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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

As for apps, the AR glasses play bespoke content in pre-defined playspaces, all of which you can download from Google Play, such as Table Trenches , a 1v1 tabletop strategy game. Nreal Light boasts a fairly wide compatibility list, with the following phones offering support: Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G. Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

All the speakers have said very interesting things, but the last one, our dear “Mister President” has made a little public reveal of the upcoming strategy of HTC that interests us all. Oculus Quest vs Vive Focus Plus. It seems that soon we could see Oculus Quest 2 vs Focus Plus 2.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. Patent Rankings Due to Mounting AR Strategy appeared first on Road to VR. Here’s a quick look at the top ten in comparison to Facebook, courtesy of Fairview Research: Organization. 2019 Grants. 2018 Grants. Rank Change. International Business Machines Corp. Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC.

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JULY 25, 2017

Announced back in May, an update bringing Google Daydream support to the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus has begun rolling out, making those phones the only two to support both Daydream VR and Gear VR. The Android Soul reports today that Galaxy S8 and S8+ updates with Google Daydream support have begun rolling out to Verizon customers.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 12, 2019

Sony is the market share leader for VR hardware revenues according to the latest report from Strategy Insights. That’s followed by Oculus (presumably all variants) at 25 percent and HTC (same) at 22 percent. That includes Google (11 percent) Samsung (5 percent) and others (6 percent).

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Samsung’s Nick DiCarlo weighs in on how we might come to find it. Today we hear from Nick DiCarlo, VP of Immersive Products & VR at Samsung. SEE ALSO Samsung Gear VR Install Base Has Passed 5 Million Headsets. Oculus’ Head of Content, Jason Rubin. Nick DiCarlo. Nick DiCarlo.

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JANUARY 27, 2025

Darknet was the first full game to launch on Samsung Gear VR, which is considered to be the first consumer VR headset. In the three years following, it launched on the Oculus Rift Store, the original PlayStation VR, Steam, and Google Daydream, an early pioneer of cross-platform VR availability.

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AR Insider

JUNE 4, 2020

This timing prompted Spatial to launch on Oculus Quest and make its PRO tier free. Starting at the beginning, the Spatial user experience (UX) is the first thing you’ll notice when entering the app (I accessed via Oculus Quest). This is by design says VP of BD and Strategy, Jacob Lowenstein. Here’s the deep dive.

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MAY 8, 2017

The manufacturers have released only limited data points — with Samsung coming out with the largest number to date revealing the technology giant sold 5 million Gear VRs through the beginning of the year. The firm projects the overall mobile VR king this year will be Samsung approaching 10 million units total. percent from 4.56

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JANUARY 24, 2024

While the studio says the game is set to be built exclusively for VR, digital strategy and licensing chief at Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro Eugene Evans calls Resolution Games “an ideal partner to bring a new DUNGEONS & DRAGONS video game to life in VR and beyond,” which could possibly point to a non-VR release coming as well.

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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

JANUARY 18, 2021

Anyway, he confirmed that the first smart glasses that will be released this year won’t have true AR and said that now Oculus wants to expand beyond the gaming ecosystem. Finally, next month’s update of the Oculus Quest 2 will bring with it the possibility of using multiple accounts on the same device. News worth a mention.

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

Speakers from leading companies including Oculus, Intel, Ford, HTC, Paramount, Google, Epic Games, Walmart, Qualcomm and many more, will be present at the event. The event takes place at the San Francisco Marriot Marquis this week on December 7th and 8th. Check out all the latest VRX details here.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

These are huge numbers for VR: if you look at the most recent SteamVR survey, you get that Oculus headsets are now at 67% of the whole PCVR market. Some magazines reported this news as a sign of the failure of Meta’s strategy about the metaverse. Oculus support at its best Funny link. It’s basically a monopoly. Some XR fun.

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VRScout

AUGUST 9, 2018

As part of its efforts to make Mixed Reality content cross-platform Microsoft has kept all AltspaceVR places and experiences accessible not only in Virtual Reality ( AltspaceVR is compatible with most headsets including Daydream, HTC VIVE, Oculus and Samsung Gear VR, as well as all the Windows Mixed Reality HMDs ) but also via Desktop or Mobile app.

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APRIL 12, 2018

Marcos has since left Mozilla in order to work on the Supermedium WebVR browser, which creates a desktop VR browser designed for the Vive or Oculus to easily go in and out of viewing WebVR content as a seamless VR experience. spec include Firefox Release 55, Oculus Browser, Samsung Internet, & Microsoft Edge.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Virtual reality owes much of its popularity to mobile VR, with its promise of abundant, economical and serviceable headsets like Samsung Gear VR and the even cheaper Google Cardboard—the sort of ‘headset shells’ that only require a suitable smartphone to run. image courtesy Lenovo.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Toy Clash is now available on the Samsung Gear VR through Oculus Home for $2.99. Tagged with: gear vr , oculus , strategy , tactics , toy clash. The diversity of boards, quaint toy theme, and overall fun nature of watching these clockwork battles unfold gives the game a distinctly gimmicky appeal for a short time.

