The Ghost Howls
MAY 2, 2024
The historical moment of the launch of Quest 1 (Image by TechCrunch) Oculus Quest 1 launched in 2019 for $399. And in the end, the beginning of June is a good opportunity to answer whatever Google had announced mid May at Google I/O and at the same time to put pressure on Apple for the WWDC conference in mid-June.
The Ghost Howls
JULY 10, 2023
Top news of the week (Image by Google) Samsung XR headset may have been delayed The new rumor in town is that Samsung has delayed its upcoming headset that it is building in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. It’s been another interesting week in immersive realities, so let’s see what happened in our field in the past few days!
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The Ghost Howls
SEPTEMBER 3, 2023
As I said a few months ago , we are in the middle of a paradigm change: the cycle that started with the Quest is arriving at an end, and a new cycle driven by new technologies (mixed reality headsets) and new players (Apple, Google) is starting. Google and Samsung Prototype of the Samsung XR headset. Let me tell you why.
ARVR
JUNE 9, 2021
What we know for sure is that Apple is not known to launch products in a prototype state, as for example did Google with the Google Glass, rather the company launches a new product when it is certain to obtain an adequate market response. The smart glass market was valued at USD 3.89 billion in 2020 and is expected to reach USD 7.96
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Fresh Developments from Meta Meta is trying to finish the Nazare device in time for a release in 2026. Although, since its reshuffle, Meta doubled down on its core immersive hardware goals, including the debut of the Meta Quest Pro and the continued development of the Project Nazare device.
The Ghost Howls
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
A few weeks after I officially entered VR, the technology started being overhyped after Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus. If you follow the story described above, you can see that the hype for VR in 2014 was caused by Facebook buying Oculus. After the year 2026, we will be just one of the many that do XR, a commodity technology.
The Ghost Howls
MARCH 5, 2024
It is not the first time Meta partnered with an external company for a new device and in most cases this choice paid off: both the Gear VR (Samsung) and the Oculus Go (Xiaomi) were pretty good products. Given the production timeline, this Vision Pro successor could launch in the first half of 2026.
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