The Ghost Howls

MAY 22, 2020

Oculus has gained in these years always more success in the consumers’ landscape, and now with the Oculus Quest , thanks to an affordable device running great content , it is making strides in the market. But in the enterprise space, it has always been behind the competition of companies like HTC or Pico.

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VRScout

MARCH 14, 2018

Sinespace is currently available on PC via download or a web client, all OpenVR compatible headsets including the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Microsoft Mixed Reality, with plans for iOS and Android releases in the near future. There’s also live collaborative editing functionality as well as an extensive plugin architecture.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

for prototyping or architecture), I advise you to give a look to the XR-1. Oculus products have gone pretty well during the Black Weekend. But surprisingly, the Quest has not been the most sold device: the winner has been the Oculus Go. Adobe acquires Oculus Medium. HTC won’t announce anything big at CES.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

I have anyway selected four news that can be relevant for you: NVIDIA has announced a new GPU architecture, called Hopper, that represents the evolution of Ampere. HTC adds more parental control tools to its headsets. A genius has found a smart way to cover the Oculus Home button on Quest controllers for public demos.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Oculus and HTC are both promising numerous experiences that will push those boundaries, such as Top 7 games from Oculus Connect 3 conference. This behavior presents a great opportunity to do even better through software architectural improvements, and Asynchronous Shader computation represents the next important step.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

They should guarantee better tracking both for the headset and the controllers; The controllers are smaller and seem a mix between the Oculus Touch and the WMR 1 controllers. HP and Microsoft have a long track in offering enterprise hardware, so this headset may battle HTC on his own land (B2B). pounds (0.55kg) Cable Length: 19.5

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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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Road to VR

MAY 31, 2017

Today at Computex 2017, the annual IT expo held in Taipei, Taiwan, Microsoft revealed more from their line-up of affordable Windows ‘Mixed Reality’ headsets, including Asus’ headset and an updated design from Dell. Microsoft says the headset is designed by the same team that creates their premium XPS and Alienware PCs.

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VRWorld

JULY 12, 2017

There’s no doubt that the announcements made on this conference might be the clearest direction where VR/MR/AR are heading as an industry, as it will happen after Microsoft Windows 10 Mixed Reality launches, as well as seeing the first sales results of next generation Oculus Rift headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

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. A decent budget for Microsoft and Facebook… but something impossible for companies like HTC or Magic Leap (do you remember when we all thought that $2.5B More info (HTC Vive Pro 2 review) More info (HTC Vive Pro 2 review?—?cached

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I’m thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE — first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now — and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, “well, this is ready for prime time.” We had good participation. A lot of companies focusing on it. Alan: Absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I’m thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE — first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now — and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, “well, this is ready for prime time.” We had good participation. A lot of companies focusing on it. Alan: Absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I'm thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE -- first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now -- and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, "well, this is ready for prime time." But it was hard for me to get a feel for where architecture uptake was, from a VR perspective, in the US.

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Hypergrid Business

JUNE 1, 2020

The Microsoft-owned company is now compatible with Vive, Oculus headsets, and Gear VR, and users can also access it without a VR headset via a desktop app. It also supports the Oculus Go, and Oculus Quest virtual reality headsets. It works with Oculus headsets. Pricing: AltspaceVR is free to use.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft is acquiring Activision Blizzard for $68.7B. The biggest news of the week has been the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft for $68.7B. With it, Microsoft acquires many popular games like Overwatch, Starcraft, Call of Duty, and even Candy Crush. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2021

Today at Vivecon, HTC has announced two new headsets: the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. HTC Vive Pro 2 launch trailer. A Vive Pro used in office settings (Image by HTC Vive). The Vive Pro 2 has the same shell of the Vive Pro, but its color is black and not blue (Image by HTC Vive). Vive Pro 2.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

That's great for these clients, because one of the issues that we've kind of found is -- I'm assuming you've run into this as well -- is that every customer has a different cloud architecture. In future it should also run on VR devices like Oculus, or HTC Vive, or any other. But totally, yes. What are those partnerships?

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

That's great for these clients, because one of the issues that we've kind of found is -- I'm assuming you've run into this as well -- is that every customer has a different cloud architecture. In future it should also run on VR devices like Oculus, or HTC Vive, or any other. But totally, yes. What are those partnerships?

