The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The Vive Focus was most probably the best VR standalone on the market when Oculus last week announced what will be the first consumer 6DOF VR standalone headset. And so here we are again: Oculus vs HTC, America vs China, Hugo Barra vs Alvin Wang Graylin. And now the battle is on standalone headsets: Oculus Quest vs Vive Focus.

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ARPost

MARCH 26, 2021

This year, Facebook (who held their own showcase event last year ) partnered with Unity and Intel to offer a larger, joint showing in advance of the more complete Game Developers Conference, which will take place in July. Major Announcements From Unity. Unity visual scripting. The First Unity for Humanity Grant Recipients.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

Feature comparison between ARCore, ARKit and the Unity Handheld AR SDK (Image by Unity). Meta is having funding issues because of the new trade wars between America and China. With ARKit you can also track your face, and some developers have started also using it as an animation tool.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Going on the stage at an investor event, Qualcomm CEO and President Cristiano Amon has revealed that Oculus Quest 2 (now Meta Quest 2) has sold 10 million units worldwide. Roblox CEO has said in the past that he was intrigued by the Oculus Quest, and now it seems that the whole company is betting more on virtual reality.

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Digitalnauts

MARCH 23, 2022

It’s definitely worth going, especially if you want to explore more creative projects and create connections in America. “ “ There were also a few fully immersive exhibitions powered by amazing tech (Spatial, Unity, MeowWolf, Dell, DC, Porsche…), which was great to see. SXSW is a massive event.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

The Rec Room community is growing pretty steadily, also thanks to the great sales of the Oculus Quest. Bank Of America to use VR training. Bank Of America has decided to implement VR training offered by STRIVR for its employees, and the scale to which it will happen is pretty vast: 50,000 EMPLOYEES will use this training experience.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2021

This price is ridiculously low: it is less than what a nreal glass costs, a lot less of a HoloLens 2 and perfectly in line also with the prices of VR headsets like Oculus Quest 2 and Pico Neo 3. Lone Echo 2 will be available for Rift S (yeah, the forgotten headset) and Quest + Link from October, 12th for $40 as an exclusive Oculus release.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Unity Technologies just went public. Now, if you look at something like game engines, for example, Unity and Unreal, they've been established for many, many years. And Unity's, I think started. Alex: I guarantee that most of Unity's investors are not going into the engine to build their own demos. Alex: Huge news.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Unity Technologies just went public. Now, if you look at something like game engines, for example, Unity and Unreal, they've been established for many, many years. And Unity's, I think started. Alex: I guarantee that most of Unity's investors are not going into the engine to build their own demos. Alex: Huge news.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Unity Technologies just went public. Now, if you look at something like game engines, for example, Unity and Unreal, they've been established for many, many years. And Unity's, I think started. Alex: I guarantee that most of Unity's investors are not going into the engine to build their own demos. Alex: Huge news.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

His lab was even visited by Zuckerberg before he decided to acquire Oculus. An iconic image of Jeremy Bailenson wearing an Oculus Rift DK2 (Image taken from Medium). We were using something called Visa, which was a very low-level library language, very different from what Unity is right now. I learned how to do the coding.

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VRScout

MARCH 23, 2017

In preparation, VRScout ‘s Malia Probst spoke with SVVR Co-Founder Karl Krantz for next week’s episode of the VRScout Report , where they discussed the SVVR expo, what’s exciting about this year’s edition, and its roots as the first VR meetup in America. ” But, as the story goes: they didn’t. Enter: SVVR.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Michael specializes in helping overseas brands build their presence in North America. And we had some great partners along the way, that helped us kind of co-develop and beta test this and– including our friends over at Oculus, who are really making a strong push for 180 3D these days for their headsets. Alan: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Michael specializes in helping overseas brands build their presence in North America. And we had some great partners along the way, that helped us kind of co-develop and beta test this and– including our friends over at Oculus, who are really making a strong push for 180 3D these days for their headsets. Alan: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Michael specializes in helping overseas brands build their presence in North America. And we had some great partners along the way, that helped us kind of co-develop and beta test this and-- including our friends over at Oculus, who are really making a strong push for 180 3D these days for their headsets. You see Facebook with Oculus.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

We also saw a growth of AR glasses, not in America and not North America, not the rest of the world, but in China. Twelve months ago I put a prediction on LinkedIn saying that I thought -- based on some of the things that we're seeing coming out of Unity -- that Unity was going to go public within the next 12 months.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

We also saw a growth of AR glasses, not in America and not North America, not the rest of the world, but in China. Twelve months ago I put a prediction on LinkedIn saying that I thought -- based on some of the things that we're seeing coming out of Unity -- that Unity was going to go public within the next 12 months.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

