The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

This week has been the week of the Oculus Connect 6 , the biggest yearly event by Oculus where the VR company announces all its most important news, both on hardware and software sides. But now, in this article, it is time to go deeper. Oculus Link. You can even access to Oculus Home and Dash. Let’s start!

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Anyway, I will keep you posted about that in a dedicated article! Everyone of us already knew that Gear VR was a platform almost abandoned when Oculus announced the Oculus Go. Original image by Oculus). Xiaomi disbands the Mi VR team, with unknown effects on Oculus Go. Top news of the week. Image by Samsung).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

This week we had no big news from Facebook, but in the communities, the theme of the Facebook login for the Oculus Quest 2 remains pretty hot. Some people have already abandoned the Oculus ship, but many have still bought the Quest 2, that in fact is already backordered by several weeks in some countries (e.g. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. But I guess there were some legal reasons for that.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

You can read some of my hands-on articles on my blog (e.g. This can be a fantastic feature for concierge services for hotels, restaurants, or similar structures (it reminds a bit of what Amazon Sumerian tried to offer some months ago, and that my friend Eloi exploited well ). News worth a mention. Image by Meta).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

Oculus Quest gets v29 update. This week Facebook has started rolling out the v29 runtime update for Oculus Quest , and it brings some interesting features like: Multi-user mode on the original Quest 1 A renewed UI of the “toolbar” of the device. More info (Google Starline announcement) More info (Google Starline article on Wired).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2020

The real question is: what about headsets that don’t rely on PC like the Oculus Quest or the Vive Focus Plus ? Interface to pair your Oculus Quest application to your bHaptics suit in VR. After having read this article until this chapter, you are probably intrigued by the bHaptics suit. Oculus Quest.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Emily: Ok, I wish I were productive enough to write multiple articles a week. And there were all these headlines, “Glasshole” articles. It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they’re pivoting to enterprise. But there’s a lot going on. This year is also EWTS’s biggest expo. Emily: Yes.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Emily: Ok, I wish I were productive enough to write multiple articles a week. And there were all these headlines, “Glasshole” articles. It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they’re pivoting to enterprise. But there’s a lot going on. This year is also EWTS’s biggest expo. Emily: Yes.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Emily: Ok, I wish I were productive enough to write multiple articles a week. And there were all these headlines, “Glasshole” articles. It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they're pivoting to enterprise. But there's a lot going on. It was 2015, right after Google Glass, quote/unquote failed.

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