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MAY 9, 2019

HTC is now on its fourth batch in its $100 million accelerator program, which offers education, investment and mentorship to startups doing unique and and interesting things around VR and AR. Primitive is providing businesses with VR collaboration for distributed software teams.

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JULY 22, 2021

The Academy of International Extended Reality (AIXR) has announced the finalists for the fifth International VR Awards , an international ceremony honoring incredible milestones made within the VR industry in categories such as hardware, gaming, film, social VR, marketing, and more. VR FILM OF THE YEAR. Think of it as the Oscars of VR!

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

Earlier this month we reported that IMAX’s first VR Centers, showing 360 degree companion content for films in cinemas, had been delayed into 2017, with no reason given. It doesn’t look like the center will be launching with the immersive film content the company had previously talked about, filmed using its own 360 cameras.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

A staple among PC users since 2001, the orange traffic cone icon has become a legendary piece of software, serving as a beacon of hope for those struggling to find a player compatible with whatever bizarre file type they ripped off of LimeWire. In terms of quality, there are few consumer media players more flexible than VLC.

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DECEMBER 14, 2017

View your 360° video projects in realtime on a HTC Vive. In a trio of announcements, Apple revealed that Valve would be bringing SteamVR and HTC Vive to the new iMac, Unity and Unreal Engine were coming to Mac, and Final Cut Pro X would finally support VR video editing. I can’t forget the VR headset playback either.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 19, 2020

Yesterday, I attended the Vive Ecosystem Conference, the annual event by HTC, that his year was held completely inside ENGAGE. The first major company to have the courage to take its whole event fully in Virtual Reality has been HTC, that has held yesterday its annual VEC event completely inside the ENGAGE platform.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Notably, the headset doesn’t include the requiste SteamVR tracking base stations or SteamVR-compatible controllers like the Valve Index controller or HTC Vive wand—you’ll have to purchase those separately. Valve Index, HTC Vive). HTC Vive Tracker, Tundra Tracker). Base Stations. Not included. Not included.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

Add a VR avatar to your next Twitch stream, direct a short film, record your own virtual talk show; it’s your virtual studio, do whatever you’d like. Available now to all Bigscreen users as a free update, the new green screen room opens up a wide range of possibilities when it comes to enhancing your video content.

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Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2018

Steven Spielberg’s film adaptation of Ernest Cline’s best-selling novel Ready Player One is hitting the big screen later this month. Like pretty much everyone else on the planet, save film critics and the people who attended a limited early debut, I haven’t seen the film yet.

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ARPost

JULY 22, 2021

Untold Games for “Daily – act software,” a “gaming” application for evaluating and rehabilitating neuropsychological patients. triple A code GmbH , a company creating hardware and software to increase accessibility across virtual landscapes. VR Film of the Year. HTC for the VIVE Focus 3. The Book of Distance.

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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. If 2018 is remembered for anything, it’ll be for the multiple high-quality animated VR films released throughout the year. FILMMAKING IN VR.

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JULY 16, 2020

SABINNA has partnered with VRHUMAN (aka Vladamir Ilic), who combines new mediums like Tilt Brush, 3D-software, and traditional media to expand our understanding of how we interact with our surroundings and with ourselves. ” Image Credit: RYOT, Kaleidoscope, FIA.

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JULY 8, 2024

Ditching the standalone system and moving to a PCVR headset made a lot of sense considering the very high financial cost of populating a competing standalone VR store with compelling enough software to entice people into a new ecosystem. Rear headset harness (Image by R. Cole and S. Looking up inside the virtual world (Image by R. Cole and S.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

We had a chance to play with a prototype of Pimax 8K at this year’s CES before the company integrated Valve’s Lighthouse tracking solution—one of the first to do so outside of HTC. To He, the screen door effect (SDE) was also diminished to the amount of “looking at a slightly textured surface or film.”

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Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2017

Senior VP of software engineering Craig Federighi announced today to the WWDC crowd that Metal 2, the company’s updated hardware-accelerated graphics API, will be launching with support for external graphics as well as a set of VR-specific features to the newly revealed High Sierra macOS. image courtesy TIME. image courtesy TIME.

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Road to VR

MAY 31, 2018

While both headsets are actually manufactured by Xiaomi, the software experience is a slightly different story however. From the outside, the only difference comes down to the white body and badging; in place of Oculus, you now have a ‘Mi’ logo prominently on the faceplate. Image courtesy Xiaomi, Oculus.

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VRScout

AUGUST 22, 2017

Time to applaud for a sweet deal on the HTC Vive, Clash of Clans partners w/ Facebook to bring AR to fans, control VR with your mind, new predictions for spending & investment are out, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. … well, sort of. Iñárritu’s new virtual reality film is showcased at LACMA.

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VRScout

APRIL 26, 2021

Last month the annual South by Southwest Film Festival conducted its first first-ever virtual celebration , allowing festival-goers the chance to experience this years’ incredible projects from the comfort of their homes. Go behind the scenes of this multi-person interactive theater experience powered by VRChat. the list goes on. .

