ARPost

JANUARY 3, 2022

Now that new technologies push the barriers of cyberspaces, it is possible to become immersed in a virtual world where you can create 3D art. Each user can have their own private world where they can relax by creating shapes and colors. This VR art creation tool is available for free for Oculus Rift , HTC Vive, and Valve Index.

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ARPost

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).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2021

Digital identity is overly important, and that’s why in this public world you can customize your (full-body) avatar so that you feel represented by it. When you enter the application for the first time, you can perform a fast setup (gender, skin tone, hair, eyes) and enter the soonest possible inside the virtual world.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 15, 2021

The company has produced virtual events headlined by well known artists like John Legend and Lindsey Stirling. Performances are rendered in real-time, with artists donning mo-cap suits and face-tracking tech to bring their likeness into the virtual world as their avatars perform in fantastical virtual venues.

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MAY 17, 2017

We’ve just confirmed with Google’s Clay Bavor that its upcoming standalone headsets from HTC and Lenovo will use the Daydream controller with three degrees of freedom (3DOF). The HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and upcoming headsets from Microsoft have controllers offering full six degrees of freedom (6DOF).

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Oculus Rift, Touch, and Gear VR. Find an Oculus Rift and Touch Demo Location. Oculus maintains a list of stores across the US and Europe where you can try the Rift, Touch, and Gear VR for free. Oculus has a healthy smattering of demo locations across the US in many Best Buy and Microsoft stores. Google Daydream.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Users will also have the opportunity to take home some cash in the $1,000 Best Avatar contest, as well as the $700 Best Domain (virtual world) competition. . Compatible VR headsets include the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Google Daydream-compatible Android smartphones, and desktop.

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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). Who knows….

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Road to VR

APRIL 18, 2017

Well over two years since the first Gear VR headset was launched (but just a few months after Google’s Daydream VR headset launched) Samsung is launching a motion controller for Gear VR which adds a new layer of interactivity and brings the headset’s input scheme in line with Daydream.

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ARPost

JULY 5, 2019

New virtual reality headsets such as the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, and Google Daydream have barely scratched the surface of the technology’s potential. Soon, they’d find out that virtual worlds are exciting for people of all ages. Six residents will enter the virtual world at the same time.

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ARPost

APRIL 11, 2023

Companies like Google, Microsoft, Lenovo, and Vuzix are developing smart glasses to enhance the AR experience. VR-Enabled Online Shopping Experiences VR creates an immersive visual environment, including 360-degree videos, photos, product demos, and complex experiences using devices such as the HTC Vive or Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Image leaked from Oculus runtime). The design of Oculus Quest 2 Pro and controllers has been leaked. The negative reputation could stick with the social network, but not influence products like Oculus headsets, for instance. Facebook releases the Oculus Go unlocked runtime. Top news of the week.

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JUNE 2, 2022

This innovative solution builds on the existing functionality Meta Workplace has to offer in the XR world. With an Oculus headset, users can jump into a virtual meeting space and access a range of unique capabilities. Spatial integrates with a wide range of platforms, including OneDrive, Google Drive, and Slack.

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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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Cats and VR

JUNE 1, 2016

RalphVR announced that their award winning multiplayer VR game Daydream Blue is coming to Google Daydream. Our mission is to connect people together and help foster smiles in virtual reality. Connect with your friends from around the world online in Daydream Blue multiplay. But you don’t have to do it alone! Or play some golf.

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Road to VR

JULY 18, 2018

In the VR realm, the new version brings native mixed reality video compositing for VR applications, and an update to a much newer Oculus SDK. and Google’s ARCore 1.2, Updated Oculus SDK. On the AR front, UE 4.20 adds supports for Apple’s ARKit 2.0 along with Magic Leap support. Mixed Reality Compositing.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 8, 2018

SEE ALSO Oculus Quest Supports "Arena-scale" Tracking and Multi-room Guardian. As an example, there’s also implications for local asymmetric play too, as a smartphone user might see something rendered invisible to the VR player, or have to give them a key item.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Nevertheless, it’s showing incredible potential to reshape the world as we know it. See Also: Spreading the Love of Classical Music Through Virtual Reality. Using headsets such as Oculus Rift and HTC Vive , artists have been able to produce their creations in a virtual space.

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VRScout

JULY 30, 2018

The biggest video-sharing platform in the world arrives on the Gear VR with all new features and content. Already a dominant application on the HTC Vive, PlayStation VR and Google Daydream platforms, Google’s immensely popular YouTube VR experience is now available on the Samsung Gear VR. Image Credit: YouTube.

