VRScout

JANUARY 8, 2018

Resolution matters—and that’s why the Vive Pro is increasing resolution of the dual-OLED Samsung displays to 2880 x 1600 combined, a 78% increase in resolution over the current Vive headset. The resolution increase puts the Vive Pro ahead of the Oculus Rift and Windows “Mixed Reality” headsets.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 6, 2020

SEE ALSO Oculus Quest Sells Out at Major Retailers, Availability Slips into Late February. Nolo VR does this wirelessly by way of its PolarTraq technology, which is based on an optic-acoustic-radio-signal tracking technology developed by the company. Nolo VR Tracking. Image courtesy NOLO VR.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

When the first consumer version of the Oculus Rift was launched in the spring, it was disappointingly bundled with a Microsoft Xbox controller – and we’ve eagerly been awaiting the native Touch Controllers. Now, the day is here, and the wait was… worth it? in funding (with a $4.4B Want to dive deeper into the details?

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

VR was a big part of last year with new experiences, hardware and companies pushing the technology to the forefront of our everyday lives. VR was a big part of last year with new experiences, hardware and companies pushing the technology to the forefront of our everyday lives. Oculus – Rift. Samsung – Gear VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

Me wearing the Oculus Quest. I envision this year in VR to be like last CES in VR : a time where we will see the growth of the technology , but no real disruption. We’ll see some experimentation with 5G , but again, this technology won’t be widespread enough yet to make it truly usable.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 20, 2021

Since it features no computational unit and no battery, it can be smaller and lighter than “shoebox” headsets like the Oculus Quest that must contain everything inside; Thanks to the use of pancake optics, the screen can be closer to the lenses , for a very compact design. Zoom on the 6DOF controllers. That’s a wrap!

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. This year, I’m just watching the conference from home The conference has been interesting, and it has been the usual mix of technology and politics. Notwithstanding all this hate, the Oculus Quest 2 is selling very well.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

The first of which delivers intricate real-time full body technology via a simple, easy-to-use set-up. The VRee technology contains proprietary algorithms which optimize (third party) mocap suits and other VR peripherals to provide immersive full body virtual reality experiences without using line of sight technologies.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

HTC and Valve do this with their Vive controllers that are super low latency and extremely accurate and Oculus does this with their touch controllers and their extremely natural ergonomics. Now that their technology has been miniaturized, it can be integrated into platforms.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

If virtual reality is still in the early stages, augmented reality is even before that , and the technology is growing very slowly. This shows how the technology is just slowly improving. Abrash reminds us that building a new technology always requires more time than we expect.

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AllThingsVR

JANUARY 10, 2017

The 5 Most Important Announcements from CES 2017 on VR & AR 1) Intel’s ‘Merged Reality’ Demo Brings Actual Hands Into VR on Oculus Rift Intel demoed 2 things at CES: 1) they demoed Intel’s technology to bring your hands into VR, no controller required, with Intel’s Merged Reality RealSense. 2) They demoed Project Alloy.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Now it’s time to make some forecasts about its companion technology, that is augmented reality! This won’t be the year of AR : exactly as I said for virtual reality, let’s not hype the technology and think that this is the year when mainstream adoption of wearable AR glasses is going to happen. Sounded good.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Additionally, founding the Upload Academy, a VR/AR developer training program, which graduated its first class in August with a number of success stories including Found – a gorgeous Miyazaki-esque narrative experience created by four of our students which was recently recognized on stage during the Oculus Connect Keynote. January 2016.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

On March 25th, 2014, many people were left scratching their heads: why did Facebook spend 2 billion dollars to acquire a Kickstarter funded virtual reality company called Oculus. Oculus has sold an estimated 250k Rifts. Samsung Gear VR expected 3.5 Since then, we have seen a movement. Average time spent in headset is 25 minutes.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 30, 2020

Other investors include Expa, Lerer Hippeau, Leaders Fund, Samsung NEXT and Andy Hertzfeld (of Macintosh fame). It’s not disclosing valuation at this stage, Anand Agarawala, the CEO who co-founded the company with Jinha Lee (CPO), said in an interview. “The industry is firing up 5G and that will also be a big push.”

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 9, 2017

Our signal processing technology allows us to wirelessly sync nearby smartphones to an accuracy that’s orders of magnitude better than existing tech. The system doesn’t use Bluetooth or WiFi for that task, because variable latency could lag one frame of video or the other. Synching Smartphones to Emulate a 3D Camera.

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VeeR VR

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

VeeR has been always supporting video content up to 4K, but with the new compression technology, we allows you to enjoy the Ultra HD 4K content when you first landed in the VeeR world. The streaming speed improves 40%, which means you’ll experience low latency while you enjoy our 360/VR videos. What did we do? What are the benefits?

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Oculus Connect 5 is taking place in a few days in San Jose, California on September 26-27th at the McEnery Convention Center. Last year, Oculus Go, a $199 standalone VR headset, has blown people’s minds. It is rumored that the Oculus team will spend a considerable amount of time discussing Project Santa Cruz at the event in California.

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VeeR VR

MARCH 16, 2018

Many transformative technologies are being developed right now as you are reading this article. It’s estimated that in the 2020’s these technologies will converge into a synergistic human man machine. Facebook is launching the Oculus Go this year (hopefully) for an extremely low price of $200.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Right now we’re stuck thinking in terms of head-mounted displays (HMDs), like the Vive or the Oculus. Those interactions can be mapped to brainwaves and translated into action with almost no latency. Today, we’re seeing the very beginning of what VR technology will look like.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

Today’s guest is Michael Ludden, global head of developer advocacy and principal augmented reality advocate at Bose Technologies. What an amazing piece of technology. You’ve done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. How did you end up in technology, and why did you get so fascinated on futurism?

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

Today’s guest is Michael Ludden, global head of developer advocacy and principal augmented reality advocate at Bose Technologies. What an amazing piece of technology. You’ve done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. How did you end up in technology, and why did you get so fascinated on futurism?

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

Today's guest is Michael Ludden, global head of developer advocacy and principal augmented reality advocate at Bose Technologies. What an amazing piece of technology. You've done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. How did you end up in technology, and why did you get so fascinated on futurism?

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Samsung, Nokia entered with their OZO, Jaunt — which recently just got sold to Verizon — they had their Jaunt One camera. Michael: It’s incredible how quickly the technology has evolved, and I just have to shout out to the Insta360 engineers, they work tirelessly day and night to constantly improve the app and the algorithm.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Samsung, Nokia entered with their OZO, Jaunt — which recently just got sold to Verizon — they had their Jaunt One camera. Michael: It’s incredible how quickly the technology has evolved, and I just have to shout out to the Insta360 engineers, they work tirelessly day and night to constantly improve the app and the algorithm.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

Meanwhile, the technology you guys all have in your pockets or in your laps — your smartphones and tablets and even PCs — have gotten powerful enough that there’s enough horsepower to run this technology. It’s amazing, the technology we have that can unlock that. Even five years ago we didn’t have enough technology to do it.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Samsung, Nokia entered with their OZO, Jaunt -- which recently just got sold to Verizon -- they had their Jaunt One camera. Michael: It's incredible how quickly the technology has evolved, and I just have to shout out to the Insta360 engineers, they work tirelessly day and night to constantly improve the app and the algorithm.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Meta Quest 3 (left) and Apple Vision Pro (right) We once asked Oculus executive Jason Rubin whether his company was considering a tethered compute model. The streaming quality is excellent and the latency feels lower than any wireless remote desktop I’ve ever tried. He's what he said: "That’s a model we’ve definitely explored.

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