The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2021

PSVR 2 may release during Holidays 2022. According to a report from Bloomberg, Sony may release its much-awaited next-gen PSVR headset (which I informally call PSVR 2) during Holidays 2022. Oculus Quest introduces multi-tasking in Runtime v30. The update pace of the Oculus Quest is impressive. Other relevant news.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

In recent years, Microsoft has begun making a name for itself as perhaps the most significant innovator in the mixed reality space. The company offers not just a powerful development environment in the form of Microsoft Mesh, but also one of the most immersive “MR” headsets on the market, with the HoloLens 2.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2022

Last Thursday, Microsoft debuted version three of its Mixed Reality (MR) toolkit (MRTK3) for use in Unity Technologies’ real-time 3D (RT3D) animation engine. Windows Dev Docs (@WindowsDocs) June 8, 2022. Devices supported by Microsoft include the Meta Quest, Windows Mixed Reality, SteamVR, and Oculus Rift.

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ARPost

JANUARY 18, 2022

As we move further towards engaging with a completely virtual online world, tech giants such as Meta and Microsoft continue to lead the way. The year 2021 saw a larger spike in metaverse investment than any year before and 2022 is expected to be no different. ” Microsoft. And could it become the new normal?

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

APRIL 28, 2023

This is a significant decline from the $695 million in revenues the division generated in the same quarter of 2022. The Reality Labs division develops and manufactures Meta’s VR headsets, such as the Oculus Quest 2. Microsoft first announced its acquisition in 2022.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 13, 2022

For years, the company has been helping brands to unlock next-level promotional opportunities with AR ad campaign creation, and Oculus experiences. Microsoft has gained a lot of attention among evolving brands in recent years thanks to its phenomenal “Teams” environment for collaboration, and a rising focus on transformative XR experiences.

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2024

Precisely one pivot and one CEO change later, which would see Abovitz eventually leave the company, Magic Leap abandoned any notion of serving prosumers, instead appealing solely to enterprise with the launch of Magic Leap 2 in 2022. And that’s in spite of its $3,500 price tag.

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Slashgear

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Apple’s first mixed-reality headset will be no Oculus Quest alternative, new leaks suggest, with a supposed price tag – and high-end specs – that would put it among the company’s most expensive Mac and display models.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Metaverses are in line with the tech trend Oculus Quest reported sales growth, which indicates higher accessibility of VR equipment for the general audience. Centralism If we take a look at metaverses developers, the list will mostly consist of the ‘big guys’: Microsoft, Meta, Epic, etc. It’s so exciting to see where it all goes.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Nokia , the Finnish telecom giant, has been focusing on telecommunication infrastructure development after selling its mobile phone business to Microsoft in 2014. In an interview at the World Economic Forum in 2022, Nokia’s CEO Pekka Lundmark stated that mobile phones will be overtaken by smart glasses by the time 6G is introduced in 2030s.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Microsoft has emerged as perhaps the most significant market leader in the Mixed Reality headset and technology environment. However, Microsoft offers access to spatial sound experiences in a range of other modes as well. However, Microsoft offers access to spatial sound experiences in a range of other modes as well.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The flexible Oculus environment has already become the platform for a range of virtual museum, gallery and concert experiences hosted around the globe. Meta’s Oculus team have already partnered with leading companies like Sony Music to give fans an immersive way to explore music videos and unique content.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 14, 2022

Here are some of the leading companies taking travel organisations towards new frontiers in 2022. With innovative 3D and augmented reality advertising opportunities, as well as powerful VR experiences through Oculus, Meta can guide brands through a multitude of XR environments.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Let me give you just a few very well-known examples: Meta bought Oculus VR for 2 billion dollars when there was still only a prototype headset. The US government closed a 22-billion contract with Microsoft for the development of AR for the military and the provision of HoloLens to soldiers. Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) for AR Headsets.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 31, 2022

Here are some of the XR vendors taking privacy and security seriously in 2022. The company is dedicated to making its XR environments as safe as possible, with everything from built-in security features in the Oculus , to new standards for Metaverse ethics.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 8, 2022

If you already have a specific hardware solution in mind, like the Oculus Quest, you might need to look for a software vendor capable of creating an XR experience made specially for this technology. For instance, Meta offers access to the Oculus, as well as Meta Workplace, and a series of apps through the Oculus store.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2022

What’s more, the company is also responsible for one of the most powerful and affordable VR headsets available – the Oculus Quest. Microsoft already stands as one of the biggest gaming companies in the world, thanks to the development of the Xbox ecosystem.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Meta Oculus and Aptiv. Turning to the Leadership Network, and leveraging the power of Oculus for Business, Aptiv achieved phenomenal results. With the Oculus Quest headset, Aptiv has been able to reduce in-person training times significantly, with most courses now only taking between 4 hours and 2 days.

