Road to VR

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Volkswagen Group and VR studio Innoactive revealed the global, multi-brand automotive company is planning to train 10,000 employees this year alone using virtual reality. The company showed off one such example of a VR training simulation at MWC 2018 which places the user in an industrial workspace using an HTC Vive Pro.

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ARPost

APRIL 6, 2022

It’s HTC, it’s Pico, etc., Hopefully, in the coming months, we’ll see more automotive partnership announcements from this fast-moving company. For example, they also work with Qualcomm, a computing company that works with most XR hardware manufacturers. VR, if you think about it, is not just [Meta]. When it is coming to your vehicle?

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Road to VR

APRIL 3, 2017

A new video produced by IKinema showcases Orion , their new full-body animation system that uses HTC Vive tracking hardware. By attaching Trackers in the most effective places, combined with inverse kinematics, a form of full-body motion capture can be generated; HTC themselves recently released code to illustrate this technique.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Flagship products such as the Meta Quest Pro, Pico 4 and Pico 4 Enterprise, and HTC VIVE Focus 3 and Flow devices have recently hit shelves, sparking interest in the emerging technology. In automotive, BMW unveiled a massive mixed reality (MR) experience combining real-world driving conditions with hyperrealistic immersive experiences.

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Road to VR

JULY 6, 2017

Volkswagen Group, the multi-brand automotive company, has developed VR apps to make long-distance collaboration in production and logistics an easier task. The Volkswagen Digital Realities Team is currently developing more apps for production and logistics intended for the company’s fleet of HTC Vive Business Edition headsets.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 3, 2018

In addition to the whimsical demo I tried of the farm house, HaptX has also created hands-on demos for training firefighters and a glimpse into how automotive companies could use the gloves to showcase design in a more immersive environment. Still no word yet on pricing.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 20, 2023

The automotive industry is transitioning with virutal, augmented, mixed, and extended reality (VR/AR/MR/XR) solutions. Over the last few months, audiences have paid considerable attention to firms like holoride , a German automotive entertainment firm at the forefront of the sector.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Dominic Brennan gets his hands on ESI Group’s latest iteration of IC.IDO , their automotive visualisation tool that uses CAD-accurate data to generate extremely realistic VR simulations which let you take apart (or fix) your own virtual car.

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ARPost

MAY 30, 2020

Keynotes will be given by representatives of Lenovo, Korea Telekom, HTC, VIVE , HP, Microsoft, and others. Event types are also broken down into Keynotes, Networking Events, Panels, Sessions, Special Sponsor Events, and “VR Talks.”. The only “special sponsors” event so far is a design competition hosted by The Wild.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Featuring real-world case studies and insights from HTC Vive , Oculus Rift , Intel , Nvidia and more, the XR Industry Insight Report takes a comprehensive dive into the XR landscape of today and seeks to distil what the future holds for this young but blossoming industry.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

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.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 10, 2023

holoride Expands Solutions, Partnerships The announcement comes as the holoride expands its VR gaming console across the automotive market. The device also comes as a set with HTC VIVE Flow headsets, a subscription, and other features. The retrofit costs roughly $199 and the total package with HTC VIVE’s headset runs at $799.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

A competitor to the Tesla Model X, the I-PACE is a major foray for Jaguar into electric automotive transportation. So when it came to launching a future facing vehicle like the I-PACE, Jaguar needed a car launch that went above the normal conventions of previous automotive launches.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 30, 2019

L’Oréal, Ford, HTC Vive, Nestlé and more discuss the future of immersive technologies across different industry verticals in the massively popular VRX webinar series. With EndeavorVR, SuperData (a Nielsen Company), HP Tech Ventures, Paramount and HTC Vive. Get access to the webinar recordings here.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The THXAAA chip, as the company calls it, is an ASIC chip that’s being made in conjunction with Triad Semiconductor , a firm who has also worked with Valve to create components of the HTC Vive’s Lighthouse tracking technology. The THXAAA chip is the company’s first step into component offerings.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

This year’s 70+ person judging panel included academic professors and researchers as well as representatives from Google, HTC, HP, Deloitte, NVIDIA, Apache, and others. Most of the competition came from automotive companies, who often use VR technology to showcase and market vehicles and options. VR Lifetime Achievement.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 20, 2022

Autoliv, one of the world’s largest suppliers of automotive safety solutions, is dedicated to providing some of the most reliable and innovative products in the world. Rinnai and HTC VIVE. Today, we’re going to be looking at some of the most impressive XR advertising case studies from the last couple of years, to inspire your team.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The TouchDIVER Pro is also a multi-module product that works across PCVR and stand-alone headsets, with support for Meta Quest, Pico, HTC, and Windows Mixed Reality-ready for a range of end-user situations.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

More info News worth a mention (Image by Holoride) Holoride files for insolvency Holoride , the company offering innovative VR entertainment for the automotive sector, has filed for insolvency after the lead investor of its upcoming round changed his mind at the last minute. I wonder if VR remains one of its most important use cases.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Read insights from leading innovators such as GSK, HTC Vive and Siemens as they look back on key immersive technology achievements of 2019, take a realistic look at the future of XR in 2020 and beyond and offer some practical advice on getting started with XR for organisations yet to begin their immersive journey.

