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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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Native hand tracking, PC/standalone hybrid functionality, and new games confirmed for the Oculus platform. Oculus Quest hand tracking – One of the most exciting reveals made during this years developer conference, Oculus has announced that native hand and finger tracking will be available on the Oculus Quest in early 2020.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

But things on the consumers’ side may not be going as well: according to some data scrapped from Amazon, the Quest 2 outsold the Quest 3 by a factor of 3:1 in the last 30 days. The Vive Ultimate Tracker is like a Vive Tracker, but it tracks its pose using two onboard cameras, not requiring any SteamVR base station. THREE TO ONE.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

And as any year, Oculus has really amazed us: for sure you have already read my short recap published after the first keynote of OC6 where I told you about amazing stuff like Oculus Link, Facebook Horizon and Hands Tracking. Hand tracking on Quest. Hands tracking will guarantee 25 tracked points for each hand.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

The first huge leak we had this week was a full unboxing video of the device. This time was not some hotel employees finding some random Quest boxes, but a n anonymous guy uploading the unboxing video on Reddit. The video was later republished by “VR Panda” on Twitter. in the reviews! in the reviews!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

This means having AR and VR on the same device ; A 5G modem ; 8K videos playback at 60fps; Accelerated AI so that to be able to perform objects recognition and other cool stuff on the camera feed. A new week, a new sheer of demos exploiting Oculus Quest hands tracking! My favorite from this week? Facebook acquires Sanzaru Games.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 5, 2021

Hand-tracking. Hand-tracking first came to the original Quest in late 2019, offering users and developers a controllerless option for input on the headset. This is really handy when you want to do something in the headset that doesn’t really need the precision of controllers (like watching videos).

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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. update”, is already directed in that sense, since it brings support for hand tracking and colocation.

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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.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

The most interesting ones for me are related to hand tacking. Meta Quest will receive Hand Tracking 2.2, which makes the hand tracking more responsive to fast movements of hands : the system can so track the hands also when the user is playing fitness games like FitXR (or HitMotion: Reloaded).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Amazon promises “single-digit latency” XR streaming. Amazon has announced some weeks ago “Wavelength”, a new offering of its AWS services, that should provide “single-digit latency” over 5G networks. Devs are doing very interesting things with hands tracking for Quest. I’ve seen better filters on Instagram.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Vive Flow is a 6DOF headset that works with your Android phone as a 3DOF controller (hands tracking is coming in the future). Facebook is working on a big dataset of POV videos. Facebook AI Research (FAIR) is working with 13 universities to create a big dataset of videos with first-person point of view.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 5, 2020

If there is any new feature released in SDKs or libraries in Unity, you are most likely to find the first tutorial video about it on his YouTube channel. Manomotion Manomotion is a hand tracking and gesture control SDK for smartphones. The top 3 experiences will win Amazon Gift cards. Join Dilmer Games?—?

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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

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 - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Here’s everything we learned through our hands-on experiments with the device. Its futuristic eye, hand-tracking capabilities, incredible visuals, and breathtaking audio make it a true industry leader. hours of video Connectivity Bluetooth 5.3 Plus, the eye tracking is insanely good.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Both tools offer virtual reality experiences, with powerful graphics and immersive solutions like hand tracking. 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.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 15, 2023

The sentence with which they have started the tease is “Big things are in motion here at Ultraleap”, which makes me think about something big that moves… may it be a new device to perform body tracking? According to Upload VR, for instance, “in UK, it’s now available at GAME , Amazon UK , ShopTo , Currys , Argos and more.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 28, 2019

Magic Leap this week has rolled an important Update to LuminOS , adding important features: There is now full hands tracking, and the user can see the mesh of his/her hand. This also means that the hand is able to occlude the virtual holograms , for added realism. Amazon Prime Video comes to Oculus mobile devices.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

More info Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon release open map dataset A group called the Overture Maps Foundation, which includes Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and TomTom, has released its first open map dataset, including 59 million “points of interest,” such as restaurants and landmarks. Funny link Zuck Zuck, what are you looking at, Zuck?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

