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FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Michael Antonov, Chief Software Architect at Oculus, is due to speak at Facebook’s F8 Developer Conference on April 18th about React VR, a framework that builds on Facebook’s React JavaScript library. WebVR is an API pioneered by Mozilla and Google that enables a VR experience to be embedded into a normal webpage.).

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Song Exploder, the popular music podcast that lets musicians explain every part of their songs, has gotten some help from Google to create a new app that throws you in the middle of song so you can experience it like never before. The design of the app is fairly simple, featuring the pulsating orbs that give you a visual que.

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MAY 16, 2019

Oculus has confirmed Google’s popular YouTube VR app will be available on the Oculus Quest standalone VR headset when it launches this Tuesday, May 21st. The baked-in Oculus Bowser does an impressive job at streaming video from YouTube and even provides a surprising amount of format options, including 360-degree, 3D, and VR180.

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OCTOBER 25, 2017

Doing exactly that, but for the Oculus Store, a third-party website finally lets you filter the store’s content by every Rift game currently on sale and even see every free Rift experience neatly listed from A to Z. Oculus is serving up its Rift Core 2.0

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JULY 20, 2020

(Image by Oculus). Oculus could be starting the production of a new Quest at the end of July. Multiple reports seem to confirm that Oculus is actually starting the production of a new Oculus Quest headset, with an expected release date in 2021. Google’s investment for a 7.7% of units more produced annually.

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MAY 19, 2017

Among fans of the device (myself included), there was hope that after the Project Glass had “Graduated” from within Google’s secretive Google[x] in 2015 (also the origin of Tango, Google Watch, and more) the Glass team would be moving ahead with development of new and improved versions of the device.

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

Top news of the week (Image by Google) AI models to generate 3D scenes start to surface This week we had the announcement of two AI models dedicated to the generation of 3D worlds. These glasses should be built in partnership with Google and Qualcomm and have a similar form factor to the successful Ray-Ban Meta glasses.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Today marks the launch of Google’s high-end Android VR platform, Daydream , a major step beyond Cardboard and a serious competitor to Gear VR. ‘Daydream’ isn’t a single product, it’s Google’s umbrella ecosystem for high-end mobile VR, under which falls Daydream ready phones, headsets, and apps.

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

Oculus announced at Connect, the company’s annual developer conference, that they’ll be officially supporting WebVR through their new VR web browser codenamed Carmel. ” SEE ALSO Google is Adding a VR Shell to Chrome to Let You Browse the Entire Web in VR. no long downloads or installs necessary).

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JUNE 28, 2017

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, who left the company back in March, has backed a crowdfunding campaign for Revive—a hack which allows HTC Vive owners to play games from the Oculus platform—to the tune of $2,000 per month to support its continued development. SEE ALSO Vive Users Can Join Rift Friends in ‘Facebook Spaces’ With Revive Hack.

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OCTOBER 15, 2018

Image courtesy Oculus. This is an area where I clearly undershot,” he said, noting that Oculus’ own Half Dome prototype shown earlier this year had already met two of these specifications (140 degree FOV and variable focus), and that display panels matching the predicted resolution have already been shown publicly.

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

At Oculus Connect, the company’s annual developer conference, we got fresh insight into where Oculus is heading, and a new look at how Facebook’s money is funding battles on all fronts of the industry’s increasingly competitive landscape. Oculus Rift + Touch Price Cuts in 2017. Old Enemies – HTC. Launch – $800.

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JUNE 29, 2023

The funding round was led by Brendan Iribe, co-founder of Oculus, Adam Cheyer, co-founder of Siri, Eric Migicovsky, founder of Pebble, and Plug & Play Ventures, among others. Founded in 2019, Brilliant Labs describes its design approach as “embodied intelligence.”

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Google Earth VR. presented Google Earth VR with the Century Award for VR in service of environmental enrichment. Google Earth VR turns much of the world into a digital playground that you can fly or teleport around in immersive 3D space. Longtime Hollywood environmental activist, Ed Begley Jr. Ghostbusters . Invisible .

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APRIL 19, 2021

Image by Oculus). The other bombshell news is that Resident Evil 4 is coming to the Oculus Quest 2. On April, 21st, Oculus will host its first Gaming Showcase , with news on ‘Lone Echo II’, ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’, and many other titles. Top news of the week. Facebook announces Wi-Fi streaming and Resident Evil 4 for Quest.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

The glasses, codenamed Orion, should be made to replace smartphones and are slated for a release date of 2023–2025, that seems very reasonable, considering that no present tech is able to create truly consumer AR. It is notable to see that all these headsets present different aspect ratios for their visuals. Other relevant news.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2017

TPCAST announced last month plans for an Oculus Rift version of their wireless module. At the SVVR Meetup #46 on Tuesday, TPCast showed the first public demo of their wireless Oculus Rift module. VR industry insider Jon Oakes was present at the Meetup shared his experience of trying the demo with Road to VR.

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

At Oculus Connect 5 , Oculus has announced Casting, an amazing feature that lets you stream the content of an Oculus Go to a smartphone. How to use Casting to stream Oculus Go content to your smartphone. Follow my guide on how to update your Oculus Go until you can select the “Cast” option).

