The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Image by Oculus). Facebook is working on a new version of the Oculus Quest. According to a report by Bloomberg, Oculus is working on a new Oculus Quest model, and it has already done prototypes that are lighter and more powerful than the current device. Investments in AR/VR companies are at 2013 level.

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Road to VR

MAY 4, 2017

The Meta 2 augmented reality dev kit began pre-orders in March of 2016 and has apparently seen quite a bit of interest. Back in 2013 the company had announced and taken pre-orders for a $3,000 headset called the Meta Pro. SEE ALSO Hands-on: Meta 2 Could Do for Augmented Reality What Rift DK1 Did for Virtual Reality.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 21, 2019

Original image from Oculus). Oculus Rift and Gear VR have sold 10M units. At the beginning of the week, Jack McCauley, one of the founders of the Oculus startup, had claimed in an interview with CNBC that Facebook VR will never succeed. Of course, he was not only talking about Oculus but about VR in general.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

With Pokémon Go recently breaking a financial milestone – reaching one billion USD in revenue , it may finally be time to say that Augmented Reality (AR) is now reaching mainstream acceptance and acknowledgement. Although still a novel concept, the industry is clearly taking altered realities seriously. Why Stop at Gaming?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Augmented reality, unlike virtual reality, does not require you to be sealed away in a light-proof headset in order to experience a digitally altered world. Augmented reality will take some time to get right, but I do think that it’s profound.” There’s no substitute for human contact,” Cook told BuzzFeed.

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AllThingsVR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Apple Hints At VR/AR Work Once More With Oculus, Magic Leap Hires Business Insider is reporting that the ever-popular tech giant made two key hires in recent weeks and months. One was from VR specialist and Rift maker, Oculus, the other previously worked at illusive and intriguing mixed reality company, Magic Leap.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this weekly VRScout Report, Google Earth in VR is a rush, Facebook analyzes your face w/ augmented reality, GE uses AR to talk to machines, the funding wrap-up, cure lazy eye with VR, and more…. and is continuing to lead the enterprise space with augmented reality.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 1, 2019

At an event in San Jose, California, Facebook introduced its plan for augmented reality glasses, where users will be able to pull up a visual display on top of what’s actually in front of them. Meanwhile, heftier VR products from Facebook’s Oculus and Magic Leap have mostly been for gamers. Momentum is picking up.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Guitarist Brian May is celebrating this years Halloween with launching the Diableries and The Diabl-O-Scope augmented reality apps , enabling users to explore the underworld whilst listening to Queen. Diableries: Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell is a book published in 2013 with historians Paula Fleming and Denis Pellerin.

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Leapmotion

JULY 11, 2019

Building the world’s most advanced augmented reality headset isn’t exactly for beginners. Noah has been active in the augmented reality and open hardware communities for over a decade. Noah created what may be the first 3D-printable mount for the Leap Motion Controller on the Oculus DK1 in 2013.

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ARVR

MARCH 5, 2021

There is a spectrum of relationships between the consensus reality we commonly share and various synthetic ‘realities.’ What is often called ‘Augmented Reality,’ or AR, is just a bit of synthetic stuff laid on top of the world we’re used to, like, Pokemon Go. Most are solo games.

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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. I have instead tried another demo for Oculus Quest called Anamika, where you impersonate a four-armed Indian goddess. They showcased a series of 360 videos shot by them and that could be enjoyed through an Oculus Go.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 12, 2017

During the company’s annual Oculus Connect developer conference this week, the social networking giant unveiled its new $200 Oculus Go VR headset that doesn’t require a personal computer or smartphone to operate. “I Schroepfer, 42, has been Facebook’s CTO since 2013 and previously was director of engineering.

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Infinityleap

MAY 31, 2016

Its Google Glass finally unlocked the market of smart eyewear in 2013. This technology allows or forces you to see reality through the display while projecting digital information in your field of view. By definition these glasses truly augment reality for one eye while keeping the other one focused on reality.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

In a 2013 Time interview , he briefly — and modestly — spoke of The Sword of Damocles, noting, “The name virtual reality might be applied, but it didn’t come along until ten years later.” The term “augmented reality” wasn’t officially coined until 1990, but the 80s also saw important breakthroughs in the space.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

CES 2013 / 2014: The Early Years. From the advent of the Oculus Rift in 2012, we saw Oculus attend the show for the first time in 2013 to show off their pre-production Rift headset prototype ahead of the DK1 launch, following their wildly successful Kickstarter campaign. Oculus’ Pre-DK1 Prototype, shown at CES 2013.

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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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VRScout

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Grab’s new VR game, Knockout League, is coming to Steam, Oculus, and Viveport in January. Here’s a first look at the trailer, filmed at the VRScout Mixed Reality Studio in LA. Knockout League is a single player, arcade-style boxing game built from the ground up for virtual reality by Grab Games.

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Cats and VR

APRIL 28, 2016

The words magic and magician seem the most fitting to describe my Meta 2 augmented reality demo but I may be a bit neuromantic. In 2013 I was blown away with my first experience in Oculus Rift.

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VRScout

AUGUST 8, 2017

Founded all the way back in 2013 by Eric Romo, Altspace VR was a social world that broke new ground– allowing new and old friends to virtually congregate. Featuring special guest Sophia Dominguez, co-founder of SVRF.com (the first search engine for immersive content), and creator of AllThingsVR , a weekly VR/AR newsletter.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

We're gonna be talking about digital literacy, the virtual/augmented reality platforms, and the question on everybody's mind: What are the key barriers to adopting VR and AR in schools and how to overcome them? The one thing obviously that is already clearly missing from this mix, is the word Oculus. The Go never launched here.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

We're gonna be talking about digital literacy, the virtual/augmented reality platforms, and the question on everybody's mind: What are the key barriers to adopting VR and AR in schools and how to overcome them? The one thing obviously that is already clearly missing from this mix, is the word Oculus. The Go never launched here.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 29, 2019

You probably have heard about Leap Motion’s Project North Star , that should be able to offer people affordable augmented reality. Project North Star is an opensource augmented reality headset that Leap Motion has designed and gifted to the community. Is it good? Is it easy to assemble one? On the downtown 3 train.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

We're gonna be talking about digital literacy, the virtual/augmented reality platforms, and the question on everybody's mind: What are the key barriers to adopting VR and AR in schools and how to overcome them? The one thing obviously that is already clearly missing from this mix, is the word Oculus. The Go never launched here.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

In a country where education is characterized by a predominance of test-taking and rote memorization, my goals were to unleash their creativity and critical thinking, while exploring the frontiers of learning through new pedagogy and the revolutionary potential of technologies such as virtual and augmented reality.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Although not meant to be an exhaustive list, here are the top 10 recent investments and funding events in the virtual reality and augmented reality space as we approach the close of Q3. Bitmovin , founded in 2013, is based in Palo Alto, CA, and Klagenfurt, Austria, and provides video infrastructure for the web.

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VRScout

JULY 17, 2016

At a Fortune magazine technology conference in Aspen, CMO Brian Wallace and CEO Rony Abovitz (who sold his surgical robot company for $1.65B in 2013) got on stage to fuel the fire on the hype train. OCULUS UPDATE: TOUCH CONTROLLERS AND NO MORE RIFT SHIPPING DELAYS. Interested? Apply here.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2019

But usually, I have discussed Virtual Reality adult entertainment … but what about Augmented Reality instead? According to analysts, Augmented Reality will have a bigger market and bigger turnaround than Virtual Reality, so I guess that this comparison should hold for AR adult entertainment as well.

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