The Ghost Howls

MAY 2, 2022

More info (Meta’s reported financials) More info (Some graphs on Meta’s financials) More info (Meta may have to slow down some investments) More info (All the official financial numbers by Meta) More info (Zuck commenting Meta’s strategy) More info (11–12M Quests estimate). Image by HTC Vive). Other relevant news. Image by Snap).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

The release date should have been early 2024, but it seems that the Korean company has informed its suppliers that this date may have been moved forward of “one to two quarters”. As for Meta, while he appreciated the efforts of the people working there, he said that doesn’t agree much with its strategy.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 4, 2024

Inkang Song, the Vice President and Head of the Technology Strategy Team at Samsung Electronics noted: Samsung is thrilled to collaborate with Qualcomm Technologies and Google in revolutionizing the mobile industry once more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 27, 2023

Given our increased capital investments in recent years, we expect depreciation expenses in 2024 to increase by a larger amount than in 2023. As others scale up their metaverse efforts, companies like Apple, HTC VIVE, and Pico will also face similar headwinds, depending on their level of preparedness.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Slightly slower teams have been known to beat faster teams by using better teamwork and strategy. The Vive Pro Eye just launched by HTC at CES (Image by HTC). e-Sports is also planned to be a demonstration sport for the Paris Olympics in 2024. What are the software and hardware platform used by HADO?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The great news for Meta is that since it is a strong partner with Qualcomm, it will have exclusively the chipset for around 6 months, so competitors that use the same system can only arrive in 2024. not also available on Quest 2) until 2024. The main important news regarding games has been IMHO: The launch of Roblox on Quest Store.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2022

The startup plans to scale its content creation, releasing new VR concerts weekly by 2024 to both in-theater and at-home viewers. Creating multiplayer interactions is a good strategy to foster more immersion in the experience, but I think that there is the need of more meaningful interactions and a better user experience.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 18, 2023

To replace the device in current markets, Apple aims to release a mixed reality (MR) headset at a cheaper price from 2024 to 2025. Additionally, the company must incorporate its M-series chips while other more established firms, including Meta, Microsoft, HTC VIVE, and others can leverage Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Series of headsets.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I mean, it sort of makes more sense to me that, as long as the prices for the headsets are lingering up pretty high — like the Cosmos from HTC, the brand new one, it’ll be an $800 purchase. Dean: And I think more critical are these more foundational companies, like Facebook and Valve and HTC. Dean: Yeah, I think.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I mean, it sort of makes more sense to me that, as long as the prices for the headsets are lingering up pretty high — like the Cosmos from HTC, the brand new one, it’ll be an $800 purchase. Dean: And I think more critical are these more foundational companies, like Facebook and Valve and HTC. Dean: Yeah, I think.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I mean, it sort of makes more sense to me that, as long as the prices for the headsets are lingering up pretty high -- like the Cosmos from HTC, the brand new one, it'll be an $800 purchase. Dean: And I think more critical are these more foundational companies, like Facebook and Valve and HTC. Alan: HTC's got their enterprise division.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I mean, it sort of makes more sense to me that, as long as the prices for the headsets are lingering up pretty high — like the Cosmos from HTC, the brand new one, it’ll be an $800 purchase. Dean: And I think more critical are these more foundational companies, like Facebook and Valve and HTC. Dean: Yeah, I think.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Part of all of this is merit of Jeri (Image by HTC). Compare that to the HTC Vive that has like 40 giant infrared lights that strobe constantly to synchronize everything and spinning lasers with infrared light… and then the Kinect that has this huge laser illumination system, so those systems work totally different than ours.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 10, 2024

A few years ago I was interviewing Alvin Wang Graylin , the HTC Executive (or “Mister President” as I like to call him), and we were talking about the book Our Next Reality he’s written together with Louis Rosenberg. privacy and manipulation risks for XR) and think about the strategies to prevent them.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

The product is still being built, and the expected release date is 2024. I think that Zuck is now all-in with XR, and all these games are not relevant to Facebook’s current strategy, so the deal has not been completed. HTC discounts its headsets.

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