AR Insider

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

This week we cover a handful of new funding rounds, new Snap AR milestones and Oculus Quest sales Inflections, among other items. Arden’s Wake hits the Oculus Store. Finally, Penrose Studios’ award-winning narrative VR experience is available for the Oculus Rift for $7.99. W elcome back to Spatial Beats.

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Road to VR

JULY 10, 2020

Tequila Works today announced that their VR murder mystery game The Invisible Hours (2017) is making its way to Oculus Quest “soon,” the studio says. In a Gamasutra post , the creators speak a little about the game’s traditional facial and motion capture of live actors.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

In celebration of the event, Sony Music Solutions is hosting a “mini-live performance” on March 6th at 2pm JST that will feature a mixed reality performance by ReoNa brought to life using a combination of motion capture technology and a virtual camera system referred to as “jeannedarc.”

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VRScout

MARCH 19, 2018

This is often why directors will throw their talent into massive green screen sets while wearing motion capture suits and leave it entirely up to their imagination. The only way the cast had a chance to understand where they were – we all had virtual reality Oculus* goggles.

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VRScout

JANUARY 28, 2019

Despite the lack of an actual release date, Oculus’ upcoming 6DoF standalone headset, the Oculus Quest, has found new trouble in garnering large amounts of attention from both industry veterans and consumers alike. The post ‘The Under Presents’: Interactive Live Theater For The Oculus Quest appeared first on VRScout.

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Road to VR

JUNE 14, 2017

Anvio VR is a new, motion capture tracked VR experience that throws you and a bunch of friends into a warehouse-scale VR arena to battle, well, pretty much everything. Anvio VR is a new, motion captured virtual reality platform developed by Vortex LLC in Moscow. It looks great!

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VRScout

APRIL 26, 2017

Dubbed Alien: Covenant in Utero , the two-minute VR video experience is now available on Oculus Rift for “Alien Day,” a nod to planet LV-426 from the Alien films. Additionally, the motion capture work for the piece was done at the Technicolor Experience Center (TEC) right here in Los Angeles.

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ARPost

AUGUST 23, 2021

MANUS creates gloves for both motion capture as well as for controlling sensitive VR applications. The most recent MANUS product is the SteamVR tracker for precise gesture controls and motion capture. “As SenseGlove can also be used for motion capture, but currently only works in this capacity with the Pico Neo line.

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VRScout

JULY 26, 2021

From volumetric video to AI-powered motion capture , here’s how immersive tech is changing the most historic sporting event on the planet. As we mentioned previously , several events will be broadcasted live in stereoscopic 360 via the NBC Olympics VR app on Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 headsets.

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VRScout

JULY 23, 2021

If you have an Oculus Quest headset, you can even watch a portion of this year’s events in VR. Available free on Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 headsets, this nifty little app allows you access to hundreds of hours of Olympic content, from basketball and track & field to boxing and gymnastics, in immersive stereoscopic 360.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Stepping into the role of Artemis, goddess of the moon and the main protagonist of the album, Stirling used an XSens 3D motion capture suit and Manus VR Gloves to capture all of her movements and dance routines and translate them into VR in real-time, delivering a jaw-dropping sense of presence while in VR.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The driver, available at the official Driver4VR site , works for both Rift and Vive when running SteamVR; this could be particularly interesting for Rift users, as Oculus currently offer no ‘Vive Tracker’ equivalent. model for Xbox One. is more accurate).

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

This studio system contains the latest interactive production tools, such as Oculus, Manus, Vive , Faceware, Varjo , and Xsens motion capture. It brings studio production into the future by harnessing the immersive aspects of mixed reality.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The second of three Blade Runner 2049 VR games is now available free for the Oculus Rift. Funny enough that’s exactly what the consensus seems to be regarding the second Blade Runner VR game, Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab , available today for the Oculus Rift and Gear VR.

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VRScout

AUGUST 20, 2019

In a video posted to Stirling’s official Twitter account, the musician can be seen wearing what appears to be an XSens 3D motion capture suit. This device captures Stirling’s movements and translates them into VR in real-time, allowing her to perform complex dance routines just as she would in real-life.

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Road to VR

APRIL 20, 2018

All we had to do was remember what it looked like when we were back in the motion capture volume.”. Spielberg also utilized a custom virtual camera rig specially developed for him by motion capture production supervisor Clint Spillers, who had worked with the director on both of his previous mocap films.

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AR Insider

JUNE 14, 2021

While Oculus makes all the noise, Playstation VR, the leading home VR system, showed off an impressive line-up of new games. Thanks to a convergence of motion capture, computer vision, GPT-3 natural language processing, AI-assisted body language, and voice morphing, the company is able to put humans in the tech stack.

