The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. Huawei has upgraded its sleek VR glasses and now they support 6DOF movement and 6DOF controllers that are very similar to the Oculus Touch. Notwithstanding all this hate, the Oculus Quest 2 is selling very well. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

In my opinion , the true error is with the Vive 1 , that will get a price that is higher than the one of all the competitors… and that will cost as much as a Samsung Odyssey, notwithstanding its far lower features. Oculus Go showcased. The Oculus Go (Image by Oculus). Vive Focus comes to the west.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Also keep in mind that there are plenty of private companies worth investing in, and some public companies listed below have invested in them like Magic Leap who has investments to the tune of $1.39 Facebook – NASDAQ: FB – Oculus VR, VR headset, VR Camera, VR content, VR platform. Public Companies involved in VR.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2020

This has been the week of the launch of the Oculus Quest 2, and this event has been so big that basically, it will take half of this roundup to describe. Facebook releases the Oculus Quest 2. Even if with the Quest 1 was possible to play Oculus Go games, this support has been abandoned on the Quest 2. Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2017

It’s a belief that started at least as far back as when he advised and invested in Oculus prior to the company’s 2014 acquisition by Facebook. It’s not where the VR industry is today that brings Riccitello to VRLA, it’s where he believes it will ultimately go. It is going to work. These guys have invested billions.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 1, 2023

The article received a groundswell of support from the global tech industry, backing the new discourse. Speaking on the upcoming Apple Reality Pro headset, he explained how Lucky Palmer, Founder, Oculus said Apple’s device was “excellent.”

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

Rumors already talk about a new AR headset produced by Microsoft in collaboration with Samsung that should substitute it, but we have no sure info about it. Talking about NFTs and speculations, I’ve found a very interesting article on The Verge about the relationship between NFTs and copyright from a legal standpoint.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

This trend will continue in 2021 : the new LiDAR sensor, which is rumored to be installed in all future iPhones, will for sure be copied also by Android phones (Samsung?) while we have seen the complicated life of Oculus hands-on booths at Best Buy. Magic Leap will meet its fate. Duck Face, Magic Leap One, and me.

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VeeR VR

MARCH 16, 2018

Many transformative technologies are being developed right now as you are reading this article. Facebook is launching the Oculus Go this year (hopefully) for an extremely low price of $200. According to John Carmack , Oculus CTO noted that the Oculus Go will perform "significantly better" than the Samsung Gear.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

As it is a tradition of this blog , I have read everything I could about the AR and VR technologies showcased there, and I’ve condensed all the news in a single article , that you can skim fast until you find a topic you are interested in. Last week there has been the CES, maybe the biggest technology show of the year.

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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 $100 consumer Gear VR also debuts during this same period, arriving alongside a virtual arcade from Oculus to let people play some classic games. December 2015. January 2016.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2018

Also, the controllers were the ones of Vive 1 and being used to my Oculus Touch , I felt back to the nineties. Oculus Rift CV1 vs HTC Vive Pro. Coming from the Oculus Rift CV1, the Vive Pro felt absolutely ???? Unluckily there were only SteamVR 1.0 HTC Vive 1.0 vs HTC Vive Pro. Targeted features for the professionals.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. I’d say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. Or it’s going to take some more time?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. I’d say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. So they’re… [chuckles].

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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! Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest may have sold only 400,000 units. The Quest is selling well, and Oculus itself didn’t expect billions of sales. Samsung will manufacture the chips for Facebook AR glasses. Top news of the week.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. I'd say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. So they're. Or it's going to take some more time?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

Google is also hiring high-profile people for it, like Bernard Kress, principal optical architect on Microsoft’s HoloLens team, and Paul Greco, the previous CTO of Magic Leap. Samsung Exynos 2200 introduces ray tracing on mobile. Samsung has just announced its new Exynos 2200 mobile chipset , powered by AMD RDNA 2 architecture.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2021

Facebook has already launched the Quest 2 ; HTC hasn’t tweeted anything, so I expect it to not launch its Quest 2 competitor at this CES ; Nreal is still in the middle of its logistic problems; Samsung is silent; etc… I hope to be wrong, but I don’t think we’ll see any kind of disruptive XR headset at CES 2021. Compliments to FRL for that.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Anyway, I will keep you posted about that in a dedicated article! Image by Samsung). Everyone of us already knew that Gear VR was a platform almost abandoned when Oculus announced the Oculus Go. This means that all new devices by Samsung won’t support Gear VR, that is so condemned to die. Original image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2019

My personal review hero, Ben Lang of Road To VR, comes to our rescue for this: in this fantastic article , he claims that he has spotted a new Qualcomm prototype exposed at CES , as a prototype manufactured by Acer and Quanta. How does the Cosmos compare with the Oculus Quest? Oculus Quest and controllers (Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

As it is tradition of this little blog, I will write a full round-up of the Oculus Connect 5 , the very important Oculus event that has been held in San Jose on 26th and 27th of September (2018). Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest has been the rockstar of this event. Specifications. There is also a 3.5mm jack for earphones.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

I was reading my predictions for 2019 to prepare myself for this article, and to my surprise, I found it incredibly actual. It has not changed that much from when I wrote that article at the beginning of 2019. My duck-face while wearing Magic Leap One glasses. The company to keep an eye on is Magic Leap.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device.

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