UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 9, 2016

.” During his address on stage, Sweeney urged the audience to consider that, “if we ever allow one company to own the meta-verse, then that company would have more power than any government that has ever existed.” “Oculus [Home] is even ok to me.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

The Oculus Quest 2 is selling incredibly well because it offers the right combination of affordable price, good hardware, and a good software ecosystem. Not to mention the millions spent on marketing , especially in the US (Oculus was one of the sponsors of NBA, for instance). The Quest will still be the king.

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ARPost

APRIL 22, 2022

The XRA is an industry organization founded by Google , HTC VIVE , Microsoft , Oculus , and Sony Interactive Entertainment. This raises the question of how much they can really do and when, or if, the government should step in. About the “Thinking Ahead About XR” Report.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

In the case of VR, we all remember the competition between HTC and Oculus in 2016, with HTC clearly winning the market until Oculus used Facebook’s money to slash the price of the Rift around 2017. This led to a growing importance of Oculus, until with the Quest it started dominating the market in a way no one was able to face.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 9, 2022

The Digital Markets Act is a law that the European Parliament and Commission are discussing since 2020 and has the purpose of limiting the excessive power of the major tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

I think that Gartner was not referring to the consumer market, where VR is still unripe (even if devices like the Oculus Quest and the Vive Focus Plus are helping it in becoming more widespread), but at the B2B one, where VR is already helping companies to spare money (e.g. thanks to a better training).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the trend of Gaming entrepreneurs, for example, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Oculus transferred from games to virtual reality and we started to keep eye on the VR area. Since Meta made the acquisition and took over Oculus, VRTUOLUO began to write original and in-depth articles on the XR industry. Screengrab of the VRTUOLUO website.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 18, 2021

The experience will debut this winter on PSVR and Oculus. ThirdEye products are targeted for healthcare, government and field services. The company is currently developing an email service to compete with Google and Microsoft. She was actually in a VR suit performing in a studio. A calendar app may also be in the works.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). I expect the smartglasses from Facebook, first of all, to be Facebook-branded (so, goodbye Oculus), to be very stylish (remember that Luxottica is the leading company for glasses and sunglasses), and to be able to connect to the smartphone without a tether. Sounded good.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

We can say the new cycle started with the announcement of the Apple Vision Pro , because that has been a disruptive moment for our market: Road To VR’s Ben Lang says that it has been the most important moment for virtual reality after Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus , and I agree. Of course not.

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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. Have a nice read!

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

APRIL 28, 2023

Moreover, with significant firms struggling through Q1, official government bodies are also decelerating Metaverse growth out of competition fears. The Reality Labs division develops and manufactures Meta’s VR headsets, such as the Oculus Quest 2. Microsoft first announced its acquisition in 2022.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

government wants you to do just that with its new education competition. That means apps that demonstrate genuine use cases for VR and AR in the classroom, be it through an Oculus Rift or a HoloLens. Along with the Korean electronics giant, Oculus, Microsoft, and IBM are sponsoring the competition. In fact, the U.S.

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Peter Graham

JULY 18, 2019

Formerly called the Global Virtual Reality Association (GVRA), today the XR Association (XRA) has announced that Microsoft has joined as a member company alongside founding members HTC Vive, Sony, Google, Facebook, and Samsung. We are thrilled to welcome Microsoft to XRA,” said Elizabeth Hyman, CEO of the XR Association.

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InstaVR

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

But business impact has been substantial too — from Microsoft and Apple lowering financial projections to major conferences like Mobile World Congress and Facebook’s F8 being cancelled. . So it’s no surprise companies and governments can and are leveraging VR during the Coronavirus outbreak to better function.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 18, 2017

One of the devices that generates the greatest interest among the tech community at the moment is Microsoft HoloLens. Development: Unity , Vuforia , Microsoft Visual Studio , Windows 10 SDK , HoloLens Emulator (if you do not have a device). Ivan Zubritskiy. Image courtesy Program-Ace.). Preparing tools, SDKs and IDEs.

