Tech Trends VR

APRIL 9, 2018

We expect stand-alone headsets like the Oculus Go and HTC Vive Focus to ignite a new wave of growth that will help broaden the appeal of virtual reality, particularly with businesses and in education,” says George Jijiashvili, CCS Insight’s senior analyst for wearables.

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ARPost

JULY 12, 2021

There is also potential in education and virtual tourism. The company also has some big-name partners including Oculus , Microsoft , and Telekom. “All of these enterprise clients are now at the point where they understand that they will need a standardized solution.”. VRdirect Is Crossing the Rhine.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

These include at least smart retail, tourism, and architecture. LaValle, who was also an early founder and head scientist of Oculus VR. Fourthly, there are certain key application areas or industry vertical-specific solutions that Finnish companies should pay more attention to.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2021

The alpha of the experience has been officially unveiled two years ago, so I can talk with you about this application that aims at mixing virtual tourism and e-commerce in a pretty interesting way. It’s a project that unites virtual tourism, v-commerce, and green economy. What is DWorld? Future vision. Image by DWorld).

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Form factors have improved dramatically since then, and most people are familiar with the first commercially-available VR headset, then-Facebook’s Oculus Rift. Travel and tourism: Travel companies, embassies, and expos have used VR to transport people to faraway destinations without leaving the office or home.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

And here comes another problem: the “unease tourism” (as I call it) that VR can offer. Last year I read an article that used the term “racism tourism” when talking about living in VR in the shoes of someone undergoing racism attacks for just some minutes. Header image by ANAGRAM).

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VRScout

MARCH 3, 2017

PRIMAL TOURISM: ISLAND. Developed over the course of over 8 months, Primal Tourism: Island combines colonialism, tourism and science fiction to create a truly unique experience that’s as accurate as it is imaginative. This strengthens the pathways between realms , revealing inherent parameters and underlying structures.”.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

In fact, games only account for 35% of projects underway, as the rest are focused on fields like psychology and neuroscience (12%), education (7%), tourism (7% ), and architecture and real estate (6%).

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Tech Trends VR

JUNE 11, 2018

SpaceVR will use Virtual Space Tourism to connect us to our planet and to each other, expanding the limits of human consciousness. Let’s launch cool s**t into space!”. As far as elevator pitches go, that’s not a bad start, but as I talked to Ryan Holmes about plans for his company’s upcoming launch later this year, things got even curiouser.

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

So the Tourism Department of the Town Hall of Segovia has enlisted the help of marketing and production company Sputnik7 to create interactive digital replicas of the city’s main historical locations for the world to see. VRFocus will continue its coverage of the project and the latest VR use cases in tourism.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the trend of Gaming entrepreneurs, for example, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Oculus transferred from games to virtual reality and we started to keep eye on the VR area. Since Meta made the acquisition and took over Oculus, VRTUOLUO began to write original and in-depth articles on the XR industry. Screengrab of the VRTUOLUO website.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 28, 2016

We’ve often talked about VR being used for virtual tourism, but this isn’t exactly what we had in mind. HTC today announced a partnership with InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) to bring the HTC Vive to sites in Chinese cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Sanya. More hotels will be added in the future.

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Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2018

Just the same, New Zealand’s Tourism Board continues to capitalize on the success of Peter Jackson’s film adaptations of J.R.R. Cheery old Hobbiton, although maintained as a tourist destination today at a family run farm five miles west of Hinuera, New Zealand, isn’t a ‘real’ place either.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 14, 2022

With endless flights grounded, tourism put on hold, and opportunities to connect with customers diminished, confidence in the landscape has dwindled. To strengthen connections with an uncertain audience, travel and tourism companies are being forced to explore new technologies as a solution for innovation.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Facebook had already tried a similar experiment with their Oculus Go. The site itself says of Viveport Verse: “Explore the world beyond physical space,” “meet people around the world,” and “attend a variety of events, from virtual tourism and exhibitions to sporting events and festivals.” Both, which HTC has not managed so far.

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ARVR

JUNE 2, 2022

million to become the first city to immerse itself in the metaverse, including hosting cultural events in the Metaverse to attract global tourism, a virtual city hall for citizens to interact with public officials and access services, and community recreation spaces (Seoul Metropolitan Government, 2021).

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Cats and VR

JUNE 29, 2016

With over one million active monthly users of the Samsung GearVR, millions of Google Cardboard units and high-end Oculus Rift and HTC Vive pre-orders, Smithson believes that brands that are early to develop unique and engaging content for VR and will have a huge advantage over their competition.

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ARVR

MARCH 9, 2022

As for Virtual Reality (VR), it’s a complete immersion into a virtual world, shutting off the physical world entirely through special VR devices like HTC Vive, Google Cardboard, and Oculus Rift. Tourism Credit: Unsplash. In the future, who knows how AR can affect the tourism industry? Learning Credit: Unsplash.

