AR Insider

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Why Facebook and Amazon have joined the race to bring computing to your face. — Facebook and Amazon each discussed computer glasses at launch events this week. — Amazon’s approach is to get a lightweight product out now, while Facebook is promising advanced technology in a few years. by Kif Leswing, CNBC, 9/29/19.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

So while hordes of dedicated tech enthusiasts and aggressive parents are busy shoving each other into walls trying to snag discounted Google Home devices, why not take advantage of the incredible savings being offered on this years hottest virtual reality gear, all from the comfort of your own home? OCULUS RIFT ON SALE!

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

” For Google, investments in AR are to drive search (visual search, mapping). Amazon wants AR for product visualization, pursuant to boosting e-commerce sales and reducing returns. Google will be the knowledge layer , just like its web index serves that purpose on the 2D web. to Oculus headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

People started screaming at the “Oculus Quest competitor”, but I wonder why Apple should release a VR headset with just limited AR features after it has repeated for years that it doesn’t care about VR. Amazon acquires Umbra. Amazon has just acquired the Finnish company Umbra. More info (Use Google Translate).

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AR Insider

JANUARY 21, 2020

We’ve generally stated “tens of billions” for the collective investment scale of the big five — Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. On The AR Show’s annual projections episode , McDowall presented his research from Facebook S-1 filings, showing an R&D spending inflection. 608 billion.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Oculus Quest 2 had a great Christmas. The sales of Oculus Quest 2 have been great during the holidays , and the Quest has been a Christmas gift very much appreciated by kids (but wasn’t there an age limit?). The second one is a device that should be presented at CES: the OWO haptic suit. (Image from Reddit). Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

HTC advertises it as a headset for relaxation and productivity because it wants to position it as a different product than a gaming machine like Oculus Quest 2. The first comes from the major consultancy brand Accenture, which has just announced that it is going to deploy 60,000 Oculus Quest 2 headsets for the training of new employees.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

Oculus has also partnered with Virtuclear to offer prescription lenses for the Quest 2 for $80. And that’s it for the news about the present. All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

A market where Oculus has almost no earning s from the hardware sales, though, so it’s a weird situation. More info (Sebastian’s Tweet) More info (Sebastian’s Tweet with answer by GermanRifter) More info (Google Cache for Bestware shop page for Cosmos). So, it is not something for the present, but more for the future.

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ARVR

APRIL 5, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Everyone of us already knew that Gear VR was a platform almost abandoned when Oculus announced the Oculus Go. Anyway, officially, both Samsung and Oculus have continued at least to support it. Original image by Oculus). Xiaomi disbands the Mi VR team, with unknown effects on Oculus Go. Other relevant news.

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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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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Oculus devices will require a Facebook login. The enormous piece of news of the week is tha t Facebook has communicated that from October, 20th, all people that want to use an Oculus device for personal use will have to use their personal Facebook account to log in. Top news of the week. Image by Tweakanalogy). The same on Twitter.

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Charlie Fink

JUNE 7, 2019

His presentation, titled “Are You Ready For Spatial Computing,” featured variations of his usual themes: the AR cloud, a visual wikipedia for the real world, with some new insights into spatial computing. Enterprise continues to be the main focus, with integrators with SaaS platforms out in force and seeing heavy traffic to their booths.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

It is not on sale on US HP Store and will be on Amazon US next month. My review of Google Hand tracking library. Last week, Google has released an opensource library for hand tracking on mobile devices based on its MediaPipe framework. The company has now solved all the issues and the headset can return on the market.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

There is another reason that will make medium-big studios happy: from now on, there won’t be any revenue share with Epic until $1M of revenues of your game, a limit that raises to $5M if your game is published on Oculus Store. Oculus Link now works with USB 2.0. More info (Oculus Link works with Usb 2.0?—?Road port and cable.

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Road to VR

MAY 23, 2017

Following a recent Christmas break where he says he studied a robot vacuum cleaner, tested all available voice-input devices for the home (such as the Amazon Echo and Google Home smart speakers), and watched every Black Mirror episode, it was voice control that excited Sony’s head of Magic Lab the most.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 16, 2020

Developed internally by HTC, Sync lets you organize your meetings with your colleagues around the world, and interact with Powerpoint presentations, 3D models, etc… Vive Campus. It is like Google here. So, I made a prototype with Unity and the Cosmos XR where I can actually take out a PC from an Amazon page and try it on my desk.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

8th Wall recently partnered with Amazon Sumerian on a WebAR ad experience where, with just a click of a banner ad, an AR experience placed a 3D Spiderman into your space for you to interact with directly in your mobile browser. With spatial computing, all the world’s an ad. Once the rival ad is burned, a Burger King ad is shown in its place.

