XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

With XR tools, companies can empower staff members to work with complex machines and equipment, as well as providing them with the skills they need to perform day-to-day tasks. The company turned to The Leadership Network and Oculus (from Meta) to implement a new Virtual Reality solution. Bringing Oculus Technology to the Team.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Coming soon to the Oculus Quest—or should I say Meta Quest— Captain ToonHead vs. the Punks From Outer Space is a VR tower defense game from developer Teravision Games that’s as outrageous as it is brilliant. The machine gun turret is effective on its own but devastating when paired with the freeze ray.

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VRScout

AUGUST 23, 2019

Using a combination of machine learning technology and artificial intelligence, Lucy is capable of interacting with users on a deeper level than a scripted avatar. Fable Studio’s Wolves in the Walls joins last years Outstanding Innovation in Interactive Media winner, Oculus Studios’ Henry. Image Credit: Fable Studio.

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Road to VR

MAY 7, 2018

Oculus today announced it’s rebranding Oculus Research, the company’s R&D lab, to the newly created Facebook Reality Labs (FRL). The company announced the change via a Facebook post by Oculus Chief Scientist Michael Abrash. Image courtesy Oculus. Image courtesy Facebook.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

MasterpieceVR is a technology company that is developing the most intuitive and powerful software for content creation using virtual reality and machine learning. In our testing, we have found that it is 100 times easier to learn and 10 faster to create content than traditional desktop modeling programs. .

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

(Image by Oculus). Oculus could be starting the production of a new Quest at the end of July. Multiple reports seem to confirm that Oculus is actually starting the production of a new Oculus Quest headset, with an expected release date in 2021. Oculus improves development time for UE4 developers. Image by Pico).

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VRScout

MAY 27, 2020

At around the same time, Amy Hedrick, CEO and co-founder of CleanBox was also doing her bit to help with the crisis by retrofitting some of their machines – which use UVC light to disinfect VR headsets between uses – to be donated to hospitals, where they made it possible for healthcare workers to decontaminate and safely reuse their N-95 masks.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

Last Oculus Quest update shows hints of an Oculus MR ecosystem. Facebook is continuously updating the Oculus Quest , its most successful device, and this week it has rolled out the runtime v16. I think that this update, together with the last ones, marks the beginning of a mixed reality ecosystem that is being built by Oculus.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Is this the next phase of human-machine integration? For the next phase of development, they are now looking to stress-test the algorithms by feeding the machine learning with data from a consumer-facing app. The Attention Lab is currently featured on the Kaleidoscope VR platform and is set to launch on the Oculus Store Q2 2019.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2021

Before him, there was Darshan Shankar, the CEO of Bigscreen VR , because his company must compete with Facebook’s own movie rental service and Cix Liv , the previous CEO of YUR, a software that Facebook has copied in its new Oculus Move service. Oculus Move is the fitness tracker of the Oculus Quest. YUR trailer.

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VRScout

JANUARY 6, 2022

Customize your futuristic war machine with over 9,000 configurations, from tank chassis and weapons to skins and modules. In Core Disruption , you’ll take control of a massive mechanical war machine. In the meantime, you can join the official Discord to learn more about MPLEX’s simulation sickness mitigation technology.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Their Oculus app allows real-time collaboration without ever leaving your home. There isn’t a lot of public detail on the company, but evidence points to some sort of wearable camera, with next-generation artificial intelligence/machine learning that’s constantly scanning the world around you. Guest Post.

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Road to VR

JULY 19, 2019

Elon Musk unveiled Neuralink earlier this week, a startup that aims to not only revolutionize the growing field of brain-machine interfaces (BMIs), but eventually wants to make neural implants as common as LASIK outpatient procedures are today—that’s the long-term goal at least.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

You can buy headsets at a discounted price, or accessories, or even lots of games on Steam, Viveport, and Oculus Store! This headset would so have a quite big processing power, being able to deliver far better experiences than the Oculus Quest. According to Meta, Resident Evil 4 VR is the “fastest selling game” ever on Oculus Quest.

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Road to VR

APRIL 3, 2019

Oculus is today launching their ‘Expressive Avatars’ update on Rift and mobile VR; it’s a significant step up in realism thanks to a few additions including cleverly simulated eye models, lipsync, and even microexpressions. Oculus previously used eye wear to avoid off-putting stares, Image courtesy Oculus.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

In order to escape the planet, you’ll have to figure out how the gargantuan machine works, and discover the functions tied to its dizzying array of switches, buttons, screens and levers. A Rogue Escape is slated to launch on the Oculus Store for PC and via SteamVR headsets in 2021. Image courtesy Spare Parts Oasis.

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ARPost

AUGUST 4, 2020

See Also: VR Experience Review: Guide Your Mind To Relaxation With “The Marvellous Machine”. Devices: HTC VIVE, Oculus Rift. Devices: Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Go. With one of the most innovative VR meditation apps, Chakra VR, you can learn how to unblock all the chakras with the specific poses for each of them.

