Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Marvel Dimension of Heroes is a free download for iOS and Android. Considering however that the original Star Wars bundle now costs $50 on Amazon (originally priced at $200), we’ll be interested to see how the company intends on pricing its controllers, which despite the name, are entirely locked into the Mirage AR platform.

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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. As a result, the bars for storing, displaying, and sending this data over public networks are all raised.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The End of the Windows Mixed Reality In its latest Windows 11 24H2 update , Microsoft is removing some support frameworks for its MR hardware and software portfolio. The deal allows Meta to utilize Immersion’s patents to enhance Meta’s XR hardware, software, and products. We are excited to license Meta Platforms, Inc.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

But things on the consumers’ side may not be going as well: according to some data scrapped from Amazon, the Quest 2 outsold the Quest 3 by a factor of 3:1 in the last 30 days. This shows that the sales were good among us VR techies… I myself have stopped using the Quest 2 and almost always use the Quest 3 now. THREE TO ONE.

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Mashable VR

MAY 10, 2022

The search giant and Android maker has slowly but surely found its footing as a hardware company in recent years thanks to a series of fantastic Pixel phones. Both the Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 ($150) and Amazon Echo Buds 2 ($120) from 2021 managed to include effective ANC at less than the cost of any pair of new AirPods. Credit: Amazon.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Though it’s not as costly as PC-based VR, getting into mobile VR can still be expensive if you don’t have the hardware to run it. over on Amazon , while a 32G Pixel is $680, the Moto Z is $449. ZTE’s Axon 7 is helping lighten that load a bit. You can pick the up 64GB model up for $384.24

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

But this week we had the announcement that at least one of these limitations is going to lift off: Oculus is going to add downloadable content (DLC) or in-app purchases (IAP) to App Lab experiences “later this year”. Or us of New Technology Walkers , that in our fitness game HitMotion: Reloaded ( download it !)

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 7, 2019

The CES is going to start tomorrow, but today HTC has already made its great announcements, showing to the world the upcoming new hardware Vive Pro Eye, Vive Cosmos and software solutions Viveport Infinity and Vive Reality system. The most important one has been the one with Mozilla and Amazon for a better use of the Web 3.0

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 8, 2018

McQuire points to the fact that this follows similar moves made by Amazon Web Services over the past 12 months, and sees it as a clear statement of intent at gaining developer mindshare against Google ahead of its own developer event, Google I/O which also happens this week. The whole world is becoming a computer Click To Tweet.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

It has been made together with the development of the VR hardware, it can’t translate to mouse and keyboard. Oculus will release its official cable next month in limited quantities , but for now, it has released the specifications required for Link so that you can find alternate cables on Amazon. Good luck to him!

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 28, 2022

We also want to recognize standout limited experiences as well as those that give you reasons to go beyond the most basic home VR hardware setups. You can watch Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Twitch, and YouTube with others using Bigscreen. Best Movie Theater.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

We’re hearing this since many years, but now the sensation is that we’re coming close to the moment when the prophecy will come true: the rumors are intensifying and the software (ARKit) and the hardware (depth cameras, 5G) designed by Apple are all converging to the glasses solution. SideQuest reaches 1M downloads.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

Below the device are clearly visible the hardware IPD adjustment slider and the volume adjustment buttons. It also provides hardware IPD adjustment and a system to accommodate people with glasses. Another little sign is the fact that when the device is in developer mode, you can’t download the videos that you shot in the device.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Rokid Max AR Glasses Review: Hardware and Design For most companies investing in the smart glasses landscape , the main focus is on creating an ergonomic, lightweight device users can wear all day. All you need to do is log into a Google account, and download apps for top streaming services, such as Netflix.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Amazon and Netflix also entered the market, with Netflix taking a different approach by offering downloadable game content on users' devices. Gaming On-Demand Google's Stadia streaming gaming service may not exist in 2023 - it proved to be a great idea, backed by solid technology, that just didn't catch on with consumers.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

It’s important to remember that every VR device fits one of three categories: mobile (meaning it uses the user’s smartphone to produce its virtual world), tethered (meaning the device must be hooked up to a PC or console) or more recently, “all-in-one” (meaning the computing hardware is built into the headset itself). from Amazon.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

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. It is impressive that all these electronics can stay inside a so little piece of hardware. (Image by Engadget). Oculus Go price cut down to $150. Get Merry Snowballs for free!

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

There is proof everywhere about that: The Oculus app on the iOS App Store has been at the #1 place among the most downloaded app of the day on Christmas. It is also the time when all magazines create a list of “best of” the year and give awards to the best content and hardware … about which there is always someone that doesn’t agree.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The news of course has attracted a lot of funny comments, like “these dogs have better hardware than me”, or the invention of new terms like “Dogmented Reality”, or “AR Doggles”. FIVARS developed a custom platform powered by the Janus open source framework and Amazon Web Services (also the engine behind Netflix and Hulu).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The company got more than $10M of investment over the years, including important support from HTC Vive, which uses its spaces to organize the virtual events to launch its XR hardware. After that, the download started, and when it finished, it asked me for confirmation to go there, and I had to click another button to confirm.