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Road to VR

APRIL 7, 2018

Yelena Rachitsky is an executive producer of experiences at Oculus, and she’s been inspired by how interactive narratives have allowed her to feel like a participant who is more engaged, more present, and more alive. The future of VR storytelling will be immersive and interactive. Support Voices of VR. Subscribe on iTunes.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 23, 2021

Every year, the Oculus Connect, later (sadly) renamed as Facebook Connect, is the biggest event about XR from Facebook. It is quite affordable (around $400–500), and its advantage over Vive Trackers is that it doesn’t require external cameras or sensors , so it can also work with Oculus Quest. Other relevant news. Image by Facebook).

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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. Huawei has upgraded its sleek VR glasses and now they support 6DOF movement and 6DOF controllers that are very similar to the Oculus Touch. Notwithstanding all this hate, the Oculus Quest 2 is selling very well. Other relevant news.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 14, 2016

BBC has released their first VR short film for the Oculus platform. The team had to experiment with the motion capture equipment and figure out the best way to portray all the characters within the restrictions of the project. “In We Wait premiered at Sheffield Doc/Fest on June 10th and is available to download now on Oculus.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

‘Curfew: Join The Race’ is an immersive, interactive VR experience for Oculus Rift inspired by the exhilarating new drama. The process involved extensive reference photography, motion capture, immersive sound design, and a notable cast of actors and talent. Image Credit: REWIND.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 7, 2022

On the other hand, the importance and popularity of motion capture features can not be overseen. The VR industry started to be considered large, however, the market of VR locomotion and motion capture devices is relatively small even with new members in the field; we think there are still many steps to be taken on this road.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2017

As for resolution, the company maintains the screen door effect (SDE) is diminished with the headset’s dual 1440×1600@90 Hz LCD displays, a 70 percent increase in pixels over consumer devices like Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. IR motion capture for VR, image courtesy OptiTrack. image courtesy Sensics.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 10, 2020

Valve Index and Oculus Quest gain PC VR market shares. The latest Steam Hardware Survey showed some interesting trends happening in the PC VR market (at least the Steam VR market, since we have no info on the Oculus Store market). Oculus explains the logic behind its store curation policy. Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 9, 2017

Once prepared, controlling the movement is where VR is at its most intuitive, as the motion-tracked hardware means that a simple form of motion capture is readily available, although it’s not always appropriate, depending upon what’s being animated.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2018

I strapped on a rappelling harness, PC backpack, a modified Oculus Rift VR headset, and hand foot trackers. It’s especially mind boggling when you realize that you’re being tracked in VR the entire time with a Optitrack motion capture system and wireless VR headset system. My heart began to beat faster.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 8, 2018

We used motion capture, face-scanning technology and professional voice actors to immerse users in the story Click To Tweet. To achieve that we used motion capture, face-scanning technology and professional voice actors to immerse users in the story and to enable them to relate to the people involved.”.

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Road to VR

APRIL 14, 2017

Although not specified on the company’s website, a Techcrunch report maintains Mindshow will also be rolling out on the other major VR platforms including both the PSVR and Oculus Rift, according to a chat with CCO Jonnie Ross and CEO Gil Baron. image courtesy of Visionary VR.

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Tech Trends VR

JUNE 5, 2018

After spending his formative years obsessing over video games and 360 experiences, he was inspired by Oculus Story Studio, Baobab & others to create his own rag-tag team of VR pioneers. “ Lá Camilla is Disrupt’s next step towards capturing the imagination of viewers and creating positive virtual experiences for all ages.

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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. Together this creates an individualized, physically-accurate VR hand model and renders a full-body avatar for enhanced immersion.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Titanic VR was built from the ground-up for VR and was made using what the studio says were “comprehensive maps to create a realistic 3D model of the wreck site as well as motion capture, face-scanning technology and professional voice actors to immerse users in the story.”

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Road to VR

APRIL 29, 2019

Dick inspired VR experience, The Great C (2018) , to Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream. The 37-minute sci-fi adventure experience is now available for $6 across all platforms, including versions available on Steam (Vive, Rift) and the Oculus Store (Rift, Go, Gear VR), and Google Play ( Daydream ).

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Utilizing the Motive OptiTrack motion capturing system combined with 12 Flex 3 cameras covering a total space of 4m x 4m x 3m, VRHapticDrones is able to track the HMD, multiple quadcopters, as well as a users defined body parts and stream 100 Hz samples to the VRHapticDrones backend with millimeter accuracy.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2021

Thanks to a unique combination of motion capture technology and gaze-based interactions, The Passengers is able to deliver an intimate narrative experience that changes drastically depending on where you focus your attention.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

The company behind the software is teaming up with various 3rd party manufacturers of motion capture suits such as Xsens , Rokoko and PrioVR to provide the tools necessary to bring the experience on a tour to locations across the U.S. The first universe is being revealed on Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Transpose is slated to arrive on PSVR, HTC Vive, and Oculus Rift this Fall with a $20 price tag. Secret Location says the game will be localized in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Korean.

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