Road to VR

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The Samsung Gear VR headset is a collaboration between Samsung and Oculus, and is one of the best mobile VR headsets out there. However, the release of the device has seen several variations over time, each compatible with a different set of Samsung phones. Samsung Support for Gear VR (SM-R325). Galaxy S6 Edge.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2022

Ready Player Me studio Wolf3D has secured a $13 million Series A funding round, which was led by Wise and Teleport co-founders Taavet+Sten, and features participation from GitHub co-founder Tom Preston-Werner, Samsung Next, NordicNinja, Konvoy Ventures, and others. The news was first reported by Venture Beat. million, following a $2.1

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 5, 2017

This means you can watch on Google Daydream View and Cardboard, and with a little extra creativity, on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive with Opera’s new experimental browser and Gear VR through Samsung Internet. ” There are seven chapters in the Discovery TRVLR series, each exploring a different continent.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Paul Brown, GM of HTC VIVE Europe, is now GM of HTC Europe. Raymond Pao, VP of HTC VR New Technology, is now GM of North Asia. Chen(???), GM of HTC smartphone Taiwan, is now GM of HTC Taiwan. SEE ALSO HTC: Vive Pro is Targeted at Prosumers and Will Be "more expensive" Than Consumer Vive.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 21, 2017

It looks like Fujitsu is adding its name to the list of OEMs producing Windows “Mixed Reality” VR headsets , which currently include the likes of Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung. According to Fujitsu’s press release (Japanese), the headset is expected to launch sometime in late November 2017 in Japan.

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VRScout

AUGUST 2, 2016

Following limited releases during VidCon and Lollapalooza, Samsung has been quiet when it came to a US release, even after we saw the Gear 360 go on sale in South Korea and parts of Europe months ago. The post Samsung Gear 360 Goes On Sale August 19th in US appeared first on VRScout.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

HTC hosts a list of stores across the US and Europe where you can try the Vive for free. In the US, stores like Microsoft, Gamestop, and Micro Center host Vive setups offering public demos, while you can find the system in Europe in locations like Currys PC World, GAME, and Scan Computers. Find an HTC Vive Demo Location.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Citing people familiar with the situation, the report maintains that TikTok parent ByteDance is canceling Pico’s next VR headset, or what is being referred to as ‘Pico 5’ It’s said this was in direct response to middling sales of Pico 4, the standalone released in Asia and Europe to compete with Meta Quest 2.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

and Europe we may now have the official name for HTC’s upcoming Daydream-based headset: Vive Focus. The request was made by Grünecker Patent und Rechtsanwälte PartG MBB, the same corporation that managed the original HTC Vive application in Europe back in 2015. Well thanks to a trademark application in the U.S. Image Credit: HTC.

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VRScout

JANUARY 1, 2017

With notable exceptions, these are often companies producing cheap replicas of existing mobile hardware like Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear without any additional, unique features. In many ways it’s still doing a whole lot better than America and Europe. million). It’s growing. Just not in the headset market.

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Road to VR

MAY 24, 2018

The system also allows you to play SteamVR games, provided you download a software called RiftCat for mobile headsets such as Samsung Gear VR or Google Cardboard. Image courtesy Nolo VR. AntVR’s inside-out tracking for its Mix AR headset is provided by Nolo CV1. ” Zhang says.

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Road to VR

JULY 12, 2019

Some channels may not be available in all areas, however we’ve confirmed that a majority are at least available in Europe. The update comes to all supported platforms, including HTC Vive, Valve Index, Windows VR, Oculus Rift, Oculus Go, Oculus Quest, and Samsung Gear VR.

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Road to VR

JULY 18, 2018

One of Europe’s largest water parks, Therme Erding’s Galaxy Erding water park in Germany, has a new claim to fame: a water slide that outfits guests with a VR headset. Dubbed VRSlide, the system includes a water-resistant VR headset powered by a Samsung Galaxy S8 for a deep dive through the waters of the digital unknown.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

And Lenovo is in good company too; Meta is getting ready to launch Project Cambria, which earlier this month was revealed to be the long-awaited Quest Pro in a leak, and ByteDance’s Pico Interactive recently unveiled Pico 4 , which aims to take on Quest 2 in Europe and some regions in Asia.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 19, 2017

Not only did a new version of Samsung and Oculus’ mobile VR headset release with a new motion controller , but there were updates on the software side, too. But, as Oculus software engineer Mike Armstrong revealed at React Europe today, React VR also helped bring some other huge improvements to Home.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 7, 2024

Xreal Air 2 Ultra are true AR glasses, but they only work with two specific Samsung phones. Air glasses are not standalone devices, and Air 2 Ultra can only be driven in true AR "spatial computing" mode by a Samsung Galaxy S23 or Galaxy S22 phone via a tethered USB-C cable. There's an important caveat here though.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Last year Samsung announced it was partnering with Google to make its own MR headset, which was reportedly delayed in efforts to make it more competitive with Vision Pro. . “The actual release time will depend on Apple’s software modification schedule to comply with other countries’ regulations.”

