ARPost

JULY 5, 2019

New virtual reality headsets such as the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, and Google Daydream have barely scratched the surface of the technology’s potential. Soon, they’d find out that virtual worlds are exciting for people of all ages. Six residents will enter the virtual world at the same time.

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VRScout

JUNE 11, 2016

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. Beyond News Feed, you’ll also be able to explore Facebook 360 photos in virtual reality with Gear VR. This Week’s New Gear VR and Oculus Rift Content (6/11/16). Get ready to snap in your phone scouts!

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InstaVR

MAY 6, 2019

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg revealed at F8 Conference the new Oculus Quest will begin shipping this month (May 2019). By comparison, the Oculus Go only allows for 3 Degrees of Freedom (3 DoF). With the Oculus Quest, four cameras that reside within the headset enable positional tracking. What are Degrees of Freedom?

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Road to VR

JANUARY 5, 2017

The company has recently announced that they’ll begin shipping FOVE 0 around the world starting January 2017. Born from a successful Kickstarter campaign back in early summer of 2015, FOVE attracted over $480,000 in crowd sourced funds along with an undisclosed amount from Samsung Ventures.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

HULU WITH YOUR FRIENDS IN VIRTUAL REALITY. Oculus recently integrated your Facebook profile with your Oculus profile so that you can meet up with your real world friends and hang out in Oculus Rooms, which look like beautiful floating islands in the virtual sky.

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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. There is instead a rumored partnership with Samsung , where Samsung would actually build a new XR device and Microsoft offer the platform on top of which the headset may run.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Sony is followed by Facebook (the Oculus platform) and Google (Day Dream, Card Board, Tilt Brush, etc.); Samsung follows with another mobile headset (Gear VR). He launched the first browser-based Virtual World in 2008 for which he was awarded in 2011 by the Virtual Worlds community.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest may have sold only 400,000 units. The latest report on virtual reality by SuperData doesn’t offer us great news on the VR landscape. The Quest is selling well, and Oculus itself didn’t expect billions of sales. Samsung will manufacture the chips for Facebook AR glasses. More info.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

But Samsung isn’t stopping there… THE NEXT GENERATION OF GEAR VR MAY COME WITH CONTROLLER. Although not yet officially confirmed by the Korean company, a recent FCC filing indicates that the next version of the Samsung Gear VR will boast its own controller. OCULUS RIFT ARRIVES TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 28, 2017

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has tapped Hugo Barra, Xiaomi’s current Global VP, for the position of CEO at Oculus VR. Barra will be tasked with not only leading Oculus, Facebook’s subsidiary, but all of Facebook’s VR projects. On top of that, SEE ALSO Oculus Touch Review: Reach into Rift.

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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). It is the first virtual tour around the Chernobyl and Pripyat area. Xbox One Streaming (FREE – Oculus Rift ).

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VRScout

JULY 18, 2017

Live stream your cartoon virtual avatar on Facebook, Slate launches new live show in Facebook Spaces, join your friend to play with art together, Facebook’s standalone headset is coming, the investment & funding wrapup, and more…. NOW YOU CAN LIVE STREAM YOUR CARTOON AVATAR ON FACEBOOK. FACEBOOK’S STANDALONE HEADSET: IT’S COMING.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

But now we are in the time of VR, where anything is possible and whatever you want to create or do can all probably be done in a virtual world. One team at a Netflix’s Hack Day, created just that, with their concept of a Netflix video rental store in virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2018

One of the employees even admitted that at home he sometimes uses an Oculus Rift and the various startups in the Vive-X are free to use Windows Mixed Reality headsets. So, while there are HTC and Oculus fanboys that hate each other, it seems that HTC people have absolutely no hate for Oculus. The Vive Wireless Adapter receiver.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 3, 2017

Small, fluid moves make it easy to navigate, jump, crawl, run, shoot or otherwise survive, for example, in a post-apocalyptic virtual world.” Most notable is the long list of compatible platforms from all Windows PCs, Android devices, Steam, the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, Google Daydream, and more.

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VRScout

MARCH 6, 2017

First Windows mixed reality dev headset ships, dive into the virtual world via Xbox, high-end VR gets more affordable, Rogue One used VR to direct scenes, the investment & funding wrapup, and much more… FIRST WINDOWS MIXED REALITY HEADSET SHIPS LATER THIS MONTH. THE UPCOMING SAMSUNG GEAR VR CONTROLLER IS COOL.

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VRScout

JULY 30, 2016

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. This Week’s New Gear VR and Oculus Rift Content (7/30/16). ENTERTAINMENT: Absolut deadmau5 (FREE – Gear VR / Oculus Rift ). There’s a little something for everyone to check out this week!

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

It is simple: imagine that you have little money and can’t afford to buy a full VR rig, but you can only afford to buy a Samsung Gear VR or an Oculus Go , for instance. Of course, you can use Riftcat VRidge also with 3 DOF headsets like the Oculus Go. As you can see, for me it has been as using Blocks on the PC!

