The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

The Oculus Quest 2 is selling incredibly well because it offers the right combination of affordable price, good hardware, and a good software ecosystem. Not to mention the millions spent on marketing , especially in the US (Oculus was one of the sponsors of NBA, for instance). The Quest will still be the king.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Alice: I think one of the recent examples — and you were talking about it when you were saying about doing your news roundup — in the last week was really that Microsoft demo at Inspire. 2025 we’re going to start seeing the real uplift of this.” That really did blow my mind. Oh, my goodness.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Alice: I think one of the recent examples — and you were talking about it when you were saying about doing your news roundup — in the last week was really that Microsoft demo at Inspire. 2025 we’re going to start seeing the real uplift of this.” That really did blow my mind. Oh, my goodness.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Alice: I think one of the recent examples -- and you were talking about it when you were saying about doing your news roundup -- in the last week was really that Microsoft demo at Inspire. 2025 we're going to start seeing the real uplift of this." What is personally blowning your mind in XR for business? That really did blow my mind.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. And Apple also earlier this year acquired NextVR, which-- that company has all the licensing rights to real-time capture in 360 of NASCAR, and NBA, and all of the other sports. Golf, I think. everything. Just all the things.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. And Apple also earlier this year acquired NextVR, which-- that company has all the licensing rights to real-time capture in 360 of NASCAR, and NBA, and all of the other sports. Golf, I think. everything. Just all the things.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Alice: I think one of the recent examples — and you were talking about it when you were saying about doing your news roundup — in the last week was really that Microsoft demo at Inspire. 2025 we’re going to start seeing the real uplift of this.” That really did blow my mind. Oh, my goodness.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. And Apple also earlier this year acquired NextVR, which-- that company has all the licensing rights to real-time capture in 360 of NASCAR, and NBA, and all of the other sports. Golf, I think. everything. Just all the things.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

I was looking at 2025 for ubiquitous AR glasses. Alan: With Facebook now working on AR, and you've got Magic Leap, and Microsoft's Hololens. Then you've got glasses like the North glasses, which just give you a little heads up display, like your Apple Watch display. And I know Oculus Quest just introduced hand tracking.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

I was looking at 2025 for ubiquitous AR glasses. Alan: With Facebook now working on AR, and you've got Magic Leap, and Microsoft's Hololens. Then you've got glasses like the North glasses, which just give you a little heads up display, like your Apple Watch display. And I know Oculus Quest just introduced hand tracking.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

I was looking at 2025 for ubiquitous AR glasses. Alan: With Facebook now working on AR, and you've got Magic Leap, and Microsoft's Hololens. Then you've got glasses like the North glasses, which just give you a little heads up display, like your Apple Watch display. And I know Oculus Quest just introduced hand tracking.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. As I go to these different developer conferences, I go to Facebook F8, or Microsoft Build, or Google IO. You have Apple, with ARKit. And you say kind of 2025 when they all converge. So you have all these different 3D file formats. Or in Canada, USDZed.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. As I go to these different developer conferences, I go to Facebook F8, or Microsoft Build, or Google IO. You have Apple, with ARKit. And you say kind of 2025 when they all converge. So you have all these different 3D file formats. Or in Canada, USDZed.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. As I go to these different developer conferences, I go to Facebook F8, or Microsoft Build, or Google IO. You have Apple, with ARKit. And you say kind of 2025 when they all converge. Facebook accepts glTFs, Hololens is FBX models, VR is usually OBJs.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

While on the topic of acquisitions Facebooks takeover of Oculus initially was somewhat hostile with internal disputes between Oculus founders and Zuckerberg and his leadership team. Microsoft has done well in the mixed reality space as it relates to enterprise adoption.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

I can’t guarantee that these predictions will come out to be true (I always joke about the fact that I miss many of the predictions about Meta/Oculus), but I think they will be worth reading anyway to understand what can be the trends to look for in this new year. Me wearing my branded Oculus Quest 2. So… let’s start!

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