Road to VR

JUNE 17, 2024

It’s only been about six months since Vision Pro’s launch in February, and while it’s leaving US exclusivity this month , the $3,500 headset still isn’t accessible enough right now for anyone but developers, prosumers, and only the most ardent of Apple acolytes to really entertain.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2019

You want the sounds to mimic real life and add realism/immersion to the experience, whether it’s for entertainment or enterprise applications. Also, within a game engine, you can simulate room reflections and occlusion more accurately for VR, because the objects are all virtual. Helena playing around with Magic Leap One.

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EON Reality

JUNE 10, 2020

Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) sprang to public prominence through the entertainment market, but the big moves forward are now being seen in the medical sector and manufacturing processes. The home entertainment market in the U.S The home entertainment market in the U.S

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

On the client side, the system will become compatible with iOS devices, and a Magic Leap client has also been developed. Omniverse doesn’t only care about the synchronization (a bit like if it were a visual Git), but it also provides services like AI and physical simulations. I hope to see many more in the future!

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Sony believes in VR, and we definitely believe at some point in the future, VR will represent a meaningful component of interactive entertainment. Image by Megadodo Simulation Games). Then why Magic Leap hasn’t delivered a solid product with 2B?) Will it be this year? Will it be next year? But will it come at some stage?

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Or we can put on device on our head (a head-mounted display or HMD) that completely occludes us from the real world allowing us to enter a completely simulated environment which we can walk around and interact in because the computer is sensing our physical actions: this is Virtual Reality or VR. Virtual humans are getting more and more real.

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Upload VR

APRIL 25, 2023

It was immediately reminiscent of mixed reality work done by Magic Leap with its AR headset and projects like Dr. Grordbort's Invaders. With "stationary", you're often forced to experience simulated movement through vast virtual worlds with varying comfort trade-offs.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Future of Magic Leap After Ross Rosenberg was appointed Magic Leap’s CEO in October 2023, the company has since focused on its enterprise roadmap for 2024; targeting its XR devices towards enterprise and industrial clients. Magic Leap started to understand that these walled gardens are not their future.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Conversely, airlines can train the next generation of pilots with cutting-edge flight simulation solutions for rapid upskilling. The enterprise-first device offers some of the most advanced simulation tools to train pilots with minimal setup. In-Flight Entertainment. Which Commercial Aviation Firms Offer XR Solutions?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

For those who aren’t familiar with HaptX, we build technology that simulates touch sensation with unprecedented realism. DK2 is designed specifically for professionals in training and simulation, industrial design, and robotics. They deliver unprecedented realism, with more than 130 points of tactile feedback per hand.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 12, 2022

They offer not only the opportunity for really critical monitoring with digital twins and artificial intelligence (AI)-backed, often closed-loop optimisation strategies, but can also simulate outcomes so that you can improve processes today and meet those goals in the future, which is the near future” IGS 2022 Miami Takeaways.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Of course, not everyone wants to—or can—be on their feet for long periods, and plenty of immersive entertainment, like watching movies, is sedentary. Focused, acute pulses simulate sharp points; broader, more distributed ones can simulate sensations like dipping into water. Weight is tougher to simulate in VR.

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TechCrunch VR

APRIL 3, 2023

It instead relies on a concave design and slip-on shoe covers, using the effect of foot slipping to simulate movement in VR. The move is especially interesting in light of the relatively recent shift toward enterprise customers that’s been explored by Meta, Magic Leap and HTC.

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XROM

MAY 5, 2024

These groundbreaking technologies are not only transforming entertainment with immersive gaming experiences but also revolutionizing learning through simulators and interactive applications. The concept of Virtual Reality gained momentum in the 1980s and '90s with the development of advanced computer graphics and simulations.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2023

For him, such industries would benefit ‘enormously’ from digital transformations via digital twinning, simulation, and computer-aided design (CAD). He explained further, “Amazon is using Omniverse to visualise their warehouse, [a] giant robotic system, to help their workers [and] to simulate their fleet of AMRs. [We

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 30, 2023

Quest 3, A Quick History Most recently, Meta entered a negotiation with Magic Leap to leverage the former’s AR technology for an unspecified immersive device – notably, the deal foreshadows both firms’ monumental presence at AWE this week. Support for simulation applications for training or entertainment.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

For example, Microsoft is gearing up for a 2024 industrial Metaverse roadmap, which sees the firm working with groups like Magic Leap and Qualcomm to provide immersive workplace solutions that operate alongside pre-existing technology stacks.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. There was a demonstration of how you could use the headset to help you work and communicate with others, but there could have been more focus on this, instead of on the entertainment functions. This is likely to change before the release date.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

We're going to dig into using Magic Leap and Hololens and mixed reality headsets as a tool for business. And this got our head scratching, we were like, "You know, maybe there's an opportunity to use all of our games experience, to help big companies and do more than just give people an entertaining hour on their phones."

