Road to VR

MARCH 8, 2017

Mobile VR solutions like Samsung’s Gear VR currently employ rotational tracking only. Three infrared sensors, detecting the flashes from an HTC base station (Lighthouse technology), are attached to the front of the Gear VR headset and connected to a microcontroller, which collects the timing data.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 26, 2016

The system is already used on the $3,000 HoloLens, an advanced augmented reality system, but with it employed on a low-cost VR headset Microsoft may have leapfrogged efforts by both Facebook and Google, powered by Windows. An example of the Windows Holographic user interface.

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Road to VR

APRIL 30, 2018

In this article we compare three standalone VR devices which will be available worldwide this year: the Oculus Go, Lenovo Mirage Solo, and HTC Vive Focus. HTC Vive Focus – Best-in-Class Displays and new Content Platform. Image courtesy HTC. The main appeal of standalone VR is the self-contained hardware design.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Today, Jaunt has applications on just about every consumer VR platform including the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream. The only notable exception to Jaunt’s availability on the various hardware platforms was Sony’s PlayStation VR headset. As of today, however, that exception no longer applies.

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Upload VR

JUNE 17, 2024

Later, the HTC Vive powered over PC by SteamVR promised to pair with your phone to keep you connected while in VR. In the case of Gear VR and the cardboard boxes shipped by the likes of Nintendo , Google , and the New York Times , you could (and still can!)

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2022

We had 500k downloads on Google Play , 100k downloads on Gear VR, and 50k on Steam. This includes but is not limited to HTC, Oppo, Xiaomi, and Huawei. In fact, we believe we were among the first to make a truly usable VR video player. This effectively made us one of the most downloaded VR video players back then.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

The system featured a head-mounted display with head tracking that could be used to explore virtual environments or real remote images from a camera — foreshadowing future breakthroughs in teleoperation. Google revealed Glass the same year the first Oculus prototype hit the scene. They were slick, they were robust.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2016

With the release of the Oculus Touch controllers , both of the major headsets — Oculus Rift and HTC Vive — have motion tracked controllers and roomscale capabilities. Head-tracking is one thing, but moving my hands around while inside VR, evoking that sense of body language, is a magical thing.

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Doc-Ok

DECEMBER 26, 2018

These questions/answers are not hardware-specific, meaning they apply to any current-generation VR system (Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, all the Windows Mixed Reality headsets, PlayStation VR, …), and go beyond basic tech questions such as “how do I plug this in, install drivers, …). How does VR actually work?

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

15 for a Google Cardboard viewer. At the same time, it uses your phone’s internal gyros to provide the head tracking. This transforms your phone into a VR headset screen, simulating devices like the HTC Vive. Setup your Google Cardboard with Leap Motion Controller. You still have $7 left over? Getting Started.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

Available On: Steam (Oculus Rift & HTC Vive). Reviewed On: HTC Vive & Oculus Rift. Although technically not finished, this VR experience for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive offers a lot more than you might expect and leaves a lasting impression of its strange, alien world. The Solus Project Details: Official Site.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Image by Google). Google completely opensources Cardboard. With a surprise move, Google has announced with a blog post that it ha opensourced completely Cardboard. Google affirms that Cardboard has been a huge success to introduce people into VR, and more than 15 million headsets have been distributed. Image from Amazon).

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking. One of their announcements the other day was this amazing ability to create 3D objects and 3D products, and then have the back end to source and serve them up for programmatic ads on Facebook, on Google.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking. One of their announcements the other day was this amazing ability to create 3D objects and 3D products, and then have the back end to source and serve them up for programmatic ads on Facebook, on Google.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking. One of their announcements the other day was this amazing ability to create 3D objects and 3D products, and then have the back end to source and serve them up for programmatic ads on Facebook, on Google.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It was 2015, right after Google Glass, quote/unquote failed. So I know AGCO is using Google Glass all over. It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they’re pivoting to enterprise. Google has some easy tools. But there’s a lot going on. Alan: Really? How are they using that? Emily: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It was 2015, right after Google Glass, quote/unquote failed. So I know AGCO is using Google Glass all over. It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they’re pivoting to enterprise. Google has some easy tools. But there’s a lot going on. Alan: Really? How are they using that? Emily: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It was 2015, right after Google Glass, quote/unquote failed. So if you want to know more about this, it's brainxchange.com and just look for EWTS, or just Google "Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit". So I know AGCO is using Google Glass all over. Google has some easy tools. But there's a lot going on. Alan: Really?

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