XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 22, 2024

The international media conglomerate is in the headlines this week with its Holotile breakthrough, a prototype device that acts as a VR input treadmill, allowing various users to walk around a shared virtual environment without requiring a controller. If the past repeats itself, we may find out at the end of the year.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2023

There is a comfort in understanding the topological landscape of a controller and a physical touchpoint within the virtual environments themselves. Buttons pushed, triggers pulled, vibrational feedback experienced, objects held, thrown or touched, alternative movement schemes supported.

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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. AR and VR are gearing up for a giant leap forward thanks to advancements in eye-tracking technology. Despite all the activity, AR/VR hardware remains relatively crude.

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XROM

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Google and Samsung have just unveiled AndroidXR, a revolutionary platform that's set to transform how we interact with technology, compute, and experience reality itself. Now, Google and Samsung are taking the next monumental leap into extended reality. "We Want to watch YouTube on a virtual big screen?

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

This is a period with many tech announcements: we had Meta telling about its Horizon OS, yesterday OpenAI unveiled the new GPT-4o, and today Google will hopefully unveil its Android XR operating system. In case you are in need of a solid team able to build a high-quality XR virtual environment, please let me know.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The stylus can work in virtual environments including room-scale virtual spaces. They’ve also worked with companies like Dell, Alienware, Google, HP, and Samsung. Logitech’s VR Inc Pilot Edition. The $750 VR Ink Pilot Edition is a beta product available through an application process.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Bigscreen , the social VR app which lets users connect in a virtual environment while retaining the ability to use (and share) their own PC desktop content, now supports Microsoft’s ‘Windows Mixed Reality’ VR headsets.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 23, 2024

It's unclear why Google made this decision. It's possible YouTube will launch a visionOS app at a later date, or Google may be holding out for the Samsung headset it's developing the system software for. Watching traditional media on a giant virtual screen is a key focus of Apple's marketing for Vision Pro so far.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

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. The recently launched new Samsung Gear VR with controller was also briefly mentioned as an affordable alternative to the more cost-intensive Rift set-up. Impact on Consumers.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 29, 2024

Some apps offer passthrough as an optional background instead of a virtual environment, but few developers offer full mixed reality content that truly integrates with the geometry of your real environment. Meta even markets Quest 3 as "the first mainstream mixed reality headset".

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 25, 2017

To do this, he was using an inexpensive bluetooth cadence monitor paired with his exercise bike and Samsung’s Gear VR, running his own app named CycleVR. “It becomes your new normal,” he says, trying to reassure that users adapt while admitting the app is “at the mercy of whatever data Google’s maps serves up.”

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

For example, a user could point a camera at areas of their city to see what it looked like ten years ago from an archive of Google Maps. link] AR DEVELOPMENT FOR ANDROID DEVICES: ARCORE In an effort to stay competitive, Google has pushed ARCore far to remain one of the most versatile AR development platforms in the world.

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VR Geeks

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The Gear VR Controller is a new controller that has been released by Samsung and Oculus to help improve the experience of virtual reality. The gear vr app is a virtual reality game that is compatible with the Samsung Gear VR headset. What does this have in common with Google Daydream?

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Peter Graham

JULY 31, 2019

This can come in several forms from 360-degree video to interactive virtual environments such as those being developed by RedPill VR at its Social Virtual Reality (SVR) platform or TheWaveVR. If VRJam hits the funding goal the money will be used towards building interactive virtual environments for artists and fans.

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Immersive Authority

JUNE 30, 2016

Everyone probably has a good idea of what Virtual Reality is all about. It’s the immersion of a user into a fully virtual environment, by means of a VR headset. The Google Glass (now discontinued) was one famous example of an Augmented Reality solution. This is one of the cons of the solution.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Meta says that some of its questioned firms reported that workers feel a significant increase in levels of immersion while working in a virtual environment. The Menlo Park-based firm also found that end-users experienced more natural digital conversations during virtual meetings.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 28, 2020

The Redbox VR platform supports content such as the 360’ educational virtual trips using the Richo Theta camera. And part of the RiVR Link (“ classroom in a Box ”) offering a turnkey VR solution, and Google Expeditions platforms.

