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JANUARY 8, 2017

The Daydream View headset hit the shelves in early November and made Google an official competitor with Samsung and Oculus for the mobile VR marketplace. From the start, Google made it clear that Daydream would be a VR platform that other electronics manufacturers would eventually participate in with hardware of their own.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

In a blog post today, Ubisoft ( Assassins Creed , Watch Dogs ) announced that it will be bringing cross-platform multiplayer functionality to its growing list of virtual reality games. When playing on the Oculus Rift I have a very hard time finding enough other users to fill out a full game. 10 ] from Ubisof t.

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MAY 31, 2017

While Microsoft said it would allow headsets featuring a wide range of specifications it is unclear what differences there are in the actual functionality of each of the ones coming out starting later this year. Tagged with: microsoft Facebook Twitter Reddit More. Limited contrast and transition times can still be an issue.”

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

Oculus revealed its very own VR web browser, Carmel , back at Oculus Connect 3 in October. It contains an extensive set of samples to showcase what can be done with VR on the web, along with documentation to help developers get started making their own content. Tagged with: Carmel , oculus , webvr.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And if you need some pieces of advice regarding how to professionally survive this quarantine, I have written a blog post on the topic you can read. It seems that the company has chosen a price tag around $10B and has already proposed to some companies including Facebook and Johnson&Johnson. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In an interview with the fantastic blog The Ghost Howls (I don’t know if you have ever heard of it), Kura Technologies’s CEO/CTO Kelly Peng has revealed some interesting info about their upcoming AR glasses. Oculus is selling refurbished Quest for $199. More info (Both videos in this Twitter thread). Other relevant news.

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EON Reality

JUNE 9, 2020

It’s official, training and learning in VR just got better with Oculus Quest. EON Reality is now partnering Oculus Quest to offer quicker and simpler learning and training solutions through the AVR Platform. With a price tag less than that of most smart phones, it is not hard to see why. The Content Question.

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DECEMBER 14, 2016

First, Oculus launched a developer preview of its own VR web browser, Carmel, and now Google is finally bringing beta integration to Chrome on Android. To get started with it, web developers need to sign up to the Origin Trial. Tagged with: Daydream , google , webvr. It’s been a big week for WebVR.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Just under eight months after it first launched on the Oculus Rift, CCP Games’ EVE: Valkyrie [ Review: 9/10 ] is finally available on the HTC Vive from today, though it’s lacking some features we’d really hoped to see. There’s also a double XP weekend running until November 21st so early adopters can get a head start.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

I know, I’m too honest… and this is not good for views on my blog. Called Cities: VR, it will bring the city-building and management simulation to Oculus Quest 2 in Spring 2022; Polyarc has confirmed that is working on Book 2 for Moss and expects to release it for PSVR in Spring 2022. News worth a mention. Image by HTC).

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JANUARY 25, 2017

The platform will support the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and OSVR and is free-to-play. Environments invite sandbox-style madness; at one point in the trailer a bowling game is abandoned as two groups of friends instead start to hurl balls at each other. Tagged with: social vr , VRChat.

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VirtualiTeach

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Before I start sharing new AR and VR Education content again (regularly I promise) I wanted to just take a moment to explain the absence, the changes to the site, share a few brief insights into things that have happened in the world of immersive technology over the last few months and answer a few common questions I get asked. Bought two.

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MARCH 1, 2017

Microsoft is rolling out development kits for the first VR headset made by Acer later this month, but in a blog post announcing that news, it dropped an even juicier detail. Developers can start crafting their mixed reality gaming experiences this year on the desktop to bring them to Xbox One in 2018. Today, we can confirm it will.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

The great thing is, one can start for as cheap as fifteen bucks with the simplest headset from Google (Cardboard). Oculus Rift. Oculus Touch. Oculus Home. Oculus Home. Thanks to LibreVR/Revive project, Vive users can also play some of the Oculus Rift exclusive titles. Click on any VR Headset to learn more.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 27, 2018

While Palmer Luckey provided his own Magic Leap One headset to iFixit for their tear down, the founder of Oculus certainly had his chance for a proper review before the spudgers and screwdrivers came out, and he isn’t pulling any punches either. ” First the good, then the bad (as determined by Luckey).

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Ryan Schultz

APRIL 7, 2023

People whose introduction to the concept of the metaverse started with VRChat, Horizon Worlds, and other social VR platforms may question why I choose to write so often and so fondly about Second Life, a virtual world which was launched in 2003, well before the advent of consumer-grade virtual reality headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2018

It started with big data , and I started blogging about that at the end of 2015 basically because I couldn’t find anyone to talk about it with (laughs). From that moment, I forgot about big data and started focusing on AR and VR. They started doing it in Second Life!

