XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 11, 2023

Meta Platforms is expected to release its Meta Quest 3 in 2023, social media reports confirmed last week. Brad Lynch (@SadlyItsBradley) January 6, 2023. According to the YouTuber, Meta began its subsequent phases of device testing, with third-party developers shipping developer kits in the second quarter (Q1) of 2023.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

The last cycle before this one was the Quest one, which started to make virtual reality known to the mainstream audience for what concerns games and fitness. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 31, 2023

The author wrote, “But as with generative AI, Apple is not exactly the first to the game. HTC Vive has been doing it for a while” He later quotes D an O’Brien, President, Americas, HTC , stating use case data from the Taoyuan-based firm.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

As I said a few months ago , we are in the middle of a paradigm change: the cycle that started with the Quest is arriving at an end, and a new cycle driven by new technologies (mixed reality headsets) and new players (Apple, Google) is starting. This information shows us that Apple is playing a long-term game.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2022

Since the hardware is almost ready, the company is now ramping up the development of the actual rOS (Reality OS) operating system, for the launch that may happen in 2023. Google launches “Immersive Stream for AR”. Chinese giant Baidu (The Google of China) has announced its XiRang platform aimed at building the metaverse.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 28, 2023

Groups like Microsoft are leveraging a collapsing military contact to keep its IVAS device lineup alive for further funding, and HTC VIVE took note to explain the importance of enterprise end-users in discussion with the World Economic Forum. Meta’s Q2 Earnings, Startup Program, and Quest Security Upgrades It was a busy month for Meta.

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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…). VRTUOLUO is a vertical industry media that is subordinate to TUOLUO Tech, which is incubated by the Game industry media YOUXITUOLUO.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 22, 2023

More info (Pico 5 canceled — Road To VR) More info (Pico 5 canceled — Upload VR) More info (A refresh to Pico 4 is in the works) XBOX Cloud gaming comes to Quest After a long wait, finally, XBOX Cloud Gaming has arrived on Meta Quest devices. It is a massive game, and it is getting very positive reviews… even a 10/10 on IGN!

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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. If you want to buy some PCVR games, I suggest you give it a read! This is very good to hear. It’s a decent deal.

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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.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 4, 2024

Moreover, in 2023, Meta sees partnerships with various large-scale companies to scale its immersive solutions, notably through a Ray-Ban collaboration over smart glasses and a recent alliance with LG to create unconfirmed AI-ready XR products. In the final quarter of 2023, Meta secured $7.8 How will Meta use this data?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Who doesn’t want to do that can still use his/her Oculus account to log in until 2023 , but he/she won’t be able to use all the social functionalities of the device (like Venues, Horizon, etc…). After 2023, the devices won’t be guaranteed to work with an Oculus login. Image by Epic Games). The same on Twitter.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In the future, we’ll get a faster screen, we’ll get a 120 hertz screen…which means then the game instead of running at 60 FPS wants to run at 120 FPS or 240 FPS.” . “Right now this is a 60 hertz screen, that’s what cell phones are, 60 hertz screen,” Iribe told me.

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ARVR

MAY 13, 2021

BigQuery from Google Cloud has many powerful features that allow users to view their data in real-time, providing continual up-to-date information to help guide business decisions. It integrates seamlessly with the Google Cloud AI platform and other tools like Data Studio. The device uses Google’s Cloud Healthcare API.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 4, 2021

One of the smartest ideas ever had by HTC has been the invention of the Vive Tracker: a little puck that you can attach to an object so that to track it inside virtual reality. The Tracker is good, but since HTC has never had competition in the field, i t has always been the same since the launch year. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

I think that part of the problem is a misunderstanding on purpose: Meta is selling the device as a prosumer one, but also as an advanced way to play games. This is the same confusion that created issues for HTC in the past with the Vive Pro, for instance. Meta confirms Quest 3 is coming in 2023.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

All you need to do is get in touch [link] pic.twitter.com/o8VKifqGdl — Igloo Vision (@IglooVision) October 13, 2023 Formed in 2007, the company began building its geodesic domes for projection-mapped immersive spaces. People can also view YouTube 360 videos, Google Street View, as well as the enterprise’s bespoke 360 web browser.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

This means that PCVR people can play the game again. More info (Meta’s losses in 2023) More info (Meta expecting even higher losses in 2024) Quest 3 enters the Steam chart at 0.15% Meta Quest 3 appeared for the first time in Steam’s Hardware Survey, with a 0.15% share of the market. It seems the journalist liked them.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

However, audiences do not expect the Menlo Park firm to announce many enterprise XR solutions, with Meta outlining that the Connect event will focus on consumer and gaming use cases. Meta’s MR product looks to compete with other MR products from firms such as Apple, Varjo, HTC Vive, Nreal, Samsung, and Google.

