XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 14, 2025

Two-dimensional video calling and conferencing tools can help to a degree but regular meetings on these platforms have also been linked to burnout and disengagement. Unlike video calls, these immersive collaboration tools allow employees to connect naturally, capturing the nonverbal cues shown by avatars in a virtual space.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 9, 2024

of hand-tracking, which purportedly reduces latency and improves stability. If you’re a bit more advanced you can also force your headset to update to the latest version using this tool from Meta. Hand-tracking Improvements Meta has been continuously updating hand-tracking on its headsets.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2023

We can’t quite determine the true latency of Vision Pro’s hand-tracking however, because we only have a view of the occlusion-tracking hands to compare it to (which themselves will have some latency with regard to the real hands).

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Qualcomm announced Snapdragon Spaces in late 2021, a software tool kit which focuses on performance and low power devices which allows developers to create head-worn AR experiences from the ground-up or by adding head-worn AR to existing smartphone apps.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2022

And in fact, in these years, NVIDIA has always worked in offering the tools to improve the graphical quality of games and 3D applications in general , with ray-tracing (RTX ON / RTX OFF) being the latest big innovation it brought to the market. Omniverse is a powerful tool for creating 3D virtual worlds that is made of different modules.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 22, 2021

This took a lot of people by surprise, because, as we all know, VR is very sensitive to latency. But it turns out that by being highly responsive to networking conditions and by efficiently eliminating perceived latency, we’re able to deliver robust, high-quality XR streaming. Most recently, we’ve taken XR to the cloud.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

In the past, Mass Virtual designed the award-winning Virtual Hangar solution, which offers virtual environments to aircraft trainees with minimal latency and glitches. Industry-focused events provide core insight into how businesses use XR tools to solve niche use cases while also understanding the hurdles facing widespread adoption.

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Road to VR

APRIL 28, 2023

Virtual Desktop has collaborated with Qualcomm to integrate the company’s Snapdragon Game Super Resolution, a software enhancement squarely targeted at increasing the wireless streaming quality and latency of PC visuals to Quest 2. It can work with SSW enabled as well and doesn’t introduce any additional latency.”

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 5, 2024

It also empowers workers’ productivity tools and communications platforms that developers built with XREAL’s SDK. For example, XREAL is directly targeting the Apple Vision Pro by stating that its spatial display has a superior latency compared to Apple’s device while also claiming a lighter form factor and design.

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Upload VR

JULY 29, 2024

The Quest v68 update brings latency and visual upgrades to Quest 3, a range of further improvements to Quest 2 and Pro too, and a new app called Layout. In practice, Meta says this means you should see lower latency and less stuttering in OpenXR apps on Quest 3. Meta says Layout will appear in your Library when you get v68.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 19, 2021

What began as a straightforward tool for accessing your personal computer in VR has evolved into a full-fledged social VR platform. The Streaming Update also makes it easier to stream your Windows PC desktop to Quest, promising high-quality ultra-low latency streams.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 8, 2022

User demand for 5G mobile networks supporting these tools will naturally skyrocket as immersive find home in enterprise structures. . Why is it a crucial tool for future-proofing business operations? Lower Latency. An advantage of 5G technology is its fast low latency rate when users send information to one another.

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ARPost

JULY 13, 2020

These are just a few core industries where professionals from junior to senior levels are working with AR tools. Workers are used to handling various tools and pieces of equipment in order to perform their tasks. Very soon, AR headsets will become a regular tool for all these workers. Increased Mobility and Collaboration.

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Road to VR

APRIL 19, 2023

Now a report from Bloomberg maintains the Cupertino tech giant is also prepping a dizzying number of first-party apps, including gaming, fitness, video and collaboration tools. Chips communicate via a custom streaming codec to combat latency. Two-hour max battery life, although hotswappable for longer sessions.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Tracking & latency. Tracking and latency are probably the Achille’s heel of this solution. Part of this problem is due to the Vive Focus Plus, that has not a perfect positional tracking, and here it is made even worse by the added latency of the streaming. This latency is little, but noticeable.

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Road to VR

MAY 15, 2020

of its CloudXR SDK, a suite of tools which allows network operators to offer cloud-rendered AR/VR streaming capabilities. The company has created a suite of tools which will allow such networks (or operators atop those networks) to offer cloud-rendered AR/VR content to their customers. NVIDIA today announced the launch of version 1.0

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VRScout

MAY 14, 2022

Today’s fans are more data-driven than ever, and Quintar has the tools to expand a fans viewing experience by layering the digital world around them, while AT&T 5G has the high capacity and low latency to customize the content in an engaging way that blends the physical and digital worlds using AR.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Previously available strictly on PC VR headsets, creator Guy Gordin recently revealed that a version of the tool optimized for mobile platforms will launch on the Oculus Go and Samsung Gear VR later this week, with plans for an Oculus Quest release planned sometime next year.

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Road to VR

MARCH 24, 2017

Today’s most immersive virtual reality systems, like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, rely on a bothersome tether to send power and high fidelity imagery to the headset at low latency. This translates to zero perceived latency by the player, preserving user comfort due to the elimination of motion sickness that latency causes in VR play.

