The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

As with every big event, I’m writing a post to try to summarize the most important news that have come out from the GDC 2018 … so that if you have lost something, you just need to read this post to get in par with the rest of the world. Oculus Go showcased. The Oculus Go (Image by Oculus). So, are you ready?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 9, 2017

The event is organized by The Virtual Reality Foundation, which is composed of many of the same people behind the Virtual Reality Los Angeles conference and startup Mindshow. The updated ceremony is planned to be a showcase looking at both virtual and augmented reality.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 30, 2018

VRTK is a toolkit aimed at making things easier for VR Unity developers : it offers out-of-the-box functionalities (like locomotion, objects interactions, etc…) to developers, together with cross-platform support. — VRTK (@VR_Toolkit) April 26, 2018. — VRTK (@VR_Toolkit) April 26, 2018. VRTK is alive again!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

But hey, let me play this game anyway, so here you are my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 based on the trends and the anticipations that we had at the end of 2020! Also, the awareness has grown , because every gamer knew about Alyx, and so about virtual reality. The Quest will still be the king.

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Road to VR

JUNE 27, 2019

Survios, the studio behind a host of VR games such as Raw Data (2017), Sprint Vector (2018) and Creed: Rise to Glory (2018) , has been a stalwart pioneer of the medium since the birth of consumer VR. What’s more, the course will be taught in VR, so you can connect remotely and learn from Silkin—virtual face to virtual face.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 14, 2016

HTC’s China Regional President of Vive, Alvin Wang Graylin, took to the stage at the Unity Vision Summit in Asia this week and made a series of bold predictions for where we’ll see VR in the next two years. 2018 Predictions. SEE ALSO Oculus Chief Scientist Predicts the Next 5 Years of VR Technology. 2017 Predictions.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 25, 2020

Videogame engine Unity has supported the XR industry from the early days of virtual reality (VR) through to the current crop of augmented reality (AR) hardware. This week has seen Unity update its XR platform, removing support for some devices whilst reaffirming official functionality for the latest headsets. .

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 22, 2018

Today has been another interesting day: it has started with us running to try to enter the Cyberpunk 2077 booth (but with no luck) and has finished playing with an Oculus Go. It is a Korean company producing haptic devices for virtual reality. But he clearly specified “ We believe in virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 30, 2021

It’s been a true emotion to launch the game in Shenzhen, China as probably the first mixed reality fitness game. While the other titles were all in virtual reality, HitMotion exploited a plugin that we of NTW created ourselves to exploit the front cameras of the Focus to offer passthrough augmented reality.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 17, 2023

Back in 2018, as part of the IBC Masterclass on VR technology, Rob Koenen shared his vision of the future of virtual reality. Unity Integrations allow users to connect Unity services to popular tools like Discord, Slack, and Jira. Which Companies are Already Investing In Interoperability?

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Tech Trends VR

DECEMBER 27, 2018

In fact, I’m a bit surprised it took this long, but researchers at Virginia Tech have put their brains to good use and come up with a way for ordinary mortals to replicate the telekinetic powers of a Jedi in Virtual Reality. This Tech Lets You Move Virtual Objects Like A Jedi via @alicebonasio [link] pic.twitter.com/Y1Wzv8gCzk.

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

So much so that organizers are already taking registered interests for 2018. Also announced was the judging panel that includes virtual reality experts such as Josh Naylor of Unity Technologies, Jenn Duong of Shiift, and CEO of Spiral Media Megan Gaiser. Oculus – Rift. Oculus – Touch.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Among this free content, the real interesting stuff is $500 in free Azure credits , while the other things are highly questionable (like 3 months of Unity Pro license… it is more a free trial than a real added value!!). This is even more than the 20,000 concurrent users of early 2018 when the app went viral on Twitch.

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ARVR

JULY 29, 2021

During the last few years, web developers have tried to integrate virtual reality experiences on websites, starting in 2016 with the first WebVR API, but leaving aside the important segment of augmented reality, which is why WebXR was born. How Augmented Reality (AR) is Reshaping the Food Service Industry 3.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Hi, I am Chris Koomen, a Virtual Reality specialist and consult at KLM and board of advisory members at Bootcamp. In 2015 my girlfriend came with a Cardboard and with no experience with Unity I created my first 360 photo which I’ve shown to my manger. Chris Koomen, with a VR headset in his hand (Image by Chris Koomen).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Some weeks ago, I’ve got to know a crazy demo for Oculus Rift called Eyeballs VR Demo, who lets you detach your eyes inside VR. — Jack Brookes (@jackbrookes) July 14, 2018. and it was clearly made with Unity (I can recognize the Unity standard shader from a mile). The environment was lovely.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

Here’s the full press release for VRLA 2018 ( Road to VR readers can save 15% on passes, details here ): Announcing VRLA 2018 Keynotes & Expo Highlights. The Biggest Immersive Tech Event of the Year Returns May 4-5, Exploring “A New Reality.”. Rikard Steiber, President Viveport and SVP of Virtual Reality, HTC Vive.

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

There might be a growing collection of virtual reality (VR) videogames that can off big expansive worlds to explore but if you’re looking for something more akin to Ready Player One’s Oasis then your options are fairly limited. Somnium Space first began discussing the 2.0 anyone to instantly monetize their creations.

