The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2024

In the meanwhile, in physical stores, clerks are preparing to provide demos during the launch weekend of February, 2nd. This comes a few months after the rumor that stated that Google had killed its internal AR hardware project, codenamed Project Iris. This does not mean that Google is not still committed to AR, though.

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APRIL 3, 2023

The most technically impressive VR demo I tried at GDC 2023 felt familiar. The software from Google’s Owlchemy Labs ran on Quest 2. I came out of my demo and asked Andrew Eiche, the new CEO of Owlchemy Labs , if he thinks they’ve achieved the full interaction experience of Job Simulator with only hand tracking.

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

In October, Igloo Vision , a major provider of immersive collaborative spaces, refurbished its demo centre in London to provide five novel immersive spaces for its Hoxton-based showroom. What a FANTASTIC day yesterday opening our newly refurbed London demo centre Missed out & want to see if for yourself?

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FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Back at CES we met a small creative studio with some big technical plans for the HTC Vive’s upcoming Tracker peripheral. The team’s name was Master of Shapes , and they were one of the groups that HTC had gathered to showcase some of the many applications for the new device. It’s been done.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

A new FCC listing appears for an HTC Vive headset. And in fact, a new request to FCC for a new device has arrived from HTC. FCC certifications are requested before releasing an electronic device in the US (to certify that it is safe to be used), so this is a clear sign that HTC is going to release a new headset soon.

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MAY 17, 2017

Clay Bavor, VP of VR for Google, took the stage to share intriguing new information for immersive technology. He made a blockbuster announcement for the new standalone VR headset Google is working on with HTC and also shared that the S8 will finally be getting Daydream support. “The more precisely, the better.”

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Ryan Schultz

MARCH 15, 2023

My current set-up at work is an HTC Vive Pro 2 Office Kit, with the traditional Vive “wand” hand controllers, the same set-up which I am proposing for the virtual reality lab project that I am currently working on. (The Here are some of my tips, tricks, and recommendations for giving inexperienced users a virtual reality demo.

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MAY 17, 2017

We’ve just confirmed with Google’s Clay Bavor that its upcoming standalone headsets from HTC and Lenovo will use the Daydream controller with three degrees of freedom (3DOF). The HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and upcoming headsets from Microsoft have controllers offering full six degrees of freedom (6DOF).

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Today Google launches Earth VR for the HTC Vive for free, giving us a whole new perspective on the world. I remember, back in 2001, how amazed I was to see Google Earth for the first time. Google Earth made the world tangible in a way we’d never known it. ” “Go to Hawaii!” It feels robust.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Luckily, it’s easy to find yourself a free demo of any VR major system out there. The Vive is the ‘room-scale’ VR system created by HTC and Valve. Find an HTC Vive Demo Location. HTC hosts a list of stores across the US and Europe where you can try the Vive for free.

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MARCH 4, 2019

Nvidia has GeForce Now, Sony has PlayStation Now, and both Google & Microsoft have their own future cloud gaming projects in the work too. Two days earlier I got a chance to visit HTC’s booth where they were showing a similar setup streaming Superhot VR (2017) to a Vive Focus Plus over a mock-up 5G network.

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OCTOBER 19, 2018

Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! The Venture Reality Fund and of course HTC. — Alvin Wang Graylin (@AGraylin) October 18, 2018. Really fantastic.

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MARCH 14, 2018

Google is working on ways to create the most realistic sense of presence while in VR. To help with that, Google has been experimenting with light fields to show how VR can come as close as possible to what you’d actually see if you were there. Download the demo for free and check it out for yourself. Image Credit: Google VR.

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Road to VR

MARCH 21, 2018

We go hands-on with Budget Cuts, Google presents ARCore and Maps API-enabled apps, Squanch Games’ Daydream exclusive title announced, and Magic Leap talks about developing games for a spatial computing platform. Google highlights 4 ARCore apps. Google Maps API for game development. Google Maps API for game development.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Yesterday, Google shook up the virtual reality scene by both announcing and releasing a brand new immersive experience: Google Earth VR. UploadVR reached out to Google to ask why this strategy was implemented. Both of those are exclusive to the HTC Vive. The response from enthusiasts was instantaneous and joyful.

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MARCH 7, 2017

We were already having a great time coming across a demo of Duck Hunt for the Oculus Rift, with grenades and all. Now Konami’s run and gun classic, Contra , has popped up on the interwebs — and you can download it right now for the HTC Vive. The short demo transports you into the boss battle of Level 3: Waterfall.

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VRScout

MAY 18, 2017

Day 2 of Google I/O is in full swing and Google is shining some light on the core technologies the company is working on to make VR, AR, and immersive platforms accessible to even more people. It’s in this spectrum that lies all the investments Google is making within core technologies to enable “internally immersive computing.”.

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MAY 18, 2017

Before my demo at Google I/O, Google’s head of VR Clay Bavor outlined a series of caveats and expectations for what I was about to experience. The demo, according to Google, would reset after each journalist so the hardware would see the room fresh each time after each person donned the headset. WorldSense.