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Road to VR

JULY 2, 2020

Researchers claim the approach is “the first learned supersampling method that achieves significant 16x supersampling of rendered content with high spatial and temporal fidelity, outperforming prior work by a large margin.”. Oculus Varifocal Prototypes, Image courtesy Oculus.

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VRScout

JULY 31, 2020

According to video game publication Polygon , Asobo Studio is working on compatibility for the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Valve Index. Support will arrive first on the upcoming 4K VR headset upon its launch this Fall, followed by additional VR devices sometime at a later date. This is going to be the best VR thing ever.

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VRScout

APRIL 1, 2020

But just how far are we from becoming one with the metaverse and what can we learn about ourselves through sensory technologies? With Oculus having launched hand-tracking on the Quest this past December, I wonder how far we are from consumer-ready mind-control systems. Brain-Computer Interfaces. Eye-Tracking .

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ARPost

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Then, “In 2014, I put on an Oculus for the first time and I saw the future.”. The company would also begin talks to acquire gaming studio Super Bit Machine – an acquisition which took place in August. The team at Super Bit Machine is going to head up a new “Infinite Gaming Group” within InfiniteWorld, according to Allen.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Oculus Connect 7—now referred to as Facebook Connect —is just around the corner and rumors surrounding the annual developer conference are swirling! Here are our official predictions for Facebook Connect: NEW OCULUS HARDWARE. Just recently Walmart posted a listing for a device called the Oculus Point Reyes for $399.99

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2020

For many parents and guardians this means learning to work from home while simultaneously keeping their families safe, happy, and healthy under quarantine. Available on Oculus Store for Rift , PlayStation Store , Steam , and Viveport. Available on Oculus Store for Quest , and Oculus Store for Rift. Rating: Everyone.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In this article, we will explore seven XR trends that have been taking shape over the past year to be the top trends in not only 2022, but within the long-term future of AR, VR and MR. Machine Learning.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 2, 2021

I think these numbers are important also for us XR people because next year Sony is going to launch its PSVR 2 accessory for PS5, and the bigger the userbase of the console, the bigger will be the target market for PSVR 2 , that can so hope to rival in some way the Oculus Quest 2 and maybe also trigger the interest of Xbox executives.

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VRScout

APRIL 21, 2020

There is an unprecedented demand for ventilators due to the coronavirus pandemic, yet the physical machines are really only part of the equation. The platform, which can be optimized for different stages of the learning process, mimics the physical cues of surgical actions, medical tools, and tissue variations. Canada, and U.K.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Oculus Connect 6 is starting today, and ahead of the festivities Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg teased a video showing off some pretty nuanced hand interaction, something he says will be apart of his talk today. Update (1:15 PM ET) : Mark Zuckerberg announced on stage at Oculus Connect 6 that Quest will soon have hand-tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

His lab was even visited by Zuckerberg before he decided to acquire Oculus. An iconic image of Jeremy Bailenson wearing an Oculus Rift DK2 (Image taken from Medium). For four years, I stayed at UCSB and I learned how to program VR. I learned how to do the coding. I didn’t know what I was going to do with my life.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2022

Let me quote Upload VR: The executives say the average number of Oculus friends per account was 0.5 Learn more (New policy on 18+) Learn more (Horizon is theoretically all 18+). Learn more. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more. with a median of 0 friends.

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AR Insider

MAY 25, 2021

At the center of this master plan is the thing that kicked off the current AR & VR era: Oculus. As Google Glass learned the hard way, there are deep-rooted cultural barriers that stand in the way of social acceptance. Though Facebook’s VR moves stand out, they’re just one piece of the puzzle. Social Experiment.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Facebook has started today enforcing the “Facebook login” rule , asking Oculus users to merge their Facebook and Oculus accounts. So I imagine a Quest 2 where you can avoid having a Facebook account, but you can’t use the Oculus Store, or all the most important apps and games , and so you are de facto forced to use it.

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AR Insider

MARCH 23, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 28, 2020

The biggest hurdle of Tap is learning how to use it as a keyboard. Can you really learn to use Tap? The training app is so well made, that y ou can learn how to type with Tap easily and without spending too much time every way (10-20min is enough). Tap showcasing the use of Tap in VR inside the Oculus Quest.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

With the VR industry crying out for ways to make it ‘make it mainstream’, can we learn a thing or two from Beat Saber … a game that won over VR trendsetters and traditional gamers alike? . Finally comes their newest addition – dedicated arcade machines. Does Beat Saber hold the recipe for global VR success? VR content?

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 17, 2020

The other main activities of our group are related to machine learning and computer vision. Holo-BLSD is a self-learning tool in AR. They are easy to learn and do not require any specific medical knowledge. Currently, the gold standard for BLSD learning is instructor-led courses.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Privacy in VR is an ever growing issue, especially now that all new Oculus accounts must login to Facebook with their real identity, which includes anyone who wants to use a Quest 2. ” So whether you login to a platform holder’s account or not may already be a fairly minor issue in contrast to the wealth of information.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2021

According to Upload VR, even Mark Zuckerberg took the tour before deciding to buy Oculus. Another thing that disappointed me is that since I am in the VR field since a lot, I already knew many of those experiments, so I have not learned much.

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