The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2020

For this reason, these days I have been contacted by many companies and institutions that are thinking about doing their events or meetings over virtual reality I’m happy to help them overcome this complicated moment, but I think that it is worth understanding that VR is not always the right choice for this kind of things.

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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). Support Voices of VR.

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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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VRScout

MAY 1, 2017

The web has democratized once unattainable products to people across the globe — and virtual reality is no exception. “We will continue to work with standards groups, support communities, present at workshops, and evangelize materials that help WebVR and A-Frame be successful.” Image Credit: Mozilla.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Engage is a professional social VR application , very suitable to organize professional workshops and presentations. 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.

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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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ARVR

APRIL 28, 2021

Let’s take the simplest example: the participants join from a mix of Quest and HTC Vive. For example, if you want to host a meetup in Mozilla hubs, Quest users can type directly from their headsets while HTC Vive users need to access their physical keyboard (do not ask me why but that is how it works).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2020

And we’ve focused our early adoption in scenarios that are not just passive consumption of content coming from a big stage: more on conferences, workshops, discord community events, etc. Mozilla Hubs is a very nice social XR environment, and its power is that people can join your virtual space by just clicking on a link (Image by Mozilla).

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VRScout

JULY 10, 2017

Multinational auto giant Volkswagen Group is no stranger to virtual reality. Now the German manufacturer is doubling down on its use of VR, revealing a brand new application designed to allow Volkswagen team members from all branches to collaborate with one another in virtual reality.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 24, 2016

But if desktop productivity in VR is your main objective, you’ll want a virtual reality desktop that’s built around that task. Virtual Desktop. The default environments are sensible, and more are available through Steam Workshop.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 10, 2017

Pavlov is now basically CS:GO in virtual reality and it rocks. Workshop (Custom Maps). If all of that’s not enough, this Pavlov update is also making the game usable with Steam Workshop and letting players build their own maps. And by like new I mean like another game. Sound familiar?

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

and LNG Studios , each showcasing programs that put hardware like HTC Vive or Microsoft HoloLens through their paces. In the past year alone, the technology has enabled individuals to remotely pilot submarines in virtual reality, monitor stress levels based on eye movement, and help athletes improve their game.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

So what better way to transform the way visitors engage with the museum than by immersing them in unique content in virtual reality. Opened to the public for the first time late last month, the museum makes use of the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift headset to take you into space in an exhibit they are calling their “Holodeck”.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 12, 2020

HTC reduces the Vive Pro price by $200. The Vive Pro, the enterprise headset offered by HTC, has just seen a big discount : the headset only now costs $600, and the full bundle with the SteamVR 2.0 The Valve Index is a headset for consumers, while HTC offers a lot of services dedicated to enterprise customers. Request a key.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

This is also used to substitute workshops and speeches usually employing Youtube Videos or Youtube Live Streams ; VR events , made in virtual reality in platforms like ENGAGE, Somnium Space, Mozilla Hubs, VIRBela, etc…. The VR route is instead being pursued by HTC (with its VEC event happening soon) and IEEE.

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EON Reality

JANUARY 27, 2017

Dan Lejerskar delivered a portion of the FETC 2017 Keynote where he covered such areas as the future of Augmented and Virtual Reality education, how education benefits from Virtual Reality, and how the EON Reality platform can benefit teachers and administrators.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

The same day of the launch of Half-Life: Alyx, Hewlett-Packard has announced its new virtual reality headset, the Reverb G2 , made in collaboration with Microsoft and Valve. Furthermore, some of the workshops will be held remotely in livestreaming at predefined times. Other relevant news. Image by HP).

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VRScout

AUGUST 15, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: Mindshow, updated Samsung Gear VR, Samsung 360 camera release date, GoPro, HTC, mobile tracking innovation from Chinese developer Deepoon, Microsoft Hololens, investment wrapup, and more! HTC VIVE STEPS OUT SOLO. SEIZE THE SPOTLIGHT WITH MINDSHOW.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2018

It will start on May, 31st and end on June, 2nd 2018 and will feature conferences and workshops. What kind of conferences and workshops will people be able to attend? The workshops will allow attendees to achieve surprising results thanks to highly skilled and experienced trainers. What is the purpose of the event?

