The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

But before, please read (and share around) my latest article which is about a crazy experiment I did with mixed reality and generative AI… I’m sure you will love it! Meta really wants to fight Apple on his own territory. Meta really wants to fight Apple on his own territory. There is IPD adjustment.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

pales in front of the estimated 8–10M Quest 2 users : the standalone market is so much more bigger and appealing for content creators. The growth of Quest is also influencing the stats on Steam: of all those headsets, 46% (that is, almost HALF) of them are Quest 2 users. Image leaked from Meta firmware).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 21, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by VRChat) VRChat Android Alpha is now live After the announcement a few months ago, VRChat has finally launched its mobile Android version in alpha. VRChat may follow the same route: it is a very famous platform for PC and VR users and has the potential of having enormous growth on mobile.

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ARPost

APRIL 11, 2023

And now, the e-commerce industry is hopping on board. In this article, we will explore the potential of AR and VR for e-commerce and how they can enhance your shopping experience. Brands can use SnapAR Lens Studio or Meta Spark to create engaging AR filters and lenses that bring products to life. billion by 2024.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

Apple has not announced any glasses at WWDC. This WWDC has not been an exception in this sense, and now all the Apple analysts (including Kuo and Scoble) already envision a reveal of the Apple headset for January 2023. Image by Meta). Meta delays its plans for AR glasses. (Image by Apple). Other relevant news.

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Upload VR

APRIL 20, 2024

Two undocumented features were discovered in Quest's v64 update. Meta discounted its Quest 2 accessories by 50%, while YouTube on Quest 3 now supports 8K 360° and 180° 3D videos. It covers up to Wrath of the Lich King's final patch and you can download that now via GitHub.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The past week has been a pretty interesting one for the tech world: between Microsoft Ignite, Unity Unite, and the OpenAI drama, there has been a lot to follow. It seems that the coup has been led by Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI Chief Scientist Altman has been fired with little notice to him, and even to OpenAI investors.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Read our specs breakdown and comparison to Quest 3 here. While I often discuss the long-term potential of AR & VR, in this article I'm reviewing Apple Vision Pro as it stands as a real product today. Is Vision Pro really seven times better than Quest 3, or even twice as good? A product starting at $3500.

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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. It looks like a win-win for both companies.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2022

Fasten your seatbelts because today I’m going to publish for you an amazing new tutorial, this time on Oculus Spatial Anchors, a new experimental feature added to the Oculus SDK. Oculus Spatial Anchors in Unity: video tutorial. You can find the video here below: Yes, it took me a lot to shoot this video.

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Upload VR

MARCH 30, 2024

With VR hardware, Meta confirmed Quest 3 has higher retention than previous headsets and is reportedly still planning to bring a cheaper Quest 3 to China via Tencent. Across VR gaming, Oculus Publishing Ignition is a new funding initiative for Quest 3 developers.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 15, 2024

This project has been the biggest one I’ve ever worked on , and since my role is the CTO, I have been to follow its evolution from the driver’s seat. Welcome To The Other Side has been one of our most popular events: according to the official stats, we had more than 75M views across all media. This was our original MVP.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

I spoke with him about many topics, like why VR is so good for training (and he told me that his company Strivr has trained more than ONE MILLION Walmart employees in VR ), if it is true that VR is the “ultimate empathy machine”, how much is graphical fidelity important for presence, and of course also about his encounter with Zuck.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 5, 2024

But today’s article is not about me, but about the best tech news, so let me tell you what pieces of XR news I’ve selected this week! Top news of the week (Image by Meta) Meta and LG officially confirm their partnership In the end, the rumor was true: Mark Zuckerberg was in South Korea to start a new partnership with LG.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2024

The holidays are just over, and the fun for us has already started with the CES, where a lot of pieces of tech news have already been announced. Apple has also unveiled that the ZEISS Optical Inserts will be available in two types: Readers, priced at $99, and Prescription, available for $149.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 9, 2022

I know the situation is not the best now, but I hope things will get better soon. Meta to launch four VR headsets before 2024. In the meanwhile, Meta will also launch various smartwatch models and AR glasses. Meta knows that the race for XR domination is becoming hot, and is preparing to add more fuel to its engine.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 3, 2021

There has been no game-changing news from this week, but we had some interesting things to look at the same. Or better, maybe it’s not totally merit of HTC, it is mostly the fact that everyone is hoping for a good headset that can compete somehow with the Oculus Quest , even just in the prosumer segment. But we know very little.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Meta Connect has been the big event of the week, and as it is a tradition of this blog , I’m going to write today for you a super article where you can find inside ALL the news announced during the event! This way, by reading this article, you are sure you have not missed any one of the announcements made there.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2023

AmazeVR has just released its new app called “Amaze Concerts” on Meta Quest 2 (App Lab) and SteamVR. In case you missed all my previous articles and you are too lazy to read them, the “long story short” you should know is that Amaze VR is dedicated to the production and sale of high-quality VR concerts.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Until now my trip has been amazing, and I have met so many cool people of the community and have tried so many XR devices! You can read some of my hands-on articles on my blog (e.g. The new updates to Vive Focus 3 may revolution LBEVR.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

Firms like Sony, NVIDIA, XREAL, Qualcomm, PIXO VR, and Dimension X showcased the latest in spatial computing innovation , which may alter the future of work and life. Rosenberg expressed confidence in the company’s ability to better display spatial information for industrial clients than its competitors.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

AR is already mainstream in this sense, and it has also already its creators economy, its marketplaces, its success stories. Snap and Meta keep reporting about millions of people using it. So we’ll have this year 3 types of AR going at 3 different speeds. Sales of these headsets will likely be below 1M units.

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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. No one has an idea on how to build it. GENERAL TRENDS.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Facebook becomes Meta (sort of). The whole Facebook Connect has been about Meta. The event has not featured any important hardware announcement, because it was all focused on declaring the new shift of focus of Facebook. Zuckerberg has basically made a pitch for the press and the investors about Facebook’s new course.

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