Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Slim and light XR glasses capable of fluidly serving up novel and meaningful interactions are basically the holy grail in tech right now, with Apple, Meta, Google, Qualcomm, and many more laying down the groundwork to one day make them a reality. To think, HTC and Oculus were once competitors back in the early days of consumer VR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 25, 2024

According to recent reports, the upcoming Samsung headset will have a microOLED display, eight tracking cameras, a ToF sensor, voice commands, eye tracking, and hand tracking features. Amy also added: But as good as the Apple Vision Pro is, this is still a 1.0 But that’s a good thing,” Peck remarked.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2022

XR has rapidly emerged as one of the most powerful new trends in the gaming landscape. What’s more, the company is also responsible for one of the most powerful and affordable VR headsets available – the Oculus Quest. The constantly-evolving ARKit adapts to suit the latest trends and innovations in the XR world.

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ARVR

JUNE 9, 2021

Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 Apple For years we have been hearing rumors about a possible launch of AR Smart glass by Apple, but for the moment the Cupertino company has not yet released any device totally dedicated to Augmented Reality. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 31, 2023

Over the last year, VR headsets are gaining reaction thanks to many technological innovations, such as hand-tracking, eye-tracking, and wireless streaming, which benefit business and consumer end-users. Which trends have you noted for 2023, and what should the XR market expect? are making jobs easier and better.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The devices that will be based on this reference design will have amazing specifications like: 2K x 2K display resolution per each eye ; Have up to 7 cameras used simultaneously, including the ones for tracking, mixed reality and eye-tracking; High-quality passthrough augmented reality with high resolution and framerate.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Feature-wise, it is more or less as we expected it to be, with four cameras for inside-out tracking, haptic feedback, IPD adjustment , eye-tracking, HDR display. Apple headset is rumored to be announced this year. I guess you are not surprised to read a new rumor about the Apple headset also from this week.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 4, 2024

It’s been ten years since Meta – then Facebook – bought emerging VR start-up Oculus and, in turn, formed its Reality Labs division. Since the Oculus purchase in 2014, the firm has released numerous headsets, most notably the Quest range, which now includes mixed and virtual reality products.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

If we remove the Meta Quest exclusive games, I would say that if it current trends continues, in a year from now there will be almost feature parity between content on Pico and content on Meta Quest. I think this tweet summarizes my thoughts of its beginning: With much respect for Pico, but this beginning looks like a cheap Apple keynote.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 19, 2021

Inside this growing VR market, the headset that is selling the most is the Oculus Quest 2. Counterpoint research confirms both trends, saying that headsets shipment has tripled with regard to 2020, and highlighting how in Q1 2021, Quest 2 has represented 75% of the whole shipments of VR headsets. Facebook totals now 60.2%

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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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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

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. It will be the first consumer headset with eye-tracking and foveated rendering, and also the first one to feature haptics directly on the headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

Me wearing the Oculus Quest. On the other side, PC gamers are appreciating the high-quality Valve Index (even if it has some reliability issues ), and casual gamers are loving the Oculus Quest. In 2020 this trend will continue, and the more content will get released, the more people will start entering VR.

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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! I expect all these trends to continue in 2021, for a year that will see the growth of the technology on all its sides (software and hardware).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

I think that from the results of this battle, which will happen most probably in 2022, we will understand the trends that will drive the VR gaming market in all the upcoming years. 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

JANUARY 11, 2022

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. I think for instance about the SenseGlove Nova, which has these big controllers attached to the gloves just to have 6DOF tracking. Futher references.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 30, 2022

After my usual Sunday tour of Twitter and Linkedin feed to gather news for my weekly newsletter, I feel the need of writing a rant about a trend I’m seeing online after the Meta Connect about Meta and its involvement in the “metaverse” field. Meta is bad, Apple is our savior!

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 9, 2017

Wireless headsets and eye tracking and whatever aren’t going to be game changers, we already have the hardware to change your life. 1) I believe the virtual reality market will continue to have steady sales reaching over 2 million HMD’s between Sony, HTC and Oculus. Mobile VR will finally get positional tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Oculus Quest 2 keeps showing impressive sales stats. Someone from a major company (Amazon, Apple, Microsoft), with pockets big enough to be able to compete with the rich Facebook, giving users an alternative and stimulating Facebook in doing even better. Oculus Avatars), plus the features of the store (e.g. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

It’s good news by the way that there is continuous IPD adjustment (and with a wider range than before) and that thanks to eye tracking sensors, the headset can tell you if you have positioned it well on your head. There is also an eye-relief dial, so you can put the lenses very close to your eyes, for added field of view.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

After having written my predictions for virtual reality in 2020 , let’s see what will be the trends for this year in augmented reality. Regarding big brands, I expect Apple and Facebook still to wait a bit before releasing something, while Magic Leap will have to make its move to come out from the quicksands.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

And really, without everybody else’s and my colleagues work and your work and other people who are helping the trends position from something that for a long time was a research lab curiosity and something that really hadn’t escaped the confines of academia. So thank you very much for paving the way for us.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

And really, without everybody else's and my colleagues work and your work and other people who are helping the trends position from something that for a long time was a research lab curiosity and something that really hadn't escaped the confines of academia. So thank you very much for paving the way for us. Walter: Well, thank you, Alan.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

And really, without everybody else’s and my colleagues work and your work and other people who are helping the trends position from something that for a long time was a research lab curiosity and something that really hadn’t escaped the confines of academia. So thank you very much for paving the way for us.

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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. Me wearing my branded Oculus Quest 2.

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