Road to VR

MAY 24, 2022

As first reported by GMW3 , Magic Leap appears to be flushing excess stock of the 2018-era AR headset via the Amazon-owned online retailer Woot. . The listing ( find it here ) is for a brand new Magic Leap 1, including the headset’s hip-worn compute unit and single controller. Haptics: LRA Haptic Device.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

The HTC VIVE (yes, they now capitalize all the letters in VIVE) is getting itself in front of millions of new online shoppers perusing the virtual aisles of Amazon. The post HTC VIVE VR Headset Now Available on Amazon appeared first on VRScout. Exposing this $800 VR platform to millions of new buyers in North America.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 20, 2020

Gamers are used to haptic feedback in their controllers, rumbling away to indicate actions. When it comes to virtual reality (VR), haptic feedback can make an experience even more engaging, especially when this involves the entire body. sound channel. channel and stereo sound system.

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VRScout

MAY 26, 2021

The unique VR movement accessory is now available on Amazon alongside support for new games and apps. In the early days of modern VR, navigating throughout a virtual environment meant operating a standard joystick located on your motion controller. Today, the company announced that U.S. If you miss it, no worries.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 26, 2022

2x) Touch Pro Controllers – The new Touch Pro controllers feature an upgraded haptics system, rechargeable batteries, improved ergonomics, and built-in sensors for advanced tracking. (2x) The case fits one Quest Pro headset, two Touch Pro controllers, and a few other cables and accessories. Premium Accessories.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Two LCD displays boasting quantum dot technology offer crisp, colorful visuals made even better by the company’s local dimming technology, which controls 500 LED blocks to deliver 75% more contrast. The Controllers. The Quest Pro features a new set of self-tracking controllers. The result is sharp, clean visuals.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 22, 2021

Nintendo Switch Pro Controller | $59 | Amazon Nintendo Switch Pro Controller | $60 | Best Buy Read more.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Wondering what Amazon’s videogame development engine, Lumberyard, can do for VR? Lumberyard might not be the most prominent engine in the industry right now, but Amazon is trying to build momentum, especially on the VR side. The demo is set in a room filled with boxes that you can use controllers to realistically throw.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 2, 2022

SAVE $10 WITH PRIME: Amazon Prime members can get a Nintendo Switch Lite on sale for just $189.99 (normally $199.99) through Woot as of March 2. As of March 2, Woot has a limited-time deal where Amazon Prime members can save $10 on the Nintendo Switch Lite , which brings its price down to $189.99. That's a rare discount of about 5%.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

base stations) Controllers : Vive Wands. But this device got also some criticism: first of all , HTC has not released new controllers and still sells it with the old Wands. 749 for just the headset, $1399 for the full bundle with the headset, wands controllers, and base stations. technology (with support for Steam VR 1.0

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 19, 2024

The Meta Quest Pro has numerous optional accessories from Amazon, the Meta online store, and other vendors. This price includes Meta’s more advanced “Touch Plus” controllers, eliminating the tracking rings from the Quest 2 versions. When the Quest Pro was first launched, it had a price tag of around $1,499.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

3 hours in active use Controllers : Two AA batteries, which last about 80 hours in active use Connectivity : Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.1, Controllers. Pico 4 Controller (Image by Pico). I was the first one to tease the controllers of Pico 4, and they are exactly how I described them in my dedicated post. Computational power.

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VRScout

MAY 20, 2018

Madison Square Garden Company teases an ambitious 18,000-seat venue wrapped inside a 170,000-square-foot LED sphere capable of various haptic feedback. We are going to employ a haptic flooring system that will create vibrations that when you are riding atop a Harley, you’ll feel the pistons pumping,” adds Dolan.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Today I host another amazing article by the VR ergonomics expert Rob Cole , which has already written on this blog amazing posts, like the series about the ergonomics of the Valve Index or the viral article about the amazing Caliper VR controllers he worked on by himself. Image provided by Rob Cole). Second-generation base station (2.0)

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GizModo VR

JUNE 10, 2021

Swappable batteries mean your rechargeable gaming controller isn’t knocked out of commission for a few hours when the battery dies, but that also means you’ll have to disconnect from a console for a few moments to pop in a fresh one. OtterBox’s new Power Swap Controller Batteries can be swapped in and out… Read more. Or does it?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The new controller, the Touch Plus, seems also to track very well, and has the interesting feature that they have better tracking performances than Quest 2 ones around the torso of the player. This new model has new cool styles and features improved battery life, all for $269.99.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

Overall, augmented reality brings robust capabilities to solutions across multiple modalities — visual, auditory, haptic, somatosensory, and olfactory. For example, in 2019, Amazon extended Alexa features to pair with headphones and earbuds. Opportunities for Hearables: Key Driving Factors.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 25, 2022