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Road to VR

JUNE 6, 2018

Universal and The Virtual Reality Company (VRC) today announced Jurassic World VR Expedition , an out-of-home VR rescue adventure that puts you in the dense, dino-filled jungles familiar to the film franchise, is debuting on June 14th at more than 100 Dave & Buster’s entertainment centers. Image courtesy Universal, VRC.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

This frontier state is radically different from modern game and film graphics. We cover a wide domain of applications, including self-driving cars, robotics, and game and film graphics. And they’ll be powered by new GPUs and graphics software that will be almost unrecognizably different from today’s technology. Game Systems.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

We spoke this week to Oculus Story Studio creative director Saschka Unseld about the differences between Quill and Google’s Tilt Brush , as well as from the Medium creation software, which is also from Oculus but has been in development for a longer period of time. But what if I don’t want my line to glow? .”

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Road to VR

JANUARY 1, 2017

We check back in with Blade Runner 9732 , a stunningly detailed fan developed VR recreation of Deckard’s iconic flat from the original film. It also means the film is rich pickings for those wishing to go about recreating that world.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

VR Film of the Year. VR display technology, as well as rendering software and connectivity hardware, have all advanced by leaps and bounds – even in the last year. Perhaps no experience shows this better than VR films. Nominees were insightful, educational, and – of course – immersive. VR Hardware of the Year.

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JUNE 19, 2017

It’s a Helsinki-based company (“varjo” is “shadow” in Finnish) that’s been in stealth until now, working to develop a 70 megapixel solution for XR (by comparison, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive run about 1.2 For developers independent software vendors interested in seeking access to Varjo’s Beta program, contact beta@varjo.com.

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JUNE 4, 2020

Worn like a traditional belt, feelbelt looks like something you might see in a sci-fi film. Feelbelt developed a patented process and a one-of-a-kind software to build out a tool that promises to deliver a new layer of immersion to VR, gaming, movies, and music.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

Introduction Following my first article earlier this year, Pimax’s Crystal has pleasantly surprised me with a series of software updates that activated new hardware features , whilst bringing quality-of-life improvements to headset connection and tracking. If you want to read his previous post, you can find it here.

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APRIL 13, 2017

VR First , the global initiative to seed academic institutions with VR/AR hardware and software, today announced that it’s nearly doubling the number of its VR labs in universities and science parks across the globe by the end of 2017. Vancouver Film School, Canada. image courtesy VR First. University College Cork, Ireland.

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JUNE 27, 2019

The virtual reality toolset makes it easier than ever to create VR content from live film. Another method involves using a special camera to film events from multiple angles, which are then spliced together. This method merges the potential for imaginative computer imaging with the realism of 3D filming. How 3D Imaging Happens.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 5, 2017

Noitom have unveiled their VR gloves which aim to put your hands and fingers into virtual reality with motion tracking provided courtesy of HTC’s recently launched Vive Tracker accessory. The latest is Noitom’s Hi5 VR gloves which were unveiled alongside a raft of other accessories at HTC’s press event at CES yesterday.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Valve’s introduction video to SteamVR at the launch of the HTC Vive last year remains a superb illustration of the impact of presenting VR in this way. Tom Small, manager of New Technology Programs at YouTube Spaces and Travis Butler, manager of Technology at YouTube Spaces in The Americas were on hand to explain some of the details.

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Road to VR

MAY 24, 2019

In Jump’s wake, the company suggests that VR filmmakers make use of third-party stitching software such as Mistika VR and the Nuke Cara VR plugin. Google’s first big pullback came via a shutdown of its internal VR film studio Spotlight Stories in March. Photo by Road to VR.

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DECEMBER 17, 2023

How can the right combination of hardware and software instantly transport us into a new world? Using a combination of hardware and software, VR solutions replace our real-world view with a computer-generated alternative. Now, innovators have transformed virtual reality experiences with low-latency software and upgraded hardware.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

We had a chance to check out this immersive experience while at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, and sufficeth to say it left us genuinely unsettled. Eventually, she asks us to sign off on a lengthy terms-and-conditions list; much like a real software update, we had no choice but to agree. Image Credit: The Othrs.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

The HTC Vive and Oculus Rift ’s are often pretty extensive with games spread across genres and plenty of non-gaming experiences like short films and experimental forms of education. HTC Vive’s blog reveals that their partners have collaborated to do just that and Amazon has also put together an Oculus Rift deal.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Greenlight Insights has forecast that location-based virtual reality, including hardware, software, and services, will soon surpass $1 billion. Disney, The VOID, IMAX, HTC and other industry leaders are playing an important role in driving the proliferation of location-based virtual reality venues around the globe.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The show aims to celebrate some of the biggest and best releases in the industry over the past year, from the hardware, software, and business side. Interactive VR Media / Film of the Year. The VR Awards is an international ceremony organized by VR Bound and partner companies, set to take place in London on September 23rd 2017.

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AUGUST 30, 2017

While specifically stating support for HTC Vive, the app uses SteamVR, so it works nearly as well with Oculus Rift given the three-sensor, room-scale setup. With the ability to share your own VR shows and view others’, you can remix anything shared publicly through Mindshow and create something new. ‘Mindshow’ on Steam.

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