The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

This week has mostly been in the sign of Oculus, with many news and updates from the brand controlled by Facebook. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap 2 is coming in Q1 2022. Even if most of this roundup will be about Oculus, I have decided to put another brand on top of it and it is Magic Leap.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

Oculus Go price cut down to $150. Facebook has permanently cut down the price of the Oculus Go to $150 , the same price that made it sell incredibly well on Amazon during the Cyber Monday. More info (Oculus Go price cut) More info (Xiaomi laying off the team dedicated to Go). Top news of the week. Image by Engadget).

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Why Facebook and Amazon have joined the race to bring computing to your face. — Facebook and Amazon each discussed computer glasses at launch events this week. — Amazon’s approach is to get a lightweight product out now, while Facebook is promising advanced technology in a few years. by Kif Leswing, CNBC, 9/29/19.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 30, 2020

The worlds of virtual and augmented reality have yet to land on the applications and hardware to truly spark mass-market, consumer interest in the space, but in the meantime, a startup building mixed reality services for business users has raised a round of funding, underscoring the opportunity in enterprise.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

This has been the week of the OC6, but, believe it or not, I have been able to find some other interesting news that don’t regard Oculus. Image by Oculus). Oculus bets on Oculus Quest at OC6. Well, the top news of the week is, of course, the Oculus Connect 6. Do you want to read them? Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Facebook has started today enforcing the “Facebook login” rule , asking Oculus users to merge their Facebook and Oculus accounts. So I imagine a Quest 2 where you can avoid having a Facebook account, but you can’t use the Oculus Store, or all the most important apps and games , and so you are de facto forced to use it.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Oculus devices will require a Facebook login. The enormous piece of news of the week is tha t Facebook has communicated that from October, 20th, all people that want to use an Oculus device for personal use will have to use their personal Facebook account to log in. Top news of the week. Image by Tweakanalogy). The same on Twitter.

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Robert Scoble

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Mark Zuckerberg talks about the future of VR and AR at Facebook’s recent Oculus Connect conference. Mark Zuckerberg has been talking a lot about augmented reality and investing a lot, too. “Mixed reality,” “extended reality,” or something else that some marketer will come along with.

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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. The ‘Orion’ project still exists but is a far more advanced AR device along the lines of Magic Leap One or HoloLens 2.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2020

This has been the week of the launch of the Oculus Quest 2, and this event has been so big that basically, it will take half of this roundup to describe. Facebook releases the Oculus Quest 2. Even if with the Quest 1 was possible to play Oculus Go games, this support has been abandoned on the Quest 2. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

In the interview with me, he talked about many topics, like the rumors he heard on Apple Glasses, on the Oculus Quest 2 , the America vs China war, XR entrepreneurship, Tesla, and more! But of course, the technology is still not there: the Oculus Quest is still uncomfortable, we can’t read texts in it, and so on.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

I’m honestly not that convinced by this feature , having seen similar features for PCVR headsets (Oculus Rift Home, SteamVR Home) never gaining ground, but maybe with Quest will be different. Amazon now offers the possibility to try-on shoes in AR on its app. Cosmonius High is releasing a new update with lots of accessibility options.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

That is the basis for the new Apple and is important for a range of new products, from robots that will do things around your house, to cars that will drive you around, to augmented and virtual reality products that will bring new kinds of games and experiences to all of us. Just get Amazon’s latest iPhone app. Disclaimer.

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VRWorld

APRIL 28, 2017

Since Magic Leap’s inception in 2011, there has been great innovation in the technology sector focused in the virtual reality (VR)/augmented reality (AR)/mixed reality (MR) space with Magic Leap trying to create a new hardware interface designs. Enter Magic Leap.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

It doesn’t seem to be on par with the Oculus Quest 2, but as a first device by Nolo, it is not that bad. A decent budget for Microsoft and Facebook… but something impossible for companies like HTC or Magic Leap (do you remember when we all thought that $2.5B Magic Leap partners with AMD for its next-generation device.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It’s been called the AR Cloud by many, the Magicverse by Magic Leap, the Mirrorworld by Wired, the Cyberverse by Huawei, Planet-scale AR by Niantic and Spatial Computing by academics. An Apple AR headset has been a mainstay of the rumor mills for several years, and we expect Facebook to be creating an AR Oculus device.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

It is no mystery that Apple is currently the best mobile augmented reality company, and the latest update to ARKit confirms this. 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. Apple ARKit 3.5

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Once computers understand space, we can use these informed computers to edit our real world by placing digital objects and information in it and view this all through a transparent digital screen like smart glasses or even our smartphone: this is Augmented Reality or AR. Augmented Reality ads are not new. Source: Ikea.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

