The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

To make you understand how these features are incredible, Qualcomm has stated that “the [XR2] reference design has 2x the CPU and GPU performance, 4x more video bandwidth, 6x higher resolution and 11x AI improvement compared to our current widely adopted XR platform [the Oculus Quest ]”. Do you want to read a good book on AR/VR?

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

But I hope you’ll enjoy this newsletter coming from the world of the undead anyway… Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple starts accepting applications for Vision Pro devkits Apple has started accepting applications from interested developers to get a Vision Pro to develop XR experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 22, 2023

I was reading Mark Gurman’s latest rumors about the upcoming Apple headset, and I found his article very intriguing. Apple’s products are very popular among content creators (e.g. This is the first Apple keynote I watched hoping for something XR-related. Let me explain to you why. The seamless transition iPhone X.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Four years after the original Oculus Quest headset arrived, the Meta Quest platform offers an impressive range of experiences that caters to all interests. We played on Oculus Quest 2, but it’s crossplay between Quest 1, Quest 2, and PC VR headsets with cross-buy on Rift and Quest. Looking for the best free Quest games and apps?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

The same has happened with Apple, which is now offering bonuses to employees to keep them inside the company. Apple has performed very strategic acquisitions as well, and the news of the week is that Snap has acquired Compound Photonics to gain a key supplier of LCOS and Microled displays. Apple may have delays for its headset.

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Robert Scoble

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Mark Zuckerberg talks about the future of VR and AR at Facebook’s recent Oculus Connect conference. It isn’t alone, we know of many companies that are spending billions on same, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Sony, Magic Leap, Huawei, and others. The tech industry is gearing up for a new paradigm shift.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Roblox CEO hints at the Oculus Quest as a future platform. And among these platforms onto which the game could be ported in the future, he has also mentioned the Oculus Quest. Some intriguing news on the Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest 2 has disappeared from all Amazon EU websites. News worth a mention.

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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. This is amazing for us developers, but unluckily it is a feature tied to using the Oculus SDK, which is not cross-platform. Image by Apple). Apple may implement WebXR in Safari.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2022

We often talk about Apple and Meta, but we should not forget that Google is still in the match, and that in the AR Cloud race, it has still many cards to play, like the mapping of all the world already made with Google Maps. Let me quote Upload VR: The executives say the average number of Oculus friends per account was 0.5

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

When you’re “wearing” in Vernor Vinge’s 2006 book Rainbow’s End, contact lenses and computers woven into clothing serve up an assortment of competing realities and overlays. 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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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

We had, for DuPont Corian — which is a client of ours — we had an experience that showed bathroom vanities that you’re able to look at and place inside of your own space, similar to what IKEA is doing, and Amazon. Mobile virtual reality on a headset like an Oculus Go, which is $200. Rori: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

We had, for DuPont Corian — which is a client of ours — we had an experience that showed bathroom vanities that you’re able to look at and place inside of your own space, similar to what IKEA is doing, and Amazon. Mobile virtual reality on a headset like an Oculus Go, which is $200. Rori: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. If you look at someone like Apple, they aren’t about to put their logo on something like the current developer-focused headsets out there. And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. If you look at someone like Apple, they aren’t about to put their logo on something like the current developer-focused headsets out there. And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. If you look at someone like Apple, they aren't about to put their logo on something like the current developer-focused headsets out there. And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Apple headset will not be focused on gaming. A new report seems to suggest that the upcoming Apple headset won’t be focused on gaming at all. According to the rumors, In the beginning only Apple’s first part tools (like RealityKit) will be allowed to create content, and only after, Unity support will come. Other relevant news.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

Alan: I recently read a book called “The Age of Smart Information” by Mike Pell, and he talks about how information now is just information. I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. And I got the Oculus Go, thinking, “Oh, this is gonna be great for VR.” But it overheated.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

Alan: I recently read a book called “The Age of Smart Information” by Mike Pell, and he talks about how information now is just information. I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. And I got the Oculus Go, thinking, “Oh, this is gonna be great for VR.” But it overheated.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

2010, we had wearable technologies like the Fitbits, the Apple Watch, so forth and so on. When you walk into a Best Buy’s or you walk into any retailer, they’re selling you the Amazon Echo and they’re selling you the Google Home, where you ask a question, it plays a video. And in the 90s we had the laptops.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

2010, we had wearable technologies like the Fitbits, the Apple Watch, so forth and so on. When you walk into a Best Buy's or you walk into any retailer, they're selling you the Amazon Echo and they're selling you the Google Home, where you ask a question, it plays a video. And in the 90s we had the laptops. It's a tactile thing.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

2010, we had wearable technologies like the Fitbits, the Apple Watch, so forth and so on. When you walk into a Best Buy’s or you walk into any retailer, they’re selling you the Amazon Echo and they’re selling you the Google Home, where you ask a question, it plays a video. And in the 90s we had the laptops.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

That said, inviting you to support this blog on Patreon , so that I can keep hosting these amazing articles, I leave you to Rob’s post, that is like a tiny book, on the journey of developing Project Caliper. The booking agent at the office also started recognising me, which became a running joke between us, “another RMA?”.

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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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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

More info (How to pre-load Half-Life: Alyx) More info (Leaked review of Half-Life: Alyx) More info (Suggestions on how to stream the game) More info (Valve Index on top of Steam charts) More info (Oculus Rift S soldout) More info (Vive Cosmos Elite gives Alyx for free) More info (Vive Cosmos Elite review) More info (Gabe Newell talks BCI).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Oculus Quest 2. The biggest announcement of the event has been for sure the Oculus Quest 2, that Facebook has not only revealed but also launched. Oculus Quest 2 is a great piece of technology. Then Oculus will move the whole experience to 90Hz. The magic of the Oculus Quest 2 (Image by Facebook). Specifications.

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