Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2018

Oculus Go, the company’s upcoming $200 standalone VR headset, doesn’t have an official release date yet, but a recent report from Variety contends Oculus will be launching Go at Facebook’s f8 developer conference this May. Oculus Go was first unveiled at Connect 2017, Oculus’ annual developer conference.

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Road to VR

APRIL 5, 2019

Oculus Rift S doesn’t have a launch date yet, although it seems the most recent Oculus software update has brought along with it a few day-one essentials for prospective Rift S owners. We suspect the ‘Oculus First Steps’ tutorial will automatically follow after a user goes through the initial setup of their Rift S.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The company announced that Oculus will be backing out of GDC over similar concerns. Facebook’s decision to cancel F8 comes on the heels of news that Oculus would be backing out of this year’s Game Developers Conference over similar concerns. The company will instead make a series of digital announcements remotely.

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ARPost

JUNE 19, 2020

Users can control the device via Wi-Fi or USB. Moreover, it’s compatible with HTC Vive , Oculus Rift , and Windows Mixed Reality. Skip Rizzo of the University of Southern California developed the treatment program for veterans with PTSD. Specifically, it can produce 0.1 to 20-millisecond bursts of scent. Scentware ION.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

This week Sense Arena launched a partnership with live sports company AEG and professional NHL franchise the LA Kings to bring the VR training platform to both junior and professional Kings’ players at the LA Kings Training Center in El Segundo, California, marking the company’s first LA-based partnership. “We

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Road to VR

APRIL 17, 2019

Already own a copy of Google’s VR creation tool Tilt Brush (2016) from the Oculus Store? Then you’ll be able to hop right into the company’s intuitive painting app with Oculus Quest, the upcoming standalone VR headset. SEE ALSO Oculus Quest & Rift S Controllers Could Hide an Unintended Easter Egg Message Inside.

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AR Insider

APRIL 12, 2021

The trial begins next month in California. The Unity Cube is an experiment from developer Tony “SkarredGhost” Vitillo to test the limits of what Oculus will allow into the App Lab program. Vitillo submitted a fully functional application which simply presents the user with a cube in a blank environment—and Oculus accepted it.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2022

After graduating from the University of Southern California in Computer Sciences, he joined Oculus VR out of his passion for virtual reality. He was part of the team behind the GearVR app store and developed some of Oculus’ first native apps, e.g., Oculus Video and Oculus Social.

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VRScout

MARCH 2, 2019

Valve Knuckle controllers bring a new level of detail to this physics-based adventure game. Utilizing Valve’s yet-to-be-released Knuckle controllers (Oculus Touch will also be compatible), the experience offers users a new level of detailed interaction previously unseen in a virtual space.

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VRScout

AUGUST 22, 2017

Time to applaud for a sweet deal on the HTC Vive, Clash of Clans partners w/ Facebook to bring AR to fans, control VR with your mind, new predictions for spending & investment are out, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. CONTROL VR WITH YOUR THOUGHTS. PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR A PRICE BREAK ON THE VIVE.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 16, 2017

This is the third VR project from California-based developer Survios, creators of VR action games Raw Data (2017) and the upcoming Sprint Vector. ” The title is planned to support SteamVR, HTC Vive, PSVR, and Oculus Rift. Scheduled for release in 2018, Electronauts is a radical departure from Survios’ previous work.

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VRScout

JULY 17, 2017

So naturally Disney’s D23 conference in Anaheim, California was filled to the brim with new content from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. This first AR game will have players using a motion controller modeled after the lightsaber wielded by Anakin, Luke and now Rey.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Tonight in Hollywood, California the Lumiere Awards were held at Warner Brothers Studios. HTC is the maker of the Vive VR headset , a monumental achievement in optics, controls and 3D positional tracking for VR. The recently released jaw-dropper from Oculus Studios won tonight’s Lumiere for Best VR Animated Experience.

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VRScout

AUGUST 5, 2018

Thanks to the success of both Raw Data and Sprint Vector, California-based VR studio Survios has made a name for itself within the immersive entertainment community as an established developer of AAA VR content. Electronauts will be available August 7th on the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and PlayStation VR for $18.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2019

He has always been a great innovator and I admire his work since the good old Oculus DK 2 times, when he published “Sightline: The Chair” Now he is continuing this innovation work by building a completely open metaverse called Neos , where thanks to object modeling and scripting, it is possible to create everything you want.

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VRScout

JANUARY 26, 2018

Looking to watch the Olympics from your home, at work, or even in the stands, now you’ll have a chance to be control how you view the games. Fans will have the ability for a unique experience that lets them control how they experience the Olympics with 360° VR cameras at various points on ski courses to being transported to the stands.

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Upload VR

MARCH 27, 2024

On March 25, 2014 the world learned Mark Zuckerberg purchased Oculus VR for over $2 billion. Kids who weren't born when he made that decision can now wear , with parental controls, a $500 wireless all-in-one headset with markerless inside-out tracking, precise 6DoF controllers, hand tracking, and mixed reality.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 10, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this Episode 30 of the VRScout Report, we talk all things Oculus Connect 3 (OC3), getting insights and takeaways from: Max Cohen, VP of Mobile at Oculus; Raj Rao of uSens; Ela Darling of Cam4; Tahdg Kelly of VReal; and Ashley Pinnick of California Rex.