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VRWorld

JULY 14, 2016

With the introduction of Google Cardboard and the Daydream VR platform, Oculus and HTC discrete VR headsets and GearVR headsets for even smartphones like the Samsung’s Galaxy S7, the first tentative steps towards virtual reality gaming are being taken. All from the comfort of your own room.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop — a 3D physics multi-touch desktop — to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Jacob, welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop — a 3D physics multi-touch desktop — to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Jacob, welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop -- a 3D physics multi-touch desktop -- to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. To learn more about Spatial, you can visit spatial.is.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

I’ve been studying this industry inside and out and I subscribe to Google Alerts for virtual and augmented reality. The consumer electronics companies like Apple and Samsung and to some extent Google and Microsoft, along with companies like Amazon, are jumping nto healthcare.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

I've been studying this industry inside and out and I subscribe to Google Alerts for virtual and augmented reality. The consumer electronics companies like Apple and Samsung and to some extent Google and Microsoft, along with companies like Amazon, are jumping nto healthcare. Alan: I couldn't agree more, to be honest.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

I’ve been studying this industry inside and out and I subscribe to Google Alerts for virtual and augmented reality. The consumer electronics companies like Apple and Samsung and to some extent Google and Microsoft, along with companies like Amazon, are jumping nto healthcare.

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VRScout

APRIL 21, 2017

Not the first mobile headset to hit the market with a motion controller, the Gear VR is the most widely owned headset outside Google Cardboard. The controller is compatible with previous Gear VR headsets since it connects via Bluetooth to a VR-enabled Samsung phones like the Galaxy S7. Star Chart. SWAT Academy. Vendetta Online.

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2016

SAMSUNG AT VIDCON: BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS. Samsung solidified its commitment to the virtual reality space with some big announcements that essentially add up to an end-to-end consumer VR solution. They are rebranding Milk VR to Samsung VR, and opening up the content platform to users.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Google Cardboard. Google Cardboard VR viewers are convenient and universal, because they work with practically any modern mobile phone. The phone slots into the viewer and you download compatible apps from the app store on your phone, either the iOS App Store or Android’s Google Play. Daydream View.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Oculus Gear VR: A mobile VR solution, it allows a Samsung Galaxy smartphone to be used as a VR device. Download VeeR VR in your Oculus , Samsung Gear VR , HTC Vive , Windows Mixed Reality , Google Daydream , Steam VR and Lenovo Mirage Solo to experience the premium 360/VR contents.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

It’s a significant feature that makes virtual objects seem as if they’re really in the room with you. And as a polishing touch, your hand and arms get relit to match any virtual environment you’re in. This sounds plausible except for one problem - if I’m in a fully virtual environments I don’t see judder either.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Oculus Gear VR: A mobile VR solution, it allows a Samsung Galaxy smartphone to be used as a VR device. Download VeeR VR in your Oculus , Samsung Gear VR , HTC Vive , Windows Mixed Reality , Google Daydream , Steam VR and Lenovo Mirage Solo to experience the premium 360/VR contents. This app is a must-get for any music lover.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets — like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it — are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing. The actions that you do — the experience of doing something virtually in a virtual environment — is going to be pretty accurate to the real world.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets — like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it — are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing. The actions that you do — the experience of doing something virtually in a virtual environment — is going to be pretty accurate to the real world.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

He’s worked with a variety of global clients, including Adidas, Samsung, Ernst and Young, Save the Children, Sony, IKEA, KPMG, Nokia, and the list goes on. And I think so far we’ve failed a little bit on creating virtually real humans. To learn more about Somewhere Else Solutions, you can visit them at somewhereelse.co.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Google Earth VR: bringing the whole wide world to virtual reality. With Google Earth VR, you can simply travel to anywhere no matter if you have time conflicts or financial difficulties, you can travel anywhere simply w. You can also use Google Cardboard to get the immersive experience for better learning. Travel VR Apps.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets -- like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it -- are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing. The actions that you do -- the experience of doing something virtually in a virtual environment -- is going to be pretty accurate to the real world.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

He's worked with a variety of global clients, including Adidas, Samsung, Ernst and Young, Save the Children, Sony, IKEA, KPMG, Nokia, and the list goes on. And I think so far we've failed a little bit on creating virtually real humans. To learn more about Somewhere Else Solutions, you can visit them at somewhereelse.co.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

He’s worked with a variety of global clients, including Adidas, Samsung, Ernst and Young, Save the Children, Sony, IKEA, KPMG, Nokia, and the list goes on. And I think so far we’ve failed a little bit on creating virtually real humans. To learn more about Somewhere Else Solutions, you can visit them at somewhereelse.co.

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