Road to VR

MARCH 24, 2017

Today’s most immersive virtual reality systems, like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, rely on a bothersome tether to send power and high fidelity imagery to the headset at low latency. But everyone agrees a dangling cable is not only annoying, it’s an immersion detractor. 264 or similar chip solutions.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Thanks to the support of HTC, Rob is experimenting with Vive Trackers , and is very eager to tell you everything about his experiments with them, in a series of two very detailed posts. The post finishes also with the little surprise of an interview with HTC’s Shen Ye. HTC Vive Trackers (Image by Rob Cole). Introduction.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 18, 2017

TPCAST , the company known for creating a wireless adapter for HTC Vive, announced that they’ll be delivering a device that supports the Oculus Rift by the end of the year. TPCast maintains their solution can transmit up 5 meters away at 2k (2160×1200) with a latency of less than 2ms. image courtesy TPCAST.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

VirtualLink was announced back in 2018 with the backing of NVIDIA, AMD, Microsoft, Valve, Oculus, and HTC—representing a bulk of the most significant hardware players in the VR industry. The standard was said to be “purpose-built for VR,” being optimized for latency and the needs of next-generation headsets.

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VRScout

JUNE 19, 2017

It’s a Helsinki-based company (“varjo” is “shadow” in Finnish) that’s been in stealth until now, working to develop a 70 megapixel solution for XR (by comparison, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive run about 1.2 Comparison shot of Varjo Bionic display and Oculus Rift display.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 24, 2024

The best VR headset for PCs can often offer faster performance, lower latency, and access to a broader range of high-quality applications. This could mean you can access crucial business tools, from CAD software to Microsoft Teams’ Immersive Spaces. The benefits don’t just extend to consumers either. Is my PC ok for VR?

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AR Insider

JANUARY 27, 2021

I n 2006, I attended a launch event in San Francisco for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. But that’s a non-starter for anyone outside of the few million people that own VR hardware (much less the compatible HTC and Oculus hardware). The product’s main feature was 3D graphical renderings of U.S. cities, starting with San Francisco.

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Road to VR

MARCH 4, 2019

Nvidia has GeForce Now, Sony has PlayStation Now, and both Google & Microsoft have their own future cloud gaming projects in the work too. and Intel, was delivering a total latency between 4 – 6 ms through their mock-up 5G network. Image courtesy HTC. Image courtesy Ericsson.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

See Also: Redefining the Future of Location-Based Entertainment With HTC VIVE Focus 3 and The Park Playground “Virtual reality is often perceived as being limited to the world of gaming. He adds that one of the main causes of motion sickness in VR experiences is poor latency.

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ARPost

MARCH 31, 2023

So, in the past few weeks we have seen big tech, including Meta and Microsoft, announce massive layoffs , mostly to their XR division and at the same time, pivoting towards artificial intelligence and generative content. The hardware consisted of blue HTC Vive Pros connected to the gaming PCs above.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Now, innovators have transformed virtual reality experiences with low-latency software and upgraded hardware. Latency and Field of View Latency and Field of View (FOV) are components within a VR headset that align virtual information with the real world. Some headsets can even track eye movement for foveated rendering.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 18, 2017

First, he said, I was going to use a generation older hardware from internal prototypes that likely would be improved upon in practically every way before its release as a reference design to developers and eventually to consumers (Google hopes at least HTC can achieve consumer release in 2017 with its first standalone headset).

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 10, 2022

One day before Meta Connect HTC appears to be teasing a consumer Vive standalone headset. Last week HTC teased a new “small” headset on Twitter, sharing a dark image of the corner of what is presumably the visor. — HTC VIVE (@htcvive) October 10, 2022. — HTC VIVE (@htcvive) October 10, 2022.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC is probably going to announce Vive Flow. With a surprise move, HTC Vive has started teasing the launch of a new product. The company has set up a virtual event on the platform ENGAGE (of which HTC is an investor) for October, 14th 2021 at 8 am PDT. Send me hugs while I’m still human!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). Of course, Microsoft and Amazon are observing the situation: in my opinion, Microsoft will wait a bit , considering its focus on AR enterprise with HoloLens, while Amazon could improve its already existing offering of glasses connected with Alexa. Sounded good.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this week’s VRScout Report, we discuss Oculus Story Studio’s Henry Emmy win, NASA training astronauts with virtual reality gloves, Snapchat flirting with augmented reality, HTC Vive trying to go wireless, and iPhone laying potential plans for VR/AR. HOLLYWOOD LOVES HENRY.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 28, 2023

While still in Italy, I verified that Microsoft Teams, Unity, and Github were accessible from China. I have to warn you that the quality of the tethered connection is not the same as Quest Link (there is more latency and more blur), but it’s ok enough to work. So here I’m using the Pico 4 whenever possible.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In 2006, I attended a launch event in San Francisco for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. But that’s a non-starter for anyone outside of the few million people that own VR hardware (much less the compatible HTC and Oculus hardware). The product’s main feature was 3D graphical renderings of U.S. cities, starting with San Francisco.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Firms such as Virbela, Meta Platforms, ENGAGEXR, Spatial, Arthur, NVIDIA Omniverse, Microsoft, Pico Interactive, Varjo, HTC VIVE, and UPWorlds are all working to build these platforms. Latency issues and connectivity problems will fade as customers at the consumer and business level will enjoy smaller devices.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 21, 2024

