VRScout

AUGUST 29, 2021

HeadOffice.Space announced their premier space for connection, it’s the world’s first metaverse on the moon designed for the ever-changing way remote teams work, play, learn, and explore together. It’s literally who you are in the virtual world and is thus very important. Image Credit: HeadOffice.Space.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

NeosVR is a collaborative ‘world engine’ that that aims to provide a platform for building the Metaverse, all entirely within virtual reality itself. This new feature, is called LogiX. such that a program can be represented by icons, each with interconnects which indicate logic and program flow.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Image by Google). Meta and Google announce layoffs. This week we had the announcement of both Meta and Google laying off people. It has just announced that it will release a new tool to create virtual worlds for the platform based on Unity. News worth a mention. Rec Room announces Rec Room Studio.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2022

There is only one big problem: the form factor is terrible , they look super-dork, even worse than Google Glasses. Nowadays in social VR worlds like VRChat you can have a maximum of 50–100 people together in the same room. They managed to put 4,000 bots simulating 4,000 connected clients in the same WebXR virtual world.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

They both serve a similar purpose, that is blending the virtual and the real : if wearing a Varjo XR-1 headset you go to a greenscreen room, you will see the virtual world in the places where there is the green color and the real one in the other parts of your view. Google MediaPipe can now track 3D objects. Who knows….

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

2023: Enter Google ARCore Google’s convenient and easy-to-access ARSDK facilitates the development of WebAR experiences for cross-platform delivery. Google now supports numerous Android smartphones such as Asus, Lenovo, LG, Moto, Motorola, OnePlus, Samsung, Sony, Vivo, Infinix, Tecno, Sharp, and Xiaomi.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Apart from the hardware, Somnium is moving well also on the software side: the graphics of the virtual world is improving over time, and soon will be released the first game built on top of Somnium. Everything they have announced is realistic , and it gives the company the impression of being reliable. I like this approach.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

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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ARVR

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Synthesizing these factors, one of AR’s battlegrounds will be in augmenting the world in location-relevant ways. That could be wayfinding with Google Live View , or visual search with Google Lens. As you can tell from the above examples, Google will have a key stake in this “Internet of Places.” But it’s not alone.

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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. THIS SMARTPHONE WANTS TO MAKE HEADSETS OBSOLETE.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

This startup just exited from stealth mode, is like Google Maps but for the interior of shopping centers, offices, and other closed environments. Unreal Engine 4.25 update, Unreal Engine has added many features that may be useful in crafting XR experiences. CTRL+C in the real world, CTRL+V in the virtual one.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2022

Omniverse is a powerful tool for creating 3D virtual worlds that is made of different modules. It is a bit like GIT (or Google Doc, if you find it easier to imagine), but for artists and designers. On the lowest layer, you have the tools with which you make a scene (Blender, Unreal Engine, 3ds Max, etc…).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

But you have hands and feet controllers to move in the virtual world, so according to the manufacturers, you have 1.5DOF more (whatever it means). This move resembles the one that Google had with TiltBrush: instead of killing the program, it is returning it back to the community, and this is for sure a good decision.

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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. Go to SideQuest Sponsored Area Do you need a virtual world? What a time to be alive!

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Hypergrid Business

APRIL 5, 2023

In mid March , Google announced the end of Google Glass Enterprise. And, last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Disney shut down its metaverse team and the Truth in Advertising nonprofit advocacy group reported that Walmart had shut down its Roblox virtual experience. Image courtesy Unreal Engine.)

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

What virtual avatars, creatures, information layers or interactive components are here. The World Map in this world therefore isn’t a 2D street map like we have with Google Maps or Open Street Map, nor is it a 3D map with terrain and building volumes. What room are you in, what objects or other people are around you.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Following Parisi’s introduction, Google took to the stage to reconfirm today’s news that its Daydream platform would be launching on Nov. With Unreal Engine’s own in-VR equivalent yet to be dated, 2017 will be an interesting year in the battle for which toolset will be dominant in the creation of virtual worlds.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

Unreal is already compatible with the framework, so in 2021 we’ll soon have also the tools ready to create OpenXR cross-compatible platforms. Anything World makes you create virtual worlds with your voice. You know that I like talking with you about cool XR experiments, and Anything World is one of them.

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ARVR

MAY 10, 2021

Unity Website Unreal // Unity’s higher fidelity sibling Unreal Engine is the world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool. Unreal Website AR specific SDK and dev platforms Admittedly I know less about these but they’re just as important players in this space! at Google scale.?—?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Lessons Learned From A Thousand Virtual Worlds. Alon Or-bach (Samsung Electronics), Kaye Mason (Google). It’s not often you get both Oculus and Valve together days, let alone Google and Samsung, with bonus helpings of Epic Games, Owlchemy Labs, and Sensics. Stefan Walker (Google), Luca Prasso (Google).

