The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Magic Leap has just organized its first developers’ event, dubbed “L.E.A.P.” It is the first event of this kind organized by Magic Leap: we can say that LEAP Con is like the Oculus Connect of Magic Leap and will probably become always more important, year after year, exactly as it has happened to Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

There was (and still is) quite a good hype for these headsets, exactly as there was hype for what was Oculus Santa Cruz, the codename of the Oculus Quest. 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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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

” Meta’s video, which it released during its Connect developer conference in October, is less a roadmap and more a marketing barrage—like a hundred Magic Leap ‘whale’ moments smooshed into one. To think, HTC and Oculus were once competitors back in the early days of consumer VR.

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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. Image by Oculus). in 2019 thanks to new headsets like the Oculus Quest. They are incredibly light (10 grams!)

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Road to VR

JANUARY 8, 2020

Normally these two eye functions work unconsciously in sync, hence the so-called ‘vergence-accommodation conflict’ when they don’t. On more advanced headsets, ‘varifocal’ approaches dynamically shift the focal length based on where you’re looking (with eye-tracking). CREAL’s approach aims to get us a several steps closer.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

Oculus Go showcased. The Oculus Go (Image by Oculus). At GDC, the Oculus Go has been one of the main characters. First of all, Oculus has showcased all its main technical characteristics : I advise you to read the post dedicated to that on Oculus blogs , where Chris Pruett introduces you to them.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 30, 2020

Supporting a range of devices including Microsoft HoloLens, Oculus Quest, Magic Leap One, Qualcomm XR2, Android/iPhone mobile device or desktop, Spatial’s platform offers a range of tools, from being able to put sticky notes on a wall to importing 3D models which other users can grab and resize.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Microsoft debuts their latest mixed reality device at Mobile World Conference 2019. Like the first HoloLens the device also enables glasses wearers to simply slot the device in front of their spectacles (distinct advantage compared to Magic Leap).

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Eye-tracking is an important technology that many would consider a ‘must have’ for the next generation of VR headsets, although that’s just one step towards resolving a long-standing issue in VR that prevents users from seeing the virtual world like they would naturally in the physical world. BACK TO THE ARTICLE.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Speaking with Road to VR , Lynx founder Stan Larroque said that his company has raised $2 million as of 2019, and is presently in talks with investors for the company’s next funding round. million on Kickstarter back in 2012. Image courtesy Lnyx. – – — – – Lynx expects to ship the R-1 starting this Summer.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

Yes, the biggest companies were not there with a booth (Oculus will probably target the OC6, HTC the VEC, etc…), but it is the first time that I read the XR news from CES and I dont’ remain surprised. I guess nReal will experiment with eye-tracking for a new version of the headset, maybe targeted at the enterprise market.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. And then, as of 2019 — by the end of this year — they’ll kind of cross. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. And then, as of 2019 — by the end of this year — they’ll kind of cross. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys -- Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. And then, as of 2019 -- by the end of this year -- they'll kind of cross. And even the Oculus Quest is at $400, and they seem to be the $200 Oculus Go.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. And then, as of 2019 — by the end of this year — they’ll kind of cross. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

There is no point if you have face tracking and it doesn’t work well… and the positional tracking alone is very difficult to provide well even for established companies (only Oculus’s one is very fluid) In the video they say confusing things like “R&D is cheap now” (really? All of this for $450 and free shipping.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 11, 2020

It got the attention of all the press at CES 2019 revealing an AR glass that is light, fashionable, and affordable. The unit runs over a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Chipset , offering so more horsepower than the Oculus Quest. But apart from ergonomics, the real deal is the 3DOF tracking.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2019

On more advanced headsets, ‘varifocal’ approaches dynamically shift the focal length based on where you’re looking (with eye-tracking). Magic Leap, for instance, supports two focal lengths and jumps between them as needed. This was accomodation at work (the dynamic focus of each individual eye).

