XR Today - VR Headsets tag

JANUARY 31, 2024

When HTC VIVE started teasing the HTC VIVE Flow way back in 2021 , it left some consumers a little confused. The virtual reality “glasses” looked nothing like the headsets we were already familiar with from vendors like Meta. Still, they managed to earn a decent amount of attention.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Samsung follows with another mobile headset (Gear VR). And HTC is close behind with its high-end headset, Vive, thanks to its partnership with Valve and the very popular Steam platform. He launched the first browser-based Virtual World in 2008 for which he was awarded in 2011 by the Virtual Worlds community.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

But now we are in the time of VR, where anything is possible and whatever you want to create or do can all probably be done in a virtual world. One team at a Netflix’s Hack Day, created just that, with their concept of a Netflix video rental store in virtual reality.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Disappointingly, he did not disclose any sales numbers for the Oculus Rift– instead taking the chance to remind Facebook’s investors that the Oculus-supported Samsung Gear VR has now sold 5M+ units. NEW CONTROLLERS & NEW GAMES ON HORIZON FOR HTC VIVE AND VALVE. INVESTMENT & FUNDING WRAPUP.

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VRScout

MARCH 6, 2017

First Windows mixed reality dev headset ships, dive into the virtual world via Xbox, high-end VR gets more affordable, Rogue One used VR to direct scenes, the investment & funding wrapup, and much more… FIRST WINDOWS MIXED REALITY HEADSET SHIPS LATER THIS MONTH. THE UPCOMING SAMSUNG GEAR VR CONTROLLER IS COOL.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 3, 2017

Small, fluid moves make it easy to navigate, jump, crawl, run, shoot or otherwise survive, for example, in a post-apocalyptic virtual world.” Most notable is the long list of compatible platforms from all Windows PCs, Android devices, Steam, the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, Google Daydream, and more.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Zuck and another Meta employee entered an empty virtual world, and Zuck started saying what he wanted to see in it and the AI answered by crafting exactly what he wanted. “I HTC released a trailer about his vision for the metaverse. HTC has released a trailer video with his vision of the metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Chinese manufacturers BOE and SeeYA may provide cheaper displays in higher quantities than Sony is doing now, while Samsung may be supplying the DRAM components. It’s interesting to see that Neurable is still around and kicking: a few years ago there was a bit of hype around it when it created an EEG-based “mind controller” for the HTC Vive.

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VRScout

JULY 18, 2017

Live stream your cartoon virtual avatar on Facebook, Slate launches new live show in Facebook Spaces, join your friend to play with art together, Facebook’s standalone headset is coming, the investment & funding wrapup, and more…. MIXED REALITY ON THE IPAD THANKS TO ARKIT AND HTC VIVE. FACEBOOK’S STANDALONE HEADSET: IT’S COMING.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 4, 2017

Offering its users the easiest way to chat, share, broadcast and record in virtual reality, vTime is now live on five VR platforms: Samsung Gear VR , Oculus Rift , Google Cardboard , iPhone and Google Daydream. Completely cross platform, vTime will be available on all major VR platforms soon, with support for HTC Vive coming soon.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Samsung will manufacture the chips for Facebook AR glasses. According to the Korean outlet “The Electronic Times”, Samsung will manufacture the tracking chips that will be used by Facebook AR glasses. A new patent highlights the possible design of future Samsung AR glasses. HTC keeps updating the Vive Cosmos. More info.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

After registering over at Cyberia Film Festival in VR (100% free), users will be instructed on how to access this weekend’s screening of 38 short films collected from across the globe using a VR headset such as the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive or Samsung Gear VR.

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Hypergrid Business

JULY 11, 2017

The quality is better than in the mobile sets but, in my opinion, not as good at the HTC Vive. And speaking of the HTC Vive, it’s also on sale today, for $700 , or $100 off its regular price of $800. In my opinion, the HTC Vive is hands-down the best virtual reality headset on the market today.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

The small company has a good background in making social virtual worlds, however – before building HelloVR, CEO Dedric Reid was Head of Design at Altspace (a social VR platform that has raised almost $16M in three rounds of funding). Interestingly enough, the open world features wildlife simulations provided by IBM’s Watson.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Supporting PC headsets like Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Windows Mixed Reality, Valve Index, Oculus Go and Samsung Gear VR with cross-platform integration, Galaxity is one of these open worlds all about community and social interaction, completely free to download and start exploring.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 19, 2016

If you have a Samsung Gear VR, you can now connect with your Facebook friends through Oculus Home. First promised at the Oculus Connect 3 conference, you can now start a voice call (called a Party) with up to 3 friends—and then connect with those friends in a virtual playspaces (called a Room). PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEXT 2 YEARS OF VR.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Both the Gear VR and HTC Vive versions of Guided Meditation VR mellowed me out in beautiful ways. The Gear VR version is great, don’t get me wrong, but due to its lack of processing power I can easily tell I’m in a virtual world.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 28, 2017

” “It’s been a dream of mine to work in virtual reality even back when AR/VR were just figments of science fiction; now we’re taking selfies in virtual worlds,” writes Barra. Hugo is going to help build that future, and I’m looking forward to having him on our team.”

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

It’s important to remember that every VR device fits one of three categories: mobile (meaning it uses the user’s smartphone to produce its virtual world), tethered (meaning the device must be hooked up to a PC or console) or more recently, “all-in-one” (meaning the computing hardware is built into the headset itself). Photo by Samsung.

