The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2022

Ten days ago, I revealed to you that I was going to Austin, Texas to attend the SXSW, one of the most important events about creativity and technology in the USA. The event hasn’t been held physically for 2 years because of the coronavirus, and it is finally back in Austin Texas just now. Going SXSW. SXSW Logo (Image by SXSW).

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Zaxby’s is taking an interactive HTC VIVE experience on tour to tailgaters across the country. The “Zaxby’s Fanz of Flavor” tour is hitting the road with a full-sized wooden barn where you can get your hands on the HTC VIVE and a few custom interactive VR experiences. 4 – University of Texas vs. Notre Dame. 1 – FSU vs. UNC.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 23, 2017

The legendary annual QuakeCon is held in Dallas, Texas hosted by parent company ZeniMax Media is home to publisher Bethesda Softworks’ world-famous IP, with this year’s focus on the Quake World Championships esport competition. SEE ALSO 'Doom VFR' Devs Detail Gameplay, Setting, and Locomotion in New Video.

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VRScout

JANUARY 23, 2019

” Virtuix is a Texas-based start-up founded in 2013 best known for developing the Omni VR treadmill. Recently, HTC and HP announced a partnership with the company, putting down a $50,000 Prize pool for ESPORTS tournaments in 2019. We’re not a stand-in-place VR attraction that players try just once.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 22, 2017

This week, the company asked a South Texas court to either carry out that request or for Oculus to pay it 20% in royalties of revenue for the next 10 years. None of these games are officially coming to the Rift at this time, instead releasing on rival platforms like the HTC Vive and PlayStation VR (PSVR).

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VRScout

APRIL 25, 2018

Austin, Texas-based video game developer Owlchemy Labs struck gold with their 2016 smash hit, Job Simulator. Vacation Simulator is available for demo at the Tribeca Virtual Arcade now until Saturday, April 28th and is set to release sometime later this year on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR.

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VRScout

MARCH 12, 2018

Located in a massive building in Austin, Texas, Warner Bros. HTC Vive helped bring many of the virtual activations to life with the HTC Vive Pro and Vive Wireless adapter. HTC Vive showcased eight film inspired VR experiences as part of this Ready Player One experience. Welcome to the OASIS.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

NEW CONTROLLERS & NEW GAMES ON HORIZON FOR HTC VIVE AND VALVE. Will we be seeing some games developed specifically for the upcoming HTC Vive “knuckle controllers” ? INVESTMENT & FUNDING WRAPUP.

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Road to VR

JUNE 25, 2019

Based on the original IP by Jim Ivon and the novel by Ryder Windham ( Scraper: The Rise of Cifer ), the game takes place in the future megacity of New Austin, Texas and centers around a war against renegade robots that have taken over the city’s high-rise skyscraper complexes.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2023

Hello everyone from Austin, Texas, where I am attending the SXSW! I’m having fun, listening to interesting talks, meeting new people… basically everything I always do at these events! You can discover more on the dedicated Linkedin post that I’m sharing below.

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VRScout

MAY 5, 2017

It was a tear-jerking scene inside the Texas Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia Monday as Make-A-Wish, NASA and and over 30 active servicemen and women came together to bring Zayden’s out-of-this-world vision to life. ZaydensMission pic.twitter.com/sxts7ICdEn. — Make-A-Wish Georgia (@MakeAWishGA) May 1, 2017.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Virtuix is a Texas-based start-up founded in 2013 best known for developing the Omni VR treadmill. Recently, HTC and HP announced a partnership with the company, putting down a $50,000 Prize pool for ESPORTS tournaments in 2019. Our core players come back every week,” says Jan Goetgeluk, founder and CEO of Virtuix.

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Ryan Schultz

MARCH 7, 2024

VenusSX, one of the participants, sent me a press release about this series showcasing the state of the art in VR, taking place on the sidelines of the actual SXSW 2024 conference taking place in Austin, Texas this week and weekend (I will assume that this series is not part of the official SXSW event).

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AllThingsVR

APRIL 18, 2017

The Austin, Texas-based startup has created a social VR music platform where performers can create music while wearing a HTC Vive or Oculus Rift headset and spectators can watch the whole experience. Weekly Funding & People Roundup: TheWaveVR Raises $4M, Pluto VR raises $13.9M, Avegant Raises $13.7, Read more on Financial Times. ,

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VRScout

DECEMBER 2, 2017

University of California, San Franciso, medical school is using Organon for the HTC Vive. A somewhat cruder version of Canine Anatomy was presented by Texas A&M at SXSW in 2016. Case Western Reserve University Engineers collaborated with the medical school to create an incredible Holo anatomy app.

