The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 7, 2019

It will launch in the second quarter of 2019 as a separate headset from all the ones that HTC has already on the market. HTCVIVE #VIVEPORT pic.twitter.com/lkwKE7plPw — HTC VIVE (@htcvive) January 3, 2019. We all thought about a new Vive Focus with embedded 6 DOF controllers , ready to fight the Oculus Quest.

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Upload VR

MARCH 27, 2024

On March 25, 2014 the world learned Mark Zuckerberg purchased Oculus VR for over $2 billion. Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe, for example, tried and failed to ship better PC VR headsets than the Rift as standalone VR became Zuckerberg's focused strategy. Facebook had around 10,000 employees when it acquired Oculus in 2014.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2020

patents done by Fairview Research reveals that Facebook has made a significant surge in its year-over-year ranking for patents granted in 2019, something partly owed to its increased number of patents surrounding augmented reality. patents, which in 2019 tallied a total of 989. 2019 Grants. An analysis of U.S. 2018 Grants.

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VRScout

JANUARY 24, 2019

Indeed, this follows Sansar’s ongoing strategy to monetize the platform by attracting premium content; and offering top performers a way to reach and connect with broader, new audiences (and consequently new revenue streams) seems like a smart way to go about it. ” Image Credit: Sansar.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The company turned to The Leadership Network and Oculus (from Meta) to implement a new Virtual Reality solution. Aptiv brings its strong focus on innovation not just to its product development strategies, but also to the training opportunities it offers to employees. Bringing Oculus Technology to the Team.

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Road to VR

MARCH 1, 2024

Having not launched a new game since Pistol Whip in 2019, the studio tells Road to VR that two brand new VR games are in development. Designing around the opportunities and limitations of the first Quest headset meant finding a careful balance of scope and fun, culminating in the launch of the VR rhythm-shooter Pistol Whip in 2019.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Virtual Desktop , an Oculus Quest app which allows users to control their Windows PCs from inside the headset, now officially offers the ability to stream PC VR games wirelessly to the headset. Shortly thereafter, Oculus forced the developer to remove the feature, saying it didn’t meet its quality guidelines.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 17, 2020

billion in 2019 to $12.19 Entitled VR Global Revenue Forecast, 2019-2024 , the report examines VR revenue totals and subsegments – including consumer and enterprise spending. VR’s biggest accelerant is Facebook’s ongoing investments, including Oculus Quest 2. billion in 2024, a 19.6 percent compound annual growth rate.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 10, 2019

I’m writing my review on the Oculus Quest (it will be out tomorrow!) All the developer studios working on Oculus Quest when the Quest was announced (Image by Upload VR). Oculus wants to ensure that every person buying a Quest will be able to play only high-quality games. So, I am ok with content review.

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VRScout

APRIL 20, 2020

The Russo Brothers join Holoride’s new advisory board alongside Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey. Holoride, one of the leading companies in the rapidly-expanding in-vehicle entertainment industry, last week announced the formation of a brand new strategy board composed of several big names in both tech and entertainment.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

In the end, the time has come: Oculus has officially revealed the name and the price of the Santa Cruz headset. Its name will be Oculus Quest and will cost $399. I followed today’s OC5 conference via Facebook streaming only for this moment and Oculus has not disappointed my expectations. ” and he has satisfied us.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Though the studio doesn’t deal exclusively in VR games, about half of Coatsink’s work has been either fully self-developed VR titles or acting as a publisher on VR titles, most of which had the backing of Oculus Studios: Esper (2015). Esper 2 (2015) – Oculus Studios. A Night Sky (2017) – Oculus Studios.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 12, 2019

Sony is the market share leader for VR hardware revenues according to the latest report from Strategy Insights. That’s followed by Oculus (presumably all variants) at 25 percent and HTC (same) at 22 percent. With the cheaper experience-sell strategy that rivals PSVR, it’s likewise an “all-in” purchase.

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Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2019

Oculus says they plan to provide runtime support for apps built for OpenXR on Rift and Quest later this year. Simply put, OpenXR is a technical foundation for interoperability, but business decisions still dictate content, device, and platform strategy.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The latter stems from Facebook’s long-term VR strategy that lets it sacrifice margins to build a network effect and win market share. — Topgolf Pro Putt passed $1 million in sales, selling more than 50,000 units in the Oculus Quest app store. million unit sales in 2019 and 14.31 million last year to $12.2 million in 2024.

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Road to VR

APRIL 9, 2019

Facebook for the first time will offer a special VR livestream of the keynote presentation at the company’s upcoming F8 2019 developer conference. Users with Oculus Go or Gear VR headsets will be able to watch in VR, but it’s unclear if there will be a VR livestream that’s accessible by Rifters.

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AR Insider

MAY 21, 2020

And how can VR software developers and hardware players optimize product strategies accordingly? At a high level, 19 percent of consumers surveyed have bought or used a VR headset, up from 16 percent in 2019. centric) and is up from 16 percent in 2019. million in 2019. What devices and apps do they prefer?

