The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Small startups can’t compete with big companies, so usually, startups produce expensive headsets at a smaller scale to survive : see VRgineers or Varjo as an example. While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. Notwithstanding all this hate, the Oculus Quest 2 is selling very well.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

I think that Gartner was not referring to the consumer market, where VR is still unripe (even if devices like the Oculus Quest and the Vive Focus Plus are helping it in becoming more widespread), but at the B2B one, where VR is already helping companies to spare money (e.g. thanks to a better training). There are broad possibilities here.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

A smart glasses user, for example, could access a movie streaming application like Netflix via an AR RT3D button and watch media on a large immersive screen that a user can place in their real-world environment. For example, the two firms teamed up to present an immersive broadcast of the Tour de France in 2022.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Metaverses are in line with the tech trend Oculus Quest reported sales growth, which indicates higher accessibility of VR equipment for the general audience. Thirdly, network latency is always there and always causes problems; usually, the Internet connection is not enough to cater to all the needs of metaverses.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). I expect the smartglasses from Facebook, first of all, to be Facebook-branded (so, goodbye Oculus), to be very stylish (remember that Luxottica is the leading company for glasses and sunglasses), and to be able to connect to the smartphone without a tether. Sounded good.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents like Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft or Snap already own global social graphs, but perhaps looking to unseat them could be the multiplayer gaming behemoths like Sony, Activision Blizzard or EA, or 3D-specific ideas like Aura’s “avatar as a service”. In another scenario, we may see game engines dominant, like Unity or Unreal.

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CraneMorley

AUGUST 1, 2023

This means that there are still some challenges to overcome, such as latency and bandwidth issues. Microsoft is also working to develop new technologies that will enable the industrial metaverse, such as: 5G: 5G will provide the high-speed, low-latency connectivity that is needed to support the industrial metaverse.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 30, 2020

” He also pointed out the development over at Amazon, where last month the company announced AWS Wavelength for ultra-low latency 5G computing at the edge, something that will have a direct impact on using and building the next generation of AR and VR headgear. “The industry is firing up 5G and that will also be a big push.”

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2019

As an example, consider the difference between querying the network to see if a specific existing server is ready to accept a teleport and querying the network to find all servers open to teleportation. The mapping system is only an example of how we can trivially handle discrepancies between worlds in the beginning.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 24, 2022

VR is becoming more affordable for a wide range of gaming customers, thanks to tools like the Oculus Quest, which sold 15 million units during just 20 months on the market. Microsoft and Meta have already revealed their intentions to build Metaverse gaming environments and communities in the years ahead.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Additionally, founding the Upload Academy, a VR/AR developer training program, which graduated its first class in August with a number of success stories including Found – a gorgeous Miyazaki-esque narrative experience created by four of our students which was recently recognized on stage during the Oculus Connect Keynote. January 2016.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Put simply, the Vive Tracker is a wireless, battery powered SteamVR tracked accessory that provides highly accurate, low latency 6 Degrees of Freedom (6DoF) motion tracking within a roomscale environment. One of the best examples of Vive Trackers bringing a really special experience to the players. So what is a Vive Tracker?

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Over time we think AR and VR converge into a world that the Microsoft folks call “mixed reality.” I think Oculus is getting there, but I still think it’s behind, to be candid, even with the latest stuff that is coming out for Christmas. Ximmerse is an interesting example because they’re picking a broadly defined problem.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

Run a certain example of what that would look like in an industrial space. It’s a matter of months now, that Microsoft is shipping a new HoloLens; some other companies are shipping glasses. You’ve also seen — which is quite sad, actually — we’ve seen the Meta glass, for example, quite early.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

Run a certain example of what that would look like in an industrial space. It’s a matter of months now, that Microsoft is shipping a new HoloLens; some other companies are shipping glasses. You’ve also seen — which is quite sad, actually — we’ve seen the Meta glass, for example, quite early.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Oculus came up with a $300 VR headset that rivals anything in the market. Tools like that, like Chalk, and I think Microsoft has their version of it as well on Hololens and other things. Alex: Near zero latency. But imagine your frontline healthcare worker, for example, in a hospital. They gave it away for free this year.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Oculus came up with a $300 VR headset that rivals anything in the market. Tools like that, like Chalk, and I think Microsoft has their version of it as well on Hololens and other things. Alex: Near zero latency. But imagine your frontline healthcare worker, for example, in a hospital. They gave it away for free this year.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 3, 2020

Because I know with Beat Saber, for example, you’re not– there’s no real risk of falling over. Like one of the things I did some work with zero latency and they did some work with the Australian Army in building simulations. How are they mitigating that? So is that kind of what you’re seeing?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

In virtual reality, you have to do this reprojection, Oculus calls it timewarp, and that means that your video card and your computer has to be running at a really high frame rate to correct for your head motion and we’ve rolled that all into the headset. It’s like yep yep, it’s got six milliseconds latency.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Oculus came up with a $300 VR headset that rivals anything in the market. Tools like that, like Chalk, and I think Microsoft has their version of it as well on Hololens and other things. Alex: Near zero latency. But imagine your frontline healthcare worker, for example, in a hospital. They gave it away for free this year.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 3, 2020

Because I know with Beat Saber, for example, you’re not– there’s no real risk of falling over. Like one of the things I did some work with zero latency and they did some work with the Australian Army in building simulations. How are they mitigating that? So is that kind of what you’re seeing?

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

These are like the Microsoft Hololens, Magic Leaps. So something like an Oculus Go, for example, allows you to look around and be inside of a video. So Metastage uses Microsoft’s volumetric Hcap, holographic capture. So you have a freeway system, much bigger freeway system with very little latency.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

GB: Mike Abrash, formerly of Valve, now at Oculus, their chief scientist, he made this interesting observation about Moore’s Law. Stereoscopic cameras are an example. Above: Microsoft’s HoloLens in action. Image Credit: Microsoft. GB: Is it a tradeoff against what you’d call latency, maybe? That’s helpful.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

These are like the Microsoft Hololens, Magic Leaps. So something like an Oculus Go, for example, allows you to look around and be inside of a video. So Metastage uses Microsoft's volumetric Hcap, holographic capture. So you have a freeway system, much bigger freeway system with very little latency. Michael: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

These are like the Microsoft Hololens, Magic Leaps. So something like an Oculus Go, for example, allows you to look around and be inside of a video. So Metastage uses Microsoft’s volumetric Hcap, holographic capture. So you have a freeway system, much bigger freeway system with very little latency.

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