The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! The Venture Reality Fund and of course HTC. — Alvin Wang Graylin (@AGraylin) October 18, 2018. Really fantastic.

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VRScout

JUNE 21, 2019

Record yourself in the virtual world with Oculus’ official MRC kit. Yesterday, Oculus launched its official set of Mixed Reality Capture Tools for the Oculus Quest, allowing users to record high-quality gameplay footage where real-world objects and people appear in VR.

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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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VRScout

JULY 10, 2017

Apple’s ARKit combined HTC Vive shows us the future of mixed reality. We recently covered some of the cooler creations made using the intuitive software in a previous post. We recently covered some of the cooler creations made using the intuitive software in a previous post. — Normal (@normalvr) July 10, 2017.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

One of the most important aspects of truly immersive VR is the ability to use motion controls to interact with the virtual environment. Sure there are plenty of fun experiences that utilize standard gamepads or even no controls at all, but there’s no denying the incredible sensation of altering the virtual world with your own two hands.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Developing with a VR headset doesn’t necessarily mean you’re developing a VR app; the HTC Vive is finding unexpected use as a camera for virtual worlds, too. Tagged with: htc vive , shooting , trailers , VRCameraman. VRCameraman costs $25 from the Unity asset store.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The company got more than $10M of investment over the years, including important support from HTC Vive, which uses its spaces to organize the virtual events to launch its XR hardware. Keep in mind that the software has been released yesterday, so it’s still in the early stages (I will come back to this at the end of the article).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 19, 2020

Yesterday, I attended the Vive Ecosystem Conference, the annual event by HTC, that his year was held completely inside ENGAGE. Due to Coronavirus concerns, most companies are canceling their events, while others are deciding to transform them into virtual versions. Last year, I was there physically in Shenzhen for the same event.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

HTC’s VR app store is now live, giving you more options to discover and experience non-gaming content. Back in August at VRLA , HTC announced they would be opening a dedicated virtual reality app store called Viveport, which would be home to a host of largely non-gaming immersive content. Viveport Premieres.

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VRScout

APRIL 17, 2018

The omnidirectional treadmill is one of a handful of locomotion methods shown in Ready Player One’s future world, but are any of these actually possible? How is modern technology setting us up to move around the virtual worlds of the future? Driving and Flight Simulators. With the SteamVR 2.0

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MARCH 6, 2017

Dinosaur kicking for $300 is certainly funny, but it’s also a great example of a broad effort by developers and hardware manufacturers to make virtual worlds more responsive to human behavior. This is what it took for me to realize just how empowering eye tracking will be for VR software designers.

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VRScout

JUNE 28, 2017

“We’ve actually done more than a hundred prototypes,” comments Google software engineer Rob Jagnow in the video. Maybe one [week] we’re looking into what makes a comfortable reading experience, the other week might be testing a game or looking at mixed reality, or new ways to be bring a real world camera into a virtual world.”.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) is a global software company at the forefront of simulation training solutions for defense and civilian organizations. Today, we’ve grown to around 300 staff, about two-thirds of whom are software developers. . BISim products are used in over 60 countries and by over 300 integrators.

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VRScout

JULY 16, 2020

SABINNA has partnered with VRHUMAN (aka Vladamir Ilic), who combines new mediums like Tilt Brush, 3D-software, and traditional media to expand our understanding of how we interact with our surroundings and with ourselves. said Mark Melling, Head of EMEA at RYOT.

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APRIL 5, 2017

One year ago HTC Vive started arriving for buyers. These boxes disappear when wearing the headset and you find yourself with the freedom to walk several steps around a virtual world and use your hands to interact with it. “That removed the guesswork for them.”.

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Road to VR

JULY 6, 2017

Today Google is launching Blocks for free for both Oculus Rift and HTC Vive in effort to let VR headset owners easily create low-poly 3D objects in the time it takes you to come up with an idea. Google says Blocks is designed to “feel more like playing with children’s blocks than working with traditional 3D modeling software.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Over the years, technology has become smaller, lighter, more comfortable, and with faster processing, breathing life into the virtual world. Also, unlike augmented reality (AR), which people can access via smartphones and smart glasses, VR relies on larger headsets and controllers to interact with fully-immersive virtual worlds.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Combining spatial computing with the Internet, the Metaverse seeks to seamlessly connect the digital and physical worlds and transform online interactions. Evan Gappelberg, Chief Executive and Founder of Nextech AR , said in an interview with XR Today that metaverse solutions would “bridge virtual, hybrid, and in-person experiences.”

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 31, 2021

Triad was an instrumental partner in bringing Valve’s tracking technology to production , with the photodiodes used in SteamVR headsets, tracking pucks, and motion controllers produced by Triad’s factory and shipped to off-shore manufacturing partners building XR equipment for brands like HTC, Pimax, Varjo , StarVR, and Valve.