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VRWorld

MAY 27, 2016

We received word from WorldViz that they are putting the finishing touches on a Virtual Reality expansion for their PPT (Precision Position Tracking) system. meters i.e. 26,910 sq. feet are covered with a single device. “The beauty of our PPT system and the new plug-ins is that they take the orientation data from the game engine.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2019

But this time, Valve has made it without the collaboration of HTC. The specs list is very similar to the one of the HTC Vive Pro. This great innovation, according to Valve, will let you have +20° FOV on your perceived virtual world. I tried it in Beijing at HTC offices and I was amazed by this possibility.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

They also say that the user’s gaze can be used to make UI selections, target enemies, create depth of field, or trigger context-sensitive events that only happen when the user is looking in a certain location within the virtual world. You’ll of course note the zero in the headset’s name. Connections: HDMI 1.4,

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 9, 2017

5 million Gear VRs sold is a major milestone for Facebook and Samsung, as is $3 million in sales for Job Simulator , a best-selling room-scale game. Even the Oculus Rift’s largest “ experimental ” room-scale setup is smaller than what’s possible with the HTC Vive, which uses Valve’s tracking system.

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XROM

JUNE 4, 2023

link] But the competition doesn't stop there, with HMD companies from around the world, including Magic Leap , HTC, NReal, Lenovo, Samsung, Sony, HP, PicoVR, and many others, joining the race. Meanwhile, Meta, formerly Facebook , has announced its Meta Quest 3 VR/MR Glasses to compete with Apple.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Lessons Learned From A Thousand Virtual Worlds. Rikard Steiber (HTC), Joel Breton (HTC). As President of Viveport and Head of Vive Studios respectively, Rikard Steiber and Joel Breton are two of the most senior figures working on the HTC Vive today. Alon Or-bach (Samsung Electronics), Kaye Mason (Google).

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Peter Graham

MARCH 19, 2020

If you want to play Valve’s upcoming videogame epic Half-Life: Alyx then you’re going to need more than just a PC because this new instalment is only for virtual reality (VR) headsets. Half-Life: Alyx will be Valve’s flagship VR experience but there’s more than one way to dive into this virtual world on 23rd March.

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2016

To help do that, I coordinate engineering efforts internal to Epic as well as well as manage relationships with other companies like Oculus, Valve and Samsung to make sure that UE4 lets people maximize the potential of the engine to the fullest and that it’s easy to use.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

While the VRGO Mini is padded what VRFocus is talking about is virtual comfort when moving through virtual worlds. So what’s the point of a VR locomotion controller you can sit on? The comfort of course. To see what VRFocus thought about the device before you put money down check out the hands-on preview.

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Infinityleap

MAY 11, 2016

Earlier last week, Oculus announced a handful of new changes to Gear VR , its mobile headset for Samsung phones, along with one big new Facebook feature created with virtual reality (VR) in mind: the arrival of 360-degree photo capability in Facebook’s News Feed. Photo credit: Samsung).

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

HDR OLED Panels PSVR 2 is the only released VR headset with OLED panels since the 2018 Samsung Odyssey+. While the original Oculus Rift and HTC Vive (and even the original Quest) used OLED, LCD has almost entirely taken over the VR market since then. Why did that happen? In some ways it’s a matter of cost.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Dominic Brennan from Road to VR estimates that Santa Cruz is using the same 1,440 × 1,600 displays that are also found in the Samsung Odyssey and Vive Pro headsets. According to UploadVR , citing independent sources, Oculus is targeting a Santa Cruz release date for Q1 2019 but the world will really find out on the 26th and 27th at OC5.For

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 18, 2025

More info The Samsung headset should have motion controllers According to a report by SamMobile, Samsung will be making its own first-party handsets for its upcoming Project Moohan headset. This means that Samsung wont go all-in with hand tracking like Apple did.

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RealVision VR

JULY 14, 2016

2: Build for Room-sized Virtual Reality. The HTC Vive headset is in the lead. Oculus’ rift and even the Samsung GearVR (a darling of VR marketing depts) will soon have room scale tracking capability. Or, is it a replication of a real world experience. We’ll revisit points 2 and 3 later again in this article.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Alvin is the China President at #HTC leading all aspects of HTC’s business in the region (Vive/VR, phone, Viveport content platform, partnerships and investments). Has been at the forefront when it comes to XR, earlier he was VP, Platform Strategy & Dev Community at #HTC and is currently working at Facebook Reality labs.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

I ended up at Valve Software running their hardware department, putting the team together that created the HTC Vive. Just recently, in the last few years, I founded a company called CastAR, where we’re making AR glasses that allow you to blend virtual graphics with real-world objects on your table. Ellsworth: VR is amazing.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Its userbase is superior to known PCVR headsets like the HTC Vive Pro and Pro 2 and most probably in the next weeks, it will also surpass the Pico 4. We don’t have much information about them, but Samsung trademarked the name “Samsung Glasses” some time ago, so this may be a possible name.

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ARPost

MARCH 2, 2021

Giants such as Oculus, HTC, Sony, Microsoft, Samsung, Walmart, and many others have been implementing their technologies in this field for a long time. The introduction of virtual reality technology in many areas: oil and gas industry, engineering, energy, metallurgy, telecommunications, advertising, and many others. Engagement.

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