AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Charlie Fink even wrote a whole book about it (disclosure: we wrote a chapter in the book). “There are companies trying to solve that using similar hierarchical structures to how real estate is owned today,” said HTC’s Amy Peck. Apple is really good at that. Click To Tweet. Think Different.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 9, 2021

HTC, a strategic partner and shareholder of VR Education, has also started selling its ENGAGE-based product, VIVE Sessions, in China. It’s very similar to what Apple has been doing for smartphone,” CEO Chi Xu said. “We Apple has something to do with it (Jon Swarz/Marketwatch) Is the Metaverse an existential threat to the app store?

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2022

Image by Apple). Apple WWDC is back in June. Apple has announced that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will be held in an online format from June 6 through 10 , free for all developers to attend. It’s interesting that HTC is keeping the name Vive both for VR and Web3 solutions. News worth a mention.

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Upload VR

JUNE 7, 2022

The New York Times reports that Jon Favreau is developing “video content” for Apple’s upcoming mixed reality headset , expected to launch next year. In 2016, he worked on a VR narrative experience called Gnomes & Goblins for the HTC Vive. ” That being said, some kind of 3D immersive experience seems likely.

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AR Insider

MAY 17, 2021

This week, the Epic/Apple saga continues, HTC doubles down on enterprise AR Niantic enters the AR platform race, and Spatial leans in to NFTs. Let’s dive in… Apple – Epic Smackdown, part deux. As the trial drags on, Epic’s case against Apple may be losing its edge. See his books here.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 1, 2023

What happened in the years between is still somewhat cloaked in a veil of professional silence, though books like Blake Harris' History Of The Future have peeked behind the curtain. Perceiving this as a long-term risk to Steam, Valve then worked with HTC to build a Rift competitor with direct Steam integration, the Vive.

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TechCrunch VR

APRIL 3, 2023

As part of our Kickstarter campaign in 2013, one of the price tier perks was 50 Ready Player One books signed by Cline. And then we did a small event in Austin with Cline signing the books. “Funnily enough, [he] lives in Austin,” says Goetgeluk. “As We had a wooden prototype at the time.”

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Prior to Valve, Lawrence was part of the Human Interface team at Apple, working on system features and applications for the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac,” notes the description. The auction has nine days to go, ending on 4th March. Best of luck to those who do participate. For further updates, keep reading VRFocus.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 2, 2022

For sure he knows that pros will be Apple’s target and hopes to beat Apple with his device (AHAHAHAH). Image by HTC Vive). HTC is keeping on its strategy of releasing whatever stuff metaverse-related. Well, this book saw the truth Funny link. If it were true (it’s an unconfirmed rumor), that would be pretty scary.

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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

DECEMBER 21, 2020

While all are waiting for the amazing AR glasses that Facebook and Apple will release in the upcoming years, many other big companies and startups are trying to enter the same market, trying to earn some early market shares. HTC is going to deprecate Vive Pro and Vive Pro Eye. Top news of the week. Image by NuEyes).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

More info Some news about Apple Vision Pro The news and rumors about Vision Pro never end. In these two weeks, we got to discover that Apple is planning to organize demo sessions of Vision Pro inside the Apple Store venues and that in the beginning, the only way to buy a Vision Pro will be going to an Apple Store.

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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. Is this really what Apple wants? (Thanks Robert Scoble for this news!). base stations and a 20m fiber cable.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2018

HTC Vive Focus is one of the most famous standalone VR headsets. I have always been intrigued by this device, since the first time I’ve read about its reveal at an HTC event : I don’t know why, maybe because of the azure color that is my favorite, maybe because it looks so informal. It was funny. Upper view of the device.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 29, 2016

Enough tosses and she judges me hungry: apple slices appear on my stroller’s tray. Her second interactive VR project, and first created for the HTC Vive, Park Walk is replete with the simplifications and impossibilities that can define memories of early childhood. It’s if I opt to throw these, too, that she offers me my Teddy Bear.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

HP and Microsoft have a long track in offering enterprise hardware, so this headset may battle HTC on his own land (B2B). First of all, Peter Chou, ex founder of HTC , has launched his startup XrSpace, with his first VR headset Mova (that you can see in the header image of this post), together with its social XR platform Manova.

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Haptical

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

And in 2019, we have seen a series of high-profile announcements from the likes of Facebook, Google, Apple, Huawei and YouTube, suggesting 2020 could be a breakthrough year for consumer XR. Different applications of XR notwithstanding, the gains from successfully leveraging XR are real and demonstrable. said the same for AR/MR.

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VRWorld

APRIL 7, 2017

The decision moved Samsung from a hardware platform provider into a closed ecosystem provider – taking a page from Apple’s book. Can you imagine Valve’s Steam store not offering support for VR heatsets outside HTC Vive, which runs SteamVR technology?

