XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Efforts to construct and expand the Metaverse were sparked by Meta Platform’s major pivot in October, which saw Microsoft, NVIDIA, HTC VIVE, Qualcomm, Google, Varjo, and dozens of other tech giants enter the race for prime positioning to build the virtual and connected world. Immersive Experience. Immersive Media.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Now Google is going beyond what’s already available, announcing further partnerships with manufacturers to enable their upcoming devices this year, including Samsung, Huawei, LGE, Motorola, ASUS, Xiaomi, HMD/Nokia, ZTE, Sony Mobile, and Vivo. New Immersive Content. Google also teased us with an exclusive Ghostbusters World ARCore app.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Thankfully, researchers and pediatric specialists are exploring virtual and augmented reality initiatives to improve patient care. Healthcare professionals are using immersive technologies for different purposes—from staff training to patient engagement. Virtual and augmented reality have come a long way.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

These days, most folks have experienced virtual reality in some shape or form: it could be a Google cardboard, VR kiosk at a local mall, or an at-home VR headset from HTC or Oculus. VR headsets create interactive environments that anyone can have access to. Sponsored content. Sponsored by Reason.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Google is diving head-first back into the world of extended reality and this time, the company is going big. While it might not be ready to show off any physical products just yet, Google has officially laid out its vision for a brand-new unified Android XR ecosystem. Nor is the company simply investing in a new mixed reality headset.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

For example, in design review situations, VR allows teams to collaborate over immersive digital twins of an existing or upcoming product, which allows for many positive outcomes. While the technology existed long before that, emergent technologies like the Hololens 2 and Google Glass brought AR/VR/MR into a new light.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Available in stores today and coinciding with the release of Google’s Pixel 2 phone, Daydream View is an improvement—but you’re probably not going to notice until you actually put it on. In addition to a new top head strap, Google also changed up the materials. It’s not the outer materials where Daydream View really shines though.

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VRScout

JUNE 29, 2016

The Google VR Daydream Labs team is exploring and sharing the possibilities of animating 3D objects in VR and it looks like a blast. Daydream Labs is a way for the Google VR team to explore different applications and interactions for virtual reality, pairing engineers with designers to rapidly prototype concepts.

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ARPost

JUNE 11, 2019

With Google’s help, she created a way to bring pride festivals to all classrooms. It is a 360-degree virtual experience. Using Google Cardboard, LGBTQ youth can feel the excitement, love, solidarity, and acceptance that pride parades celebrate. Today, Google’s immersive pride parade is available to students around Colombia.

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ARPost

APRIL 22, 2021

This immersive platform will help stay-at-home fitness enthusiasts keep up their routine without getting bored and losing motivation. What they need is an exciting and motivating virtual environment, which replicates the outside world where they go cycling and jogging. Why a VR Fitness App? How Effective Is VR Training?

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

Now, let’s consider the key takeaways related to AR, VR and 360 ° content and review how they will influence the mass market adoption of those immersive technologies. It allows users to create a life-like avatar and hang out with up to three friends in a virtual environment, no matter where they are geographically.

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ARPost

JULY 26, 2023

As Space Invaders turns 45, TAITO teams up with Google and UNIT9 to give its players an elevated AR gaming experience with Google’s ARCore Geospatial API. TAITO and Google partnered with global production and innovation studio UNIT9 to transform Space Invaders into an immersive AR game in honor of its 45th anniversary.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 10, 2016

Only a day after seven new apps dropped on Google’s Daydream VR platform, we finally got the one app that many of us have all be waiting patiently to arrive this month. You can now watch your favorite Netflix shows in virtual reality. The post Netflix VR Launches on Google Daydream appeared first on VRScout.

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Road to VR

MAY 19, 2017

Google’s newly announced Seurat rendering tech purportedly makes use of ‘surface light-fields’ to turn high-quality CGI film assets into detailed virtual environments that can run on mobile VR hardware. As a proof of concept, Google teamed with ILMxLab to show what Seurat could do.

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VRScout

AUGUST 26, 2018

Google teams up with Labster to develop 30 immersive lab experiences for the Daydream platform. STEM students engaged in scientific disciplines, such as biochemistry and neuroscience, are often required by their respective degrees to spend a certain amount of time engaged in an official laboratory environment.

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AR Insider

MARCH 22, 2021

The immersive masterpiece by Double Eye Studios won Best VR Immersive User Experience Venice Film Festival last year. This is a breakthrough in immersive theater that everyone in VR should see. STYLY launches support for 3D models made with Google Tilt Brush. We saw “Finding Pandora X” at SXSW. Great script.

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ARPost

JULY 13, 2022

Inworld AI is a company building a tool to create brains that experience creators can put into virtual bodies to populate the metaverse – whether that’s games, simulations for enterprise and education, embodied chatbots in immersive retail environments, or whatever else you can think of. A Colorful Background.

