The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The article talked about a headset shipping without controllers and aiming at the sweet price point of $200. More info Apple Vision Pro may have a very slow start The same Ming-Chi Kuo, who probably woke up with a lot of pessimism that day, has also expressed doubts about the widespread success of the Apple Vision Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony reveals the design of the PSVR 2. Finally, Sony Interactive Entertainment has unveiled the design of the PlayStation VR 2 headset. An analysis of the job postings of Meta shows that the company is trying to add cellular data to its headsets. Top news of the week.

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VRScout

APRIL 18, 2019

Image Credit: Sony. Utility Patents protect any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, the composition of matter, or any new and useful improvements to existing objects. Regarding inclusivity, on April 4, 2019, the USPTO published a new patent for Sony that was filed in December 2017. Image Credit: Sony/USPTO.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2022

Some people also suspected that by abandoning the Facebook login, it will be less easy also to subsidize the price of the headset with the data, but honestly, I don’t think that there won’t be data harvesting on Meta accounts. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony releases some details about PSVR 2 runtime.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Here below I have selected some news articles that talk about some cool offerings that you can exploit these days. Apple XR headset may have great processing power. This week I’m so desperate that there is no news to write about that I’m even sharing a rumor about the Apple headset. Read the postmortem of Eye Of The Temple.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 2, 2021

David Heaney has written a good article on Upload VR where he tries to hypothesize what could this group of people work on, but in the end, he has no idea as well of what can be the most probable outcome. Sony has sold 10M PS5 worldwide. Facebook is evaluating the integration of Oculus Move with Apple Health.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 14, 2021

This week we had another report from supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, that is said to very reliable in rumors about Apple (even if he only made wrong predictions about Apple Glasses, but this is none of my business). More info (Report by Kuo) More info (Report about Apple Glasses). Apple announces minor XR news at WWDC 2021.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 10, 2021

The first time I heard about Cognixions, the AR headset with EEG sensors to help people with disabilities, I was pretty skeptical, but after the in-depth article by TechCrunch that I have read this week, I now think it is an interesting device. The Epic vs Apple trial makes interesting documents come to light. Image by Epic Games).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In two days there will be the Facebook Connect, an Apple event and a Sony event about PS5! Data about a new Vive Focus device appear on GeekBench. Apple teases AR for its next event and invents the “SR” acronym. This week in VR had interesting news as you will see here below, but a new amazing week actually awaits us!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2023

More info Quest reported to have sold 20 M units When I talked about the report by Alex Heath on Meta, I haven’t mentioned one very important thing that is written in that article: Meta has said in an internal presentation that the Quest line has sold around 20 M units up to now. And it also released the code as fully open source.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Today, haptics aka tactile feedback is used in games, user interfaces, online shopping, tele-touch, data visualization, art appreciation, and an aid for the blind. Like what you’ll find embedded in an Apple iPhone, Sony Playstation or Quest 2 controller. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Photo via www.sunnic.com.tw

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

Image by Sony). Sony officially states it is going to launch the PSVR 2. PlayStation VR has been the most successful headset until now (if we exclude the crappy mobile viewers), but now it is pretty dated and people were wondering what Sony was going to do. Some people started to think that Sony could have abandoned VR.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

This week in XR has seen the launch of the first standalone MR headset, plus a lot of interesting news and articles about immersive realities. A lot of data that will be very useful to Facebook to create its Live Maps functionality. Let’s see how Apple and Google will answer. Sony closes its game studio in Manchester.

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AR Insider

JULY 7, 2020

It includes some of its data and takeaways. This could be the case in dynamic AR activations like within a store aisle, or reading an online article, or even longer sessions like a multiplayer AR pick-up game in the park. This has attracted Sony Pictures, Miller Lite, and Porsche as clients.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

So for today’s article, let me focus mainly on the non-CES-related news about AR and VR. My favorite ones have been: Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed that the next PSVR headset will be called PSVR 2 and will feature 2K x 2K per eye, up to 120 Hz framerate, and 110° FOV. New rumors on Apple and Meta devices.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

For XR, instead, it has not been a special week at all: we had a bunch of nice news, plus the usual articles saying “Oh, VR is not mainstream yet, it will never be blablabla”. For the second kind of articles, well, look online, and I’m sure you will find some journalists who say that VR is just a fad while donning their Cardboards.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

All these data together make me a bit skeptical about the capabilities of this company: developing such kind of a high-quality headset requires a lot of expertise, while the company is very small and features no known expert in the field. Sony will give PS4 camera adapters for PS5 for free.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 18, 2022

We've dug into the latest data from streaming aggregator ReelGood , which pulls viewing figures from streaming sites in the UK and the US, and broken out the top 10 most watched TV shows of the past week. Credit: Greg Lewis / AMC / Sony Pictures Television. Credit: Apple TV+. What's everybody been watching this week then?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Through comprehensive media services (mainly including media coverage, expert consultation, data research, and event and public relation management), it helps entrepreneurs with idea incubation, financing, strategy consultation, and publicity. and covered more than 80% of the XR pioneers as communities members.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

