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Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google acquires HTC Vive engineers for $250M Completely out of the blue (at least from our eyes), Google decided to acquire some XR-related engineers from HTC Vive (together with a non-exclusive license on some HTC IP) for the whopping amount of $250M. This is great news!
Two days ago, I’ve given you my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 (read it, in case you missed it). Now it’s time to make some forecasts about its companion technology, that is augmentedreality! This commercial video about Google Glasses led me to immersive realities. Nu Eyes AR glasses.
HTC today introduced three new variants of its Vive Cosmos VR headset. Image courtesy HTC. Image courtesy HTC. Cosmos Play is HTC’s entry-level VR offering which has four cameras for inside-out tracking, and the same controllers as the original Cosmos. Image courtesy HTC. Image courtesy HTC.
Image by Road To VR, from HTC images). HTC launches Vive Tracker 3.0 HTC was not teasing a new standalone headset, but a new Vive Tracker. I know that many of you won’t be excited by this news, but remember the Vive Tracker is one of the most successful accessories ever created by HTC. Come and visit it!
Truth is oftentimes stranger than fiction, but because wide-spread, photorealistic augmentedreality is still in the realm of science fiction rather than science fact, we usually defer to the storytellers and visual effects gurus to explore the possibilities. image courtesy Magali Barbé. It’s an interesting question.”
Image by HTC Vive). HTC new products may be the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3. According to a leak discovered by Protocol, HTC may launch two headsets tomorrow at Vivecon: The Vive Pro 2, a premium PC VR headset, priced at €842 ($1,012) The Vive Focus 3 Business Edition, a business-oriented standalone, for €1,474 ($1,771).
The best part of the video is where I put toilet seats in my living room… well, they’re still useful if you have an urgency to go to the toilet, but are too lazy to change rooms! Meta, Pico, HTC, then Apple… all of them prevented the developers from accessing the camera frames. This is great news!
On Friday, I’ve published on my social media channels a video where I showcased that I have been able to create an augmentedreality app for the Vive Focus. So, how can you create an augmentedreality application for the Vive Focus? Are you interested in it? Then keep reading! It was unusable. It was amazing!
Someone has already received it and has already shared on the social media videos of the Air Link in action. HTC is going to launch its headset on May, 11th. HTC is keeping rising the hype for its new upcoming headset. For instance, one of the job postings is for a “waveguide design developer, augmentedreality.”
One demo from HTC had attendees driving a small remote-controlled car fitted with cameras and 5G connections around a tiny racetrack using a portable 5G base station called a Reign Core. Vive Flow / Credit: HTC. Vive Focus 3 / Credit: HTC. Viveverse / Credit: HTC Vive.
Today, live event broadcasting specialists NextVR announced three technology advancements to their platform coming this year: six degrees of freedom-enabled content, higher resolution output, and augmentedreality support. Positional tracking is the dream for immersive video content, but it is a complex hardware and software challenge.
Apple’s ARKit combined HTC Vive shows us the future of mixed reality. The augmentedreality developer application has been breaking down walls for both amateurs and professionals providing an experience that’s as impressive as it is accessible. However, it now appears as though that list may have been premature.
HTC and China Mobile Communications Corporation today jointly announced a partnership to “accelerate the proliferation of 5G infrastructure and devices in China.” ” Further, China Mobile, the country’s massive state-owned mobile phone carrier, will help HTC push its VR devices into more retail channels.
” ‘Game-Changing’ HTC Vive Headset Coming Soon HTC has released a YouTube video about the impending release of a ‘game-changing’ Vive headset. HTC posted a video titled ‘HTC VIVE: A Vision for You’ on its company YouTube channel. Magic Leap Ditching its Hardware Business?
HTC is entering the augmentedreality market through the back door by giving developers access to the stereo front-facing cameras on the Vive and Vive Pro VR headsets. Video: In addition, the Vive software team has launched the Vive SRWorks SDK, which will support native development via plugins for Unity and Unreal.
Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! The city is full of references to Virtual Reality, and so it is like a paradise for us VR enthusiasts. Really fantastic.
Earlier today, holographic AR (augmentedreality) company WayRay released a new video showcasing its True AR HUD in action on actual roads, signaling what could be the beginning of a new era in AR guidance and safety. In-car AR technology is closer than you might think.
The latest Spectacles are see-through, standalone augmentedreality glasses that can use Lenses to experience the physical world with a digital overlay. HTC Reveals Enterprise-Focused VIVE Focus Vision HTC has revealed a new VIVE headset for enterprise and high-end gaming markets.
Image by HTC Vive). HTC teases a new headset. HTC has started the usual marketing operation it does for the launch of every new device. We don’t have further details about it, and if you try to enhance the above image, you just get a “Nice try” trolling label coming to view (gg HTC for that). Other relevant news.
9to5Mac posits that the acquisition may center on NextVR’s patented video streaming technology. Founded in 2009, the Orange County-based startup broadcasts stereoscopic video of live sports and music to a wide swath of VR headsets, including Oculus Go, Oculus Quest, PSVR, and PC VR headsets such as HTC Vive and Oculus Rift S.
’ HTC is partnering with famed Japanese artist Shu Yamamoto to bring his CAT ART series to life in VR for the first time. Image Credit: HTC Image Credit: HTC Image Credit: HTC. Image Credit: HTC Image Credit: HTC. Image Credit: HTC. Feature Image Credit: HTC. appeared first on VRScout.
Companies like HTC, Oculus (Meta), and Apple will continue to innovate and launch devices equipped with the latest technological developments. Augmented Shopping Will Become the Norm for Social Media Networks. Social shopping plus augmentedreality make one of the best combinations. from 2020 to 2027.
