VRScout

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Over 70 new controller titles are in development. Today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Samsung announced a brand-new Gear VR, powered by Oculus, and revealed the Gear VR Controller that lets you interact with VR games and experiences. Over 70 Controller Titles Coming Soon. A New Gear VR.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 10, 2016

Netflix just launched their brand new ‘Netflix VR’ app in the Play Store, letting you sit in a virtual environment and watch all the content your heart desires on a giant living room screen. You can look down and see the couch you’re sitting on and flip through the Netflix catalog with the wave of the wireless controller.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Weve been eagerly awaiting some genuine news about Samsungs impending XR headset for months now ever since the company announced its partnership with Google and Qualcomm. Plus, we now know that the system is going to be powered by Googles brand-new Android XR platform in fact, its the first MR headset designed with Android XR.

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AR Insider

MARCH 22, 2021

My two controllers lit up with gratitude. Neurosity launches the Crown , a wearable device that puts users in control of their focus. STYLY launches support for 3D models made with Google Tilt Brush. Surreal Events launched Surreal, a virtual event platform for live experiences across industries. Great script.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 28, 2017

Amsterdam-based interactive designer Jonathan Puckey and Studio Moniker’s collaboration with Google’s Data Arts Team has produced a compelling experience called Dance Tonite , which runs from a single website and offers something for everyone from mobile to desktop to VR.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 31, 2024

Woosung explained that during this period, Skonec “gained extensive know-how in virtual environment optimization and UX design tailored specifically for VR.” However, it could be argued that this has always been the case for industry veterans and enthusiasts—from Google Glass to Samsung VR and the original Oculus models.

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ARPost

JULY 13, 2022

Gelfenbeyn was a co-founder of API.AI, which was purchased by Google and now exists as Dialogflow. There’s also a special panel of controls for experimental features including audible pauses and expressive movement. That is, outside of the testing environment in the developer’s app for Quest. A Colorful Background.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2023

Whether or not to include controllers to support legacy VR titles. Whether to allow users to full-dive into Virtual Reality, freely move around, and be active in the medium. There is a comfort in understanding the topological landscape of a controller and a physical touchpoint within the virtual environments themselves.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

It was after I tried Tilt Brush that I saw the possibilities of what 6DOF controllers could bring,” said Vermeulen, adding , “It brought a sense of depth and spatial awareness in a way that didn’t exist before.”. Having that type of control in a virtual environment opened up so many possibilities for Vermeulen.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 22, 2024

The international media conglomerate is in the headlines this week with its Holotile breakthrough, a prototype device that acts as a VR input treadmill, allowing various users to walk around a shared virtual environment without requiring a controller. If the past repeats itself, we may find out at the end of the year.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 8, 2018

In effect, this lets you walk around the VR user’s virtual environment and freely take in the scene at any practical perspective while the VR user goes about playing the game.

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ARPost

APRIL 27, 2021

VR remote collaboration solutions are those that place a user and/or their avatar into an immersive virtual environment. The browser-based VR remote collaboration experience can be entered with a headset, but it also works with WASD controls on a laptop or desktop, or with touch controls on a smart device.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The industry has been experiencing a boom in recent years with hundreds of startups and heavy investment from tech giants including Google, Apple, Samsung, and Facebook. AR and VR are gearing up for a giant leap forward thanks to advancements in eye-tracking technology. Despite all the activity, AR/VR hardware remains relatively crude.

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Road to VR

MAY 23, 2017

Following a recent Christmas break where he says he studied a robot vacuum cleaner, tested all available voice-input devices for the home (such as the Amazon Echo and Google Home smart speakers), and watched every Black Mirror episode, it was voice control that excited Sony’s head of Magic Lab the most.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Back then we were waiting on the Oculus Rift DK2 to start shipping, and VR input was still largely based around the traditional controller. It would be nearly a full year before HTC would revolutionize VR control with its Vive wands, and over a year until Oculus would reveal Touch.

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VRScout

AUGUST 22, 2017

It was only three months ago at Google I/O that I had some of the most fun in VR i’ve had all year long. Although exciting leaps forward, it wasn’t what you’d expect demoing Google’s secretive inside-out headset or taking their Expeditions AR program for spin. The most fun was actually a dance party.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 25, 2024

It’s not just a tool for viewing digital scenes, like Google Street View. You can point your Meta controller at certain objects to surface data about them, but you won’t be able to “unpack” a machine and see what’s going on beneath the surface. Selecting a space with your controller will teleport you straight to that environment.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

This is a period with many tech announcements: we had Meta telling about its Horizon OS, yesterday OpenAI unveiled the new GPT-4o, and today Google will hopefully unveil its Android XR operating system. In case you are in need of a solid team able to build a high-quality XR virtual environment, please let me know.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Even if you already knew all of the controls that this little app takes you through, the dance game and target practice games are both embarrassingly fun – even for this VR veteran. The app uses content from Wikipedia and Google Earth to create interactive and educational self-guided tours of just about anywhere.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 28, 2025

Spatial Audio and Immersive Environments When youre evaluating Meta Quest devices, youll notice they all support spatial audio technology allowing them to deliver 3D soundscapes that boost your immersion in virtual environments. Fortunately, Meta understands its customers’ security and compliance concerns.

