The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

It is also working on creating its own hardware : a previous report highlighted that it could build its own chips in the future, and this article shows how the company is working also in acquiring hardware parts markers. Oculus releases hands tracking SDK, official Link cable for Quest and more. Other relevant news.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 3, 2020

For those that find smooth locomotion in virtual reality (VR) uncomfortable 3dRudder offers one of the few consumer-level hardware solutions to help alleviate the problem. Compatible with a range of headsets and videogames, towards the end of 2019 3dRudder added compatibility for Oculus Quest via Oculus Link. EUR/$199.00

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JULY 2, 2020

See Also: A Comprehensive Review of 2019 and 2020 VR Headsets. Since then he’s been independently working with creator platforms like Unity and Unreal. See Also: AR and MR Headsets and Glasses 2019 and 2020 Overview. The website for the Vector Gear agrees, “ the hardware is stuck on the prototyping stage.

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Road to VR

JUNE 27, 2019

Axon Park has partnered with VR First , an organization which maintains a network of international VR lab-enabled universities and science parks; the partnership will provide needs-based scholarships to get students either low-cost or free access to VR hardware and resources through their partner network of 850 universities. Tuition : $2,495.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 2, 2020

Those are further subdivided by hardware, software and other revenue sources. That includes things that consumers pay for, currently dominated by hardware. As that hardware base grows, it becomes a larger addressable market which attracts and incentivizes content creators. Hardware: Tip of the Spear. Virtuous Cycle.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Those are further subdivided by hardware, software and other revenue sources. That includes things that consumers pay for, currently dominated by hardware. As that hardware base grows, it becomes a larger addressable market which attracts and incentivizes content creators. Hardware: Tip of the Spear. Virtuous Cycle.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 7, 2020

This post is adapted from ARtillery Intelligence’s report, Spatial Computing: 2019 Lessons, 2020 Outlook. 2019 was more of a “table-setting” year for our spatial future and there’s momentum building. And Oculus Quest is a beacon of hope on the VR side. billion in 2019 to $1.88 billion in 2020.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

Yes, it is a sign that Facebook is all in for XR , as someone made me notice, but hiring 10,000 people and losing billions every year in R&D and hardware sold under cost wasn’t already a clear sign of it? Lone Echo 2 has been the “Duke Nukem Forever” of VR, and it has been constantly delayed from the expected 2019 release period.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 22, 2020

I so asked some questions on Twitter to some people from the social media corporate and Chris Pruett , Director of Content Ecosystem at Oculus, has been so kind as to answer them. In case you were in vacations and you lost contact with VR this week, you may have lost the announcement of the new Facebook account policy for Oculus devices.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

Plus it’s even weirder that HTC needed 2 years to bring it to the market (it was announced in 2019). And the number is also that big because Facebook had no hardware department, so it had to create everything from scratch (i.e. This comes as no surprise since the hardware is always built in this kind of iteration cycles.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 30, 2019

More info (Road To VR review) More info (Ars Technica comparison with other devices) More info (Polygon review) More info (Playing Oculus games with the Knuckles) More info (Orders backlog) More info (Valve Index fitting guide) More info (Wireless Index) More info (All games compatible with Index) More info (Gabe Newell talking about the Index).

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Nintendo basically has a singular MO, and it does it well: create broadly accessible hardware to serve as a vehicle for its exclusive swath of family friendly games. Well, it was a pretty awesome experiment when it was first released in 2019. But what about Nintendo Labo VR for Switch?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

For this, it has just started Access Hardware, a program that gives for free Magic Leap glasses plus dedicated support to all developers that are planning to do interesting applications using the Magic Leap 1, especially in the enterprise sector. New SteamVR devkit aims at making custom hardware easier. These news make me happy .

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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 Unity Beta to develop for the Vision Pro is still not available, so many devs like me can’t even play with the emulator. Let me tell you why.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 24, 2020

Compatible with HTC Vive and other SteamVR headsets, Manus Polygon will be compatible with Unity when it officially launches in June 2020. The company also plans to release an Unreal Engine 4 plugin later this year as well as expanding compatibility for more motion capture hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

The Oculus Quest 2 continues its march towards mainstream adoption. It wouldn’t be a normal week without some news about Facebook and/or the Oculus Quest. The first one is that the Quest 2 has now sold in some months more than all the other Oculus headsets (with the exclusion of Gear VR) combined in all these years.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

While discussing the earning calls for Q3 2019, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that VR is taking longer than expected to become successful. Facebook said that this growth has been mostly due to the sales of Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest may have an assistant soon. Are you ready? Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Today we are approaching CES 2019 and I have had the enormous pleasure of talking with Brian Chae, the CEO of Looxid Labs about his headset and the importance of Brain Computer Interfaces. Our VR system enables researchers to directly build VR environments through our Unity SDK and track, as well as detect, physiological signals. .

