The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 7, 2019

The first experience to have embedded eye tracking will be the “MLB Home Run Derby VR” video game experience, where users will have full menu control without using a traditional controller. Imagine the comfort of selecting things on a menu without having to move the controllers… I can’t wait to try it!

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Road to VR

MAY 8, 2017

VirZOOM , makers of VR arcade exercise games and the VirZOOM Bike Controller, recently announced a partnership with AMD that promises to provide the graphical horsepower to drive VirZOOM experiences in gyms and arcades, bringing their collection of VR games to gym-quality upright and recumbent bikes around the world.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 6, 2023

Regarding hand tracking, Xiaomi’s latest AR smart glasses boast micro gesture controls, leading to enhanced human-computer interfacing (HCI) capabilities. These allow users to swipe virtual pages in manuals and eBooks, exit apps, navigate maps, and other controls. percent year-on-year, or 1.7 billion CNY ($245.1

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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. At $1,000 for the headset (not including controllers or tracking beacons), the headset is firmly geared toward hardcore VR users.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Considering the leaks on Amazon and MediaMarkt, the device will probably be available starting from October, 10th, 2023. You can see that the user is holding a Touch Plus controller (with the Oculus logo on the home button as some devkits have) confirming this. It’s a big bet, and I think Zuck doesn’t want to make it wrong.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

The unboxing shows that the device has a very simple packaging, which includes both the headset and the controllers. This confirms that the headset is going to ship with controllers and that there is no charging station in the original box. The video was later republished by “VR Panda” on Twitter. in the reviews!

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ARVR

APRIL 5, 2021

Beyond consumer demand, tech giants are embracing wearables as they align with road maps and growth strategies. Wearables also represent a long-term strategy to future-proof Apple’s multi-device ecosystem approach, consisting of Watch, AirPods, and (soon) smart glasses. Amazon is motivated for similar reasons?—?a

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 8, 2018

With customers in control, privacy is preserved Click To Tweet. Its intelligent cloud and intelligent edge strategy is a much more compelling proposition for developers which will continue to define its corporate strategy for the next several years.”. The whole world is becoming a computer Click To Tweet.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2024

Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice Addressing the challenge of providing practical training in professional settings, INVNT.ATOM’s partnership with the Emirates Group and Amazon Web Services (AWS) exemplifies the potential of using digital twins to overcome physical and logistical training limitations.

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ARPost

MAY 3, 2021

If you want to emulate the likes of Google, Amazon, and Facebook, or more correctly, avoid being kicked out of business by them, it is imperative you at least consider the use cases of AR that fit into and can improve your business model. Manufacturing and quality control.

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Bernard Marr

JULY 25, 2023

Our business models– the unique combination of products, strategy, and processes that served us well under one set of conditions may very well not work for the next. Some are digital natives, like Amazon, and some switched to e-commerce models or adopted them to augment “traditional” retail models, such as Walmart and Tesco.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 5, 2021

Since its launch in 2019 Oculus Quest has represented a major shift in Facebook’s VR strategy by moving away from the PC. While there’s a handful of hand-tracking games available on the headset, the entire Quest menu, including the Oculus browser, can be controlled completely by your hands. Oculus Link & Air Link.

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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

MAY 15, 2023

According to a guy on Twitter that answered my post, Ultraleap should launch a new tracking controller this year. We are all curious to see how this strategy will pay off. According to Upload VR, for instance, “in UK, it’s now available at GAME , Amazon UK , ShopTo , Currys , Argos and more.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

It has basically created a whole ecosystem of its own through strategic investments : I’m very curious to see what is the final goal of this strategy. It is also going to launch its headset, soon. For sure we have all to keep an eye on this company. More info (Somnium Space 3.0

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Alibaba is best known in the West as an e-commerce titan, in many ways analogous to Amazon. Beyond this, Alibaba's strategy appears to be focused on enabling businesses to develop their own generative AI solutions built around Tongyi Qianwen and other generative models.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 29, 2022

This content often uses strategies such as repeating an idea, presenting images and sounds that capture attention, and using child rather than adult voices for the characters." Intensity of parental controls — For obvious reasons, you are going to want to pay attention to the level of control you will be able to have over usage.

