XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 19, 2024

But it’s still reasonably impressive: Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Resolution 1832×1920 per eye RAM 12GB Storage 256GB Battery 2-3 hours Weight 1.59 The Meta Quest Pro has numerous optional accessories from Amazon, the Meta online store, and other vendors. You also get 12GB of RAM and up to 256GB of storage.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

According to reports, the upcoming Samsung XR headset will feature a microOLED display, eight tracking cameras, a Time of Flight (ToF) sensor, voice commands, eye tracking, and hand tracking. At the event, AWS collaborated with Proto Holograms to showcase a new system powered by Amazon Bedrock.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 11, 2023

Now I am hearing the next phase of devices are starting to make its way to other XR software departments @ Meta. Now I am hearing the next phase of devices are starting to make its way to other XR software departments [at] Meta. Dev kits are slated 2Q23 for 3rd party partners. Brad Lynch (@SadlyItsBradley) January 6, 2023.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 11, 2022

What’s really cool is the auto-adjustment software which notifies you if you’re wearing the device incorrectly. The Eye & Face Tracking. As previously announced, the Quest Pro features eye tracking and Natural Facial Expressions, which has allowed the company to do some pretty cool things with avatars.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

Would those big tracking rings hit my hands? What would the tracking be like? How would they work with current VR software? There were also reports of slow warranty support, some miscommunication problems, software glitches, compatibility issues with certain graphics card, etc. Would the hand straps be comfortable?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This is a huge problem for Meta, which subsidizes hardware with software sales. More info (Bigscreen Beyond review — Road To VR) More info (Bigscreen Beyond review — Upload VR) Amazon announces new Echo Frames Amazon has announced the new model of its Echo Frames glasses, which are smartglasses that connect you to Alexa.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The Pico 5 Pro Max looks like a dream hybrid headset : it is a standalone device with eye tracking and passthrough, and it also has the DisplayPort connection that makes it work like a true tethered headset when connected to a PC. Aero is not so small as BigScreen Beyond, but it features a higher resolution and supports eye tracking.

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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. The eye tracking cameras sense the positions of your pupils and tiny piezoelectric actuators move the lenses into place.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

Vision Pro isn’t exactly revolutionizing XR hardware (though the external display is pretty cool), but its real advantage stands to be a mature software platform that’s easy to use and easy to develop for. Signals from Amazon suggest Quest 2 may have outsold Quest 3 nearly 3:1, if not more.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 13, 2017

Just like any other VR headset, Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) leaves plenty of room for improvement, and the company’s R&D division has a few ideas on where to take it on both a software and hardware level. Building on that, the company’s also interested in affecting the virtual world around you with gaze tracking.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The OLED display looks great, we've seen great uses for eye-tracking, while adaptive triggers and haptic feedback support take immersion a step further. Software sells hardware, and it's hard to have faith in a platform with no clear roadmap. Every gaming platform needs a steady stream of titles to keep players invested.

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Road to VR

JULY 27, 2018

Freelance writer Joshua Fruhlinger, who occasionally writes for Digital Trends , used third-party Amazon sales data to back up his claim that consumers don’t care about VR anymore, saying it’s “crystal clear.” The report also specifies Gear VR’s decline in sales performance on Amazon.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Optic ID Iris-based biometric authentication OS VisionOS Audio Spatial audio with dynamic head tracking, a 6-mic array with directional beamforming Battery 2 hours of general use or 2.5 and Wi-Fi 6 Input Hands, eyes, voice, keyboards, trackpads, and game controllers IPD 51-75mm Weight 21.2-22.9 Plus, the eye tracking is insanely good.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

A piece of very interesting news about this headset, which has been reported by few people, is that the Chinese company 7Invensun has already developed an eye-tracking module for it, making Vive Flow even more interesting for enterprise uses. Amazon Glow is a video projector for kids. Other relevant news. Image by Magic Leap).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

French startup Lynx announced some months ago a quite interesting headset featuring pass-through augmented reality , hands tracking, eye tracking, and an innovative lens design. Amazon Lumberyard becomes opensource. Amazon has launched some years ago its 3D engine called Lumberyard, derived from Crytek’s Cryengine.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

The software market will have a slight growth, but it will be driven anyway by the Quest, that is a standalone headset, which makes up 60% of all the SteamVR users. Eye tracking. Eye tracking inserts around the lenses of the Pico Neo 3 Eye (Image by Pico). Project Cambria should come with eye tracking too.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 2, 2023

With DeepOptics, Lumus integrated eye-tracking with transparent, liquid crystal displays that “rotate the molecules in real-time.” ” At a recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Lumus also teamed up with Swedish eye-tracking company Tobii.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

You can purchase them directly through the Meta website or through a partner retailer, such as Amazon. Both solutions feature hand-tracking capabilities for hands-free functionality. However, it’s worth noting the Quest 3 doesn’t offer eye tracking. Both devices are available in around 23 countries worldwide.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