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Road to VR

MAY 27, 2016

Chief Technology Officer Edward Felten about how these workshops came about, and the government’s plan for addressing the issue. See Also: Facebook-like ‘Code of Conduct’ Governs Voice Communication in Oculus Social Alpha. I interviewed the White House Deputy U.S.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 18, 2023

According to the VRARA and its Global Executive Director Kris Kolo , Meta’s renewed dive into the business world – following the Quest Pro and other delves during the Oculus era – may be rife with issues. Meta is an openly consumer-first XR solutions provider. Security is a massive concern for XR’s enterprise clients.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 31, 2022

The company is dedicated to making its XR environments as safe as possible, with everything from built-in security features in the Oculus , to new standards for Metaverse ethics. Like Meta, Microsoft has quickly emerged as one of the leading innovators in the XR space.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Microsoft Capture Studio is offering such services scanning celebrities and performers for entertainment and education purposes. Volumetric capture can also create volumetric video that can be used in VR and AR experiences. Virtual humans are getting more and more real. Check out the example below of Mica , Magic Leap’s intelligent agent.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This reflects actions taken at Google, Snap, Microsoft, and Apple over the last few months regarding their respective smart glass offerings. Such innovations include its partnerships with Microsoft and Zoom, digital twin and hyperrealistic avatar construction tools , and AI-powered Research SuperCluster facility, among others.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 19, 2020

With governments battling to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19) one of the main options is to stop travel, either for work or for leisure. Where possible, companies are trying to implement a work from home strategy so that employees aren’t all bunched together on a commute or close proximity in an office.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2019

The local government is trying to push it to make it become a very big hub for the VR industry , and that’s why it is organizing such a big event. And there are booths of many important companies : Lenovo, Microsoft, HP, Huawei, GoPro, etc… so this event has cool stuff to showcase. All in all, it seems a very good devkit to me.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

investment arm of Singapore’s government. s Oculus Rift. According to Bloomberg , one of the organizations that are most interested in investing is no other than Temasek Holdings Pte. As stated, they are thinking of taking part in a new financing round of more than $500 million, bringing Magic Leap valuation close to $6 billion.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

In Dan Lejerskar’s experience, everyone from universities to governments see the value of XR — they just lack the content to make it a worthwhile, everyday tool. So this was before Oculus. One is government. And we roll this out with more than 50 governments around the globe, national governments.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

In Dan Lejerskar’s experience, everyone from universities to governments see the value of XR — they just lack the content to make it a worthwhile, everyday tool. So this was before Oculus. One is government. And we roll this out with more than 50 governments around the globe, national governments.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 28, 2020

Likewise, the VR presentation on the Microsoft booth at the education show was muted – rather than the bewildering array of Windows MR headsets seen two years ago, the company promoted the virtual learning systems on only one provider, with the Samsung Odyssey on display giving an example of the education content. Image credit: KWP.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

In Dan Lejerskar's experience, everyone from universities to governments see the value of XR -- they just lack the content to make it a worthwhile, everyday tool. So this was before Oculus. One is government. And we roll this out with more than 50 governments around the globe, national governments. What is in that?

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Upload VR

MAY 15, 2022

“And then, Ninja Theory got acquired by Microsoft and they didn’t really have as much of a focus on VR, but that was something I still wanted to do.” ” They presented the prototype to the UK Games Fund , and the resulting government grant allowed them to kick Purple Yonder, and Little Cities, fully into action.

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HaptX

DECEMBER 20, 2018

We started the year strong, receiving the Lumiere Technology Award in January, alongside companies like Disney and Microsoft. We were the first VR company to introduce a prototype at Sundance since Oculus unveiled an early version of their Rift in 2012. The Verge listed HaptX as among the best of the festival. “It

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

It’s a matter of months now, that Microsoft is shipping a new HoloLens; some other companies are shipping glasses. Microsoft tries to be the leader of market, but they’re not shipping. And I got the Oculus Go, thinking, “Oh, this is gonna be great for VR.” But it’s a matter of time. It was glitchy.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

It’s a matter of months now, that Microsoft is shipping a new HoloLens; some other companies are shipping glasses. Microsoft tries to be the leader of market, but they’re not shipping. And I got the Oculus Go, thinking, “Oh, this is gonna be great for VR.” But it’s a matter of time. It was glitchy.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 3, 2020

And the mobile phone revolution with really inexpensive accessible small high resolution LED screens or LCD screens, and IMUs, and tiny processors, and all of the components that Palmer Luckey needed to build his first Oculus headset came out of the cell phone industry. And so we can thank the cell phone guys for making all this possible.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 3, 2020

And the mobile phone revolution with really inexpensive accessible small high resolution LED screens or LCD screens, and IMUs, and tiny processors, and all of the components that Palmer Luckey needed to build his first Oculus headset came out of the cell phone industry. And so we can thank the cell phone guys for making all this possible.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. The government spent millions and billions of dollars on it at different levels. And there’s a huge opportunity for VR companies to try to work with both local and state/province governments. ” LAH-bo?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. The government spent millions and billions of dollars on it at different levels. And there’s a huge opportunity for VR companies to try to work with both local and state/province governments. ” LAH-bo?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. The government spent millions and billions of dollars on it at different levels. And there's a huge opportunity for VR companies to try to work with both local and state/province governments.

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