The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Unfortunately, there is a trade-off as people get either simulator sick in normal VR setups or immersion suffers. In general, simulator (VR) sickness and motion sickness are two sides of the same coin. Following this announcement, we partnered with Unity and Audi and for a US roadshow that brought us from Los Angeles to San Francisco.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

” Check out the video below to get a better idea how simulated field-of-depth and foveated rendering work. The company has already released their SDK which allows developers to integrate FOVE support for projects built-in Unity, Unreal Engine, and CryEngine.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The event is unaffiliated with Apple and will be held in the San Francisco area shortly after the U.S. Attendees are encouraged to develop native visionOS , Unity PolySpatial , and web applications during the event." Now, he's turned his sights to helping jumpstart spatial computing apps on Vision Pro with VisionDevCamp.

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

At their flagship London store, Topshop made a waterslide simulator to celebrate the start of summer: complete with a virtual tube ride through a 3D recreation of the actual Oxford Street that lies just outside of the real-world store. Now this is what I call retail theater.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

GDC March 20-24th, 2023, San Francisco The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is an informative and educational event where attendees can learn all about the newest technologies influencing the gaming landscape. There will also be behind-the-scenes insights into trends like digital twins, 3D reconstruction and simulation.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 22, 2016

VRDC will take place November 2-3, 2016 in the Park Central Hotel in San Francisco, CA. To register or submit your speaking abstract by July 8, visit: vrdconf.com. Show Floor + Exhibitor Opps: VRDC will include a significant vendor area showcasing the latest innovations and advances in Virtual Reality.

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VRScout

JULY 25, 2017

San Francisco-based Leap Motion has raised a $50M Series C for their hand- and finger-tracking technology. The company’s focus is on mobile VR, expanding into Asia, and commercial and enterprise use cases like healthcare, education, and industrial training simulations. via The Venture Reality Fund. and just a few more….

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ARVR

JUNE 25, 2020

Build your first HoloLens 2 Application with Unity and MRTK 2.3.0 Virtual Reality: Do We Live In Our Brain’s Simulation Of The World? Previous ones occurred in Moscow, Geneva, Perth, Miami, St Louis, San Diego, San Francisco?—?quite Designing for a modern 3D world: A UX design guide for VR 2.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Owlchemy Labs , creator of popular VR titles like Job Simulator, and the Rick and Morty Simulator for Adult Swim, raised $5M. Another VR startup out of Austin (keep your eyes on this area, by the way – lots of creative tech people focusing on VR/AR there) has announced funding. Bitmovin announced a $10.3M

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 28, 2016

“We knew we had to get in on that action, and started jotting down ideas on the flight back from San Francisco. The transition to VR development turned out to be quite smooth, since Game Cooks was already working with the Unity engine on their previous mobile titles.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 28, 2016

“We knew we had to get in on that action, and started jotting down ideas on the flight back from San Francisco. The transition to VR development turned out to be quite smooth, since Game Cooks was already working with the Unity engine on their previous mobile titles.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Initially, the experience gives you a comfort mode in which your FOV is narrowed as you fly to reduce simulator sickness. They want you to feel and remember the journeys you take as you devour every corner of the places you are exploring. This can be disabled in the options menu for those that prefer more uninhibited traversal.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Filling up the halls of San Francisco’s Moscone Center, GDC has been a big event for the VR industry over the past few years, but it is seeing something of an explosion this year, which runs from February 27th – March 3rd. Liz Mercuri (Unity). Friday, March 3rd, 10:45am – 11:15am. Room 2005, West Hall.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 18, 2023

This allows decision-makers to work on immersive visualizations as part of their daily operations, such as reviewing iterations of a product or viewing a digitized urban area to simulate smart city initiatives. Simulation and Training : XR technology enables realistic simulations based on digital twins.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They’re a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences. Like, “Unity 101: here’s how to make a model.” From this journey, Circuit Stream’s 10-week online course emerged. Alan: So how did you begin?