My impression is that this is a controlled leak from Meta itself: they couldn’t announce anything official at the Gaming Showcase, they saw the community was complaining about it, and so they released an unofficial leak, that totally BY CHANCE can only show a menu and not the gameplay. Image by Amazon). GPU prices are going down.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

Only a minimum of the data should be shared with the online servers and most of them should be handled locally; the applications and the communications should be secure; the user must have all the control among what data of his/hers gets shared and what not. Amazon acquires Umbra. Amazon has just acquired the Finnish company Umbra.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

This included everything from a custom spray can VR controller for more accurate VR graffiti, to a real firehouse used to train firefighters on the cheap. There’s even new haptic feedback functionality for a satisfying feeling of kick-back. via Amazon. Hyper Blaster Bundle. Pre-orders are up now! Racket Sports Set Bundle.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Moreover, the new offering has a more powerful chipset, an updated display, and even a unique set of sleek, ergonomic controllers. Compared to the Quest 2, the Quest 3 is better at mapping room spaces and has more advanced tracking solutions built into its controllers. But how exactly does the Quest 3 compare to the Quest 2?

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 15, 2023

According to a guy on Twitter that answered my post, Ultraleap should launch a new tracking controller this year. According to Upload VR, for instance, “in UK, it’s now available at GAME , Amazon UK , ShopTo , Currys , Argos and more. Maybe the time has come for a v3 sensor.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The puck of the Nimo runs on top of a Qualcomm Snapdragon XR 2 (Gen 1) and it is used both as a computation unit and as a controller. The book is coming in March, 2024, but can already be preordered on Amazon. The use case is similar to other systems that are becoming popular now: give the user a big virtual display in front of him.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 28, 2019

controllers-only) still have longer waiting times , but the situation is changing from them as well. Oculus Quest and controllers (Image by Oculus). when controllers will be close to the headset). The Rift S has been upgraded as well, and the tracking of the controllers has been improved together with the one of the Quest.

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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

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Vive Flow is a 6DOF headset that works with your Android phone as a 3DOF controller (hands tracking is coming in the future). Or some haptic accessories?). Amazon Glow is a video projector for kids. Amazon has just announced Glow, a product to make people interact and play with children remotely.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The headset shouldn’t feature controllers and should not be focused on games, which are the most common use case for XR. The headset is now fully devoted to PC VR and it integrates perfectly with SteamVR , so it can also be used with SteamVR controllers. The Peripheral is a new series on Amazon that has VR at its center.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The included new Touch Pro controllers are self-tracking, with three cameras and an onboard chipset, meaning tracking works in a full 360 degree range of motion. They have new features including three motors for precise haptics, index finger sensing, and a pressure-sensing thumb grip.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Thanks to the vaccines and the pandemic that seemed more or less under control, this seemed a possible scenario, and in-person successful events like AWE 2021 confirmed this hypothesis. The second one is a device that should be presented at CES: the OWO haptic suit. More info (Lick It Up TV) More info (Owo haptic suit).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The article talked about a headset shipping without controllers and aiming at the sweet price point of $200. Mark Gurman reiterated a similar rumor: he didn’t say that Meta will ship it without controllers, but just that it is evaluating also that option. The second is about interactions.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2024

There are wheels on the bottom of each of our boots, they’re motorized, they’re controlled. That gets to the tracking control side of things. A lot of the motor control and other aspects of the control system tightened up a lot. When you’re standing still, the wheels are standing still. Brad: Yes.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

The headset, a mixed reality device that’s centered around AR, notably excludes any kind of motion controller—the staple input method for every major XR headset on the market today. The headset has some wholly unique capabilities not seen on other consumer VR headsets, like eye-tracking, head-haptics, and adaptive triggers.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This time we will talk about haptics in XR with some celebrities in the field like Guido Gioioso from Weart, Ashley Huffman from TitanHaptics, and Joe Michaels from HaptX. Pimax Portal is a handheld console with detachable controllers , exactly like the Switch. The controllers can slip into a plastic shell with tracking rings.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2020

When you lift the lid, you find inside the headset and the controllers, together with a little white box and the glasses spacer. Oculus Quest 2 and controllers. To keep the price low, Facebook has removed: the fabric that covered the headset the internal part in fabric the gripping material on the controllers. Controllers.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 30, 2022

The creature is controlled by the user’s facial expressions, and “survives” by eating the emotions of other people. The solution also includes a VIVE tracker and haptic feedback technology, leading to a 10-15% improvement in cognitive function during learning experiences, and fantastic engagement. Respawn Entertainment and Unity.

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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. More info (Full conversation between the two) More info (No Quest Pro in 2021) More info (Quest 2 competing with Chromebooks) More info (Quest 2 controllers-free SKU) More info (Anti-sickness systems).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

Many great XR games are controlled by Meta. How can a new company create a new headset if all the manufacturers of displays are controlled by its potential future competitors? More info (XTAL 3 hands-on) More info (Haptic gloves hands-on). And it is a trend that is getting always worse. Vuforia has now a free tier.

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