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JANUARY 5, 2017

Many of the biggest companies on the planet, from Samsung and HTC, to Facebook, Amazon, and Google, and even all the way to Ford, Mercedez, and countless startups, all gather in the desert at the start of the year to unveil the latest and greatest advancements in consumer electronics.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 16, 2016

The Rogue Initiative and Michael Bae announced a partnership to develop original entertainment properties with a focus on virtual reality and interactive hardware. This is Bae’s first foray into interactive entertainment; he will direct and The Rogue Initiative will produce and develop original content in cinematic-style VR. CatsAndVR.com.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2016

HTC – TPE: 2498 – Headset, Content Delivery Platform (non-gaming). AMD – NASDAQ: AMD – GPUs, CPUs and other computer hardware for VR. Samsung – KRX: 005930 – GearVR (partnership with Oculus VR) and 360 Camera. Amazon – NASDAQ: AMZN – VR Content & Game Engine. Unconfirmed.

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AllThingsVR

JANUARY 10, 2017

Alloy sits in the same standalone category as the Santa Cruz prototype from Facebook’s Oculus, meaning the hardware you wear on your head includes not just the display, but the rendering and positional tracking technologies that are fundamental parts of making VR work. Insta360 uses real-time image stitching technology and offers both H.264

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

It’s important to remember that every VR device fits one of three categories: mobile (meaning it uses the user’s smartphone to produce its virtual world), tethered (meaning the device must be hooked up to a PC or console) or more recently, “all-in-one” (meaning the computing hardware is built into the headset itself). Photo by Samsung.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

Below the device are clearly visible the hardware IPD adjustment slider and the volume adjustment buttons. It also provides hardware IPD adjustment and a system to accommodate people with glasses. Comparison of the speakers solutions in the Oculus Quest (left) and HTC Vive Focus Plus (right). Bottom View of the headset.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 2, 2019

From steep discounts on Oculus PC hardware, to slashed prices on PSVR bundles, here’s your guide to today’s best VR deals: Image Credit: HTC. In terms of hardware discounts, HTC definitely takes the cake thanks to several impressive deals on its lineup of Vive headsets and numerous must-have accessories. PLAYSTATION VR.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Read on for a recap of the major developments that took place in 2018: Enterprises that made the news for using wearables: In 2018, major retailers got more serious about XR in hopes of competing with Amazon and improving the shopping experience. Hardware announcements: Head-worn. The company’s direction is unclear.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

This is especially true for those brave enough to participate in Black Friday, a night so barbaric it’s basically the equivalent of a suburban gladiator fight; except instead of battling for their lives, these “warriors” are battling for 25% off the latest Samsung 4K TV. DOOM VFR BUNDLE ($199.99) : Pretty self-explanatory. VIVE PRO DISCOUNTS!

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Road to VR

JUNE 24, 2019

Six different companies have offered one or more Windows VR headsets—Samsung, Lenovo, HP, Dell, Asus, and Acer—since the introduction of the Windows Mixed Reality platform back in 2017. Samsung’s official site is no longer list the original Odyssey headset for sale, though continues to show it as a “Support Only Product.”

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The first one is the usual SteamVR hardware survey. Just a little parenthesis to say that Zuck has also said that Facebook is working hard on AR hardware and operating system ) ARtillery Intelligence , an analytics company, still provides good news, but it wants to stop our enthusiasm. Statistics show that VR is continuously growing.

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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 affiliate link) More info (Pimax 5K+ on Amazon?—?affiliate

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Samsung starts off the month debuting its VR Internet browser for Gear VR, becoming the first to offer a VR browser. Oculus and HTC had been holding details surrounding Rift and Vive launch windows close to the chest, probably because they had delays to announce and need to nail down new plans. December 2015. January 2016.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

This trend will continue in 2021 : the new LiDAR sensor, which is rumored to be installed in all future iPhones, will for sure be copied also by Android phones (Samsung?) Besides them, there are also other frameworks that can help WebXR developers: some WebXR exporters for Unity projects and also Amazon Sumerian.

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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. That Damn Battery Arguably the fiercest hardware debate right now in the industry is what to do with the damn battery.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 27, 2019

This year we had the launch of two amazing 6 DOF all-in-one Virtual Reality headsets : the Oculus Quest and the HTC Vive Focus Plus. USB should have OTG enabled; Battery : 3 hours nominal duration; Vive Focus Plus and controllers (Image by HTC). According to some reviewers, the display may also be the same one made by Samsung.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2016

You’ll find dozens of Cardboard-like headsets on Amazon, for example, some you need to hold to your face with your hands and others with straps on the back. All of them have the same problem — they are limited in terms of how you interact with a virtual experience and by the quality of the phone’s hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2024

Qualcomm has officially said that this is the chipset that the upcoming Samsung headset is going to employ. But there is not only Samsung: XR2 Gen 2 is going to be integrated also by Immersed’s Visor, a new HTC Vive headset, a YVR headset in China, and a headset that is still undisclosed. appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

We provide estimates on hardware numbers for consumer and enterprise; hardware shipments, hardware revenue for VR devices, AR/MR devices. I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets — like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it — are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

We provide estimates on hardware numbers for consumer and enterprise; hardware shipments, hardware revenue for VR devices, AR/MR devices. I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets — like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it — are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

We provide estimates on hardware numbers for consumer and enterprise; hardware shipments, hardware revenue for VR devices, AR/MR devices. I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets -- like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it -- are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Image by Samsung). Anyway, officially, both Samsung and Oculus have continued at least to support it. But at the presentation of the latest Samsung Note 10, for the first time after the Note 4, Samsung has dropped support for Gear VR in its latest flagship device. And Samsung is not abandoning XR for sure.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device. According to Korean media, Samsung Electronics is working with Microsoft on a new augmented/mixed reality project “involving HoloLens”. Samsung is one of the most famous suppliers of components for electronic devices (e.g. Samsung Odyssey+).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

This week has been the week of the Oculus Connect 6 , the biggest yearly event by Oculus where the VR company announces all its most important news, both on hardware and software sides. It is much better than ALVR and other similar solutions (of course, because Oculus can operate at a deeper level on its hardware and runtime).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

Networking libraries, VR hardware, AR glasses, common standards… nothing is ready to build the metaverse in the short term. The hardware market won’t grow much, in my opinion. Another brand I’m very curious about is Samsung : sooner or later, it should announce something, either in VR or in AR. Accessories.

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