Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2020

A majority of that growth however is said to come from the ‘Heads-Up Displays’ sub-category, which can either serve augmented or virtual reality depending on its intended use. Depth mapping with a head mounted display using stereo cameras and structured light.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Whether it be the 90’s or even the 21st century, these virtual reality monstrosities are the definition of ridiculous. Virtual reality is all too familiar with this phenomenon. Here are a few of the strangest virtual reality head-mounted displays we could find.

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2020

While this is great for visiting with friends remotely, there’s a great number of VR companies betting that virtual reality office environments, remote collaboration, and working from home in VR are going to be the future of work. Step into your virtual reality office or classroom. NVIDIA Holodeck.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Luckey's IVAS takeover announcement photo echoes his 2015 Time cover, 'The Surprising Joy Of Virtual Reality'. Luckey founded Anduril Industries after Facebook fired him from Oculus , the previous company he founded which became Meta's Reality Labs division. I can hardly believe I managed to pull it off.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 19, 2017

The confidence in LCD for high-end VR is demonstrated in the upcoming Pimax ‘8K’ VR system , which uses SteamVR technology – as well as the upcoming ‘high quality’ mobile VR solution from Oculus. They support a field of view between 85 and 120 degrees, and are designed for the “next generation of room-scale virtual reality.”.

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Road to VR

APRIL 17, 2018

Modbox is currently in Early Access on Steam , supporting HTC Vive and Oculus Rift , although that may change in the near future. To create the effect of ‘pulling’ the NPC from his monitor, he set a virtual camera to match the monitor’s position, making it seem like a magic window.

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VRScout

JUNE 8, 2016

But after VR head-mounted displays came on the scene, the idea of the fourth wall got an interesting twist. Now, instead of watching what is going in a game on the screen, one is directly involved in the virtual action. We find ourselves fully immersed in the virtual world. Game Concept.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Pre-orders for the FOVE 0 head-mounted display begin November 2nd. Originally labeled just FOVE , the FOVE 0 (yeah now we’re talking) has been making waves in the virtual reality community due in large part to its unique built-in eye-tracking technology.

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Doc-Ok

JANUARY 14, 2016

” The popularity of Google Cardboard , and the upcoming commercial releases of the Oculus Rift , HTC Vive , and other modern head-mounted displays (HMDs) have raised interest in virtual reality and VR devices in parts of the population who have never been exposed to, or had reason to care about, VR before.

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Road to VR

JULY 6, 2016

Originally filed back in June 2012, months before the Oculus was to make waves with its Rift DK1 Kickstarter campaign , this “continuation”, published by the US Patent and Trademark Office , extends an even older application, originally filed back in 2006.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 10, 2022

Augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) are technologies that overlay or replace physical environments with virtual content. The degree of immersion in virtual reality vs augmented reality. In VR, the user is completely absorbed in a virtual environment and minimises boundaries and markers.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 31, 2024

Woosung explained that during this period, Skonec “gained extensive know-how in virtual environment optimization and UX design tailored specifically for VR.” ” Woosung added: HMDs (Head-Mounted Displays) come with various specifications and operating systems.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Oculus Quest gets hand tracking. Last week, the runtime v12 of Oculus Quest has been rolled out , and this took with it lots of interesting updates. To start, now the Oculus Link is more stable and it is compatible with some AMD GPUs. Oculus Quests have started getting vocal commands in the menu. Top news of the week.

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ARPost

MAY 26, 2020

The tetherless XR streaming experience is available for both head-mounted displays and Android phones that support Google ARCore. The supported HMDs are: OpenVR enabled devices tethered to NVIDIA Pascal or NVIDIA Turing based GPU (such as VIVE Pro and Valve Index); Untethered Android-based devices (Oculus Quest, GearVR).

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Slashgear

APRIL 30, 2019

Today Facebook revealed the Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift S head-mounted-display virtual reality headsets release. They’ve confirmed the ship dates on both products, and have prices set.

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VRScout

MAY 2, 2017

Since its initial reveal back in October, gamers have speculated wildly about what Nintendo’s plans were regarding their latest console, the Nintendo Switch, and virtual reality. He then slides the console into a Durovis Dive 7 headset, although he points out that any tablet-sized head mounted display will do, and viola!

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VRScout

MAY 2, 2017

Since its initial reveal back in October, gamers have speculated wildly about what Nintendo’s plans were regarding their latest console, the Nintendo Switch, and virtual reality. He then slides the console into a Durovis Dive 7 headset, although he points out that any tablet-sized head mounted display will do, and viola!

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Road to VR

APRIL 24, 2018

An example of chromatic aberration correction from Oculus. Another less weighty method of chromatic aberration correction can be achieved by digitally shifting colors in the software, the method primarily used in consumer VR headsets currently in development that use a single lens, like the Oculus Rift.

