VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

If 2018 is remembered for anything, it’ll be for the multiple high-quality animated VR films released throughout the year. Featuring an absolutely stellar voice cast including everyone from John Legend and Oprah Winfrey, to Constance Wu and Diego Luna, Crow: The Legend is arguably one of the most well-structured VR short films ever released.

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VRScout

MARCH 12, 2018

On the other hand, VR cuts you off from your visual surroundings to completely immerse you in an app or film. ” Adobe unveiled its first foray into AR with a proof-of-concept Microsoft HoloLens app that overlays 3D data visualizations on products in a store. “It’s not as bulky.

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VRScout

JANUARY 25, 2018

Since then, Marvel has released not one but two Guardians of The Galaxy films that people actually love. It may be a blatant imitation of Google’s all-time-great VR painting tool Tilt Brush, but that doesn’t stop VR Canvas from being a truly fun proxy on a much more affordable device. VR is no exception. Don’t judge.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Realworld is based on the Microsoft version of Google Earth. You can watch the films on their custom-built 360° Desktop web browser theatre or any VR headset. Recent advances in technology have renewed interest in space, and given humanity hope in the midst of a pandemic. This is blowing our mind. A mirrorworld.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

I had a chance to walk the showroom floor of VRLA 2017 with Root where he took me on a guided tour through the history of VRLA, his thoughts on AR, using VR for film production, the future of privacy in AR/VR, as well as why he is interested in seeing where eSports in VR is headed. Katie Kelly, Head of Engagement, AltspaceVR / Microsoft.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

Already a Battle Royale [has] happened in the past five years for buying first option broadcast rights for AR content across sport, music, comics, and films. I think this is a good thing, as the gigantic pockets of Apple, Google, Magic Leap, Huawei and such like will help fund the creative endeavours of a whole new content ecosystem.”.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

You may not be aware of this but for years now Microsoft has been steadily working to build the world’s smartest computer brain. Today, Microsoft is announcing Custom Speech Service, the latest program to join the ranks of Microsoft Cognitive Services. Now, that brain is getting a whole lot smarter. Meet CRIS and LUIS.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And while this is anyway a good result for a startup (developing an AR headsets means spending billions in R&D), targeting the consumer market has been a suicide move , that let Microsoft get full control of the profitable enterprise market. More info (Camera Path and Google Drive backup) More info (Sketchfab exporting).

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ARPost

APRIL 29, 2021

The remote expert can then make notes and diagrams and even film their own hands and tools that appear as overlays in the caller’s display. There are two premium price tiers with additional affordances, but there is also a free model with an easy sign-in using a Microsoft, Google, or Apple account or with a private email.

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AR Insider

MAY 3, 2021

The XR section of the venerated New York film festival introduced its offering on Tuesday: a mix of VR in the Museum of Other Realities, some limited in-person events at the Tribeca Hub downtown, and location-based mobile AR experiences around New York. Pfizer uses VR in its $450M injectables factory.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The result is that many big brands are canceling their presence at CES: Google, Intel, Microsoft, Meta, Lenovo, and many others, have decided not to go , and maybe provide their news virtually. This is a huge pity: CES 2022 won’t be cool as we expected… but we still hope to see interesting XR announcements from there.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 8, 2018

There are plenty of players like Microsoft HoloLens and DAQRI which consistently deliver not only cool demos, but real use-cases for holographic Mixed Reality Click To Tweet. Considering how much flack Microsoft gets for its FOV, it seems unfair to cut Magic Leap any slack on that.

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VRScout

JANUARY 23, 2019

Lyft drivers would access this information through an AR headset, such as a Microsoft HoloLens, Google Glass, or Magic Leap, which would place the digital content directly in the view of the Lyft driver, or through an AR enabled smartphone. You could also use your own smartphone or any type of wearable AR device to find them yourself.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 9, 2023

Microsoft has picked volumetric video company Arcturus as its primary marketing partner for its Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Studios (MRCS) solution provider. Arcturus’s Dimension Studio Arcturus will also provide licence and expertise support for studios seeking to partner with Microsoft’s MRCS network.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In his 1984 classic Neuromancer, characters entered a virtual reality world called “the matrix” (inspiration for the 1999 film of the same name by the Wachowskis). Augmented vision is commonplace in futuristic films, from Minority Report to Iron Man. Some recent acquisitions include AltspaceVR (Microsoft), and Escher (Niantic).

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VRScout

AUGUST 10, 2018

There’s a unique flavor of VR that exists in Austin— the cross-pollination of industries like film, gaming, and tech that make the VR scene here truly ‘Austin’” said Autumn Taylor, Studio Director of Owlchemy and a co-organizer of VR Austin. In May 2017, Owlchemy Labs was acquired by Google.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 17, 2020

But it also includes Disney, Google Earth, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple. He first got the attention of Microsoft when blogging about the detriments of 3D immersive universes like Second Life. Secretly working on something similar, Microsoft brought him in to help.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated. This means that if you develop an experience using OpenXR, you can run it on Oculus, SteamVR, and Microsoft runtimes with no modification.