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VRScout

JULY 15, 2018

Competing nominees include “Talk To The Reasons” inspired by Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why, “Ecoin” based on USA’s Mr. Robot, Silicon Valley’s “Interactive World: Not Hotdog, VR & Twitter-Powered Pizza Drones,” and Westworld’s “Chaos Takes Control Interactive Experience” from HBO. Image Credit: Adult Swim.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

More than 4,000 people attended the event at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California, and more than 3 million worldwide watched the keynote via Facebook Live. Rachel Franklin, Head of Social VR, came on stage to announced Facebook’s first social VR app, Facebook Spaces , available now in beta on Oculus Rift.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The roughly 10-minute interactive VR experience was being demoed Wednesday at the Wevr offices in Venice, California. It will eventually be made available for Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR later in the year. But seeing how you’ll need to pick up acorns from our new goblin friend, the Vive with hand controllers is the way to go.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 7, 2017

The purpose of the campaign was to raise money for the STEM System : a third-party hardware solution capable of providing positional tracking and hand controllers to virtual reality headsets. Today, these capabilities come standard in the three biggest, high-end VR platforms: Oculus Rift with Touch, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 11, 2017

Even roller coasters and the element of lack of control were perceived as greater threats than just an exhilarating 45 seconds. Whatever the case may be, I had to deal with acrophobia all the time until about a year ago, when I moved to Los Angeles, California. I had to move with the two Vive controllers in tandem.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 23, 2019

So, when I was a kid, I actually was born in California, but my father was going to medical school. I had this fascination with the concept of a Holodeck and as I grew up that never sort of left me and when virtual reality became the thing with Oculus, I just saw this opportunity to actually build my own holodeck.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 31, 2023

The San Francisco, California-based firm demoed its Mobile Dock solution at the event; the immersive wearable allows users to stream media and gaming content to their device on a 120-inch virtual screen. Consumer-facing products are much more mature than the enterprise category, thanks to popular headset providers such as Oculus [Meta].

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

neural dust, Image courtesy University of California, Berkeley. SEE ALSO Oculus Chief Scientist Dives Deep Into the Near Future of AR & VR. You’re still mostly using hand gestures to do things in AR though, and you still rely on controllers in VR for the best at-home experience.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

The details are posted on GitHub , including assembly instructions, control software, and the code that stitches the images into seamless 360-degree content. More evidence of Facebook’s big plans for VR/AR: they plan on selling almost half a million Oculus Rift units by the end of 2016. Speaking of the Metaverse… say hi to Metaworld.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 1, 2019

At an event in San Jose, California, Facebook introduced its plan for augmented reality glasses, where users will be able to pull up a visual display on top of what’s actually in front of them. Meanwhile, heftier VR products from Facebook’s Oculus and Magic Leap have mostly been for gamers. Momentum is picking up.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 20, 2017

When I got to graduate school at the University of Southern California in 2011, an opportunity presented itself to score a VR project. Raw Data is also available for purchase on the HTC Vive , Oculus Rift and now the PSVR for $39.99. Ever since then I’ve been intrigued.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2016

” UploadVR had the chance to speak with Breton at the Vive X offices in San Francisco, California. The closest faximale to Vive Studios in the VR world is the long-running Oculus Studios , which was founded and led into significance by Naughty Dog co-founder Jason Rubin. Arcade Saga is available now on Steam.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2017

In the 1970’s scientists at the University of California popularized the term “brain-computer interface” or BCI , referring to a hardware and software system that uses brainwaves to control devices. Gesture controls preclude hands-free operation. Researchers have been working on this subject for a long time.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Oculus Connect 5 is taking place in a few days in San Jose, California on September 26-27th at the McEnery Convention Center. Last year, Oculus Go, a $199 standalone VR headset, has blown people’s minds. It seems Oculus plan to launch a higher-end mobile virtual reality headset for the masses.

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Late last Friday night, over 1,000 undergraduates from across the country poured into California Memorial Stadium for Cal Hacks , a 36-hour coding spree put on by Major League Hacking. Get the most out of your online lectures by writing intricate notes and controlling video while using the Leap Motion Controller and the Oculus Rift.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 9, 2015

Touchscreens, accelerometers, and a bevy of easy-to-use external controllers have given performers many options in how to control and shape sound and music. The impossibilities of VR are extremely exciting as anything in virtual space can be controlled by the performer and used to create sound and music.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 24, 2020

And I cannot wait until the day that I can take all my controllers and like run over them with my car, because– Alan: [laughs] We’re actually going through this.How can we get the hand tracking in Oculus Quest? But then you put the controller down. They’ve never used these controllers before.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 24, 2020

And I cannot wait until the day that I can take all my controllers and like run over them with my car, because– Alan: [laughs] We’re actually going through this.How can we get the hand tracking in Oculus Quest? But then you put the controller down. They’ve never used these controllers before.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 4, 2016

We talked with Guido Voltolina, head of presence capture Ozo at Nokia Technologies, at the company’s research facility in Silicon Valley in Sunnyvale, California. We started seeing the first Oculus and HTC headsets this year. We also monitor the major VR content hubs, like the Oculus store, Little Star, Disney VR, and so on.

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