The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

This week has been pretty epic for me because us of NTW have finally launched our passthrough-MR game HitMotion:Reloaded , and it has even been featured on VR Scout !! Image by Beat Games). Facebook acquires Beat Games. Facebook acquires Beat Games. Let’s see all of this in detail…. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The total revenues on the Quest Store alone had been $1B since its foundation in 2019, and this shows that many people are enjoying Quest games. This is good news also for the developers: 120 titles on Quest store have made more than $1M , and 8 even more than $20M, proving once more that some studios can make a living out of VR games.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

HTC advertises it as a headset for relaxation and productivity because it wants to position it as a different product than a gaming machine like Oculus Quest 2. UPDATE (2021.10.19): Road To VR also suggests that this hiring can be used to have a strong voice on regulations happening in Europe. Amazon Glow is a video projector for kids.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

From the very start, explanation for the Vive price was that the package enables “room scale VR,” with the included tracking solution (Lighthouse) and a pair of motion controllers, while the Oculus Rift only comes with a Microsoft Xbox controller. The word started breaking about two weeks ago in Europe.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Minecraft Earth was a game that had the potential of competing with Pokemon Go, but its shutdown has been announced some weeks ago because the lockdown has hurt its launch and adoption. Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). AR will be implemented in everything that can be able to connect a brand to a person at home. Sounded good.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

They “will incorporate some of the key features found in the DualSense wireless controller, along with a focus on great ergonomics”; There will be a “new generation” of games and experiences for it; It is still under development and won’t launch in 2021. So, we can expect a beta 120Hz mode coming in March-April.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

The event kicks off at 10 am PDT and you can watch it here: [link] Besides Apple, very soon you will also discover new info about our game Hitmotion: Reloaded … this is more interesting than Apple glasses that may revolutionize all the XR sector of course… so stay tuned! This can be another cool feature for productivity on the Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Some people say that Facebook threatens to leave Europe, but I think this is never happening. Multiplayer shooter Solaris is the game of the week. The game is very different from its predecessor, and it is less a realistic combat simulator and more an adrenaline multiplayer game, like Unreal Tournament or Quake Arena.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. And I think, if you look at education as a system, it’s competing with Hollywood movies and AAA video games. It’s a matter of months now, that Microsoft is shipping a new HoloLens; some other companies are shipping glasses. Magic Leap for sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. And I think, if you look at education as a system, it’s competing with Hollywood movies and AAA video games. It’s a matter of months now, that Microsoft is shipping a new HoloLens; some other companies are shipping glasses. Magic Leap for sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And when I go to different academic conferences like the IEEEVR and talk to different academics, there’s been a very robust ecosystem of VR that’s been happening in Europe consistently over the last two decades plus in aerospace and automobile industries. And then there’s Amazon, they have Sumerian.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And when I go to different academic conferences like the IEEEVR and talk to different academics, there’s been a very robust ecosystem of VR that’s been happening in Europe consistently over the last two decades plus in aerospace and automobile industries. And then there’s Amazon, they have Sumerian.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And when I go to different academic conferences like the IEEEVR and talk to different academics, there's been a very robust ecosystem of VR that's been happening in Europe consistently over the last two decades plus in aerospace and automobile industries. And then there's Amazon, they have Sumerian. You have Apple, with ARKit.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

This has led to long manufacturing delays and component shortages , especially for the silicon processors used in everything from electric cars and smartphones to game consoles and VR equipment. I was now officially a SteamVR developer, and free to build games or hardware for release on the Steam platform. Image provided by Rob Cole).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

As always in January I like to play the speculation game and make my personal predictions for augmented and virtual reality for the new year (2022, in this case). In Europe, this marketing effort is just starting now, so the penetration is not that high, yet. It is easy to be used.

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