The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

— VR Nima (@NimaZeighami) January 5, 2022. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker (Image by HTC). HTC has made an announcement at this CES and it has been a pretty cool one. For every piece of news, I’ll share with you a brief summary and one or more links to go deeper. Further references.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). We are organizing the Future Business EcoLink Conference 2022 and the 7th Golden Gyro Award.

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ARPost

APRIL 11, 2023

Increased Adoption of AR in E-Commerce According to a recent survey, 38% of marketers reported using AR in 2022. Companies like Google, Microsoft, Lenovo, and Vuzix are developing smart glasses to enhance the AR experience. It’s a significant increase from the 23% reported in 2017. See Also: Should You Buy a Quest 2?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Image by HTC). HTC launches Vive Flow headset for relaxation, priced at $499. After endless teasings and leaks, in the end, HTC has finally unveiled its headset: called Vive Flow, it is a lightweight device for media consumption. The device will be sold exclusively as an enterprise device, starting from 2022.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 30, 2022

EON Reality (@EONRealityInc) May 11, 2022. The platform, which is compatible with major immersive tech providers such as Magic Leap, Meta Platforms, Microsoft HoloLens, Apple, HTC VIVE, Ready Player Me, and Google recently provided the University of Glasgow with an EON-XR Centre to train and engage students with the XR tool.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 24, 2024

Meanwhile, competitors such as Meta and Microsoft are working to get XR devices into employees’ hands today. Moreover, with Apple’s dive into XR, it seems other giants like Samsung, LG, and Google are placing sights on the market, perhaps watching Apple closely to see if their XR gamble pays off.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Now, as Microsoft and Qualcomm alumni, Chief Executive Peggy Johnson has advanced the company’s position as a top-tier enterprise product. The company also announced at the Immerse Global Summit (IGS) 2022 Europe in Portugal that it would launch its product across 19 countries.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2022

As I liked to say when talking about it, the real event is cool, but in the virtual one, you could finally be on a flying car… that is exactly what 30 years ago everyone was expecting from 2022. I’ve personally met and had a chat with people from Unity and Epic Games, Roblox, The Sandbox, HTC Vive, Microsoft, Rec Room.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 11, 2023

The news comes after Meta unveiled its Quest Pro enterprise headset at its Connect 2022 event in October last year. HTC VIVE debuted its VIVE XR Elite at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023 in January for roughly $1,200. Priced at £1,500, the Quest Pro faces strong competition from rival headset manufacturers.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

Probably, an affordable Quest 2 based on XR2 may come out in 2022. The only company not much affected by it is HTC, that manufacturers its headsets in Taiwan and not in Mainland China. HTC Vive releases Cosmos Elite, two models of Vive Pro Eye and creates some confusion. In any case, I’m very intrigued. Other relevant news.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The Immerse Global Summit 2022 Miami concluded on Wednesday, where some of the biggest players in the tech industry gathered to explore the future of Web3 technologies. XR Today: What have been your biggest takeaways from the IGS 2022 Miami? Brian Vogelsang : My biggest takeaway has been the excitement across the industry.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 6, 2022

CathyHackl.eth (@CathyHackl) July 5, 2022. ” She concluded in her thoughts with XR Today that numerous trends in serious gaming would continue to shape the development of the Metaverse, namely after Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard in January in a massive $67 billion USD takeover.

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AIXR

APRIL 1, 2022

We at AIXR have curated a list of the ‘Top 7 VR Podcasts You Should Follow in 2022’ to ensure you are kept in the loop on XR/VR/AR trends, cutting-edge tech, and the most fascinating innovations from every corner of the industry. In no particular order, here are the podcasts you should be following. Between Realities. Special Mention 1.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 4, 2024

In 2024, the space saw far less sophisticated XR devices with older products like early Oculus or Google Glasses. At the same time, XR’s enthusiasts were well aware of other players in the headset space, like Microsoft, Varjo, HTC VIVE, and others. Initially, Meta remained the key leading champion in the XR space.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I’m sorry about that, but it’s still a miracle I’ve managed to write it… Top news of the week (Leaked image from Samsung video) Samsung is back to XR with Google and Qualcomm The big news of the week is that Samsung is back to XR. What is even more interesting is that this device will be built in partnership with Google and Qualcomm.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

From time to time, I like to look at the adoption graph of XR shown by John Riccitiello (the CEO of Unity) in 2017 , where you can see that the real acceleration of immersive technologies should start around 2022-2023. Companies like Pico, HP, Valve, and HTC are already performing very well in this sector. The rise of enterprise.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 30, 2022

Tender Claws and Google ARCore. As extended reality gaming experiences continue to take the world by storm, leading cloud and technology vendors like Google are offering game creators and developers an easy avenue into the ecosystem. Sense Arena and HTC VIVE. RoboRaid and Microsoft HoloLens.

