Upload VR

MARCH 1, 2024

Meta has been working on it for at least seven years, as it first arrived in 2018's Oculus Go. Google + Lenovo’s Standalone Daydream VR Headset, Mirage Solo, Is On Sale Now For $399 Oculus Go isn’t the only major standalone VR headset launching this week: Lenovo’s Mirage Solo just went on sale too.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

And the number is also that big because Facebook had no hardware department, so it had to create everything from scratch (i.e. Apple already made hardware, so it already had the infrastructure to build it and just added XR people on top of this infrastracture, while Facebook could not). Apple AR headset may have been delayed to 2025.

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ARVR

JANUARY 10, 2022

And that demand was given a place to go when Oculus Quest 2 launched. Oculus Quest 2 grows to 35 percent of SteamVR headset usage. Accenture orders record 60,000 Oculus headsets. billion in 2025. Our research arm, ARtillery Intelligence, estimated in November that Oculus Quest sold almost 1.4 million players.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Langzou VR in education, VR Waibao in collaboration tools) and other on hardware (e.g. Since VR is only now starting to grow worldwide and it is not a mature technology yet (it lacks proper hardware and content), there is an opportunity for China to enter this growing field and become a worldwide leader in innovating the technology.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

There was (and still is) quite a good hype for these headsets, exactly as there was hype for what was Oculus Santa Cruz, the codename of the Oculus Quest. The device will be available next year only in the US, then at the end of the year in other countries (like the UK), making me think that a more global rollout may happen in 2025.

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VRScout

AUGUST 29, 2021

What’s exciting about HeadOffice.Space is that it is interoperable, flexible, and accessible across multiple platforms, with Mac, iOS, Android, Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard, and Oculus Quest support currently in development. 73% of teams will have remote workers by 2028 ( Upwork ).

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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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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

An internal email reportedly sent by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to senior executives offers a glimpse into the strategic thinking behind the company’s feet-first leap into XR following the 2014 acquisition of Oculus. Facebook turned heads across the tech industry and beyond when it acquired Oculus for some $2 billion in 2014.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 19, 2021

billion in content revenue by 2025?—? Inside this growing VR market, the headset that is selling the most is the Oculus Quest 2. More info (PwC research) More info (Steam Hardware Survey) More info (Counterpoint Research) More info (Moss and Gorn selling more than 1M units). Facebook totals now 60.2%

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Oculus plans to introduce in-app purchases to App Lab experiences. Oculus App Lab has been introduced by Facebook to give a way to indie developers to publish their applications for Quest without the need of passing Facebook’s strong store curation. Plus, the Netflix app has been in VR since the times of Gear VR/Oculus Go.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Called Cities: VR, it will bring the city-building and management simulation to Oculus Quest 2 in Spring 2022; Polyarc has confirmed that is working on Book 2 for Moss and expects to release it for PSVR in Spring 2022. Oculus Quest and Vive Focus 3 get interesting updates. News worth a mention. Image by HTC).

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ARVR

JANUARY 25, 2021

billion by 2025, while others are more conservative, expecting the value to be at no more than $22.5 Some of the most popular VR brands like the HTC Vive and Oculus already offer controllers because they offer users tactile feedback. Some predict that the VR market will reach $87.97

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Facebook has been working in the augmented reality (AR) space for several years now, that’s no secret, but it hasn’t revealed any actual hardware at the moment. CNBC reports the project is codenamed ‘Orion’, with an estimated launch taking place sometime between 2023 and 2025.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 17, 2023

While many of Facebook’s properties retained their original branding, the “Oculus” brand, previously acquired by Facebook in 2014, adopted the new name. Is Meta Quest the Same as Oculus Quest? Oculus was initially founded in 2012 by a group of independent developers and hardware enthusiasts.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

The glasses, codenamed Orion, should be made to replace smartphones and are slated for a release date of 2023–2025, that seems very reasonable, considering that no present tech is able to create truly consumer AR. The Oculus Connect 6 is coming! All of this seems cool, but also very confused. Other relevant news.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 21, 2018

A quick guess would be 2025.”. Pimax, Vive, Oculus and StarVR are all pioneering new technologies and gearing up for their 2 nd generation hardware. By the way, how did you meet and bring over Joel Burgess, Winifred Phillips, Max Preussner, and Lawrence Nelson? From the start, I wanted to create a new type of studio.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 16, 2017

Newzoo forecasts global virtual reality and augmented reality will generate $569 billion by 2025. And gamers will be a big part of that revenue, with projections of spending $100 billion on VR hardware by 2018. When you look at the gaming landscape, the only thing as “hot “as eSports is virtual reality. Record-Breaking Numbers.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

2020 has been a good year for the sales of VR devices : Half-Life Alyx and the launch of the Quest 2 have created a big spike in the sales of VR hardware and software. I expect all these trends to continue in 2021, for a year that will see the growth of the technology on all its sides (software and hardware).