I hope that at least they will keep the software infrastructure alive even if the officially dedicated hardware has been abandoned. Amazon announces Echo Frames smartglasses. Amazon has just announced that it is going to release Amazon Echo Frames, the first official smartglasses by the e-commerce giant. YUR gets $1.1M

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

If Microsoft will improve the WMR ecosystem with at least 4 tracking cameras, this can be an headset to look at with much attention. GTC digital is online, NVIDIA shows cheap eye tracking. This is intriguing because a system made by only LEDs is very very cheap, and could help the widespread of eye tracking in XR headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Someone from a major company (Amazon, Apple, Microsoft), with pockets big enough to be able to compete with the rich Facebook, giving users an alternative and stimulating Facebook in doing even better. UK-based Immerse is a top enterprise VR software leader whose license revenues have skyrocketed more than 300% in just the last 12 months.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

All the other nice-to-have additions, like eye tracking, or depth cameras, could be delivered in a Pro device to appeal to a smaller niche, while they become ready for the prime time of the official device; Both highlight how the goal is to make the Quest 2 not great only for gaming but also for working. I’m here waiting for them.

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EON Reality

JUNE 18, 2019

The breakfast tech panel discussed everything from eye-tracking in VR and biosensor or haptic inputs to predictive analytics within AR applications. Essentially, we’re turning KPMG into a software company by building our own assets and products.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Pico Neo 3 Pro, and its sibling Pico Neo 3 Pro Eye (featuring eye-tracking), are the latest enterprise headsets by Pico. I hope that a future software update can make the Pico Neo 3 Pro improve in this sense. Pico Neo 3 Pro costs €600 and Pico Neo 3 Pro Eye (which features Tobii eye-tracking) costs €750.

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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. IT ensures that security, hardware and supporting software such as Mobile Device Management (MDM) tools all meet company requirements.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

2020 has been a good year for the sales of VR devices : Half-Life Alyx and the launch of the Quest 2 have created a big spike in the sales of VR hardware and software. I expect all these trends to continue in 2021, for a year that will see the growth of the technology on all its sides (software and hardware).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Someone invokes saviors like Google and Amazon, but even if they managed to succeed, they are other data-harvesting companies , so in any case, we are f**ked. All Apple software, SDKs, APIs, and developer tools ?—?Pre-release Pre-release versions of iOS, iPad OS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS ?—?Pre-release

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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. What a weird decision…). Other relevant news. Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The devices that will be based on this reference design will have amazing specifications like: 2K x 2K display resolution per each eye ; Have up to 7 cameras used simultaneously, including the ones for tracking, mixed reality and eye-tracking; High-quality passthrough augmented reality with high resolution and framerate.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Some time ago, it had already released the public specifications for the headset , and so many 3rd party vendors had been able to design and sell their viewers, but now even all the software has been released on GitHub. That is, all the software layer of Cardboard is public domain now. Image from Amazon). The hype is rising….

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

XTAL is an enterprise headset with incredible specifications, like for instance: 5120 x 1440 display resolution (2560 x 1440 per eye); OLED display Custom non-Fresnel lenses 180° diagonal FOV Spatial 3D sound from a built-in sound card Embedded microphone Embedded eye tracking Auto-IPD adjustment Embedded Leap motion v2 sensor.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Here’s a list of open questions about privacy for virtual reality hardware and software developers that I first laid out in episode #520 : What information is being tracked, recorded, and permanently stored from VR technologies? What controls will be made available for users to opt-out of being tracked?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

The Enterprise Edition features a more balanced design and eye-tracking ; Finch and Nreal have developed a new controller that consists of a ring on your finger plus a bracelet around your arm. They are standard Quests , the ones you can buy on Amazon, BUT they have a business licensing.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

8th Wall recently partnered with Amazon Sumerian on a WebAR ad experience where, with just a click of a banner ad, an AR experience placed a 3D Spiderman into your space for you to interact with directly in your mobile browser. In fact MeetinVR boasts a 25% higher attention span in its software compared to traditional video conferencing.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Eye-tracking startup Eyefluence, which raises $14 million this month, is acquired about a year later by Google. A series of announcements from Amazon, Crytek, Epic Games and Unity Technologies showcase an evolution among their respective game engines into VR world creation toolsets. December 2015.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

It is the console business model: selling the hardware undercost so that subsidize it with exclusive software, and your data in this case. Oculus Quest is the best product not because of its hardware (that is more or less the same of the Vive Focus Plus), bu t for its software: the good runtime and the amazing exclusive games.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

More info (Best Black Friday deals) More info (Cyber Monday VR deals) More info (Sales on Oculus Quest games) More info (Other sales on Oculus Quest games) More info (Rift S discounted on Amazon?—?affiliate affiliate link) More info (Quest on Amazon? affiliate link) More info (Quest on Amazon?—?affiliate affiliate link).

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