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APRIL 19, 2019

Large online retailers such as Amazon US , Best Buy , Target , Walmart and NewEgg are all sold out of the $80 full set, which includes Nintendo Labo software, VR headset, Wind Pedal, Camera, Elephant, Bird, and Blaster. If you can’t wait, Italy’s Amazon.it and the UK’s Amazon.co.uk Image courtesy Nintendo.

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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. Touch Pro controllers will also be available for Quest 2 owners later this year for $300. If you’re an existing Quest owner you won’t have to re-buy content.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

After a few days where we thought we were all living in a big oven, here in Italy we’re having the first taste of Autumn, with the temperatures going down and a lot of rain falling from the sky. The unboxing shows that the device has a very simple packaging, which includes both the headset and the controllers. in the reviews!

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Probably I should tell you that I was busy with VR projects, but the truth is that I have been celebrating a lot lately, especially the recent victory of Italy in the Euro 2020 soccer championship. It doesn’t have controllers (you just use your hands), but you can buy external controllers by Finch to use with it.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2024

It was also the week when I returned to Italy, and eating my mother’s pasta again made me excited, too. The past week was the week of the Meta Connect, with all its amazing announcements that made all of us excited. Next year, I should eat my mother’s pasta while watching the Meta Connect to have double excitement!

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Facebook already had full control of my Oculus and Facebook accounts, so it had already my XR data. That’s why Avi Bar-Zeev in a tweet on this topic talked about “the illusion of control” of our data : actually, Facebook already had it all. Zuckerberg wrote in a letter some years ago that he wants full control of the XR platform.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 24, 2018

The HTC Vive Pro page on Amazon US. This means that the purchase options for the Pro are these ones: Headset only (so that you can use it with your already existing Vive 1 lighthouse and controllers): $799. Headset + v1 Lighthouse and controllers: $1099 (limited offer). Headset + v2 Lighthourse and controllers: $1399.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2022

It’s curious that actually in Italy we celebrate this in March… but who cares, whenever is the day, it’s always good to celebrate our daddies I’ll be very upfront with you: this week in XR has been very boring, so you won’t find super-news here below, but there are some interesting things that have happened in our ecosystem anyway.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The damn coronavirus continues to impact all our lives: the fact that many countries are applying restrictions on flights to and from Italy is, for example, creating various nuisances to my job. Coronavirus impacts headsets production and kills F8 and GDC. So bad, because I was planning to go there in March. More info Buy it now!

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

with Amazon Prime. Regarding the design, I personally like the design that makes the headset look faceted like a crystal , even if I don’t like that much the combination of black and violet colors… here in Italy, these are usually the colors of funerals, so they don’t make it that happy. So, some features have to be sacrificed.

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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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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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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). Amazon Glow is a video projector for kids. Amazon has just announced Glow, a product to make people interact and play with children remotely. Microsoft X-Rings is a controllers that can change its shape.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Some will also feature tracked controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2019

Is that VR event in the mountains of Italy really a good opportunity? Here on my blog I am experimenting with different income sources (Patreon, Adsense, Amazon Affiliate, Sponsored Posts, etc…). We are developing the game HitMotion because I asked HTC to try the 6DOF controllers devkit for the Focus.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

If you will be in Italy, please come visiting me! Image from Amazon). Oculus provides some details on controllers tracking. In a new blog post, Oculus gives some more technical details on how it is able to create such an effective controllers tracking. The hype is rising…. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

Or better, I can imagine who can be the names and they are all the big monoliths: Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon , etc… Only companies of this size could afford selling a good headset under cost and at the same time attract enough developers to publish VR games on their own new stores. Pico Neo Eye 2 and controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Today is a special day in Italy when families prepare the Christmas Tree, so I decided to publish a very special post that is a big gift to the whole XR community. I even hope some big brands can take inspiration from some of the features he has introduced in the Caliper controllers. Image by Rob Cole). Introduction.

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AUGUST 2, 2023

He added that users could control icons with their gaze, which had “effectively replaced the mouse.” Rather, it provided consumers with 3D menus controllable with gestures, voice recognition, eye tracking, and other biometric inputs. Those days are totally gone and will never come back.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Top news of the week (Image by Meta) There are new leaks on Meta Quest 3S This week we had new leaks on Quest 3S, including many images of the headset and its controllers and some leaked information on the Quest documentation website. A Creator Platform for next-gen to ‘Socialize.’

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 28, 2019

and this is good from one side, but stressful on others… much thanks to air conditioning to make me survive in that oven that is Italy in these days!). controllers-only) still have longer waiting times , but the situation is changing from them as well. Oculus Quest and controllers (Image by Oculus). The other kits (e.g.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 14, 2020

the USB cable for Oculus Link) and the (rechargeable) batteries for the controllers. If you don’t have enough of this stuff, Amazon is your friend. There are lots of grants around, and here we can participate in some research grants offered by Italy or European Union.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2024

Unluckily, probably I won’t be able to get the Apple Vision Pro, first of all, because I’m in Italy, and second because it would be a pretty hefty investment for me to buy a Vision Pro and a Mac to develop for it. I so asked an opinion to the community, and this sparked a huge constructive debate about the topic which is worth reading.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Watch it in my unboxing video: My unboxing of the headset The great thing here is that as soon as you pull the little handle, the box automatically opens like a surprise gift , unveiling the headset and the controller. Meta wants this way to democratize Mixed Reality. Will it succeed in this mission?

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 25, 2022

The game should be called Assassin’s Creed Nexus and feature 16 missions including the most famous assassins: the first leaked one has been Ezio who will perform a mission in Italy, but there should be also Ezio, Kassandra, Connor, and Haytham. Even a boxing game like Liteboxer is now possible without controllers! Image by Amazon).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

I’m still here in the US for some days after having attended AWE, planning to meet some interesting people before heading back to Italy. Automatic translation of 2D web UI elements onto a spatial control panel when an experience is accessed on a VR or AR headset. You can read some of my hands-on articles on my blog (e.g.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2020

It’s the day in which in Italy we prepare the Christmas tree and I send an enormous hug to all my family. It is so dead that this week: Half-Life: Alyx has surpassed the 2M downloads; Quest 2 has had huge sales and now Oculus controls more than 53% of the headsets on Steam; 1.9% Top news of the week. Image by Respawn Entertainment).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2020

A final mention goes to the fact that now it is summer and here in Italy it is quite hot. bHaptics devices are already available through bHaptics website or through official resellers like Amazon. Luckily, if you find the right fit this doesn’t happen. My HTC Vive with installed in the TACTAL facemask. Price and availability.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Resolution (per-eye) : 1,832 × 1,920 LCD Refresh Rate: 90Hz Processor : Snapdragon XR2 RAM : 6GB Battery Life : 2–3 hours Controllers’ battery life : 4x the one of the Quest Field of View : Same of Quest IPD Adjust : 58mm, 63mm, 68mm Weight : 503g Storage : 64GB or 256GB Connectivity : Bluetooth/Wi-Fi 6. Let’s dig a bit into it.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

Jokes apart, before starting, let me send a big hug to all of you that are in quarantine because of the coronavirus and thank all the people that in these days have cared about me after having heard the sad news about Italy (Simon, David, Daniel, Suzie, Mark… John that has been so kind… Sebastian, and many others!). Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 16, 2020

Someway, Dino Audino , which is basically the Bruce Springsteen of film teaching books publishing in Italy (they released fundamental books from academics like Vogel, Katz as well as popular directors such as Maurizio Nichetti), knew about me and we met in Rome. It will be available on Amazon soon. Then you have to study the location.

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