The Ghost Howls

JULY 27, 2020

The Oculus Quest 2 has been leaked. The famous leaker WalkingCat did it again, leaking this time a new model of the Oculus Quest , in the beginning with some renders, and then with true pictures of a pre-production device (that had been originally shared by redditor CallThePlumber). Top news of the week. Image by WalkingCat).

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Announced nearly a year and a half ago, Oculus and Microsoft are finally making good on their promise to stream Xbox One games into a virtual theater on the Rift. SEE ALSO Microsoft Says New Surface Studio is VR Ready(ish). The only benefit of the app is the novelty of being in VR while playing standard Xbox One games.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

You can imagine the potential of such a tool when combined with a mixed reality headset (you could change some furniture in your house, or re-create a virtual environment that has the same shape as your room). Microsoft will for sure keep pushing for immersive realities and “the metaverse”, but in a completely different way.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 14, 2022

billion meeting minutes in Microsoft Teams alone in one day. . Companies like High Fidelity and Microsoft are already working on environments that make this possible. . Is Virtual Reality the Perfect Alternative to Bussiness Travel? . The company has seen a record of 2.7 However, opportunities are evolving. .

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Our customers can become best-run businesses by taking advantage of all mixed reality has to offer, from more effective training teams in virtual environments to driving operational efficiencies by augmenting digital twin information directly to physical equipment.”.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

According to Gajsek, “Anyone that decided to buy from the Oculus store or use Meta’s products essentially becomes a ’subscriber‘ in Meta’s user base. We’re already seeing key metaverse players coming together in the collaboration between Meta and Microsoft. ” He expects Meta to continue pushing the narrative for VR.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

Chief Scientist of Oculus Research Michael Abrash described his vision of a mixed reality future: a world, 20-30 years from now, where we will wear stylish AR glasses instead of sporting stylish phones. The Santa Cruz standalone VR unit that Oculus is working on was briefly mentioned but no new version of the prototype was shown.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

Now they find themselves without a market, and the pivot to enterprise is too little too late considering that Microsoft has enterprise features that are much better than the ones of Magic Leap. Maybe Oculus planned to showcase Del Mar at GDC. More info (Rumors on Oculus Del Mar) More info (One of the source articles on Reddit).

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ARPost

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It is quite obvious that time is against existing solutions, and rapid AR/VR market expansion is restrained only by the inconvenience of interaction with the virtual environment and a still high degree of “exoticism” of these technologies. See Also: VR Headset Comparison of Vive Cosmos vs. Oculus Rift S. And that’s it.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 20, 2018

AltspaceVR brings out new tools to make it easy for anybody to make and share their own personalized virtual environments. Recently unveiled updates to Microsoft’s social VR platform will allow anyone to build customizable VR spaces.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 30, 2022

When creating the new “Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond” title, Respawn wanted to reboot an entire franchise for access in the Oculus VR platform. The VIVE Pro headset allows users to see a virtual environment where they can interact with a realistic ice rink, running around a room with full freedom. Alta VR, AWS, and Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2019

At Disney D23, people got the first preview of Vader Immortal 2, the sequel of the very successful game for Oculus Quest. Image by Oculus). In an interesting post on its blog, Facebook has detailed its Insight technology , the solution that performs the inside-out-tracking on the Oculus Quest. Other relevant news.

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XROM

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

It allows users to interact with digital elements in their physical environment, making it particularly popular in applications like social media filters and eCommerce. In contrast, virtual reality immerses users in a completely virtual environment through headsets, enabling experiences that range from gaming to training simulations.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Based in Germany, ThyssenKrupp is a European national conglomerate that just announced a partnership with the Microsoft Hololens. A psychologist well-versed in GTP has turned her research to virtual reality and its effects on consciousness – starting with dreams. AppleEyes, anyone? MONEY, MOVES, AND FUNDING.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 12, 2020

There are a number of virtual reality (VR) collaborative tools that can be used by teams across the globe, one of which is Glue. Today, Glue has announced the launch of its next-generation platform, adding new features including support for Oculus Quest. Having a wireless headset only helps make that endeavour more seamless.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 8, 2022

Do you want to help promote better team bonding among distributed members of staff, by giving your people a shared virtual environment they can visit? For instance, Meta offers access to the Oculus, as well as Meta Workplace, and a series of apps through the Oculus store. Step 2: Assess Your Hardware and Software Mix.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Meta Oculus and Aptiv. Turning to the Leadership Network, and leveraging the power of Oculus for Business, Aptiv achieved phenomenal results. With the Oculus Quest headset, Aptiv has been able to reduce in-person training times significantly, with most courses now only taking between 4 hours and 2 days.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 16, 2016

You’re probably not through the sheer swarm of Oculus Touch titles that landed last week yet, but there’s still a fresh round of Rift and Gear releases to get through this week. Plus — check out our list of the best Oculus Rift games and best Gear VR games for more suggestions! Xbox One Streaming, from Microsoft.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Microsoft has emerged as perhaps the most significant market leader in the Mixed Reality headset and technology environment. However, Microsoft offers access to spatial sound experiences in a range of other modes as well. However, Microsoft offers access to spatial sound experiences in a range of other modes as well.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Imagine being able to replace Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or whatever video conferencing platform you are using and be able to meet with your coworkers in a metaverse where everybody is represented as a 3D avatar. Both Microsoft and Meta are already pushing this idea as a key part of their initial pitch for adopting the Metaverse.

