The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by VRTUOLUO) A leak shows a prototype of the Samsung XR headset We finally have a leak of the Samsung headset that makes us see something about it. The report talks about Samsung wanting to target the $1000–2000 range, which in my opinion risks being neither expensive nor affordable.

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Upload VR

MARCH 1, 2024

Google reportedly asked Meta to partner and "contribute to" its upcoming XR platform, but Meta said no. That same year, Lenovo launched a standalone headset running Daydream, Google's own VR OS that included its Google Play Services, Play Store, Google apps, and VR core technology on top of AOSP.

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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.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 14, 2023

This week, reports emerged claiming that Chinese news publication Gyro Technology leaked the design specifications of Samsung’s upcoming MR headset. According to the leaks, Samsung’s MR device will cost roughly between $1000-$2000. Samsung’s Q2 net profits fell by 84.5 percent from last year to $1.4

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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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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

However, the Menlo Park-based firm appears to be ramping up its Horizon service leading into Connect 2023. Moreover, Meta may enhance the feature as it heads towards Connect 2023. Meta Connect 2023 Speaking of Horizon Worlds, Meta is once again partially hosting its Connect showcase event on the Metaverse platform.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 1, 2023

Industry conversation on the Metaverse and XR has also fuelled discussions across the Augmented World Expo (AWE) USA 2023. ” He explained that XR had become a thriving industry , transforming verticals such as healthcare, entertainment, education, and gaming. Such tools had “the potential to shape the future of humanity.”

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 21, 2023

After months of tinkering and testing, Project Iris, Google’s latest AR innovation, appears to be another “Google Glass Failure.” For years, Google has been toying with the idea of becoming a real competitor in the extended reality market. But for all its innovation and resources, Google’s AR ideas never really seem to pan out.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2024

More info (HTC Face Tracking add-on — Road To VR) More info (HTC Face Tracking add-on — Upload VR) Google lays off people in the AR Hardware division Like many tech companies lately, Google is performing a round of layoffs in its hardware teams. This does not mean that Google is not still committed to AR, though.

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Upload VR

MARCH 20, 2024

While Apple Vision Pro validated much of what Meta (formerly Facebook) did in VR over the last decade, the headset also echoes work under Google's umbrella at Job Simulator development studio Owlchemy Labs. In 2022, the studio teased its next project is a multiplayer game with hand tracking, later followed by a hand tracking tech demo.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 28, 2023

Given our increased capital investments in recent years, we expect depreciation expenses in 2024 to increase by a larger amount than in 2023. Samsung Revenue Drops This week, Samsung also revealed its Q2 earnings. The decline is due to various factors, one of which is a decrease in shipments of Samsung smartphones.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In the last couple of years, AR has experienced tremendous growth and popularity as big technology giants like Google, Amazon, Apple have adopted the technology. According to Statista , by 2023, there will be 1.4 The leading OEMs such as Samsung and Apple are expected to contribute to manufacturing more AR devices.

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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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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Picking up where we left off with Apple , Google and Bose’s hearables strategies, what’s the revenue outlook? We invented new AR audio-first game mechanics and audio interactions that open up exciting new areas of AR design,” said Xeo Design’s Nicole Lazzaro. billion in 2023. billion by 2023.

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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 31, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Roblox) Roblox Beta has been launched for Quest Some weeks ago I reported here the announcement by Meta about an upcoming launch of the popular gaming platform Roblox on Meta Quest. I think that the upcoming release of Quest 3, and the increasing rumors about Samsung are going to improve our situation even more.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2023

Oculus Home was a feature launched for the Oculus Rift CV1 that let people configure their own home with gadgets, collectibles, games, and much more, and then invite their friends there. Meta has silently ended support for Oculus Home on PC. In my opinion, it is not going to happen because it would have little sense… but never say never.

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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." Augmented Reality.