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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). Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). Sounded good.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

A Horizon game is coming for this new headset, and some rumors talk also about Half-Life: Alyx potentially be available in the future; HTC has announced the Vive Wrist Tracker, a 6 DOF tracker for the Vive Focus 3. This is why companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Meta are exploring similar technologies. But there is more!

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VRScout

JANUARY 23, 2021

billion by 2022, with more than 171M users worldwide. Image Credit: HTC Vive. Don’t simply rely on text editors such as Microsoft Office or Google Docs to do the job – make your CV as readable as possible. According to Tech Jury , the global AR and VR markets are expected to grow to $209.2 billion by end of 2020. .

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

Image by Google). Project Iris is the codename of Google’s AR glasses. According to a report on The Verge, Google is working on AR glasses. The operating system should be Android, but it seems that Google is also building an operating system specific for XR. Image by Microsoft). What about yours?

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Robert Scoble

JUNE 1, 2019

We have already seen some devices like Google Glass that gave us a taste of how they would improve the world, even while introducing new problems, deepest amongst them was that they didn’t provide enough benefit to offset the real social costs of wearing a computing device and the weight that a computer put on our face.

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ARPost

AUGUST 10, 2022

The Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act signed into law on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. Google, HTC Vive, Microsoft, Meta, and Sony Interactive Entertainment jointly created XRA. President Joe Biden signed the H.R.7178 They are the building blocks of the modern economy.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Future of Privacy Forum (@futureofprivacy) October 25, 2022. The organisation also hosts some of the world’s biggest tech companies, including Meta Platforms, HTC VIVE, Accenture, Google, Microsoft and many others.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Congressman Darrel Issa (CA-50) , along with Rep Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Rep Ted Lieu (CA-33) , and Rep Yvette D Clarke (NY-09) , submitted the resolution aimed at declaring November 2022 as National XR Month, with the XR Association planning to host the first-ever event in November. XR Association (@XRAssociation) September 29, 2022.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 17, 2022

XR Association (@XRAssociation) May 31, 2022. It currently represents dozens of the world’s most innovative and largest tech companies, including HTC VIVE, Meta Platforms, Google, Microsoft, Accenture, Qualcomm, and Sony Interactive Entertainment, among many others.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’d say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. Enterprise will account for the majority of those through at least 2022. Outside of that, we’ve worked with companies like PayPal, Microsoft, Accenture.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’d say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. Enterprise will account for the majority of those through at least 2022. Outside of that, we’ve worked with companies like PayPal, Microsoft, Accenture.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

I'd say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. Enterprise will account for the majority of those through at least 2022. They're much more distributable than the standard Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which has to be hooked up to a PC.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Do you remember when everyone was mocking HTC for its super-high prices and people were praising Meta for its cheap costs? Partnership with Microsoft. Highlights of the partnership between Meta and Microsoft. Meta and Microsoft worked together to integrate Quest Pro into the Microsoft ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device. According to Korean media, Samsung Electronics is working with Microsoft on a new augmented/mixed reality project “involving HoloLens”. This gives more power to Google Glass, that are not doing that bad in the enterprise environment after a total disaster as a prosumer device.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

But it seems that Meta is also working on other broader options, and we will know about them in 2022. Considering that Quest supports multitasking for 2D apps, this is great to use the Quest as a tool to work: you could have Slack in one Window, and Google Doc in another, and work on a document together with your team.

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Tech Trends VR

DECEMBER 19, 2019

HTC Vive Retires. The HTC Vive was phased out in October, replaced by the Vive Cosmos , which was priced at $699. Google Ends the Daydream. We’re selling them as fast as we can make them, the demand has been strong and the content is starting to pick up,” Mark Zuckerberg said at the time.

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