These days have been hectic: I have met very interesting people (you will read about that in some upcoming articles), and I’m super happy about it. Most probably this announcement has been made to envision a future competition with Apple, bringing to XR the battle Android vs iOS (and Samsung vs Apple) that we already have on phones.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

If you make some calculations using these data, the result is that Meta has probably sold 9–10M Quest 2 units until now. So creating new devices that young kids may like (the Quest 2) and that have an independent store (Quest Store) and where Meta can perform all the data tracking that it wants, seems the ideal scenario. Upload VR).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

I hope that this way, even if you lost the announcements from CES, you can catch up with all the most important ones by just reading a single article. PlayStation VR 2 Logo (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). For every piece of news, I’ll share with you a brief summary and one or more links to go deeper.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Meta) Meta may be working on a very cheap Quest and very expensive Quest Pro 2 Thanks to Twitter user Lunayian , I got to read an article written by a Korean magazine with some very interesting rumors about Meta. What is almost sure is that in the feature it will also be available for Apple Vision Pro headset.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

But before leaving you to the best pieces of AR/VR news of the week, let me tease you that in the upcoming days I will publish an article I’m sure you will all love… it’s a hands-on preview on… you’ll discover it! Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Just be sure to keep an eye on your e-mail to not miss it…. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Image by Sony, from Road To VR). Sony announces PS5, it supports PSVR. With an online livestream of around 1 hour, Sony has finally unveiled the design of the PlayStation 5. But Sony has confirmed that while we wait for it, the PS5 will be able to work with the current PSVR device. I hope you’ll enjoy it…. SSD (8–9 GB/s).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Today I host another great article by Rob Cole , who writes again about his experience with the Pimax Crystal headset. Here are my findings since the first article was published, starting with a subject close to my heart. If you want to read his previous post, you can find it here.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

Is this really what Apple wants? (Thanks Robert Scoble for this news!). Microsoft has released more specifications for its upcoming XBOX Series X, and from these data is clearly possible to see that it will be compatible with VR headsets. This is a very fascinating hypothesis, but honestly, I don’t know if I believe it.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

I’m still not sure what will be the format for that series of articles, but for sure I’ll tell you everything about it! More info (Microsoft Mesh to be integrated into Teams) More info (Detailed article on the announcement). By the way, stay tuned on this blog to read about my experience at AWE! I’ll let you travel with me….

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment) PlayStation VR 2 has been launched This has been the week of PSVR2. Sony Interactive Entertainment has started shipping the headset , and many people in the community started sharing pictures of them using this new device. appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As you would expect, hard data is a commodity that many are after, and sadly I have to keep this for our paying clients. The reason some use LBVR is they are only looking at commercial rather than the entertainment (or they are trying to make their articles unique!). But I can give you an overview. Is LBVR dead?

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. The incumbents have an advantage with existing mapping such as Google Maps, Earth, Street View, Apple Maps and the Indoor Maps Program, and Bing Maps but there are also significant geographic data players such as Foursquare and OpenStreetMap.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

BUT today is the day of the WWDC, and who knows if Apple will tease something about AR glasses. This week I’ve published a very interesting article inspired by the work of Basti465, who has analyzed the runtime of the Quest v29 finding hints about future features that are going to be released. May he rest in peace.

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MAY 24, 2023

Many of the articles emerging from this are purporting the death of the Metaverse. One of the most salient articles catching the attention of the XR community is the pedantic Business Insider article , “RIP Metaverse, We Hardly Knew Ye.” Imagine an internet where only Apple computers can connect to the web.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

And in fact, some weeks ago Sony has made everyone understand that it has delayed the launch of the PSVR 2 because the market is not there yet. Sony believes in VR, and we definitely believe at some point in the future, VR will represent a meaningful component of interactive entertainment. PlayStation believes in VR. PSVR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 7, 2023

A few weeks ago, a very interesting comment on one of my articles was doubting that VR can ever enter the wide mainstream. Innovation happens in sprints In life as in technology (Image by LizAndMollie) While I was thinking about what to write in this article, I remembered something I studied at University about innovation.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

and the growth, from the data, seems slow (for now), but exponential. The headset will be much better than Quest, but its problem will be that it won’t be able to have the same great library of content of the Quest , so probably this will become an enterprise headset as well; Sony will tease PSVR 2. The reasons?

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

This has not been the most interesting week in AR, VR, but I think that in the next times we’ll see some shots fired: in some days there will be the F8, the official shipment of the Vive Pro 2, then the Apple WWDC conference! More info (Lumus Maximus glasses) More info (In-depth article on Lumus Maximus by Karl Guttag).

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