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Hypergrid Business

JUNE 1, 2020

AltspaceVR allows people to host and attend live shows, meetups, and classes from anywhere around the world in virtual reality although not the most suitable tool for business and virtual reality collaboration. You can spawn up to five virtual screens from your computer whether in private mode alone or when sharing them with a team.

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InstaVR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Virtual Reality (VR), by contrast, can be published across a wide range of devices (headsets like Oculus Go/Quest and Gear VR, phones, Google Cardboard, WebVR, and much more), is completely immersive, and doesn’t necessarily require a real-time data connection (ie can be run offline). So why is immersion important?

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ARVR

MARCH 5, 2021

Furthermore, my involvement is primarily confined to one particular social VR platform, AltspaceVR, owned by Microsoft, making most of my experience the product of a niche within a niche within a niche. Microsoft has been very active in this area for years and their video on the history of flight simulation is a good introduction.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Advrty wants to offer a new avenue of monetization for virtual reality developers which doesn’t involve full field-of-view pop-up ads with a platform aimed at designing and incorporating nonintrusive product placement. Virtual humans are getting more and more real. Check out the example below of Mica , Magic Leap’s intelligent agent.

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VeeR VR

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Oculus has announced the all-new standalone named Oculus Quest at 5th annual Connect developer conference. It is the world’s first all-in-one gaming system built for virtual reality, which distinguishes itself from other standalone. Developer(s) : Mojang, Microsoft Studios , Sony Computer Entertainment. Publisher(s) ?: ?Ninja

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VRWorld

AUGUST 17, 2016

Project Alloy is best described as a VR Headset in the class of HTC Vive or Oculus Rift, but with the ability to “cut the VR cord”, since it features mobile processing similar to the one used on Microsoft’s HoloLens. RealSense is also used as the controller for the said device.

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Immersive Authority

JUNE 30, 2016

Everyone probably has a good idea of what Virtual Reality is all about. It’s the immersion of a user into a fully virtual environment, by means of a VR headset. LCD TV) solution, cameras and sensors are used to obtain an understanding of the physical layout of the space that a virtual object needs to be embedded in.

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Doc-Ok

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

I know, the Oculus Rift DK2 is obsolete equipment, but nonetheless — there are a lot of them still out there, it’s still a decent VR headset for seated applications, I guess they’re getting cheaper on eBay now, and I put in all the work back then to support it in Vrui, so I might as well describe how to use it.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, David Em made strides in the creation of explorable virtual landscapes, while the Ames Research Center iterated on VIEW (Virtual Interactive Environment Workstation). Palmer Luckey, co-founder of Oculus VR Inc., In 2014, the social media giant purchased Oculus for nearly $3 billion.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 28, 2020

As with the suspension of the Google Daydream VR system, no VR was represented on the corporations’ vast booth at BETT 2020, but the company was still fully committed to immersive education through their Google Expeditions platform – offering virtual field trips to students. Image credit: KWP. Image credit: KWP.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Virtual reality and its virtual cousin augmented reality are big business nowadays. For example, Microsoft recently announced a deal worth approximately $500 million with the U.S. Oculus, one of the biggest names in VR, refers to this in its Health and Safety manual. Army to customize development for its HoloLens headset.

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Hypergrid Business

APRIL 30, 2020

The headset came out last year , starts at $800, and is hands-down the best VR headset I’ve used to so far, and that includes various incarnations of the Oculus Rift, the Microsoft Hololens, the original HTC Vive, Oculus Go, and dozens of different smartphone-based headsets. VIVE Focus Plus. Image courtesy HTC Vive.).

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

While the second generation handsets from HTC and Oculus are getting shape hidden from the public eye, there are significant changes being announced or previewed for the upcoming Holiday season. Using HTC Vive immerses you in a virtual environment, but you can still feel the wire, ravel and worse.

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HaptX

DECEMBER 20, 2018

We started the year strong, receiving the Lumiere Technology Award in January, alongside companies like Disney and Microsoft. We were the first VR company to introduce a prototype at Sundance since Oculus unveiled an early version of their Rift in 2012. The Verge listed HaptX as among the best of the festival.

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VRWorld

JULY 14, 2016

Virtual Reality Gaming isn’t coming, it’s already here. With the introduction of Google Cardboard and the Daydream VR platform, Oculus and HTC discrete VR headsets and GearVR headsets for even smartphones like the Samsung’s Galaxy S7, the first tentative steps towards virtual reality gaming are being taken.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 1, 2019

During Oculus Connect 6 in San Jose, CA, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled that the Oculus Quest would allow for hand and finger tracking without the need of any hand controllers, and of course, I couldn’t wait to try it. We’ve come a long way since Oculus’ consumer product. ” Image Credit: Facebook.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Adobe to bring its apps on Quest Pro (Upload VR) All work-related updates of Meta Connect (Oculus blog). Partnership with Microsoft. Highlights of the partnership between Meta and Microsoft. Meta and Microsoft worked together to integrate Quest Pro into the Microsoft ecosystem. Other productivity applications.

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