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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

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Image by HTC Vive). HTC teases a new headset. HTC has started the usual marketing operation it does for the launch of every new device. We don’t have further details about it, and if you try to enhance the above image, you just get a “Nice try” trolling label coming to view (gg HTC for that). Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

But hey, let me play this game anyway, so here you are my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 based on the trends and the anticipations that we had at the end of 2020! And a big company like Google could also afford to sell it at the same price as the Quest 2, hoping for a future domination of the VR ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 30, 2023

But I think it’s not a good move for Meta, for the following reasons: It shows that it is “afraid” of HTC. I feel disrespected by Meta, and I think the company should give us some goodies for free, like free accessories for the headset or games, to compensate for the price difference.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The firm’s first XR headset is due soon, and with it comes a spatial computing ambition that draws similarities and differences to Lenovo, Microsoft, Meta, HTC VIVE, and other XR headset vendors. Earlier this month, reports highlighted how Google and Samsung face a “ great fear ” when Apple releases new products.

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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.

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Upload VR

APRIL 3, 2023

The most technically impressive VR demo I tried at GDC 2023 felt familiar. The software from Google’s Owlchemy Labs ran on Quest 2. “This demo that we’re giving you here feels a lot like what 2015 HTC Vive at GDC demo was.” They are built like video game controllers.” ” Eiche asks.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

This week I have been pretty busy working on our mixed reality fitness game that is very close to launch and in preparing some amazing articles for next week (I will publish a review of the Valve Index and a super-amazing interview to Jeri Ellsworth, the creator of TiltFive augmented reality glasses!) HTC has a new CEO: Yves Maitre.

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VeeR VR

OCTOBER 15, 2018

A few games had come out that were barely functional, along with the occasional flight simulator. It is available for free through Google cardboard. Once setup you can experience various interactive VR games that children can enjoy. McDonald's has developed a VR game that is both educational and fun.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Here below I’m posting for you the best offers I’ve found: for instance, HTC is discounting basically every piece of hardware (including Vive Trackers that can be useful for all the VRChat fans out there), while Pico is offering one of the best deals with €100-worth-of-content given for free with every purchased Pico 4.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This new standard is being rapidly adopted across the ecosystem by HTC, Microsoft, Varjo and dozens more, resulting in faster product development cycles and a flurry of new applications. In the consumer realm, everyday activities like watching a nightly sports game may never be the same.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

Four years later, Nintendo followed up the wild and enduring success of the Game Boy with Virtual Boy, a headset/console built around (very red) stereoscopic vision. In the 90s, virtual reality was the future of entertainment, gaming, socialization and work. Google revealed Glass the same year the first Oculus prototype hit the scene.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google killed its AR glasses Project Iris Do you remember the name Project Iris? Various reports indicated it as the internal codename in Google for a project meant to build augmented reality glasses. It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Hands-On: Meta’s Reprojection-Free Passthrough Prototype At SIGGRAPH 2023 we tried Flamera, Meta’s research prototype of reprojection-free passthrough AR. And it makes Vision Pro a suboptimal headset for any content where you're rapidly rotating your head, such as the few active games. This is a watershed moment for VR-style headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

And there is even more: Meta is financing games for its store; it is sponsoring events and other initiatives happening in XR; it is increasing the awareness of the technology paying for commercials on TV and in the streets in the US; and it is hiring an enormous amount of people to work in the metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 5, 2024

Google has great expertise in building operating systems, plus its Google Play store would have let Meta Quest become compatible with all its Android Apps out of the box. Apple is bringing the magic of MLS (Major League Soccer) to Vision Pro: “[…] 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs with the first-ever sports film captured in Apple Immersive Video.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So the virtual worlds that we know are now serving us in ways of gaming, which they always have. But now expanding that, that whole gaming idea and bringing it into retail. And they launched this year, I believe, Harry Potter, which is a cool game. We heard from Alvin Wang Graylin from HTC talking about 2021 and beyond.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So the virtual worlds that we know are now serving us in ways of gaming, which they always have. But now expanding that, that whole gaming idea and bringing it into retail. And they launched this year, I believe, Harry Potter, which is a cool game. We heard from Alvin Wang Graylin from HTC talking about 2021 and beyond.

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