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Road to VR

AUGUST 29, 2018

Seemingly taking a page out of Samsung’s playbook, the Acer OJO 500 includes a few features once exclusive to the Samsung Odyssey HMD: integrated audio and manual inter-pupillary distance adjustments. Image courtesy Acer. IPD adjustment wheel & detachment buttons, Image courtesy Acer.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 6, 2019

times Oculus Rift, 5 times HTC Vive, and many times greater than other headsets like Valve Index, Oculus Go, Pimax, and Samsung Odyssey. Peak search volume for Quest in the US was 1.6 times that of the next nearest headset, PlayStation VR, 2.9 Worldwide search volume, Black Friday weekend 2019 | Data courtesy Google.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 7, 2018

The airplane featured in the experience– one of the iconic Lancaster Bombers – was called F for Freddie , and the original report documents its mission as it weaved through searchlights and bullets, crossing over mainland Europe until completing the mission and landing back safely on British soil at RAF Langar, in Nottinghamshire.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Meta is trying to find a compromise with the EU, but if it doesn’t happen, it is threatening to leave its business in Europe, shutting down Facebook and Instagram in the whole European Union. Especially if it happens by hiring 10,000 people in Europe, so that it can apply stronger pressures on the EU about its data privacy rules.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 1, 2016

For the most part, in-store VR activations have made use of the Gear VR headset — a hardware option powered by a Samsung phone that not only has a small retail footprint but also utilizes a device that most staff already know how to navigate.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2025

Me being very classy with my suit and the Ray-Ban Meta glasses There were some private rooms by Google and Samsung at CES and surely they were demoing Android XR to close partners. Still, the demo with them was about… photos and videos, live translation, and AI. Unluckily I’ve never been able to try an Android XR device.

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MAY 7, 2022

And it is a European company, and now in Europe there is a growing interest in creating technologies that can compete with US and China, so Lynx may have some support from the whole European ecosystem, and become much stronger than expected; Samsung is working on a hybrid AR/VR headset according to many rumors.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Lets split the international LBE VR sector into three core areas (North America, Europe/UAE, and Asia). The Europe and UAE markets have started to feel a second wave, but have seen a gradual reopening of business and are back to a 70% business. But I can give you an overview.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

XR is still in the early days and this year nothing mindblowing is going to happen: the major event will be the launch of Android XR headsets, but the Samsung device is too expensive to compete with Meta. Boz states that 2025 is the make it or break it year for XR at Meta , but I personally dont think it is true.

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VRScout

JULY 29, 2016

NextVR and Relevant Sports are broadcasting the 2016 International Champions Cup (ICC), a preseason tournament between some of Europe’s top clubs. These events are free to attend via the ICC channel on NextVR, which you can access on the Samsung Gear VR. You can now watch world-class soccer live in virtual reality with NextVR.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

I just hope for peace to come to Europe again soon : I have friends on both sides of the conflict, and no one of them wants this war, but all of them have to stand the consequences. Unluckily my referral gives you a chance of winning only if you are in the EMEA area (Europe, Middle-East, Africa). That’s it, easy peasy.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The airplane featured in the experience– one of the iconic Lancaster Bombers – was called F for Freddie, and the original report documents its mission as it weaved through searchlights and bullets, crossing over mainland Europe until completing the mission and landing back safely on British soil at RAF Langar, in Nottinghamshire.

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VRScout

MARCH 28, 2017

They have a rich catalog of award-winning animated music videos, performed live with Madonna via hologram at the 2005 MTV Europe Awards to promote their record Demon Days, and even had augmented reality album art accompany their 2010 release Plastic Beach. Google DayDream : Download the official YouTube app. Bada bing, bada boom.

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VRScout

AUGUST 20, 2016

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. Set in 19th century Europe, Wands is a first-person, fully mobile, multiplayer VR experience that offers fast-paced magic duels against other players on Gear VR. GAMES: Wands ($5.99 – Gear VR ).

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Cats and VR

AUGUST 4, 2016

Set in late 19th-century Europe, Wands® presents a world where a group of people, mainly from the old aristocracy and the new wealthy, in secrecy has become competitors in a quest to unravel ancient wisdom and to reconcile it with modern science. Wands will be available to play beginning August 18 on Samsung Gear VR, powered by Oculus.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

It’s been about six months since the launch of the last Gear VR but Samsung is already readying the next iteration of the device. The new Gear was revealed today by Oculus just before Samsung’s 2017 Mobile World Congress event in Spain. Samsung Europe addressed the issue on stage.

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Anand Tech

APRIL 15, 2021

Secondly, the competition between TSMC and Samsung Semiconductor (which has Foundry and Memory divisions) is escalating and both companies are spending more money on semiconductor equipment. As a result, in 2020 South Korean companies spent about the same amount of money on fab tools as Japan, North America, and Europe combined.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 31, 2024

On the other hand, Samsung is set to make a major splash in the XR space. Bochud added Salespeople in Europe are less aggressive, and it’s very fragmented. ” Is Samsung’s XR Headset the Ultimate Ecosystem Play? What would this look like in terms of application in the wild and in the enterprise?”

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

” stated Taimoor Nawab , CEO of Arvizio , who also noted, “There will be a lot of announcements in the space by some very important players in the industry in 2025 (Google, XREAL, Samsung, Meta, etc). Equally important are our discussions with customers and how they plan, or want, to use XR in their environments.”

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! in Europe). So many memories… who was there already in VR with me?

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