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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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

We’ve seen these systems at Target checkout lines, bins at Home Depot, Michaels, and Barnes & Noble, for example, meaning that as you look for presents this year for loved ones it would be easy to pick up one of these headsets at practically any retailer, and give them as a stocking stuffer. Google Cardboard. Daydream View.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

It is becoming always more difficult for a new company entering the field: the key hardware suppliers of displays and other components are all being bought by Meta, Apple, Snap, Google, and other big players. It is just a bit more expensive than the $300 needed to buy an Oculus Quest 2. Many great XR games are controlled by Meta.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

Vividly presented images showed their striking new design with huge tracking rings and fabric hand straps, finished with a special blue coating advertised as being resistant to environmental contaminants. Google searches are very revealing. Pimax headset listed on Amazon (Image by Amazon, provided by Rob Cole).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2019

The past week has been the week of the E3, and we had an insane amount of news regarding new upcoming Virtual Reality content, especially for the Oculus Quest! But even more important, at E3 it has showcased a new 360 mode for the Oculus Quest. Oculus has made various statements about the Quest. For what games are you hyped?

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 14, 2016

It’s not too late to order virtual reality presents for the holidays — and they don’t have to cost a lot of money, either! Get it for $25 on Amazon. This headset is just $6 on Amazon. The Mattel View-Master may be a toy, but it is a fully-functional Google Cardboard headset. Read my full review here.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Yesterday Apple held a keynote presentation to update the world on their latest products. See Also: 3 Moves Oculus is Borrowing from Apple’s Marketing Playbook. While the company didn’t have any announcements on the AR/VR front, it’s clear that it’s only a matter of time before they enter the fray. Acquisitions.

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VRWorld

APRIL 28, 2017

Google tried to create screen to fit in a pair of Glasses; Google Glass, and paired it with touch and voice controls. Glass was never more than alpha-stage hardware and Google only marketed it as a developmental product through the Explorer Program. Google discontinued the interface in January 2015. Enter Magic Leap.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The battery tether feels ever-present, and because it's so short it's much more annoying than the long tether of PC VR headsets or PlayStation VR2. Meta Quest 3 (left) and Apple Vision Pro (right) We once asked Oculus executive Jason Rubin whether his company was considering a tethered compute model. I've snagged the cable.

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VRWorld

APRIL 17, 2017

fantasy sports such as Fantasy Football or Basketball on most popular websites, trickling down of skills is as present as ever. The technology is largely the domain of gaming brands at present, inclusive of both casinos and traditional developers. Be that computer games such as League of Legends or Dota2, Counter-Strike etc.,

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

OpenSim is a free, open source virtual world platform that’s compatible with the Oculus Rift. Help OpenSim by shopping on Amazon. You can now support OpenSim testing and development when you shop at Amazon — at no extra cost to you. OSgrid, a non-profit, has created an Amazon Smile account.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

A sought-after authority on interactive media industry, Carter has presented at every event around the world, including Casual Connect, the LA Games Conference, and the VR/AR Global Summit. Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Which still has its uses!

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

A sought-after authority on interactive media industry, Carter has presented at every event around the world, including Casual Connect, the LA Games Conference, and the VR/AR Global Summit. Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Which still has its uses!

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

A sought-after authority on interactive media industry, Carter has presented at every event around the world, including Casual Connect, the LA Games Conference, and the VR/AR Global Summit. Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Which still has its uses!

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

We plan to go online with it on Amazon or Netflix and present it like that, and then have it be an additional thing that maybe Netflix or Amazon has on their platform in the Oculus or HTC. Maybe Google will produce a 3D TV. In our age of Amazon, that's certainly helpful. No one knows who Meta was.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

I mean, we have access to the world’s information — I can Google pretty much any details — but it just gives me the information. I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. Now, I don’t even have to pull my phone out; I can just ask Google and every answer is there.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

I mean, we have access to the world’s information — I can Google pretty much any details — but it just gives me the information. I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. Now, I don’t even have to pull my phone out; I can just ask Google and every answer is there.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It was 2015, right after Google Glass, quote/unquote failed. So I know AGCO is using Google Glass all over. And the more they start to present their findings, the more it becomes a no-brainer for this technology. It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they’re pivoting to enterprise.

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