The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2023

Exactly one week ago, Apple announced the Apple Vision Pro, its first XR headset. This has been a piece of massive news, which most probably has started a new course for VR. I’m leaving you below a selection of good posts that can give you an overview of this new headset launched by Apple.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2023

The Quest Pro only continued this trend ; the high-end headset brings a range of impressive improvements to the hardware along with new sensing capabilities, but its new features are significantly hampered by an undercooked software offering. On the other hand, some real competition from the likes of Pico and HTC may be on the way.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a very impressive fusion of hardware and software, but it's by no means perfect. Apple Vision Pro Specs, Features & Details Apple officially revealed the full Vision Pro specs when opening preorders today. And Apple did not send UploadVR a review unit, we bought our own. But does it deliver?

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 20, 2023

In the interview, we discuss the Munich-based firm’s end-user insights with Audi and HTC VIVE and trends in automotive XR. Of course, we are very happy about the feedback we receive, and we integrate many suggestions into future updates to create the perfect holoride journey for passengers.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

We may know the field of view of Apple AR headset. Of course, since he has not an Apple HMD, the only thing he could obtain was the screen splitting in two on his phone, showing that view that we XR developers know very well. It is now sure that Apple is going to release an AR headset , the questions are just when and what.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2022

This trend was in my opinion one of the most relevant news from Connect. Of course the launch of the new device, the Meta Quest Pro, was one of the most important things from Connect. The headset has a price that could make HTC pale, and I wonder why no one has started making the same comparisons that were usually made for HTC.

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ARPost

JANUARY 21, 2022

We had a lot of news in the XR space in 2021, and a lot of trends could be distilled from that news. Trends around VR adoption, opensource, low and no-code development. However, some of the most exciting trends are all around AR glasses. We’re talking, of course, about Google Glass. The Obvious Outlier.

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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

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! Every year since when I entered VR, someone says that “this will be the year of VR” and then of course this never happens.

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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. I think the metaverse will follow a similar trend.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC is probably going to announce Vive Flow. With a surprise move, HTC Vive has started teasing the launch of a new product. The company has set up a virtual event on the platform ENGAGE (of which HTC is an investor) for October, 14th 2021 at 8 am PDT. Send me hugs while I’m still human! More info.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 12, 2020

Of course, it is aimed at the enterprise (and the military) market. Of course, he also talks about immersive realities. HTC reduces the Vive Pro price by $200. The Vive Pro, the enterprise headset offered by HTC, has just seen a big discount : the headset only now costs $600, and the full bundle with the SteamVR 2.0

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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. Then, of course, I will continue my battle for privacy and openness in XR and for this, I have also many critics for Meta.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 4, 2021

We all hope that this trend will go on also after the pandemic because in VR it is possible to do performances that are impossible in real life (like having a NYE party in Notre-Dame). The Tracker is good, but since HTC has never had competition in the field, i t has always been the same since the launch year. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

One of the consequences of the launch of Unity 6 is that Unity also finally released to the public the Unity beta package to develop for VisionOS, so that finally all of us Unity developers can start developing for the Apple Vision Pro, trying our prototypes on the emulator. Great job, Vuzix.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

We don’t know who originated the leak… but honestly, considering the perfect timing to generate hype for Facebook Connect, and the fact that it just shows a bit without showing too much… well, I have some suspects… (Do you remember the “leak” about Quest 2 some days before Facebook Connect 1 and timely before Apple Event?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). For example, we invited senior executives from HUAWEI, JBD, HTC, Alibaba, iQIYI, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and so on. Why and how has it started?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

In my opinion, these are the trends to keep an eye on: The continuous growth of the market Establishment of VR in enterprise settings Incremental technical evolution of devices Blurring of the line between AR and VR High-quality content (especially gaming) 5G over-hype Standardization given by OpenXR Others (LBVR, WebVR, SocialXR).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

HTC Vive Wrist Tracker. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker (Image by HTC). HTC has made an announcement at this CES and it has been a pretty cool one. To showcase its functionality, HTC showed some videos of the tracker in use to improve the performances of hands tracking and also with the tracker installed on external props.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 24, 2017

Those two peak months were not long before the company announced in May the next major initiative of its Daydream VR program: standalone Daydream headsets soon to come from HTC and Lenovo. If Google’s hiring trend seen so far in 2017 continues, the company should add about 73 new AR/VR job listings over the course of the year.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 29, 2021

