The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

But hey, let me play this game anyway, so here you are my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 based on the trends and the anticipations that we had at the end of 2020! 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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ARVR

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Billie Eilish performed in VR using the Oculus Venues app on Oculus Quest. Billie Eilish performed in VR using the Oculus Venues app on Oculus Quest. What can Vuzix Smart glasses mean for the current Android Developers? How To Use the ARLOOPA App: A Step-by-Step Guide (2020) 3.

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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. GENERAL TRENDS. Me wearing my branded Oculus Quest 2.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Here’s what got Tech Trends really excited: Raindance is a very well-established and well-respected independent film festival, but it isn’t a particularly flashy one. Tech Trends offers comprehensive Immersive Technologies Consultancy to help you get there. The post Upgrading VR Storytelling appeared first on Tech Trends.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 9, 2022

The Digital Markets Act is a law that the European Parliament and Commission are discussing since 2020 and has the purpose of limiting the excessive power of the major tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Just to quote one thing that I’ve found very interesting: he is against the trend of proposing complete interoperability between metaverse platforms. In case you want to read the book, too, you can find it on Amazon: [link] (the link is without affiliation, so you can trust the honesty of my review).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

It works connected to a phone, and while it doesn’t have any kind of tracking embedded, for tasks like watching Netflix it can be very useful (Thanks David for the tip); Amazon has announced the Echo Frames, its smart glasses that let you speak with Alexa. Oculus Link gets updated to 90Hz. Other relevant news. Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I have to say that this “leak” comes in a very timely fashion , by chance exactly at the moment when Facebook was building the hype for Oculus Quest 2 Pro , convincing so some people to wait for Valve’s moves before buying the new Oculus headset. 3 big titles are showing the current trends of VR gaming. More info.

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TechCrunch VR

AUGUST 28, 2019

Introducing the Facebook Portal is part of a push by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative, which runs the contest, to expand the range of home automation devices available to researchers in attendance. Facebook said it would also allow hackers to find flaws in the Oculus Quest virtual reality kit.

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Hypergrid Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Image courtesy Oculus). This VR headset is currently the number one best seller on the Amazon cell phone VR headsets list. out of 5 on Amazon, this is an affordable way to get into VR via your cellphone. Buy on Amazon. Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest (Image courtesy Oculus.). Buy on Amazon.

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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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AR Insider

MARCH 30, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

I think it’s impossible to create a healthy competitive space in the XR field for both hardware and software if the trend is this one. And it is a trend that is getting always worse. It is just a bit more expensive than the $300 needed to buy an Oculus Quest 2. Wendy’s is not afraid of roasting Oculus Funny link.

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Tech Trends VR

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The Oculus Quest was a hit. At this year’s year’s E3 conference, Facebook’s Vice President of Special Gaming Strategies Jason Rubin told audiences that the Oculus Quest was seeing “console-like” engagement from users, selling $5 million worth of content in first 2 weeks since the device started shipping back in May.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

I think that from the results of this battle, which will happen most probably in 2022, we will understand the trends that will drive the VR gaming market in all the upcoming years. Oculus has also partnered with Virtuclear to offer prescription lenses for the Quest 2 for $80. You can now use consumer devices inside Oculus For Business.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

And this year, we’ll see further growth of this trend, which has still a big untapped potential: many new items to try-before-you-buy, new features available for filters, new popular ecosystems (like WeChat) that are going to adopt it properly. What will see a decreasing trend is everything that is about people going outside.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Oculus Quest 2 keeps showing impressive sales stats. Someone from a major company (Amazon, Apple, Microsoft), with pockets big enough to be able to compete with the rich Facebook, giving users an alternative and stimulating Facebook in doing even better. Oculus Avatars), plus the features of the store (e.g. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

To make you understand how these features are incredible, Qualcomm has stated that “the [XR2] reference design has 2x the CPU and GPU performance, 4x more video bandwidth, 6x higher resolution and 11x AI improvement compared to our current widely adopted XR platform [the Oculus Quest ]”. 20 AR trends to follow in 2020.

