Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2020

Finally you can design for AR & VR without using a game engine or engaging a developer. Collaborate on the data together in one room with two HoloLenses, or bring in more people from all over the world, wearing a Microsoft Mixed Reality Head-Mounted-Display (HMD). AltspaceVR. around the world.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 9, 2024

NVIDIA Blackwell Delays Affect Meta and Microsoft XR/GenAI Goals NVIDIA’s highly anticipated Blackwell chipset faces a delay due to design flaws. Furthermore, XR companies like Microsoft and Meta are investing in AI-empowered XR services. Hopefully, the delays with Blackwell will not hinder Meta and Microsoft’s XR objectives.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 20, 2017

Lenovo is clearly hungry to make its mark in VR and AR; the company’s just announced a new AR headset, making it the fourth head-mounted display we’ve seen from it so far this year. daystAR, as the device is called, was revealed at the TechWorld conference this week, though it’s only a concept right now.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 31, 2021

For developers and prosumers, Tundra has released a number of SteamVR specific products ; two of the products are reviewed here today, Tundra Labs 12VDC Power Kit for Head-Mounted Displays and SteamVR HDK. The just-launched Tundra Tracker (Image by Tundra Labs). Tundra Labs HQ (Image by Tundra Labs provided by Rob Cole).

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XROM

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

This burgeoning sector is not only transforming entertainment and gaming but also revolutionizing various industries such as retail, healthcare, and education. In contrast, virtual reality immerses users in a completely virtual environment through headsets, enabling experiences that range from gaming to training simulations.

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JUNE 20, 2017

The latest headset from the company shown at E3 last week promises integration with Valve’s SteamVR Tracking technology and support for both PC-based SteamVR games as well as Android VR content. Images provided by GameFace.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 6, 2024

A new X1 processor enhances the display of the new AR device for various use cases, including immersive apps, games, and websites. Even with the new co-processor, the device still needs to be connected to an external computing device, such as an iPhone, Android smartphone, Steam Deck, Windows PC, or MacBook.

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EON Reality

JULY 23, 2023

The Innovation Equipment also includes a variety of XR devices, including the integration of the Apple iPad Pro 11″ for creation and XR tasks, the EON HMD VR – Meta Quest 2, EON HMD XR – Apple Vision Pro (available from 2024), and EON HMD AR – Microsoft Hololens II, offering different reality experiences.

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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.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

I think that hand tracking can enable some interesting applications , and I want to test it to see how it works well and what kind of experiences become doable (also to evaluate if it can fit a boxing game like our HitMotion: Reloaded ). These numbers are insane, and are all beneficial for VR. Road To VR even gave it a “6” mark.

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ARVR

JULY 9, 2020

2000s : First outdoor mobile AR game ARQuake. Google launched Google Glass , and Microsoft launched HoloLens , a head-mounted display (Krevelen, 2010)(Jaimini, 2016). The FLARToolKit software was announced for free use, ported by the Adobe Flash platform.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The integrated Tobii eye-tracking operating at 120hz made a noticeable difference to headset setup and optical comfort, as well as lowering the rendering workload in games compatible with dynamic foveated rendering. Pimax Crystal, as a high-end gaming VR headset, is currently not compatible with Tobii Ocumen.”

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

These devices incorporate spatial audio for collaborative tools, simulations, and gaming to deliver key sound and feedback for users. Nreal-Microsoft Collaboration For example, global consumer smart glass manufacturers Nreal teamed up with Microsoft to develop an experimental device aimed at improving social interactions for blind children.

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TechCrunch VR

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Despite short-term questions, games software/hardware to top $200 billion by 2023. Yet Facebook , Microsoft and others are arguably more important to where the market is today. VR/AR startup valuations reach $45 billion (on paper).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The San Diego, California-based firm has become synonymous with delivering XR solutions capable of untethering head-mounted displays (HMDs) from PC. VR has gone through a rapid transition from a primarily consumer-focused, tethered device for gaming and entertainment, to standalone headsets in similar verticals.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

It’s too early for Apple to jump into the AR/VR game. Apple has a number of head mounted display patents, including one which shows a headset that would dock with a mobile device, and another for an augmented reality display. Acquisitions.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 19, 2022

With head-mounted displays, users can detach their senses of sound, sight, and space from their surroundings to fully ‘immerse’ in simulated, computer-generated realities. Solution providers aiming to tackle challenges in training include Meta Platforms, Lenovo, Pico, Microsoft, and many others.

