The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

He stresses that he wants his metaverse not to be like these ones… but I also have to remember you that currently, Oculus is the most closed VR platform. Oculus Quest 2 goes 128GB and MR. The Oculus Quest 2’s update pace is always impressive: every month we have new features to play with. Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

We’re looking for a Unity dev for a freelance gig lasting 1–2 months, ideally from Italy or a nearby country (for easier management). It is in Italian, but basically it says that we’re looking for a Unity dev with preferred experience with VR and/or multiplayer games. Maybe Oculus planned to showcase Del Mar at GDC.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 24, 2020

Suitable for a variety of applications including training and simulation to virtual collaboration Manus Polygon has been designed around easy self-calibration, so you don’t need anybody outside of the VR experience to help with setting up. adding support for Oculus Quest to its custom tracking solution.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Meta Oculus and Aptiv. In 2019, the company started a new initiative to bring “Lean Six Sigma” processes to the entire Aptiv supply chain. In 2019, the company started a new initiative to bring “Lean Six Sigma” processes to the entire Aptiv supply chain. Unity and the University of Miami.

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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. Owlchemy Labs adds subtitles to Vacation Simulator.

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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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HaptX

DECEMBER 20, 2018

We were the first VR company to introduce a prototype at Sundance since Oculus unveiled an early version of their Rift in 2012. We’ve now seen (and felt) some incredible simulations created by customers with the power of this SDK across many different industries.” – Ed Foley. Our 2019 game plan.

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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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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2019

The Valve Index is for sure the big surprise for virtual reality in this 2019. It is funny because the GTX 970 was the same minimum requirement of the Oculus CV1 , that is a headset that is far less demanding than the Index. Oculus Rift CV1 Headset. Image by Oculus). How can this be as demanding as the Index??

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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.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

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. Image by Oculus). There is not enough market yet.

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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. Unfortunately, there is a trade-off as people get either simulator sick in normal VR setups or immersion suffers. Only motion platforms promise a remedy.

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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. Cooking Simulator VR is the best VR game of 2021 on SteamVR. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Image by Megadodo Simulation Games). Thanks to Sebastian Ang of MRTV (one of my favorite VR YouTubers), everyone can now watch the CEO and CTO of MegaDodo Simulation Games (the company behind the project) talk about this new device, their company, and even showing a prototype. Other relevant news. OpenXR slowly increases its adoption.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2020

This is why we praise so much the Oculus Quest (1M+ of engaged users) and not the Cardboards (20M devices, almost unused). This money includes all the revenues not related to the main business of Facebook (advertisement), but Facebook has clearly specified that this big increment is mostly related to Oculus hardware and software.

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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. Instead, you can do so much of it in VR.

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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. Instead, you can do so much of it in VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 28, 2021

Unity CEO predicts in 2030 XR headsets will be as popular as gaming consoles. Unity CEO John Riccitiello has made new predictions on AR and VR , and this time he talked about the projections for XR headsets in 2030. We all wondered what Adobe was thinking to do with Oculus Medium, after its acquisition from Facebook some years ago.

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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.

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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. Instead, you can do so much of it in VR.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Meta Quest 3 (left) and Apple Vision Pro (right) We once asked Oculus executive Jason Rubin whether his company was considering a tethered compute model. The Unity renderer implementation of foveated rendering, on the other hand is much rougher, and in multiple Unity apps I saw very obvious and harsh artifacts, particularly on text.

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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. Nothing that will shake the ecosystem. Me trying the nReal Light glasses in Beijing.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

His lab was even visited by Zuckerberg before he decided to acquire Oculus. An iconic image of Jeremy Bailenson wearing an Oculus Rift DK2 (Image taken from Medium). We were using something called Visa, which was a very low-level library language, very different from what Unity is right now. This is 1999.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

Last year, it was still called Oculus Gaming Showcase, and it featured important updates on games like Pistol Whip, The Climb 2, I Expect You To Die 2, and Resident Evil 4 VR. Ruth Bram, Executive Producer at Oculus Studios, will be the host of the show. Pico Neo 3 , Vive Focus 3 , Oculus Quest 2 ) only offer Wi-Fi connectivity.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The image above, clearly an homage to the legendary Unity Cube , demonstrates the position and orientation of optical sensors across different surfaces of the object… this would ensure that sensors are always available as the object is turned or moved. Reviewed in the United States on 27 December 2019. Image by Rob Cole).

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 2, 2019

I hadn’t experienced anything until the the early [Oculus] DK1. You can simulate the sounds. You can simulate the feeling of being there. You can simulate all of the actions that they’re going to take. Alan: I’ve got my Oculus Quest sitting right in front of me. ” How did that precipitate?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 2, 2019

I hadn’t experienced anything until the the early [Oculus] DK1. You can simulate the sounds. You can simulate the feeling of being there. You can simulate all of the actions that they’re going to take. Alan: I’ve got my Oculus Quest sitting right in front of me. ” How did that precipitate?

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

And we later did a project called Zombie Guns Raptor with Oculus and Oculus Go, Gear VR. Sometimes that happens outside and and people-- someone you've never met and never knew will torpedo the deal because they think, "Oh, my son had an Oculus Go and had a terrible experience. We've been working with Unity's Reflect team.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

And we later did a project called Zombie Guns Raptor with Oculus and Oculus Go, Gear VR. Sometimes that happens outside and and people-- someone you've never met and never knew will torpedo the deal because they think, "Oh, my son had an Oculus Go and had a terrible experience. We've been working with Unity's Reflect team.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 2, 2019

I hadn’t experienced anything until the the early [Oculus] DK1. You can simulate the sounds. You can simulate the feeling of being there. You can simulate all of the actions that they’re going to take. Alan: I’ve got my Oculus Quest sitting right in front of me. ” How did that precipitate?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 2, 2019

I hadn't experienced anything until the the early [Oculus] DK1. You can simulate the sounds. You can simulate the feeling of being there. You can simulate all of the actions that they're going to take. Alan: I've got my Oculus Quest sitting right in front of me. How did that precipitate? Justin: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 2, 2019

I hadn't experienced anything until the the early [Oculus] DK1. You can simulate the sounds. You can simulate the feeling of being there. You can simulate all of the actions that they're going to take. Alan: I've got my Oculus Quest sitting right in front of me. How did that precipitate? Justin: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

And we later did a project called Zombie Guns Raptor with Oculus and Oculus Go, Gear VR. Sometimes that happens outside and and people-- someone you've never met and never knew will torpedo the deal because they think, "Oh, my son had an Oculus Go and had a terrible experience. We've been working with Unity's Reflect team.

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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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