The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

Samsung has also teased to be interested in releasing a new AR/VR standalone device. Oculus Quest and controllers inside a stand. The only exception to this rule seems to be the Samsung Odyssey+, that offers features somewhat comparable to the ones of the Vive Pro, but costs only $500. You just turn them on and they work.

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VRScout

JANUARY 26, 2018

Looking to watch the Olympics from your home, at work, or even in the stands, now you’ll have a chance to be control how you view the games. The VR Olympics is being delivered exclusively through the NBC Sports VR app on Samsung Gear VR, Google Daydream, Windows, Android and iOS devices.

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InstaVR

OCTOBER 17, 2019

First off, some of the early major players like Google, Apple, and Samsung seem to be taking a step back. Google is discontinuing Daydream (more on that below), Apple seems to be focusing most of its efforts on AR, and Samsung is doing very little promotion of Gear VR despite launching a new phone line.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 11, 2022

The weatherproof Sonos Move is easy to bring inside and outside thanks to its handle, has great sound quality, and has Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa built in. It is peak backyard barbecue/patio hangout season, and you don't want to be caught without a speaker that can handle the task.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Some of its features are: 2,160 × 2,160 resolution per eye 90Hz framerate 4-cameras inside-out tracking (like the Quest) Touch-like controllers with Knuckles-like finger-sensing Face tracking Hips tracking (for better orientation in games) Integration with SteamVR games Wireless add-on. So this is a market we should all keep an eye on.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 9, 2019

Not exactly, it is a wireless contact lens with an eye tracker embedded in it, to be used in an AR helmet to: analyze the cognitive load, control the centre of fixation and command devices or apparatus activation. I just know that Samsung has patented some contact lenses incorporating displays but nothing has been done to my knowledge.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2018

But of course it has also some shortcomings: first of all it is very expensive (more than $500) and so no general consumer would buy it, and then the controller is only 3DOF and its emulation mode that should be able to somewhat allow it to simulate a 6 DOF controlling scheme doesn’t work well at all. Samsung S9.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

During 2019 we will also see support for two controllers of the headset. In my opinion, Apple will wait until the technology will be ready for some kind of mainstream adoption: the launch will probably be from 2020 on. Google Maps in AR). See you in 2020! Layered structure of the MagicVerse (Image by Magic Leap).

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AllThingsVR

MAY 26, 2016

Apple is Playing The Long Game With VR – And It May Work Opinion: Slow and Steady Might Win the Race A lot of VR fans may be focused on the big guns, like the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Playstation VR, but the real pioneer in marketing virtual and augmented reality to the masses is mobile VR, such as the Samsung Gear VR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

This is a big bummer because controllers’ tracking has always been the biggest problem of WMR headsets and seeing that it hasn’t been solved now yet is very disappointing. All in all, the common consensus is that this is a great headset if you’re looking for just high resolution (e.g. Google releases the Objectron dataset.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

The glasses are expected to run a new operating system, rOS (or reality OS), and Apple is exploring touch panels, voice activation, and head gestures as a means of control. Someone found confirmation on this rumor by the fact that the invitation to WWDC 2020 shows a Memoji with a person wearing glasses. I find this pretty funny.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! So many memories… who was there already in VR with me? in Europe).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the trend of Gaming entrepreneurs, for example, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Oculus transferred from games to virtual reality and we started to keep eye on the VR area. Due to Covid-19, in early 2020, the offline market was battered in some way. There are also other significant differences between China market and the overseas.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

It seems that Mark is still working on that vision, so that in the end, Facebook will be able to do on its devices whatever it wants, without compromises and without control. A company of this kind, with full control and no restrictions, could do great things on the tech side, but very bad things on the privacy side.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

Despite Digi-Capital projections that augmented/virtual reality industries will hit $120 billion by 2020 , there are many pieces that need to fall in place prior to that number becoming a reality. Samsung Gear VR expected 3.5 As of January 2016, Google Cardboard has shipped over 5 million units. Using 1-to-1 motion controls.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 24, 2022

It’s a tenth of an inch bigger than the Galaxy S22+ (which starts at the same price) with a slightly better refresh rate, given that Samsung’s model runs at 120Hz. It’s an upgrade over the 90Hz screen Moto gave the previous Edge+ model back in 2020, too. Oh, and unlike the 2020 model, there’s no headphone jack.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

But AR/VR solutions are not limited to Google Glass, mobile apps for trying on shoes or accessories, and AR-based games. Moreover, a recent report from Juniper Research says that the number of hearables in use will grow to more than 970 million units by 2024 (an increase of 270% compared to 2020). Sponsored content. Mobile application.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Side note that AR will be much bigger than VR, in both the diversity of use cases and market size (analysts predict $30B for VR versus $90B for AR by 2020), but I still believe that most homes will have a dedicated VR space for total immersion. Control options. Our future VR setups won’t need controllers. Body movement.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

At CES 2020, Panasonic showcased new VR glasses with a pretty cool steampunk look that went immediately viral. Google AR Cloud Streaming. Google has partnered with FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles… do you know that Fiat is from my city in Italy?) Read more about this news on Google Blog. Panasonic VR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

It is not without some little problems, though: the game doesn’t support VR motion controllers , and this is very weird for a VR game in 2020; the skyboxes look blurry; the game has big problems to run on Index for some users. Google drops support for Daydream. RIP Daydream, it has been nice dreaming with you.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Or is it just a talk about glasses?

