XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

At the event, AWS collaborated with Proto Holograms to showcase a new system powered by Amazon Bedrock. Shen Ye, Global Head of Product at HTC VIVE , discussed the primary drivers of the XR industry, with the entry of Apple into the market being a significant factor driving changes in the industry.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 11, 2023

Now I am hearing the next phase of devices are starting to make its way to other XR software departments @ Meta. Now I am hearing the next phase of devices are starting to make its way to other XR software departments [at] Meta. Dev kits are slated 2Q23 for 3rd party partners. Brad Lynch (@SadlyItsBradley) January 6, 2023.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Image by HTC). HTC launches Vive Flow headset for relaxation, priced at $499. After endless teasings and leaks, in the end, HTC has finally unveiled its headset: called Vive Flow, it is a lightweight device for media consumption. I send you good vibes so things go well for you too! Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC is probably going to announce Vive Flow. With a surprise move, HTC Vive has started teasing the launch of a new product. The company has set up a virtual event on the platform ENGAGE (of which HTC is an investor) for October, 14th 2021 at 8 am PDT. Send me hugs while I’m still human!

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

OCTOBER 31, 2023

To mark the shift towards a positive end of 2023, following a shaky start to the year, AWE brought together firms such as Meta, Lenovo, and HTC VIVE to highlight the forecasted industry upturn. Moreover, Sahni quickly highlighted the importance of working with third-party software vendors to ensure the success of enterprise VR programs.

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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. All Apple software, SDKs, APIs, and developer tools ?—?Pre-release More info (Apple threatens Epic) More info (Microsoft files an official support for Epic).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

You have to buy base stations and controllers separately from HTC or Valve. Huawei is advertising these glasses as competitors of Oculus Quest and HTC Vive Pro, but don’t get mislead by this. I hope that at least they will keep the software infrastructure alive even if the officially dedicated hardware has been abandoned.

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AllThingsVR

JUNE 21, 2016

Also today the startup said its app is launching on the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive on Thursday and will be coming to PlayStation VR. F&P said it will use the investment to grow its team and production capacity for its content pipeline; enhance its proprietary VR cameras; and expand its production and post-production software suite.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2. In the end, the rumors were correct and HTC launched two headsets at VIVECON: the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. But this device got also some criticism: first of all , HTC has not released new controllers and still sells it with the old Wands.

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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. Image by Microsoft). It is clear that the company is aiming at giving it to players before the launch of Half-Life: Alyx.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

To set up your experience, you’ll need to install the Gear VR software on your phone by inserting your phone into the front of the headset and following the onscreen instructions. from Amazon. Photo from Microsoft. from Microsoft. Vive’s setup software will also download Steam onto your computer. 399.00-$499.00

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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. Toshiba upgraded its software engine to create Vision DE Suite 2.0,

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This is a huge problem for Meta, which subsidizes hardware with software sales. More info News worth a mention Information leaks on Vive’s inside-out Tracker There is a new leak about the inside-out tracked Vive Tracker that HTC teased a few months ago. And as you can imagine, the leaks come from him, always him: Brad Lynch.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

2020 has been a good year for the sales of VR devices : Half-Life Alyx and the launch of the Quest 2 have created a big spike in the sales of VR hardware and software. I expect all these trends to continue in 2021, for a year that will see the growth of the technology on all its sides (software and hardware).

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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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VR Spies

APRIL 17, 2018

I have to admit that I have been intrigued ever since Microsoft threw its hat into the VR ring and announced all of the different MR headsets that they were releasing through many different manufacturing partners. Today I am taking a quick look at the Acer AH-101 Window Mixed Reality Headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). Of course, Microsoft and Amazon are observing the situation: in my opinion, Microsoft will wait a bit , considering its focus on AR enterprise with HoloLens, while Amazon could improve its already existing offering of glasses connected with Alexa. Sounded good.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

Johnson has worked at Microsoft and Qualcomm before, and she is a very respected executive. Yes, it will be hard against Microsoft, which is well poised in the field, but the market is so new and growing that there is the place for more than one single company. Image by HTC Vive). Amazon is opening its AR Beauty Salon.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

