AR Insider

APRIL 13, 2020

AR Insider readers know that we’re obsessed with collecting clues for VR hardware penetration. Because hardware sales figures aren’t disclosed ( except from Sony ), this becomes an ongoing exercise in piecing together known quantities to extrapolate unknown ones.

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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

MARCH 8, 2017

In a reverse engineering exercise, two students at Utah State University have hacked positional tracking onto a Gear VR headset using SteamVR Tracking technology. Since Valve opened SteamVR technology to third parties for free , it has become easier to create tracked peripherals and other hardware.

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VRScout

APRIL 21, 2020

This allows students to exercise their skills at home while in isolation using the company’s @HomeVR system which was launched two weeks ago for standalone VR headsets such as Oculus Quest and HTC Vive Focus Plus. Canada, and U.K. UCLH in the U.K. and Sana in Germany.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 1, 2017

It’s been a little while since we last checked in on Blade Runner 9732 , a one-man project that started as a technical exercise and blossomed into a quest to recreate one of sci-fi’s most iconic movie locations. It also means the film is rich pickings for those wishing to go about recreating that world.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

VMC uses VR headsets from firms like HTC VIVE to provide learners with immersive education environments such as surgery rooms. Additionally, VMC environments support multiple remote users meaning dispersed learners can access training exercises as a group of connected students and teachers. Partnering with Siemens Healthineers.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 4, 2023

SenseGlove, an innovator in immersive haptic feedback hardware, opened pre-orders for its Nova 2 product, a glove which directs pressure-based feedback to the palm and hands of a headset operator. SenseGlove is currently running pre-orders for its product starting at €5,999.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Major hardware releases, vast improvements to software, and various other integral advancements have quietly solidified VR & AR as viable, long-term technological platforms for years to come. Of course we can’t talk about standalone VR without bringing up the HTC Vive Focus. LOCATION-BASED VR.

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VRScout

JUNE 17, 2017

VirZOOM is back with a more affordable option for exercising in virtual reality. The $100 device is compatible with most mainstream headsets including the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PSVR, with support for mobile VR options such as Samsung’s Gear VR and Google DayDream on the way.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

HTC Vive XR Elite HTC Vive XR Elite (Image by HTC Vive) The star of the event has for sure been the Vive XR Elite, HTC’s latest flagship headset. One is the high cost: HTC markets it as a consumer device, but at that price, not many consumers are going to buy it, so it will be a prosumer one.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

In the work we have done with VR, we were able to take the theoretical capabilities of VR and insert them into joint military training exercises. VR, for example, allowed some of our customers to focus on pilot training to start to train flying in formations which was not possible with previously used displaying hardware (i.e.,

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 6, 2020

ARtillery Intelligence recently performed this exercise including compatible hardware bases and active users (see below). Furthermore, this mobile AR market-sizing exercise reveals another factor: platform fragmentation. Oculus, HTC and Playstation are doing it in VR,” said 8th Wall’s Erik Murphy-Chutorian.

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Tech Trends VR

APRIL 22, 2020

This allows students to exercise their skills at home while in isolation using the company’s @HomeVR system which was launched two weeks ago for standalone VR headsets such as Oculus Quest and HTC Vive Focus Plus. Student surgeons are seeing their studies interrupted as hospitals are reserved for essential care Click To Tweet.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Some weeks ago I interviewed Mr. Chen of Vive Immersive Labs regarding the interesting research that HTC is conducting regarding the applications of virtual reality. VR can let us do everything (Image by HTC). What are instead the drawbacks? There are still two problems we have to face.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 13, 2021

The studio was among a handful of developers which received access to early to HTC Vive development hardware, allowing the game to launch side-by-side with the headset. The 2016 launch of Cloudhead’s first game, The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed couldn’t have been under more ideal conditions.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 14, 2016

Doom VR Executive Producer Marty Stratton sheds light on Doom VR , how Bethesda are approaching the project, what VR hardware they’re targeting and whether it’ll ever see a full release. Was it a PR exercise? Would the demo be released? Will there ever be a full virtual reality version of Doom we can buy?

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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. Since VR is only now starting to grow worldwide and it is not a mature technology yet (it lacks proper hardware and content), there is an opportunity for China to enter this growing field and become a worldwide leader in innovating the technology.

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ARVR

APRIL 28, 2021

In the first section ( that you can find here ) I discussed in detail some general principles to help you during the REMOTE onboarding process up to the moment all participants join the virtual space (set up and shipping of the HMDs, unboxing, hardware introduction, and wearing the headset).

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Road to VR

APRIL 16, 2019

Having released the ever popular Job Simulator as a launch title for the HTC Vive back in 2016, Owlchemy Labs is one of the most veteran VR game studios that exists today. With current VR hardware, we can’t accurately simulate the feedback of a flexible brush pressing against canvas.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 9, 2017

Even the Oculus Rift’s largest “ experimental ” room-scale setup is smaller than what’s possible with the HTC Vive, which uses Valve’s tracking system. At a ‘vSports’ event hosted by VirZoom at CES 2017, the startup placed two lighthouses on either side of eight exercise bikes set up side by side.

