VRScout

JANUARY 30, 2017

Chairwoman/CEO of HTC Corp and creator of the HTC Vive, Cher Wang, will be honoured with the Sir Charles Wheatstone Award. In an unexpected turn of events, the society’s incredibly rare Century Award will be given to the massively successful Google Earth VR application.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

This is a big partnership between the NFL and Google, and the remaining 8 episodes will be available on the Google Daydream content platform – launching later this month. ObEN is one of 33 companies in the HTC VICE X accelerator program – keep an eye out for their product launch in 2017. MONEY & FUNDING.

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VRScout

JUNE 19, 2016

Starting on June 24th, PlayStation will offer PSVR demos at about 300 Best Buy and GameStop locations across the US and Canada. According to at least one developer, Oculus is throwing money at secret exclusivity deals to ensure that developing content will launch on Oculus before becoming available on the HTC Vive’s SteamVR store.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

It was announcements and product launches galore with news coming from key players like Oculus, Sony, Microsoft and Google dominating the headlines almost every week. HTC Vive at GameStop. and Canada. While the experience pales to that of an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, it still will expose more consumers to the possibilities.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 3, 2023

Additionally, significant technology and extended reality (XR) firms like Google and AT&T have provided Magic Leap funding since the company’s debut in 2010. Magic Leap debuted its device internationally in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, Singapore, and Saudi Arabia.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 11, 2017

The creative puzzler is made by Canada-based game-making couple Sarah and Colin Northway teaming with Radial Games’ Andy Moore, Kimberly Voll and Lindsay Jorgensen with sound by Gord McGladdery. It released with the launch of the HTC Vive in early 2016 and Facebook’s Oculus Touch controllers for Rift late in the year.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 30, 2017

The two day conference was packed with simultaneous, back-to-back presentations and workshops from industry leaders such as Microsoft, Google, AMD, The VOID, IMAX, Two Bit Circus, Secret Location, Globacore, Quantum Capture, The Canadian Film Centre, and many more. It’s Different in Canada.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You can download VeeR VR in your Oculus , Samsung Gear VR , HTC Vive , Windows Mixed Reality , Google Daydream , Steam VR and Lenovo Mirage Solo to watch amazing VR content. VRTO : Toronto, Canada-based AR and VR expo. Google I/O : Google’s annual developer conference. F8 : Facebook’s annual developer conference.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I’m thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE — first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now — and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, “well, this is ready for prime time.” Alan: Absolutely. So, they’ve let people program for it. Really simple.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I’m thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE — first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now — and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, “well, this is ready for prime time.” Alan: Absolutely. So, they’ve let people program for it. Really simple.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

It’s hard to avoid the hype around virtual reality (VR) headsets like the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift or its mobile counterpart, Samsung Gear VR; much of that excitement is focused on console, mobile, and PC gaming. However, the technology has applications in most industries. Travel / Tourism.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I'm thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE -- first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now -- and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, "well, this is ready for prime time." But the other thing about health care -- and I'm sure you're aware of this, and in Canada, it's.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 21, 2018

You can download VeeR VR in your Oculus , Samsung Gear VR , HTC Vive , Windows Mixed Reality , Google Daydream , Steam VR and Lenovo Mirage Solo to have a wonderful Christmas experience. Christmas in Canada. Nikk used VR to record the story of returning to Canada from Canada to spend Christmas with family.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Today’s guest is a great friend of mine, Anne-Marie Enns, the executive producer of the VR/AR Global Summit, coming to Vancouver, Canada, October 31st to November 2nd. HTC with Vinay [Narayan], who’s always wonderful. Alan: Welcome to the XR for Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. It’s going to be great.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Today’s guest is a great friend of mine, Anne-Marie Enns, the executive producer of the VR/AR Global Summit, coming to Vancouver, Canada, October 31st to November 2nd. HTC with Vinay [Narayan], who’s always wonderful. Alan: Welcome to the XR for Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. It’s going to be great.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Today’s guest is a great friend of mine, Anne-Marie Enns, the executive producer of the VR/AR Global Summit, coming to Vancouver, Canada, October 31st to November 2nd. HTC with Vinay [Narayan], who’s always wonderful. Alan: Welcome to the XR for Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. It’s going to be great.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 29, 2016

With over one million active monthly users of the Samsung GearVR, millions of Google Cardboard units and high-end Oculus Rift and HTC Vive pre-orders, Smithson believes that brands that are early to develop unique and engaging content for VR and will have a huge advantage over their competition.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Who owns the Index will have the game for free (and for the occasion, the Index has been distributed to more countries, like Canada). Google announces The Relightables. Google has just invented a new system to shoot volumetric videos of avatars. Rikard Steiber departs HTC. Some satyre on HTC. Other relevant news.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Following the reveal of the Daydream mobile VR ecosystem earlier in the year, Google has finally revealed the first headset to support it, Daydream View. The new device was revealed at the Made By Google conference in San Francisco today. Google claims it’s 30% lighter than similar headsets (read: Gear VR).

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Projects must be viewable via Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, or Google Cardboard. Follow VR Sci Fest on social media: Vacouver Virtual Reality Film Festival (YVRFF) Date: May 18 - 20 YVRFF is the premier VR film festival in Western Canada, cultivating a strong community of VR filmmakers and enthusiasts from across the globe.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

In Canada, we have zero 5G deployment. And I think it's a really interesting point, because many VR users tend to buy VR to play games, including Steam or Oculus or HTC Vive. And even HTC is teasing it, these lightweight pair of glasses. In Canada, we have zero 5G deployment. Joonmo: Well, you need to think about that.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

In Canada, we have zero 5G deployment. And I think it's a really interesting point, because many VR users tend to buy VR to play games, including Steam or Oculus or HTC Vive. And even HTC is teasing it, these lightweight pair of glasses. In Canada, we have zero 5G deployment. Joonmo: Well, you need to think about that.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

In Canada, we have zero 5G deployment. And I think it's a really interesting point, because many VR users tend to buy VR to play games, including Steam or Oculus or HTC Vive. And even HTC is teasing it, these lightweight pair of glasses. In Canada, we have zero 5G deployment. Joonmo: Well, you need to think about that.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Or at least, sort of : the experience is still in beta (so this is officially an open beta stage) and it will be accessible without an invite only in the US and in Canada. This gives more power to Google Glass, that are not doing that bad in the enterprise environment after a total disaster as a prosumer device. It is very cool.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

Development is divided evenly across the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift platforms, each accounting for 31% of projects created, with other major VR platforms such as Samsung Gear VR, OSVR, and Daydream rounding out the bottom numbers. Carleton University, Canada. Vancouver Film School, Canada. Academy of Art San Francisco, USA.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

Or in Canada, USDZed. And so we have something meaningful come from HTC Vive with the Focus, or Focus Plus. As I go to these different developer conferences, I go to Facebook F8, or Microsoft Build, or Google IO. I ran into him at the Decentralized Web Summit and I was really curious, because he works at Google.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

Or in Canada, USDZed. And so we have something meaningful come from HTC Vive with the Focus, or Focus Plus. As I go to these different developer conferences, I go to Facebook F8, or Microsoft Build, or Google IO. I ran into him at the Decentralized Web Summit and I was really curious, because he works at Google.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

Or in Canada, USDZed. And so we have something meaningful come from HTC Vive with the Focus, or Focus Plus. As I go to these different developer conferences, I go to Facebook F8, or Microsoft Build, or Google IO. Alan: Well, I think we're we're already in that position where we've got Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Walmart.

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