The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2018

HTC has maybe been the virtual reality company that has shown the most interesting things at this MWC. From the talk, it is clear that HTC is betting a lot on these new technologies and envisions a future where all of us will wear these devices every day. He has a point. Let’s start! The Vive Trackers 2.0.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

Actually, the first launch has happened in China with the Vive Focus at the end of 2017, but we had the full development of the ecosystem now. Mister President launching the Vive Focus (Image by HTC). That’s why the other companies, like HTC and Pico, have decided to aim at the enterprise market. Standalone headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

More or less AR in 2018 has gone as I predicted in 2017. This has already started happening in 2018: the Vive Focus has an AR/MR hack made by me; the Lenovo Mirage Solo is getting MR functionalities offered by Google; the Oculus Quest is expected to have some particular MR features, as Facebook has teased during OC5. Magic Leap.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. But, as Road To VR has stated, maybe HTC should have clarified that in all its marketing material.

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VRScout

MARCH 23, 2017

SVVR 2017 is less than a week away , and with an exciting roster of speakers and demos across all major industry verticals, with 100+ VR/AR companies represented, it’s slated to be a star-studded gathering of VR experts. Here’s a peek of the far-reaching topics at SVVR 2017: Education And Virtual Reality – Clay Park VR.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

What made the VR 820 so compelling was that it had 6-DoF tracking as well as integrated compute (Snapdragon 820) which was on par with all the latest flagship phones. It even had support for eye tracking, which we now know was through a partnership with none other than SMI.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 9, 2017

As we look forward to 2017 then, we’ve reached out to a bunch of industry experts and insiders to get their views on where we’re headed over the next 12 months. We asked all of these developers the same four questions: 1) What do you think will happen to the VR/AR market in 2017? 2) What NEEDS to happen to the VR AR market in 2017?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

From time to time, I like to look at the adoption graph of XR shown by John Riccitiello (the CEO of Unity) in 2017 , where you can see that the real acceleration of immersive technologies should start around 2022-2023. Companies like Pico, HP, Valve, and HTC are already performing very well in this sector. The rise of enterprise.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The New York Times distributes more than 1 million Google Cardboard phone VR viewers to subscribers with the launch of The Displaced , a 360-degree video project focusing on children driven from their homes by war. Eye-tracking startup Eyefluence, which raises $14 million this month, is acquired about a year later by Google.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

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. This is why companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Meta are exploring similar technologies. It seems like a great tethered headset for the PS5.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

WHAT A DAY FOR A DAYDREAM… The highly-anticipated Google Daydream headset is here. Priced at $79, it is currently only compatible with the Google Pixel phone. Although not as robust as the HTC Vive controllers, the wand-like controller is easy to use… and fun. …and more.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

CES 2017, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas last week, was loaded with augmented reality smartglasses, which layer digital animations and information on top of the real world. I ended up at Valve Software running their hardware department, putting the team together that created the HTC Vive. Above: ODG’s booth at CES 2017.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 3, 2017

I’ve used it with the HTC Vive, and you can literally stand in the middle of your creation, and hold the virtual paintbrush in your hand to paint in the air around you. And earlier this month, Google released Blocks , which is a prim-based building tool for virtual reality. Advertising and marketing.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

So all the way up to-- we did VR stuff with ARKit in 2017 -- if I don't say wrong -- then all the way up to there it was marker based. We did this with Hololens in 2017, I think. The HTC Vive Pro has eye tracking-- or the new one has eye tracking. The Pico Neo 2, I believe, has eye tracking option.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

So all the way up to-- we did VR stuff with ARKit in 2017 -- if I don't say wrong -- then all the way up to there it was marker based. We did this with Hololens in 2017, I think. The HTC Vive Pro has eye tracking-- or the new one has eye tracking. The Pico Neo 2, I believe, has eye tracking option.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

So all the way up to-- we did VR stuff with ARKit in 2017 -- if I don't say wrong -- then all the way up to there it was marker based. We did this with Hololens in 2017, I think. The HTC Vive Pro has eye tracking-- or the new one has eye tracking. The Pico Neo 2, I believe, has eye tracking option.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

This is the current SteamVR controller pricing in GBP (shipping to UK) at the time the article was written: HTC Vive controller (2018) single £193 includes free shipping and tax HTC Vive controller (2018) pair £386.00 Google searches are very revealing. Image provided by Rob Cole). Testing with popular software.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And it's a super powerful chip that will allow you to have AI built in for facial tracking and object recognition in these types of things, but also allow you to have-- I think it's up to seven cameras. So front facing cameras, IR cameras, eye tracking cameras, facial tracking cameras, all of these things. 30 percent."

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And it's a super powerful chip that will allow you to have AI built in for facial tracking and object recognition in these types of things, but also allow you to have-- I think it's up to seven cameras. So front facing cameras, IR cameras, eye tracking cameras, facial tracking cameras, all of these things. 30 percent.".

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And it's a super powerful chip that will allow you to have AI built in for facial tracking and object recognition in these types of things, but also allow you to have-- I think it's up to seven cameras. So front facing cameras, IR cameras, eye tracking cameras, facial tracking cameras, all of these things. 30 percent.".

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