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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. This is huge because we know that Samsung is able to always deliver good hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2021

New Technology Walkers (NTW) has released on SideQuest a free demo of HitMotion: Reloaded, a fitness XR game that was already one of the launch titles of the Vive Focus Plus. In this game, you have to punch some targets very fast while dodging bars that attack you, for a very intense training experience. Absolutely not.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the enormous influence in the XR industry, VRTUOLUO has set up dozens of industry communities (such as the Industry Executives Association, VR Game Developers Community, VR Education Community, Financing and Investment Community, Offline Entertainment Group, etc.) and covered more than 80% of the XR pioneers as communities members.

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Upload VR

JUNE 9, 2023

Google chickened out , Microsoft got distracted , and it's totally understandable if you lost interest in VR when they did. 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. This is happening.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 17, 2023

The founder explained: So a lot of the AR apps and VR apps out there are built in programmes like Unity, that are meant to be cross-platform and while those work really well for video playback use cases and games, they’re dont for higher technology where things need to be super accurate. AR is very processor intensive. Apple does.

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ARPost

JUNE 15, 2020

According to Statista research , projects for 2023 place AR technology value at more than 18 billion US dollars, while mobile AR user growth should hit 2.4 Unity is an advanced game engine used in the development of augmented reality apps, especially gaming. Google ARCore. billion that same year. Unity Support.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

In it, the collaboration aimed to boost specifications for Meta’s upcoming mixed reality (MR) headset ahead of the Connect 2023 event in September. Yi Xu, Director of XR Technology, OPPO , unveiled at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) 2023 on 1 June. OPPO also launched two OPPO Air Glass products in recent years.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

This week, the analysts Ming-Chi Kuo has teased that Apple Glasses are coming in 2022 at the earliest (2022–2023 timeline). The rumors also talk about a headset coming in 2022 with AR/VR and another one coming in 2023 as a smartglass. Image by Epic Games). Unreal Engine 5 may change the rules of game development.

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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”. The console can also be inserted in a special case (a much improved version of Google Daydream View) to become a VR headset.

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Road to VR

JUNE 28, 2023

Google has reportedly shelved a multi-year project that sought to commercialize an AR headset, known as Project Iris. Provided the report is true, it appears Google will now need to rely on Samsung to compete with Meta and Apple in XR. Project Iris was said to ship as early as 2024.

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TechCrunch VR

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Despite short-term questions, games software/hardware to top $200 billion by 2023. Apple ARKit, Google ARCore ). Tim Merel is managing director of Digi-Capital. More posts by this contributor. VR/AR startup valuations reach $45 billion (on paper). Facebook Messenger , Instagram , TikTok , Snapchat , Line ). OS-based (e.g.

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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 - 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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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

A new, portable, gaming device that will interact with this 3D world. As they spin the lasers inside “cut up” the world into little virtual voxels (volumetric pixels, think of them as virtual cubes that you can see with Augmented Reality glasses — sort of like how Minecraft or, really, any video game works).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Facebook is reportedly working on its AR glasses (made with Luxottica) that should be released in 2023. It seems that the latest version creates some stuttering while playing VR games , and this is creating discomfort for some users and making the devices unusable for others. Top news of the week. Image by Facebook).

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

But AR/VR solutions are not limited to Google Glass, mobile apps for trying on shoes or accessories, and AR-based games. Visual augmented reality became mainstream with Pokemon Go (2016) and Snapchat filters, but its use cases are now moving beyond gaming and entertainment. Sponsored content. Sponsored by Softeq.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Earlier this month, Apple introduced plans to debut a new App Store for the Vision Pro that distributes services and games for the upcoming MR headset. ” In 2023, reports emerged highlighting how code in iOS version 13 suggests that users will soon be able to find AirTags via AR visualizations.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

More info (Sam Altman returns as CEO of OpenAI) More info (The Q* algorithm could be the reason why Altman was fired) News worth a mention Samsung trademarks “Samsung Glasses” Samsung has filed a trademark for “Samsung Glasses” in the UK. Who will it be… Sony or Meta?

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