The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

In this article, I’m going to tell you all the thoughts I had. The new “Autumn” of VR If you’ve read some of my articles this year, you know I’m defining this moment as an “Autumn” for virtual reality. Google and Samsung Prototype of the Samsung XR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 28, 2023

There is not only the problem of the timezone but also the unknown of the internet connection and the inability of reaching Western websites like Google. While still in Italy, I verified that Microsoft Teams, Unity, and Github were accessible from China. I still call them VPNs, where the acronym stands for Very Party Networks).

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Although Unity 3D is undoubtedly the most common and trained standards for developing and deploying augmented and virtual reality application for both beginner or expert developer, it is cannot be employed for developing content for some headsets. Google VR SDK is popular for building virtual reality applications for Android and iOS.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

The article ends with Facebook claiming that it cares about privacy, and wants to discuss the topics of privacy, security, and safety of this technology with all the community. Vive Facial Tracker works also with non-HTC headsets. Google halves its revenues on the Play Store. As long as it works….

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

” review of standalone headsets (you can find in other posts the ones related to Oculus Go and HTC Vive Focus ). it is bigger than the Oculus Go but smaller than the massive HTC Vive Focus. What I really appreciated have been the lenses : I think that Google here used all its expertise on the field. Then, keep reading.

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

Trending AR VR Articles: 1. You probably have heard of well-known models such as the Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, Playstation VR, and HTC VIVE?—?these For example, the Google Cardboard headset is only $20 !!! Unity 3D is probably the most common software used for developing VR/AR applications?—?you

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Google Daydream VR platform is set to launch in fall 2016, but only a select group of developers will be able to publish Daydream apps. Google Play store is limiting access until some point in 2017. While any Android developer can submit Cardboard applications to the Google Play store, Google decided to limit Daydream apps releases.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

This is also confirmed by the Wired article, where the journalist states that he has been able to see the conference in preview before the general audience. If Microsoft commits to building this platform and doesn’t abandon it (a la Google), it can become an incredible tool for us developers. Image by HTC). Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

The VR route is instead being pursued by HTC (with its VEC event happening soon) and IEEE. This means that if you are in Google Earth VR in a green room where there is a friend of yours, you can see the city that you are visiting all around you, and the real image of your friend being there with you. Unity’s HDRP is now VR-compatible.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 7, 2020

On the front of the device, you can see the 16MPixel RGB camera , that has been added to the G2 4K model so that it can be used in some enterprise applications (more on this later on in the article). The Pico SDK can be easily accessed from the Pico website : it is available for Unity, UE4 and also for the native Android platform.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 26, 2016

The system is already used on the $3,000 HoloLens, an advanced augmented reality system, but with it employed on a low-cost VR headset Microsoft may have leapfrogged efforts by both Facebook and Google, powered by Windows. An example of the Windows Holographic user interface. Microsoft, however, may be one step ahead.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). Since Meta made the acquisition and took over Oculus, VRTUOLUO began to write original and in-depth articles on the XR industry.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Well, after that article, I discovered that the CTO of MeLeap , the company behind HADO, is one of my readers! :O Between that, I worked on consumer cloud software with Google for five years… managing engineering teams for Gmail, Japanese mobile, Google Labs, and social (Blogger etc.) teams for Japan.

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ARVR

MAY 27, 2021

He’s worked with Google, Under Armor, Hyundai, VMWare, and more. So I began to pick up 3D modeling, and just months later the HTC Vive was released. This ideally would be some kind of VR editor in a gaming engine, but luckily Unity, Unreal Engine, and Blender are all deep in development on this. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2018

HTC Vive Focus is one of the most famous standalone VR headsets. I have always been intrigued by this device, since the first time I’ve read about its reveal at an HTC event : I don’t know why, maybe because of the azure color that is my favorite, maybe because it looks so informal. It was funny. Upper view of the device.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2021

This week has been pretty crazy: It all started with Facebook approving my silly The Unity Cube application (an application with just a cube) on App Lab. Image by HTC Vive). HTC is teasing a new headset. HTC is teasing a new piece of hardware again, and this time most probably it will be a VR headset. Not much, honestly.

