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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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

During the Chinese counterpart of the event, the V2EC, Vive has also announced two other interesting pieces of news: The 7Invensun Droolon F2, an eye-tracking add-on for the Vive Pro 2 and Vive Focus 3, coming soon for $299. PSVR2 may feature 4K display and eye tracking. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment).

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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

OCTOBER 4, 2022

It’s relevant that the device wouldn’t feature any kind of face and eye tracking, but would have RGB passthrough and a depth sensor, so that to be able to offer detailed mixed reality and high-precision environment understanding. The device is available on Amazon for $379. Other relevant news. Image by Lenovo).

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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 hours of video Connectivity Bluetooth 5.3 and Wi-Fi 6 Input Hands, eyes, voice, keyboards, trackpads, and game controllers IPD 51-75mm Weight 21.2-22.9

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Launch video of Pico 4. It is the first headset that implements the ski-goggles design and it looks incredibly polished from the available images and video. PICO OS has been deeply optimized for VR games, audio and video, and interactive operations to make the experience of using virtual reality devices simpler and smoother.”

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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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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. Pico Neo 3 Pro Video Review. If you are a video type, you can watch it here below. Full unboxing video! I have made a video to give you a tour of how is the runtime of this headset.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

New leaks on Amazon and MediaMarkt have revealed that probably the headset will be available starting from October, 10th, 2023. Roblox employees will spend more time using Roblox for remote meetings than with video 6. Preorders are expected to start on the day of the Connect, so on September, 27th. Hope you enjoy!

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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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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Everyone has seen the video of the whale in the gym and Magic Leap is one of the XR companies having obtained more money. The super-interesting eye tracking device Droolon F1 by 7Invensun is now in preorder on Taobao , with Amazon listing coming soon. More info (VR Awards intro video) More info (VR Awards 2019 winners).

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

Apps like Snapchat even use this technology to allow users to filter images and videos. For instance, headsets like the new Apple Vision Pro allow users to interact more effectively using eye-tracking sensors with a scalable content interface. Amazon: Amazon is also highly invested in spatial systems.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

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. It seems that also the Pimax 5K+ in some conditions can now run at 120Hz. Google is doing it again. T his time it’s the turn of the VR 180 format.

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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. Intel Labs can now transform a video in a 3D scene. More info (VirtuosityTech wanting to port old VR games) More info (Gameplay video of Dactyl Nightmare).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

As always, you can decide if reading this article in written form, or just hear more or less the same info in a cool Youtube video that I link here below: What do you prefer? Youtube videos or blog posts? I’m not an audio expert, but playing some games and watching some videos, I’ve found the audio clear and loud.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

OCTOBER 8, 2023

You should be able to buy it through Amazon, Target, Walmart, and Best Buy in the US. Alternatively, you can try Amazon, Argos, and Curry’s in the UK. There are two full-color cameras on the front of the headset, offering amazing passthrough video.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

This means that if you employ 4 for tracking, you can still use two for instance for eye-tracking and one for lips tracking; Be able to finally offer passthrough augmented reality with appropriate resolution and framerate. But surprisingly, the Quest has not been the most sold device: the winner has been the Oculus Go.

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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. Facebook is working on a big dataset of POV videos. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2018

The company plans for the future to use eye tracking plus some opto-mechanic device to move this high-resolution area so that to follow your eyes. Furthermore, 5G would allow for higher quality of the streaming of VR videos , especially the new upcoming 6 DOF videos , that should come at the end of the year.

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Bernard Marr

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The headset is expected to be an evolution, rather than a revolution, of the current Quest, lacking technology such as eye-tracking, which is expected to be present in the next generation of higher-end headsets. It also integrates with Google and Amazon Echo devices meaning it can be fully voice-controlled.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Instead of showing people how the “metaverse” is now with very rough images (that easily become memes) or how it may be in the future with some fluffy videos, Zuck has used the best technologies from the Meta R&D department: Meta’s Codec Avatars. So this version is still meant to take photos, videos, and have phone calls.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

This doesn't much matter for watching traditional video content, as most of it is in widescreen aspect ratio anyways. That’s reason #1 that Vision Pro can't be practically used outdoors, and why the videos you see of people doing this are influencers chasing clout, not honestly depicting a practical use case. And I mean fully.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2022

And if you want to discover how to prepare for the job interview with me… well, Joma Tech has made a great video on the topic you can’t miss: [link]. If you want to read all his insights, you can buy his book on Amazon, which has very positive reviews. You can find all the job descriptions on Linkedin: [link]. Top news of the week.

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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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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. Volumetric capture can also create volumetric video that can be used in VR and AR experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

Before leaving you to the best news of the week, I would like to highlight two notable things about my work: My crazy trolling game “The Unity Cube” has been featured in a video by Upload VR! Amazon is opening its AR Beauty Salon. As always, they’re doing a great job not only with the product but also with the communication strategy.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2018

And not only online on Oculus website, but also on Amazon and Best Buy supermarkets : before the conference, lots of people started posting on Reddit the pictures of the Go being already inside Best Buy shopping centers. of videos) is too short to do something meaningful. You can see the announcement in this video. The reasons?

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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. But NVIDIA has not given up, and has recorded the videos of all the expected speeches and put them online. Apple ARKit 3.5

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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. The new features allow for more accurate and immersive full-color video passthrough (something you don’t get in the Quest 2). Both solutions feature hand-tracking capabilities for hands-free functionality.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 18, 2023

The new system combines BMW’s sensor data with Meta’s tracking systems and technologies to create a “car-locked” immersive entertainment console. With the new system, passengers can watch films, play video games, meditate, and send messages on social media for other uses.

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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. Way ahead of its time (it even had some kind of tracking!)

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

More info (Quest 2 Couch mode) More info (Vocal commands with “Hey Facebook”) More info (FAQ on Vocal Commands on Quest) More info (Virtuclear lenses) More info (Experimental 120Hz mode coming) More info (Video of Boz winking) More info (Quest 2 Pro teasing). SteamVR integrates full support for OpenXR 1.0.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

Maybe he/she had tried just a cardboard somewhen or just watched some Youtube videos about someone playing VR. I can now see videos about VR also in meme websites like 9GAG, and this shows that VR has started entering mainstream consideration, but it is still far away from being the main topic of discussion.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

HoloLens 2 is an amazing device, with a decent FOV, eye tracking, and hands tracking, that for sure will make many companies happy. The game has also strong Half-Life vibes , and in the gameplay video that has just been released, they are clearly visible. Image from Amazon). The hype is rising….

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The New York Times distributes more than 1 million Google Cardboard phone VR viewers to subscribers with the launch of The Displaced , a 360-degree video project focusing on children driven from their homes by war. Eye-tracking startup Eyefluence, which raises $14 million this month, is acquired about a year later by Google.

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