The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC is teasing a new headset. HTC is teasing a new piece of hardware again, and this time most probably it will be a VR headset. HTC loves playing with the words, so “get down to business” can be a reference to the fact that it is a “business headset”. Top news of the week. Not much, honestly.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The only company not much affected by it is HTC, that manufacturers its headsets in Taiwan and not in Mainland China. HTC Vive releases Cosmos Elite, two models of Vive Pro Eye and creates some confusion. For sure you remember the recent launch of a full line of Vive Cosmos headsets , all with customized faceplates.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 28, 2019

At worst, use Google Translate. Personally, I have made the first translation with Google Translate, then I asked my assistant Miss S to check and correct the translation. Since when you are in China it is more difficult to buy stuff (language barrier, Google services blocked, etc…), try to buy the most while you are at home.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Google Cardboard. from Google. Google Daydream View. from Google. COMPATIBILITY: The Google Daydream View is only compatible with these devices: Pixel, Pixel 2, Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+, Galaxy Note 8, LG V30, Moto Z, Moto Z 2 , ZenFone AR, Mate 9 Pro, Axon 7. from Amazon. Sony Playstation VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

After having tried the headset for some days, having written what it is and what are its features, the comparison between it and the Vive Focus Plus , having taught people how to start developing with it , I think tha t I’m ready to let you know my impressions on the first 6 DOF standalone headset by Facebook.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

The Quest has dominated the searches on Google and it has gone sold out quite soon, and people that really wanted to buy it had to buy it from some online resellers that offered it at higher prices. More info (Oculus Go being best-seller on Amazon) More info (Oculus Quest sold out) More info (Oculus Quest vs PSVR Google search stats).

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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. Currently, it works only for static environments, but the researchers are studying how to make these scenes interactive, for instance for photorealistic VR games.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2020

After one month from its official announcement, Facebook has released the Oculus Quest 2, that from the 13th of this month can be purchased online on the Oculus Store or on official resellers (like Amazon) or offline on partner stores (like Best Buy). Companies like HTC and Facebook have TOS that allows for the gathering of anonymized data.

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VRWorld

JULY 12, 2017

“As the hype cycle goes through its process, we make sure our content addresses the most important issues in how to ride the wave, build business, reach customers and realize the massive potential that the industry and technology holds.” It is surprising not to see major players from Amazon, Facebook, Google or Valve.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

More info Google may still be working at Project Iris Some months ago a rumor claimed that Google had stopped working on Project Iris, its project devoted to the creation of augmented reality glasses. The book is coming in March, 2024, but can already be preordered on Amazon. It seems the journalist liked them.

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ARVR

JUNE 21, 2021

How to Celebrate Independence Day Safely With the Help of Technology The 4th of July is one of the year’s biggest holidays, and many people have been looking forward to it all year. 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.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

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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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Image by Google). Google completely opensources Cardboard. With a surprise move, Google has announced with a blog post that it ha opensourced completely Cardboard. Google affirms that Cardboard has been a huge success to introduce people into VR, and more than 15 million headsets have been distributed.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

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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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2019

It could be that I’m in my apartment, and I want to learn how to bake some cookies, I click on a button and I see Betty Crocker making cookies next to me. So we’ve launched Crowe: The Drowned Armory on Oculus and HTC. HTC is also one of our investors. Alan: Yeah, it was the Amazon Prime show, Jack Something Or Other.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2019

It could be that I’m in my apartment, and I want to learn how to bake some cookies, I click on a button and I see Betty Crocker making cookies next to me. So we’ve launched Crowe: The Drowned Armory on Oculus and HTC. HTC is also one of our investors. Alan: Yeah, it was the Amazon Prime show, Jack Something Or Other.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2019

It could be that I'm in my apartment, and I want to learn how to bake some cookies, I click on a button and I see Betty Crocker making cookies next to me. So we've launched Crowe: The Drowned Armory on Oculus and HTC. HTC is also one of our investors. Alan: Yeah, it was the Amazon Prime show, Jack Something Or Other.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

It was already rumored that Apple was using HTC devices for internal tests, and given that the HTC Vive is the only headset compatible with Mac, we all wonder if there is some kind of collaboration going on between the two companies. If you’re interested in these devices, have a look at Amazon and Oculus websites. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The HTC Vive Cosmos may release soon for €799. We all know that the Vive Cosmos should release very soon since HTC revealed me that the release date would have been in Q3 2019 and Q3 ends at the end of the month. Once more, this proves how this headset is being a great success. It’s time for some amazing VR news, isn’t it?