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 8, 2022

But beyond it being a term for the digital, persistent, and highly immersive virtual worlds we will become used to, what it actually is – or will be – is up for debate! The metaverse concept emerged from the world of computer and video gaming, which has been creating vast, interactive, multi-user environments for decades.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 19, 2024

Now, however, countless companies and developers are beginning to embrace this model, including Varjo (with Varjo Teleport ), Unity, and Unreal. Unfortunately, NeRFs are difficult to train and limited in enabling navigation in virtual worlds. We’ve already mentioned Unity and Unreal, for instance.

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VRWorld

MAY 27, 2016

We received word from WorldViz that they are putting the finishing touches on a Virtual Reality expansion for their PPT (Precision Position Tracking) system. meters i.e. 26,910 sq. feet are covered with a single device. “The beauty of our PPT system and the new plug-ins is that they take the orientation data from the game engine.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The aim in developing the PanguVR engine was to equip content producers to create immersive and interactive content, in UE4 (Unreal VR Engine), automatically meaning without any learning curve. But perhaps we will come back to it since there are many innovations appearing in AR such as those seen in the new Google Pixel 3. What is it?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Image by Google). Google is reportedly working on an AR operating system. In some of my past newsletters, I warned you that we shouldn’t forget about Google/Alphabet in the race to our mixed reality future. Now we have finally an official confirmation of the fact that Google is working on an AR device. Tilt Brush).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

Integrated spatial computing technology includes RT3D AR/VR graphics, environmental anchoring, and spatial audio to establish a link between the real world and the Web3 landscape. Furthermore, most NFT transactions invite a buyer into an online community, engaging fans with events in the real and virtual world.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Previous experience modifying headsets includes the original HTC Vive and Google’s original Daydream , so I check my Amazon account and quickly find some old orders for aftermarket face cushions and industrial strength Velcro I can use to secure the cushion to the 3D printed plastic base. .

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Ryan Schultz

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Helios , an Unreal-based social VR platform which actually came and went before I even had a chance to add it to the spreadsheet! HOUSEKEEPING NOTICE: Today is the first of twelve successive Mondays which I am taking as research days from my full-time paying job as an academic librarian at the University of Manitoba.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Virtual Worlds Grid gained the most land area, the equivalent of 964 standard region, followed by ZetaWorlds with 447 regions, 3rd Rock Grid with 231, Kitely with 221, and PMGrid closing the fifth spot with 48 regions. OpenSim is a free, open source virtual world platform that’s compatible with the Oculus Rift.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Magic Leap believes in a future where together with virtual elements there are also virtual characters, like for instance a virtual person that can be your virtual assistant. This assistant should use AI superpowers to talk with you and assist you in satisfying all your needs.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 17, 2016

For those who are new readers, OpenSim is a free, open source virtual world platform that’s compatible with the Oculus Rift. It allows people with no technical skills to quickly and cheaply create virtual worlds, and then teleport to other virtual worlds. Virtual Worlds Grid : 1,066 regions.

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Hypergrid Business

MARCH 17, 2017

The Public World also suffered some server issues, resulting in a drop of more than 400 actives on that grid alone. And the number of regions went down by 839 standard region equivalents, as Virtual Worlds Grid turned off the less-used servers to allow for a greater than usual load on its welcome regions.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 14, 2022

We wanted to bridge the gap between the real and virtual world while helping with customer service and product knowledge” Additionally, the enterprise aims to “be a place where brands and different companies can get involved.” Currently, ExplodedView is iOS exclusive. .”

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Also, while converging the physical and virtual worlds is inevitable, it won’t be through massive ski goggles on your face. Apple’s approach was not to get everyone into virtual worlds right away, but it was a great way to meet audiences halfway. Apple has missed that this is possible today, not tomorrow.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

There was something called people avatars and virtual worlds, that was very popular around 2007. So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Alan: So how do you then get people to learn how to do Unreal and Unity without teaching them? So the traditional way to do it is to use Unreal or Unity.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

There was something called people avatars and virtual worlds, that was very popular around 2007. So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Alan: So how do you then get people to learn how to do Unreal and Unity without teaching them? So the traditional way to do it is to use Unreal or Unity.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

There was something called people avatars and virtual worlds, that was very popular around 2007. So you don't know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Alan: So how do you then get people to learn how to do Unreal and Unity without teaching them? Dan: Let's dissect the problem with content creation and virtual reality.

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