We also saw a growth of AR glasses, not in America and not North America, not the rest of the world, but in China. Twelve months ago I put a prediction on LinkedIn saying that I thought -- based on some of the things that we're seeing coming out of Unity -- that Unity was going to go public within the next 12 months.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 2, 2019

I hadn’t experienced anything until the the early [Oculus] DK1. And there was some fantastic presentation, it was part of the keynote at 0C6 last week — which I was at — by Michael Abrash, who’s chief scientist at Oculus. Alan: I’ve got my Oculus Quest sitting right in front of me. Justin: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 2, 2019

I hadn’t experienced anything until the the early [Oculus] DK1. And there was some fantastic presentation, it was part of the keynote at 0C6 last week — which I was at — by Michael Abrash, who’s chief scientist at Oculus. Alan: I’ve got my Oculus Quest sitting right in front of me. Justin: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 21, 2019

Unity is a tool that we use a ton, and it’s cross-platform. This could be for something like a Magic Leap or an Oculus or something like that. Now, you can actually make a product that’s targeted at pretty much everyone in America right now, right? And not just America. Because everyone has a smartphone.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 21, 2019

Unity is a tool that we use a ton, and it’s cross-platform. This could be for something like a Magic Leap or an Oculus or something like that. Now, you can actually make a product that’s targeted at pretty much everyone in America right now, right? And not just America. Because everyone has a smartphone.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 2, 2019

I hadn’t experienced anything until the the early [Oculus] DK1. And there was some fantastic presentation, it was part of the keynote at 0C6 last week — which I was at — by Michael Abrash, who’s chief scientist at Oculus. Alan: I’ve got my Oculus Quest sitting right in front of me. Justin: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 2, 2019

I hadn't experienced anything until the the early [Oculus] DK1. And there was some fantastic presentation, it was part of the keynote at 0C6 last week -- which I was at -- by Michael Abrash, who's chief scientist at Oculus. Alan: I've got my Oculus Quest sitting right in front of me. How did that precipitate? Justin: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 2, 2019

I hadn't experienced anything until the the early [Oculus] DK1. And there was some fantastic presentation, it was part of the keynote at 0C6 last week -- which I was at -- by Michael Abrash, who's chief scientist at Oculus. Alan: I've got my Oculus Quest sitting right in front of me. How did that precipitate? Justin: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 21, 2019

Unity is a tool that we use a ton, and it's cross-platform. This could be for something like a Magic Leap or an Oculus or something like that. Now, you can actually make a product that's targeted at pretty much everyone in America right now, right? And not just America. And there's tons of amazing tutorials and content.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 12, 2019

Alan: The Oculus Quest is coming out next week at [Facebook] F8, and it’s full six degrees of freedom. There’s a hundred Macy’s across America that have VR now. You can build in Unity, it’s the same thing. The first Oculus was… out in, what, early 2012? So you’re right there.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 12, 2019

Alan: The Oculus Quest is coming out next week at [Facebook] F8, and it’s full six degrees of freedom. There’s a hundred Macy’s across America that have VR now. You can build in Unity, it’s the same thing. The first Oculus was… out in, what, early 2012? So you’re right there.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Top news of the week. Ah, and you must be 18+ years old.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 17, 2020

And we actually tried to tackle this problem with the help of major headset manufacturers – Oculus, HTC, Leap Motion, Intel — and they supported us to create VR/AR labs around the world. You’re going to be running this in Berlin, but then in also North America as well. Ferhan: Yes.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 17, 2020

And we actually tried to tackle this problem with the help of major headset manufacturers – Oculus, HTC, Leap Motion, Intel — and they supported us to create VR/AR labs around the world. You’re going to be running this in Berlin, but then in also North America as well. Ferhan: Yes.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 17, 2020

And we actually tried to tackle this problem with the help of major headset manufacturers - Oculus, HTC, Leap Motion, Intel -- and they supported us to create VR/AR labs around the world. Of course Unity, Unreal, and these engines is already important to make you enabled, which we strongly recommend if you already have a commitment for VR/AR.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Circuit Stream’s story began in 2015 with Lou traveling around North America, connecting with developers, designers, and creators, pushing the boundaries of immersive experiences. Like, “Unity 101: here’s how to make a model.” So you mentioned travelling across North America. Alan: So how did you begin?

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Circuit Stream’s story began in 2015 with Lou traveling around North America, connecting with developers, designers, and creators, pushing the boundaries of immersive experiences. Like, “Unity 101: here’s how to make a model.” So you mentioned travelling across North America. Alan: So how did you begin?

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Circuit Stream's story began in 2015 with Lou traveling around North America, connecting with developers, designers, and creators, pushing the boundaries of immersive experiences. They're a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Circuit Stream's story began in 2015 with Lou traveling around North America, connecting with developers, designers, and creators, pushing the boundaries of immersive experiences. They're a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences.

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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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