The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

While the first version was an all-in-one with diffractive waveguides like Microsoft HoloLens, the new one is an all-in-two light device that connects to your smartphone and uses birdbath optics. Oculus Link gets updated to 90Hz. After one year from the release of the Link , Oculus finally puts it out of beta with a big update.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

It doesn’t seem to be on par with the Oculus Quest 2, but as a first device by Nolo, it is not that bad. A decent budget for Microsoft and Facebook… but something impossible for companies like HTC or Magic Leap (do you remember when we all thought that $2.5B The company is investigating the matter. (Thanks Rob Cole for the tip!).

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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. thanks Alessio for the tip!).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

The news of the week is that Meta is poaching talents from all the other companies : in particular, it has been able to “steal” 100 employees from the HoloLens team in Microsoft. It is just a bit more expensive than the $300 needed to buy an Oculus Quest 2. Thanks VR Fitness Mag for the tip). New hands-on from CES. Some XR fun.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

8th Wall recently partnered with Amazon Sumerian on a WebAR ad experience where, with just a click of a banner ad, an AR experience placed a 3D Spiderman into your space for you to interact with directly in your mobile browser. Volumetric capture can also create volumetric video that can be used in VR and AR experiences.

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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. In our age of Amazon, that's certainly helpful. And basically, this is a series that can also be shown in standard video format.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 28, 2019

Oculus Quest and controllers (Image by Oculus). Oculus is updating its Rift S and Quest offering. This has been an interesting week of news and updates for Oculus’s flagship devices. And finally, Oculus has deployed a new update to remove the annoying “Static Flash” bug that was taunting Rift S users.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Amazon Sumerian. You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. We’re not tied to Microsoft. Oculus has sold a couple million. You’ve got two-billion devices that can do three-dimensional computing, and this is the tipping point. We’re not tied to Magic Leap.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Amazon Sumerian. You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. We’re not tied to Microsoft. Oculus has sold a couple million. You’ve got two-billion devices that can do three-dimensional computing, and this is the tipping point. We’re not tied to Magic Leap.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Amazon Sumerian. You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. maybe our sales guy could take this Oculus, go with him in a suitcase when he goes on these sales meetings, and actually show people the thing we're building in full three dimensions." We're not tied to Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

This week we had no big news from Facebook, but in the communities, the theme of the Facebook login for the Oculus Quest 2 remains pretty hot. Some people have already abandoned the Oculus ship, but many have still bought the Quest 2, that in fact is already backordered by several weeks in some countries (e.g. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2019

The past week has been the week of the E3, and we had an insane amount of news regarding new upcoming Virtual Reality content, especially for the Oculus Quest! But even more important, at E3 it has showcased a new 360 mode for the Oculus Quest. Oculus has made various statements about the Quest. For what games are you hyped?

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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”. The new update also brings hand tracking support in the Oculus OpenXR plugin. This announcement is not sus, it is just great.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

Oculus Quest gets v29 update. This week Facebook has started rolling out the v29 runtime update for Oculus Quest , and it brings some interesting features like: Multi-user mode on the original Quest 1 A renewed UI of the “toolbar” of the device. Quest 2 recalled from Amazon EU for skin irritation issue. Other relevant news.

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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. Amazon sold me a moulded nylon grip for an AR-15 airsoft rifle… it was time to start work building my first development “Mule”. Image provided by Rob Cole).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

I can’t guarantee that these predictions will come out to be true (I always joke about the fact that I miss many of the predictions about Meta/Oculus), but I think they will be worth reading anyway to understand what can be the trends to look for in this new year. Me wearing my branded Oculus Quest 2. So… let’s start!

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they’re pivoting to enterprise. So what are some of the tips that you would give to people listening? Microsoft has actually– it’s interesting, because the Hololens was in their devices division and they actually moved it last year over to cloud.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they’re pivoting to enterprise. So what are some of the tips that you would give to people listening? Microsoft has actually– it’s interesting, because the Hololens was in their devices division and they actually moved it last year over to cloud.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they're pivoting to enterprise. So what are some of the tips that you would give to people listening? Microsoft has actually-- it's interesting, because the Hololens was in their devices division and they actually moved it last year over to cloud. Emily: Yeah.

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