The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

What an exciting week for technology, with the Facebook Connect, PS5 price announcement, Apple event and the release of RTX30 graphics cards! Even Apple uses modified ARM chips. an ARM chips can be installed on IoT sensors that communicate to a server where an NVIDIA card is used to perform machine learning on the data).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

Is this really what Apple wants? (Thanks Robert Scoble for this news!). Developers continue to have fun with Oculus Quest hands tracking! A new week, a new sheer of demos exploiting Oculus Quest hands tracking! A demo made by the creator of Holoception, that mixes portals and hands tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2023

Hands-tracking is also supported. From a first hands-on someone was able to have with the device, seems that the prototype is solid, but the battery life is a bit short (30 minutes). The 1200 nits of the display also make sure the visuals are very bright. Well, considering its high cost, it seems very reasonable to me.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

All these data together make me a bit skeptical about the capabilities of this company: developing such kind of a high-quality headset requires a lot of expertise, while the company is very small and features no known expert in the field. Sony will give PS4 camera adapters for PS5 for free.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

My favorite ones have been: Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed that the next PSVR headset will be called PSVR 2 and will feature 2K x 2K per eye, up to 120 Hz framerate, and 110° FOV. It will be the first consumer headset with eye-tracking and foveated rendering, and also the first one to feature haptics directly on the headset.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment) PlayStation VR 2 has been launched This has been the week of PSVR2. Sony Interactive Entertainment has started shipping the headset , and many people in the community started sharing pictures of them using this new device. appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Most probably this announcement has been made to envision a future competition with Apple, bringing to XR the battle Android vs iOS (and Samsung vs Apple) that we already have on phones. But Sony has refuted the report, claiming it is not true. Learn more Hand tracking is now available also in three.js

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Image by Sony, from Road To VR). Sony announces PS5, it supports PSVR. With an online livestream of around 1 hour, Sony has finally unveiled the design of the PlayStation 5. But Sony has confirmed that while we wait for it, the PS5 will be able to work with the current PSVR device. I hope you’ll enjoy it…. SSD (8–9 GB/s).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

If you make some calculations using these data, the result is that Meta has probably sold 9–10M Quest 2 units until now. So creating new devices that young kids may like (the Quest 2) and that have an independent store (Quest Store) and where Meta can perform all the data tracking that it wants, seems the ideal scenario.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2020

Apple announces ARKit 4, amongst new rumors of XR headsets. The story goes on telling that Apple VR headset had realistic visuals and sound, it was super-cool and probably we’ll see a release date of 2022/2023. More info (New rumors about Apple and XR) More info (Apple ARKit4). We all can’t wait. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

PlayStation VR 2 Logo (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Of course, the object must be in the FOV of the cameras of the headset to be tracked, even if HTC says that the tracking can somewhat continue also when this condition is not true (i guess using just IMU data). Now let’s dig into the best news!

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Meta plans to fight Apple thanks to the help of LG, a company that has deep expertise in manufacturing hardware and displays. It’s interesting to read that the displays also support a foveated-rendering mode, which cuts down the transmitted data bandwidth to 60%. This seems a great result to me.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

It was potentially the big game changer for Crystal, with reported improvements to rendering performance and optical comfort, together with the supply of eye data for applications like VR Chat. It is also very useful in commercial and enterprise work, where it provides biometric data allowing for actionable insights into user behavior.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

Well, if the rumor becomes reality, this would mean that all next Apple devices will have both front and back depth cameras, for high-precision Augmented Reality and 3D reconstruction. Well played Apple. PSVR 2 may have inside-out tracking. This week Sony has showcased the new DualShock controller for the PS5, dubbed DualSens.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 15, 2023

The announcement came just a few days before Apple revealed Vision Pro , its own entry into the headset market. Oculus Go, Quest, Rift S, Quest 2 and even Sony's PlayStation VR2 headsets all use a bulkier fresnel lenses. However, Quest 3 will also continuously run its controller-free hand tracking while using controllers.

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MAY 25, 2016

Head mounted display: With expansion to at home devices came the transition away from an arcade cabinet to setups a little closer to what you’ll see coming from the Big Three (Oculus, HTC, and Sony). Haptic gloves: Similar to the gloves attached to the cabinet, the at home version exoskeleton design brings hand tracking and touch to VR.

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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. It can be used also together with VRChat, but if you want to use it together with your Quest, you need to go through your phone (the small trackers send the data to your phone, which sends the data to VRChat). Well, it seems that our hope has died.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

I’m sure that after April, 20th, the Meta Quest ecosystem will appear even richer than it is now , creating a wider gap with other companies that may think about competing with the Quest, that is Pico, HTC, and even Apple. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Other relevant news. Image by Mojo Vision). News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 25, 2022

This was the final big surprise of the event: Sony Pictures and Meta, in partnership with nDreams, will bring the famous franchise to virtual reality. Meta releases hands tracking 2.0 Meta has just released the v2 of its hand tracking system for Quest. I’ll keep you posted about my findings.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Of course, he’s not going to abandon ads, so Meta will still also be about data collection. Sony is reported to launch a mobile VR headset. According to Xperia Blog, Sony is going to launch a mobile VR headset working out of Sony phones. Ultraleap releases Gemini hands-tracking runtime. Learn more.

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