The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap may be in trouble, but its CEO remains confident. Some weeks ago, I’ve reported of rumors about Magic Leap being in big trouble and having assigned all its patents as collateral to bank JP Morgan, probably because it is looking for a loan or to raise a round E.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 9, 2022

Meta is also the company behind Oculus, one of the more accessible and affordable VR headsets on the market. Similar to Meta, Microsoft has made some significant investments into the XR landscape in the last couple of years. Magic Leap. The company could even be the organization behind the new era of “Metawork”.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The funding round was led by Europe’s most active proptech VC, Pi Labs, with participation from Silicon Valley-based commerce experts Sugar Capital and deep tech specialists 7Percent Ventures – one of the first backers of Oculus VR – alongside several notable angel investors. to build the digital layer for the physical world!

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Offering a convenient way to provide consumers with product information, enhanced shopping experiences, and better customer service, XR is quickly becoming a table stakes part of the new digital retail space. Magic Leap. The extended reality environment is taking the retail and ecommerce landscape by storm.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Last week industry legend and current Oculus VR CTO John Carmack sat down with stand-up comedian and podcast icon Joe Rogan for Episode #1342 of the immensely popular Joe Rogan Experience podcast. He also references the success of the Microsoft HoloLens within various fields of enterprise. . Image Credit: Joe Rogan Experience. [

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

Google is also hiring high-profile people for it, like Bernard Kress, principal optical architect on Microsoft’s HoloLens team, and Paul Greco, the previous CTO of Magic Leap. Image by Microsoft). Microsoft is acquiring Activision Blizzard for $68.7B. Other relevant news. News worth a mention. Image by Varjo).

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

While multiple news sources, including the Wall Street Journal, have been hard at work compiling outbreak data into comprehensive reports, it’s difficult for some to put this complex information into perspective. It should be noted that, technically, this information is already available through multiple online sources.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has a very interesting working story, having worked for great companies like Microsoft and Fast Company. In the interview with me, he talked about many topics, like the rumors he heard on Apple Glasses, on the Oculus Quest 2 , the America vs China war, XR entrepreneurship, Tesla, and more! XR is going to conquer the consumer market.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Spatial is currently available on the Oculus Quest/Quest 2 , Microsoft HoloLens/HoloLens 2 , Magic Leap , Nreal Beta , and compatible web browsers. For information on pricing visit here. To access meetings in AR, download the Spatial app for iOS and Android. Image Credit: Spatial.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

In recent years, we’ve discovered just how powerful technology can be in delivering information to those who need it most. Meta (Oculus). With the Oculus ecosystem, schools and professional training companies alike are beginning to scale their virtual curriculums for a wide range of use cases. Magic Leap.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Magic Leap Inc. , As stated, they are thinking of taking part in a new financing round of more than $500 million, bringing Magic Leap valuation close to $6 billion. Magic Leap’s last financing round, led by Alibaba , valued the company at $4.5 s Oculus Rift. Qualcomm Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Do you remember when everyone was criticizing Magic leap because it got $2.5B Well, people don’t know that, according to some sources, the money that Microsoft had to spend to reach the technology to build the HoloLens over the years was something like $5-7B. So, Magic Leap was even cheap in comparison.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest becomes 1 year old, and Facebook makes many announcements. The Oculus Quest is now one year old. And there have been countless interviews with Facebook executives (especially on the online magazine Protocol), and every one of them has shared very interesting pieces of information.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

And all of this comes in a period when other partnerships between tech giants are happening: remember that some weeks ago, Microsoft closed its streaming service Mixer and allied with Facebook Gaming to fight the quasi-monopoly of (Amazon-owned) Twitch. Peggy Johnson is the new CEO of Magic Leap. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

But they are just tidbits of information, and nothing more. Magic Leap 2 bridges AR and VR. The interest in Magic Leap 2 is growing. The company is clearly preparing for the launch, and it is sharing always more information week after week. From the show floor, I have heard nothing mind-blowing, either.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

Oculus Go price cut down to $150. Facebook has permanently cut down the price of the Oculus Go to $150 , the same price that made it sell incredibly well on Amazon during the Cyber Monday. More info (Oculus Go price cut) More info (Xiaomi laying off the team dedicated to Go). Microsoft admits display problems on HoloLens 2.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

HTC has finally unveiled some information on the Vive Cosmos. Oculus has teased the OC6. Oculus has just announced the dates for the Oculus Connect 6. Oculus is going to announce something not only about VR but also about AR. Magic Leap is suing nReal. Magic Leap has sued Chi Xu, the founder of nReal.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 3, 2018

In the video provided, Huaishu wears an Oculus Rift headset outfitted with an Ovrvision stereo camera as he designs a 3D model of a teapot in a 3D space using a pair of slightly-altered Oculus Touch controllers. The interactive fabrication system combines AR CAD editing with precise robotic control. Image Credit: Huaishu Peng.