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ARPost

AUGUST 20, 2021

Along with its partner, Microsoft AltspaceVR, BRCvr is able to deliver fully immersive Burning Man experiences through a social VR platform. In a statement , the event organizers stated that they are aiming for Black Rock City 2022. BRCvr expands the Burning Man Project to yet another VR experience.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Only PSVR2 will be able to exploit the true power of this console , but it seems that this new headset won’t arrive until 2022. Image by Microsoft). Microsoft ramps up distribution of HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. Microsoft is working to improve the distribution of its latest devices: HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

— VR Nima (@NimaZeighami) January 5, 2022. I’ve seen what companies are doing nowadays to use tracked props on the Oculus Quest: they have to add bulky mounts to install the even bulkier Touch controllers on them. Oculus Quest 2 ) to know the pose of the fingers. Now let’s dig into the best news!

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Upload VR

APRIL 3, 2023

That includes Microsoft Flight Simulator, iRacing, the open beta branch of DCS World, War Thunder (though not with EAC), the Steam version of Bonelab, Hubris, Everslaught, Contractors, The Light Brigade, and A Township Tale. To ensure eye tracking data is passed over Link, enable the setting in the Beta tab of the Oculus PC app.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 8, 2022

Microsoft and Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe. The Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe company decided to work with Microsoft to build an engaging way for travellers to plan their transportation experience. The tools included VR apps built for Oculus headsets which help to train team members to deal with complex guest situations.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 17, 2023

For instance: Meta: Meta’s Oculus devices not only work alongside a wide range of different hardware solutions, but they’re also designed to support countless different types of software too seamlessly. As Meta continues to build out its version of the ”metaverse”, we will likely see new partnerships emerge.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft Teams to integrate Mesh in 2022. With a surprise move, Microsoft has announced that in 2022 it will integrate Microsoft Mesh, its framework to create shared XR experiences, inside Microsoft Teams. I’ll let you travel with me…. Top news of the week. Other relevant news.

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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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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 9, 2023

The news comes after the Meta Quest also lost AltSpace VR, another Metaverse platform which owners Microsoft shut down earlier this year – diverting its resources to Mesh. The Meta Quest Pro is an MR headset the Menlo Park-based firm released in October 2022.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Meta Quest (@MetaQuestVR) October 12, 2022. Called App to App Travel API, Meta plans to distribute the update in late 2022, and it enables developers to design interoperable applications where users can quickly jump between immersive services. Meta is also developing its Fitness API Beta for Fall 2022. Interoperable Experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

The Oculus Quest 2 continues its march towards mainstream adoption. It wouldn’t be a normal week without some news about Facebook and/or the Oculus Quest. The first one is that the Quest 2 has now sold in some months more than all the other Oculus headsets (with the exclusion of Gear VR) combined in all these years.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

What is interesting the most are not the features, that more or less are the same as most other headsets: integrated headphones, halo+headband, IPD adjustment, etc… It seems a mix of a Samsung Odyssey and an Oculus Rift S. Or that Microsoft is working on a new reference design that fixes the issues of the first one?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 14, 2022

percent between 2022-2030. 2022 is a breakout year for MR hardware and software. Following Connect 2022, Meta debuted the Quest Pro, a consumer and enterprise-grade MR headset. Alternatively, major Meta competitor PICO debuted its own MR device in 2022. Mixed Reality Today. Competitive Growth in the Mixed Reality Market.

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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. Screenshots taken on the official EQ3 website 4.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

According to Gajsek, “Anyone that decided to buy from the Oculus store or use Meta’s products essentially becomes a ’subscriber‘ in Meta’s user base. See Also: Metaverse Safety Week 2022 He goes on to say that these metaverse platforms will become open to asynchronous content, as not all users can be found online at the same time.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. New info on Microsoft abandoning the Hololens 3. Last week we all heard the news about Microsoft abandoning the HoloLens 3, and the denial of it by Alex Kipman and Microsoft itself.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Average prices per ad dropped 22 percent YoY but a jump of 18 percent YoY for 2022. Revenues for Q4 and 2022 totalled $32.17 billion for 2022. Meta currently has 86,482 employees across its workforce as of the end of 2022. billion and $116.61 billion, respectively. Revenues would have reached a further $2.01

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 2, 2021

If I had known people could like it, I would have not made it in 5 minutes with Microsoft Word, lol. So he said that if you want to attach to it an Oculus Quest, technically you can. More info (Gabe Newell about Steam Deck and Oculus Quest) More info (Gabe Newell about Steam Deck and Alyx). Let’s hope it will keep selling well.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Reports from 2022 forecast that the business travel industry to set to grow to $1.7 billion meeting minutes in Microsoft Teams alone in one day. . Companies like High Fidelity and Microsoft are already working on environments that make this possible. . The Benefits of Virtual Reality for Replacing Business Travel .

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