He has more than 15 years experience in augmented reality. And during that time — when computers for AR glasses were still carried in large backpacks — Björn holds a PhD in industrial augmented reality as a serial entrepreneur. That’s how we did augmented reality 15, 20 years ago.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

He has more than 15 years experience in augmented reality. And during that time — when computers for AR glasses were still carried in large backpacks — Björn holds a PhD in industrial augmented reality as a serial entrepreneur. That’s how we did augmented reality 15, 20 years ago.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

He creates and oversees interactive reports and segments, including virtual and augmented reality, eSports, mobile games, and he’s really amazing at pulling together all the data that businesses are using to make real business decisions, on where to invest their capital. And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

He creates and oversees interactive reports and segments, including virtual and augmented reality, eSports, mobile games, and he’s really amazing at pulling together all the data that businesses are using to make real business decisions, on where to invest their capital. So they’re… [chuckles].

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Additionally, founding the Upload Academy, a VR/AR developer training program, which graduated its first class in August with a number of success stories including Found – a gorgeous Miyazaki-esque narrative experience created by four of our students which was recently recognized on stage during the Oculus Connect Keynote. January 2016.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

He creates and oversees interactive reports and segments, including virtual and augmented reality, eSports, mobile games, and he's really amazing at pulling together all the data that businesses are using to make real business decisions, on where to invest their capital. So they're. Or it's going to take some more time?

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 4, 2019

She is a global adviser for the Virtual and Augmented Reality Association, and a leading voice in the VR space. So, I think you have an incredible insight as to this, and your book, Marketing New Realities. The book is really in-depth, as to the ways you can use virtual and augmented reality. Cathy: For sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 4, 2019

She is a global adviser for the Virtual and Augmented Reality Association, and a leading voice in the VR space. So, I think you have an incredible insight as to this, and your book, Marketing New Realities. The book is really in-depth, as to the ways you can use virtual and augmented reality. Cathy: For sure.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2018

First of all , I learned a lot from the people talking before and after me : some of them were from EBU or from Amazon and Sky… so, as you can see, we are talking about people that know well what they say and from which I could only learn interesting things. Amazon Sumerian characters.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Alan: Today's guest is Cameron Ayres, the director of innovation at Sector 5 Digital, a digital agency specializing in augmented reality and virtual reality applications for the enterprise. That's where virtual reality, and augmented reality, and a lot of other different media come into play.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Alan: Today's guest is Cameron Ayres, the director of innovation at Sector 5 Digital, a digital agency specializing in augmented reality and virtual reality applications for the enterprise. That's where virtual reality, and augmented reality, and a lot of other different media come into play.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 28, 2019

Oculus Quest and controllers (Image by Oculus). Oculus is updating its Rift S and Quest offering. This has been an interesting week of news and updates for Oculus’s flagship devices. And finally, Oculus has deployed a new update to remove the annoying “Static Flash” bug that was taunting Rift S users.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Alan: Today's guest is Cameron Ayres, the director of innovation at Sector 5 Digital, a digital agency specializing in augmented reality and virtual reality applications for the enterprise. That's where virtual reality, and augmented reality, and a lot of other different media come into play.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Alan: Today's guest is Cameron Ayres, the director of innovation at Sector 5 Digital, a digital agency specializing in augmented reality and virtual reality applications for the enterprise. That's where virtual reality, and augmented reality, and a lot of other different media come into play.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

After having written my predictions for virtual reality in 2020 , let’s see what will be the trends for this year in augmented reality. Let me be very honest: I’m not expecting that much from this year in augmented reality. My duck-face while wearing Magic Leap One glasses.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

When the first consumer version of the Oculus Rift was launched in the spring, it was disappointingly bundled with a Microsoft Xbox controller – and we’ve eagerly been awaiting the native Touch Controllers. The Touch controllers feel like little magical half-doughnuts and are smooth and intuitive. MAGIC LEAP’S CONTROVERSY.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Everyone of us already knew that Gear VR was a platform almost abandoned when Oculus announced the Oculus Go. Anyway, officially, both Samsung and Oculus have continued at least to support it. Original image by Oculus). Xiaomi disbands the Mi VR team, with unknown effects on Oculus Go. Gear VR is dead.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2019

The past week has been the week of the E3, and we had an insane amount of news regarding new upcoming Virtual Reality content, especially for the Oculus Quest! But even more important, at E3 it has showcased a new 360 mode for the Oculus Quest. Oculus has made various statements about the Quest. More info (Falcon Age VR).

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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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