The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

I can’t think about an AR-app that is actually popular : many have tried to make AR games, AR educational experiences, AR sports… but they all ended up being tech demos or gimmicks. while we have seen the complicated life of Oculus hands-on booths at Best Buy. When Airpods were launched, they were welcomed by many memes.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

When the first consumer version of the Oculus Rift was launched in the spring, it was disappointingly bundled with a Microsoft Xbox controller – and we’ve eagerly been awaiting the native Touch Controllers. The Touch controllers feel like little magical half-doughnuts and are smooth and intuitive. MAGIC LEAP’S CONTROVERSY.

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Charlie Fink

JUNE 7, 2019

It featured over 350 speakers, and over 250 exhibitors in 100,000-square-feet expo, including a 20,000-square-feet “Playground,” which featured AR and VR experiences from developers like Chicken Waffle and novel demos from manufacturers like RealMax.

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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).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Facebook has started today enforcing the “Facebook login” rule , asking Oculus users to merge their Facebook and Oculus accounts. So I imagine a Quest 2 where you can avoid having a Facebook account, but you can’t use the Oculus Store, or all the most important apps and games , and so you are de facto forced to use it.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

More info (The most important announcements from WWDC) More info (M2 chipset announcement) More info (Metal 3 release) More info (HRTF function scanning) More info (ARKit body tracking demo) More info (RoomPlan announcement) More info (RoomPlan demo) More info (ARKit 6 functionalities) More info (Apple headset now rumored for 2023).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

It is a big showcase demo for its Unreal Engine 5, and I have to say it is pretty impressive. Good news for us developers: Meta has updated the Oculus SDK, and now it is possible to implement voice commands and spatial anchors in our Quest experiences. The new update also brings hand tracking support in the Oculus OpenXR plugin.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2019

I and my partner Gianni bought every new headset on the market : the Oculus Rift DK2, the Vive, the Rift CV1, the Gear VR, etc… We also went to almost every event we were invited to, even the smallest one (I remember once we went to a public plaza with like 7 people listening to our talk about VR…). The reasons?

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. There’s Magic Leap– Alan: Still a challenge. Magic Leap for sure. I mean, everybody’s saying Magic Leap is not so good, and they oversold what they ship. NReal is a spin off from Magic Leap.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. There’s Magic Leap– Alan: Still a challenge. Magic Leap for sure. I mean, everybody’s saying Magic Leap is not so good, and they oversold what they ship. NReal is a spin off from Magic Leap.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

I also am invested in Apple competitors, Qualcomm, Snap, Microsoft, Amazon, and about 50 other companies in a diverse portfolio. Just get Amazon’s latest iPhone app. Amazon, Tesla, Google, Facebook, and others, including most autonomous vehicle companies, are building the same for various purposes. Disclaimer.

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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. I’d say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. Or it’s going to take some more time?

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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. I’d say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. So they’re… [chuckles].

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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. I'd say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. So they're. Or it's going to take some more time?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. We actually have one of their products in our office that we've created a demo for. Cameron: Exactly. And it's it's essentially.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. We actually have one of their products in our office that we've created a demo for. Cameron: Exactly. And it's it's essentially.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 4, 2019

And for those of you don’t know, it’s called Marketing New Realities; it’s available on Amazon, and you can get it there. One of them, I try to smell… it was a demo of a scent machine, and I picked up a cup of in VR, and I smelled it and it smelled like coffee and a chocolate bar. So that was really exciting.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 4, 2019

And for those of you don’t know, it’s called Marketing New Realities; it’s available on Amazon, and you can get it there. One of them, I try to smell… it was a demo of a scent machine, and I picked up a cup of in VR, and I smelled it and it smelled like coffee and a chocolate bar. So that was really exciting.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. We actually have one of their products in our office that we've created a demo for. Cameron: Exactly. And it's it's essentially.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. We actually have one of their products in our office that we've created a demo for. Cameron: Exactly. And it's it's essentially.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

” But I think we’ve kind of — in the last two years — put a lot of POCs, a lot of effort, into building these demos and proofs of concepts, developing these trials. Amazon Sumerian. You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. We’re not tied to Magic Leap.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

” But I think we’ve kind of — in the last two years — put a lot of POCs, a lot of effort, into building these demos and proofs of concepts, developing these trials. Amazon Sumerian. You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. We’re not tied to Magic Leap.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

But I think we've kind of -- in the last two years -- put a lot of POCs, a lot of effort, into building these demos and proofs of concepts, developing these trials. Amazon Sumerian. You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. We're not tied to Magic Leap. Play a demo.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

Yeah, I just talked to Anand [Agarawala] — who’s the CEO of Spatial — and saw the demo and just did a whole breakdown of all what they’re doing with Spatial. We’ve got AR platforms being hosted by Amazon, by Facebook, by Snapchat, where you can develop your own AR lenses. Kent: Oh, cool. Kent: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

Yeah, I just talked to Anand [Agarawala] -- who's the CEO of Spatial -- and saw the demo and just did a whole breakdown of all what they're doing with Spatial. We've got AR platforms being hosted by Amazon, by Facebook, by Snapchat, where you can develop your own AR lenses. Alan: We had Jacob Lowenstein from Spatial on the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

Yeah, I just talked to Anand [Agarawala] — who’s the CEO of Spatial — and saw the demo and just did a whole breakdown of all what they’re doing with Spatial. We’ve got AR platforms being hosted by Amazon, by Facebook, by Snapchat, where you can develop your own AR lenses. Kent: Oh, cool. Kent: Yeah.

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