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The hype for the Apple Pro is starting to deflate and it is possible to see that from some cues: for instance, there are more critics of the headset and fewer articles are talking about it. Apple has just started, so still has a long road to go with this task. It’s still the gadget of the moment, but a bit less shiny than before.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The great thing is, one can start for as cheap as fifteen bucks with the simplest headset from Google (Cardboard). Oculus Rift. Oculus Touch. Oculus Home. Oculus Home. Thanks to LibreVR/Revive project, Vive users can also play some of the Oculus Rift exclusive titles. Click on any VR Headset to learn more.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 30, 2016

With the recent release of the Oculus Rift CV1 and 1.3 Here’s what you need to know to start playing and building with the consumer edition. SDK, you’ll also want to check out Oculus’ migration guide. Unreal Engine 4.11 doesn’t currently have Oculus 1.3 Protip: the Oculus 1.3 But not today! counterparts.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Getting Started Checklist. Getting Started Checklist. Create a developer account to download the SDK and integrations you’ll need to start building. Get inspired by the 2014 3D Jam and our Developer Gallery (now with tags for VR , open source , and more). Get started with Unity. Get started with Unreal.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2021

The first interesting forecast is about the number of sold Oculus Quest 2 headsets. 10M is the magic number for a self-sustaining ecosystem, and 2022 seems to be the year when finally Quest will take off and can start chasing other home appliances like gaming consoles. The revenue from the sold headsets is so around $2.4B

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2021

It has all been because of these three pieces of news: My blog is now 5 years old ! Finally, Facebook has released passthrough APIs for Quest 2, so you can create AR/MR apps for the Oculus standalone headset. It’s not much, but it is enough for the community to start experimenting with it. Hello everyone!

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2019

This is the week of this blog’s birthday and so I’m publishing a very special post, that I’m going to split into two parts. That said, let’s start with the first list of pieces of advice! Start with some money in your pocket. Suzanne Borders. Long story short, it has been a terrible idea. The reasons?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Ok, of course, I’m kidding, but, you know, the possibility of saying the wrong name is so high that my proposal actually starts making sense… Top news of the week (Image by HTC Vive) HTC reveals inside-out-tracked Tracker With a totally unexpected move, HTC has revealed a new kind of Tracker.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2021

You all know that I love Brain-Computer Interfaces, and so I have been very happy when NextMind has proposed to give me a sample of its brain-reading sensor to review here on my blog. PS Before starting, would you mind joining my Patreon so that to support my hard work in informing the XR communities with detailed reviews like this one?].

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

The FTC has opened an investigation on Meta about its anti-competitive practices related to applications that propose services similar to its ones on the Oculus Store (Pepperidge Farms remembers when YUR was de facto cloned by Oculus Move). More info (Zenith is releasing on January, 27th) More info (How to get started with Zenith).

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

It had started gaining interest in the metaverse trend ever since. Image credits SCAND Blog Virtual Reality (VR)  — It teleports the user into a completely immersive world that replaces the physical world. Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Say what you want about who started what, but today we’re at a point where we have millions of VR HMDs in homes all over the world. And then the Oculus Kickstarter happened. And Oculus did hold on to that exclusivity for quite a while. Out of seemingly nowhere, Facebook decides to enter the field, and buys Oculus for 2.4

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 31, 2020

Facebook Connect is coming September, 16th Oculus de facto rebranded as Facebook Reality Labs. Oculus is de facto no more. This week, Facebook has finally announced the date of the Oculus Connect 7, which is September, 16th. But it won’t be called Oculus Connect 7, but Facebook Connect. Top news of the week.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

But it was not long after I started this new role as head of digital learning at GESS that I got my first Vive. I took that Vive into the school and started looking for ways to integrate it into different curriculum areas. In actual fact, I've just recently started writing a series of guest posts for Vive on the Vive blog.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

They have hired the popular singer Madison Beer (I had no idea who she was, honestly) and have made her perform inside a virtual venue for a virtual concert that won’t be available only in streaming, but also via Oculus and PSVR headsets. Read more about this news on Google Blog. and I am myself impressed by this performance.

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MARCH 9, 2017

Writing on a PlayStation Blog post , the studio compared it to a MOBA with a difference. The game is also heading to the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive at a later date. Tagged with: Ancient Amuletor , PlayStation VR , PSVR. Enemies descend upon nodes and try to destroy them, and it’s your job to protect them.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

But it was not long after I started this new role as head of digital learning at GESS that I got my first Vive. I took that Vive into the school and started looking for ways to integrate it into different curriculum areas. In actual fact, I've just recently started writing a series of guest posts for Vive on the Vive blog.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

But it was not long after I started this new role as head of digital learning at GESS that I got my first Vive. I took that Vive into the school and started looking for ways to integrate it into different curriculum areas. In actual fact, I've just recently started writing a series of guest posts for Vive on the Vive blog.

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JANUARY 24, 2017

Update: Since posting this story, Oculus has issued a blog post detailing the updates you can expect for SUPERHOT VR. Original Story: Like a lot of Oculus Touch owners, SUPERHOT VR [ Review: 9/10 ] was one of our favorite games at the controllers’ launch last month, but there’s no denying it was on the short side.

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AUGUST 4, 2019

After some weeks of silence, HTC has started again to rise the hype for its upcoming flagship PC VR headset, the Vive Cosmos. Microsoft has just released its OpenXR implementation, while other companies like Oculus and Epic Games are still working on theirs, and they will be released soon. Other relevant news. Image by HTC).

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