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! Apple Glasses may release in 2021 for $499. Image by Oculus).

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AR Insider

MARCH 30, 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.” Warming Up .

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Road to VR

JUNE 28, 2021

At Mobile World Congress 2021 today, the company announced that its CloudXR 3.0 It’s already brought CloudXR client applications to PC, HoloLens 2, Android VR devices (including Oculus Quest), Android AR devices, and iOS. It offers support for OpenXR, bringing SteamVR content to those devices.

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AR Insider

MARCH 16, 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.” The Plurality.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Two days ago, I’ve given you my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 (read it, in case you missed it). 2021 is going to be an interesting year for AR. This commercial video about Google Glasses led me to immersive realities. We're excited to develop more innovative effects in 2021!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

The global pandemic has changed the rules for everything, and the situation is so confusing and so rapidly evolving that any prediction for 2021 is completely unreliable, too. 2021 won’t be the year of VR. Well, let’s be honest, this won’t happen in 2021, either. The Quest will still be the king.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

Image by Oculus). The Quest 2 is quite powerful and so Facebook has confirmed tha t in 2021 there won’t be the need for a Quest 2 Pro as some people were supposing. The other bombshell news is that Resident Evil 4 is coming to the Oculus Quest 2. NVIDIA doubles down on Cloud Rendering and Omniverse at GTC 2021.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Oculus Quest gets hand tracking. Last week, the runtime v12 of Oculus Quest has been rolled out , and this took with it lots of interesting updates. To start, now the Oculus Link is more stable and it is compatible with some AMD GPUs. Oculus Quests have started getting vocal commands in the menu. Top news of the week.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The report suggests that premium headset shipments like Google Daydream will see more growth over light mobile headsets. Google Daydream will sell the most premium headsets in 2017, getting 6.8M CCS Insight expects global sales of smartphone VR headsets to grow fivefold from 2017 to 70 million by 2021. billion by 2021.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. 2021 Predictions: AR Glasses Evolutionary, Not Revolutionary. Google was the first major technology company to release a head-worn computer when it introduced Google Glass in 2013.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 18, 2021

The experience will debut this winter on PSVR and Oculus. The glasses will be available in select worldwide markets in mid-2021. The company plans to ship its first SenseGloves Nova gloves in March 2021 and can be pre-ordered at $5,000 for a set of two gloves on the SenseGlove website. A calendar app may also be in the works.

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ARVR

JUNE 9, 2021

Microsoft Microsoft is one of the few companies that has approached augmented reality wearables more successfully. We expect to see Microsoft still at work for a long time in this area and we think it can succeed where it has failed with mobile devices. Again, as of 2021, we just have rumors. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Microsoft announces Mesh, an XR collaboration platform. Alex Kipman promised us a Microsoft Ignite conference with an amazing level of immersion , and he kept his word. But since Microsoft owns one of those studios (and using it costs around $100K/day if I remember well!), You are all fantastic! Here you are my flower for you!

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Image by Oculus). Facebook is working on a new version of the Oculus Quest. According to a report by Bloomberg, Oculus is working on a new Oculus Quest model, and it has already done prototypes that are lighter and more powerful than the current device. In my opinion, 2021 is a better year to talk about a new Quest.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

We’ve seen various flavors over the years such as Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D , and of course Google Earth and Street View. Speaking of Google Earth, its VR edition is an immersive dive into 3D cities around the world. Winning Bet One question that arises from all of the above is if Realworld can compete with Google Earth VR.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Preorders are open now with just a little deposit of $10, shipping in 2021. While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. Huawei has upgraded its sleek VR glasses and now they support 6DOF movement and 6DOF controllers that are very similar to the Oculus Touch. Other relevant news.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In 2006, I attended a launch event in San Francisco for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. It let you essentially fly around a city, sort of like Google Earth but in three dimensions. In fairness, Google Earth offers 3D features. And Google Earth VR , lets users fly around cities in strikingly immersive ways.

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2020

billion since its initial Series A financing in 2014, garnering cash from the likes of Google, Alibaba, Qualcomm, and Andreessen Horowitz over the years. A wider launch is said to come a some point in 2021. Other options reportedly under consideration are potential partnerships and a stake sale.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

HP has fixed many of the visual problems of the headse t, and Microsoft has just released a patch on Windows 10 that aims at solving many visual issues of all WMR headsets (like Chromatic aberration). But honestly, I expected a bit more … it’s a bit weird that Microsoft hasn’t solved its biggest pain point yet. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Lenovo and NuEyes to launch AR glasses in 2021. The AR wars are ramping up, and with Facebook and Luxottica releasing a smart-glass in 2021, they will become even more fierce. For instance, Beck is an athlete that prepared for years for the Tokyo Olympics 2020 that have then been postponed to 2021 with much of her frustration.

