Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

With currently 26 labs operating in the United States, Europe, Asia and Oceania, VR First is bringing the number to 40 labs by the end of year. While the program was principally incubated by Crytek, students working in VR First labs tend use Unity (48%), followed by Unreal (20%) and then CRYENGINE (14%). image courtesy VR First.

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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. You’re not seeing the stores in the same way that Apple and Google have their app stores,” said Moynihan.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 7, 2018

The company has attracted a range of high profile investors and advisors such as Google/Alphabet Chairman Eric Schmidt, who wrote: “I predicted that 90% of computing would eventually reside in the web based cloud…Otoy has created a remarkable technology which moves that last 10% – high-end graphics processing – entirely to the cloud.

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VRScout

JULY 25, 2017

Unlike the Lucasfilm AR headset, which uses a smartphone to power it (like the Google Daydream or the Samsung Gear VR does), the company says this concept is a standalone, self-powered headset. UNITY ADDS MAP FUNCTION, SO LOCATION IS OFFICIALLY FOUNDATION FOR VR/AR GAMES. GOOGLE GLASS IS BACK AND READY FOR BUSINESS.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 14, 2016

HTC’s China Regional President of Vive, Alvin Wang Graylin, took to the stage at the Unity Vision Summit in Asia this week and made a series of bold predictions for where we’ll see VR in the next two years.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Over the years i have seen a few lists of Top 50 XR Influencers, but the curators of those list always overlooked China/India/Asia's XR Industry. Pradeep is a speaker and Executive Director, Asia Pacific driving the ecosystem for #VRARA in Asia pacific. The company was later acquired by Google in 2010. 26- Cher Wang.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 6, 2017

AWE also has events in Europe and Asia. These event brings together a mix of CEOs, CTOs, designers, developers, creative agencies, futurists, analysts, investors, and top press in a fantastic opportunity to learn, inspire, partner, and experience first hand the most exciting industry of our times.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Pico 4 is going to launch initially only in selected countries in Europe and Asia , so Meta can keep its leadership in the US, but the situation may change fast, so it’s better for Meta to tease a Quest 3 pretty soon. Image by Google). Meta and Google announce layoffs. News worth a mention. Rec Room announces Rec Room Studio.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2019

We’ve got a lot of users in Asia, a lot of users in Eastern Europe. But you guys, it seems like you’re perfectly positioned to be the YouTube of 3D and it doesn’t look like YouTube or Google or any of these other big players are playing in your sandbox. I guess it would be still Unity, for now. Alban: Yep.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2019

We've got a lot of users in Asia, a lot of users in Eastern Europe. But you guys, it seems like you're perfectly positioned to be the YouTube of 3D and it doesn't look like YouTube or Google or any of these other big players are playing in your sandbox. I guess it would be still Unity, for now. Like, I can't think of anything.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2019

We’ve got a lot of users in Asia, a lot of users in Eastern Europe. But you guys, it seems like you’re perfectly positioned to be the YouTube of 3D and it doesn’t look like YouTube or Google or any of these other big players are playing in your sandbox. I guess it would be still Unity, for now. Alban: Yep.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Using OpenStreetMap alongside Google Maps, the app revealed a secret digital battlefield that existed over the real-world, allowing a small, but dedicated community of players to duke it out in digital turf wars. Ingress Prime is available now on the Apple App Store and on Google Play. Image Credit: Niantic .

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

And the same in the States or in Asia. Think about Asia and China. Oh, I need 10 people with Unity skills. It’s a big thing, to do that you have a lot of different requirements. Might think about things like GDPR we have in Europe, which you do not have. You cannot just go there and host a server.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

And the same in the States or in Asia. Think about Asia and China. Oh, I need 10 people with Unity skills. It’s a big thing, to do that you have a lot of different requirements. Might think about things like GDPR we have in Europe, which you do not have. You cannot just go there and host a server.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

And the same in the States or in Asia. Think about Asia and China. Oh, I need 10 people with Unity skills. It's a big thing, to do that you have a lot of different requirements. Might think about things like GDPR we have in Europe, which you do not have. You cannot just go there and host a server. It's just not possible.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Between that, I worked on consumer cloud software with Google for five years… managing engineering teams for Gmail, Japanese mobile, Google Labs, and social (Blogger etc.) Software-wise, we use Unity, Vuforia, and OpenCV. Google is also a company that is investing a lot in AR and VR (Image by Road To VR).

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 3, 2017

And earlier this month, Google released Blocks , which is a prim-based building tool for virtual reality. Google did release a prototype of a multi user Tilt Brush last fall, but there’s no word yet when it will actually be available. And there’s no in-world equivalent of Google search. Advertising and marketing.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

The latest phones produced by Google and Samsung are still compatible with Daydream View and Gear VR headsets, but there has not been any new release of a mobile VR headset. Furthermore, in all Asia, since there is still the culture of arcades, VR is taking much more foot inside them. Mobile headsets. Mobile headsets are dying.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Alan: One of my predictions from a few years ago was that Apple and Google will probably create some sort of game or experience that you’ll find yourself alone in your house, chasing Pokémon or something around your house and you’ll be scanning up and down and left and right. He used to work on Google Earth.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Alan: One of my predictions from a few years ago was that Apple and Google will probably create some sort of game or experience that you’ll find yourself alone in your house, chasing Pokémon or something around your house and you’ll be scanning up and down and left and right. He used to work on Google Earth.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Alan: One of my predictions from a few years ago was that Apple and Google will probably create some sort of game or experience that you'll find yourself alone in your house, chasing Pokémon or something around your house and you'll be scanning up and down and left and right. He used to work on Google Earth.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Top news of the week (Image by Android Authority) Google is adding XR support to Play Store in preparation for the launch of the Samsung headset A report from Android Authority highlights that XR support is being added to the Google Play Store. Someone in the community already built a Unity plugin for it.

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