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ARVR

JULY 29, 2021

On the other hand, developers only have to write the code once and it will work on all devices (Oculus, Vive, HTC, Google Cardboard, etc.) Trending AR VR Articles: 1.How WebXR Examples WebXR Room I recently created this simple application using the WebXR Device API developed by Mozilla on the Unity video game engine.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2018

Upon first entering the exhibit i was instructed to lay on a specially-designed massage table fitted with an HTC Vive headset at the face rest. The intuitive tracking system also features multi user functionality, easy installation, support for multiple VR platforms and even an SDK for Unity 3D and UE4.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The only company not much affected by it is HTC, that manufacturers its headsets in Taiwan and not in Mainland China. HTC Vive releases Cosmos Elite, two models of Vive Pro Eye and creates some confusion. For sure you remember the recent launch of a full line of Vive Cosmos headsets , all with customized faceplates.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The Playful team brought Wonderland exclusively to the Upload Collective in San Francisco during VRDC this week for our hands-on visit to the world in four HTC Vives. They used elements from the Unity asset store to accelerate the process, which is also why everyone is a cat girl in Wonderland, for our visit there.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The Playful team brought Wonderland exclusively to the Upload Collective in San Francisco during VRDC this week for our hands-on visit to the world in four HTC Vives. They used elements from the Unity asset store to accelerate the process, which is also why everyone is a cat girl in Wonderland, for our visit there.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

If you already know the headset very well, and just want to read my considerations, go straight to the final part of this article. This was a bit the philosophy of Google Daydream View, that was the first headset employing this kind of materials. Specifications. 2 x 3.5mm audio jacks Connectivity: USB, Wi-fi, bluetooth connection.

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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 3, 2019

Lots of articles by the so-called press were full of statements about the death of VR, or the fact that VR is a gimmick. Mister President launching the Vive Focus (Image by HTC). That’s why the other companies, like HTC and Pico, have decided to aim at the enterprise market. General trends. Mobile headsets.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 28, 2020

And part of the RiVR Link (“ classroom in a Box ”) offering a turnkey VR solution, and Google Expeditions platforms. Some aspects of VR promotion had changes since our previous feature – Google though still heavily committed to the education sector had dropped its investment in VR headsets to focus on the content.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

So for today’s article, let me focus mainly on the non-CES-related news about AR and VR. 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.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Or is it just a talk about glasses?

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 28, 2021

HTC is shipping the Vive Focus 3. HTC has started shipping the Vive Focus 3, so we have started reading the first reviews about it. Unity CEO predicts in 2030 XR headsets will be as popular as gaming consoles. More info (Article on John Riccitiello’s words / 1) More info (Article on John Riccitiello’s words / 2).

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

In this article, we will discuss on augmented reality. Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. It has the ability to create a cross platform code where users can create their projects in either JavaScript, Unity, Xamarin, and Cordova.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

From time to time, I like to look at the adoption graph of XR shown by John Riccitiello (the CEO of Unity) in 2017 , where you can see that the real acceleration of immersive technologies should start around 2022-2023. Companies like Pico, HP, Valve, and HTC are already performing very well in this sector. The rise of enterprise.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Since that article, Luckey’s “tinkering” has expanded into a full-blown technological revolution, earning him a whopping 2.3 ZedMini camera mounted to HTC Vive / Image Credit: Lee Vermeulen. The primary component is a ZedMini camera hooked up to an HTC Vive headset, that allows for AR pass-through while he is in VR.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

It’s Chinese Single Day and I wish the best to all the single people that are reading this article: I hope you are all on Taobao or Aliexpress buying super-discounted items! Image by Google). Google completely opensources Cardboard. Google has already abandoned all its VR projects (e.g. Top news of the week.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

This week, Upload is marking the start of its third year and this post is exactly article number 3,000 published for the site. The New York Times distributes more than 1 million Google Cardboard phone VR viewers to subscribers with the launch of The Displaced , a 360-degree video project focusing on children driven from their homes by war.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This is the same confusion that created issues for HTC in the past with the Vive Pro, for instance. For this reason, I’ve written an article in which I somewhat defend Meta (yeah, it sounds strange to me too…) from all the clickbait b t that there is around and can hurt us all. New York Times talks about the UX of immersive journalism.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The HTC Vive Cosmos may release soon for €799. We all know that the Vive Cosmos should release very soon since HTC revealed me that the release date would have been in Q3 2019 and Q3 ends at the end of the month. More info (MacRumors original article) More info (Upload VR explanation). Top news of the week. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2018

You may remember his name because he has read and commented a lot of articles on this website. We can deploy to a vast of platforms using game engines like Unity, Unreal Engine, the more recent Godot engine or any of the other engines out there, which have all started to add VR features”. You may be saying “Come on!

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Road to VR

MARCH 8, 2017

The popular forms of mobile VR headsets, such as the Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream View and Cardboard, are currently limited to rotational head tracking, meaning that you can look around comfortably from a single vantage point, but movements of the head through 3D space (like leaning forward or backward) cannot be tracking.

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