ARPost

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In this article, we will explore seven XR trends that have been taking shape over the past year to be the top trends in not only 2022, but within the long-term future of AR, VR and MR. Machine Learning. Google’s real-time face and body tracking; Source: Google. Full-Body Tracking.

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AR Insider

MAY 25, 2021

At the center of this master plan is the thing that kicked off the current AR & VR era: Oculus. As Google Glass learned the hard way, there are deep-rooted cultural barriers that stand in the way of social acceptance. Though Facebook’s VR moves stand out, they’re just one piece of the puzzle. Social Experiment.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

On the other side, this is massive for Apple, that mixing the data of Apple Maps together with all these point clouds detected by the rear cameras when in use, will be able to create an AR Cloud ecosystem probably even before Facebook, Microsoft, and Google. Let’s see if Facebook will be a worthier opponent than Google. Image by Acer).

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AR Insider

MARCH 23, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

The Quest 2 is a great gaming machine offered at a ridiculous price, and it has totally crushed the competition. Just to make an example, I was there when there was the Netscape vs Internet Explorer war, but now the leading web browser is Google Chrome. That’s why it is a player we must consider very seriously.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Today’s news will determine tomorrow’s leaders, so keep your ears on the ground to learn about tomorrow’s XR champions. Microsoft HoloLens Loses $22 Billion Life Line to Oculus Founder Microsofts HoloLens has taken another major hit , potentially signalling the end of the mixed-reality headset in the future.

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Road to VR

MAY 23, 2017

Following a recent Christmas break where he says he studied a robot vacuum cleaner, tested all available voice-input devices for the home (such as the Amazon Echo and Google Home smart speakers), and watched every Black Mirror episode, it was voice control that excited Sony’s head of Magic Lab the most.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

The shape of the controllers is slightly different than the one of the Oculus Touch, though, and there is a ring that surrounds the wrist of the user. There is also “finger-tracking” a la Valve Index , but just for the thumb, index, and middle finger (so, it is more a la Oculus Touch). Google halves its revenues on the Play Store.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

Valve Index and Oculus Quest were on sale again. This week the Valve Index and the Oculus Quest have been put back in stock. Oculus and Valve have probably taken out all the devices they had in the warehouses so that to ship them before Half-Life: Alyx and the sale has been a big success. Image by Oculus).

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2019

This year, new standalone headsets from Oculus and Vive debuted. To illustrate, readers will learn how VR helps kids and people with special needs learn to use an MRI machine. To learn more about these exciting and industry-changing applications visit the link at the top to get the report.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 15, 2019

This means that you may just wear your plain Oculus Go , without using any additional sensor, and the Virtuleap software may be able to “read your mind” I can read in your mind that you are intrigued, so keep reading… How Virtuleap has born. How can I offer biometric data on a cheap device like Oculus Go?”

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

T he use of the Exynos chips makes me think even more that this is an old device : Samsung has recently announced that it is going to build its headset with Google and Qualcomm, so it is impossible that the to-be-released device doesn’t have a Qualcomm chip. The startup just raised $1.6 million as pre-seed to build virtual characters (e.g.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Earlier in this series, we examined Google’s ambitions to create more direct user touchpoints (literally) that drive revenue-generating search by voice, visual and text. For one, it includes the thing that kicked off the current AR & VR era: Oculus. Social Experiment. That brings us back to wearables.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 23, 2019

I had this fascination with the concept of a Holodeck and as I grew up that never sort of left me and when virtual reality became the thing with Oculus, I just saw this opportunity to actually build my own holodeck. Essentially you do analyze faster and come with better insights.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

These are huge numbers for VR: if you look at the most recent SteamVR survey, you get that Oculus headsets are now at 67% of the whole PCVR market. This is amazing for us developers, but unluckily it is a feature tied to using the Oculus SDK, which is not cross-platform. Learn more. It’s basically a monopoly. OpenBrush v1.0.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Google’s ARCore technology was used for the augmented reality overlays, the Google Cloud Vision AI API for object detection, as well as early access to some of Google’s cutting-edge Human Sensing Technology that could detect emotional expressions of the participants.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

According to CBINSIGHTS , tech giants like Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple (FAMGA) have all been acquiring AI startups aggressively in the last decade. Facebook invested heavily in Oculus Rift to bring in believable character avatars using generative models through deep learning. Source: CBINSIGHTS.

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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.

