The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! Apple Glasses may release in 2021 for $499. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple Vision Pro may be out in January According to the latest report on Bloomberg, Apple is still on track to release the Apple Vision Pro at the beginning of this year. May it be something that HTC is going to announce at CES? I hope we will meet there and have fun together!

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 26, 2017

update, now including official support for Apple’s ARKit and Google’s ARCore software dev kits, and support for SteamVR on Mac. ‘Production-ready’ support for Apple’s ARKit working on iOS11 was initially announced during Apple’s iPhone 8 and iPhone X unveiling last month.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2023

HTC has made its moves at MWC, too. HTC is one of the best companies when it comes to XR for enterprise and it’s good that it is expanding its offering in the field. I’m pretty excited by these growing rumors about Samsung because Samsung has always proposed interesting XR devices.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

Apple has killed its AR glasses project… maybe. A piece of unexpected news has shaken the XR communities this week: according to a report on Digitimes Taiwan, Apple has abandoned its AR/VR glasses project and all the members of the team have been re-allocated in other teams. AR is still alive, Apple will still release its AR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

Stay tuned on my blog for updates about this new adventure of mine. HTC has revealed the design of the Vive Cosmos. HTC has finally unveiled some information on the Vive Cosmos. HTC has immediately answered that 899$ is a too high estimate of the price. Top news of the week. Image by Upload VR).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I’m sorry about that, but it’s still a miracle I’ve managed to write it… Top news of the week (Leaked image from Samsung video) Samsung is back to XR with Google and Qualcomm The big news of the week is that Samsung is back to XR. This is huge because we know that Samsung is able to always deliver good hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

There is no official confirmation on this, and I hope to be wrong because having to use earphones would be a big hit to its comfort Release date and price : of course the release date (will it come before or after an Apple headset?) More info (PSVR 2 unveiled) More info (Official blog post on PSVR 2 headset). News worth a mention.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

Samsung Gear VR. Samsung Smartphone. Apple and Samsung Smartphones. The HTC Vive, produced by HTC and developed together with video game industry giant Valve, was released on April 5th, 2016. HTC Vive Pro. Check out our article for what comes next. Click on any VR Headset to learn more. Oculus Rift.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2022

Image by Samsung). Samsung is close to launching an XR device, or maybe two. Last month, we got to know that (according to a rumor) Samsung is working together with Microsoft on new AR glasses, most probably powered by a Qualcomm chipset. Samsung has apparently completed a prototype, and “is deciding the release date”.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

As it is a tradition of this blog , I’ve prepared a big roundup of the best news in XR from this year’s CES! HTC Vive Wrist Tracker. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker (Image by HTC). HTC has made an announcement at this CES and it has been a pretty cool one. Further references. Shiftall MeganeX.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Samsung Gear VR. Samsung Smartphone. Apple and Samsung Smartphones. The HTC Vive, produced by HTC and developed together with video game industry giant Valve, was released on April 5th, 2016. HTC Vive Pro. Check out our article for what comes next. Click on any VR Headset to learn more. Oculus Rift.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Here below I’m posting for you the best offers I’ve found: for instance, HTC is discounting basically every piece of hardware (including Vive Trackers that can be useful for all the VRChat fans out there), while Pico is offering one of the best deals with €100-worth-of-content given for free with every purchased Pico 4.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. But, as Road To VR has stated, maybe HTC should have clarified that in all its marketing material.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2024

I’m not there (I’ve still never been to CES…), but as usual I will follow the news and report it on this blog, so stay tuned! And Mark was right: today, totally out of the blue, Apple finally announced when people will be able to get a Vision Pro. both on physical and online Apple Stores, starting from February, 2nd.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2019

Image by HTC). After some weeks of silence, HTC has started again to rise the hype for its upcoming flagship PC VR headset, the Vive Cosmos. HTC has not confirmed nor denied the price, but 90% of cases when this happens, the rumored price is true. Apple is working on AR/VR. Other relevant news. has been released.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 5, 2024

This seems to hint that the two companies are going to build a new XR headset together, which according to the rumors will be the Quest Pro 2, which would be aimed at competing directly with the Apple Vision Pro. This could be useful to let Meta answer to the movies available on the Apple Vision Pro because of Apple TV.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Stay tuned on my blog for more articles about my Chinese experience in the upcoming days! Samsung will manufacture the chips for Facebook AR glasses. According to the Korean outlet “The Electronic Times”, Samsung will manufacture the tracking chips that will be used by Facebook AR glasses. HTC keeps updating the Vive Cosmos.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

The new update for Oculus Quest brings with it some interesting features, like the tracking of the Apple Magic Keyboard, some updates to the UI, and a new menu for hand tracking. HTC discounts its headsets. HTC has started a good discount on its headsets that will last until the end of the month. Funny link.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

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. I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets — like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it — are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing. Carter: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

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. I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets — like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it — are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing. Carter: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

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. I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets -- like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it -- are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing. What are your thoughts on that?

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple. We already saw this problem happening when HTC departed from the Steam platform to build its Viveport store because hardware sales were not enough to have an ambitious business. Well, it seems that our hope has died.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Next week my blog will turn 3 years old! Image by Samsung). Anyway, officially, both Samsung and Oculus have continued at least to support it. But at the presentation of the latest Samsung Note 10, for the first time after the Note 4, Samsung has dropped support for Gear VR in its latest flagship device.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

And one of the posts I wrote recently on my blog at theboolean.io So HTC has given us some Vive Focus and we love them, because being untethered is a huge important part of having audience come in and not feeling like it’s a hassle, but really having this like ritualistic atmospheric experience without breaking that sense of immersion.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

And one of the posts I wrote recently on my blog at theboolean.io So HTC has given us some Vive Focus and we love them, because being untethered is a huge important part of having audience come in and not feeling like it’s a hassle, but really having this like ritualistic atmospheric experience without breaking that sense of immersion.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

And one of the posts I wrote recently on my blog at theboolean.io So HTC has given us some Vive Focus and we love them, because being untethered is a huge important part of having audience come in and not feeling like it's a hassle, but really having this like ritualistic atmospheric experience without breaking that sense of immersion.

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