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AR Insider

JANUARY 22, 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. Oculus Link, and hand tracking).

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AR Insider

APRIL 20, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.” billion in 2020).

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Nreal, the Chinese startup behind the Nreal Light AR glasses which made a splash back at CES 2019, has now expanded to the United States, making the smartphone-tethered device available through select Verizon stores starting today.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 5, 2021

billion in 2019 to $12.2 Facebook’s VR strategy is best embodied in its latest hardware: Oculus Quest 2. Its long-term VR strategy lets it sacrifice near-term margins to build a network effect and win early market share. Has Oculus Quest Sold One-Million Lifetime Units? billion in 2024, a 19.6 billion in 2020).

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

B y most measures, Oculus Quest 2 is hit. Not to take away from UX execution, one factor at play is Facebook’s long-term VR strategy which lets it sacrifice near-term margins to build a network effect and win early market share. ” Has Oculus Quest Sold One-Million Lifetime Units? So what are those signals?

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AR Insider

JULY 3, 2020

And how can VR software developers and hardware players optimize product strategies accordingly? At a high level, 19 percent of consumers surveyed have bought or used a VR headset, up from 16 percent in 2019. This is surprising due to the device’s market retreat throughout 2019 and 2020. What devices and apps do they prefer?

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AR Insider

MARCH 31, 2020

This post is adapted from ARtillery Intelligence’s report, Spatial Computing: 2019 Lessons, 2020 Outlook. The VR market made strides in 2019, but they were more about positioning and “table-setting” than sales inflections. But perhaps more significant for the VR industry was the May launch of Oculus Quest. One Good Reason.

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Upload VR

MARCH 1, 2024

The Meta Quest operating system is a fork of the open-source core of Android (known as AOSP), a similar strategy to Amazon's Fire OS for its Fire tablets. Meta has been working on it for at least seven years, as it first arrived in 2018's Oculus Go.

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 1, 2019

As proven latest week during Oculus Connect 6 (OC6), the company is heavily pushing standalone headset Oculus Quest, adding a bunch of new features like hand tracking , Oculus Link , and Passthrough+. This means if you own select content you’ll be able to upgrade it for Oculus Quest, for free. And away you go.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 5, 2021

Since its launch in 2019 Oculus Quest has represented a major shift in Facebook’s VR strategy by moving away from the PC. Hand-tracking first came to the original Quest in late 2019, offering users and developers a controllerless option for input on the headset. Oculus Link & Air Link. Hand-tracking.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 21, 2020

More importantly, this aligns with the timeframe that followed its 2014 Oculus acquisition. billion for a representative baseline of pre-Oculus spending. Where it gets more interesting is panning back to a longer time period in which R&D efforts had time to gear up, including Oculus Reality Labs in Seattle, led by Michael Abrash.

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Peter Graham

AUGUST 6, 2019

Ever since Phaser Lock Interactive announced its real-time strategy (RTS) title Final Assault , the studio always mentioned support for PlayStation VR. ” While Bailey was careful not to confirm a date, he did say they were aiming for 2019 if possible, but there were a few hurdles to climb.

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Road to VR

JULY 30, 2019

Addressing shareholders during Facebook’s Q2 2019 earnings call last week, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that unit sales of Oculus Quest are exceeding the available supply of the headset. This quarter, we shipped Oculus Quest, our first all-in-one headset with no wires and full freedom of movement. Image courtesy Oculus.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 31, 2020

Today sees Phaser Lock Interactive launch its real-time strategy (RTS) title Final Assault for PlayStation VR, offering cross-platform multiplayer gaming with its PC-based brethren. In fact, the port was completed in 2019 until the team hit a little snag: “We were working on the PlayStation Pro.

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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. To me the Quest 3 is part of a long-term strategy by Meta , that makes it transition from a purely VR company to a mixed reality one. Let me tell you why.

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Peter Graham

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Ever since the Oculus Touch controllers were first made available in December 2016 Oculus has ensured they can aid creativity thanks to homegrown apps like Medium. The addition of Oculus Medium into that family certainly demonstrates its importance as a VR tool to enhance productivity across a range of use cases.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Some of the biggest names in social impact will be in attendance, including: Participant Media, Conservation International, the Rainforest Alliance, Connect for Climate/World Bank, and the Milken Institute, as well as tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Oculus. ” Battlegrounds USA | 2019 | Creator: Nancy Baker Cahill.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 24, 2019

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. This strategy will be critical in 2020.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In a follow-up tweet, Kipman says he hopes HoloLens 3 will be as “mind blowing” of an upgrade as the 2019-era HoloLens 2 was over the 2016 version, both of which were class-leading standalone AR headsets. — Alex Kipman (@akipman) February 3, 2022.

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VRScout

JUNE 17, 2019

While E3 2019 may officially be in the books, it appears as though Sony is only just getting started. Originally released on SteamVR and Oculus this past April, Vacation Simulator arrives on PlayStation VR tomorrow ( June 18th ). This week is shaping up to be a busy one for console VR. MINI MECH MAYHEM from Futurlab.

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