Some days ago, I’ve got to know through Reddit a new AugmentedReality headset called DreamGlass. DreamGlass is a product of a company called Dreamworld: it is a cheap augmentedreality headset made for developers. I admit I’m not a huge fan of tethered augmentedreality. HTC: 10, U11.
A beta version of Windows 10 now includes support for a pass-through video mode for Windows VR headsets, allowing users to look out at the world around them through the headset’s on-board cameras. Microsoft says the video portals are “low-latency,” but doesn’t offer more detail.
More info (NYE parties in VRChat) More info (Video streaming of Jean-Michel Jarre’s concert) More info (Animations around the space needle) More info (Editorial on virtual events becoming always more popular). The Tracker is good, but since HTC has never had competition in the field, i t has always been the same since the launch year.
The report published today by global analyst company CCS Insight shows the worldwide market for virtual reality (VR) and augmentedreality (AR) head-worn devices growing by an average of 50 percent annually over the next five years. In 2022, a total of 121 million units will be sold, with a value of $9.9
In fact, it’s already spread to VR devices like the Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and even HTC Vive. But since we’re still waiting on the big augmentedreality (AR) breakthrough to take the tech into the mainstream it hasn’t been implemented on that level yet in a consumer-facing way.
However, where as Palmer Luckey explored the possibilities with VR technology, Vermeulen explores the possibilities of augmentedreality, and how AR experiences grounded in real-world physics can co-exist with reality. ZedMini camera mounted to HTC Vive / Image Credit: Lee Vermeulen.
Some days ago, I published on Youtube the video of my unboxing of the Realmax Qian glasses. From that day, many people have started asking me more about this augmentedreality device, so I understood it was time for one of my big reviews! RealMax Qian Video Review. Are you ready to discover more about Realmax Qian?
By their own admission , they aren’t entirely sure what they’re doing, but it’s clear from the video that surfaced yesterday that they’re hitting on some very big ideas and executing them with serious flair. Definitely some huge mixed reality potential here. But this is more than just a dancing hotdog-guy.
Continuing with his use of 360-degree video, Toby has created a homemade simulation of what it would be like to ride the back of their pet cat around the home. Here’s what you’ll absolutely 100% need if you too would like to go first-person cat: Portable 360-degree video camera. Adjustable cat harness.
Users can access The Wild on desktops, iOS, as well as HTC Vive, Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, and Windows Mixed Reality. They can also integrate videos, PDFs, product features, slides, and other content into the environment. 5. Spatial transforms any room into a shared augmented workplace. 2. VRtuoso.
Artist Anna Zhilyaeva recently created an ‘augmentedreality painting’ for her YouTube channel, ‘ Anna’s dream brush ’, which is dedicated to VR-based art. The work combines mixed-reality footage using VR software Tilt Brush with a real painting on canvas. “I
Today, music-related virtual reality and augmentedreality content falls into 3 major categories: Virtual concerts and music videos by mainstream, popular artists represented by their avatar likeness; “Rhythm games” and music-making apps focused on popular music; Music visualizers.
HTC predicts the rise of all-in-two devices. Speaking with Upload VR, HTC VIVE EMEA General Manager Graham Wheeler has predicted for 2021 the rise of all-in-two devices, that is lightweight viewers that are connected to smartphones (or also PCs sometimes). But this news is interesting because it shows HTC’s views on the topic.
A large adoption rate for augmented and virtual reality in 2020 has broadened the audience and age groups interested in the latest technologies. Immersive games and apps and 3D videos have opened a new world for emotionally exhausted people staying at home 24/7. Our Top Recommendations: Must Attend XR Events in 2021.
More info (HTC VIVERSE WorldsRoad To VR) More info (HTC VIVERSE WorldsUpload VR) AMD is launching its new graphics cards AMD is now launching the RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT graphics cards it had announced at CES. On Reddit and X people are sharing videos of them scrolling the Horizon Store page just to find crappy clones of Gorilla Tag.
HTC Vive Wrist Tracker. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker (Image by HTC). HTC has made an announcement at this CES and it has been a pretty cool one. To showcase its functionality, HTC showed some videos of the tracker in use to improve the performances of hands tracking and also with the tracker installed on external props.
HTC 5G streaming. HTC was at MWC showcasing its new headset Vive Focus Plus together with a 5G network. There was a real 5G network created by HTC where on one side there were some special computers that mocked a rendering farm and on the other side there was a user wearing a Vive Focus Plus. Video from Cathy Hackl).
Intel’s tiny VR-capable PC, Tactical Haptics’ reconfigurable controller, NextVR updates, TPCast Plus, HTC Vive Pro, and Xiaomi’s re-branded Oculus Go. NextVR’s Immersive Video Upgrades. Support for 6DoF for immersive video is highly anticipated, but a complex challenge. HTC Reveals Vive Pro.
This could be interesting when paired with XR glasses Apple has removed the functionality of “removing your room ceiling” from Vision Pro There is a video showing hand-tracking performances on Vision Pro: tracking is good, and occlusion is good, but the lag is incredibly high. The device costs $200 and it is available starting today.
From a personal trainer who shed 15 lbs in two months to a gamer who lost 50 pounds riding a stationary bike with a HTC Vive headset, VR workouts can not only be a source for exercise, but also be enjoyable at the same time. VR has some form of inherent movement almost all the time.
Then watch me playing a match in the video below! In the first case, we presented the game on stage at an HTC event, while this time it was showcased in a few Pico events. Do you want to see what it looks like?
Users can access The Wild on desktops, iOS, as well as HTC Vive, Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, and Windows Mixed Reality. They can also integrate videos, PDFs, product features, slides, and other content into the environment. 5. Spatial transforms any room into a shared augmented workplace. 2. VRtuoso.
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