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TechCrunch VR

APRIL 3, 2023

Early versions of the Austin, Texas hardware startup’s product were on writer Ernest Cline’s radar well before the film’s pre-production began. The move is especially interesting in light of the relatively recent shift toward enterprise customers that’s been explored by Meta, Magic Leap and HTC.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Fast forward to 2016 and STRIVR Labs counts the likes of Texas Tech, Arkansas, Stanford, Dallas Cowboys, and Arizona Cardinals, among others, as clients using STRIVR’s VR solutions to enhance training. STRIVR has used HTC Vive, Samsung Gear, the Oculus CV1 and Oculus DK2 headsets. ” Photo courtesy ESPN.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 24, 2017

In the US, both Illinois and Texas have laws pertaining to biometric data, and in Illinois, that law has been applied in a lawsuit against Snapchat; in this class-action lawsuit, the plaintiffs are alleging that the company failed to inform users that it was collecting facial data when using the app’s AR-powered facial filters.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The world we visited is called Wonderland and it is a container for a variety of experiments in virtual reality software design from Texas-based Playful Corp. The Playful team brought Wonderland exclusively to the Upload Collective in San Francisco during VRDC this week for our hands-on visit to the world in four HTC Vives.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The world we visited is called Wonderland and it is a container for a variety of experiments in virtual reality software design from Texas-based Playful Corp. The Playful team brought Wonderland exclusively to the Upload Collective in San Francisco during VRDC this week for our hands-on visit to the world in four HTC Vives.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 28, 2017

On a calm Sunday in Austin, Texas, the UploadVR team met with a few people from the Owlchemy Labs team: Owlmancer and Studio Director Cy Wise, CEO and Janitor Alex Schwartz, Producer/Developer and alleged certified adult, Andrew Eiche, and CTO (Chief Technical Owl) Devin Reimer. It All Started With A Tweet. ” Happy hunting.

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Peter Graham

JULY 3, 2019

Using VRstudios’ untethered backpack VR system which utilises HTC Vive Pro headsets, the gameplay has been “engineered to challenge various disciplines such as squad-integrated coordination strategies, spatial awareness in the battlefield, and real-time weapon tactics improvisation,” states the studio.

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Peter Graham

AUGUST 8, 2019

Taking to TransWorld’s Room Escape Show & Conference in San Antonio, Texas this week, Entermission aims to provide an engaging VR escape room experience without operators needing lots of expensive floor space. Called Mission Modules, 6 are designed to work in one area.

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InstaVR

AUGUST 13, 2019

I highly suggest reading our interview with Grayson Lawrence of Texas State University , which uses InstaVR to create trainings for the state’s ambulance buses, which are used for mass casualty scenarios like hurricanes, fires and more. Aerospace, automotive, energy, manufacturing, law enforcement and more.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

We’re seeing the brands like HTC and Oculus start to catch up with their business solutions that are going to start to offer enterprise management. We did one for a fire safety drill for a company down in Texas called Alchemy Systems, and it was basically replicated version of their factory, one-to-one in a CGI based environment.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

We’re seeing the brands like HTC and Oculus start to catch up with their business solutions that are going to start to offer enterprise management. We did one for a fire safety drill for a company down in Texas called Alchemy Systems, and it was basically replicated version of their factory, one-to-one in a CGI based environment.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

We're seeing the brands like HTC and Oculus start to catch up with their business solutions that are going to start to offer enterprise management. We did one for a fire safety drill for a company down in Texas called Alchemy Systems, and it was basically replicated version of their factory, one-to-one in a CGI based environment.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

We’re seeing the brands like HTC and Oculus start to catch up with their business solutions that are going to start to offer enterprise management. We did one for a fire safety drill for a company down in Texas called Alchemy Systems, and it was basically replicated version of their factory, one-to-one in a CGI based environment.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You can download VeeR VR in your Oculus , Samsung Gear VR , HTC Vive , Windows Mixed Reality , Google Daydream , Steam VR and Lenovo Mirage Solo to watch amazing VR content. Venue: Austin, Texas, United States. To show the high-quality VR content to VR enthusiasts, VeeR hosts Altspace event every month. SXSW-South by Southwest.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Projects must be viewable via Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, or Google Cardboard. exhibiting a number of new-but-unknown feature films, documentaries, animations, and shorts that have gone on to significant box-office success and multiple Oscar nominations.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

Which is, I live on a fairly large swath of land here in Texas, and I needed to move, rocks and I needed to grade my property. Alan: One of the examples that HTC VIVE was promoting when we had Alvin Wang Greylin on the show was talking about how a Bell helicopters designed a brand-new helicopter in six months. Hey, we are Switzerland.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

Which is, I live on a fairly large swath of land here in Texas, and I needed to move, rocks and I needed to grade my property. Alan: One of the examples that HTC VIVE was promoting when we had Alvin Wang Greylin on the show was talking about how a Bell helicopters designed a brand-new helicopter in six months. Hey, we are Switzerland.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

Which is, I live on a fairly large swath of land here in Texas, and I needed to move, rocks and I needed to grade my property. Alan: One of the examples that HTC VIVE was promoting when we had Alvin Wang Greylin on the show was talking about how a Bell helicopters designed a brand-new helicopter in six months. Raj: That's spectacular.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 14, 2024

AES will host global operations this year, uniting the industry across the three-day event in Dallas, Texas. AES 2024 is platforming XR companies such as Meta, Qualcomm, XREAL, HTC VIVE, and RealWear, showcasing the products and technologies that are changing the industry and enterprises today and in the future.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Alan: So you mentioned EWTS, Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit in Dallas, Texas, correct? It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they’re pivoting to enterprise. And I think it’s helped move some of that user experience issues, ergonomics issues forward. Emily: Uh-huh.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Alan: So you mentioned EWTS, Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit in Dallas, Texas, correct? It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they’re pivoting to enterprise. And I think it’s helped move some of that user experience issues, ergonomics issues forward. Emily: Uh-huh.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Alan: So you mentioned EWTS, Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit in Dallas, Texas, correct? It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they're pivoting to enterprise. And I think it's helped move some of that user experience issues, ergonomics issues forward. Emily: Uh-huh. This year is also EWTS's biggest expo.

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