The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Some months ago, we all read that letter where Zuckerberg claimed wanting to get complete control of the hardware and software stack so that Facebook shouldn’t depend on external companies, like Google or Apple for the SO, or phone manufacturers for the hardware. Oculus releases hands tracking SDK, official Link cable for Quest and more.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The best of them comes of course from Facebook. Oculus official side distribution platform is coming soon. Last year, Facebook announced that it was going to release in 2021 a new side content distribution platform for the Oculus Quest. Google makes Tilt Brush opensource. Top news of the week. Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2020

I found very interesting that they are trying to create full-body VR content for the Oculus Quest. Of course, this can’t work perfectly, but I think they’ve done a nice job, because sometimes this pose reconstruction was indeed coherent with the actual position of my body, and it felt like black magic. It was cool the same, though.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

Oculus Quest gets v29 update. This week Facebook has started rolling out the v29 runtime update for Oculus Quest , and it brings some interesting features like: Multi-user mode on the original Quest 1 A renewed UI of the “toolbar” of the device. Google unveils Starline communication solution. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

The shape of the controllers is slightly different than the one of the Oculus Touch, though, and there is a ring that surrounds the wrist of the user. There is also “finger-tracking” a la Valve Index , but just for the thumb, index, and middle finger (so, it is more a la Oculus Touch). Google halves its revenues on the Play Store.

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Leapmotion

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Designed for the Oculus Rift, it’s available free for Mac and Windows on the Leap Motion App Store. Ten years ago, I finished the Multimedia Producer course at SAE Amsterdam, which gave me good insights on creating digital media. Nowadays, I jam around with Reason, Figure, and also Collider for Leap Motion.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The whole event was all about Facebook creating a parent company called Meta that is going to control all the products that until now were in the Facebook’s family, that is Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Oculus, Portal, and all the rest. Of course, he’s not going to abandon ads, so Meta will still also be about data collection.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2019

And since I’m here, of course I’m spending also some time to try some cool stuff before the exhibition starts on the 19 th (after that, I will be forced to stay at my booth). Even with the organizers of the event, I have to speak mostly in Chinese (hence my headache) and use a lot of Baidu Fanyi (the Chinese counterpart of Google Translate).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Oculus products have gone pretty well during the Black Weekend. Past weekend has been the weekend of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday and the company that has dominated the sales of VR hardware has been of course Oculu s, thanks to the discounts on Rift S and Go and the great reputation of the Oculus Quest.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

Motion tracking is either done by the smartphone’s sensors or built-in headset sensors; thus, there are no cables hindering free movement. The great thing is, one can start for as cheap as fifteen bucks with the simplest headset from Google (Cardboard). Oculus Rift. Google Daydream View. Google Cardboard.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 5, 2015

And, of course, a paraglider dressed up as Batman, complete with Batmobile. These are just some of the videos that you can dive into with Kolor’s 360° video player Kolor Eyes, now featured on the Leap Motion Developer Gallery. To explore the video in 360 degrees, you’ll need to watch the video in Google Chrome.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The World Map in this world therefore isn’t a 2D street map like we have with Google Maps or Open Street Map, nor is it a 3D map with terrain and building volumes. Both Azure Spatial Anchors and Google Cloud Anchors are leveraging existing strengths in mapping towards the AR Cloud. Insane, yet companies are mapping it already.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2018

It is a square one, so it seems that the system takes the undistorted view of one eye, exactly as the Oculus Go does when recording a video. This is also an answer to Lenovo Mirage Solo, that lets you directly install apps from Google Play. This gesture SDK will be released to registered Viveport developers in the coming weeks.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Please try a new text input interface using Leap Motion!” Recommended: Google Chrome. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Leap Commander. Recommended: Google Chrome. Build Chinese.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Motion tracking is either done by the smartphone’s sensors or built-in headset sensors; thus, there are no cables hindering free movement. The great thing is, one can start for as cheap as fifteen bucks with the simplest headset from Google (Cardboard). Oculus Rift. Google Daydream View. Google Cardboard.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

The Venture Reality Fund and of course HTC. That’s a bit disappointing and considering that in some months Oculus will release the Quest , that has full 6 DOF support, HTC had necessarily to do something. I hope you are excited as me for the future of virtual reality , with HTC and Oculus always proposing something new.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Of course, not everyone wants to—or can—be on their feet for long periods, and plenty of immersive entertainment, like watching movies, is sedentary. Right now we’re stuck thinking in terms of head-mounted displays (HMDs), like the Vive or the Oculus. That gives users more than enough space to walk, run, and even sprint while in VR.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

The company was later acquired by Google in 2010. Prior to Presence Capital, he was the founder and CTO of MyMiniLife (acquired by Zynga) and the founder and CEO of Toro (acquired by Google). He has demonstrated even more original (and less scary) ideas for AR interaction while directing UX design at Leap Motion.

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