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Cats and VR

MARCH 31, 2017

Featuring a soundtrack by lead singer and composer Ville Valo, of gothic rock band HIM, 3rd Eye Studios Downward Spiral : Prologue launches on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive is now available on the Oculus store for Oculus Rift and Steam for HTC Vive. The VR technology will be launched in 2018. CatsAndVR.com/blog.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

” review of standalone headsets (you can find in other posts the ones related to Oculus Go and HTC Vive Focus ). There is everything you need, but not the same wonder that you have when you open the box of a product made by Oculus. it is bigger than the Oculus Go but smaller than the massive HTC Vive Focus.

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HaptX

DECEMBER 20, 2018

At HaptX, our team is celebrating a milestone-filled 2018. Weeks later, we traveled to Park City, Utah to debut our HaptX Glove prototype at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. We were the first VR company to introduce a prototype at Sundance since Oculus unveiled an early version of their Rift in 2012.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 14, 2020

Making any sort of virtual reality (VR) content isn’t a simple process, from a piece of art using Tilt Brush or Quill to an actual videogame and all the complicated elements that process involves. STYLY is a platform designed for artistic expression rather than making videogames. So onto the interviews.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In April 2018 HTC introduced the Vive Pro headset, Pro controllers, and Vive Tracker 2.0 cable extender left over from my ownership of an Oculus Rift CV1 with a 3-camera tracking setup. released in 2018, it’s not compatible with Vive gun perfectly, that missing function below: 1- Unusable with trackpad function on vive gunVR.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 6, 2017

& 13-15, 2018 Venue: To be announced South by Southwest is an annual conglomerate of film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas, United States. IEEE Virtual Reality Conference Date: March 18-22, 2018 Venue: Stadthalle Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Germany Check here for pricing.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The news is overly important because Alyx is already changing the virtual reality landscape for these reasons: It is increasing awareness towards VR a lot (all mainstream gaming media are talking about it); It is increasing sales of VR headsets a lot; It will probably show us new interactions in XR that will affect the UX of many games after it.

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Road to VR

JULY 23, 2018

Liv also supports many Unity-based VR titles without direct integration from developers. Below you can see the Electronauts Liv integration in action and see how players will be able to spin some sick beats in VR: Electronauts is the next VR experience to come from Survios, the studio behind Raw Data (2017) and Sprint Vector (2018).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2018

This also let me write various articles about it, like this one on Vive Focus streaming , this one on Focus instant preview for Unity or this other one highlighting the updates of the v2 runtime. When I published this photo of the Oculus Go and Vive Focus together, a lot of people got surprised by its dimensions. Oculus Go).

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 28, 2020

Out-of-Home entertainment, and Immersive Technology industry specialist Kevin Williams reports in his latest Virtual Arena column on the further growth in recognition that virtual reality VR is receiving from the Enterprise sector. Another exhibitor using Beat Saber and the Oculus Rift S was Nutanix. Image credit: KWP.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Facebook said that this growth has been mostly due to the sales of Oculus Quest. Admitting that Oculus Quest is the only responsible for this big growth from last year (just an assumption, I want to be clear), we obtain that the sales of Quest for Q3 account for $81M. Oculus Quest may have an assistant soon.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 25, 2022

In 2018, three co-founders of Refract, Chong Geng Ng, Michael Chng and Eugene Koh, worked on a gaming-related project and encountered a problem statement: How would one bridge the gap between gaming and physical activity? AXIS can also work with popular VR headsets like the Oculus Quest 2, Chng said.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The Vive Focus was most probably the best VR standalone on the market when Oculus last week announced what will be the first consumer 6DOF VR standalone headset. And so here we are again: Oculus vs HTC, America vs China, Hugo Barra vs Alvin Wang Graylin. And now the battle is on standalone headsets: Oculus Quest vs Vive Focus.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2018

One of the best moments ever at View Conference 2018 , has been when I was able to interview John Gaeta. Now, this genius that has revolutionized cinema has landed in the mixed reality ecosystem , to try to improve it as well. He was obsessed with Virtual Reality. Innovative cinematographic hardware used by John Gaeta.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

It’s a while I’m connected on Linkedin with Cyril Tuschi , a prize-winner filmmaker turned Virtual Reality entrepreneur. One of the videos from Oculus Connect 5 that stuck in my mind till tody is when Michael Abrash showed a real space transformed into a virtual one that has exactly the same shape, but a different mood.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 2, 2017

After speaking with Unity CEO John Riccitiello, I’m putting a little note on my calendar for CES 2019 as the time I expect to see multiple VR headsets that will cost less than $1,000 for the entire package. ” Tagged with: unity Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 18, 2018

That’s why I was really pleased to have the opportunity of interviewing its CEO, Ayden Ye , about his company and Virtual Reality in general. Oculus Go is an optimal media consumption device and VeeR is already compatible with it . The VR market has been climbing up in 2018 , especially with the shipment of the Oculus Go.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2021

This price is ridiculously low: it is less than what a nreal glass costs, a lot less of a HoloLens 2 and perfectly in line also with the prices of VR headsets like Oculus Quest 2 and Pico Neo 3. The game was announced in 2018, and then it became a mystery bigger than Half-Life 3. History is being made tomorrow, and we’ll be part of it.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Or we can put on device on our head (a head-mounted display or HMD) that completely occludes us from the real world allowing us to enter a completely simulated environment which we can walk around and interact in because the computer is sensing our physical actions: this is Virtual Reality or VR. Billion ad spend by 2022.

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