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I’m thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE — first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now — and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, “well, this is ready for prime time.” And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I’m thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE — first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now — and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, “well, this is ready for prime time.” And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I'm thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE -- first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now -- and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, "well, this is ready for prime time." Making sure the hardware is simple, unobtrusive, and acts naturally and feels natural.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

Waiting until now would mean that next VR game by Valve would come out in 2024–2025… do you really think they don’t want to make the ecosystem to grow now? Oculus Quest is available again in some countries. In some countries (not US), Oculus Quest and Rift S have got back in stock. Oculus rolls out runtime v15 for Quest.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Varag: Yes, so Clay's-- we're hardware agnostic. So we feel -- like you said -- this is software that really needs to be optimized for the hardware that it's working on. I was looking at 2025 for ubiquitous AR glasses. And then-- Varag: Especially because every maker has got to print hardware make-up, in a sense.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Varag: Yes, so Clay's-- we're hardware agnostic. So we feel -- like you said -- this is software that really needs to be optimized for the hardware that it's working on. I was looking at 2025 for ubiquitous AR glasses. Varag: Especially because every maker has got to print hardware make-up, in a sense. It's pretty quick.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Varag: Yes, so Clay's-- we're hardware agnostic. So we feel -- like you said -- this is software that really needs to be optimized for the hardware that it's working on. I was looking at 2025 for ubiquitous AR glasses. Varag: Especially because every maker has got to print hardware make-up, in a sense. It's pretty quick.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So the two different components about that, one being the resource guide, just starting to learn about how to meet as an avatar, which hardware to use, the accessibility challenges that are out there and really writing. The hardware is just accelerating at an insane pace, because you got to remember, exponential growth is exponential.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So the two different components about that, one being the resource guide, just starting to learn about how to meet as an avatar, which hardware to use, the accessibility challenges that are out there and really writing. The hardware is just accelerating at an insane pace, because you got to remember, exponential growth is exponential.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So the two different components about that, one being the resource guide, just starting to learn about how to meet as an avatar, which hardware to use, the accessibility challenges that are out there and really writing. The hardware is just accelerating at an insane pace, because you got to remember, exponential growth is exponential.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2019

I mean, if you look at the latest batch of VR headsets, the capabilities of something like the Oculus Quest, and what you get for that price bracket, it’s just unbelievable just how far it’s gone, because I still look back to case studies from places like the Virtual Human Interaction Lab at Stanford.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2019

I mean, if you look at the latest batch of VR headsets, the capabilities of something like the Oculus Quest, and what you get for that price bracket, it’s just unbelievable just how far it’s gone, because I still look back to case studies from places like the Virtual Human Interaction Lab at Stanford.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2019

I mean, if you look at the latest batch of VR headsets, the capabilities of something like the Oculus Quest, and what you get for that price bracket, it's just unbelievable just how far it's gone, because I still look back to case studies from places like the Virtual Human Interaction Lab at Stanford. trillion dollars!".

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2019

I mean, if you look at the latest batch of VR headsets, the capabilities of something like the Oculus Quest, and what you get for that price bracket, it’s just unbelievable just how far it’s gone, because I still look back to case studies from places like the Virtual Human Interaction Lab at Stanford.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

While on the topic of acquisitions Facebooks takeover of Oculus initially was somewhat hostile with internal disputes between Oculus founders and Zuckerberg and his leadership team. On the surface it would appear that VR / AR adoption is rising steadily.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

I can’t guarantee that these predictions will come out to be true (I always joke about the fact that I miss many of the predictions about Meta/Oculus), but I think they will be worth reading anyway to understand what can be the trends to look for in this new year. Me wearing my branded Oculus Quest 2. So… let’s start!

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