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TechCrunch VR

MARCH 13, 2022

Remember Magic Leap? This week, I spent an hour or so playing around with the unreleased next-generation Magic Leap headset, all while discussing the augmented reality company’s wild ride with Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson and other members of their executive team. So, let’s talk about it.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Magic Leap finally dropped to mixed reviews and BrainXchange published its Definitive Guide to Adopting Wearables, AR and VR in Enterprise. Just three months ago, the company revealed it’s putting 17,000 Oculus Go headsets in Walmart stores for employee training. The company’s direction is unclear.

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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. Magic Leap will meet its fate.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest may have sold only 400,000 units. It seems that according to it, Oculus Quest , considered by many the first VR headset that can become mainstream, has sold only 180,000 units in Q3 of this year, for a total number of 400,000 units sold since launch. Image by Microsoft). Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 8, 2019

nReal has been sued by Epic Games for the name too similar to Unreal and by Magic Leap that claims that nReal CEO Chi Xu has stolen the technology of the American company while working there. No one from Magic Leap or nReal is authorized to talk about this topic, so I won’t address it here.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Nreal, Meta, Magic Leap, and RealWear produce AR devices that suit consumer, enterprise, or industrial environments. Moreover, last year, Nreal partnered with University researchers and Microsoft to leverage its smart glasses technology as a medical device. The device took a while to hit the market.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Oculus Quest 2 keeps showing impressive sales stats. Someone from a major company (Amazon, Apple, Microsoft), with pockets big enough to be able to compete with the rich Facebook, giving users an alternative and stimulating Facebook in doing even better. Oculus Avatars), plus the features of the store (e.g. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 1, 2018

Since the first time we have seen the Oculus Santa Cruz prototype during Oculus Connect 3 , we want to put our hands on it. The Oculus Connect 4 made us eager to have it and finally this year we will be able to buy it. What if your Rift could become your Santa Cruz? Ready to discover how? Then go on!

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It’s been called the AR Cloud by many, the Magicverse by Magic Leap, the Mirrorworld by Wired, the Cyberverse by Huawei, Planet-scale AR by Niantic and Spatial Computing by academics. What virtual avatars, creatures, information layers or interactive components are here. Who Will Own the Metaverse? by Marko Balabanovic.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

The Oculus Quest 2 continues its march towards mainstream adoption. It wouldn’t be a normal week without some news about Facebook and/or the Oculus Quest. In all this promotional message, he said two interesting pieces of information. Mathew Olson from The Information (subscribe to his awesome newsletter !)

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

Zuck has released an interview to The Information and inside it, we can find the interesting information (pun intended) that now more than 10,000 people are working on AR/VR at Facebook. In September, the new Facebook Avatars will come and substitute the current Oculus avatars. Read about Microsoft’s Ignite conference.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

When the first consumer version of the Oculus Rift was launched in the spring, it was disappointingly bundled with a Microsoft Xbox controller – and we’ve eagerly been awaiting the native Touch Controllers. The Touch controllers feel like little magical half-doughnuts and are smooth and intuitive. in funding (with a $4.4B

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

When you think of Oculus you typically think of one thing: virtual reality. Today, flush with Facebook’s seemingly endless resources, Oculus is at the forefront of the VR industry’s research and development. The Oculus product roadmap as shown at last year’s F8 conference.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

When you think of Oculus you typically think of one thing: virtual reality. Today, flush with Facebook’s seemingly endless resources, Oculus is at the forefront of the VR industry’s research and development. The Oculus product roadmap as shown at last year’s F8 conference.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2021

The first interesting forecast is about the number of sold Oculus Quest 2 headsets. and also why the $2+B investment in Magic Leap was not enough to bring it to success. Microsoft too had to lose $10B to let Xbox enter the gaming console market and compete with PlayStation. Image by Microsoft). Judge James E.

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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

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Neurable has already proven that you can make some little games with a VR+BCI headset, but the EEG technology employed can only give very rough information about the brain status. Oculus official side distribution platform is coming soon. The technology is amazing, but I think it’s too rough to be reliably used nowadays in gaming.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

Our objective in this project has been to surround the user with displayed three-dimensional information,” project lead Ivan Sutherland wrote in a paper describing the system. Palmer Luckey, co-founder of Oculus VR Inc., In 2014, the social media giant purchased Oculus for nearly $3 billion.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

BTW, I’ve managed to found some time here and there to write this newsletter, because I’m happy to inform you of the community, especially my Patrons that always cheer for me (have you considered supporting me on Patreon as well?). Image by Oculus). The other bombshell news is that Resident Evil 4 is coming to the Oculus Quest 2.

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