Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The demonstration included the now familar Unreal Engine 3 powered citadel area, one which would become the setting for one of the most famous early VR applications of all time, Rift Coaster. We also got hyped for an experimental input device which promised to bring electromagnetic field powered positional input tracking to Samsung Gear VR.

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Road to VR

JULY 28, 2016

FOVE, the company behind the eponymous eye-tracking VR headset, today announced that they will be showing off a new industrial design at both Comic-Con and SIGGRAPH 2016 where attendees will have a chance to demo the new headset design themselves. Previous FOVE design | See Also: FOVE’s Eye-tracking VR Headset Was the Next Best at CES.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2018

Speaking with Alvin and an Unreal developer (that has used the Pro since various days) after my quick tests, they told me that probably I haven’t been excited by it because I just used it some minutes and because I haven’t tried demos that highlight all the pro-features that I’ve discussed above.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

After raising $480,000 in funds through Kickstarter and an undisclosed amount from Samsung Ventures, FOVE later participated in the River accelerator program early last year alongside a number of other “frontier technology” startups.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Renato Andrade, Senior XR Product Designer, Samsung R&D Institute (SIDIA) , posted his thoughts on the changes, gaining him over 20,000 impressions on LinkedIn. This also open the door for Epic and their Unreal Engine to shine and capture the entire XR development market.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

This week in XR hasn’t had any explosive news, but it was interesting nonetheless: in particular we had cool info on AR glasses, with some news from Kura, Lynx, and Samsung. Samsung AR glasses concept has been leaked. Popular Twitter leaker WalkingCat has leaked two trailer videos about two AR glasses by Samsung.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 29, 2024

This follows similar news from Samsung, who have noted that smartphone sales are decreasing and, in response, they are investing more in XR devices. XR Cloud Streaming to Break Down Enterprise Barriers Daniel Seidl, the CEO and Founder of Innovative, participated in an exclusive interview with XR Today at NVIDIA GTC’s XR Demo floor.

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VRGuy

JANUARY 20, 2016

Excluding Gear VR ($100 if you already have a fairly new Samsung phone), is there any good solution in-between? For instance, the Unreal Showdown demo on OSVR runs nicely on an NVIDIA 6xx card. We saw high-end phones like the Samsung S6 or LG G4 all the way to low-end generic phones. It created choice.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

So with this LiDAR that Apple is pushing pretty hard -- I'm pretty sure Google is going to follow suit pretty quickly, probably one year behind, and then they're going to have LiDAR on their top end phones, probably coming to Samsung -- but try-on is going to be made really possible, try-on of suits. Alan: Yeah, it's going to be so easy.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

So with this LiDAR that Apple is pushing pretty hard -- I'm pretty sure Google is going to follow suit pretty quickly, probably one year behind, and then they're going to have LiDAR on their top end phones, probably coming to Samsung -- but try-on is going to be made really possible, try-on of suits. Alan: Yeah, it's going to be so easy.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

So with this LiDAR that Apple is pushing pretty hard -- I'm pretty sure Google is going to follow suit pretty quickly, probably one year behind, and then they're going to have LiDAR on their top end phones, probably coming to Samsung -- but try-on is going to be made really possible, try-on of suits. Alan: Yeah, it's going to be so easy.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 18, 2025

More info The Samsung headset should have motion controllers According to a report by SamMobile, Samsung will be making its own first-party handsets for its upcoming Project Moohan headset. This means that Samsung wont go all-in with hand tracking like Apple did.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

Unreal Engine 5 may change the rules of game development. Out of nowhere, Epic Games has teased the next version of Unreal Engine, Unreal Engine 5, due to be released in 2021. It means that you can take whatever model, even with billions of polygons, and put it in your Unreal Engine project. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2023

More info Samsung is still on track to deliver its headset Samsung’s president of mobile experience, TM Roh, has spoken with CNET about the XR strategy of the company. Then he talked about the ecosystem and the fact that Samsung wants to create an open ecosystem around XR where many partners can operate in.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Well, that demo has turned into a paid application called Clipdrop. And it has now a free demo, so you can try it now! Stanford and Samsung create a super-high-resolution display. News from partners (and friends). It is very complete, since it includes full body tracking (with Vive Trackers), hands and face tracking!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

In my opinion , the true error is with the Vive 1 , that will get a price that is higher than the one of all the competitors… and that will cost as much as a Samsung Odyssey, notwithstanding its far lower features. I had a chance to demo the Oculus Santa Cruz today at #gdc18 ! Epic Siren demo. Vive Focus comes to the west.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

Let’s see: Google is still working with Qualcomm and Samsung on a mixed-reality headset. The amazing Alex Coulombe from Agile Lens will also demo a variety of cutting-edge VR experiences that include lifelike performative MetaHumans. I’m curious to see how this will turn out to be. You can’t miss it!

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

In the demos, Facebook has showcased a plane game call Wing Strikers. Vulkan News We’ve added support for Vulkan Multiview and Fixed Foveated Rendering in our platform and in Unreal Engine, which can boost performance significantly. You can use your bare hands to interact with the VR world, exactly as you do every day in real life.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2024

After so much time teasing it, Google has finally announced Android XR, the version of Android for XR devices, and gave hands-on demos of the headset it is building with Samsung and Qualcomm. Google hopes it to become the to-go open operating system that XR device manufacturers choose as the runtime for their headsets and glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device. According to Korean media, Samsung Electronics is working with Microsoft on a new augmented/mixed reality project “involving HoloLens”. Samsung is one of the most famous suppliers of components for electronic devices (e.g. Samsung Odyssey+).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 27, 2019

According to some reviewers, the display may also be the same one made by Samsung. And when you have finished it, you have immediately 5 demos of games that are waiting for you. Oculus Quest starts with 5 free demos of awesome games like Beat Saber and Creed. On Unreal Engine, the Wave SDK for the Vive Focus has lots of issues.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2019

video) More info (Unreal Engine with Octane Renderer) More info (Wi-fi is not enough for VR streaming). Samsung gets a patent for an AR contact lens. Samsung gets a patent for an AR contact lens. To obtain that, they had to modify the lighting system of Unreal Engine 4! Other relevant news. Image by HTC).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 14, 2024

With the same money, I think they could have made a more impressive demo with exotic waveguide materials that didn’t seem so far off in the future. He said the company is now in a good financial situation and is working on its next iteration of the Unreal Engine game engine.

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