XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 6, 2024

In early February, following the successful launch of the Vision Pro rocket, CareerViewXR, an emerging immersive edtech startup, spearheaded a statewide initiative providing over 300 HTC VIVE VR headsets and accompanying immersive learning software to schools across North Dakota. ” He noted. We know that 99.9

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Road to VR

MAY 16, 2017

From his experience teaching the SteamVR Tracking course, Bruey has an inside view on what companies are doing with the technology and when we might begin to see the fruits of their labor. Road to VR: How many students went through the SteamVR tracking training course? Doug Bruey at the Synapse SteamVR Tracking training course.

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VRScout

MARCH 27, 2021

FundamentalVR’s multi-person training platform could be the future of remote education for the growing medical sector. In terms of VR-based medical education, few companies are pushing the envelope quite like FundamentalVR. Together, they provide a more powerful education platform.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

HTC today announced its third batch of AR/VR startups backed by the company’s Vive X accelerator program. ” Started last year, Vive X is a $100 million fund for AR/VR companies that, according to HTC, provides “unparalleled access to expertise, resources, planning and an extensive network throughout the AR/VR industry.”

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Road to VR

MAY 9, 2019

HTC is now on its fourth batch in its $100 million accelerator program, which offers education, investment and mentorship to startups doing unique and and interesting things around VR and AR. The post HTC Invests in 17 AR/VR Startups in Latest Vive X Accelerator Program appeared first on Road to VR.

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VRScout

MARCH 16, 2021

Experience the mind-bending effects of “magic mushrooms” in this educational VR science experiment. Of course, not everyone agrees. You are also able to dance, play the xylophone, and create your own experience; making Wisdom both entertaining and educational. Image Credit: Radix Motion Inc., Truffle Co. Truffle Co.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 26, 2017

It was back in April that we told you that education startup Lifeliqe was bringing its services to Microsoft’s HoloLens platform. That is of course if they have a HoloLens; Microsoft’s device costs $3,000 as an experimental developer edition and isn’t expected to hit the consumer market for years to come.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 8, 2022

This year’s lineup was stacked yet again with some of the biggest names in the industry, from content creators like Cas and Chary VR to hardware companies such as HTC Vive.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 19, 2020

Yesterday, I attended the Vive Ecosystem Conference, the annual event by HTC, that his year was held completely inside ENGAGE. The first major company to have the courage to take its whole event fully in Virtual Reality has been HTC, that has held yesterday its annual VEC event completely inside the ENGAGE platform.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2016

We also have a top list of the absolute best HTC Vive games — which is updated every few months with the latest and greatest options. A great example of what educational VR can do. Recommendation: Definitely worth it for those interested in educational VR. Guided Meditation, from Cubicle Ninjas. The Body VR, from The Body VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2018

In my previous article , I told you about a VR educational startup called Langzou , while today I’m introducing you another company in the same sector, called Judao. He told me that Judao hasn’t started as a VR company, but simply as an educational company 18 years ago. They are completely revolutionising the education.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Thanks to the support of HTC, Rob is experimenting with Vive Trackers , and is very eager to tell you everything about his experiments with them, in a series of two very detailed posts. The post finishes also with the little surprise of an interview with HTC’s Shen Ye. HTC Vive Trackers (Image by Rob Cole). Introduction.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Cosmic Trip (normally $19.99) – Built exclusively for VR, Cosmic Trip is an award-winning real-time strategy game for the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows MR headsets. Enemies pouring into the room from all sides, dozens of bullets coursing through the air… Wait. Commit yourself, body and mind.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2018

During my Chinese adventure, in the period that I was leaving Shanghai to go to Chengdu to watch pandas, I had the opportunity to interview via WeChat Qiyong Chen, one of the people leading the Virtual Reality R&D experiments at HTC. Who are you and what do you do in HTC? I’m Qiyong Chen, leader of HTC China Immersive Lab.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 24, 2018

Last year marked HTC’s very first Vive Developer Awards (VDAs), which saw tens of thousands of dollars go to VR app developers across a number of categories. Second place gets a financial award of $20,000, and all of the above (besides the $50K of course). image courtesy HTC. Leaves a lasting impression.

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ARPost

MAY 30, 2020

Events are broken down by subject into either Education, Medical, Simulation, or Training. Keynotes will be given by representatives of Lenovo, Korea Telekom, HTC, VIVE , HP, Microsoft, and others. VR/AR Global Summit Events to Look Forward To. A Look at Tickets and the Platform.

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VRScout

JULY 22, 2021

The ceremony can also be experienced through AIXR’s “World Hop Experience”, allowing you to join the black-tie event from a web browser, phone, and of course, a VR headset. VR EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE YEAR. Can’t get to London? No problem. We are celebrating VR after all! & Eminent Air (Thailand) Co., VR HARDWARE OF THE YEAR.

