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The XR Week Peek (2020.08.24): Facebook login gets imposed on Quest and the community riots, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

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. While the community protests against Facebook in the West, it seems that in China the government is working for a real name policy in gaming. The same on Twitter.

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My predictions for virtual reality in 2021

The Ghost Howls

Or better, I can imagine who can be the names and they are all the big monoliths: Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon , etc… Only companies of this size could afford selling a good headset under cost and at the same time attract enough developers to publish VR games on their own new stores. The rise of enterprise.

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4th of July During Covid?—?How to Celebrate Independence Day Safely With the Help of Technology

ARVR

You can get a Gear VR headset for $129 on Amazon. to create virtual experiences through HTC Vive headsets and tools like the Google Tilt Brush. For those who may not be familiar with Google Tilt Brush, it is one of the first VR experiences of its kind and caliber, allowing its user to create 3D paintings within a virtual space.

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2021

The Ghost Howls

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Or is it just a talk about glasses?

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Super-Detailed Review Of Pimax Sword Controllers!

The Ghost Howls

This is the current SteamVR controller pricing in GBP (shipping to UK) at the time the article was written: HTC Vive controller (2018) single £193 includes free shipping and tax HTC Vive controller (2018) pair £386.00 Google searches are very revealing. Pimax headset listed on Amazon (Image by Amazon, provided by Rob Cole).

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.09.01): HoloLens 2 may come in September, Oculus may commercialize a multiplayer LBVR solution, HP Reverb is back and much more!

The Ghost Howls

It is not on sale on US HP Store and will be on Amazon US next month. HTC Vive is supporting 6 experience showcased there, among which shines Inory , that accompanies the viewer on a spiritual journey. My review of Google Hand tracking library. The company has now solved all the issues and the headset can return on the market.

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HR in XR, with BrainXchange’s Emily Friedman

XR for Business Podcast

It was 2015, right after Google Glass, quote/unquote failed. So I know AGCO is using Google Glass all over. It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they’re pivoting to enterprise. Google has some easy tools. But there’s a lot going on. Alan: Really? How are they using that?