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 ]”. base stations and a 20m fiber cable.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest. Considering that this number doesn’t count the Quest users connected via Oculus Link, the actual number of VR users on Steam is even higher. Still no news on Oculus For Business program and Multiplayer SDK for Quest.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Nearly four years after Mark Zuckerberg personally announced Oculus Quest the standalone VR market for consumers may have real competition. Backed by Chinese tech giant Bytedance, the Pico 4 standalone VR system is coming to consumers in Europe, Japan & South Korea next month starting at just €429.

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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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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

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

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

A Horizon game is coming for this new headset, and some rumors talk also about Half-Life: Alyx potentially be available in the future; HTC has announced the Vive Wrist Tracker, a 6 DOF tracker for the Vive Focus 3. New rumors on Apple and Meta devices. It seems like a great tethered headset for the PS5. Other relevant news.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

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

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Regarding the glasses, I have not big hopes for true AR glasses, but I think that thanks to Facebook and Apple, finally we’ll have some important smartglasses entering the market , making the mainstream think about wearing something on their face to enjoy notifications from the phone. Phone AR will be always more popular.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

BUT today is the day of the WWDC, and who knows if Apple will tease something about AR glasses. It doesn’t seem to be on par with the Oculus Quest 2, but as a first device by Nolo, it is not that bad. The second one is a Chinese video comparing some technical characteristics of consumer Pico Neo 3 and Oculus Quest 2.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2022

It lacks all Oculus Exclusive titles like Beat Saber and Population One, but its store is becoming anyway interesting. It is currently on sale only in Europe , and the company plans to sell up to 22,000 units as part of a beta program. And Pico doesn’t plan to curate it like Meta, so its ecosystem should be much more open.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2024

You showed us that the tracker is different because HTC Vive has also released this update. Because I tried it with an HTC Vive and a PC two years ago. Heck, I think probably the Apple Vision Pro with some of what people are doing, extending with Steam will work with that. Tony: Yes, that will be cool. How is the situation now?

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VRScout

AUGUST 8, 2017

Currently available on the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and accessible via PC, you can build up to 3 of your own worlds — and after that, Sansar charges a $9.99+/month fee depending on how many worlds you want to build. The fund identified almost 500 companies, up from 300 from the first Europe-focused report from February 2017.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Part of all of this is merit of Jeri (Image by HTC). In virtual reality, you have to do this reprojection, Oculus calls it timewarp, and that means that your video card and your computer has to be running at a really high frame rate to correct for your head motion and we’ve rolled that all into the headset. The Vive Wands.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. But I've been writing a series of blogs about my journey using and integrating the HTC Vive headsets at GESS. The one thing obviously that is already clearly missing from this mix, is the word Oculus. My background is in film.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. But I've been writing a series of blogs about my journey using and integrating the HTC Vive headsets at GESS. The one thing obviously that is already clearly missing from this mix, is the word Oculus. My background is in film.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 24, 2022

I just got back from Lisbon, where I attended AWE Europe. No grey zones like HTC did in the past. 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. It is interesting that Pico decided to sell the device only to companies.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. But I've been writing a series of blogs about my journey using and integrating the HTC Vive headsets at GESS. The one thing obviously that is already clearly missing from this mix, is the word Oculus. My background is in film.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

We have about 40 million under management and we invest in primarily in North America, but also in Asia and Europe, too. Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers. And they’ve been doing great, especially the turning point for the company was the Oculus Go and Oculus Quest.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

We have about 40 million under management and we invest in primarily in North America, but also in Asia and Europe, too. Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers. And they’ve been doing great, especially the turning point for the company was the Oculus Go and Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 10, 2024

A few years ago I was interviewing Alvin Wang Graylin , the HTC Executive (or “Mister President” as I like to call him), and we were talking about the book Our Next Reality he’s written together with Louis Rosenberg. In the book they talk about XR and AI , and how they could impact our future, for the good and the bad.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

We have about 40 million under management and we invest in primarily in North America, but also in Asia and Europe, too. Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers. And they’ve been doing great, especially the turning point for the company was the Oculus Go and Oculus Quest.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 18, 2019

And then you’ve also got Oculus with their own MDM solution as well. And I don’t want to talk too much about brands and stuff like that, but you chose not to work with the Oculus Go headset. So in the end, it came up to, for us, the Oculus Go versus the Pico G2 Pro. Alan: So let’s talk quickly.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 18, 2019

And then you’ve also got Oculus with their own MDM solution as well. And I don’t want to talk too much about brands and stuff like that, but you chose not to work with the Oculus Go headset. So in the end, it came up to, for us, the Oculus Go versus the Pico G2 Pro. Alan: So let’s talk quickly.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 18, 2019

And then you've also got Oculus with their own MDM solution as well. And I don't want to talk too much about brands and stuff like that, but you chose not to work with the Oculus Go headset. So in the end, it came up to, for us, the Oculus Go versus the Pico G2 Pro. So there's quite a few different bits and pieces out there.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Quest Pro costs $1500/€1800 (we have VAT in Europe). Do you remember when everyone was mocking HTC for its super-high prices and people were praising Meta for its cheap costs? Unless Apple kills it, of course… Productivity ecosystem. Face and eye tracking introduce obvious privacy concerns. Price and release date.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. And so we have something meaningful come from HTC Vive with the Focus, or Focus Plus. You have Apple, with ARKit. So you have all these different 3D file formats. Or in Canada, USDZed. These are like the major tech companies. We’re coming up on five years from that.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. And so we have something meaningful come from HTC Vive with the Focus, or Focus Plus. You have Apple, with ARKit. So you have all these different 3D file formats. Or in Canada, USDZed. These are like the major tech companies. We’re coming up on five years from that.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. And so we have something meaningful come from HTC Vive with the Focus, or Focus Plus. You have Apple, with ARKit. Facebook accepts glTFs, Hololens is FBX models, VR is usually OBJs. So you have all these different 3D file formats. Or in Canada, USDZed.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

HTC has launched a new headset, we have another confirmation of Apple glasses, we read about the first hands-on on Kura glasses, and many other things have happened! And all of this when in 10 days there will be the Oculus Connect 6, where there will be announced something cool for sure… I’m rather thrilled while I write this e-mail!

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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

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Even the big players like Sony, Apple, and Microsoft have substantially reduced their production estimates for 2022, whilst processor manufacturers talk of delays into 2024. These optical windows were a proud design feature on the HTC Vive headsets, but are much more subtle on the Index equipment making them harder to identify.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Alvin is the China President at #HTC leading all aspects of HTC’s business in the region (Vive/VR, phone, Viveport content platform, partnerships and investments). Has been at the forefront when it comes to XR, earlier he was VP, Platform Strategy & Dev Community at #HTC and is currently working at Facebook Reality labs.

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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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