Road to VR

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The emulation tool can take these files, and spawn several rooms next to each other directly in the Unity editor. A custom tool built in Unity spawns several rooms side by side in an orthographic view, showing how a certain level in Laser Dance would look in different room layouts. Do You Need to Build Custom Tools?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This headset is basically identical to the Pico 4, but it features a more cleanable headset, additional sensors for eye and face tracking, plus enterprise services (dedicated assistance, device management, data security certifications, etc…) and an enterprise runtime (which offers kiosk mode, for instance). Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

But things on the consumers’ side may not be going as well: according to some data scrapped from Amazon, the Quest 2 outsold the Quest 3 by a factor of 3:1 in the last 30 days. This would show the level of polish of the upcoming Apple headset. If all the existing flatscreen Unity games could become VR-compatible, that would be huge.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Oculus devices will require a Facebook login. The enormous piece of news of the week is tha t Facebook has communicated that from October, 20th, all people that want to use an Oculus device for personal use will have to use their personal Facebook account to log in. Top news of the week. Image by Tweakanalogy). The same on Twitter.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

The rumors on the Apple Glasses are intensifying. It is not a secret that Apple is working on an XR device: the mystery is when it is going to release it and what it will actually be. The hype is rising, and Apple is playing with it. (My usual terrible image to wish you Happy Easter, if you celebrate it). Top news of the week.

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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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ARPost

MAY 5, 2021

Accessibility in terms of cost and learning curve were recurring themes, as were immersion, and data and security. Doing things in VR is very close to doing things in real life,” HP’s Cécile Tezenas du Montcel, an XR and data science specialist said in a presentation on enhancing VR learning experiences. Headsets as a Learning Tool.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

monthly connected headsets only on Steam (so this doesn’t consider Oculus Store users and PSVR users), and t he year-over-year growth is +75%. He said that only on Christmas day, people spent $5M on the Oculus Store , and we can expect that most of this money was spent on Quest. So, take SuperData’s data with a grain of salt.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

Apple already made hardware, so it already had the infrastructure to build it and just added XR people on top of this infrastracture, while Facebook could not). In September, the new Facebook Avatars will come and substitute the current Oculus avatars. Apple AR headset may have been delayed to 2025. But it is impressive anyway.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 10, 2024

All the elusive XR analysts have almost guessed nothing, and they were not even able to predict the launch of the Apple Vision Pro until the date got pretty close. It’s the same with Apple ARKit, which took everyone by surprise and led to the democratization of AR on smartphones. licensing).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Oculus brands disappears. And most importantly, the Oculus brand will disappear and will just become Meta : Oculus Quest will be the Meta Quest (yes, it sounds terribly, I know). He says that “We all have a strong attachment to the Oculus brand, and this was a very difficult decision to make”, but I don’t believe him at all.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

You can see that the user is holding a Touch Plus controller (with the Oculus logo on the home button as some devkits have) confirming this. The “Applification” The Apple Vision Pro Since Meta is scared by Apple, I’m sure that Zuck will try to copy the same use cases Apple showed for its Vision Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Let’s say that talking about a device the users put directly on their faces when your company is being challenged about the data it collects wouldn’t have been the smartest of the decisions. Of course, Epic is completely against Apple and its vision of its own walled garden.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Oculus Quest 2. The biggest announcement of the event has been for sure the Oculus Quest 2, that Facebook has not only revealed but also launched. Oculus Quest 2 is a great piece of technology. Then Oculus will move the whole experience to 90Hz. The magic of the Oculus Quest 2 (Image by Facebook). Specifications.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 20, 2021

Connecting people, making you joining a group, making you have new friends… is only what it does (very well) to keep you hooked to the platform, so that it can analyze your data and sell you better ads. Then they slowly kicked away all the previous executives from Oculus and took control of the company.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2017

Apple finally talks about VR while taking a (very solid) swing at AR, Walmart will use virtual reality to train employees, you can grow better weed with AR + AI, and Q1 VR headset sales…. APPLE ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT VR. APPLE TAKES A (VERY SOLID) SWING AT AUGMENTED REALITY. However… we’re still waiting for those apple AR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Regarding the glasses, I have not big hopes for true AR glasses, but I think that thanks to Facebook and Apple, finally we’ll have some important smartglasses entering the market , making the mainstream think about wearing something on their face to enjoy notifications from the phone. Phone AR will be always more popular.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