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

In the early 90s, it no doubt felt “a bit like looking up the Wright Brothers and taking their original prototype out for a spin,” as the book describes. The year the book was published, Sega announced a VR peripheral for the Genesis. The demo described in the book finds the user riding a motorcycle down a Brooklyn street.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

He’s authored two books: Opening the XBox, and The XBox 360 Uncloaked. I mean, it sort of makes more sense to me that, as long as the prices for the headsets are lingering up pretty high — like the Cosmos from HTC, the brand new one, it’ll be an $800 purchase. Alan: HTC’s got their enterprise division.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

He’s authored two books: Opening the XBox, and The XBox 360 Uncloaked. I mean, it sort of makes more sense to me that, as long as the prices for the headsets are lingering up pretty high — like the Cosmos from HTC, the brand new one, it’ll be an $800 purchase. Alan: HTC’s got their enterprise division.

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Robert Scoble

JUNE 1, 2019

I wrote this as a way to think through some of the issues coming in the Spatial Computing world in preparation for a book coming in 2020 that Irena Cronin and I are writing, but we decided not to run this in the book, so am running it here instead. You will be fired if you don’t wear fourth paradigm Spatial Computing devices.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

He's authored two books: Opening the XBox, and The XBox 360 Uncloaked. I mean, it sort of makes more sense to me that, as long as the prices for the headsets are lingering up pretty high -- like the Cosmos from HTC, the brand new one, it'll be an $800 purchase. you know, they did an eye-tracking version of the HTC Vive here.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

He’s authored two books: Opening the XBox, and The XBox 360 Uncloaked. I mean, it sort of makes more sense to me that, as long as the prices for the headsets are lingering up pretty high — like the Cosmos from HTC, the brand new one, it’ll be an $800 purchase. Alan: HTC’s got their enterprise division.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The XR field is now growing, and the long-term outlook is also great, with the upcoming release of the Apple mixed reality headset which is for sure going to re-ignite the hype for immersive realities again. I’ve co-organized a physical event about the metaverse , even co-written the chapter of a book about it.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Eye Tracking Apart from sessions a few years ago using the HTC Vive Pro Eye and Microsoft Hololens, I didn’t have any experience with eye tracking. Though I’m primarily a PCVR user, I’ve used enough headsets like Quest, HTC Vive Focus, and Lenovo Mirage Solo to be familiar with the benefits of going standalone.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. But I've been writing a series of blogs about my journey using and integrating the HTC Vive headsets at GESS. I do a lot with Apple technology. And I-- essentially I was considering writing a book. Alan: Writing a book.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. But I've been writing a series of blogs about my journey using and integrating the HTC Vive headsets at GESS. I do a lot with Apple technology. And I-- essentially I was considering writing a book. Alan: Writing a book.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2022

Maybe they succeeded with one thing, then they failed, then they succeeded with something else, then they disappeared, etc… One of my favorite books is the biography of Steve Jobs, and in it, you can see that his life is a full mix of successes, problems, and failures.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 3, 2017

It’s a bit like being caught up in a book or a movie. Movies are more immersive than books because the sound and images help pull you in quicker. You can get caught up in a book or movie, but you never feel as though you are in the same place as the characters. Everything else just fades away. Except more so.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. But I've been writing a series of blogs about my journey using and integrating the HTC Vive headsets at GESS. I do a lot with Apple technology. And I-- essentially I was considering writing a book. Alan: Writing a book.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2024

Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple announces the release date of the Apple Vision Pro During the last few days, the rumors about possible release dates for the Apple Vision Pro have intensified , and someone talked about January, 27 as the day of the launch. The headset will be available for purchase in the U.S.,

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 10, 2024

A few years ago I was interviewing Alvin Wang Graylin , the HTC Executive (or “Mister President” as I like to call him), and we were talking about the book Our Next Reality he’s written together with Louis Rosenberg. It was 2019 and I had a very brief written interview with Charlie Fink about his new book Convergence.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. And Apple also earlier this year acquired NextVR, which-- that company has all the licensing rights to real-time capture in 360 of NASCAR, and NBA, and all of the other sports. Golf, I think. everything. Just all the things.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. And Apple also earlier this year acquired NextVR, which-- that company has all the licensing rights to real-time capture in 360 of NASCAR, and NBA, and all of the other sports. Golf, I think. everything. Just all the things.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 5, 2024

This seems to hint that the two companies are going to build a new XR headset together, which according to the rumors will be the Quest Pro 2, which would be aimed at competing directly with the Apple Vision Pro. This could be useful to let Meta answer to the movies available on the Apple Vision Pro because of Apple TV.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. And Apple also earlier this year acquired NextVR, which-- that company has all the licensing rights to real-time capture in 360 of NASCAR, and NBA, and all of the other sports. Golf, I think. everything. Just all the things.

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