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ARVR

APRIL 5, 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.” ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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AR Insider

MAY 3, 2021

While Burning Man announced it’s throwing in the towel on a live 2021 event, the world’s largest trade show, CES, will be back in Las Vegas the first week of January, 2022. The new holographic displays will ship with a number of standalone demos on them, including one from Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Studios.

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ARVR

MARCH 24, 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.”

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One-year price performance for MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL, SNE, and NVDA According to the latest report from Statista , the global augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) markets are rapidly growing and are forecast to reach a total of $72.8 Microsoft’s smart glasses are now used as an enterprise solution by many companies around the world.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Palmer Luckey’s intuition in 2012 was realizing that with the launch of the iPhone, finally VR could have its iPhone moment (many of them, actually) and that’s how the Oculus Rift was born. It was fun in 2021, but now no one would get it, I guess… But hey, if people do not get it, they can still ask ChatGPT to explain it.

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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. Since Meta made the acquisition and took over Oculus, VRTUOLUO began to write original and in-depth articles on the XR industry. Screengrab of the VRTUOLUO website.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The company has set up a virtual event on the platform ENGAGE (of which HTC is an investor) for October, 14th 2021 at 8 am PDT. The new Oculus device was by the way another piece of hardware that was by chance “leaked” in a timely way so that to excite everyone for Facebook Connect 2. Apple Maps are going AR. More info.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

More info (Use Google Translate). Google Chrome now supports WebAR. More info (Google Chrome 81 supports AR) More info (Nicolò Carpignoli’s initiative). Image by Microsoft). This means that most probably, it will launch in 2021. Magic Leap plans dev days and dev programs. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has a very interesting working story, having worked for great companies like Microsoft and Fast Company. In the interview with me, he talked about many topics, like the rumors he heard on Apple Glasses, on the Oculus Quest 2 , the America vs China war, XR entrepreneurship, Tesla, and more!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

To make you understand how these features are incredible, Qualcomm has stated that “the [XR2] reference design has 2x the CPU and GPU performance, 4x more video bandwidth, 6x higher resolution and 11x AI improvement compared to our current widely adopted XR platform [the Oculus Quest ]”. Image by Microsoft). News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

I was expecting a PSVR 2 launch in 2021, but then suddenly Jim Ryan in an interview with The Washington Post has commented on VR with these exact words: PlayStation believes in VR. Coming in May 2021 , with first units sents to reviewers in January 2021, because the product is almost ready. Top news of the week.

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AR Insider

MAY 27, 2020

Google Trends indicates a smaller impact for the term “Augmented Reality,” while “Remote Support” shows much stronger relevance. Zoom leaves Microsoft miles behind with Skype and teams. The missing ingredients for the main course are brought, and by 2021 we will have the full pleasure before the dessert is served.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This reflects actions taken at Google, Snap, Microsoft, and Apple over the last few months regarding their respective smart glass offerings. Despite its ambitious consumer-based metaverse plans unveiled in 2021, Meta’s Connect 2022 last October reflects its priority shift and focus on fresh emerging technologies.

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ARVR

MARCH 5, 2021

Furthermore, my involvement is primarily confined to one particular social VR platform, AltspaceVR, owned by Microsoft, making most of my experience the product of a niche within a niche within a niche. Microsoft has been very active in this area for years and their video on the history of flight simulation is a good introduction.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

Last Oculus Quest update shows hints of an Oculus MR ecosystem. Facebook is continuously updating the Oculus Quest , its most successful device, and this week it has rolled out the runtime v16. I think that this update, together with the last ones, marks the beginning of a mixed reality ecosystem that is being built by Oculus.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 10, 2017

By contrast, Schell believes that Digi-Capital’s oft-quoted prediction that VR would be $30 billion and AR would be $90 billion by 2020 (later revised to a combined $108 billion by 2021) is “very very wrong.” Schell thinks that parasite VR systems, or lame experiences like Google Cardboard, are likely to be in the minority.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

(Image by Oculus). Oculus could be starting the production of a new Quest at the end of July. Multiple reports seem to confirm that Oculus is actually starting the production of a new Oculus Quest headset, with an expected release date in 2021. Google’s investment for a 7.7% of units more produced annually.

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