TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 6, 2022

Consumers worldwide have downloaded Meta’s Oculus app , the mobile companion for Oculus VR devices including the Quest 2, roughly 2 million times globally since Christmas Day, according to new data from third-party app intelligence firms, Apptopia and Sensor Tower. Launched in April 2018, the Oculus app saw 1.2

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TechCrunch VR

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Their approach is different than what Microsoft or Google has built but Facebook highlights a shared central challenge: dealing with Apple. Facebook’s service will launch on the desktop web and Android, but not iOS due to what Facebook frames as usability restrictions outlined in Apple’s App Store terms and conditions.

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ARPost

MAY 5, 2021

The event was attended by representatives from over 70 universities in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and was attended by representatives from dozens of companies providing VR and AR education solutions. Ochoa, who moderated the panel, even called Facebook’s ownership of Oculus “another barrier” to entry and adoption. “We

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Roblox CEO hints at the Oculus Quest as a future platform. And among these platforms onto which the game could be ported in the future, he has also mentioned the Oculus Quest. The HP Reverb G2 Omnicept Edition is now available to purchase online, but only in the United States. Some intriguing news on the Oculus Quest.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This Court must act to protect the citizens of the United States from this abusive and anticompetitive behavior," the document reads. AEI was planning [on] putting the app on Apple's headset," Elijah's lawyer wrote to UploadVR. "To In 2020, a fitness tracking app called YUR was effectively " sherlocked " by Oculus Move.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

PSVR 2, Apple XR visor) and games, will be fundamental to understand its evolution and its potential. A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. References to Apple RealityOS have been leaked. Other relevant news.

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VRWorld

MAY 8, 2018

According to a report from Digi-Capital , China is likely to beat the United States in AR adoption. According to the report, the following is true: The United States has a larger VR install base than China, through products like PSVR and the HTC Vive. The recently-released Oculus Go may impact these numbers as well.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The reserve pass-through cameras also enable Meta to take another direct shot at soon-to-be market competitor Apple; the firm is equally providing a reserve pass-through feature in its upcoming Vision Pro device. The service is now available for enterprise end-users in supported regions, including the United States and the United Kingdom.

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VRWorld

JANUARY 23, 2018

The United States is well-known for instances where civil juries award massive damages to aggrieved parties in court matters. This came to the VR industry in a big way, when an intellectual property lawsuit saw Oculus on the hook for some $500M in damages in a February ruling. 5 – Oculus vs. HTC price war.

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TechCrunch VR

JULY 28, 2022

Sony announced new details on its second-generation headset this week, and Apple has been investing heavily in a long-delayed mixed reality headset release, a device which may cost upwards of $3,000 when it is eventually released and will undoubtedly serve as an outlier in its suite of “Pro” products.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This reflects actions taken at Google, Snap, Microsoft, and Apple over the last few months regarding their respective smart glass offerings. Numerous tech firms continue to face headwinds from global regulators, including Microsoft, Apple, Tencent, and many others.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Just Dance VR is also part of a big focus on Fitness by Pico , with Pico Fitness already being part of the runtime and tracking the calories you burn while using the headset (clearly inspired by Oculus Move) and sharing them to Apple Health (like Oculus Move). There is no news instead about the United States.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Despite Apple’s insistence that I do not wear Apple Vision Pro with my prescription glasses, I wanted to know if I could , so I could determine if I should. Some headsets like the Oculus Go and original PSVR seemed to be built specifically to handle glasses of many shapes and sizes due to its roomy face box size.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

I’ve seen what companies are doing nowadays to use tracked props on the Oculus Quest: they have to add bulky mounts to install the even bulkier Touch controllers on them. The tracker is expected to launch early in the year in the United States starting at $129. Oculus Quest 2 ) to know the pose of the fingers.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

It is the first event of this kind organized by Magic Leap: we can say that LEAP Con is like the Oculus Connect of Magic Leap and will probably become always more important, year after year, exactly as it has happened to Oculus. Finally Magic Leap will be available in almost all the United States. Magic Leap availability.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Examples are HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Cardboard and other that are now very popular VR platforms for building experiences. WebVR is also becoming a formidable force for those who love HTC Vive, Oculus Rift or Google Cardboard, in a web browser. This brings the point home about the need to learn how to develop content on other platforms.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Is Apple partnering with Valve on AR? A report by DigiTimes claims that Apple is partnering with Valve for the production of its AR glasses. The news would be incredible: Apple is a company that knows how to create something usable and cool to see, while Valve has a long expertise in experimenting with AR and VR.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 2, 2021

It is very interesting that because of this recall, Facebook shared some data about how many facemasks were affected : it says 4M in the United States, around 170K in Canada. So he said that if you want to attach to it an Oculus Quest, technically you can. Facebook is evaluating the integration of Oculus Move with Apple Health.