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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've been approached by some of the bigger headset manufacturers -- Microsoft, Hololens and Magic Leap -- to build exclusively for them.

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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've been approached by some of the bigger headset manufacturers -- Microsoft, Hololens and Magic Leap -- to build exclusively for them.

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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've been approached by some of the bigger headset manufacturers -- Microsoft, Hololens and Magic Leap -- to build exclusively for them.

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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've been approached by some of the bigger headset manufacturers -- Microsoft, Hololens and Magic Leap -- to build exclusively for them.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers. And it really cannot be replicated in a vibe or an Oculus Rift or avoid I’m sure spaces is going to do this as well but using haptics and vibration plates and sent machines and spatial audio. Teppei: Yes we did. Alan: Okay.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers. And it really cannot be replicated in a vibe or an Oculus Rift or avoid I’m sure spaces is going to do this as well but using haptics and vibration plates and sent machines and spatial audio. Teppei: Yes we did. Alan: Okay.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers. And it really cannot be replicated in a vibe or an Oculus Rift or avoid I’m sure spaces is going to do this as well but using haptics and vibration plates and sent machines and spatial audio. Teppei: Yes we did. Alan: Okay.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

Last year, it was still called Oculus Gaming Showcase, and it featured important updates on games like Pistol Whip, The Climb 2, I Expect You To Die 2, and Resident Evil 4 VR. Ruth Bram, Executive Producer at Oculus Studios, will be the host of the show. Pico Neo 3 , Vive Focus 3 , Oculus Quest 2 ) only offer Wi-Fi connectivity.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

In fact, games only account for 35% of projects underway, as the rest are focused on fields like psychology and neuroscience (12%), education (7%), tourism (7% ), and architecture and real estate (6%). image courtesy VR First.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And just in general, it’s kind of a movement away from centralized systems into more decentralized architectures. And so we have something meaningful come from HTC Vive with the Focus, or Focus Plus. As I go to these different developer conferences, I go to Facebook F8, or Microsoft Build, or Google IO.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And just in general, it’s kind of a movement away from centralized systems into more decentralized architectures. And so we have something meaningful come from HTC Vive with the Focus, or Focus Plus. As I go to these different developer conferences, I go to Facebook F8, or Microsoft Build, or Google IO.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And just in general, it's kind of a movement away from centralized systems into more decentralized architectures. And so we have something meaningful come from HTC Vive with the Focus, or Focus Plus. As I go to these different developer conferences, I go to Facebook F8, or Microsoft Build, or Google IO.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

And so anybody that’s doing design and 3D objects, it’s almost like a no-brainer, whether it’s in architecture, or designing 3D objects, or big aerospace, airplanes, cars. So you see a lot of it in architecture, engineering, construction. I mean, I will say that with Oculus Quest that’s changing for me.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

And so anybody that's doing design and 3D objects, it's almost like a no-brainer, whether it's in architecture, or designing 3D objects, or big aerospace, airplanes, cars. So you see a lot of it in architecture, engineering, construction. I mean, I will say that with Oculus Quest that's changing for me. Alan: Oh, I can't wait.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

And so anybody that’s doing design and 3D objects, it’s almost like a no-brainer, whether it’s in architecture, or designing 3D objects, or big aerospace, airplanes, cars. So you see a lot of it in architecture, engineering, construction. I mean, I will say that with Oculus Quest that’s changing for me.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

There’s a lot of, for example, architectural firms in town, and they aren’t as flashy as a virtual sports or something, but they’re all using VR for showing the buildings, or going to a client and saying, “hey, would you like this room moved over here? We’re not tied to Microsoft. Amazon Sumerian.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

There’s a lot of, for example, architectural firms in town, and they aren’t as flashy as a virtual sports or something, but they’re all using VR for showing the buildings, or going to a client and saying, “hey, would you like this room moved over here? We’re not tied to Microsoft. Amazon Sumerian.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

While on the topic of acquisitions Facebooks takeover of Oculus initially was somewhat hostile with internal disputes between Oculus founders and Zuckerberg and his leadership team. Microsoft has done well in the mixed reality space as it relates to enterprise adoption.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

There's a lot of, for example, architectural firms in town, and they aren't as flashy as a virtual sports or something, but they're all using VR for showing the buildings, or going to a client and saying, "hey, would you like this room moved over here? You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go.

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