The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2019

Me at VEC 2019. After having detailed his vision for a better future where we all will wear an XR headset, Alvin has started introducing HTC’s vision for the Vive Focus Plus. As you can see from the price, it has been positioned in the West as an enterprise headset as all the devices by HTC. These has been crazy days.

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Slashgear

JANUARY 9, 2019

This week we got the opportunity to try out the newest in innovative VR tech from HTC, the HTC VIVE Pro Eye. This device looks a whole lot like the standard Vive Pro on the outside. In fact you might mistake one for the other, except for the bright blue outline around one element at the front of the headset.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2019

The MWC 2019 in Barcelona has finished some days ago. In my opinion, there are 3-4 pieces of news that are really worth a mention and I’m going to tell you about them in this post so that reading it you will have a clear picture of what has happened at MWC 2019 for what concerns XR. HTC 5G streaming. HoloLens 2.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

It’s the beginning of 2019, and this means that this is that time of the year when we all make predictions for this year in AR and VR! Jokes apart, what has happened in AR in 2018… and what can you expect to happen in 2019? Predictions for Augmented Reality in 2019. Let’s see how AR can evolve in 2019!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

Yesterday, I have dressed as a fortune teller and I have given you my predictions for augmented reality in 2019. And how it will be in 2019? 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. It’s 2019.

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Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2019

Today at GDC, HTC announced plans to make available a lip-tracking module for the Vive Pro. HTC has revealed very little about the lip-tracking module so far, but we’d venture to guess that it will consist of a camera mounted underneath the Vive Pro visor which faces the user’s mouth.

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VRScout

JUNE 6, 2019

Professional-grade VR eye-tracking for $1,599. HTC announced today their Vive Pro Eye VR headset is now available for purchase in North America through Vive.com and select retailers. tracking with the inclusion of precision eye-tracking functionality, opening up a new realm of possibilities for enterprise VR.

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ARPost

JANUARY 15, 2020

With the new year upon us, let’s take a look at the VR headsets that caught our attention in 2019. The big difference between the Quest and the Go is that the Quest can handle the advanced tracking that allows more immersive VR applications. HTC’s VIVE is lining itself up as the Cadillac of VR headsets. HTC Vive PRO.

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Upload VR

APRIL 15, 2024

The OpenXR working group includes all the major companies in the industry, including Meta, Pico, HTC, Valve, Varjo, and Unity - but notably not Apple. specification was finalized in 2019. It's managed by Khronos, the same non-profit industry consortium that manages OpenGL, Vulkan, and WebGL. The OpenXR 1.0 Further, OpenXR 1.1

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

HTC Vive Cosmos (Image by HTC). The Vive Cosmos is the latest PC VR headset announced by HTC at CES 2019. HTC has been able to create some hype towards th is device, that has appeared intriguing since the beginning. But if you don’t like inside-out tracking, you can get rid of it. Vive Cosmos. base stations.

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Road to VR

MAY 15, 2019

HTC opened up orders in Europe today for their latest VR headset, Vive Pro Eye , a version of the company’s enterprise headset with integrated eye-tracking. HTC also opened up pre-orders in China too, with launch slated for May 24th; there’s no word on when to expect it in North America though.

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VRScout

APRIL 1, 2020

As people flock online during quarantine we now find ourselves experimenting with new platforms, pushing immersive technologies to the limits, and collaborating in new ways; from eye-tracking technology and facial tracking to biometrics and brain-control interfaces. Eye-Tracking . Brain-Computer Interfaces.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Varjo’s professional-grade headset features retina-grade resolution and eye-tracking functionality. Combined with the headsets integrated eye-tracking functionality, users can supposedly expect lifelike virtual content featuring levels of detail not currently offered by other major providers. FOV: 87 Degrees.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

VR headsets are gaining new technologies going into 2023, such as eye tracking, hand tracking, and mixed reality (MR) passthrough technology. Meta enhances business outcomes and returns on investment (ROI) by utilizing various immersive technologies like hand and eye tracking in its new product.

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ARPost

JANUARY 16, 2020

See Also: A Comprehensive Review of 2019 and 2020 VR Headsets. There’s also the Pico Neo 2 Eye, which is the same as the standard Neo 2 but with eye-tracking technology. So, other than eye-tracking, what kind of features make the Neo 2 so impressive? See Also: 19 Most-Read ARPost Articles of 2019.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

HTC released a video showing off its vision of the metaverse, a reflection of what the company thinks virtual spaces will look like in the near future. HTC’s most recent concept video isn’t at fault for shooting for the stars. To think, HTC and Oculus were once competitors back in the early days of consumer VR.

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Peter Graham

JULY 26, 2019

With this in mind, Zerolight continually looks to optimise the software via the use of eye-tracking and heatmaps. Using a headset like the HTC Vive Eye, Zerolight can monitor where a customer is looking, what draws their attention and how long they may look at specific areas.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 7, 2020

SEE ALSO Pico Unveils Neo 2 Standalone Headset with Integrated Eye-tracking. Firefox Reality already supports Oculus Go, HTC Vive Focus, and Google Daydream headsets, so its continued push to support newer headsets is a good sign of the overall health of the project.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2022

It was more of a conceptual showcase at the time, the report maintains, as some prototypes ran on Windows while others were based on the original HTC Vive. Ive has since departed the company in 2019 to pursue his own design company, LoveFrom. Rockwell, Meier and Rothkopf soon encountered pushback from Ive’s team.

