The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

The time for my Oculus Quest review has come. The Quest has a nice packaging , as all Oculus products. I really love opening Oculus products , since usually they are packaged really well, and the Quest is no exception. Oculus Quest box content (Image by Oculus). Front view of the Oculus Quest.

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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. Oculus Link. You can even access to Oculus Home and Dash. Oculus Link will be available in beta in November 2019.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Samsung HMD Odyssey Windows Mixed Reality Headset – $500 $449. Shop on Amazon. Oculus Rift Discount. Of course Oculus is also throwing in discounts of their own for the Rift. Samsung Gear VR Price Cut. Sold on Samsung and Amazon. Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset – $400 $350.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

And thanks to Amazon’s new web-based VR app development tool, everyone will. Announced at Amazon’s annual AWS re:invent , Sumerian editor utilizes simplified drag-and-drop mechanics, which allows you to easily create 3D worlds. You can even use the tool to create your own!

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

monthly connected headsets only on Steam (so this doesn’t consider Oculus Store users and PSVR users), and t he year-over-year growth is +75%. He said that only on Christmas day, people spent $5M on the Oculus Store , and we can expect that most of this money was spent on Quest. Amazon promises “single-digit latency” XR streaming.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Image by Samsung). 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. This means that all new devices by Samsung won’t support Gear VR, that is so condemned to die.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The devices from Oculus VR hit a sweet spot of affordability and performance. If you got an Oculus headset this Christmas — or didn’t, and are planning to buy one ( available on Amazon for $200 ) — this guide can help you learn about the most important features. Oculus devices and developments.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Combine that with an Oculus Rift from Best Buy , and you have yourself an entire PC VR system for just under $850, not to mention a computer capable of handling nearly any traditional PC game. You can of course always build your own, but you’d be hard pressed to reach that low of a price point without your own prior components.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

There is another reason that will make medium-big studios happy: from now on, there won’t be any revenue share with Epic until $1M of revenues of your game, a limit that raises to $5M if your game is published on Oculus Store. Oculus Link now works with USB 2.0. More info (Oculus Link works with Usb 2.0?—?Road port and cable.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2018

I expected a lot of AR/VR news from there, like the announcement of the price of the Vive Pro or the release of the Oculus Go by Xiaomi and Facebook… but actually I’ve been disappointed by everyone. Samsung S9. Samsung has released its new flagship phone: the Samsung Galaxy S9. It has a 5.8-inch

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 24, 2018

The HTC Vive Pro page on Amazon US. Of course, these are US prices : here in Italy, the headset only costs €879 and all other bundles are more expensive because of taxes (damn taxes). Of course, I’m not happy with that, because this means that I myself can’t afford it, but I can understand the choice.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 5, 2017

Many of the biggest companies on the planet, from Samsung and HTC, to Facebook, Amazon, and Google, and even all the way to Ford, Mercedez, and countless startups, all gather in the desert at the start of the year to unveil the latest and greatest advancements in consumer electronics.

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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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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

I can’t guarantee that these predictions will come out to be true (I always joke about the fact that I miss many of the predictions about Meta/Oculus), but I think they will be worth reading anyway to understand what can be the trends to look for in this new year. Me wearing my branded Oculus Quest 2. So… let’s start!

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Four years after the original Oculus Quest headset arrived, the Meta Quest platform offers an impressive range of experiences that caters to all interests. We played on Oculus Quest 2, but it’s crossplay between Quest 1, Quest 2, and PC VR headsets with cross-buy on Rift and Quest. Looking for the best free Quest games and apps?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

You’ll find dozens of Cardboard-like headsets on Amazon, for example, some you need to hold to your face with your hands and others with straps on the back. The Gear VR was the first high quality mobile virtual reality viewer, with Daydream following the lead of Samsung and Oculus. Oculus Rift.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

Rumors already talk about a new AR headset produced by Microsoft in collaboration with Samsung that should substitute it, but we have no sure info about it. Of course, take these numbers with a grain of salt , because analysts’ predictions are always prone to errors. Amazon now offers the possibility to try-on shoes in AR on its app.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

