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! Participate in a VR eye-tracking apps contest!

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Samsung will manufacture the chips for Facebook AR glasses. According to the Korean outlet “The Electronic Times”, Samsung will manufacture the tracking chips that will be used by Facebook AR glasses. A new patent highlights the possible design of future Samsung AR glasses. More info. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2018

Samsung S9. Samsung has released its new flagship phone: the Samsung Galaxy S9. inch 1440 x 2960 display and features the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset and it is, of course, the most powerful Samsung phone ever. The beautiful Samsung Galaxy S9, in all its colors. It has a 5.8-inch A new headset is needed.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

The headset has some wholly unique capabilities not seen on other consumer VR headsets, like eye-tracking, head-haptics, and adaptive triggers. With the base model originally launched at $300 in 2020, its price was later raised to $400 in 2022. Then in 2023 it the price returned to $300.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

This special version of the headset features additional sensors that can get more data about the user: A heart rate sensor on the forehead; Two additional cameras that track the lower part of the face of the user, so that to read his facial expressions; Eye-tracking cameras , that can also detect the dimension of the pupil.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

The new HoloLens is expected to be lighter (my sources say that it is much smaller than the current one ), with a field of view that is the double of the current one , full hands tracking, eye tracking and integration with AI thanks to a dedicated chip (this could add object detection and other fancy features to the device).

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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 billion and now settling at $2.9 Gen Z is the the most passionate segment in VR. VR Consumption, 2016.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2019

A rumor talks about iPhones becoming 5G compatible in 2020 , and this increments the credibility of the other rumors talking about an Apple AR headset for 2020/2021 , that will work attached to an iPhone, and that will exploit its 5G connection. Samsung gets a patent for an AR contact lens. News worth a mention.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

When you first put it on you’re told to hold the top button, and you feel (and see a visualization of) the lenses moving horizontally to align with your eyes. The eye tracking cameras sense the positions of your pupils and tiny piezoelectric actuators move the lenses into place. And I mean fully. This basic idea isn’t new.

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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. Eye tracking: Fove: Eyefluence: SMI: Bladerunner (film). Body movement.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

And according to journalist Robert Scoble, it will be probably announced in 2020 and released in 2021. I expect something similar for OC6: duct-tape prototypes of VR and AR devices, that will show us what will be the second generation of XR headsets , with a probable release date of the first device in late 2020 or 2021.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2020

While all hints were making us dreaming about a new Quest, the famous leaker Walking Cat (that already predicted the Samsung Odyssey and the HP Reverb G2), posted a render of a new headset, very similar to Quest, but white. Well, let’s examine the photos… pic.twitter.com/rBvJpCfRmT — WalkingCat (@h0x0d) July 22, 2020.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

The screen is a pentile OLED, featuring 1600×1440 per eye resolution. We are at the same level of Vive Focus or Vive Pro… probably the display is the same made by Samsung. This is the same chip of the Samsung S8 and it is not the latest available for VR: Qualcomm has already released the 845 VR reference design.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

IDC publishes new forecasts for 2020. A new forecast by IDC shows how 2020 will still be a transition year for AR and VR. The report shows good news, like the fact that the growth rate of VR in 2020 will be 77% more than 2019 , and that the growth should continue in the next 4 years.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Oculus, thanks to its genius engineers like John Carmack, has been able to implement hands tracking on Quest! Starting from early next year (2020), in beta for consumers and developers, it will be possible to use your bare hands within the Oculus Quest. Lovers of natural interfaces, rejoice! Oculus Quest running Go apps. Other titles.

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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. An example of something that’s working out right now in VR is the Samsung commercials, the Samsung VR that was running every second over Christmas.

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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. Microsoft and Facebook have talked about inside out tracking. Google recently bought Eyefluence for its eye tracking. But with Daydream and Samsung and other devices coming next year, we should see significant mobile installed base growth.

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