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

In just a few days time, Microsoft will host WinHEC , its annual hardware / platform conference. Intel has 600 people here working on hardware form factors, while the similar story is with Microsoft and a few other known global players. As always, the game revolves around the minimum hardware specifications.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 3, 2019

With all the phone and watch and TV and game and chip and other chip news coming out of Apple’s big event, it was easy to forget the company’s longest-running background process: an augmented-reality wearable. ” (HMD, or head-mounted display, is a common term for a VR/AR headset.). by Peter Rubin, WIRED.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 30, 2023

This triggered massive layoffs and project closures across companies like Meta, Microsoft, Google, Snap, Salesforce, and many others. As before, Meta is playing the long game, and hopes to compete with major tech rivals like Microsoft, Apple, Google, Snap, and others entering the 3D advertising market.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

HTC VIVE also confirmed that new hardware accessories, such as a face gasket, over-the-top head strap, and security clips, will facilitate more versatile use cases. Users can also interact with immersive video calls, social media, and gaming applications.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 1, 2017

Announcements today include innovations in entertainment, gaming and cinema, smart wearables, sensing toys, robotics and consumer electronics, cloud, enterprise and business technologies, human-computer interaction solutions, automotive, and high-performance APIs. www.massless.io www.deepoptics.com. www.augmania.com. www.kodakpixpro.com.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

These include a 40 percent slimmer form factor, improved displays and resolution, and Qualcomm’s cutting-edge Snapdragon XR2+. It has also launched similar projects for enterprise, consumer, and industrial devices with Microsoft. OPPO also launched two OPPO Air Glass products in recent years.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 19, 2017

The last few years, VR has been about putting on a head-mounted display and looking around,” Edwards said. “It I saw that myself when I tried out Qualcomm’s new wireless stand-alone VR headset prototype at the Game Developers Conference a couple of weeks ago. It’s not just visual and sound. It’s a bit unfortunate.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 11, 2023

Following a decades-long career with the photography giant, he developed the world’s first VR head-mounted display (HMD) firm, Forte Technologies. His products led to one of the world’s first VR gaming companies but he later migrated to defence solutions.

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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. Companies like VPL Research played a significant role in popularizing VR applications for diverse industries, including gaming, training, and simulation.

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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. Check out the bottom of this post for a list of VR inspiration.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 27, 2022

Under the hood of any quality virtual, augmented, or mixed reality head-mounted display (HMD) is a hand and eye tracking platform designed to run a human-computer interface (HCI) capable of seamlessly joining man with machine and delivering seamless immersive experiences.

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VRWorld

JUNE 8, 2016

Case in point is Microsoft’s HoloLens, where a development kit will set you back for $3000. Unlike the VR, where you can purchase an Open Source VR Hacker 1.4 headset (OSVR) for just $299.99 – AR headsets can set you back for thousands of dollars. Osterhaut Design Group sells their R-7 glasses for $2799.99.

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Digitalnauts

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Users put on a VR headset or head-mounted display to get a 360-degree view of a space their brain believes to be real, thanks through a psychological mechanism called presence. The most famous example being Microsoft Hololens. . Source: Microsoft “What is Mixed Reality” [link]. SMART GLASSES. Martina Porru.

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Robert Scoble

JULY 23, 2020

To underscore some of these changes, look at Apple’s patent disclosure of a head-mounted display that includes eye sensors, heart-rate sensors, etc. Media everywhere (you can “grab” a video of a baseball game off of a screen at a friend’s house, take it with you while you walk to your car.

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VeeR VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

It was a device that the user sat in-front of while their head was encased on four sides by a screen and they watched any one of five films, which all engaged sight, sound, smell and touch. In 1968, Ivan Sutherland and Bob Sproull created the first head-mounted display (HMD) system for immersive simulation applications.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

The Venture Reality Fund , which invests primarily in immersive applications and games, has just released its latest quarterly update covering Q1 and Q2 of 2019. The US Army’s $479M contract with Microsoft Hololens in late 2018 is the biggest validation of enterprise value of AR Click To Tweet. Mobile AR 2.0 is coming Click To Tweet.

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Doc-Ok

JANUARY 17, 2017

I’d wager you’d get a better effect from using a tablet computer running a regular 2D or 3D chess game. Fortunately, in head-mounted displays that screen is bolted to the viewer’s head, solving the problem.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

In the book, you discuss military, telepresence, design and architecture, medical, retail, marketing, journalism, social media, entertainment, gaming, and education. There are some games and social experiences. So, it has some social benefits, you know, because that’s not a game – that’s an experience.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

In the book, you discuss military, telepresence, design and architecture, medical, retail, marketing, journalism, social media, entertainment, gaming, and education. There are some games and social experiences. So, it has some social benefits, you know, because that’s not a game – that’s an experience.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 4, 2023

For sure the headset won’t be only about games, but Apple is going to propose it as an extension of existing Apple devices. In general, the Quest ecosystem is going to get games with better graphical quality soon. There was even a pre-show in which they announced news about existing games. There is going to be A LOT.

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