This trend will continue in 2021 : the new LiDAR sensor, which is rumored to be installed in all future iPhones, will for sure be copied also by Android phones (Samsung?) while we have seen the complicated life of Oculus hands-on booths at Best Buy. pic.twitter.com/6yFD2FfHta — TikTokComms (@TikTokComms) January 6, 2021.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

In 2020, we will so discover how many people already want AR glasses : the nReal glasses will be a testbed for consumer augmented reality and I guess that Apple, Facebook, Samsung and all the other major companies will be at the window watching what happens so that to decide how to change their plans accordingly to the sales of nReal.

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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. The consumer spending will increase and the dominant form of media consumed will be games, of course. Upload has published a shopping guide for your Oculus Link.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Read on for a recap of the major developments that took place in 2018: Enterprises that made the news for using wearables: In 2018, major retailers got more serious about XR in hopes of competing with Amazon and improving the shopping experience. Walmart was very active, beginning with its acquisition of VR startup Spatialand in February.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Meta Quest 3 (left) and Apple Vision Pro (right) We once asked Oculus executive Jason Rubin whether his company was considering a tethered compute model. The catch of course is that only one person in the room can see it. He's what he said: "That’s a model we’ve definitely explored. This is a watershed moment for VR-style headsets.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

We plan to go online with it on Amazon or Netflix and present it like that, and then have it be an additional thing that maybe Netflix or Amazon has on their platform in the Oculus or HTC. They couldn't think of any, of course. But unfortunately, Samsung and a lot of these big TV players have kind of pulled out.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

But we since branched out to cover other areas, like eSports, game streaming, and of course, augmented/virtual/mixed reality. Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole. Which still has its uses!

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

But we since branched out to cover other areas, like eSports, game streaming, and of course, augmented/virtual/mixed reality. Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole. Which still has its uses!

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

But we since branched out to cover other areas, like eSports, game streaming, and of course, augmented/virtual/mixed reality. Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole. Which still has its uses!

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

He’s worked with a variety of global clients, including Adidas, Samsung, Ernst and Young, Save the Children, Sony, IKEA, KPMG, Nokia, and the list goes on. Your tiny apartments or your boss are going to spend two grand for you to go on the run day course. Welcome to the show, Christophe, it’s a pleasure to have you here.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

He's worked with a variety of global clients, including Adidas, Samsung, Ernst and Young, Save the Children, Sony, IKEA, KPMG, Nokia, and the list goes on. Your tiny apartments or your boss are going to spend two grand for you to go on the run day course. Welcome to the show, Christophe, it's a pleasure to have you here. Alan: Sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

He’s worked with a variety of global clients, including Adidas, Samsung, Ernst and Young, Save the Children, Sony, IKEA, KPMG, Nokia, and the list goes on. Your tiny apartments or your boss are going to spend two grand for you to go on the run day course. Welcome to the show, Christophe, it’s a pleasure to have you here.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

He’s worked with a variety of global clients, including Adidas, Samsung, Ernst and Young, Save the Children, Sony, IKEA, KPMG, Nokia, and the list goes on. Your tiny apartments or your boss are going to spend two grand for you to go on the run day course. Welcome to the show, Christophe, it’s a pleasure to have you here.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

But now we have better systems that I can order on Amazon. And now with the advent of Oculus Quest and these really inexpensive headsets, I think it’s just opened up the world to developers, and clinicians, and medical practitioners. And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000. It’s just amazing.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

But now we have better systems that I can order on Amazon. And now with the advent of Oculus Quest and these really inexpensive headsets, I think it's just opened up the world to developers, and clinicians, and medical practitioners. And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000. It's just amazing.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

But now we have better systems that I can order on Amazon. And now with the advent of Oculus Quest and these really inexpensive headsets, I think it’s just opened up the world to developers, and clinicians, and medical practitioners. And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000. It’s just amazing.

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