References found in the Oculus Quest 2 firmware by users Reggy04 and Basti564 highlight how the Quest 2 Pro should have: Eyes tracking Facial expressions tracking Eye relief knob Granular IPD adjustment External charging station. And are also good for data harvesting cough cough cough. Apple Event was not about AR, like, at all.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

A market where Oculus has almost no earning s from the hardware sales, though, so it’s a weird situation. Internal iOS 13 code seems to point at Apple AR glasses. It is not a secret that Apple is working on a pair of AR glasses (even if someone still thinks that the project has been abandoned). Who knows.

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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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Upload VR

JULY 18, 2023

Oculus launched an Audio SDK in 2015 using a HRTF, and over the years it saw several improvements including near-field HRTF, volumetric sources, dynamic room modeling, and even geometry-based sound propagation. Earlier this year Meta deprecated the Oculus Audio SDK and replaced it with Meta XR Audio SDK.

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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. While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping.

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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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AR Insider

JANUARY 7, 2020

It includes some of its data and takeaways. Brand spending on sponsored mobile AR lenses is a bright spot, as is Apple AR glasses rumors. And Oculus Quest is a beacon of hope on the VR side. Apple Glasses Don’t Arrive in 2020. More can be previewed here and subscribe for the full report. AR Wins With “Training Wheels”.

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AR Insider

MARCH 24, 2020

It includes some of its data and takeaways. Brand spending on sponsored mobile AR lenses is a bright spot, as is Apple AR glasses rumors. And Oculus Quest is a beacon of hope on the VR side. But there are also lots of opportunities in corporate settings (data visualization), retail (product visualization) and brand advertising.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2021

The most interesting insight of the week comes from analyst Mark Mahaney, that, among other things has analyzed Facebook’s Virtual Reality business, and has reported very interesting data. The first interesting forecast is about the number of sold Oculus Quest 2 headsets. Unity releases free guide on mobile development optimization.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Roblox CEO hints at the Oculus Quest as a future platform. And among these platforms onto which the game could be ported in the future, he has also mentioned the Oculus Quest. I told in my analysis that Pico could kickstart the consumer VR ecosystem in China , and the first data may point in that sense. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

PSVR 2, Apple XR visor) and games, will be fundamental to understand its evolution and its potential. A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. References to Apple RealityOS have been leaked. Other relevant news. Cognitive 3D.

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AR Insider

MARCH 20, 2020

Confidence signals include Brand spending on sponsored lenses and indicators for Apple’s eventual AR glasses. On the VR side, Oculus Quest is a beacon of hope in both quality and consumer traction. Apple’s AR Fate. Until that point, Apple is doing a lot to pave the roads for glasses’ arrival.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

This means that while you have the Quest on, your microphone data will be always listened by the device, and you can imagine my profound happiness in knowing this. 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

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

A few weeks after I officially entered VR, the technology started being overhyped after Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus. 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.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Facebook has started today enforcing the “Facebook login” rule , asking Oculus users to merge their Facebook and Oculus accounts. It states, among other things, that “The company used its data advantage to create superior market intelligence to identify nascent competitive threats and then acquire, copy, or kill these firms”.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2021

This week has been pretty crazy: It all started with Facebook approving my silly The Unity Cube application (an application with just a cube) on App Lab. 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….

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. Computer Vision uses SLAM to receive visual data from our physical world and use this visual input to understand and interact with the environment. It has applications in training and educational use cases.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 19, 2021

It is less “scary” (it just reads the data of your muscles), it has more possible applications (you can use it for all the purposes you use a hand at the moment), and it will be usable in just a few years. But don’t let the numbers fool yourself: as Mathew Olson from The Information highlights, “[PwC data] translates to a projected $6.9

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

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. In another scenario, we may see game engines dominant, like Unity or Unreal.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

As pointed out in one of the Unity Developers’ blog posts , aside from the exponential rise of development businesses, we’re also seeing more developer tools, such as the Unity and Unreal engines, becoming more accessible. Once the base becomes big enough, the platform becomes extremely interesting for marketers and advertisers.

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