VRScout

MARCH 19, 2018

This is often why directors will throw their talent into massive green screen sets while wearing motion capture suits and leave it entirely up to their imagination. The only way the cast had a chance to understand where they were – we all had virtual reality Oculus* goggles.

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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

JANUARY 18, 2021

Case in point: VRChat is host to a growing community of people strapping on motion-trackers to have live dance battles in virtual reality. These are real people, connected virtually from around the world, actually performing these dance moves in real-time. Dance #VR #VRChat. — MAKOTO (@MAKOTO_VR) November 11, 2020.

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Road to VR

APRIL 20, 2018

As an official partner of Ready Player One , HTC has been using the film to highlight its VR wares. In addition to releasing several VR experiences inspired by the movie , the company has released a behind-the-scenes short showing how immersive virtual reality was used in the production process.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 12, 2021

What people required the most in a new VR headset, according to a survey proposed by HTC Vive. In the first one, you can read what are the features that people that HTC interviewed were asking for a VR headset : HTC has used these data to design its new headset and accompanying software ecosystem so that to fulfill these requests.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 7, 2022

Today with great pleasure I introduce you to WalkOVR , an interesting tracking solution for Virtual Reality. WalkOVR is a company specifically focused on user movements in Virtual Reality through its proprietary wearable solutions. We still improve ourselves; especially on the motion capture side.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 31, 2025

HTC XR solutions have been revolutionizing the extended reality landscape for some time now. Today, HTC XR solutions, from the VIVE headsets to the VIVERSE metaverse environment, are reshaping numerous sectors. Today, HTC XR solutions, from the VIVE headsets to the VIVERSE metaverse environment, are reshaping numerous sectors.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

It’s emerged that last year’s Star Wars: Rogue One , used existing virtual reality technology – specifically HTC Vive’s Steam VR tracking – to allow the film’s director to compose visual effects shots for the movie. Watch how it was done.

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Road to VR

APRIL 14, 2017

Revealed in the description of the new promo released today on the company’s YouTube channel, the makers of Mindshow haven’t cranked down on a definite release date yet, but have said it will be launching on HTC Vive. Once everything is set, users can record the scene and capture voice-over as they are acting out the scene.

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ARPost

JUNE 27, 2019

3D images are a necessary component for any virtual reality experience. The virtual reality toolset makes it easier than ever to create VR content from live film. The virtual reality toolset makes it easier than ever to create VR content from live film. Live Client is a tool for facial motion capture.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2017

Sensic, a long-time player in virtual reality and co-founder of OSVR , finally released their VR headset destined to make its way to public venues such as theme parks and arcades. IR motion capture for VR, image courtesy OptiTrack. pre-production model, image courtesy Sensics. image courtesy Sensics.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

In homage to the greatest movie ever made, Sony Pictures Virtual Reality – the VR arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment – has developed a virtual reality game that puts you in a Punxsutawney time loop. The game will comes to PlayStation, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive later this year. Click To Tweet. Click To Tweet.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 12, 2024

In the last few years, there’s been less hype around VR gloves and haptic accessories in the extended reality space. However, as the adoption of virtual reality grows in the business landscape for training, product development, and collaboration, this is beginning to change.

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VRScout

AUGUST 19, 2016

You are in Firebird: La Péri , a gorgeous virtual reality interactive narrative. Captured with motion capture technology and ballet dancers in France, Hayoun Kwon’s production team wisely retained and refreshed the original music from 1912. Firebird: La Péri is now available in the Steam store for HTC Vive.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 6, 2016

The application aims to give anyone access to simple tools to tell stories in virtual reality. After raising $6 million in venture capital earlier this year, Visionary VR has come out of stealth to reveal Mindshow , a VR application for the HTC Vive which aims to make telling stories in VR so easy that anyone can do it.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

While developing for virtual reality can be an exciting and rewarding experience, it’s also anything but easy. Thankfully there are various accelerator programs, incubators and developer centers full of amazing teams committed to supporting virtual reality developers and their wild ambitions. I sure as hell am.

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VRScout

AUGUST 30, 2017

Will these couples find true love in virtual reality? The format has progressed from game show contestant matchmaking to modern day reality-style shows where the cast competes to hookup. Each person is 3D scanned to create their virtual avatar and strapped into a HTC Vive with sensors to track body movements.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 5, 2017

Noitom have unveiled their VR gloves which aim to put your hands and fingers into virtual reality with motion tracking provided courtesy of HTC’s recently launched Vive Tracker accessory. SEE ALSO Hands-on: HTC's New Vive Tracker Makes VR More Immersive With Specialized Accessories.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Theme and amusement parks have begun incorporating VR technologies from HTC VIVE for novel attractions. Major metaverse platforms such as Horizon Worlds, Pico Worlds, STYLY, HTC’s VIVERSE, Epic Games’ Fortnite, Roblox, and others are building metaverse infrastructure. VR Theme Parks.