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VRScout

JANUARY 26, 2021

Of course, HaptX wasn’t alone in this venture. Of course, the COVID-19 pandemic showed us how valuable virtual tools are to virtually all industries. Of course, the possibilities Rubin speaks of could go way beyond industrial training and robotics. Companies use them to control robots intuitively from a distance.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Supporting HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, Supermedium is a new, fully VR browser from the creators of VR web framework ‘A-Frame’ and part of the original Mozilla team behind the WebVR initiative. Available to download on Supermedium’s website , the browser aims to become the new home for lightweight, fast-loading, web-based VR experiences.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 12, 2025

Immersive environments stimulate the brain through visual, auditory, and even kinesthetic cues (with haptic feedback ), fostering deeper engagement with educational content, enhancing muscle memory, and accelerating skill mastery. In some cases, courses are forgotten about entirely leading to low completion rates.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

VR Education and Training of the Year. VR Education and Training was another highly contested category. Accepting the VR Award was Virtualware , a company spanning education, entertainment, and healthcare. Nominees were insightful, educational, and – of course – immersive. FundamentalVR, and others.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The security implications of this of course are massive but it is mainly up to the creators to be transparent about what data is and isn’t collected. Friction in using VR/AR needs to be reduced, users need to be educated on how to scan and detect surfaces in their physical space to orient themselves, and controller layouts need to be learned.

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VRScout

AUGUST 23, 2020

Unless of course you enjoy wasting hours blindly switching patch cords until you eventually collapse in frustration. Available free on the Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift via SideQuest , this educational app teaches you how to play real songs on a real piano in a virtual space. Not that I would know anything about that… .

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Road to VR

APRIL 22, 2020

The app went viral back in 2018 , bringing an unbelievable 17x rise in usership over the course of just a month to a peak of 20,000 concurrent users of the game on Steam. Now, of course, it’s important to remember that VRChat isn’t a VR-only game, it supports a desktop-mode as well. Data courtesy SteamDB.

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VRScout

JANUARY 23, 2021

Image Credit: HTC Vive. If you are still a student, you can study abroad or take additional academic courses that will enhance your skills in relevant fields. Both VR and AR industries are here to stay with their active push into fields such as education , healthcare , and marketing. VR & AR career paths to consider.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 28, 2017

We also have a top list of the absolute best HTC Vive games — which is updated every few months with the latest and greatest options. This casual golfing game is thick with courses created by the community and you can even customize an avatar before jumping into multiplayer competitions. All Other New HTC Vive Releases on Steam.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

One of the areas where XR is seeing the most significant and rapid adoption, is in the world of education and training. Today, we’re going to be looking at some of the most inspirational case studies from the educational landscape, highlighting the benefits of XR for training. HTC Vive and Penn State. Meta Oculus and Aptiv.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Langzou VR in education, VR Waibao in collaboration tools) and other on hardware (e.g. Me and Dabo of Langzou VR, discussing about his company and the educational system in China. If I remember well, some company in China was already experimenting on cloud rendering for the HTC Vive, so users could spare buying a VR-ready PC.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

We’ve seen various flavors over the years such as Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D , and of course Google Earth and Street View. Speaking of use cases, potential outcomes include education (think: virtual field trips), social meetups, and local discovery. 3 D mapping is a technology that’s perpetually on the horizon.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Called Sumerian, the tool is capable of publishing 3D content to any browser that supports WebGL or WebVR graphics rendering, including Daydream, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and iOS mobile devices. Sumerian scenes are (of course) hosted on the company’s AWS cloud.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). For example, we invited senior executives from HUAWEI, JBD, HTC, Alibaba, iQIYI, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and so on.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2018

Oculus recently announced the’ll be expanding their educational pilot program by donating Oculus Rift and Oculus Go headsets to a number of educational institutions across Taiwan, Japan, and Seattle. The course will allow students from both schools to cooperatively create educational VR content for eventual use in the classroom.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The company got more than $10M of investment over the years, including important support from HTC Vive, which uses its spaces to organize the virtual events to launch its XR hardware. In the educational district, I was able to enter the big virtual campus of the University of California and navigate all of it.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

It’s good because when we met each other, of course, I was already working in VR, while you were in other fields, and now we reconnect here, thanks to the metaverse. I finalized that in my course. The reason for that is that the current educational system is broken. Number one is education in the metaverse and division.

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VRScout

MAY 27, 2018

Instead, you are using a headset such as an Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung GearVR, Oculus Go, or a variety of other options via WebVR. Of course there’s also a variety of other worthwhile VR experiences centered around other religions that may interest others. A church sermon in VR is a lot like church sermon in the real-world.

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VRScout

APRIL 18, 2018

Thanks to new more comfortable hardware releases like the HTC Vive Pro and tetherless HTC Vive Focus, people are spending more consecutive time in VR than ever before. Of course you wouldn’t be truly “living” if it meant being confined within your own home 24/7.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 23, 2023

The criminals stole Meta Quest, Pico, and HTC VIVE headsets, tablets, smartphones, controllers, and other devices. Penumbra XR Today recently interviewed Penumbra, a major VR firm using HTC VIVE headsets to rehabilitate patients with next-generational immersive tools.

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