Road to VR

APRIL 2, 2018

Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 845 VRDK , a VR headset reference design for hardware and software developers, is now offering 6DOF controller input with ultrasonic tracking.

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Hypergrid Business

APRIL 30, 2020

(Image courtesy HTC Vive.). Yesterday afternoon, I got a preview of the new HCT Vive Sync virtual meeting platform from HTC Vive, and it’s the best one I’ve seen yet — and I have seen a lot of these platforms. — HTC VIVE (@htcvive) April 30, 2020. Image courtesy HTC Vive.). VIVE Focus Plus.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

And they’ll be powered by new GPUs and graphics software that will be almost unrecognizably different from today’s technology. All of this innovation points to a new way of interacting with computers, and this will require not just a new devices or software but an entirely new system for VR.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

Racket: NX is a VR game powered by Waves NX’s spatial audio software. I’d be in VR and turn my head away from an audio source, the sound would cut out completely from one of my ears ignoring how real acoustics operated. This is why they created the Waves NX head tracker. So how does this all translate to VR?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Some time ago, it had already released the public specifications for the headset , and so many 3rd party vendors had been able to design and sell their viewers, but now even all the software has been released on GitHub. That is, all the software layer of Cardboard is public domain now. The hype is rising…. News worth a mention.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 9, 2017

This strange little feature, included as part of the company’s upcoming Entertainment Hub storefront, takes AAA games and ‘upscales’ them to run inside the HTC Vive. Despite being on Vive with two base stations facing me, positional tracking was completely disabled in this mode.

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Upload VR

JUNE 17, 2024

Later, the HTC Vive powered over PC by SteamVR promised to pair with your phone to keep you connected while in VR. enjoy a simple head-tracked game like Proton Pulse inside a literal cardboard box – just as you can today on a $3500 Apple Vision Pro. 0:00 / 1:14 1× Playing Call of Duty Warzone in VR via iPhone AirPlay Mirroring.

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2016

According to Shawn Nash, the software engineer responsible for implementing VR into iRacing , it was a very close call. “We DK2 owners will be pleased to hear that the racing sim remains fully compatible with the older headset too, but HTC Vive owners will have to wait a bit longer, as iRacing currently lacks official support for the headset.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Whether you just need a decent monitor replacement, or you have grand dreams of using a PC entirely in VR, it’ll be worth trying at least one of these apps, all of which are available on the HTC Vive or Oculus Rift via SteamVR. Virtual Desktop.

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Doc-Ok

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Now that Vrui is working on the HTC Vive (at least until the next SteamVR update breaks ABI again), I can finally go back and give Vrui-based applications some tender loving care. Figure 1: Analyzing a CAT scan with 3D Visualizer on the HTC Vive. Figure 1: Analyzing a CAT scan with 3D Visualizer on the HTC Vive. Cat included.

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VR Geeks

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The vorpx is the software that allows you to play non-VR PC games on Rift or Vive. Whether you have a terrible Steam library (in a good way), youre probably wondering if and how you can play all of your games on your Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. No, you wont be put into your game right away, and there wont be any head tracking.

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VRWorld

JANUARY 30, 2017

This should overall improve head tracking problems we had on Pimax 4K. This is now a price competitor to HTC Vive, which sells at the same price (not in all markets). Even though the price is the same, previous generation product simply did not had the software support which made Pimax 4K tedious to use.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

If you have a newer Android phone and a good gaming computer, it’s possible to prototype, test, and share your VR projects with the world using third-party software like RiftCat’s VRidge. VRidge is software that streams PC VR experiences to your phone via wifi. Install the Leap Motion Orion software. Your VR Prototyping Kit. $63

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Doc-Ok

JUNE 8, 2016

To prevent this kind of thing from happening — at least in most cases — Valve implemented a system called “Chaperone” into the SteamVR run-time framework that runs their and HTC’s Vive VR headset (and potentially other headsets, through Valve’s OpenVR layer). ′ screen, angled like a drafting table.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Then you needed software, and the software didn’t exist yet, so you had to make it. And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking. HTC VIVE sold a couple million. PlayStation is gonna be 4.5-million million sold.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Then you needed software, and the software didn’t exist yet, so you had to make it. And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking. HTC VIVE sold a couple million. PlayStation is gonna be 4.5-million million sold.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Then you needed software, and the software didn't exist yet, so you had to make it. And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking. HTC VIVE sold a couple million. combine that with a computer. PlayStation is gonna be 4.5-million

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

I think we’re at third, fourth generation devices at this point and the software has matured. What you’re saying, pick-and-pack software on smartglasses, that’s standard for them now. It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they’re pivoting to enterprise. Alan: Absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

I think we’re at third, fourth generation devices at this point and the software has matured. What you’re saying, pick-and-pack software on smartglasses, that’s standard for them now. It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they’re pivoting to enterprise. Alan: Absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

I think we're at third, fourth generation devices at this point and the software has matured. What you're saying, pick-and-pack software on smartglasses, that's standard for them now. It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they're pivoting to enterprise. Alan: Absolutely. So it's just grown a lot.

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