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AR Insider

MAY 31, 2021

The lower-cost locomotion option, Cybershoes , is now on Amazon for $349. Since it features no computational unit and no battery, it can be smaller and lighter than “shoebox” headsets like the Oculus Quest. Users wear overshoes with ball bearings in the soles and run on a hard plastic dish.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2021

score on the Oculus App Lab now. In the meanwhile, if you can, go giving 5 stars to the cube on App Lab … who knows if Facebook may consider promoting it on the main Oculus Store…. As for the controllers, they look like a mix of the Oculus Touch and the controllers of the Vive Focus Plus, with some important ergonomic adjustments.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 30, 2021

After the free September 9th update, the VR game will expand to allow 2 players wearing Oculus Quest 2 VR Headsets to freely roam in 100 square feet of shared playspace. Ball is a former Amazon strategy executive turned investor. Space Pirate Trainer Arena VR will include warehouse-scale options, and customizable maps.

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ARVR

JUNE 21, 2021

For example, Oculus, one of the leaders in developing VR headsets, offers rooms and parties for Gear VR where you can meet with your friends in a virtual private space. Since Oculus is owned by Facebook, it is easy to connect with your friends. You can get a Gear VR headset for $129 on Amazon. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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AR Insider

MARCH 8, 2021

Oculus has partnered with Virtuclear to offer prescription lenses for the Quest 2 for $80. Rumors surface about a new Oculus Quest Pro VR HMD. According to Tom’s Guide, during an AMA on Instagram, Oculus’s VP of AR/VR Andrew Bosworth responded to a comment about a $600 headset with advanced specs. The inserts go from 0 to -8.0

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ARVR

APRIL 5, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.” ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 18, 2019

But its share will start to diminish, given the rise of standalone VR, most notably Oculus Quest. In fact, the greatest share gains in this five-year outlook will be with standalone headsets such as Oculus Go and Quest. The device is currently sold out on Amazon.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Amazon wants AR for product visualization, pursuant to boosting e-commerce sales and reducing returns. Amazon will be the commerce layer, Microsoft the productivity layer and Facebook, the social/identity layer. to Oculus headsets. .” For Google, investments in AR are to drive search (visual search, mapping).

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Specifically, audio features let users listen to music and receive phone calls, making the device a sort of love child of Snap Spectacles and Amazon Echo Frames. It’s also notable that Facebook wasn’t assertive with its branding, as it’s arguably done in other hardware such as Oculus Quest 2.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2020

This has been the week of the launch of the Oculus Quest 2, and this event has been so big that basically, it will take half of this roundup to describe. Facebook releases the Oculus Quest 2. Even if with the Quest 1 was possible to play Oculus Go games, this support has been abandoned on the Quest 2. Top news of the week.

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AR Insider

MARCH 16, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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ARVR

MARCH 24, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The story is similar for Amazon , Microsoft and Bose (kind of), and the 800-pound gorilla in wearables, Apple. For one, it includes the thing that kicked off the current AR & VR era: Oculus. Orbiting Initiatives. Moving on to Facebook, it has several orbiting initiatives that comprise its spatial computing master plan.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 22, 2023

Sam&Max: This Time Is Virtual is another amazing game on the Quest (Image by Happy Giant) The Quest Pro tried to change this trend: Meta launched it as a device specifically for professionals, and launched it together with a partnership with Microsoft, for instance.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

It had started gaining interest in the metaverse trend ever since. Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. Salesforce uses Oculus Rift to create an immersive 3D environment for analyzing data. In this article, we will discuss on augmented reality.

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AR Insider

MARCH 24, 2020

And Oculus Quest is a beacon of hope on the VR side. This category also includes developer tools such as Unity and AR democratization tools such as Amazon Sumerian or Adobe Aero. But there are also confidence signals. 2019 was more of a “table-setting” year for our spatial future and there’s momentum building.

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AllThingsVR

JANUARY 10, 2017

The 5 Most Important Announcements from CES 2017 on VR & AR 1) Intel’s ‘Merged Reality’ Demo Brings Actual Hands Into VR on Oculus Rift Intel demoed 2 things at CES: 1) they demoed Intel’s technology to bring your hands into VR, no controller required, with Intel’s Merged Reality RealSense. 2) They demoed Project Alloy.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

After having written my predictions for virtual reality in 2020 , let’s see what will be the trends for this year in augmented reality. It will be a great time for us, as when there was the Oculus Share, and every experiment could have big visibility easily. A worker wearing HoloLens 2 (Image by Microsoft).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 31, 2016

I also spoke with Curran about the big trends at CES 2016. If I look at the big trends that are happening in the industry right now, you have some new technologies that are coming on to the scene that I think have the potential to start a wave that lasts the next couple of years. VB: What’s the first major trend you expect?

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