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ARPost

JANUARY 21, 2022

We’re talking, of course, about Google Glass. Google Glasses were the first arguably-AR glasses on the consumer market, coming out in 2013. After all, it was a Google product and a lot of people expected the world. Google Glass retired to the enterprise sector and much of the public gave up on AR glasses.

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MAY 28, 2024

Owlchemy was acquired by Google in 2017 with Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator on Steam, Quest and PlayStation VR headsets serving as some of the best introductions to the medium ever made. We'll have deeper impressions soon, but it's a big day for Google's Owlchemy, a big day for Apple's platform and a date to mark in VR history.

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JUNE 6, 2016

now sporting Google VR ‘Daydream’ and OSVR native support. at GDC in March, Epic Senior Designer Nick Donaldson schooled us on some of the intricacies of Unreal’s new VR Editor, modifying a pre-built demo scene using the Oculus Rift and Touch controller in the Epic booth at GDC. Elsewhere, UE4 4.12

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JULY 8, 2016

Now available on Steam Early Access for HTC Vive, Fruit Ninja VR lets you slice and dice with the best of them using dual katana swords that are bound to have you playing the part of fruit assassin in your living room. See Also: Hands-on: ‘New Retro Arcade’ Tech Demo HTC Vive Gameplay. More locations to play in.

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JANUARY 24, 2018

Vive Focus, HTC’s first standalone VR headset, has officially launched in China. Based on HTC’s new mobile VR platform, which includes a mobile version of the Viveport content store, the headset debuts with more than 40 apps. image courtesy HTC. Image courtesy Alvin Wang Graylin, HTC.

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JUNE 5, 2017

A second demo from Wingnut AR showed how ARKit could place an entire imaginary world on top of a real-world platform on the stage. The more sophisticated demo, made in Unreal Engine, shows a complex world war taking place with spaceships and explosions. The demo is expected to be released as a game “later this year.”.

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MARCH 6, 2017

Still another example is eye tracking, and we’ve seen demonstrations from both Tobii and SMI in the HTC Vive offering a glimpse of how much better future VR systems will be at understanding our behavior. This is a screen grab from Tobii’s demo showing my eye movements over ten seconds. New Tools For Game Designers.

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MAY 18, 2017

Over the last 12 months or so we’ve been keeping an eye on Google’s aggressive hiring for its AR/VR team which, among other things, suggested that the company was working on new “mass production” hardware that would go beyond the simple smartphone snap-in Daydream headsets.

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JANUARY 9, 2018

Back in May, we got our first demo of Google’s WorldSense technology. HTC and Lenovo were both announced as partners—but HTC soon backed out to focus on the Chinese market with their Vive Focus inside-out tracked standalone headset. The Mirage Solo is a standalone device that gets rid of the cord.

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MAY 19, 2017

With Google I/O coming to a close, the three day developer conference saw its fair share of annoucements around VR and AR. One row included four HTC Vive setups with partygoers flailing their arms and dancing in VR. Google announced on Thursday that a version of Chrome will be coming to Daydream.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

What if I told you that smart devices such as your iPhone and Google Assistant aren’t just listening to you, but persuading and manipulating your actions as well? ” As the 12-minute demo progressed, EVA became more involved in our day-to-day lives. Be warned: your at-home voice assistant is doing more than just listening.

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JANUARY 21, 2017

One can say Google’s Tilt Brush is still virtual reality’s closest thing to a killer app and one of the first demos anyone using a HTC Vive will ever try. Artists around the world have been able to create amazing works in Tilt Brush and then capture video to share their creations.

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OCTOBER 26, 2017

update, now including official support for Apple’s ARKit and Google’s ARCore software dev kits, and support for SteamVR on Mac. Apple featured a demo running on the HTC Vive that was created by Industrial Light and Magic. ” Unreal Engine 4.18 Nougat and above including Samsung S8 line.

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JUNE 23, 2017

Welcome to another week chronicling the latest releases for HTC Vive. 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. New HTC Vive Releases on Steam. You can load content from your Google Photo collection or local system. Price: Free.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In these two weeks, we got to discover that Apple is planning to organize demo sessions of Vision Pro inside the Apple Store venues and that in the beginning, the only way to buy a Vision Pro will be going to an Apple Store. Nimo 1 is now available to preorder for $1299. It seems the journalist liked them.

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MARCH 2, 2021

Giants such as Oculus, HTC, Sony, Microsoft, Samsung, Walmart, and many others have been implementing their technologies in this field for a long time. We can find educational VR content in a variety of sources, such as: VR apps in the App Store, Google Play, or Steam directories. Google Earth VR. 3D Organon VR Anatomy.

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OCTOBER 7, 2024

Its userbase is superior to known PCVR headsets like the HTC Vive Pro and Pro 2 and most probably in the next weeks, it will also surpass the Pico 4. This is a pretty surprising result, considering that the PSVR 2 is a device for a console (the PS5) and its adapter for PC was released only a few weeks ago.

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DECEMBER 4, 2017

We were hoping the collection of experiences would eventually be free, like the mobile VR version of game for Google Cardboard (iOS and Android) is currently, but with the revelation of the Australian PSN listing, those hopes are all but dashed. PS Move is a required. We’ll be updating this article once we spot it, so check back soon.

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