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

One of the best is do ERP integration if it's constantly changing, or we can do one time integrations or get it from your e-commerce system, or we can give you more full control over that if you want to have some way of customizing that and controlling that yourself. Ben: Google has published some numbers on that. Alan: Really?

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

One of the best is do ERP integration if it's constantly changing, or we can do one time integrations or get it from your e-commerce system, or we can give you more full control over that if you want to have some way of customizing that and controlling that yourself. Ben: Google has published some numbers on that. Alan: Really?

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

One of the best is do ERP integration if it's constantly changing, or we can do one time integrations or get it from your e-commerce system, or we can give you more full control over that if you want to have some way of customizing that and controlling that yourself. Ben: Google has published some numbers on that. Alan: Really?

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

The price of these two new models $375 for the Pico G2 “4K S” and $450 for the G2 “4K Enterprise” (that will be available in Q3 2020). Google’s investment for a 7.7% Google-Jio joint venture to develop an Android-based platform for an affordable 5G phone. Read about Google experiments with AR and wearables.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 8, 2020

2020 has been a challenging year and nobody could be blamed if they were looking for a little reprieve from reality. out of 5 across 5,225 ratings, Amazon currently has the Quest 2 listed as available on December 20, 2020. Topmaxions Google Cardboard VR Headset. Topmaxions Google VR Headset (Image courtesy Topmaxions.).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

And the company predicts that AR will be a $90 billion market by 2020. GB: There are predictions from Digi-Capital, a tech advisor, that AR is going to be a $90 billion market by 2020. Beliaeff: If you look at the evolution of video games, they’re trying to control everything a person is experiencing. GB: Google Glass.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

revenues in 2021 , up from $1.14B in 2020, with a 2x growth over one year period. Zuck noticed that it is slowly losing control of the current technology platform and it is trying to switch to the new one, to dominate it even more. And there are good news and bad news. Reality Labs had $2.3B It makes totally sense.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

Joonmo: I think until the end of the 2020, more than the five million people will use it. So you basically control the content. I've seen some of the-- Huawei come up with a pair of glasses and Samsung, they're all kind of teasing at these. Joonmo: I think until the end of the 2020, more than the five million people will use it.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

Joonmo: I think until the end of the 2020, more than the five million people will use it. So you basically control the content. I've seen some of the-- Huawei come up with a pair of glasses and Samsung, they're all kind of teasing at these. Joonmo: I think until the end of the 2020, more than the five million people will use it.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

And to be clear, I used it in a real home, not a carefully controlled demo environment or a well-lit studio. In the Shared Space where rendering is controlled by Apple it mostly just works, though very occasionally you’ll see minor visual artifacts in the periphery. And Apple did not send UploadVR a review unit, we bought our own.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

Joonmo: I think until the end of the 2020, more than the five million people will use it. So you basically control the content. I've seen some of the-- Huawei come up with a pair of glasses and Samsung, they're all kind of teasing at these. Joonmo: I think until the end of the 2020, more than the five million people will use it.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Is it just like a pop-up gaze control or.? Kevin: Yeah, I mean, maybe it could be gaze controlled if we want to go through like YouTube or something like that or if it's-- you have the finger control, you can just click on it. But unfortunately, Samsung and a lot of these big TV players have kind of pulled out.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Digi-Capital estimates AR and VR could be a $120 billion business by 2020. Above: The Oculus Touch controls let you navigate independently with each hand in VR. But recently both Google and Oculus have gotten behind it, and as a result we’re seeing accelerated adoption of web VR. Image Credit: Oculus. VR is more like mobile.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Much like the Samsung Gear VR with the Samsung Galaxy line, Mi VR requires a smartphone and is expectedly compatible with Mi Note 2, the Mi 5, Mi 5s, and Mi 5s Plus. When I’ve visited incubators like MadNet, as much as 10% of their startup batch was about VR. It’s the same with VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

But otherwise we’re using the Samsung Gear VR. Alan: Yeah, I think device management with VR is a bit of a pain in the butt, because you have to keep them charged, especially with the Samsung Gear VR’s great, because you can just swap out the phones. And then Google came out with a new feature. Anne: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

But otherwise we’re using the Samsung Gear VR. Alan: Yeah, I think device management with VR is a bit of a pain in the butt, because you have to keep them charged, especially with the Samsung Gear VR’s great, because you can just swap out the phones. And then Google came out with a new feature. Anne: Yeah.

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