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TechCrunch VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Apple’s highly anticipated mixed reality headset may now have a name, according to a Bloomberg report earlier this week. and global markets related to the device that were filed by Apple-affiliated firms. Filing trademarks under a different company name is not uncommon for Apple. Can Apple keep the AR industry alive?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

In virtual reality, you have to do this reprojection, Oculus calls it timewarp, and that means that your video card and your computer has to be running at a really high frame rate to correct for your head motion and we’ve rolled that all into the headset. That’s where I got started with augmented reality. The Vive Wands.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

One of the more surprising announcements during the presentation, Spatial Anchors serve as a way to share three-dimensional images compatible with Apple’s ARKit as well as Google’s ARCore. In other words, down with the “walled garden” approach favored by companies such as Apple and Oculus. Spatial Anchors.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 19, 2020

Boaz: For a long time, I worked with Oculus, Vive, HoloLens, and other headsets. So Apple -- I believe -- left the Khronos Group, leaving kind of the worldwide standards. And then Apple's like "Ehhh, no. So we just launched a project for one of the larger outdoor furniture companies in the United States called O.W.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 19, 2020

Boaz: For a long time, I worked with Oculus, Vive, HoloLens, and other headsets. So Apple -- I believe -- left the Khronos Group, leaving kind of the worldwide standards. And then Apple's like "Ehhh, no. So we just launched a project for one of the larger outdoor furniture companies in the United States called O.W.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 19, 2020

Boaz: For a long time, I worked with Oculus, Vive, HoloLens, and other headsets. So Apple -- I believe -- left the Khronos Group, leaving kind of the worldwide standards. And then Apple's like "Ehhh, no. So we just launched a project for one of the larger outdoor furniture companies in the United States called O.W.

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TechCrunch VR

MARCH 13, 2022

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey called the device a “tragic heap” and sales of the device flopped — The Information reported that the company sold just 6,000 of the devices in the six months following its long-awaited launch. But, I’m excited to see what Apple thinks it is.” other things.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 6, 2017

& 13-15, 2018 Venue: To be announced South by Southwest is an annual conglomerate of film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas, United States. It began in 1987, and has continued to grow in both scope and size every year.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

They work on Oculus Quest, they work on the Magic Leap. Apple had a very kind of-- it's the first time Apple didn't announce a phone in September, which is interesting. Alex: Speaking of some of these longer-term trends, at time of recording, we're less than seven weeks out from a presidential election in the United States.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

They work on Oculus Quest, they work on the Magic Leap. Apple had a very kind of-- it's the first time Apple didn't announce a phone in September, which is interesting. Alex: Speaking of some of these longer-term trends, at time of recording, we're less than seven weeks out from a presidential election in the United States.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

They work on Oculus Quest, they work on the Magic Leap. Apple had a very kind of-- it's the first time Apple didn't announce a phone in September, which is interesting. Alex: Speaking of some of these longer-term trends, at time of recording, we're less than seven weeks out from a presidential election in the United States.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

While on the topic of acquisitions Facebooks takeover of Oculus initially was somewhat hostile with internal disputes between Oculus founders and Zuckerberg and his leadership team. On the surface it would appear that VR / AR adoption is rising steadily.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Apple and Meta employ marketing departments and vast legal teams attempting to imbue the vision of their executive leadership on the public. I’m tired of corporations contributing to the misunderstanding of virtual reality as they deploy branding tactics in place of genuine education. Yes, VR headsets are time machines too.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

And I think nobody really knows what Apple is working on. They’re a visualization company for a vast array of homebuilders throughout the United States. We also had Oculus participate, which was great. Even though there’s a gate on fidelity today, we don’t want that gate to exist down in the future.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

And I think nobody really knows what Apple is working on. They’re a visualization company for a vast array of homebuilders throughout the United States. We also had Oculus participate, which was great. Even though there’s a gate on fidelity today, we don’t want that gate to exist down in the future.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

And I think nobody really knows what Apple is working on. They're a visualization company for a vast array of homebuilders throughout the United States. We also had Oculus participate, which was great. Even though there's a gate on fidelity today, we don't want that gate to exist down in the future. Maybe you do, but.

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