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

So training is the magical use case for virtual/augmented reality, and I think right across any enterprise, that is going to be more and more applicable. Bob: I got to tell you, 2019 is turning out to be an extremely exciting year, from a hardware perspective. And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void. Alan: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

So training is the magical use case for virtual/augmented reality, and I think right across any enterprise, that is going to be more and more applicable. Bob: I got to tell you, 2019 is turning out to be an extremely exciting year, from a hardware perspective. And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void. Alan: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

So training is the magical use case for virtual/augmented reality, and I think right across any enterprise, that is going to be more and more applicable. Bob: I got to tell you, 2019 is turning out to be an extremely exciting year, from a hardware perspective. And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void. Alan: Yeah.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

It took nearly 20 years, but 2019 is the year when digital advertising will overtake spend on traditional media (billboards, newspapers, TV etc.). The Evolution of Out of Home and Product Placement. The Evolution of Brand Activations. In this way, the opportunity to really know your user using AR and VR is closer than you think.

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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. Top news of the week. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 12, 2021

It has been launched in 2019, but because of its very high price and the pandemic that prevented me to travel, in these two years, I have never had the opportunity to try it. For instance, in the box I’ve found a cleaning cloth for an Oculus device… and I don’t think it actually comes with a Microsoft HoloLens!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2019

The Vive Cosmos is the virtual reality superstar of this CES 2019. So, the idea is that you have your virtual reality headset plugged into your smartphone that becomes its processing unit , exactly as happens with the Lightpack of Magic Leap One , for instance. How does the Cosmos compare with the Oculus Quest?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2019

Last week has been the week of CES 2019 , one of the most important technology exhibition of the year. This represents the current status of the technology, that is evolving, but has still not reached the inflection point to become mainstream (as I have already told you in my 2019 predictions about augmented and virtual reality ).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 29, 2019

The idea of Leap Motion is going against the current trend of augmented reality glasses, that is mostly based on expensive devices that have closed ecosystems (e.g. HoloLens or Magic Leap One ), but to create a headset that is: Affordable; Completely open, both from a software and hardware standpoint. On the downtown 3 train.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

As it is tradition of this little blog, I will write a full round-up of the Oculus Connect 5 , the very important Oculus event that has been held in San Jose on 26th and 27th of September (2018). Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest has been the rockstar of this event. Specifications. There is also a 3.5mm jack for earphones.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

I was reading my predictions for 2019 to prepare myself for this article, and to my surprise, I found it incredibly actual. It has not changed that much from when I wrote that article at the beginning of 2019. My duck-face while wearing Magic Leap One glasses. The company to keep an eye on is Magic Leap.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

” Alan: In my last interview, we were talking about 2019 as that year where it goes from, “you’re doing VR — you’re ahead of the game, you’re a future company,” to, “you’re not using VR? You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

” Alan: In my last interview, we were talking about 2019 as that year where it goes from, “you’re doing VR — you’re ahead of the game, you’re a future company,” to, “you’re not using VR? You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Alan: In my last interview, we were talking about 2019 as that year where it goes from, "you're doing VR -- you're ahead of the game, you're a future company," to, "you're not using VR? You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. We're not tied to Magic Leap. Amazon Sumerian.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

You’ve got mobile phone-based AR, eye tracking set devices, taste experiments, hot and cold devices, thermal devices, and then tracking systems for motion capture, and of course, treadmills for omni-directional walking. Oculus Quest is coming out. You’ve got things like haptic suits, haptic gloves.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

You've got mobile phone-based AR, eye tracking set devices, taste experiments, hot and cold devices, thermal devices, and then tracking systems for motion capture, and of course, treadmills for omni-directional walking. Oculus Quest is coming out. You've got things like haptic suits, haptic gloves.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

You’ve got mobile phone-based AR, eye tracking set devices, taste experiments, hot and cold devices, thermal devices, and then tracking systems for motion capture, and of course, treadmills for omni-directional walking. Oculus Quest is coming out. You’ve got things like haptic suits, haptic gloves.

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