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ARPost

JANUARY 6, 2022

XR gaming brings real-world elements and virtual elements together to create interactive 3D experiences. It encompasses all immersive technologies that bring the physical and virtual worlds together. It covers everything from virtual reality and augmented reality to mixed reality. See Also: VR Gaming for Adults.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Users will also have the opportunity to take home some cash in the $1,000 Best Avatar contest, as well as the $700 Best Domain (virtual world) competition. . Users are free to explore new worlds, participate in various multiplayer games, and attend numerous special in-game events.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Described as “the next generation of music creation”, this built-for-VR software aims to give the user the ability to produce slick beats “without needing any prior musical knowledge, skill, or experience.” ” The title is planned to support SteamVR, HTC Vive, PSVR, and Oculus Rift. Image courtesy Survios.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 8, 2024

Ditching the standalone system and moving to a PCVR headset made a lot of sense considering the very high financial cost of populating a competing standalone VR store with compelling enough software to entice people into a new ecosystem. Looking up inside the virtual world (Image by R. Rear headset harness (Image by R.

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Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2017

” SteamVR and HTC Vive on Mac OS. While Steam has been Mac compatible for some time now, Apple announced that Valve will be bringing SteamVR to Mac too, allowing the HTC Vive to run VR games on Mac systems. .” Following that, the company “will be rolling out support to all of our customers in the months to come.”

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ARPost

APRIL 11, 2023

VR-Enabled Online Shopping Experiences VR creates an immersive visual environment, including 360-degree videos, photos, product demos, and complex experiences using devices such as the HTC Vive or Oculus Quest. Hands-On Review Unlike AR, VR is entirely simulated and disconnected from the physical world.

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VRScout

APRIL 1, 2020

Technology can augment the world around us, it can enhance the human experience, our capabilities, and also extend our reality to digital and virtual worlds. Brain-computer interface systems like Neurable’s VR game Awakening uses an electrode-laden headband, connected to an HTC Vive HMD, to track brain activity.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 6, 2017

VR input gloves are getting a big boost thanks to HTC’s newly revealed Vive Tracker. SEE ALSO Hands-on: HTC's New Vive Tracker Makes VR More Immersive With Specialized Accessories. Pointing, in particular, worked well enough that it became a more precise way to activate virtual buttons to make various selections.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

In short, I saw a series of well-designed spaces equipped with some of the best virtual reality hardware and software available. HTC is betting big on VR arcades in China. An arcade version of its Viveport VR content store is designed to make it easier for groups to set up a location equipped with a variety of worlds to visit.

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ARPost

MARCH 31, 2023

The hardware consisted of blue HTC Vive Pros connected to the gaming PCs above. The HTC Vive Pros were tethered, so there was no latency but the game did have a peculiar dense, dreamlike aspect to it, which often stems from lower refresh rates. Have fun and keep on rocking in the virtual world!

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VRScout

JUNE 4, 2020

It’s an important part of how modern VR hardware immerses you in experiences by allowing you to “feel” the virtual world around you. Feelbelt developed a patented process and a one-of-a-kind software to build out a tool that promises to deliver a new layer of immersion to VR, gaming, movies, and music.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

One effective way to achieve this is with mixed reality, a combination of capture techniques that merge footage of the real world with the virtual world. Valve’s introduction video to SteamVR at the launch of the HTC Vive last year remains a superb illustration of the impact of presenting VR in this way.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Flagship products such as the Meta Quest Pro, Pico 4 and Pico 4 Enterprise, and HTC VIVE Focus 3 and Flow devices have recently hit shelves, sparking interest in the emerging technology. These experiences connect people to simulated virtual worlds, visualised data, and collaborative platforms to connect with others.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Have you ever wondered, “How does virtual reality work?” How can the right combination of hardware and software instantly transport us into a new world? What components does a “virtual reality” experience need to be truly immersive? In recent years, the “virtual reality” world has evolved drastically.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2022

It is working on some form of virtual currency, that has been internally named “Zuck Buck” (I love this name, actually). It should not be based on cryptocurrency like Libra, but just be virtual money similar to Robux in Roblox, and we can expect it to be used in virtual worlds.

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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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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

More info (Quest 3 going ok in Steam Hardware Survey) More info (Quest 2 selling much better than Quest 3 on Amazon) HTC announced the Vive Ultimate Tracker Finally, HTC has officially announced the Vive Ultimate Tracker, its standalone inside-out tracker unit. Lone Echo).

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JANUARY 25, 2017

The HTC Vive Tracker presents a lot of new possibilities for VR software, and the company is making sure developers make the most of it. Notably, there’s a field to write how many Trackers you require, though HTC will have final say on that and reserves the right to recall the units at any time.

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