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 8, 2018

The Black Box VR studio has developed the world’s first fully automated cable resistance machine that integrates virtual reality hardware and original virtual eSport software powered by HTC Vive. We couldn’t be more excited to unveil our product in Las Vegas, and proud to have been honored with a CES Innovation Award.”

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Examples are HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Cardboard and other that are now very popular VR platforms for building experiences. WebVR is also becoming a formidable force for those who love HTC Vive, Oculus Rift or Google Cardboard, in a web browser. This brings the point home about the need to learn how to develop content on other platforms.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Smartglasses enable workers to access various applications to support a procedure, repair operation, or training exercise. The emerging hardware promises to bring a new dimension to AR without holding a smartphone, bringing computing from the hand to the head. For mobile XR hardware, movement and mobility are vital.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

You have to buy base stations and controllers separately from HTC or Valve. Huawei is advertising these glasses as competitors of Oculus Quest and HTC Vive Pro, but don’t get mislead by this. I hope that at least they will keep the software infrastructure alive even if the officially dedicated hardware has been abandoned.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

The HTC Vive is arguably the best out there, but having to buy a souped-up laptop just to run it, paying full price for brief games that feel more like demos, and trailing a huge cable off your head and fumbling to mount trackers on your ceiling…it’s not ideal. Being able to pick up your VR hardware and take it with you is a big benefit.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 28, 2017

Deus Ex fans with VR hardware can rejoice as developer Eidos Montreal have launched a new, free VR experience based on their latest title in the series, Mankind Divided , and it’s quite the looker. Deus Ex has had its problems as a franchise over years. I lost count of the “Oh wow, I’d not seen that!

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This comes amid growing rivalry with Meta Platforms, HTC VIVE, Lenovo, and others. These would increase sensor alignment with inward-facing lenses to improve biometric readings for tasks like health, exercise, and facial monitoring tools. The enterprise firm aims to enter the immersive tech market as a premier provider of XR solutions.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 31, 2016

You’re going to see health and fitness devices incorporate AI, helping people come up with better exercise regimens, reminding them to take their medicine. Valve and HTC have the Vive. We’ve seen many of the hardware companies extend their reach into services. The new services require new hardware. Facebook has Oculus.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 31, 2017

Available On: SteamVR (HTC Vive). Reviewed on: HTC Vive. Racket: Nx is available via Steam for the HTC Vive initially, though the developer has confirmed to Road to VR that they plan to add Rift and Touch support later this year. In Racket: Nx the HTC Vive can claim another worthy roomscale experience.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 18, 2016

For VR version, developers decided to use HTC Vive, or to be more precise – SteamVR and Viveport distribution platforms. Overall, I believe this is a good game to casually enjoy, and in the same time do some exercise. The only thing that really bothers me is that they really need to improve bullet travel time.

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VRPlayin

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Moving forward lat’s touch on the hardware. The previous article featured a tweet from Alvin Graylin, the (HTC) Vive President for China, in which he showed a classroom collectively using the HTC Vive in an educational setting. I feel like ending with a thought exercise is a good place so I won’t rant longer.

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Doc-Ok

DECEMBER 29, 2019

One then looks at each of the picture’s pixels, determines whether a pixel shows some part of the headset’s screen, and sums up the individual solid angles of all pixels that do (that last part is a bit complicated in detail and left as an exercise for the reader). Visualizing VR Headset Field of View. Putting It All Together.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 28, 2018

Well, in VR, you don’t need to, because all three dimensions are present at once, right in front of you; Eye hydration, eye exercises, daily headset disinfection and a polyphasic approach to VR immersion were keys to long immersions with current hardware. Enea while meditating with a Vive Focus on. And if not, why?

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Cats and VR

JULY 24, 2017

This game more than any other shows the true difference between a PlayStation VR and a higher end HMD like the HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. The PlayStation Move tracking is basically ancient hardware in comparison to what the Vive and Rift are using. Superhot VR is an excellent game that excels DESPITE the hardware issues.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 10, 2024

A few years ago I was interviewing Alvin Wang Graylin , the HTC Executive (or “Mister President” as I like to call him), and we were talking about the book Our Next Reality he’s written together with Louis Rosenberg. In the book they talk about XR and AI , and how they could impact our future, for the good and the bad.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

We were the first ones using pass through on the HTC Vive , using a portal to get in your scenario, we were the first ones with hand tracking on VR headsets where you could flip switches, turn knobs, and push buttons in a VR world overlay. It’s like creating your startup within a company. An Innovation center.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. It can run on AR/VR hardwares. Learning content visualization, training simulations, laboratory exercises and experiments are some of the applications of AR in the learning environment.

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