Of course, in all these centers there will be a strong focus on hygiene, social distancing, and sanitization of the devices. Apple XR headset may weight less than 150g. From this, we can see if it can be a reliable competitor for the HTC Tracker 3.0. This news puts a smile on my face.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2022

He stated that “(Metaverse-related devices) are now the talk of the town, so we have buckled down to a task to cope with the trend. If I had to bet, I would say that the possibilities are two: Smartglasses to see the notifications of your phone A hybrid VR/passthrough AR headset, similar to Project Cambria or the rumored Apple headset.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2024

As the Meta Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, HTC VIVE XR Elite, Pico 4 Enterprise, Lenovo VRX, and, most recently, the Varjo XR-4 walk the extended reality (XR) runway, a gradual but measurable uptick in renewed consumer interest in all things immersive builds momentum.

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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. For sure you remember the recent launch of a full line of Vive Cosmos headsets , all with customized faceplates.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2024

There are some parts on the video call where he shows the shoes, so I’ll add some screenshots and GIFs to the transcription to make you understand everything better, but of course, that part is better enjoyed in the video. You showed us that the tracker is different because HTC Vive has also released this update. Brad: Yes.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2020

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the supply chain of headsets has been hurt , so in Q1 2020 there have been fewer sales than in Q4 2019 (and this confirms my impression of the spike in Steam not being due to 1M new headsets) and this trend will continue also in this quarter. Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Sync.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

There is no official confirmation on this, and I hope to be wrong because having to use earphones would be a big hit to its comfort Release date and price : of course the release date (will it come before or after an Apple headset?) Apple headset is rumored to be announced this year. Meta’s future with AI, 5G, and custom OSs.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

When the acclaimed Tilt Brush ‘VR paint’ app launched alongside the HTC Vive in early 2016, it made sense for the program not to support the Oculus Rift as only the Vive at that time had motion-tracked VR controllers. Tilt Brush lets you use 3D space as your canvas for virtual creativity.

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VRScout

JULY 11, 2017

Currently available for free on the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift (sorry, mobile VR users), Blocks is a new app from Google that lets anyone create 3D objects without training. Of course, you still need a robust PC to power your new virtual world (and the current cost of graphics cards is not cheap—thanks cryptocoin miners!),

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

Vive Facial Tracker works also with non-HTC headsets. Last week, HTC Vive has announced the Vive Facial Tracker, a sensor to track your facial expressions while you are in VR. HTC has said that the device has been fine-tuned for the Vive Pro and on other headsets, it may be less accurate, but honestly, who cares. Some XR fun.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

Of course, I also expect full fingers tracking. We’re talking about the native SDK, of course; Beat Saber announces to have sold more than 2M of copies , with projected earnings of around $67M. The time has come and finally Apple will implement a depth back camera in its upcoming iPad Pro. Yes, Android, Google.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Do you remember when everyone was mocking HTC for its super-high prices and people were praising Meta for its cheap costs? Unless Apple kills it, of course… Productivity ecosystem. Of course, Zuck is expecting many upcoming games to exploit the high-quality mixed reality of the Pro. Mixed reality games.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

Moreover, Apple recently made a huge splash in the XR market with the Vision Pro, an XR device which leverages eye and hand tracking for its spatial computing input system. The device does not use controllers at all, instead, Apple believes that with the XR revolution comes increased usability and accessibility via hand/eye-based inputs.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 10, 2023

Also, it’s interesting to note that out of the last 5 VR devices that entered the market, all from major VR vendors (Meta, Pico, HTC, Lynx and Sony), 4 of them support hand tracking. Doug Eggert: We expect the trend of integrating tracking technology into XR devices will accelerate over the course of this year and beyond.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Part of all of this is merit of Jeri (Image by HTC). Compare that to the HTC Vive that has like 40 giant infrared lights that strobe constantly to synchronize everything and spinning lasers with infrared light… and then the Kinect that has this huge laser illumination system, so those systems work totally different than ours.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Xu Chi, the CEO and co-founder of #Nreal, a trending mixed reality (MR) start-up. Alvin is the China President at #HTC leading all aspects of HTC’s business in the region (Vive/VR, phone, Viveport content platform, partnerships and investments). 7- Alvin Graylin. It was called “the most intense AR experience” by Fast Company.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

If you need well-researched info on the trends and changing tides of emerging tech to feel confident dipping your toes into the XR sea, SuperData’s Carter Rogers has you covered. But we since branched out to cover other areas, like eSports, game streaming, and of course, augmented/virtual/mixed reality.

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