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RealVision VR

OCTOBER 9, 2018

However, AWS (Amazon’s Cloud), Google Cloud and Microsoft realize the potential there is in using the Cloud for media services. The Cloud, with it’s thousands of hardware servers and hard disk space, are maintained and run 24/7 at locations around the world and have to yield revenue. There needs to be R.O.I!

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The headset didn’t come with many surprises and these have been the specifications : Resolution (per-eye) : 2064 x 2208 Display Type : LCD Refresh Rate: 120Hz Lens type: Pancake Processor : Snapdragon XR2 Gen2 RAM : 8GB Battery Life : 2–3 hours Field of View : 110° horizontal, 96° vertical IPD Adjust : hardware-based.

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VRScout

MAY 24, 2023

You instead download the Twister app on your Android or iOS device and point the camera at yourself using the adjustable stand provided. via Amazon. Credit: Hasbro Credit: Hasbro Credit: Hasbro Credit: Hasbro Available later this summer, Twister Air promises a fresh take on the classic game of Twister.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

On the Vive tracker this seems to be related to power management whilst on other hardware like Index controllers it’s mainly related to finger tracking and grip sensors. GREEN: Firmware (“embedded” programs in hardware). I’ve broken different areas into colors to make it easier to understand: (Image by Rob Cole).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

Because of ongoing Covid lockdowns in China, Pimax were unsure if the controllers would ship with batteries (held at another warehouse location), so advised me to purchase them on Amazon and provided a link. Pimax headset listed on Amazon (Image by Amazon, provided by Rob Cole). Google searches are very revealing.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

According to the report, there is internal confusion at Microsoft about how to work in the XR sector : some are favorable to building hardware, while others (including the CEO Nadella) are more interested in building platforms and services (like Azure, or Microsoft Mesh). Image by Apple). Apple may implement WebXR in Safari. Learn more.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a very impressive fusion of hardware and software, but it's by no means perfect. Read on for my breakdown of the Vision Pro hardware and software and the experience they enable. That Damn Battery Arguably the fiercest hardware debate right now in the industry is what to do with the damn battery.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

We've put together a comprehensive turnkey, fully automated virtual reality arcade cabinet that we put together all the hardware and the software. What sets your your hardware solutions apart, and what should people look for when buying these? And now we launched last year. The thing was flinging me around like I was-- it was crazy.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

We've put together a comprehensive turnkey, fully automated virtual reality arcade cabinet that we put together all the hardware and the software. What sets your your hardware solutions apart, and what should people look for when buying these? And now we launched last year. The thing was flinging me around like I was-- it was crazy.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Now, thanks to this move, you don’t have to care about anything at all: you can find on AWS a machine already configured with Cloud XR , already with the right specs of GPU, drivers, CPU, etc… It will be available on Amazon EC2 P3 and G4 instances which already support NVIDIA V100 and T4 GPUs. ″ (H) x 10.5″

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

We've put together a comprehensive turnkey, fully automated virtual reality arcade cabinet that we put together all the hardware and the software. What sets your your hardware solutions apart, and what should people look for when buying these? And now we launched last year. The thing was flinging me around like I was-- it was crazy.

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Anand Tech

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

When the name “Oracle” is thrown around, hardware isn’t typically the first thing that comes to mind for most people. Overall, these new instances will be significant jump in hardware for Oracle, and one that’s part of a larger effort to vault into the top echelons of the cloud computing market.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

It works connected to a phone, and while it doesn’t have any kind of tracking embedded, for tasks like watching Netflix it can be very useful (Thanks David for the tip); Amazon has announced the Echo Frames, its smart glasses that let you speak with Alexa. And… I’ve discovered JVC used some photoshopped stock images to showcase its product!

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

A market where Oculus has almost no earning s from the hardware sales, though, so it’s a weird situation. In the latest hardware survey, Oculus still owns around 50% of the headset market among Steam users. More info (Steam Hardware Survey) More info (Quest selling more than Switch). More info (Oculus cross-buy games list).

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Location-based games are already popular, with over a billion downloads of Pokemon Go in the three years since it launched, and over 20B kilometers walked playing the game. ARtillery Intelligence predicts $14B of consumer AR revenues by 2021, with only around $2B of that from hardware sales.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

It is one of the games with the highest review scores on Steam and Metacritic; Valve has already released two patches to fix some common complaints on the game; The game has had an impressive number of downloads (the estimated number is around 200–500,000), concurrent users (more than 40,000), and viewers on Twitch (300,000+).

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

We provide estimates on hardware numbers for consumer and enterprise; hardware shipments, hardware revenue for VR devices, AR/MR devices. We’ve got furniture stores or any sort of eCommerce shop — Amazon, Wayfair — offering the ability to view items, to see how they’ll look in your home.

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