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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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 23, 2023

This week we had our friend Cix Liv ordering a cafe in San Francisco with the Quest 3 on, while Brad Lynch went to Disneyland wearing a Quest. Learn more CPR Simulator reaches version 2.0 There are many other examples of that. Now the experience has added a lot of updates and improvements, reaching version 2.0.

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

To make matters murkier, there’s also the recently-announced partnership between Google and HTC Vive to create new standalone mobile headsets for all Google Daydream-ready Android phones. If you’re confused as to what this means regarding the boundaries HTC and HTC Vive, well– I am too. Now this is what I call retail theater.

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VRScout

JULY 25, 2017

Unlike the Lucasfilm AR headset, which uses a smartphone to power it (like the Google Daydream or the Samsung Gear VR does), the company says this concept is a standalone, self-powered headset. San Francisco-based Leap Motion has raised a $50M Series C for their hand- and finger-tracking technology.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 22, 2016

VRDC will take place November 2-3, 2016 in the Park Central Hotel in San Francisco, CA. To register or submit your speaking abstract by July 8, visit: vrdconf.com.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Since 2011, they’ve released over a dozen successful mobile games on iTunes and Google Play, but HOVR for Gear VR is their first foray into virtual reality. We knew we had to get in on that action, and started jotting down ideas on the flight back from San Francisco.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Since 2011 they’ve released over a dozen successful mobile games on iTunes and Google Play, but HOVR for Gear VR is their first foray into virtual reality. We knew we had to get in on that action, and started jotting down ideas on the flight back from San Francisco.

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Upload VR

APRIL 3, 2023

I interacted with my squishy surroundings like a toddler at the daycare just like I have for the better part of the last decade in Owlchemy’s Job Simulator on every major VR system, including Vive, Rift, Quest, and PSVR. The software from Google’s Owlchemy Labs ran on Quest 2. “I think we got it,” Eiche says.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Filling up the halls of San Francisco’s Moscone Center, GDC has been a big event for the VR industry over the past few years, but it is seeing something of an explosion this year, which runs from February 27th – March 3rd. Alon Or-bach (Samsung Electronics), Kaye Mason (Google). Alex Lee (Google).

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VRWorld

JULY 19, 2017

” Study subjects used Google’s Tilt Brush versus Painting Pad by Murtha Design (tablet app) for a period of one hour, after which they were examined. He encountered Dr. Marc Levin from UC San Francisco. Study Results. The groups were changing on daily basis, after which the data was collected and finalized.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 26, 2017

Then look at the names of the best sellers: Job Simulator , Tilt Brush , Google Earth, Raw Data , Land’s End , Onward , etc. Chris Orris directs Oxygen Public Relations’ San Francisco office. VR’s titles don’t begin to compare. And when the economy recovers, the future of VR will be brighter than it has ever been.

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Robert Scoble

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

I do too, and go even further than she does in studying this industry (I had the first ride in the first Tesla with Elon Musk and had the first video on YouTube of Google’s self-driving car, and have interviewed many in the industry, and also have a Twitter list of people and companies building autonomous cars ). Can Google match this?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 18, 2023

This allows decision-makers to work on immersive visualizations as part of their daily operations, such as reviewing iterations of a product or viewing a digitized urban area to simulate smart city initiatives. Simulation and Training : XR technology enables realistic simulations based on digital twins.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Teppei is currently leading the GFR Fund in San Francisco. So it’s more like AR on a Google map. So if you’re driving from one point to the other, you have to see the Google map on a flat screen; but instead of looking down at an app, if you use a Phiar, it’s just using the smartphone camera.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Teppei is currently leading the GFR Fund in San Francisco. So it’s more like AR on a Google map. So if you’re driving from one point to the other, you have to see the Google map on a flat screen; but instead of looking down at an app, if you use a Phiar, it’s just using the smartphone camera.

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Bernard Marr

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

It means businesses can train AI algorithms and perform tests and simulations without exposing private or sensitive information that might be contained in real-world data. One example is San Francisco-based Synthesis AI ’s synthetic human face dataset, comprising 5,000 individual images of diverse human faces.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2019

As this episode goes live, Alan’s away giving a talk at the XR Intelligence conference in San Francisco. Today, we’re speaking with Kathryn Bloxham from Reuters Events brand, XR Intelligence, about their amazing business conference, VRX happening in San Francisco, December 12th and 13th.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

To get some insight into those numbers, I moderated a panel on investing in virtual reality and augmented reality at Greenlight Insights’ recent Virtual Reality Strategy conference in San Francisco. Toby Zhang: I’m a partner with Youku Global Media Fund and CRCM in San Francisco. It focuses on media, AR/VR, and A.I.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Teppei is currently leading the GFR Fund in San Francisco. So it’s more like AR on a Google map. So if you’re driving from one point to the other, you have to see the Google map on a flat screen; but instead of looking down at an app, if you use a Phiar, it’s just using the smartphone camera.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2019

As this episode goes live, Alan’s away giving a talk at the XR Intelligence conference in San Francisco. Today, we’re speaking with Kathryn Bloxham from Reuters Events brand, XR Intelligence, about their amazing business conference, VRX happening in San Francisco, December 12th and 13th.