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 22, 2022

By making the “metaverse of work” the focus of Microsoft’s business strategy, Nadella hopes to capture the same success. “It Matthew Ball , Author, formerly Amazon AMZN -2.9%. The experiences we're allowed to build and use are more tightly controlled than ever. And high taxes on new creative ideas are stifling.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Compared to Amazon and Google the Portal is the only display/camera with AR capabilities. For Nintendo Switch owners you can purchase Mario Kart Live: Home Circut which includes a camera-equipped remote control car with Mario or Luigi behind the wheel plus the accessories needed to set up your racecourse.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

We'll let the EPA take it from here: "Increasing ventilation with outdoor air and air filtration [are] important components of a larger strategy" to minimize risk of contracting COVID-19, they say. We dug through Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy to find the models with the best customer reviews and separated them by price.

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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

MARCH 2, 2020

The coronavirus is also impacting the production of all the major VR headsets : we’re at the point that Valve’s customer service has no more left controllers to give to people for RMA. More info (Vive Cosmos Elite launch) More info (New offerings of Vive Pro Eye) More info (Ben Lang’s editorial on HTC’s strategy) More info (Vive Sync launch).

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The company’s training platform includes partners across multiple devices, including Meta Quest, HTC VIVE, Pico Interactive, SAP, NIIT, and Amazon, among others. Justin Parry : We have a dedicated Customer Success team that works with customers to set up the platform and also establish their overall deployment strategy.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 31, 2024

We’ve looked at the controllers and accessories offered by Meta and the third-party options compatible with the system. Of course, several third-party silicone covers are available on Amazon and from other vendors that will also fit over the stock face pad. Let’s dive in. Just avoid anything too chunky.

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Bernard Marr

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Not every initiative is a success – Amazon closed some of its famous contactless stores in 2023; however, it also implemented pay-by-palm elsewhere, indicating that its experiments with IoT in retail are far from finished.

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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. I think Meta hopes to reinvigorate the sales with the new headset… let’s see if this strategy is going to pay off.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Brand new units, including the headset’s hip-worn compute unit and single controller, were being liquidated for the barn burner deal of $550 via Amazon subsidiary Woot.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

I also am invested in Apple competitors, Qualcomm, Snap, Microsoft, Amazon, and about 50 other companies in a diverse portfolio. Just get Amazon’s latest iPhone app. Amazon, Tesla, Google, Facebook, and others, including most autonomous vehicle companies, are building the same for various purposes. Disclaimer.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

This acquisition signs a new course for Facebook strategy in XR: after having just partnered with external studios for the development of its top-notch exclusive titles (e.g. affiliate link) More info (Quest on Amazon? affiliate link) More info (Quest on Amazon?—?affiliate affiliate link) More info (Pimax 5K+ on Amazon?—?affiliate

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2023

More info (1M downloads of Roblox on Quest — Road To VR) More info (My review of Roblox on Quest) FCC approvals unveil details about VR devices This week we had the FCC approving three VR gadgets: the Quest 3 headset, the Touch Plus controllers, and the Pico Neo 3 Link.

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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. As always, they’re doing a great job not only with the product but also with the communication strategy. More info (Decamove preorders) More info (Decagear controllers triggers). I’m here waiting for them.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Some magazines reported this news as a sign of the failure of Meta’s strategy about the metaverse. Zuck noticed that it is slowly losing control of the current technology platform and it is trying to switch to the new one, to dominate it even more. The previous one went great on Amazon, and I’m sure this will be a great read, too.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Oculus is ambitious on taking the market share by designing a VR headset with cameras added for inside-out tracking of 6DOF head movement and two Oculus Touch-style controllers. InMind VR 2 (Cardboard): develop decision-making strategy and neuroscience from VR game. High fidelity is also available for free through Steam.

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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. a $100 Amazon Card). CES 2022 is going to be less cool than expected. Some news on content. If you want to join it, click the link below. Some XR fun.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Of course, Microsoft and Amazon are observing the situation: in my opinion, Microsoft will wait a bit , considering its focus on AR enterprise with HoloLens, while Amazon could improve its already existing offering of glasses connected with Alexa. Some will also feature tracked controllers. Nu Eyes AR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2019

There is not a clear earning strategy, so you will probably have to experiment a lot on this. According to an article on Forbes of some months ago, if you have a VR game, the best strategy at the moment is selling it for an upfront cost : there are not enough customers to make revenue models based on advertisements or IAPs to work.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 22, 2023

Apple Reality may be the new iPad Apple Reality (the rumored name of the device) should run the following applications, as reported by my friends of Road To VR : iPad apps adapted for mixed reality : Calendars, Contacts, Files, Home control, Mail, Maps, Messaging, Notes, Photos, Reminders, Music, News, Stocks, and Weather apps.

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