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VRScout

APRIL 20, 2017

While driving around, the truck tends to attract people with very limited knowledge or experience with virtual reality—which, according to Koenig is, “exactly the point.” The software enables users to transform standard VR devices like Oculus Rift or HTC Vive into a fully operational television studio and motion-capture system.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 9, 2017

Once prepared, controlling the movement is where VR is at its most intuitive, as the motion-tracked hardware means that a simple form of motion capture is readily available, although it’s not always appropriate, depending upon what’s being animated.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Published by Sony Pictures Virtual Reality (SPVR) and produced by SPVR and MWM Immersive , Groundhog Day VR is slated to land on the PlayStation Store later this year for PSVR. The studio claims Groundhog Day VR will provide eight hours of puzzles and branching narrative gameplay. Image courtesy Tequila Works.

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2018

Special announcements from Intel, with Kumar Kaushik, GM, Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality. Rikard Steiber, President Viveport and SVP of Virtual Reality, HTC Vive. Gary Radburn, Director, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Dell. YouTube star Vsauce3 (aka Jake Roper).

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

Special announcements from Intel, with Kumar Kaushik, GM, Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality. Rikard Steiber, President Viveport and SVP of Virtual Reality, HTC Vive. Gary Radburn, Director, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Dell. YouTube star Vsauce3 (aka Jake Roper).

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VRScout

JUNE 29, 2016

We have experienced creation tools like Google’s Tilt Brush on the HTC Vive, which lets you paint in a 3D space, letting you wave your hand controllers in the air to lay to down strokes of paint. Not only does it require complex software or motion capture setups, there can be quite a steep learning curve.

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VRScout

JUNE 3, 2016

According to a press release Notget “combines high resolution 3D scans, on-location holostudio, motion capture and videogrammetry along with real-time special audio design that envelopes and embeds the user into Björk’s performance.

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VRScout

JULY 24, 2018

Instead of just dropping into a pre-recorded VR experience, users got to conduct a live interview with Mikey or Donnie while in virtual reality. The Entertainment Lab worked with the Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles production to bring their uniquely stylized environment and characters into an immersive virtual reality set.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 17, 2017

LA Noire VR draws upon the same foundation of impressive facial motion capture that was a hallmark of the original; the remake offers up several cases from the original game that have been reworked for VR. Available On: HTC Vive ( Steam , Viveport , Rockstar Warehouse ). Noire: The VR Case Files Details: Official Site.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Now, he turns his eye towards virtual reality with Gnomes & Goblins , an original production from Wevr in partnership with Reality One. To announce this European premiere, Björk held a press conference and beamed herself in (from Iceland) via a psychedelic motion-captured avatar churning with colors (because why not?).

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Virginia Commonwealth University , or VCU for short, is the latest educational facility to install a Virtual Reality lab on their premises. There were many demonstrations on display in the VR lab, including advanced motion capture devices and a game of catch with a robot. Comment below and let us know!

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Road to VR

AUGUST 22, 2016

The artful and delightful virtual reality ballet La Peri has has been re-launched with a new name, adding Lord of the Rings voice actor John Rhys-Davies alongside numerous other enhancements in this unique ‘must own’ VR experience, now known as Firebird: La Péri. You can grab it from Steam right here.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Leap Motion released a second sensor some years later, but as Alex Colgan revealed me , it was not intended for sale , but only for integration in other headsets. Oculus and HTC), there were some cases when this sensor could actually prove to be very useful for some experiments. And the fact that it was not on sale was frustrating.

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 7, 2016

The application aims to give anyone access to simple tools to tell stories in virtual reality. After raising $6 million in venture capital earlier this year, Visionary VR has come out of stealth to reveal Mindshow, a VR application for the HTC Vive which aims to make telling stories in VR so easy that anyone can do it.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

UltraLeap Tobii Manus Spectre XR Rokid Contact CI Emerge HTC VIVE OpenBCI UltraLeap Dedicated to transforming the way users share valuable data with XR solutions and applications, UltraLeap has produced a host of powerful technologies for the hand and eye tracking sector. Here are just some of the vendors worth watching.

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ARPost

JUNE 3, 2022

“When is this mixed reality future going to happen? The glove is capable of intricate motion capture, including for use in XR applications. It’s happening now in places like [AWE].”. StretchSense. StretchSense looks like a cool-weather athletic glove. But, it has powers. Big thinkers indeed.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 24, 2020

Ever since virtual reality (VR) remerged as a viable consumer product the quest has been to make the technology as immersive and interactive as possible. That’s lead to motion controllers, eye tracking and hand tracking but full-body tracking has stopped and started due to the complexities of this process.

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Steki Amusement

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Since 2015, China’s greatest contribution to the global virtual reality (VR) industry has been the discovery of offline VR experience stores. Some foreign companies have successively announced VR theme park projects with the intention of applying VR (virtual reality) & AR (augmented reality) technologies to theme parks.

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