XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Combining spatial computing with the Internet, the Metaverse seeks to seamlessly connect the digital and physical worlds and transform online interactions. Evan Gappelberg, Chief Executive and Founder of Nextech AR , said in an interview with XR Today that metaverse solutions would “bridge virtual, hybrid, and in-person experiences.”

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ARPost

MARCH 2, 2021

Giants such as Oculus, HTC, Sony, Microsoft, Samsung, Walmart, and many others have been implementing their technologies in this field for a long time. The introduction of virtual reality technology in many areas: oil and gas industry, engineering, energy, metallurgy, telecommunications, advertising, and many others. Engagement.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

Niantic has finally launched its VPS (Visual Positioning System), a solution that will allow developers to create AR applications that are persistent and shared in various locations in the world with centimeter accuracy. VPS is a technology that implements the AR Cloud and creates a bridge between the real and the virtual world.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2023

Surprisingly, the usual suspects like Job Simulator and Beat Saber are not topping the charts anymore, while we have at their place titles like Kayak VR and Horizon: Call Of The Mountain. While this is kind of a gimmick for now, it is interesting that Microsoft is still working on Mesh and integrating its services with VR-related features.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In an attempt to provide more immersiveness and involvement, event organizers are attempting to push the boundaries beyond standard 2D platforms like Microsoft Teams and Zoom. These cutting-edge technologies are partially or totally immersive, leading to the creation of a whole-new segment — virtual event platforms.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 8, 2019

And exploring a few of those possibilities is what I had the chance to do when I collaborated with Microsoft Education to write the Immersive Experiences in Education white paper we’ve published at the ISTE 2019 conference a few weeks ago. Methodology. Now, I’m very much a technology enthusiast. Click To Tweet. Paul Turnbull ?President

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ARPost

MARCH 31, 2023

So, in the past few weeks we have seen big tech, including Meta and Microsoft, announce massive layoffs , mostly to their XR division and at the same time, pivoting towards artificial intelligence and generative content. UFO-shaped VR simulator (FuninVR) It’s a massive UFO-shaped VR simulator.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

Educators are using virtual worlds, but not in the way they had used them in the past, and not in the same numbers. The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education conference is a good example that showcases this work. Those educators that remain in virtual worlds are leveraging them to create better experiences.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 29, 2025

You can design custom simulations and training applications within the Quest ecosystem, using developer tools. Could you create a custom virtual environment where teams can collaborate, share ideas, and work together on developing virtual prototypes?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

from PC) to join its virtual worlds , too, so that to increment the user base. This is why companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Meta are exploring similar technologies. Disney is working on glasses-free virtual installations. Cooking Simulator VR is the best VR game of 2021 on SteamVR.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 20, 2024

Mozilla Hubs has been available to its community for over five years, allowing them to create virtual worlds, upload assets, and organize meetups. Microsoft Shuts Down AltspaceVR Last year, Microsoft shut down AltspaceVR in favour of its Teams-integrated Mesh virtual collaboration service. It already has.

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ARPost

APRIL 11, 2023

Companies like Google, Microsoft, Lenovo, and Vuzix are developing smart glasses to enhance the AR experience. Hands-On Review Unlike AR, VR is entirely simulated and disconnected from the physical world. Natural Language Processing (NLP) NLP is about using voice commands for people to explore and interact with virtual worlds.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 17, 2023

So, how does virtual reality work, and why is it such a significant tech evolution? How Does Virtual Reality Work? An Introduction Virtual reality creates an end-to-end mechanism that replaces our natural “real-world” environment with an immersive simulation. Driving simulators are perhaps the best example of this.

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VRScout

MARCH 5, 2018

This VR cane is opening new worlds for the visually impaired. Whole experiences are built around immersing the eyes in headsets to explore virtual environments. Now it appears that Microsoft is working on a cane controller that could someday allow visually impaired people to explore new worlds.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Apart from the hardware, Somnium is moving well also on the software side: the graphics of the virtual world is improving over time, and soon will be released the first game built on top of Somnium. Everything they have announced is realistic , and it gives the company the impression of being reliable. I like this approach.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Microsoft Research has devised two novel methods for more realistic haptic feedback on virtual reality controllers. This is commonly available through force-feedback controllers, which tend to be designed for a specific task, such as joysticks for flight/space simulators, and wheels for driving simulators.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 17, 2017

VR and AR headsets are heading to market from Microsoft, Google, Facebook and others that have a wide range of capabilities. What’s unclear is just how you’ll be able to interact with the virtual worlds and objects produced inside these headsets. ” The head of J.P.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

But you have hands and feet controllers to move in the virtual world, so according to the manufacturers, you have 1.5DOF more (whatever it means). Yes, you’ve read everything well. It has 4.5DOF. It is because you play with it by lying in the bed (yes, really!) and just rotating your head. Last Call has been released.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 12, 2025