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VRScout

AUGUST 21, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this week’s VRScout Report, we discuss Microsoft and Intel teaming up to influence the development of VR/AR with mixed reality headset Project Alloy. MICROSOFT AND INTEL’S NEW BABY: PROJECT ALLOY. NOKIA OZO ON SALE… SORT OF. …and you’ll still have to cough up $45K.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Although Microsoft hasn’t shown much of an investment in the entertainment and arts sector as of yet, it has a lot of potential to offer with the HoloLens ecosystem. Software like Google’s VR tilt brush allows users to create unique virtual art pieces in a completely limitless canvas space.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

Did Seebright just release the augmented reality equivalent of Google Cardboard? If you haven’t yet had the pleasure of experiencing the HTC Vive’s roomscale virtual experience, you should check the Microsoft, Game Stop, or Micro Center location closest to you! Facebook Enables Native 360 Photos.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Their VR short, Henry , is about an adorable yet spiky hedgehog who has logistical issues with hugging and was narrated by Elijah Wood and directed by Ramiro Lopez Dau, who worked on films like Brave , Cars 2 , and Monsters University.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The new “ Attendance Status ” tool, first spotted by TechRadar, allows Zoom hosts and co-hosts to use calendar integration from Google and Microsoft to easily see whether or not… Read more. Zoom is adding in a new feature that may make it more difficult for you to casually coast your way into a meeting without your boss noticing.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 4, 2017

Google and Sony both have intellectual property around waveguide designs similar in nature. The hologram is exposed into a thin film that is adhered to a reflective backing (the reflective surface behind a credit card hologram is there to backlight it, the hologram itself is in front). Near-eye Optics Basics.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 30, 2017

The two day conference was packed with simultaneous, back-to-back presentations and workshops from industry leaders such as Microsoft, Google, AMD, The VOID, IMAX, Two Bit Circus, Secret Location, Globacore, Quantum Capture, The Canadian Film Centre, and many more. It’s Different in Canada.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Some of the biggest names in social impact will be in attendance, including: Participant Media, Conservation International, the Rainforest Alliance, Connect for Climate/World Bank, and the Milken Institute, as well as tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Oculus. ” Feature Image Credit: Kaleidoscope, Vulcan.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

The same day of the launch of Half-Life: Alyx, Hewlett-Packard has announced its new virtual reality headset, the Reverb G2 , made in collaboration with Microsoft and Valve. Valve could provide some audio-visual improvements, while Microsoft its WMR platform, with inside-out tracking of controllers. HP announces the Reverb G2.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2022

I’ve personally met and had a chat with people from Unity and Epic Games, Roblox, The Sandbox, HTC Vive, Microsoft, Rec Room. SXSW is about technology, music, and films… like whatever. During the event, I was able to see (in streaming) Mark Zuckerberg live for the first time. There was a keynote by Neal Stephenson.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2021

We all know that Microsoft too is waiting before introducing VR for the Xbox because the VR market is too little for them, and Sony seems to follow a similar strategy, not investing too much until next year. Every time someone will look for that game, he would find as the first result on Google the negative review by Carmack.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Unity revealed that representatives from Google, Samsung Gear VR, PTC Vuforia, Sony PlayStation VR, and Microsoft HoloLens will be on hand to discuss new developments in their individual technologies. Best Film / Interactive Story. This second Vision Summit will be the debut of the official Vision VR/AR Awards – Asia.

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Cats and VR

MAY 1, 2017

Captured through a process known as photogrammetry , where actual hand-crafted 3D models are filmed from all angles and then used to build digital models used in the game, the creatures literally roar to life and into the digital game. The mobile AR version is available for iOS and Android on both Amazon and the HappyGiant website for $24.99

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

Other technology giants with strong consumer brands have their developer conferences in the coming weeks, let’s see how they in turn contribute to stimulating the mass market adoption of immersive technologies: Microsoft Build : May 10-12, 2017. Google I/O : May 17-19, 2017. Apple WWDC : June 5-9, 2017.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2020

This week, the damn coronavirus has caused the cancelation of three super-important events: GTC (that will be substituted by the streaming of the sessions), SXSW and Google I/O. More info (GTC canceled) More info (SXSW canceled) More info (Google I/O canceled) More info (Facebook & working from home). Pico Neo 2 is going on sale.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Focused on harnessing immersive technologies to deliver groundbreaking VR, AR, Animation, DOOH, VFX and 360 degree video projects for some of the world’s largest brands including Sony, BBC, Red Bull, Microsoft and Lexus. Pete Short – CTO, Breaking Forth. Develop:VR Presentation: The Future of Stories in Virtual Reality.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

AR mode will be everywhere else: calling a heads up display of Google Maps on the street, stopping to catch a Pokemon in a field, or scanning the person in the coffee meeting across from you to cross-reference their LinkedIn profile. Neural plugins: The Matrix (film). Total Recall (film). Avatar (film).

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ARVR

AUGUST 25, 2022

We can only expect that after apple releases their glasses at the end of 2023, according to MacRumors Apple Glasses: Everything We Know So Far And the second model of glasses in 2024/5, as we know, will cause the markets to start “coping “ them, and we can’t forget about the return of google glasses 2. And last year, Warner Bros.

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AllThingsVR

MAY 12, 2016

and Universal Pictures is adapting Armada for a film adaptation, based on a script written by Cline. There are some analysts that believe augmented reality, or mixed reality as Microsoft and Magic Leap call it, will ultimately become the de facto technology in the coming years. You’ve been gung-ho about VR with your books.

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