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Road to VR

APRIL 27, 2023

Combined with the camera on your phone, you invite a friend to jump into Kokomo’s social VR environment where your avatar is essentially a mixed reality projection of you, replete with that face scan you did earlier to cover where the Quest 2 would normally obscure your eyes. Realistically, the app still needs a lot of work.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 31, 2024

Enterprises are trying to understand how interactive 3D environments can drive new positive enterprise gains. From the developer side, groups like Skonec must leverage the correct elements of XR gaming to inform its immersive workplace services—a delicate balance. ” It is easy to get caught up in the headset market.

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ARPost

MARCH 24, 2021

Development of immersive technology is happening at a rapid pace and increasing numbers of adults previously unfamiliar with gaming are using virtual reality headsets for fun, fitness, and social interaction. VR gaming is immersive and provides a sense of presence unlike any previous gaming platform. Google Earth VR.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The actor had the power to spawn objects and put us in different environments. Right now, The Under Presents does not have any shows running (though it still has much to explore), but keep an eye on the immersive theater VR space as I’m expecting to see more of this genre! Visit Your Your Old House & Travel Virtually in VR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 28, 2025

Spatial Audio and Immersive Environments When youre evaluating Meta Quest devices, youll notice they all support spatial audio technology allowing them to deliver 3D soundscapes that boost your immersion in virtual environments.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Weve been eagerly awaiting some genuine news about Samsungs impending XR headset for months now ever since the company announced its partnership with Google and Qualcomm. Plus, we now know that the system is going to be powered by Googles brand-new Android XR platform in fact, its the first MR headset designed with Android XR.

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ARPost

AUGUST 23, 2022

To take your VR workouts a step further and make them easily customizable for users, immersive VR fitness platform for Meta Quest, FitXR , has launched a new mobile companion app. See Also: FitXR: Leading the Path Toward Immersive, Personalized VR Fitness. Start by downloading FitXR companion app via the App Store or Google Play Store.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The industry has been experiencing a boom in recent years with hundreds of startups and heavy investment from tech giants including Google, Apple, Samsung, and Facebook. When done well, these systems could enable virtual displays that respond to natural, even subconscious, cues from the user. How Eye Tracking Supports Immersion.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 28, 2017

Amsterdam-based interactive designer Jonathan Puckey and Studio Moniker’s collaboration with Google’s Data Arts Team has produced a compelling experience called Dance Tonite , which runs from a single website and offers something for everyone from mobile to desktop to VR.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 29, 2023

Virtual reality combines hardware and software to immerse users in digital environments for numerous use cases, including learning, entertainment, therapy, and others. Dubai’s Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) began including virtual and real assistants on its metaverse healthcare portal.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Educational Content from Alchemy Immersive (Quest, Mobile). From the microscopic world to outer space, to the neighbor that you never knew, Alchemy Immersive , available via Meta Quest TV , partners with world-renowned presenters and content producers to create XR versions of educational classics. Nature Treks VR (Quest, PCVR).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2020

It is the final newsletter of the year, so… see you in 2021, a new year that I hope will be filled with many interesting news about immersive realities! Google lets now everyone contribute to StreetView. If you have an ARCore-powered Android device, you can now contribute to Google StreetView. Top news of the week. Image by HP).

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Augmented reality’s capacity to integrate a virtual environment into the real world makes it ideal for testing driverless cars. The University of Michigan uses AR and other virtual technologies to create a safe space for testing self-driving cars in their Mcity Test Facility. AR in Improving Road Safety.

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ARPost

MAY 26, 2020

Immersive experiences are now one step closer to the user and away from cumbersome cables. They will have complete freedom of movement to explore the virtual environment, because they won’t need to connect their devices to a computer by cables. NVIDIA CloudXR – Making Technology Simpler and More Powerful.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2023

Inputs and Haptics are incredibly important to Virtual Reality as a major tenant in reinforcing immersion and tactile interaction with virtual objects. There is a comfort in understanding the topological landscape of a controller and a physical touchpoint within the virtual environments themselves.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 10, 2023

Only a few years ago, when extended reality solutions first started emerging in the market, many viewed them as a novel and consumer-focused. Companies quickly rolled out solutions for the entertainment and gaming landscapes, based on new, immersive technology, introducing us to a new age of digital media.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 15, 2023

With major technology firms like Meta, Google, and Microsoft investing millions into the emerging space, enterprise end-users are already feeling the innovative presence of genAI – and there is more to come. Generative AI is here to stay. One of the firms leading that race is VirtualSpeech.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 14, 2018

We are getting to a tipping point where the convergence of Artificial Intelligence and Immersive Technologies will transform the way we teach and learn beyond recognition. These are the eerily prophetic words of the late Science Fiction author and futurist visionary Isaac Asimov , long before Google became a part of our lexicon. “In

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ARVR

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Metaverse technology, even though still at the very early stage of development, is the expansion of our physical world into a unified, interactive, and fully immersive virtual platform. People interact with one another through virtual avatars in the 3D simulated space. Firstly, what is Metaverse photography?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 11, 2023

Only a few years ago, when extended reality solutions first started emerging in the market, many viewed them as a novel and consumer-focused. Companies quickly rolled out solutions for the entertainment and gaming landscapes, based on new, immersive technology, introducing us to a new age of digital media.

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