So I’m coming from — let’s just round it down, let’s call it 15 years — in the enterprise space selling software and services and automation, things like that. And really what we do now is we connect enterprise users, AR hardware manufacturers and AR software providers, the problem solvers. Lance: Sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

So I’m coming from — let’s just round it down, let’s call it 15 years — in the enterprise space selling software and services and automation, things like that. And really what we do now is we connect enterprise users, AR hardware manufacturers and AR software providers, the problem solvers. Lance: Sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

So I'm coming from -- let's just round it down, let's call it 15 years -- in the enterprise space selling software and services and automation, things like that. And really what we do now is we connect enterprise users, AR hardware manufacturers and AR software providers, the problem solvers. Lance: Sure. Lance: Exactly right.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

Just to make you understand how much money this could mean, my reader Sir Gamedev has sent me a link where one of the previous Xbox executives has revealed that the initial undercost sales of the first Xbox units cost Microsoft between $5B and $7B. More info (HTC Vive Pro 2 review) More info (HTC Vive Pro 2 review?—?cached

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2020

The headset’s ease-of-use, solid game library, and reasonable price has pushed it to become Oculus’ best rated headset on Amazon thus far. While the company had originally collaborated with HTC to create the Vive, this time around Valve opted to handle everything on their own. Image courtesy HTC. Vive Cosmos.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. Microsoft Hololens is a key player in the MR market. It can be readily recognized by the software with very little processing overhead. It has applications in training and educational use cases.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

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. First, HTC delays the Vive until April 2016, with plans to show an updated developer kit at CES in January. In December, these plans become known.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

The same day of the launch of Half-Life: Alyx, Hewlett-Packard has announced its new virtual reality headset, the Reverb G2 , made in collaboration with Microsoft and Valve. Valve could provide some audio-visual improvements, while Microsoft its WMR platform, with inside-out tracking of controllers. HP announces the Reverb G2.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Some time ago, it had already released the public specifications for the headset , and so many 3rd party vendors had been able to design and sell their viewers, but now even all the software has been released on GitHub. That is, all the software layer of Cardboard is public domain now. Image from Amazon). The hype is rising….

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2017

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies – CEO Dirk Ahlborn debuts their VR experience for the station and boarding and their AR collaboration tool Beem on the Microsoft HoloLens. A fully immersive experience in the cosmos using the HTC Vive VR platform, SUBPAC, and headphones. Also available in VR – with both forms being demoed.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole. But we don’t do a one-size-fits-all sort of enterprise software number. They’re much more distributable than the standard Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which has to be hooked up to a PC. Alan: So, what are the headsets that are poised to take over?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole. But we don’t do a one-size-fits-all sort of enterprise software number. They’re much more distributable than the standard Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which has to be hooked up to a PC. Alan: So, what are the headsets that are poised to take over?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole. But we don't do a one-size-fits-all sort of enterprise software number. They're much more distributable than the standard Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which has to be hooked up to a PC. Outside of that, we've worked with companies like PayPal, Microsoft, Accenture.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

The software suffers because the budget is taken from that. This got some press, because HTC VIVE released a press release with Bell, saying that their latest helicopter was created 10 times faster using VR, and you guys were the company doing that. We're not talking, "we designed it better with a new software."

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

The software suffers because the budget is taken from that. This got some press, because HTC VIVE released a press release with Bell, saying that their latest helicopter was created 10 times faster using VR, and you guys were the company doing that. We're not talking, "we designed it better with a new software."

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

The software suffers because the budget is taken from that. This got some press, because HTC VIVE released a press release with Bell, saying that their latest helicopter was created 10 times faster using VR, and you guys were the company doing that. We're not talking, "we designed it better with a new software."

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

The software suffers because the budget is taken from that. This got some press, because HTC VIVE released a press release with Bell, saying that their latest helicopter was created 10 times faster using VR, and you guys were the company doing that. We're not talking, "we designed it better with a new software."

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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”. This announcement is not sus, it is just great. Apple is entering the XR field, and Facebook is currently dominating the VR market.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Even the big players like Sony, Apple, and Microsoft have substantially reduced their production estimates for 2022, whilst processor manufacturers talk of delays into 2024. As this year continued, I tackled different development areas (Tracking, Ergonomics, Haptics, Mechanical, Software, etc.) Image provided by Rob Cole).

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