VRScout

JULY 25, 2017

But it seems like Lenovo’s interests aren’t just tied to hardware; they also hinted at an “AR platform” on their blog post. Hardware infrastructure and software developer tools from big players like Apple (ARKit) and Facebook (Camera Effects platform) directly contributed to a huge surge in interest in augmented reality.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 9, 2017

The event is organized by The Virtual Reality Foundation, which is composed of many of the same people behind the Virtual Reality Los Angeles conference and startup Mindshow. In 2014, 2015 and 2016 The Proto Awards were held to recognize some of the groundbreaking efforts pushing forward the emerging medium of VR content.

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TechCrunch VR

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In a move to shore up institutional support in what’s likely to be it’s last fundraising as a private company, the Los Angeles-based mobile gaming behemoth Scopely has raised $340 million in its latest eye-popping round of funding. “We were excited to crossover and invest in Scopely.”

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AllThingsVR

JUNE 13, 2017

Gaming is likely to be the bridge to that change — the content that offers a reason to buy it and helps put immersive hardware in millions of homes. For many in 2016, the hardware that delivers the most immersive experiences was too expensive and the software too shallow for many to justify the purchase just yet.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

Unity’s most recent update makes the cross-platform game engine even more equally optimized, so with only one API you can simply build for multiple platforms with hardware-specific tweaks held to a minimum. Already supporting the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, and PSVR – Unity will now support Google Daydream.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2023

At the event in Los Angeles, Jensen Huang, Chief Executive, NVIDIA , gave a keynote address to unveil the news. Virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) experiences can then become ubiquitous across company hardware. SIGGRAPH 2023 is taking place in Los Angeles, California from 6 to 10 August.

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VRWorld

JULY 18, 2017

Mira, an AR startup from Los Angeles completed its seed round and announced pre-orders for its Prism AR headset for palatable $99. While some companies are promising the world, some are working in secret to address as much population as possible, and make the experience interactive and appealing to the masses.

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VRWorld

JUNE 22, 2016

Can you tell me how did you got involved in Virtual Reality and how did you end up in Los Angeles? Jake Rowell: You can blame Neville ( Neville Spiteri, co-founder and CEO, WeVR ) for bringing me from Hawaii to Los Angeles. For VR engines, we have CryEngine, Unity Engine and Unreal Engine.

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HaptX

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Additionally, we would film using a functioning HaptX Gloves Development Kit (no props), and feature VR environments developed with the HaptX SDK in both Unity and Unreal. We had both Unity and Unreal projects featured in the video, and they were incredibly helpful with integrating their plugins for both engines. Let the testing begin.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 19, 2024

For instance, thanks to AWE US I have made a picture with the previous Unity CEO John Riccitiello (there is also a fun story associated with him ), and with the father of modern VR Palmer Luckey. But there are many other examples, like a person I met at AWE US in Los Angeles, or another one I met in China almost two years ago.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 14, 2023

In particular, Samsung, which is one of the best smartphone brands, and has also always produced good VR hardware, is positioning itself to become also a leader in immersive headsets and challenge Apple in this field, too.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

China-India & the other Asian Nations have some really interesting #augmentedreality #virtualreality #mixedreality #startups Innovating across Hardware, Software & Content. Kai holds several International Business director positions in VR educational companies and VR, AR hardware companies. 14- Kai Liang. 34- Nick Cherukuri.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

Anne: This is a great question for artists, because I think a lot of the struggle is how do you find the right hardware and how do you talk with the right teams? So we have to have a stable network and a stable experience in hardware. And doing activations so we can import any Unity scene. This sounds amazing.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

Anne: This is a great question for artists, because I think a lot of the struggle is how do you find the right hardware and how do you talk with the right teams? So we have to have a stable network and a stable experience in hardware. And doing activations so we can import any Unity scene. This sounds amazing.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

Anne: This is a great question for artists, because I think a lot of the struggle is how do you find the right hardware and how do you talk with the right teams? So we have to have a stable network and a stable experience in hardware. And doing activations so we can import any Unity scene. This sounds amazing.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle?—?for This time we don’t have more info about the hardware, but about the software. Somnium is already an investor in XTAL, and it is so strengthening its position as a leader both in the software and the hardware necessary to access virtual worlds.

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Upload VR

MAY 4, 2024

VR hardware has seen some significant developments recently. Unity, the leading engine for VR game development, appointed Matthew Bromberg as its new CEO. The Tent is an AR tabletop dramatic narrative experience set in Los Angeles. After the biggest VR stories? Here's our latest news roundup from the last two weeks.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

A series of announcements from Amazon, Crytek, Epic Games and Unity Technologies showcase an evolution among their respective game engines into VR world creation toolsets. For example, Lumberyard from Amazon is released for creating games and VR experiences, while both Unity and Epic reveal in-VR tools to speed up the development process.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

And I think the potential of what that means is really exciting, because it doesn’t mean that you have to go and live in Silicon Valley or Los Angeles to be able to collaborate and work with some of these people, or whether it’s New York City or wherever it is in the world, a major city. But once the WebXR 2.0

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

And I think the potential of what that means is really exciting, because it doesn't mean that you have to go and live in Silicon Valley or Los Angeles to be able to collaborate and work with some of these people, or whether it's New York City or wherever it is in the world, a major city. But once the WebXR 2.0

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

And I think the potential of what that means is really exciting, because it doesn’t mean that you have to go and live in Silicon Valley or Los Angeles to be able to collaborate and work with some of these people, or whether it’s New York City or wherever it is in the world, a major city. But once the WebXR 2.0

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Top news of the week.

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