The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Samsung XR headset may have been delayed The new rumor in town is that Samsung has delayed its upcoming headset that it is building in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. It’s been another interesting week in immersive realities, so let’s see what happened in our field in the past few days!

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Road to VR

APRIL 17, 2023

Pimax announced that Portal, its hybrid VR headset based on a Nintendo Switch-style console, is almost ready for launch, as the company prepares to ship to all Kickstarter backers in April 2023. In a fresh status update , Pimax says it’s now finalized Portal’s hardware, with mass production set to start.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

Microsoft Magic Leap Varjo HP Acer Samsung ASUS Dell Biel AjnaXR FYR Medical ESight Canon IrisVision VRgineers Zappar Lynx Valve Microsoft Microsoft has been increasing its focus on the extended reality landscape in recent years, with the production of solutions such as Microsoft Mesh, and a metaverse environment for Microsoft Teams.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

Image by Samsung, taken from Upload VR). Samsung may launch a next-gen Samsung Odyssey. A recent filing at the Chinese IP offices makes us speculate on a new PC VR headset in the works by Samsung. That said, let’s have a look at this interesting week in AR and VR. Top news of the week. More info (Reality Check on 5G?—?1)

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

The device comes with its own convenient controllers and works well with Windows operating systems, for quick access to a range of enterprise applications. The flagship MR solution from the company is the Samsung HMD Odyssey, which combines Microsoft Windows Holographic computing components with a 110-degree Fresnel lens.

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Anand Tech

JUNE 13, 2023

The top 10 contract makers of chips saw their Q1 2023 revenue decline by 14.6% TSMC and Samsung Foundry retained top positions, whereas GlobalFoundries is back to No. billion in Q1 2023, a 14.6% Samsung Foundry suffered dropping utilization both for 200-mm and 300-mm fabs, resulting in a 36.1% billion in Q1 2023, a 17.6%

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Supporting 5v5 matches and crossplay, Hyper Dash includes classic modes like Payload, Domination, Control Point, Deathmatch and Capture The Flag while offering a nice alternative to military shooters. first appeared back in 2016 and was once one of the most popular Samsung Gear games.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Both plan to debut the joint effort at the Consumer Electronics Show 5 January 2023. It plans to release wearable batteries that track human movement to control remote devices, regardless of location. If we can control a robot on the other side of the world, it can create new opportunities and great value in the near future.”

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Upload VR

MARCH 20, 2024

Asked about the studio's hand tracking focus and how Apple Vision Pro uses hand tracking as its primary control method, Eiche believes Apple's system feels like "huge vindication" for Owlchemy's strategy. "We Owlchemy Labs has a prominent history when it comes to hand-tracking controls. So yeah, it felt like a huge vindication."

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. with Xiaomi, Oppo, Samsung, etc…) to convince hardware manufacturers to create headsets powered by Android XR.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

One of the unique elements the company developed was a physical control on the headset which created a seamless transition between a fully immersive VR view and a passthrough AR view—this was at a time when most headsets were either strictly AR or strictly VR, but not both.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2024

It is fully standalone , and it features a unique set of controllers: on one hand the user wears a ring (which is controlled by the thumb), while on the other one, he wears a controller that has a very peculiar shape. The one winning the most important prize, Best 2023 Experience, has been Noire by Centre Pompidou.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 22, 2024

The international media conglomerate is in the headlines this week with its Holotile breakthrough, a prototype device that acts as a VR input treadmill, allowing various users to walk around a shared virtual environment without requiring a controller. However, in 2023, the momentum shifted.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2023

According to this report, this is the plan that Meta has for the upcoming years in VR: Release Quest 3, focused on Mixed Reality, in 2023. The second term may refer to a ring controller that the user may employ to interact with his lightweight glasses instead of the bulky controllers typical of VR.

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Anand Tech

MARCH 22, 2024

Some analysts believe that NVIDIA's A100 and H100 processors (as well as their various derivatives) commanded as much as 80% of the entire AI processor market in 2023. Demand for artificial intelligence servers set records last year, and it looks like it is going to remain high this year as well.

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Anand Tech

APRIL 18, 2023

in 2023 and continue growing at a compound annual growth rate of 12.2% Last year SK Hynix commanded 50% of HBM shipments, followed by Samsung with 40% and Micron with 10%. However, they do not elaborate on whether they mean unit shipments or dollar shipments. through 2027. Nowadays, AI servers are used primarily by the leading U.S.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Let’s see what the next year will bring for me and for the whole ecosystem… in my opinion, 2024 will be slightly better than 2023 , especially because of the launch of the Apple headset and of the rumored $199 Quest Lite. Also, Samsung will probably unveil its moves, so… it is going to be interesting.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 24, 2024

The firm also states that as several new headsets are emerging on the market this year, from Apple’s confirmed Vision Pro to rumoured devices from Samsung, the move to support MRTK3 prepares taqtile for an increased range of end-users. The toolkit also supports XR experiences delivered on traditional 2D monitors for personal computers.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 4, 2024

The chipset also helps boost consumer and enterprise-grade XR use cases on headsets and smartglasses by leveraging partnerships with Samsung, Google, Tobii, and Goertek to provide visual clarity for gaming and productivity applications. Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2: What’s New?