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

It’s an immersive virtual world that includes all types of content, data, scores, stats, along with other ways for fans to experience the game.”. It’s currently available for Samsung Gear VR, Google Daydream, Oculus , and Google Play. It’s different,” he said. Tuesday, April 10 – Boston @ Washington.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 4, 2017

Offering its users the easiest way to chat, share, broadcast and record in virtual reality, vTime is now live on five VR platforms: Samsung Gear VR , Oculus Rift , Google Cardboard , iPhone and Google Daydream. Broadcast your sessions with vCast, and record them for others to enjoy on demand. www.vTime.net.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2019

Instead, it is not for people wanting: An affordable device ( Rift S is much better in this sense); A portable device ( Oculus Quest or Vive Focus Plus are the way to go); A super-big screen resolution ( Varjo VR-1 or HP Reverb are better in this sense); An easy-to-use headset (again, Rift S or WMR devices like the Samsung Odyssey are better).

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Upload VR

JUNE 6, 2023

In 2014, Facebook acquired Oculus and planted a flag in virtual reality. Inarguably, Meta in 2023 is the leader in VR with combination of Quest 2 and Quest 3 likely to make it one of the hottest selling game consoles in the world. Could something rivaling the introduction of Mac, iPod and iPhone really follow this?

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VRScout

DECEMBER 19, 2016

PARTY WITH YOUR FACEBOOK FRIENDS IN VR: OCULUS ROOMS & PARTIES. If you have a Samsung Gear VR, you can now connect with your Facebook friends through Oculus Home. In the official words of the Oculus blog, this is “just the beginning of social VR.”. OCULUS CEO STEPS DOWN, WILL LEAD PC DIVISION.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Zuck and another Meta employee entered an empty virtual world, and Zuck started saying what he wanted to see in it and the AI answered by crafting exactly what he wanted. “I In Decentraland we had the first (to my knowledge) protest in the metaverse, with some people protesting during an event organized by Samsung. Some XR fun.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

After registering over at Cyberia Film Festival in VR (100% free), users will be instructed on how to access this weekend’s screening of 38 short films collected from across the globe using a VR headset such as the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive or Samsung Gear VR.

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Cats and VR

MARCH 21, 2018

Catan VR is on the Oculus Store today for $14.99 and on Samsung Gear VR for $9.99. Catan VR will be available on Oculus GO soon. What better way to express that than by venturing into the exciting new world of virtual reality? Catan is about exploring new frontiers,” said Catan creator Klaus Teuber.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 29, 2024

Meta to Drive AI-Powered XR Devices The upcoming AI features come as Meta seemingly sets its last hurrah for the previous Oculus branding, with all future sails featuring Meta. This month, Meta will remove all Oculus accounts and related data by the end of the month. Meta will enforce these changes today, on March 29th.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

More evidence of Facebook’s big plans for VR/AR: they plan on selling almost half a million Oculus Rift units by the end of 2016. Later this year, HelloVR will be releasing an early version of a huge, open-world social VR experience called Metaworld. Speaking of the Metaverse… say hi to Metaworld.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 25, 2017

We saw similar mistakes occur a decade ago, when Second Life and other virtual worlds were all the rage in Silicon Valley and the mainstream media, but quickly lost their appeal when users failed to show up. All of them, however, labor under a couple mistaken assumptions which are likely to limit their appeal.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Supporting PC headsets like Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Windows Mixed Reality, Valve Index, Oculus Go and Samsung Gear VR with cross-platform integration, Galaxity is one of these open worlds all about community and social interaction, completely free to download and start exploring.

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Hypergrid Business

JULY 11, 2017

The big deal of the season is the Oculus Rift bundle , with the Oculus Touch controllers, for $400. If you were looking to buy an Oculus Rift, and have a compatible computer, this is a great time to pick it up. Plus, like the Oculus Rift, the HTC Vive requires that it be plugged into a computer. Best deals on computers.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

It’s important to remember that every VR device fits one of three categories: mobile (meaning it uses the user’s smartphone to produce its virtual world), tethered (meaning the device must be hooked up to a PC or console) or more recently, “all-in-one” (meaning the computing hardware is built into the headset itself). Photo by Samsung.

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2016

To help do that, I coordinate engineering efforts internal to Epic as well as well as manage relationships with other companies like Oculus, Valve and Samsung to make sure that UE4 lets people maximize the potential of the engine to the fullest and that it’s easy to use. We don’t really have any software to show on it.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Much like Oculus, FOVE began as a successful Kickstarter which raised $480,000 , nearly twice its goal, back in mid-2015. FOVE hopes to be the first VR headset on the market with eye-tracking, and we expect other major headsets like the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR to add eye-tracking in future product iterations.

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VRWorld

MAY 27, 2016

We received word from WorldViz that they are putting the finishing touches on a Virtual Reality expansion for their PPT (Precision Position Tracking) system. meters i.e. 26,910 sq. feet are covered with a single device. “The beauty of our PPT system and the new plug-ins is that they take the orientation data from the game engine.

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Infinityleap

MAY 11, 2016

Earlier last week, Oculus announced a handful of new changes to Gear VR , its mobile headset for Samsung phones, along with one big new Facebook feature created with virtual reality (VR) in mind: the arrival of 360-degree photo capability in Facebook’s News Feed. The Oculus Experience. Photo credit: Samsung).

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Immersive Authority

JANUARY 12, 2016

WebVR has advanced to a point that it allows you to browse the web the classic way (pc or mobile screen with mouse/keyboard/touch input for navigation) or virtually (with a head mounted display (e.g. Image Credit: Infospaces – Data Visualization in Virtual Worlds by Opensource Obscure under CC License 2.0 .

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