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JUNE 18, 2019

A VR-capable version of Minecraft (supporting multiplayer with the non-VR version) interestingly launched first on Samsung’s Gear VR headset (which runs Oculus software) back in 2016, though the game still hasn’t been brought to the newer Oculus Go or Oculus Quest. InXile – The Mage’s Tale.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Starting with its $2B acquisition of Oculus in the spring of 2014, Facebook has continued to build out its virtual reality strategy in a big way. You will also be able to stream your virtual experiences in the Samsung Gear VR to Facebook Live before the end of this year, so stay tuned for more information on that angle.

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APRIL 28, 2017

There is no better example of the differing strategies of two platforms than the Oculus Rift and Gear VR. In the case of the PC-powered Oculus Rift, they’ve taken a decidedly quality over quantity stance by focusing on fewer releases but making the ones that do come out better. New Rift and Gear VR Releases on Oculus Home.

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MARCH 27, 2017

Now we’ve got some movement in the VR and AR industries again, this time with a senior ex-Apple employee becoming head of Oculus VR hardware. Michael Hillman, who spent 15 years at Apple and held design and engineering roles there, will now be instrumental in Oculus’ desire to make VR hardware mainstream, as reported by Bloomberg.

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JUNE 15, 2016

It’s on its way for both the Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR headsets, take a look at it in action in this launch trailer. CastleStorm VR is on its way to Oculus Rift and GearVR on July 16th. The post CastleStorm VR Announced for Oculus Rift and Gear VR, New Trailer Here appeared first on Road to VR.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

HTC and Valve do this with their Vive controllers that are super low latency and extremely accurate and Oculus does this with their touch controllers and their extremely natural ergonomics. Ultimately, hands free VR is the holy grail and I think that Qualcomm has brought us one step closer to that reality.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This is Zuckerberg's first publicly-known trip to South Korea since 2014, when he visited Samsung to finalize the Gear VR smartphone-holder headset partnership. Samsung handled the hardware for Gear VR, Oculus Go was manufactured by Xiaomi, and Oculus Rift S was co-designed and manufactured by Lenovo. Quest Pro 2?

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JANUARY 29, 2017

There are a handful of major players already cutting their teeth in VR including Google, Sony and Samsung; but the two titans sitting at the top of the heap are Oculus and HTC. Our big question today is this: when it comes to VR, are Oculus and HTC the respective Apple and Microsoft of the industry? Oculus/Apple .

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MARCH 27, 2025

As the XR shark tank grows with AndriodXR, Samsung’s Moohan, and other competitive players entering the immersive space race, the Quest innovator and the general XR industry are looking to retain their foothold on the lucrative market. It’s another major month for Meta.

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MAY 21, 2017

Facebook and Samsung have not shared how many apps are in the Gear VR store, but a quick count shows the number is around 1,000. The company will have an even tougher time with standalone headsets, given that Oculus and Vive have big game developers behind them, which Google will have to win over if its VR strategy is to succeed.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 17, 2016

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR , Oculus Rift , and Touch Controllers. This Week’s New Gear VR and Oculus Rift Content (12/17/16). Samsung #BeFearless Fear of Public Speaking – Personal Life (FREE – Gear VR). Deskverse ($9.99 – Oculus Rift ).

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JULY 22, 2016

Google hires former Samsung VR exec to work on Daydream Google is forming a rather hefty team within the company to tackle smartphone-based virtual reality. The latest addition to the team is Matt Apfel, a former VP of content strategy for Samsung’s Milk VR (now Samsung VR).

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JANUARY 29, 2024

Its strategy is more akin to wanting to be a second Apple than what Google did with Android. Google is building an 'Android XR' platform to power Samsung's upcoming headset. And while Samsung may have a period of exclusivity, that almost certainly ( and reportedly ) won't last forever.

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AUGUST 20, 2018

As part of its efforts to make Mixed Reality content cross-platform Microsoft has kept all AltspaceVR places and experiences accessible not only in Virtual Reality (AltspaceVR is compatible with most headsets including Daydream, HTC VIVE, Oculus and Samsung Gear VR, as well as all the Windows Mixed Reality HMDs) but also via Desktop or Mobile app.

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MARCH 1, 2024

The Meta Quest operating system is a fork of the open-source core of Android (known as AOSP), a similar strategy to Amazon's Fire OS for its Fire tablets. Meta has been working on it for at least seven years, as it first arrived in 2018's Oculus Go.

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JULY 28, 2017

It’s a good week to check out some 360 degree content on your Oculus Rift or Gear VR. Plus — check out our list of the best Oculus Rift games and best Gear VR games for more suggestions! Top New Rift and Gear VR Releases on Oculus Home. New Oculus Rift Releases on Steam. MIYUBI , fr om Felix & Paul Studios.

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

Before Oculus can have its three days of fun later this week, Google will be getting its time in the spotlight at its own Made By Google press conference in San Francisco tomorrow. This isn’t a VR-dedicated event like Oculus Connect, but we are expecting some pretty significant announcements on this front from the tech giant.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 24, 2018

Well, technically speaking, if we look at the competition, for the average consumer the answer is “maybe no” The features of the Vive Pro are superior to the ones of any other headset currently on the market , but for instance, the Samsung Odyssey, that has similar features, costs only $499. Oculus for business costs $900.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

The NBA on TNT VR app is intended to change the viewing experience from, “passive to immersive’” said David Aufhauser, Managing Director, Strategy and Product for Intel Sports, during an interview with VRScout. It’s currently available for Samsung Gear VR, Google Daydream, Oculus , and Google Play.

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