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

OCTOBER 20, 2023

With the Immerse Global Summit 2023 Orlando underway, the immersive sector has rallied for another round of discussions, panel talks, and other surprises. Additional updates include pitches from potential Project Iris developers have included Samsung Electronics, and the initiative plans to release in 2025.

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Upload VR

JUNE 6, 2023

On June 5, 2023, Apple seemed to be doing it again. Inarguably, Meta in 2023 is the leader in VR with combination of Quest 2 and Quest 3 likely to make it one of the hottest selling game consoles in the world. As I write this in 2023, Apple's ad on Twitter states: "The era of spatial computing is here." Apple Vision Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

I think that the upcoming release of Quest 3, and the increasing rumors about Samsung are going to improve our situation even more. The latest Q2 2023 operating loss of Reality Labs has been around $4 billion. Maybe we are getting out of the quicksands we were in since the start of the year. Let’s all hope so. Great job, Magnopus!

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

VIRNECT #XR [link] pic.twitter.com/KAjc80g3Qq — VIRNECT (@virnectglobal) February 13, 2023 Additionally, VIRNECT is using the partnership as a chance to support enterprise end-users in leveraging XR technology. Moreover, wearers can use the device indoors or outdoors and multitask using immersive applications via voice controls.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Samsung’s 2023 Unpacked event was all about the company’s Galaxy S23 hardware, although at the end of its hour-long presentation the South Korean tech giant announced it was working with Qualcomm and Google to develop an XR device. Samsung was one of the first truly massive tech companies to develop VR hardware.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 24, 2024

Users want to feel less strain when using XR devices and what sets the Apple Vision Pro apart from other products on the market is an emphasis on a hands-first user interface with your arms in a relaxed position: a pinch of the fingers controls how you view and interact with the content.

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Anand Tech

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Contract fabs like TSMC, Samsung Foundry, and GlobalFoundries will lead the whole industry in terms of CapEx spending, as they will pour in $53 billion in new fabs and equipment (35% of all semiconductor capital spending in 2021). Related Reading: Texas To Get Multiple New Fabs as Samsung and TI to Spend $47 Billion on New Facilities.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 18, 2023

However, reports in August surfaced that Google insiders had said original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) had received pitches from potential Project Iris developers, including Samsung Electronics. Meta Makes Moves towards AR Smart Glasses at Connect 2023 Furthermore, both Meta and Microsoft shuttered their AR smart glass ventures.

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Upload VR

JUNE 9, 2023

Yes, Google might still be resurgent with Android, powered by Owlchemy's insights and Samsung's hardware , and other companies might surprise with a novel strategy too. Analog Concerns Oculus Rift prototype demo with Xbox controller, 2012. The second demo was Apple Park in California in 2023 with the reveal of the Vision Pro headset.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The upgraded Pico 4 should bring ringless controllers and maybe some refresh of the specifications. Some rumors say that anyway a refresh of the Pico 4, which I personally call “Pico 4 Plus”, may come in the next months because it was already in the pipeline. I’m personally a bit confused by Bytedance’s strategy.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

This WWDC has not been an exception in this sense, and now all the Apple analysts (including Kuo and Scoble) already envision a reveal of the Apple headset for January 2023. Reading between the lines, he has confirmed the rumors but stated that Meta will still work hard to release its AR glasses with EMG-wrist device to control them.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Ever since it announced its spatial computing headset in June 2023, Apple has begun gradually releasing more insights. For instance, the iris scanner in the Samsung Galaxy S8 phone was hacked by researchers and fooled into identifying people based on photos rather than actual human eyes. How Does the Technology Work?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

According to the news outlet DigiTimes, Apple will use Taiwan-based Pegatron as its sole assembly manufacturer for it, and mass production of the device is set to begin “at the end of the first quarter of 2023”. Pimax Portal is a handheld console with detachable controllers , exactly like the Switch. Some news on content. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

There are a few interesting details about this story: A new headset, probably dubbed Pico 5, is coming The controllers do not have rings, so they most probably are similar to the Touch Plus Controllers associated with the Quest 3.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Future of Magic Leap After Ross Rosenberg was appointed Magic Leap’s CEO in October 2023, the company has since focused on its enterprise roadmap for 2024; targeting its XR devices towards enterprise and industrial clients. It allows users to walk around in a shared virtual environment without requiring a controller.

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Road to VR

JUNE 28, 2023

Provided the report is true, it appears Google will now need to rely on Samsung to compete with Meta and Apple in XR. Still, it seems its Samsung XR headset partnership and AR software development has become the main focus.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The industry has been experiencing a boom in recent years with hundreds of startups and heavy investment from tech giants including Google, Apple, Samsung, and Facebook. by 2023 due, in part, to its role in VR/AR products. AR and VR are gearing up for a giant leap forward thanks to advancements in eye-tracking technology.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 21, 2023

The company wanted to create a set of eyeglasses that allowed users to navigate through content with voice and motion control. Once again, however, the Google Glass failure streak continued, with Google officially shutting down enterprise production in March 2023. Google Glass was part of this vision.

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