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They’re a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences. Like, “Unity 101: here’s how to make a model.” From this journey, Circuit Stream’s 10-week online course emerged. Alan: So how did you begin?

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They're a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences. Like, "Unity 101: here's how to make a model." From this journey, Circuit Stream's 10-week online course emerged. Their education platform has reached over 25,000 students.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They're a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences. Like, "Unity 101: here's how to make a model." From this journey, Circuit Stream's 10-week online course emerged. Their education platform has reached over 25,000 students.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

So that's AR, plus really high quality LiDAR scanning, skeleton detection, and then clothing simulation. So one question I actually had from a technical standpoint is how hard is it to put these things on the web, compared to something like an app or maybe using Unity for a configurator? And then you can try on a baseball cap at home.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

So that's AR, plus really high quality LiDAR scanning, skeleton detection, and then clothing simulation. So one question I actually had from a technical standpoint is how hard is it to put these things on the web, compared to something like an app or maybe using Unity for a configurator? And then you can try on a baseball cap at home.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

So that's AR, plus really high quality LiDAR scanning, skeleton detection, and then clothing simulation. So one question I actually had from a technical standpoint is how hard is it to put these things on the web, compared to something like an app or maybe using Unity for a configurator? And then you can try on a baseball cap at home.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 19, 2019

and San Francisco that have been home to over 150 VR and AI startups. The medical industry; being able to do surgical training, being able to actually do full simulations that save thousands and thousands of dollars, and are pretty incredible results for the doctors that are using them.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

We know mostly nothing about it, and we just have the image of its front view (semi-obscured) and the info that it will be revealed in San Francisco at Photonics West event. Unity now supports Vulkan for Oculus Quest. Unity has finally implemented Vulkan support for the Oculus Quest, in Unity 2019.3.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Mark Zuckerberg, but also Unity CEO John Riccitiello) that should mark the beginning of the serious adoption of new technology. During my trip to San Francisco, I was surprised to see in every corner of the city ads about the Oculus Quest. 10 million is the magic number indicated by some key figures in our ecosystem (e.g.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle?—?for It is a terrible moment for tech companies: after Meta and Unity, also Snap stock has lost -30% of its value after the CEO has announced that the company won’t be able to reach its estimated earnings goals. Snap shares lose -30% of its stock value.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

In April, we opened the doors to the first Upload Collective in San Francisco, a hub for VR and AR startups, development, co-working, education, meetups and even live broadcasting. With over 40 member companies in San Francisco, The Upload Collective has quickly grown both in size and in scope.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

A lot of what I do is try to take new and emerging technology -- obviously right now, VR/AR/XR; all that falls into it -- and using that to enhance messaging and storytelling, training, simulation, all of that type of stuff. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller. It's not something that every company will do.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

A lot of what I do is try to take new and emerging technology -- obviously right now, VR/AR/XR; all that falls into it -- and using that to enhance messaging and storytelling, training, simulation, all of that type of stuff. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller. It's not something that every company will do.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

A lot of what I do is try to take new and emerging technology -- obviously right now, VR/AR/XR; all that falls into it -- and using that to enhance messaging and storytelling, training, simulation, all of that type of stuff. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller. It's not something that every company will do.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

A lot of what I do is try to take new and emerging technology -- obviously right now, VR/AR/XR; all that falls into it -- and using that to enhance messaging and storytelling, training, simulation, all of that type of stuff. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller. It's not something that every company will do.

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VRScout

JULY 17, 2016

Now it looks like the 600-person company, based in an old Motorola factory in Fort Lauderdale (yes that’s in Florida, guys – not a neighborhood in San Francisco), is finally breaking their vow of silence. Unity Technologies, developer of the massively popular Unity cross-platform game engine, raised $181M in their Series C round.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

New amazing content is coming, like Assassin’s Creed VR or GTA San Andreas, and some very popular VR titles like Population One or Beat Saber, are exclusive to its standalone platform. Epic has implemented it, and Unity is doing that too. I am a Unity developer, and I can tell you that now Unity.XR

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