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VRScout

JULY 11, 2017

Google wants you to play with Blocks, this smartphone wants you to get rid of your headset, a new marketplace connecting content creators with funding, the price of the Oculus Rift is slashed, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. GOOGLE WANTS YOU TO PLAY WITH BLOCKS.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 28, 2017

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has tapped Hugo Barra, Xiaomi’s current Global VP, for the position of CEO at Oculus VR. Barra will be tasked with not only leading Oculus, Facebook’s subsidiary, but all of Facebook’s VR projects. On top of that, SEE ALSO Oculus Touch Review: Reach into Rift.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Sony is followed by Facebook (the Oculus platform) and Google (Day Dream, Card Board, Tilt Brush, etc.); He launched the first browser-based Virtual World in 2008 for which he was awarded in 2011 by the Virtual Worlds community. Tagged with: facebook , market share , oculus , sony htc.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2016

This is Google Earth VR. Our Virtual World. Google Earth VR is a surprise project from Google’s Geo team that is being both announced and released today. This is the team behind Google Maps and the original Google Earth. Google Earth VR’s primary locomotion system is flight.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 24, 2017

What’s the latest on Oculus’ standalone headset(s)? Facebook and Oculus are insistent that 2017 is all about content; we won’t see any new hardware released in the remaining five months of the year. We’re fully expecting an update on standalone VR at Oculus Connect 4 in October, then.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

It is becoming always more difficult for a new company entering the field: the key hardware suppliers of displays and other components are all being bought by Meta, Apple, Snap, Google, and other big players. It is just a bit more expensive than the $300 needed to buy an Oculus Quest 2. Many great XR games are controlled by Meta.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

While Arthur is based in Berlin, the company enjoys support from international clientele, some of whom presented their use cases and even shared their unique virtual worlds during the press event announcing the post-beta product launch on September 1. You can even connect other cloud accounts like Google Drive, One Drive, and Trello.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Palmer Luckey is a tinkerer,” is how Time Magazine described the creator of the Oculus VR headset back in August of 2015. When asked about why he focuses more on AR, Vermeulen says , “I don’t want to completely escape reality, I don’t want to be in a complete virtual world. I just want to augment my world.”.

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VRScout

AUGUST 4, 2016

The young cast was gathered in a hotel ballroom where they took turns donning an Oculus Rift headset fitted with motion-capture sensors. Even a flashlight and telephone were outfitted with markers that brought the real-life objects into the virtual world. With flashlight in hand, will you pick up that phone?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2020

This week, the damn coronavirus has caused the cancelation of three super-important events: GTC (that will be substituted by the streaming of the sessions), SXSW and Google I/O. More info (GTC canceled) More info (SXSW canceled) More info (Google I/O canceled) More info (Facebook & working from home).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

It is simple: imagine that you have little money and can’t afford to buy a full VR rig, but you can only afford to buy a Samsung Gear VR or an Oculus Go , for instance. Look at this video of me while drawing elements using Google Blocks running on my PC. As you can see, for me it has been as using Blocks on the PC!

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VRScout

JULY 18, 2017

Live stream your cartoon virtual avatar on Facebook, Slate launches new live show in Facebook Spaces, join your friend to play with art together, Facebook’s standalone headset is coming, the investment & funding wrapup, and more…. NOW YOU CAN LIVE STREAM YOUR CARTOON AVATAR ON FACEBOOK.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

Project Alloy stands alone among the current lineup of technologies available because it isn’t tethered to a desktop computer like HTC Vive or Oculus Rift, nor does it use a smartphone like Google Cardboard, Gear VR or Google Daydream. The lathe itself could be interacted with by hand or a dollar bill held in the hand.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

Project Alloy stands alone among the current lineup of technologies available because it isn’t tethered to a desktop computer like HTC Vive or Oculus Rift, nor does it use a smartphone like Google Cardboard, Gear VR or Google Daydream. The lathe itself could be interacted with by hand or a dollar bill held in the hand.

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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. Oculus support at its best Funny link. Some XR fun.

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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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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

One of the biggest sources of value on the web (besides Google’s index) is the “identity layer” that Facebook created. That’s already seen in things like Oculus’ avatar engine, Altspace and even non-VR experiences like Fortnite. See the rest of the series here. . Avatar as a Service.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

It’s an immersive virtual world that includes all types of content, data, scores, stats, along with other ways for fans to experience the game.”. It’s currently available for Samsung Gear VR, Google Daydream, Oculus , and Google Play. It’s different,” he said.

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