versions of our VR boots on the table in front of me here. From a vision level, we’re fulfilling the sci-fi promise of virtual reality, but so many of us in this space are doing very similar things.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

OCTOBER 10, 2023

You can purchase both headset versions from the Meta Store in 23 countries or through select retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, Argos, or Target. With the Touch Plus controllers, there are no tracking rings, common among 6DoF consumer controllers since the introduction of the Oculus Rift. from the Meta store.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2020

The full suite consists of a suit for the torso, plus wearable elements for: arms, hands, feet, and even the face. The real question is: what about headsets that don’t rely on PC like the Oculus Quest or the Vive Focus Plus ? Interface to pair your Oculus Quest application to your bHaptics suit in VR. Oculus Quest.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 5, 2017

Oculus has had a few weeks of transition, losing some major staff and just yesterday saying goodbye to its Story Studio division, but the changes aren’t ending there. Dov Katz, the company’s previous Head of Computer Vision, has parted ways with Oculus. Tagged with: oculus Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Everyone of us already knew that Gear VR was a platform almost abandoned when Oculus announced the Oculus Go. Anyway, officially, both Samsung and Oculus have continued at least to support it. Original image by Oculus). Xiaomi disbands the Mi VR team, with unknown effects on Oculus Go. Gear VR is dead.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Emily Friedman is a New York based enterprise immersive, wearable and emerging technology advocate, journalist and facilitator. — on the enterprise wearables world. Alan: So you mentioned EWTS, Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit in Dallas, Texas, correct? Let’s start with that. Emily: Uh-huh.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Emily Friedman is a New York based enterprise immersive, wearable and emerging technology advocate, journalist and facilitator. — on the enterprise wearables world. Alan: So you mentioned EWTS, Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit in Dallas, Texas, correct? Let’s start with that. Emily: Uh-huh.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Emily Friedman is a New York based enterprise immersive, wearable and emerging technology advocate, journalist and facilitator. I've been really looking forward to this conversation, because you are writing everyday – or, not everyday, but what, a couple times a week? -- on the enterprise wearables world. Let's start with that.

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