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Then you’ve got AWE, which is very kind of enterprise focused, how to make money? HTC with Vinay [Narayan], who’s always wonderful. Amazon will be there talking about Sumerian, and then a couple other with immersive storytelling and volumetric capture, that will be announced this week too. .”

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Then you’ve got AWE, which is very kind of enterprise focused, how to make money? HTC with Vinay [Narayan], who’s always wonderful. Amazon will be there talking about Sumerian, and then a couple other with immersive storytelling and volumetric capture, that will be announced this week too. .”

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

We plan to go online with it on Amazon or Netflix and present it like that, and then have it be an additional thing that maybe Netflix or Amazon has on their platform in the Oculus or HTC. Maybe Google will produce a 3D TV. In our age of Amazon, that's certainly helpful. No one knows who Meta was. Alan: Yeah.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

And that means that every time you go to use Vision Pro you have to consciously think about how to best position this 353 gram anchor, around double the weight of a typical smartphone, and how to keep the cable out of the way of your left arm. But Google said no, he claimed. This is a watershed moment for VR-style headsets.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

Alan: Well, the problem with that is you need to make sure that everybody’s synchronized, because if my company bought Oculus Go headsets for training and then my supplier comes along, goes, “Hey, we just made this training in VR, but it only works on the HTC Vive.” Alan: I’m going to Google it here. What is it.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

Alan: Well, the problem with that is you need to make sure that everybody’s synchronized, because if my company bought Oculus Go headsets for training and then my supplier comes along, goes, “Hey, we just made this training in VR, but it only works on the HTC Vive.” Alan: I’m going to Google it here. What is it.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

He regularly advises Fortune 500 brands and Triple-A game publishers on how to succeed in the interactive media space. They’re much more distributable than the standard Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which has to be hooked up to a PC. We tried to making a Google Cardboard thing,” and they made a little marketing kitschy thing.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

He regularly advises Fortune 500 brands and Triple-A game publishers on how to succeed in the interactive media space. They’re much more distributable than the standard Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which has to be hooked up to a PC. We tried to making a Google Cardboard thing,” and they made a little marketing kitschy thing.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Then you’ve got AWE, which is very kind of enterprise focused, how to make money? HTC with Vinay [Narayan], who’s always wonderful. Amazon will be there talking about Sumerian, and then a couple other with immersive storytelling and volumetric capture, that will be announced this week too. .”

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

Alan: Well, the problem with that is you need to make sure that everybody's synchronized, because if my company bought Oculus Go headsets for training and then my supplier comes along, goes, "Hey, we just made this training in VR, but it only works on the HTC Vive." Alan: I'm going to Google it here. Google Pixel came out.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

He regularly advises Fortune 500 brands and Triple-A game publishers on how to succeed in the interactive media space. They're much more distributable than the standard Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which has to be hooked up to a PC. They're not willing to talk about stats of how effective it was.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 31, 2016

When you think about things like intelligent assistants, we have embedded services like Siri from Apple, Google Home, Amazon Echo with Alexa. Companies are going to be looking at how they can create richer, more immersive consumer experiences. I’ve seen companies experimenting with how to move beyond VR visuals to other senses.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Technology Training 60

XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

Now you’re finally starting to see that point where the technology exists; we know it works, we know how to make it — let’s start telling proper stories again. HTC did something with Batman; that Game of Thrones thing; some of the demos that Magic Leap had really. Okay, we’re good. So we did that.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

Now you’re finally starting to see that point where the technology exists; we know it works, we know how to make it — let’s start telling proper stories again. HTC did something with Batman; that Game of Thrones thing; some of the demos that Magic Leap had really. Okay, we’re good. So we did that.

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