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ARVR

MAY 13, 2021

BigQuery from Google Cloud has many powerful features that allow users to view their data in real-time, providing continual up-to-date information to help guide business decisions. BigQuery’s Machine Learning and Business Intelligence Engine analysis of various data models are quite powerful. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this weekly VRScout Report, Google Earth in VR is a rush, Facebook analyzes your face w/ augmented reality, GE uses AR to talk to machines, the funding wrap-up, cure lazy eye with VR, and more…. GOOGLE EARTH IN VR IS A RUSH. GE USES AR TO TALK TO MACHINES IN MICROSOFT PARTNERSHIP.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2019

At Disney D23, people got the first preview of Vader Immortal 2, the sequel of the very successful game for Oculus Quest. Image by Oculus). In an interesting post on its blog, Facebook has detailed its Insight technology , the solution that performs the inside-out-tracking on the Oculus Quest. Other relevant news.

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Road to VR

JUNE 19, 2018

Launched initially on Daydream in early 2017, and now available on Gear VR, Oculus Go, and Oculus Rift, Virtual Virtual Reality’s smart interaction design gives players freedom and control which—combined with a narrative tying it all together—makes Virtual Virtual Reality one of the most immersive mobile VR games to date.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The document is divided into nine parts: I will report them here, as a small summary of mine, together with the full text translated with Google Translate (so, RIP English), if you want to read it. The whole machine equipment. You can find the original text in Mandarin here. Introduction. – Near-eye display technology.

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ARPost

AUGUST 30, 2019

Featured XR technology companies include Oculus, Google, Facebook, HTC, and Qualcomm. Talks will also discuss the future of XR technology including new use cases, new adopters, and how XR will work with other technologies like 5G internet and machine learning. Talks and Exhibitors.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

Watch YouTube in VR with your friends, Google pours resources into shared social VR experiences, upcoming standalone headsets will be wireless, the Snapchat vs. Facebook continues, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… You can enjoy the full audio recording below: WATCH YOUTUBE IN VR… WITH YOUR FRIENDS!

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. Eventually, Apple could take lessons it learns from the virtual reality headset and apply it to a pair of lightweight AR glasses with transparent displays. Google’s approach was significantly lighter and simpler than what’s come since.

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AllThingsVR

MAY 23, 2017

Weekly Funding & People Roundup: Google acquires Owlchemy Labs VR game studio, Improbable grabs $502M, Vivid Vision raises $2.2M, Oculus’s first employee just left 1) Google has acquired the VR game studio behind such popular gaming titles as Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality. Read more here. Read more here.

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Road to VR

MARCH 31, 2022

Google’s VR studio Owlchemy Labs is back with its signature ‘play with everything’ approach to VR in Cosmonious High. Beyond just fixing what’s broken, you’ll step into unique classrooms where you’ll learn how the world works, complete assignments, and acquire new powers as you go.

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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.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Metaverses are in line with the tech trend Oculus Quest reported sales growth, which indicates higher accessibility of VR equipment for the general audience. With a VR simulator, it takes zero time and effort to learn the interface so an employee can immediately start the training. The Internet developed according to the same pattern.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2016

The VR spotlight might be on Oculus right now after last week’s developer conference, but we haven’t forgotten about Google’s Daydream ecosystem. Here are five things we learned from Google’s VR figurehead last week. Google has done some really interesting work with social VR already.

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ARVR

JUNE 2, 2021

At the center of this master plan is the thing that kicked off the current AR & VR era: Oculus. As Google Glass learned the hard way, there are deep-rooted cultural barriers that stand in the way of social acceptance. Though Facebook’s VR moves stand out, they’re just one piece of the puzzle. Enter Project Aria.

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ARVR

MARCH 29, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2018

One thing that I’m trying to do is continuing my daily job and at the meantime learn as much as I can about AR and VR. When they saw the Kickstarter campaign of Oculus, they immediately grabbed it and started thinking about how they could do data visualization in VR. Machine Learning has become a key part of the product, now.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 11, 2017

It released with the launch of the HTC Vive in early 2016 and Facebook’s Oculus Touch controllers for Rift late in the year. Other teams in this group include Survios ( which is funded by investors to the tune of $50 million ) and Owlchemy Labs ( acquired by Google ). Learning New Skills. ” Moore recalls thinking.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

In response to the acquisition, it appears that all of the startup’s apps have been removed from both the App Store and the Google Play store. Although Facebook is primarily focused on the photos and videos on its social network, there are obvious implications should the company leverage the technology around Oculus.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 19, 2017

Just a few years ago I found the Oculus meeting room hidden in a corner of the show floor where they were showing the HD prototype of the Rift featuring improved resolution. Panels and presentations will also be offered allowing visitors to learn more about the projects. Learn more from the Lytro team. Rainbow Crow.

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