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

WebVR is gaining significant momentum; last month the biggest players in the browse space came together to discuss the future of VR on the web at the W3C Workshop on Web & Virtual Reality. WebVR is an evolving foundation for delivering virtual reality directly from the web.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 12, 2025

For example, Walmart has been using virtual reality training for years now to help employees prepare for complex customer service scenarios with interactive challenges like managing a Black Friday rush or dealing with an irate buyer. This increases engagement and helps employees to more actively enjoy the training experience.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 13, 2017

Step into the cockpit in July 2017 on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Playstation VR. About Skydance Interactive Skydance Interactive creates and publishes original and IP-based virtual reality experiences and video games. Archangel delivers state-of-the-art VR gameplay with detailed graphics, engaging narrative, and explosive action.

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EON Reality

MARCH 13, 2020

Going forward, 2020 will present a line of demarcation between past and future digital learning experiences, prompting a “Visual Revolution” driven by 5G, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, virtual reality, and other emerging visual technologies and experiences. What is different now than in the past?

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JUNE 30, 2017

The VRTO Virtual & Augmented Reality World Conference & Expo just wrapped up Monday night in Toronto. The concept of virtual reality itself magnetizes a certain person. Rikard Steiber, President of Viveport and SVP Virtual Reality at HTC, is constantly sharing his belief that VR “will change the world.”

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Tabletop Simulator (2015) and Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (2015) are the two virtual reality-enabled games nominated for the very first Steam Awards. Neither are VR-only games, but both support the HTC Vive, while Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes also lists Oculus Rift and OSVR support.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The inaugural Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC) is kicking off tomorrow at the Park Central Hotel in San Francisco. We’re going to be at the show and will have plenty to report on, but in the meantime there’s a busy schedule of talks and workshops for you to study. November 3rd, 10:15am.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Google announced at the W3C WebVR workshop in October that they would be shipping a WebVR-enabled Chromium browser in Q1 of 2017. SEE ALSO Google Shows HTC Vive Running at 90 FPS in Chrome with WebVR. Achieving this milestone helped to show other VR companies that the web could actually be a viable distribution platform for VR.

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OCTOBER 31, 2016

The free software is a cool virtual reality perspective into different environments and is primarily a voyeuristic experience, but not so much in the latest update. Destinations can be downloaded on Steam for free and works with HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.

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Peter Graham

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Do you have a keen interest in virtual reality (VR) technology and its potential applications? Then you may want to apply for HTC Vive upcoming Vive Developer Jam being held in London, UK next month. 2020 marks 5 years since our very first Developer Jam in London.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2020

…and fostering the creation of Virtual ones. Many companies that have seen their events canceled because of the virus are now thinking about doing virtual ones. HTC has answered to Road To VR about the critics regarding the too many headsets of its on the market. Header image by HTC Vive). Show your big heart.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 9, 2023

Full Sail University and XR Education USC’s Frontiers of Computing Programme follows several key efforts from universities in the United States to develop the virtual, augmented, mixed, and extended reality (VR/AR/MR/XR) industries. Founded in Dayton, Ohio in 1979, Full Sail University launched as an audio recording workshop.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 14, 2020

Making any sort of virtual reality (VR) content isn’t a simple process, from a piece of art using Tilt Brush or Quill to an actual videogame and all the complicated elements that process involves. STYLY is a platform designed for artistic expression rather than making videogames.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 24, 2017

Earlier this month, a panel of legal experts met at the SIXR Legal Workshop to discuss legal challenges in VR and AR development and how to navigate them. SEE ALSO HTC Vive GM on the New Vive Tracker & Privacy in VR. While the panel focused mainly on the US legal system, some of their guidance also applies in other countries.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 5, 2020

Digital Catapult and Arts Council England launched CreativeXR back in 2018 to provide funds, tools and other assistance for those working on virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) projects. The programme has proven to be a success , returning for the third year with new contributors. .

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Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2016

Held in San Jose, CA between October 5th and 7th, Oculus Connect returns once again and, as before, promises to become a Mecca for virtual reality developers around the world. Learn about breakthroughs for FPS in VR, how to design games with hand presence for Touch, and best practices for cross-platform compatibility.

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EON Reality

AUGUST 14, 2019

The three-way partnership will bring Augmented and Virtual Reality training applications to police forces in Moldova and beyond. IRVINE, CA, August 14, 2019 – Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences and EON Reality have partnered with United Nations Women Moldova as one of their innovation initiatives. About EON Reality.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Next week, the Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Association (VRARA) will host over 100 speakers from various extended reality (XR) firms to explore new immersive technology innovations and opportunities to match a diverse and emerging industry demand.

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