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2019

The Valve Index is for sure the big surprise for virtual reality in this 2019. Headset: Display resolution : 1,440 × 1,600 per eye Display type : ultra-low persistence LCD Refresh-rate : 120 Hz (with optional 80/90/144Hz modes) FOV : around 130 degrees IPD Adjustment : hardware. Oculus Rift CV1 Headset. Image by Oculus).

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AR Insider

JUNE 30, 2021

These include video, social media, mobile apps and games (just ask Unity). “Today, there are only about 18 percent of applications in VR stores such as Steam and Oculus which are free,” said Admix CEO Samuel Huber at an AWE EU event. VR Global Revenue Forecast, 2019-2024. Facebook’s cut). Critical Mass.

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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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Leapmotion

JULY 11, 2019

AugmentedReality #xr #vr #wearable #unity #spatialcomputing pic.twitter.com/h2KAkgXWQq — Noah Zerkin (@noazark) February 15, 2019. Noah has been active in the augmented reality and open hardware communities for over a decade. BuildYourNorthstar pic.twitter.com/PBK2KymwF7 — Andrew Serff (@andrewserff) June 2, 2019.

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JUNE 28, 2019

Starting on 4th September and running for 14 weeks until 11th December 2019, the course is designed for expert-level developers used to Unity (or other engines) who want to learn Unreal Engine 4 of VR. Prerequisites include 3D linear algebra, C++ and access to a VR ready PC and Oculus Rift/Rift S.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

So, here we are, entering 2019 with me fulfilling my promise to Lenovo and closing this series of “should you buy it?” ” review of standalone headsets (you can find in other posts the ones related to Oculus Go and HTC Vive Focus ). it is bigger than the Oculus Go but smaller than the massive HTC Vive Focus.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

It was too early for Unity, but they taught me about C++, C#, Java, OpenCV, OpenGL and other fancy development stuff. In that period, the Oculus DK2 ordered by Gianni arrived, and he told me that I should go to his office to try that device, and my reaction at that time was like “Oculus what??”

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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

JANUARY 21, 2020

This year, I’m not going to make an exception, also because my predictions for 2019 performed pretty well. Me wearing the Oculus Quest. 2019, after a false start, has been a very good year for VR , and we had the arrival on the market of very interesting VR devices that have driven adoption.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

We all know that the Vive Cosmos should release very soon since HTC revealed me that the release date would have been in Q3 2019 and Q3 ends at the end of the month. A market where Oculus has almost no earning s from the hardware sales, though, so it’s a weird situation. The “Cablegate” is hurting Oculus Rift CV1 owners.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The first one is the usual SteamVR hardware survey. monthly connected headsets only on Steam (so this doesn’t consider Oculus Store users and PSVR users), and t he year-over-year growth is +75%. He said that only on Christmas day, people spent $5M on the Oculus Store , and we can expect that most of this money was spent on Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

2020 has been a good year for the sales of VR devices : Half-Life Alyx and the launch of the Quest 2 have created a big spike in the sales of VR hardware and software. I expect all these trends to continue in 2021, for a year that will see the growth of the technology on all its sides (software and hardware).

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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. Computing Unit: Weight : 170g Hardware Platform : Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Operating System : Android. The unit runs over a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Chipset , offering so more horsepower than the Oculus Quest.

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ARVR

APRIL 20, 2021

“I’m a web developer with a passion for VR and had a goal of publishing a VR game using Unity. I had no experience in game development prior to creating and publishing Dodgeblock VR for Oculus Go.” Here is a quick Video to preview it: Dodge Block Early Access Game Play On The Oculus Go?—?YouTube YouTube Was it easy? Lesson #1?—?Don’t

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

If these Facebook features proved to be popular, more developers would use them, and finally, Facebook could have more power on the VR development tools , after the failed acquisition of Unity. The report also highlights that one of the regions where VR may grow more in 2019–2023 is Western Europe. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 29, 2021

I’m following Holoride since when it has been one of the most popular XR companies at CES 2019, and I have even had the pleasure of trying its product at AWE USA some weeks ago. How do the various pieces of hardware communicate? A while ago you announced a partnership with Pico and Unity. Let’s get technical.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2020

The biggest news of the week is the one that you can see in the above graph: i n the Steam Hardware Survey for April, it is possible to see a big spike of connected headsets. This is why we praise so much the Oculus Quest (1M+ of engaged users) and not the Cardboards (20M devices, almost unused). A rumor about Oculus Go 2.0

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In the meanwhile, the community is still rioting about the Facebook login , and /r/Oculus should now be called /r/FacebookBannedMyAccount because this is the only topic people are talking about. More info (New features of OpenXR) More info (OpenXR in Unity) More info (OpenXR in Microsoft products). OpenXR slowly increases its adoption.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

Talking about more reliable leaks, developer Luboš V with the support of Basti564 has found references of a multiplayer Oculus Home in the Quest firmware, so it seems that very soon the home space of the Quest will let everyone invite more people. For every dollar of hardware, we were making three dollars on software and data sales.”

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