The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Oculus devices will require a Facebook login. The enormous piece of news of the week is tha t Facebook has communicated that from October, 20th, all people that want to use an Oculus device for personal use will have to use their personal Facebook account to log in. Top news of the week. Image by Tweakanalogy). The same on Twitter.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2020

This has been the week of the launch of the Oculus Quest 2, and this event has been so big that basically, it will take half of this roundup to describe. Facebook releases the Oculus Quest 2. Even if with the Quest 1 was possible to play Oculus Go games, this support has been abandoned on the Quest 2. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 15, 2018

As someone that reads that online magazine every day, wow, it was…unbelievable, I felt a bit like a rockstar. Even if it is sometimes hard to tell him that the tethered headset that I use the most is an Oculus Rift :D. My new (second-hand) HTC Vive, got from the great VR man Nicolas Esposito.

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

Apple seems to be cornering the popular entertainment industry, with the acquisition of NextVR, as industry rivals such as Magic Leap focus on enterprise solutions. You probably have heard of well-known models such as the Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, Playstation VR, and HTC VIVE?—?these Don’t forget to give us your ??

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2018

He’s ready to answer with his HTC super powers. And I still remember that you have done boxing, so I agree with you in any case… HTC Vive Pro first impressions. Also, the controllers were the ones of Vive 1 and being used to my Oculus Touch , I felt back to the nineties. HTC Vive 1.0 vs HTC Vive Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

HTC Vive XR Elite HTC Vive XR Elite (Image by HTC Vive) The star of the event has for sure been the Vive XR Elite, HTC’s latest flagship headset. One is the high cost: HTC markets it as a consumer device, but at that price, not many consumers are going to buy it, so it will be a prosumer one.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

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. while we have seen the complicated life of Oculus hands-on booths at Best Buy.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

In 2011, Bob launched the only printed magazine covering social media, The Social Media Monthly. One of the stats that came out of my conversation with the president of HTC, Alvin Wang Graylin; they did a quick study with some students, and they saw a six times increase in the concentration levels of those students. Alan: Absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

In 2011, Bob launched the only printed magazine covering social media, The Social Media Monthly. One of the stats that came out of my conversation with the president of HTC, Alvin Wang Graylin; they did a quick study with some students, and they saw a six times increase in the concentration levels of those students. Alan: Absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

In 2011, Bob launched the only printed magazine covering social media, The Social Media Monthly. As I'm thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE -- first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now -- and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, "well, this is ready for prime time."

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2019

You may wonder who am I to write such a post, since I have never been featured on the front page of TIME magazine. The only sure purchase for me on day 1 among the above devices has been the Oculus Quest. I wrote a review on Magic Leap One because my friend (and ex partner ) Gianni made me try it. The reasons?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

Last year we had nReal showing us that AR can be trendy, and HTC making us dream with the Vive Cosmos. 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.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

She’s the former head of content acquisition and partnerships for VIVE Port at HTC VIVE, and she used to be the V.P. Great guy and amazing at taking a green screen and turning it into something magical on camera, giving people the ability to be in a video game, be part of it. You can do it with an Oculus Quest. Jenna: Yep.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

She’s the former head of content acquisition and partnerships for VIVE Port at HTC VIVE, and she used to be the V.P. Great guy and amazing at taking a green screen and turning it into something magical on camera, giving people the ability to be in a video game, be part of it. You can do it with an Oculus Quest. Jenna: Yep.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

She's the former head of content acquisition and partnerships for VIVE Port at HTC VIVE, and she used to be the V.P. Great guy and amazing at taking a green screen and turning it into something magical on camera, giving people the ability to be in a video game, be part of it. You can do it with an Oculus Quest. Jenna: Yep.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2019

The past week has been the week of the E3, and we had an insane amount of news regarding new upcoming Virtual Reality content, especially for the Oculus Quest! Thanks to the popular VR magazine Upload VR, that has organized the E3 VR Showcase, Virtual Reality has had its glorious moment at E3 2019. Image by HTC). Image by E3).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2019

HTC Vive Cosmos and its controllers, just announced at CES (Image by HTC). HTC has been the VR star of this CES 2019. The biggest announcement has been the HTC Vive Cosmos , a headset that has generated a lot of hype also because HTC has not revealed all its features, but it has only teased them. FinchShift.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Business-oriented magazines are talking about the metaverse as a MULTI-TRILLION DOLLAR OPPORTUNITY (caps required to underline the bullsh*tting happening around) and so many people are coming to exploit this opportunity. The new update also brings hand tracking support in the Oculus OpenXR plugin. Meta updates the SDK for Quest.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

While on the topic of acquisitions Facebooks takeover of Oculus initially was somewhat hostile with internal disputes between Oculus founders and Zuckerberg and his leadership team. On the surface it would appear that VR / AR adoption is rising steadily.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

HTC has launched a new headset, we have another confirmation of Apple glasses, we read about the first hands-on on Kura glasses, and many other things have happened! And all of this when in 10 days there will be the Oculus Connect 6, where there will be announced something cool for sure… I’m rather thrilled while I write this e-mail!

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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. HTC had $210 million as the total revenue for 2020. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

The one that I link to you here is from a general gaming magazine and it awards HL-A a 9/10 mark. Oculus Del Mar” may be the next Oculus headset. The documentation was the same as before, if not for the fact that in the page about headset Input page, there was also a reference to “Oculus Jedi” controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Before starting, I remind you that if you find what I do useful, you can donate to my magazine on Patreon to express your appreciation. Oculus Quest 2. The biggest announcement of the event has been for sure the Oculus Quest 2, that Facebook has not only revealed but also launched. Oculus Quest 2 is a great piece of technology.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2019

The app is available for both VR and AR , and is compatible on Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Android and IOS. He also released a VR version too , ( PornviewerVR ) which is available for Oculus Rift. Magic Leap has stated in their guidebook that adult content is not allowed on the device. Checking out the app. Conclusion.

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