In healthcare, medical students can use simulations to practice complex procedures, and receive feedback in real-time. Unfortunately, in the world of hybrid and remote work, it can be difficult to facilitate face-to-face interactions between peers. In the aviation industry, companies are using XR to enhance flight training simulations.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

Doing marketing in virtual worlds can be valuable. Cosmonius High was one of the most awaited games of the year because it is developed by Owlchemy Labs, the studio behind big hits like Job Simulator. The studio is offering a 10% discount on pre-orders Survival simulator Green Hell VR is releasing on Quest 2 on April 7th.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

IVAS is the modified HoloLens that Microsoft is experimenting with the US Army and thanks to this partnership it could show better and more useful data to its soldiers. More info Tokyo Game Show is in VR again Also this year the Tokyo Game Show , one of the most important events about gaming, is going to have its own virtual world.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 19, 2016

We’re eager to go hands-on with Valve’s new prototype Vive controllers, but these new experiments from Microsoft’s Research division might be even more exciting. As a finger passes over a ball the stick tilts and moves with your hand, simulating the curved shape of the object.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 18, 2023

Today, at Microsoft Inspire 2023, a showcase event covering the firm’s latest innovations. Microsoft quietly teased information regarding an industrial metaverse initiative. Details are elusive because Microsoft plans to reveal more information regarding its industrial Metaverse journey next year.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

New info on Microsoft abandoning the Hololens 3. Last week we all heard the news about Microsoft abandoning the HoloLens 3, and the denial of it by Alex Kipman and Microsoft itself. CPR Simulator. Virtual worlds then and now Funny link. More info (Leaks on RealityOS?—?Upload News from partners (and friends).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

For me this is not a fortunate sentence: this is what Alex Kipman said about the HoloLens, a few weeks before the whole Microsoft Mixed Reality division was disbanded and he was fired from the company. Answer: no) Do we really need 50,000 people to stay together in the same shard of a virtual world?

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Use the Metaverse to Unlock New Marketing Opportunities The metaverse is a virtual world in which users, represented by an avatar, can shop, socialize, take part in leisure activities and learn. They can enhance lectures or allow distance learners to visit a campus virtually.

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VRScout

JUNE 21, 2017

You’ll be able to sit in a real-world go-kart rig and race around in the virtual world. One big name that was notably missing from the VR news at E3 was Microsoft—who, contrary to many predictions, did not announce anything VR-related for Xbox. …and just a few more: SALVADOR DALI IN VR.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And while this is anyway a good result for a startup (developing an AR headsets means spending billions in R&D), targeting the consumer market has been a suicide move , that let Microsoft get full control of the profitable enterprise market.

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ARVR

JANUARY 4, 2023

Virtual Reality (VR) gaming has come a long way since the first VR headset was developed in the 1960s. Today, gamers can fully immerse themselves in virtual worlds and experience new levels of realism, immersion, and interactivity. These games offer realistic sports simulations and fun, interactive gameplay.

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VRScout

MARCH 14, 2018

Multiple experiences are currently fighting for the position of top dog in the hopes of cementing itself as THE virtual world where users could meet and interact as entirely new people. If this sounds a lot like the 2003 smash hit social simulator Second Life , that’s no coincidence.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated. This means that if you develop an experience using OpenXR, you can run it on Oculus, SteamVR, and Microsoft runtimes with no modification. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 25, 2021

the simulator fans that want a headset with super-high resolution), no competitor could survive against a headset that is comfortable, affordable, has a great library of content, and has full body tracking and full RGB passthrough. Its resolution is impressive, for clarity that fans of simulator games would love.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2022

Last month, we got to know that (according to a rumor) Samsung is working together with Microsoft on new AR glasses, most probably powered by a Qualcomm chipset. The statement by Second Life according to which now people in the US have to start paying taxes on the transactions happening in its world.

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ARPost

MARCH 2, 2021

Giants such as Oculus, HTC, Sony, Microsoft, Samsung, Walmart, and many others have been implementing their technologies in this field for a long time. The introduction of virtual reality technology in many areas: oil and gas industry, engineering, energy, metallurgy, telecommunications, advertising, and many others. Engagement.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

The devices will use positional tracking (which will not require any external sensors) developed from expertise learned through creating Google’s Tango mapping technology and optimized for virtual reality. The beloved Austin, TX-based virtual reality content studio Owlchemy Labs has been acquired by Google. WEIRD OR AWESOME?

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VRScout

JUNE 13, 2016

E3 gaming announcements are in full swing this week, with Bethesda revealing that Fallout 4 for HTC Vive is coming next year and Microsoft taking the wraps off their Project Scorpio , a 4K-capable Xbox One with VR support. But still no release date yet.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Researchers at the National University of Singapore first showed us how face electrodes can simulate food in virtual reality– and now they are bringing wind and heat to your virtual world. It’s too bad this just exists in a lab and we can’t play with it.

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