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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. They are a passionate team of 3D designers, VR and AR experts based in New York and San Francisco. Alan: Yeah, Google Drive. Google Drive on a mobile.

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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. They are a passionate team of 3D designers, VR and AR experts based in New York and San Francisco. Alan: Yeah, Google Drive. Google Drive on a mobile.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 19, 2019

and San Francisco that have been home to over 150 VR and AI startups. He's posted over 500 events all focused on XR, trained thousands of students on XR development, and worked with companies like Google and Ideo to train their development teams. Taylor: The medical space, too, on the other side; the surgery simulation side.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

I know you partnered with Google recently, so maybe you can speak to that. Once you already have your models, your materials and your configurations, we can then output any one of those to the Google ad platform. Ben: The other thing we can do is we can also send those virtual photographs to Google ads as well. Alan: Really?

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

I know you partnered with Google recently, so maybe you can speak to that. Once you already have your models, your materials and your configurations, we can then output any one of those to the Google ad platform. Ben: The other thing we can do is we can also send those virtual photographs to Google ads as well. Alan: Really?

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

I know you partnered with Google recently, so maybe you can speak to that. Once you already have your models, your materials and your configurations, we can then output any one of those to the Google ad platform. Ben: The other thing we can do is we can also send those virtual photographs to Google ads as well. Alan: Really?

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

So that piece of equipment that’s connects the gate to the plane itself, to other vehicle simulation and training throughout their portfolio of airports. And then when I– it was was a military simulator, so it was a bit graphic. And now that’s fanned out to be everything from training on the bridge.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

So that piece of equipment that’s connects the gate to the plane itself, to other vehicle simulation and training throughout their portfolio of airports. And then when I– it was was a military simulator, so it was a bit graphic. And now that’s fanned out to be everything from training on the bridge.

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Robert Scoble

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Irena Cronin and I are seeing huge shifts coming as autonomous vehicles get to the point where they are driving around San Francisco without humans. It brings with it a bunch of new technologies that could disrupt even Apple, Google, or Amazon, but soon will start bringing service after service to your home.

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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. They are a passionate team of 3D designers, VR and AR experts based in New York and San Francisco. Alan: Yeah, Google Drive. Google Drive on a mobile. Jacob: Exactly.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

So that piece of equipment that's connects the gate to the plane itself, to other vehicle simulation and training throughout their portfolio of airports. And then when I-- it was was a military simulator, so it was a bit graphic. This is just one and it's evolved into an interesting story. Alan: Have they rolled this out at scale yet?

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

So that piece of equipment that's connects the gate to the plane itself, to other vehicle simulation and training throughout their portfolio of airports. And then when I-- it was was a military simulator, so it was a bit graphic. This is just one and it's evolved into an interesting story. Alan: Have they rolled this out at scale yet?

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

As I go to these different developer conferences, I go to Facebook F8, or Microsoft Build, or Google IO. And you’d be able to– and you’re able to accelerate it, because it’s sort of a real time environment, you’re able to do these virtual simulations. These are like the major tech companies.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

As I go to these different developer conferences, I go to Facebook F8, or Microsoft Build, or Google IO. And you’d be able to– and you’re able to accelerate it, because it’s sort of a real time environment, you’re able to do these virtual simulations. These are like the major tech companies.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

As I go to these different developer conferences, I go to Facebook F8, or Microsoft Build, or Google IO. And you'd be able to-- and you're able to accelerate it, because it's sort of a real time environment, you're able to do these virtual simulations. These are like the major tech companies. You have Apple, with ARKit.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle?—?for This is why Tim Sweeney, talking about the metaverse, rants about how we should avoid having again companies like Google and Apple that may decide the destiny of the others thanks to the immense power they have. Other news. Other news. Learn more.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

In April, we opened the doors to the first Upload Collective in San Francisco, a hub for VR and AR startups, development, co-working, education, meetups and even live broadcasting. With over 40 member companies in San Francisco, The Upload Collective has quickly grown both in size and in scope. November 2015.

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