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Road to VR

JUNE 1, 2020

Optim is a tool designed to make Unreal Engine more user-friendly for enterprise use-cases like design, visualization, and review. While Unreal Engine is a popular game engine, the tool is also increasingly being used for things like architecture, visualization, training, planning, and even filmmaking.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

In the meantime, the tool can be accessed on standalone VR headsets via the Oculus Link. It enables ultra-low latency desktop streaming to the Oculus Quest (10-15ms). Bigscreen Inc. plans on adding Selfie Stick support for Oculus Quest/Quest 2 sometime in the near future. And that’s it!

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AR Insider

JANUARY 7, 2021

But the recent adoption of mobile digital tools by front line workers to perform daily tasks makes 5G a valuable investment for those very organizations. Latency and bottlenecks degrade the video experience and could ultimately lead to the underutilization of AR systems.

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VRScout

JANUARY 11, 2021

Like Bigscreen’s virtual movie theater, each room features a variety of tools and interactions designed to spice up your viewing parties. This means you’re still be able to throw popcorn or tomatoes at the screen (or at each other) and play games while you watch TV. But that’s all Bigscreen is telling us right now.

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VRScout

JANUARY 26, 2021

HaptX also employs the use of magnetic motion tracking, a proprietary motion capture system featuring sub-millimeter precision, 30 DoF (degrees of freedom) per hand, and no latency or occlusion. Of course, the COVID-19 pandemic showed us how valuable virtual tools are to virtually all industries.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Edge computing is an evolving paradigm in cloud computing optimisation, where the typical latency problems associated with the cloud can be mitigated. GridRaster’s edge cloud infrastructure may offer a potential alternative – or at least additional tool – for extracting greater performance from mobile platforms.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 1, 2025

Plus, there are tools like VIVE Business+ for end-to-end device and app management. It also makes it easy for companies to access enterprise-grade apps with dedicated solutions for design, productivity, and even collaboration tools (like Zoom or Microsoft Teams).

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

At NVIDIA, we’re inventing that system with cutting-edge tools, sensors, physics, AI, processors, algorithms, data structures, and displays. This process introduces ‘latency’, which is the time it takes to update frames with new user input taken into account. Unfortunately, there are many factors that can increase latency.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

He adds that one of the main causes of motion sickness in VR experiences is poor latency. When a delay in latency occurs, your real and virtual movements no longer match, knocking the equilibrium out of balance and causing ‘cybersickness.’ Safety and anti-harassment tools will be built into platforms as they become more decentralized.”

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AR Insider

JANUARY 27, 2021

3D mapping’s evolutionary path was recently accelerated with a developer tool from Here Technologies. Other potential apps include entertainment, auto-navigation and enterprise-facing tools. As we’ve examined , 5G enables not just faster speeds and low-latency, but its high-frequency signal enables millimeter-level geo-precision.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

DodecaPen’s solution is limited by the fiducial marker recognition software and the motion blur generated by the camera, resulting in unwanted latency. The conclusion states that the system could “easily be augmented with buttons for discrete input and an inertial measurement unit to reduce latency and increase throughput.”

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Hand-tracking & Positional-tracking Improvements The most notable, perhaps is the claimed “six times” improvement in hand-tracking accuracy, alongside a 10% reduction in latency. These tools support faster development of more reliable, valuable, and sophisticated AR solutions for enterprise.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 11, 2021

Copying from the AppSW announcement blog post: To reduce latency when using AppSW, we delivered a full pipeline optimization with the following technologies: Phase Sync: Coordinates the application frame and makes it start at the right time according to the application’s workload. Typical aspect of the OVR Metrics Tool.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Eye and hand tracking technology combines the use of sensors, artificial intelligence, and similar tools to help computer systems understand gaze, gesture, and movement. The data collection capabilities of eye and hand tracking tools are particularly beneficial for the retail and marketing sectors.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Today at GTC 2020, NVIDIA has released three very interesting news that we in the XR sector should care about: New enterprise NVIDIA RTX A6000 and NVIDIA A40 graphics card have been released; Cloud XR servers are now available on AWS; Omniverse, the collaboration tool for artists, enters open beta. Cloud XR visual (Image by NVIDIA).

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Now, innovators have transformed virtual reality experiences with low-latency software and upgraded hardware. Tools like the Meta Quest 2 and Quest 3 are examples of fully immersive headsets. Latency and Field of View Latency and Field of View (FOV) are components within a VR headset that align virtual information with the real world.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 24, 2024

The best VR headset for PCs can often offer faster performance, lower latency, and access to a broader range of high-quality applications. PC-tethered headsets allow business leaders and their employees to access vital tools for product development, innovation, and collaboration. Is it better to play VR with PC?

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Road to VR

JULY 23, 2021

Until now Facebook kept the tools for building AR apps on the headset to itself, but today it announced it’s unlocking the same capabilities for third-party developers too.

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