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ARPost

APRIL 28, 2022

A virtual laboratory will soon be enough to conduct experiments in physics and chemistry. For example, Google Expeditions allows you to visit the Louvre with a tour, wander on the Moon or fly to Mars. The programs create a digital controlled environment that recreates standard life situations. VR enhances education.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 15, 2023

With major technology firms like Meta, Google, and Microsoft investing millions into the emerging space, enterprise end-users are already feeling the innovative presence of genAI – and there is more to come. The trainee can then practice conversing in a safe and controlled environment. Generative AI is here to stay.

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VR Bites

JUNE 20, 2016

Gravity Pull is an immersive VR puzzle experience for Google Cardboard that uses an innovative input technique called VR-Step. You don’t need external controllers to move in Gravity Pull, just walk in place! VR-Step changes the way players can explore virtual environments with Google Cardboard.

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VRScout

AUGUST 21, 2016

Deepak Chopra wants to guide your VR meditation and STRATA uses your biometric data as a control scheme. We also cover brain-machine interfaces with VR helping paralyzed people regain some control over their limbs, as well as the New York Times continuing to build out its VR plan. THE BODY AND BRAIN AS CONTROLLERS IN VR THERAPY.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 15, 2017

Moving to OpenSim addressed the pricing issue for educators, while offering a greater degree of control over the environment and its users, but didn’t solve the fundamental usability problem. As a result, the use of virtual environments like Second Life seems to be in decline. Image courtesy Google Expeditions.).

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 11, 2017

Google’s Daydream virtual reality platform is currently my favorite. And the platform’s motion controller is fun to use. But even with low prices, it’s nice to get a discount, and for the next week, Google is discounting Daydream apps by up to 60 percent. until August 17.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The stylus can work in virtual environments including room-scale virtual spaces. They’ve also worked with companies like Dell, Alienware, Google, HP, and Samsung. Logitech’s VR Inc Pilot Edition. The $750 VR Ink Pilot Edition is a beta product available through an application process. Using the Pen With Other Solutions.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2019

You will be able to use all the controls in a natural way just by using all the ten fingers of your hands! Google releases an opensource library for hand tracking. Google has released opensource a library for tracking your hands on a mobile device. Someone made Google Lens work in VR. It’s really impressive.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Advrty wants to offer a new avenue of monetization for virtual reality developers which doesn’t involve full field-of-view pop-up ads with a platform aimed at designing and incorporating nonintrusive product placement. While not swapping anything out, Google is attempting to make the world an ad through its visual search app–Google Lens.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: Episode 28 of the VRScout Report, we got new 360 toys on iOS, Hololens is helping elevator technicians, VR might help you control your dreams, Apple CEO Tim Cook on augmented reality, VR/AR industry funding wrapup, and more… iOS NOW CAN TAKE 360 PHOTOS WITH GOOGLE CARDBOARD CAMERA, TOO.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

But it doesn’t make up for all the shortcomings of either desktop-based virtual worlds, or 3D virtual environments, for most non-gaming applications. So yes, desktop-based immersive virtual worlds — also known as first-person shooters — have taken over when it comes to games.

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ARVR

JUNE 16, 2021

Furthermore, this literature review will investigate the design factors that make virtual reality successful, topics that can be successfully implemented in virtual reality, the implications of using virtual reality, and the significance of experience-based learning with virtual environments.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Jason McGuigan, Head of Commercial for Virtual Reality , announced the news at his speech at the premier event in Madeira Island, Portugal’s Savoy Palace, which joined some of the world’s largest tech firms, including Google, Qualcomm, EndeavorXR, Varjo Technologies, and many others. Designed for the Enterprise.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

It allows users to create a life-like avatar and hang out with up to three friends in a virtual environment, no matter where they are geographically. The recently launched new Samsung Gear VR with controller was also briefly mentioned as an affordable alternative to the more cost-intensive Rift set-up. Impact on Consumers.

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VR Geeks

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The Gear VR Controller is a new controller that has been released by Samsung and Oculus to help improve the experience of virtual reality. The gear vr app is a virtual reality game that is compatible with the Samsung Gear VR headset. What functions does this controller have? Is a gamepad still required?

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Upload VR

MARCH 18, 2024

A few big ones, like Minecraft, are missing in action entirely while other great iPad games, like FTL, don't control well on Vision Pro. On Apple's App Store, though, it's just a few apps that have this control during Apple Vision Pro's launch window. This is the default state of all the games bought from the Meta Quest Store.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 10, 2022

The degree of immersion in virtual reality vs augmented reality. In VR, the user is completely absorbed in a virtual environment and minimises boundaries and markers. Google Cardboard and Gear VR are two well-known examples. Due to this, VR and AR in the following ways: 1. Varying degrees of flexibility and use cases.

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