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JUNE 16, 2018

When Oculus Go hit shelves in May with a starting price of $199, it not only brought in a new era of affordable VR, but also launched a fresh way for people to spend time together – all through an app called Oculus Rooms. The potential of Oculus Go doesn’t stop there either. For Jones, VR isn’t new to him.

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APRIL 14, 2020

Thanks to the rigorous submission processes used by major platforms, however, many independent XR content developers are finding it difficult to publish their experiences in marketplaces such as the Oculus or Apple App Stores. You’ll even find Chicken Waffle themselves on XR Swim!

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 6, 2020

A research paper that Facebook is going to present at SIGGRAPH presents the impressive work that Facebook has done in miniaturizing VR headsets so that they look like sunglasses. Another amazing research project showcased by Oculus this week can enable high-resolution displays for the next generation of Oculus Quest.

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APRIL 20, 2020

Last Oculus Quest update shows hints of an Oculus MR ecosystem. Facebook is continuously updating the Oculus Quest , its most successful device, and this week it has rolled out the runtime v16. I think that this update, together with the last ones, marks the beginning of a mixed reality ecosystem that is being built by Oculus.

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AUGUST 29, 2021

What’s exciting about HeadOffice.Space is that it is interoperable, flexible, and accessible across multiple platforms, with Mac, iOS, Android, Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard, and Oculus Quest support currently in development. Image Credit: HeadOffice.Space. Webtools for the way people work.

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APRIL 23, 2019

How to Use the Oculus Go for Sales & Marketing Presentations. We’ve already established that Virtual Reality (VR) is great for sales and marketing presentations. The Oculus Go , like VR in general, is a perfect fit for for sales/marketing — it’s mobile, easy-to-use, and very powerful for the price point.

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JULY 29, 2022

It works on the following platforms and devices: Oculus Quest; Oculus Rift S; Valve Index’. Designed for Oculus Quest and Oculus Go, this app aims to create a cozy family corner in the virtual world. It is available for HTC Vive, Oculus, Windows Mixed Reality, and PCs (both Windows and Macs). Half + Half.

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MAY 7, 2022

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. Google Chrome, for instance, has been helped a lot by the fact that it is the pre-installed browser on all Android phones. Let me show you what are some of them.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 14, 2017

CCP Games (developer of EVE: Valkyrie, EVE: Online , and others) has launched Gunjack 2: End of Shift (2016) , for the Samsung Gear VR on the Oculus Store. Initially Gunjack 2 , launched in 2016, was exclusively available on Google Daydream. The title is the sequel to 2015’s Gunjack which had debuted on Gear VR.

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MARCH 16, 2021

Consider that the Oculus Quest 2 has made wireless VR accessible, and that the average modern smartphone is perfectly capable of handling complex AR tasks. See Also: Google Survey: How Shoppers Actually Feel About AR-Enabled E-Commerce. There’s so much more scope for deployment. In truth, we’re unlikely to see that happen.

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MARCH 9, 2017

The ongoing legal drama between Oculus chief technology officer John Carmack and his former employer ZeniMax continues today with Carmack suing the company. The wiping occurred right after Mr. Carmack researched on Google how to wipe a hard drive. We look forward to presenting our response to Mr. Carmack’s latest allegations in Court.

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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. Google and Facebook) appeared and centered everything around itself. Oculus Quest we’ve mentioned before gained its popularity due to the fact it is not so energy consuming.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Google—which is increasingly expanding its hardware business in the smartphone, connected home, and AR/VR sectors—has been fingered as one of the likely buyers. Google has tried to buy its way into hardware twice before, albeit more expensively. Those efforts largely fell short and the associated expenses slimmed Google’s margins.

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JUNE 19, 2018

To compliment the theatrical film release of Distorted on June 22nd, Minds Eye Entertainment and SkyVR have partnered to produce Distorted Reality , a scripted, live-action cinematic VR distributed through OneTouchVR on Google Daydream, Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and iOS.

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MARCH 30, 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.” Part V: Apple.

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JULY 2, 2020

SEE ALSO Google Takes a Step Closer to Making Volumetric VR Video Streaming a Thing. Oculus Varifocal Prototypes, Image courtesy Oculus. It’s also designed to be compatible with a wider array of software platforms, acceleration hardware and displays.

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JUNE 19, 2020

While this is effectively what Google attempted to do with Daydream (the VR component of Android) Google has effectively abandoned the platform. And of course the platform is the foundation of HTC’s own Vive Focus standalone headsets.

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MAY 5, 2021

The virtual event, which included networking rounds, panel discussions, and expert presentations, was attended by hundreds of educators and solution providers. In the same discussion (and other discussions throughout the day) Facebook’s ownership of Oculus also came up as a privacy concern. Headsets as a Learning Tool.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey left Facebook in 2017 to found his own defense technology company, Anduril Industries. The post Oculus Founder’s Defense Company Could Make Software for Battlefield-ready AR Headsets appeared first on Road to VR. ” Image courtesy Anduril Industries.

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