If you've ever felt a little too tethered to Google, Apple, or Microsoft, you've got an unexpected team-up to think about here. If you know a young person with computing needs, would you get them a Chromebook, Macbook, iPad, Microsoft Surface or splurge for a gaming laptop or desktop? Consider the prospect of back-to-school shopping.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

But immersive head-mounted AR for consumers has had one major hurdle that Microsoft may have just solved. When accuracy and latency isn’t low enough, the augmented objects swing around with your head and your brain doesn’t consider them part of the world. HoloLens’ sensor cluster has a whopping 11 elements.

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VRWorld

JUNE 3, 2016

Microsoft decided to take a calculated risk and leave the Virtual Reality market to Facebook (through Oculus and Samsung) and HTC with their dedicated headsets Gear VR, Rift and Vive. All future users of HoloLens should need is a collaborative suite (perhaps Microsoft’s own HoloOffice?).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 1, 2022

Over the last two years, metaverse technologies have matured due to investments from firms such as Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Epic Games, and many others. It requires a 5G capable infrastructure to increase network capacity and decrease network congestion and latency. billion in 2020 and would reach $829 billion by 2028.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2022

Last month, we got to know that (according to a rumor) Samsung is working together with Microsoft on new AR glasses, most probably powered by a Qualcomm chipset. Very high bandwidth and single or low double-digit millisecond latency is the goal. The metaverse hype is growing, and with it, all the interest of the big brands towards XR.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Oculus and HTC had been holding details surrounding Rift and Vive launch windows close to the chest, probably because they had delays to announce and need to nail down new plans. First, HTC delays the Vive until April 2016, with plans to show an updated developer kit at CES in January. In December, these plans become known.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

This has major implications for the metaverse , which involves high-volume data processing at low-latency speeds. Edge computing technology reduces latency and increases the quality of service (QoS), resulting in a better experience for users. Reduced latency. Understanding Edge Computing in Relation to the Metaverse.

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

While the second generation handsets from HTC and Oculus are getting shape hidden from the public eye, there are significant changes being announced or previewed for the upcoming Holiday season. Using HTC Vive immerses you in a virtual environment, but you can still feel the wire, ravel and worse. Great… or weird?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 30, 2024

Finally, Meta improved graphic performance by debuting a new frame timing algorithm that reduces latency and stuttering in specific Quest applications. The OpenXR API is crucial for many XR headsets from vendors such as Acer, ByteDance, Canon, HTC, Magic Leap, Meta, Microsoft, Sony, XREAL, Qualcomm, Valve, and Varjo.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Part of all of this is merit of Jeri (Image by HTC). It’s like yep yep, it’s got six milliseconds latency. required on the host system) Supports applications running up to 60 fps Stereo speakers Microphone 85 grams total weight of glasses Bluetooth Low Energy for low latency connectivity. The Vive Wands.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Together with connection reliability, the Client updates included much improved inside-out tracking, local dimming, lighthouse mode, audio latency adjustment, bug fixes, and other important features. Arguably the most important update, and something long awaited by the non-Beta community, was the activation of eye tracking.

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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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

The HTC Vive is arguably the best out there, but having to buy a souped-up laptop just to run it, paying full price for brief games that feel more like demos, and trailing a huge cable off your head and fumbling to mount trackers on your ceiling…it’s not ideal.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Motion-to-Photon latency is touted at 15ms whilst the refresh rate is either 90hz or 120hz. The XR2 processor is already used in other products like Meta Quest 2 and HTC Vive XR Elite, making porting of games much simpler. The Crystal controllers are surprisingly small, each one weighing only 130 grams.

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VRWorld

APRIL 20, 2017

” Microsoft explains why the company opted against combining Polaris GPU with RYZEN CPU architecture. ” Microsoft Doesn’t really Want Mobile Phones (Again). “Microsoft seems to have shut down the service, breaking the one official upgrade path that existed.

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VRWorld

APRIL 30, 2017

“ HTC Vive ecosystem expands with eye tracking. The module is called the aGlass and it will be available for “limited pre-order sales” next month, according to HTC. M IOPS of random performance, over 7 GB/s of throughput, and ultra-low transactional latency of 20 us.” link] a-hire/.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 30, 2023

The cross-platform tool allows developers to develop gaming solutions with zero latency and costs. Users can also port across mobile phones, PCs, and gaming consoles such as the Sony PlayStation, Microsoft XBOX, and Nintendo Switch. Unity is offering the solutions in a closed beta, with opportunities to provide feedback.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Over time we think AR and VR converge into a world that the Microsoft folks call “mixed reality.” So, for me, there’s a set of technological things that feel further off in terms of what you might call “high-end AR” compared to what we are seeing in a “high-end VR” experience like an HTC Vive.

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