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InstaVR

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Their use of InstaVR has shown the transformative power of Virtual Reality as a B2B tool — in the travel/tourism space, for use at conferences + events, and as a cross-platform publishing success (iOS/Android/WebVR/Gear VR). May 2018 – Oculus Go starts shipping, with InstaVR publishing to it from launch!

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The idea is also the one of experimenting with virtual classes and virtual examinations; Culture : VR can be used to promote tourism. In China, schools must already use virtual reality. It can help in showing Chinese places with high historical values and also to preserve these places virtually forever. – VR+ culture.

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Road to VR

JULY 8, 2016

This is a big reason why Oculus implemented Comfort Ratings as a part of titles sold through Oculus Home so that users susceptible to simulator sickness could make an informed decision about what titles they would be able to enjoy. Some, not everyone, just a small percentage. Support Voices of VR. Subscribe on iTunes.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 4, 2017

I got to go on a virtual tour of Rome and marvel at the potential of VR tourism. No cameras, no trackers, no Steam, no Oculus Home. The most robust experience I found was called HoloTour, which was similar to the “Welcome to Virtual Reality” videos I’ve seen on the Samsung Gear VR. It’s just Windows in VR.

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InstaVR

JANUARY 16, 2019

Platform – The publishing platform used to access the app (ie Web, Mobile, Oculus Go, etc). Real Estate/Tourism/Entertainment – Virtual tours were one of the first commercial uses of VR, and remain popular today. The name is pulled from your File Manager, so make sure to give distinct names to your files prior to uploading.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 9, 2017

A cartoon version of Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, visited hurricane-damaged Puerto Rico on Monday, in a tone-deaf livestream that was part disaster tourism, part product promotion. But not everyone seem to approve that kind of way to discuss hurricane relief efforts. “It

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VeeR VR

OCTOBER 2, 2018

All the great content are credited to our creators @OH37 @Richoh Theta @ExperienceFactory @Aayushi Fulldome Film @VR360 TV @Jason Podmore @Oleg Knot.You can now download VeeR on Oculus Go, Oculus Rift , HTC Vive Samsung Gear VR , Google Daydream to experience more space travel and other high-quality VR content.

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XROM

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Meta has been single handedly driving the virtual reality #metaverse industry, from the acquisition of Palmer luckey's Oculus to pumping $ 10 Billion for the Metaverse, we at #xrom hope #meta launches Oculus Quest in India as it will help both the enterprise as well as consumers leverage the benefits of Virtual Reality.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 8, 2022

In the last couple of years, we’ve begun to see some examples of what the right technology can do from leading hotel, transportation, and tourism companies. The tools included VR apps built for Oculus headsets which help to train team members to deal with complex guest situations.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

AR is being applied in training and education, healthcare, heads-up wayfinding and navigation, tourism, retail, field service, real estate sales, design and architecture. An Apple AR headset has been a mainstay of the rumor mills for several years, and we expect Facebook to be creating an AR Oculus device.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

It’s hard to avoid the hype around virtual reality (VR) headsets like the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift or its mobile counterpart, Samsung Gear VR; much of that excitement is focused on console, mobile, and PC gaming. Travel / Tourism. However, the technology has applications in most industries.

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VRWorld

JULY 12, 2017

There’s no doubt that the announcements made on this conference might be the clearest direction where VR/MR/AR are heading as an industry, as it will happen after Microsoft Windows 10 Mixed Reality launches, as well as seeing the first sales results of next generation Oculus Rift headset. Ted Schilowitz, Futurist, 20th Century Fox.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

We read how VR is seen as beneficial to health sector, banking industries, tourism, science, schools etc. This experience brings people, via an Oculus Rift headset, to the birthplace of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc in New Zealand. Today, we can see many positive externalities happening in different spheres.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

One of the biggest mistakes that companies in the tourism/hospitality/other industries make in regards to virtual tours is viewing them as an equal or alternative to real physical tours. For example, many tourists in Italy are offered VR tours for Oculus that let them explore ancient monuments restored to full glory in 3D.

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VeeR VR

APRIL 10, 2018

Cathy Hackl was selected as a 2017 Oculus Launch Pad Fellow, a program designed to support promising VR content creators and help them bring their unique ideas to market. Carmack is the CTO of Oculus and an American game programmer and the co-founder of ID Software. Cathy Hackl. John Carmack.

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AUGray

DECEMBER 22, 2021

This technology is being used today in healthcare, tourism, education and art and design. The Oculus Rift headset allows employees to enter the vehicle and feel the facilities. VR and AR technology are no longer associated with Snapchat or Pokémon Go. Ford Motor Company. Ford has adopted VR to develop and design its designs.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

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RealVision VR

JULY 14, 2016

This is especially evident at tourism and real estate events. Oculus’ rift and even the Samsung GearVR (a darling of VR marketing depts) will soon have room scale tracking capability. 1: Sell to an already captive audience. Visit any trade show these days and you will see the obligatory VR headset or three, at every stand.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. “What can we put in a headset that… maybe our sales guy could take this Oculus, go with him in a suitcase when he goes on these sales meetings, and actually show people the thing we’re building in full three dimensions.”

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