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VRScout

MARCH 5, 2018

To accomplish this, Innoactive created a hub that would bring all employees of the Volkswagen Group together through an HTC Vive. They can even begin training before a factory even exists.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

As holoride becomes one of the newest members of the XR Enterprise Program the startup hopes to secure its place in the XR and automotive ecosystems. It’s HTC, it’s Pico, etc., You Remember holoride. Founded by three enterprising employees at Audi, holoride held its public debut at CES in 2019.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 6, 2017

At its booth on the show floor, HTC showed SpraryCraft, an experience that used a peripheral shaped like a spray paint gun, with a Vive controller fitted inside. This is something I could see having genuine use within the automotive industry and beyond. Tagged with: htc vive , SprayCraft.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 6, 2023

The full package costs $799 and includes the retrofit, an HTC VIVE Flow headset, a one-year subscription, and safety straps. holoride’s will deploy its award-winning gaming platform across the automotive industry to power the ‘Motorverse,’ according to a company executive.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 14, 2019

Elizabeth Baron drove innovation forward at the Ford Motor Company since the ’90s, advancing XR technologies in the automotive industry. So after I had my surgeries, they basically… I describe it in automotive terms: I had bad camber, castor, and tow. HTC VIVE announced last week they’re even doing lip tracking.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

VR has proven itself to be a successful training tool in the medical and automotive industries; architecture and real estate can now be added to the list. Not only can VR help communicate a property to potential clients far better than any other tool, it can also administer lessons to the future generation of architects. About the Author.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

While in all past years the answer had always been “HTC Vive”, now the king is Oculus, with both the Rift S and the Oculus Quest getting the majority of answers (especially the Quest). This week I have read the results of two very interesting surveys: GDC, as every year, has asked VR developers what platform they’re currently interested in.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 18, 2023

BMW Group USA has teamed up with Meta Platform’s Reality Labs division to develop an automotive virtual and mixed reality (VR/MR) solution. Meta-BMW Automotive XR Use Case The proof-of-concept (PoC) prototyping aimed to solve several major technical challenges with camera and motion sensors.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC Vive Air is a design concept for a fitness-focused VR headset. HTC has just won an IF Design Award for a headset called Vive Air: it is a device designed completely to appeal to the fitness market , with breathable materials, detachable components that are easy to wash, and great comfort.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

It looks very claustrophobic and can preordered on the Horizon Store for $13 Daisy Ridley, who played Rey in the recent Star Wars sequel trilogy, is going to be the main star of the storytelling experience Trailblazer: The Untold Story of Mrs. Benz , which recants the story of 19th-century German automotive pioneer Bertha Benz.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 25, 2023

However, specific entries were just too impressive, so select categories include a “Highly Commended” honour for entries that, while not winning, deserved recognition.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 14, 2019

Elizabeth Baron drove innovation forward at the Ford Motor Company since the ’90s, advancing XR technologies in the automotive industry. So after I had my surgeries, they basically… I describe it in automotive terms: I had bad camber, castor, and tow. HTC VIVE announced last week they’re even doing lip tracking.

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Peter Graham

JULY 26, 2019

With its headquarters in Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, Zerolight is at the forefront of immersive visualisation techniques for the automotive industry, regularly showcasing its virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) developments.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Solely covering this space over the years, we know it wasn’t too long ago that an automotive VR event activation usually just included a simulated driving 360° video experience — maybe if you were lucky — a rumbling chair too. After a quick e-mail signup, the experience begins with you donning a HTC VIVE headset and painting in a 3D space.

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Road to VR

MAY 16, 2017

We’ve seen people from the automotive industry, advertising, athletics, gaming, computers, education, hospitals, industrial training and farming. SEE ALSO A Look at NASA's Hybrid Reality Astronaut Training System, Powered by HTC Vive. Doug Bruey: It was really varied.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Shen Ye, Global Head of Products at HTC, Lisa Watts, Vice President of Product Marketing and Developer Programmes at Magic Leap , and Fraser Bowie, Chief Product Officer for NuEyes Technologies spoke at a panel discussion on the adoption of such technologies. HTC #HTCVIVE #VR #LBE pic.twitter.com/ia79RZZhlS. — Knowledge Capturing.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 26, 2023

XR and the Immersive Auto Experience The news comes as many companies leverage immersive automotive solutions. Chinese AR firm Raythink debuted a novel smart vehicle AR heads-up display (AR-HUD) at a recent automotive event in Shanghai. The solution also features HTC VIVE Flow headsets as part of its full package system.

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