The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

At Facebook Connect this week , Facebook has: Released the powerful Oculus Quest 2 , powered by Snapdragon XR2, and with a 4K display. an ARM chips can be installed on IoT sensors that communicate to a server where an NVIDIA card is used to perform machine learning on the data). Image by Sony). News worth a mention.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 18, 2021

Sony unveils a new virtual concert experience at CES. The experience will debut this winter on PSVR and Oculus. The product increases and improves upon haptic feedback, form factor, and hand tracking to enable a user’s feeling of shapes, textures, and resistance in VR. A calendar app may also be in the works.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

Road To VR reported about Manus VR’s new Quantum Metagloves with very precise hand tracking for enterprise use (cost: $9000). Upload reported that Sony showcased PlayStation to some selected partners , but no one could speak about what he/she has seen. It can train a model 6–7x faster than the previous data center GPU.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

OCULUS RIFT ARRIVES TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. An Oculus Rift headset has been modified and certified for use in space by French space agency CNES. ZENIMAX TRIES TO SHUT DOWN OCULUS. PSVR’S SALES NUMBERS REVEALED AS A PLEASANT SURPRISE TO SONY. VIVE SHOWS US SOME USER DATA FROM CHINA. …and more.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

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. Oculus Quest and Vive Focus 3 get interesting updates. News worth a mention. Image by HTC).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Image by Sony, from Road To VR). Sony announces PS5, it supports PSVR. With an online livestream of around 1 hour, Sony has finally unveiled the design of the PlayStation 5. But Sony has confirmed that while we wait for it, the PS5 will be able to work with the current PSVR device. I hope you’ll enjoy it…. SSD (8–9 GB/s).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

If you make some calculations using these data, the result is that Meta has probably sold 9–10M Quest 2 units until now. These are huge numbers for VR: if you look at the most recent SteamVR survey, you get that Oculus headsets are now at 67% of the whole PCVR market. It’s basically a monopoly. But there is also bad news to talk about.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

PlayStation VR 2 Logo (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Of course, the object must be in the FOV of the cameras of the headset to be tracked, even if HTC says that the tracking can somewhat continue also when this condition is not true (i guess using just IMU data). Now let’s dig into the best news!

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Image by Sony). Sony believes in VR, and we definitely believe at some point in the future, VR will represent a meaningful component of interactive entertainment. So, PSVR2 probably won’t launch before 2022 : Sony can afford that also because it has no competition in the console VR space , so there is no need to rush.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

My favorite ones have been: Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed that the next PSVR headset will be called PSVR 2 and will feature 2K x 2K per eye, up to 120 Hz framerate, and 110° FOV. It will be the first consumer headset with eye-tracking and foveated rendering, and also the first one to feature haptics directly on the headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

Since this is a concept, we have no data about the price and expected release date. It is also the most interesting because it introduces features like eye tracking, hand tracking, and especially a 2280×2280 per-eye resolution display that makes it compelling for professional use.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 15, 2023

Meta Quest 3 was revealed June 2023 and it'll ship fall 2023 starting at $500 from the companies formerly known as Facebook and Oculus. Oculus Go, Quest, Rift S, Quest 2 and even Sony's PlayStation VR2 headsets all use a bulkier fresnel lenses. Here's everything we know about Quest 3 so far.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2020

Ready At Dawn was already collaborating with Oculus since various years, so this is not surprising. Content is the king, and Facebook knows it needs great content of its own to fight Microsoft, Sony, and the other big brands for the domination of the VR sector. Hands tracking on Quest gets always more interest.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

PSVR 2 may have inside-out tracking. This week Sony has showcased the new DualShock controller for the PS5, dubbed DualSens. This integration is still very rough, and so: It works only with Oculus and WMR headsets (because it requires an OpenXR-compatible runtime); It just lets you see your model , not also modify it.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

Since the Oculus Kickstarter in 2012, VR has seen a revival on the big screen as it becomes a more affordable and accessible consumer device. Head mounted display: With expansion to at home devices came the transition away from an arcade cabinet to setups a little closer to what you’ll see coming from the Big Three (Oculus, HTC, and Sony).

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 26, 2022

This idea is used in mainline Quests, Pico headsets, Valve Index, HP Reverbs, Oculus Go, and the original Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. The Oculus Rift S was Facebook’s only previous headset with a halo strap. It was first widely shipped in PlayStation VR, and Sony still uses it for PSVR 2.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

Yes, the biggest companies were not there with a booth (Oculus will probably target the OC6, HTC the VEC, etc…), but it is the first time that I read the XR news from CES and I dont’ remain surprised. It may also feature eye tracking, that can be very important for some training applications.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

As someone who has spent a lot of time using different PCVR controllers like Wands, Index, Windows MR, and different versions of Oculus Touch, I wondered: how would these Sword controllers compare? A pair of “Sony type NP-BX1” compatible Li-Ion batteries and a USB charging cradle cost less than £20. Image provided by Rob Cole).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

Last year, it was still called Oculus Gaming Showcase, and it featured important updates on games like Pistol Whip, The Climb 2, I Expect You To Die 2, and Resident Evil 4 VR. Ruth Bram, Executive Producer at Oculus Studios, will be the host of the show. Pico Neo 3 , Vive Focus 3 , Oculus Quest 2 ) only offer Wi-Fi connectivity.

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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

APRIL 25, 2022

This was the final big surprise of the event: Sony Pictures and Meta, in partnership with nDreams, will bring the famous franchise to virtual reality. Meta releases hands tracking 2.0 Meta has just released the v2 of its hand tracking system for Quest. I’ll keep you posted about my findings.

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