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Upload VR

JULY 13, 2023

It would be much more suited to Quest Pro , where face and eye tracking are the standout unique features in Meta's lineup. The PC VR app Facebook Spaces , released in 2017, let Oculus Rift and eventually HTC Vive users call Messenger contacts from inside it, appearing an earlier version of the company's avatars.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

This is because the sales have not been enormous, and the content for it is not exploiting completely its new features (there are some cool uses of eye tracking, but that’s it). The Quest Pro already introduced mixed reality and eye tracking: I’ve seen a few interesting experiments with it, but the device was a total flop.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 15, 2024

The OpenXR API is a core piece behind many XR headsets from vendors such as Acer, ByteDance, Canon, HTC, Magic Leap, Meta, Microsoft, Sony, XREAL, Qualcomm, Valve, and Varjo. The new stereo-foveated rendering improves eye-tracking features, and the feature is widespread – already finding a home on Unity, Unreal, and NVIDIA Omniverse.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 19, 2024

It introduces new features never before shipped, and its visionOS fuses eye tracking and hand tracking for intuitive input with a unique take on the spectrum of immersion. Vision Pro's eye tracking serves three purposes: authentication, foveated rendering, and driving your FaceTime avatar. hours (video) 1.5-2.5

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

But as far as I know, nothing disruptive for the industry : Oculus has already shots all its bullets, and HTC for the first time isn’t announcing anything. The eye-tracked model costs only $900. in 2019 thanks to new headsets like the Oculus Quest. Bosch should unveil its smartglasses to see notifications from your phone.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 12, 2022

This was something the MLB (Major League Baseball) community discovered for themselves, with the help of HTC VIVE. Here’s what happened when MLB invested in virtual reality with HTC VIVE. When 2019 rolled around, the group began working with clubs throughout America to unlock even more fan experiences.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Controllers however are another matter, and the company doesn’t expect them to be in the hands of developers until early 2019, with finished units heading to backers in Q2 2019. Thanks to SteamVR Tracking, Pimax users could conceivably use HTC Vive controllers in the meantime, but they run $130 each as sold from HTC.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Once the device was on and comfy, I was prompted with a quick eye-tracking calibration scene that displayed a number of pinkish-purple gems that popped in and out of the scene when I looked at them, then I was set and ready to start HoloLensing. Eye-tracking & Voice Input. Image courtesy Microsoft.

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Upload VR

JUNE 20, 2022

Chief Scientist of Meta’s Reality Labs division Michael Abrash said Mirror Lake “shows what a complete next gen display system could look like” Back in 2019 Abrash announced Facebook was building a “true next generation concept prototype” VR headset, but it’s unclear what happened to that idea.

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Road to VR

MAY 6, 2020

The system lived on in an expanded version of the game, Waltz of the Wizard: Extended Edition , when it launched in 2019. SEE ALSO Oculus 'Designing for Hands' Document Introduces Best Practices for Quest Hand-tracking.

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ARVR

JUNE 18, 2021

Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 HTC VIVE VR The HTC seemingly new device, HTC VIVE Air VR, has recently made headlines after winning a design award from the World Design Guide. What seemed like a major leak of the new HTC consumer headset, turned out to be only a design concept.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The devices that will be based on this reference design will have amazing specifications like: 2K x 2K display resolution per each eye ; Have up to 7 cameras used simultaneously, including the ones for tracking, mixed reality and eye-tracking; High-quality passthrough augmented reality with high resolution and framerate.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 27, 2020

It is clear that it is not a Quest 2, since it doesn’t feature mind-blowing features like big FOV or eye-tracking or full-fingers controllers, so it is something like a Quest S. Its 1,600 × 1,600 LCD display per-eye, together with eye tracking and 5G make me dream of great experimentations, especially in the enterprise sector.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 24, 2020

That’s lead to motion controllers, eye tracking and hand tracking but full-body tracking has stopped and started due to the complexities of this process. Compatible with HTC Vive and other SteamVR headsets, Manus Polygon will be compatible with Unity when it officially launches in June 2020.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

This would have happened on May 2019, in the same period when Apple’s senior manager of prototype development Avi Bar-Zeev left the company. A new job listing points out to the fact that Oculus is planning to integrate eye tracking in its next devices. HTC has released some interesting statistics on the VR market.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The headset has a very nice design and features these specifications: Standalone 6DOF headset 1600×1600 resolution per eye 90Hz refresh rate 90° FOV RGB AR passthrough Innovative lenses that make the headset more compact Integrated audio Controller-free hand-tracking Eye-tracking 6GB of RAM 128GB of storage WiFi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.0,

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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. The Vive Focus is waiting for 5G networks… (Image by HTC Vive).

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 15, 2019

There are several virtual reality (VR) headsets competing in the higher end enterprise sector such as the HTC Vive Pro Eye, VRgineers’ XTAL and Varjo’s VR-1. Both headsets will be on demonstration at AWE EU 2019 later this week. Varjo now sells four enterprise-grade devices, the other being the XR-1.

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