I have to admit that at least Zuck tried to do this in the best way possible : he has taken full responsibility for the problems in a video call where he announced the layoffs and has offered a good severance package for people going away. Upload has gone hands-on with the relaxing Shores Of Loci. Watch the video. Learn more.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 18, 2023

In December, Ammaar Reshi created and sold a children’s book that he wrote using Chat GPT and physically published via Amazon Kindle Publishing in an exceedingly short time period. The service also allows users to generate content such as stories and articles. Examples, such as Reshi’s project and the surge of DALL.E

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Read More : République VR Review: Simple Sneaking Quest Store Bigscreen You can watch Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Twitch, and YouTube with others using Bigscreen. The remote desktop app lets you share and use your desktop in VR while a video player brings in your own files.

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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. I have already written one mega-roundup post of that event, so I will just super-briefly summarize it again here (I’m tired summarizing the Connect! :O).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Pico Neo 3 Pro Video Review. As usual, I have also created a video version of this article, and in it, I describe to you all the main features of this headset , from the visuals to the comfort, not to mention the headset and controllers’ tracking. If you are a video type, you can watch it here below.

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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Spaces offers functionalities in: Image tracking Object tracking Hand tracking Spatial mapping Environment understanding and meshing Plane detection Real/virtual world occlusion …and more. Universal mapping of gestures to handle input across devices including controllers and hand tracking. Responsive Scale?

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

And all of this comes in a period when other partnerships between tech giants are happening: remember that some weeks ago, Microsoft closed its streaming service Mixer and allied with Facebook Gaming to fight the quasi-monopoly of (Amazon-owned) Twitch. We have no answers and Video Games Deluxe is tightlipped on this. Noire: The V.R.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 19, 2024

The Meta Quest Pro has numerous optional accessories from Amazon, the Meta online store, and other vendors. However, the company has announced its plans to update the hand-tracking and eye-tracking capabilities in the Pro going forward. Meta ultimately scrapped this feature.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2024

You find the integral version of the video interview here below, with a slightly edited transcript, so that you can choose if you want to watch the interview or read it. The thing he holds in his hand slides back and forth to accommodate different foot sizes You take this off of the front. Tony: I want to provoke you on one thing.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 14, 2020

If you don’t have enough of this stuff, Amazon is your friend. For instance, uploading a new long video on Youtube requires me leaving the laptop uploading various hours. to upload my videos about Half-Life: Alyx environments), I in fact use tethering from my phone and it uploads and downloads super-fast.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

It’s been 2 hours full of cool insights and you can watch all of them in the video here below: if you have the time, I assure you you won’t regret watching it! If you don’t have 2 hours, don’t worry, here below I have extracted the most interesting tidbits of the videos for you to enjoy!

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 28, 2022

You can watch Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Twitch, and YouTube with others using Bigscreen. The remote desktop app lets you share and use your desktop in VR while a video player brings in your own files. Get a feel for this playground with controllers in hand and then try the entire game with hand tracking on supported headsets.

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 8, 2018

McQuire points to the fact that this follows similar moves made by Amazon Web Services over the past 12 months, and sees it as a clear statement of intent at gaining developer mindshare against Google ahead of its own developer event, Google I/O which also happens this week. The whole world is becoming a computer Click To Tweet.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

It is not on sale on US HP Store and will be on Amazon US next month. There are both 360 video experiences and interactive CGI ones. exits beta) More info (Video of 6d.ai The video lasts 2 hours and a half, and frankly speaking, it is not completely worth watching it. My review of Google Hand tracking library.

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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. This indicates that the Meta Quest 3 will grow more advanced over time.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 24, 2018

You don a Vive Pro headset, equipped with leap-motion sensors for hand tracking, and are also able to communicate with your partner via voice. The first is a 360 film, shot by British cinematographer Chris Campkin, who literally had to battle lions running off with his camera rig during the shoot, as this video shows.

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