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

We're going to dig into using Magic Leap and Hololens and mixed reality headsets as a tool for business. And this got our head scratching, we were like, "You know, maybe there's an opportunity to use all of our games experience, to help big companies and do more than just give people an entertaining hour on their phones."

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InstaVR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Furthermore, because of the limited field of view, even a largely simulated AR environmental overlay won’t be nearly as impactful as fully CGI VR, meaning the recall is likely to be lessened. Because VR can be used for training, entertaining, etc without relying on a user’s location.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

Charlie was EVP and COO of VR Pioneer Virtual World Entertainment. In the book, you discuss military, telepresence, design and architecture, medical, retail, marketing, journalism, social media, entertainment, gaming, and education. Charlie: VR has a lot of fantastic applications in training and simulation.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

Charlie was EVP and COO of VR Pioneer Virtual World Entertainment. In the book, you discuss military, telepresence, design and architecture, medical, retail, marketing, journalism, social media, entertainment, gaming, and education. Charlie: VR has a lot of fantastic applications in training and simulation.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap 2 is coming in Q1 2022. Even if most of this roundup will be about Oculus, I have decided to put another brand on top of it and it is Magic Leap. Magic Leap won’t pursue anything that isn’t aimed at getting more enterprise deals. Top news of the week.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

We're going to dig into using Magic Leap and Hololens and mixed reality headsets as a tool for business. And this got our head scratching, we were like, "You know, maybe there's an opportunity to use all of our games experience, to help big companies and do more than just give people an entertaining hour on their phones."

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

And part of what we did is we started really looking at our industry, motion picture, media, entertainment, and just in fact, communication, our communication methods. And the reality is, when we were kids or when we were much younger, our choices for media, for entertainment, for communication was very limited. We were entertained.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

You could do some sick simulations and distortions of the real world. If you haven’t seen a Microsoft Hololens or a Magic Leap you probably have no clue about how amazing this will be. Think of what you would do if you had a virtualized Macintosh on every inch. Go even further.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

They’ve taken virtual and augmented reality for the automobile industry to the next level; from AR apps where you can see cars in your living room, to full VR simulators where you can drive the cars and see what they interact like. ” I said, “have you ever played a real simulation race game?” Alan: Yeah?

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

They’ve taken virtual and augmented reality for the automobile industry to the next level; from AR apps where you can see cars in your living room, to full VR simulators where you can drive the cars and see what they interact like. ” I said, “have you ever played a real simulation race game?” Alan: Yeah?

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

The history of wearable technologies in the airport industry: From supporting airport ground operations with AR to in-flight VR entertainment; the airport industry has experimented with wearable technologies throughout the travel experience. Such VR entertainment could transform the cabin experience.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

Antony: Yeah, because the great thing about VR is that you can perform this training, realistically simulating the situation the person will be in. The more the simulation is realistic, the more this person who has to solve the problem will we be prepared to solve it. What are your thoughts on that? Alan: I agree.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

And part of what we did is we started really looking at our industry, motion picture, media, entertainment, and just in fact, communication, our communication methods. And the reality is, when we were kids or when we were much younger, our choices for media, for entertainment, for communication was very limited. We were entertained.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

Raj has spent the last four years of his tenure on building business opportunities, use cases, experiential marketing with partnerships in location-based entertainment, museums, education and other commercial XR segments. There was a division of the Coast Guard that was doing training on search-and-rescue simulations. Alan: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

Raj has spent the last four years of his tenure on building business opportunities, use cases, experiential marketing with partnerships in location-based entertainment, museums, education and other commercial XR segments. There was a division of the Coast Guard that was doing training on search-and-rescue simulations. Alan: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

And part of what we did is we started really looking at our industry, motion picture, media, entertainment, and just in fact, communication, our communication methods. And the reality is, when we were kids or when we were much younger, our choices for media, for entertainment, for communication was very limited. We were entertained.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 7, 2020

And then using Hololens 2, we allow you to interact with that cockpit as if you were there, so you could be sitting in your living room or a classroom or anywhere really in the world, networked together and interacting with functions inside the cockpit, the same way that you would do in a physical simulator. And that's what we are seeing.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 7, 2020

And then using Hololens 2, we allow you to interact with that cockpit as if you were there, so you could be sitting in your living room or a classroom or anywhere really in the world, networked together and interacting with functions inside the cockpit, the same way that you would do in a physical simulator. And that's what we are seeing.

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