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MARCH 16, 2017

While traditional eSports aren’t going away, many companies are building the foundation for a virtual reality subset. When you look at the gaming landscape, the only thing as “hot “as eSports is virtual reality. Newzoo forecasts global virtual reality and augmented reality will generate $569 billion by 2025.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Linden Lab , the creative minds behind the online social game Second Life , have been quietly constructing a virtual reality successor to their popular virtual world. Sansar invitations will continue to roll out until the public release in early 2017.

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JUNE 21, 2017

Just ahead of Microsoft’s E3 conference last week the company filed a trademark for Direct Reality. Given the company’s penchant for relabelling virtual reality as mixed reality, we had hoped that would mean VR would make an appearance at its showcase. Spencer’s explanation starts around the 14:45 mark.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

The Facebook team articulated a distinction between lightweight AR, requiring only your smartphone and available today, and ‘full AR,’ requiring a head mounted display, such as AR glasses. Virtual Reality. 360 ° Content.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Oculus sells battery packs and prescription lenses for the Quest. Many industry analysts and experts agree that large-scale adoption will take place when Apple releases head-mounted displays. And, when they do, those displays will be introduced into a whole ecosystem of branded AR and VR accessories already available.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Once computers understand space, we can use these informed computers to edit our real world by placing digital objects and information in it and view this all through a transparent digital screen like smart glasses or even our smartphone: this is Augmented Reality or AR. This is exactly what Lowe’s is doing with its Holoroom.

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VRScout

AUGUST 24, 2016

We’re at a very crucial point in the development of virtual reality. One of the biggest questions is how will we handle the controller aspect of virtual reality? We currently have several impressive options from the HTC Vive controllers, to the upcoming Oculus Touch pads for the Rift or the PSVR “pickles.”

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VRScout

JUNE 2, 2016

Afterall Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé made it perfectly clear during last years E3 that the company would not be involving itself in virtual reality technology, so it’s surprising that they’re even considering it at all. This would also be a huge moment for virtual reality on consoles as a whole.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Microsoft HoloLens Loses $22 Billion Life Line to Oculus Founder Microsofts HoloLens has taken another major hit , potentially signalling the end of the mixed-reality headset in the future. This effort aims to create next-generation head-mounted displays and “intelligent glasses.”

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

Among the expected fare of films, games, animation, audio products and cosplay during the four-day conference, there was one obvious and unavoidable sorta newcomer to the scene — virtual reality. Most of that hardware growth will be fueled by key products from Samsung, Sony, HTC, Oculus and Google. a fan of VR now!?

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

Intel demonstrates “Merged Reality” wireless VR headset, Project Alloy. Yesterday Intel announced its entry into the virtual reality space with the Project Alloy all-in-one head mounted display. ” The live demo had a few awkward moments, as most live demos do but was very impressive overall. .”

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

Intel demonstrates “Merged Reality” wireless VR headset, Project Alloy. Yesterday Intel announced its entry into the virtual reality space with the Project Alloy all-in-one head mounted display. ” The live demo had a few awkward moments, as most live demos do but was very impressive overall. .”

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Immersive Authority

JANUARY 12, 2016

Basic virtual reality browser based solutions have existed since the 90’s (e.g.browsers which supported VRML, the Virtual Reality Modelling Language that allowed you to create 3D interactive worlds). Image Credit: Infospaces – Data Visualization in Virtual Worlds by Opensource Obscure under CC License 2.0 .

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

This weekend catch a screening of over 38 short films presented entirely in virtual reality. The really cool part however, is that the whole vent will be conducted within virtual reality. If attendees don’t have access to a head-mounted display, they can simply view the experience on a standard desktop in 2D.

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XROM

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

As of February 2025, India's augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) industry is witnessing remarkable growth, driven by advancements in technology and increasing consumer adoption. VR Hardware : Comprises tethered and standalone head-mounted displays (HMDs) used for immersive experiences.

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

The combination of content, pricing, and simplicity may mean that Sony could take a dominant position in the market over competition like HTC and Oculus. While the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift debuted earlier this year, their market share has grown slowly. VR for Everyone. This post by Jeff Grubb originally appeared on VentureBeat.

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ARVR

MAY 28, 2021

He has been working in VR development since 2012, prior to the release of the first modern VR consumer headset, the Oculus Rift. They wanted to hack together a head mounted display using off the shelf parts and planned to create a coop pirate ship VR game to run on this contraption. link] MIKE HIGHLIGHTS // VR Engineer?—?Alex

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DECEMBER 4, 2016

And after a few years of research, the Finnish company decided to move into virtual reality 360-degree capture cameras. The idea is that, as soon as we identified VR was coming — this was before the Oculus acquisition by Facebook — it was clear that one part of VR would be computer-generated experiences, games being the major example.

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ARVR

JUNE 17, 2020

And after taking basic Oculus Quest development course, learning about WebXR, and trying new titles on SideQuest, I thought through this question again with a bigger picture in mind. Virtual Reality: Do We Live In Our Brain’s Simulation Of The World? XR requires HMD(Head Mounted Display) which is big, fragile, and heavy.

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