The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

Apple has killed its AR glasses project… maybe. A piece of unexpected news has shaken the XR communities this week: according to a report on Digitimes Taiwan, Apple has abandoned its AR/VR glasses project and all the members of the team have been re-allocated in other teams. AR is still alive, Apple will still release its AR glasses.

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VRScout

JANUARY 4, 2019

Baobab Studios, the VR animation company behind the Emmy-award winning films Invasion! have launched a new Facebook AR face filter that lets you wear the colorful feathered face of the hero from their most recent VR film, Crow: The Legend. The face filter resembles an experience similar to that of Apple’s Animoji app.

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VRScout

JULY 16, 2016

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. Additionally, you’ll also be able to purchase or rent high-quality digital movies (US only) to enjoy in Oculus Video on Rift just as you have been able to on Gear VR. Now you can. SAMSUNG VR CONTENT.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Venice VR Expanded, the VR section of Venice Film Festival , has been richer than ever. Its specs make it more powerful than Oculus Quest 2: 2K x 2K resolution per eye 90Hz refresh rate Qualcomm Snapdragon XR 2 chipset 8GB DDR4 RAM Mechanic IPD adjustment with exact setting of your measure. Image by iQiYi).

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Full Dive Gaming

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

This last week, we had a HUGE facebook event that changed many things about their VR focus, such as renaming Oculus to Meta (You now own a Meta quest) as well as some sneak peaks at next years VR headset This week’s podcast was made in partnership with Asterion Products. APPLE: [link] ([link]. GOOGLE PODCASTS: [link] ([link].

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2020

This has been the week of the launch of the Oculus Quest 2, and this event has been so big that basically, it will take half of this roundup to describe. Facebook releases the Oculus Quest 2. Even if with the Quest 1 was possible to play Oculus Go games, this support has been abandoned on the Quest 2. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 2, 2021

I think these numbers are important also for us XR people because next year Sony is going to launch its PSVR 2 accessory for PS5, and the bigger the userbase of the console, the bigger will be the target market for PSVR 2 , that can so hope to rival in some way the Oculus Quest 2 and maybe also trigger the interest of Xbox executives.

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Full Dive Gaming

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Every Friday we release FULL PODCASTS on all Your Favorite major platforms: Spotify, Apple, Google. We post daily segments here on YouTube for you to enjoy throughout the week and see our interactions inside of VR, where we film and record every podcast! APPLE: [link] ([link]. SUPPORT US: -[link] ([link].

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Full Dive Gaming

JULY 15, 2021

Every Friday we release FULL PODCASTS on all Your Favorite major platforms: Spotify, Apple, Google. We post daily segments here on YouTube for you to enjoy throughout the week and see our interactions inside of VR, where we film and record every podcast! APPLE: [link] ([link]. SUPPORT US: -[link] ([link].

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Full Dive Gaming

MARCH 8, 2023

GET IT HERE: [link] 0:00 VR Podcast Dev Spotlight 0:43 Film Industry Expert 1:44 Working with Oculus 2:56 Hand Tracked FIGHTING Game??? Each week, we release NEW EPISODES on all Your Favorite major platforms: Spotify, Apple, Google. FREE QUEST 2 Game: FIGHT BACK is an Action game that also uses principles of SELF DEFENSE!!!

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Full Dive Gaming

OCTOBER 24, 2022

1:05 Q&A 1:17 Interview a "FILM INDUSTRY" VR Person? 22:29 VR NEWS 23:00 Pico 4 ENTERPRISE News 29:00 Moss Book II SURPRISE Launches on PC 30:49 App Lab has 3X as many games as Oculus Store 32:52 GAMES Section 33:16 Moss Book II VS. Moss Book I 40:57 Jay Tried the Quest Pro 1:06:15 Come JOIN Us! 3:15 What VR Game Would YOU Make?

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 6, 2023

At Oculus Connect 6 in 2019 Facebook described Half Dome 2 and Half Dome 3. Holocake Lenses Before the newest wave of pancake lens headsets like Meta Quest 3, Pico 4, Bigscreen Beyond, and Apple Vision Pro most VR headsets use regular refractive optics, which necessitate a relatively large gap between the display panels and the lenses.

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Full Dive Gaming

AUGUST 3, 2023

Named Most Innovative Company by Fast Company (2018), the studio is creatively led by writer/director Eric Darnell (Antz and all four Madagascar films). Its slate of original projects is currently being adapted into books, comics, films, games, series, and more. In addition to Namoo (2021), Baobab has released: INVASION!

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Cats and VR

APRIL 27, 2018

Coming off a massive win for the Best Feature Film VR 2018 at Cinequest Film Festival in Silicon Valley this past month, the cinematic virtual reality episodic experience 'Speed Kills VR' has been officially released. Google Play - [link] Apple App Store - [link] Oculus - [link]

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The flexible Oculus environment has already become the platform for a range of virtual museum, gallery and concert experiences hosted around the globe. Meta’s Oculus team have already partnered with leading companies like Sony Music to give fans an immersive way to explore music videos and unique content.

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 15, 2019

ARwall’s cumulative new talent has helped paved the way for companies including Apple, Facebook, Oculus, Microsoft Hololens, Survios, Disney Studios Technology Group, Microsoft TV and more. Mosco has held notable positions at Apple, Facebook, and Oculus.

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Full Dive Gaming

APRIL 28, 2022

We discuss VR Games, Oculus Quest, VR news and more! Every Friday we release FULL PODCASTS on all Your Favorite major platforms: Spotify, Apple, Google. We post daily segments here on YouTube for you to enjoy throughout the week and see our interactions inside of VR, where we film and record every podcast! APPLE: [link].

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Full Dive Gaming

JUNE 13, 2022

7:10 Film Making Experience & VR Tie Ins 8:33 Where the Idea CAME FROM 9:20 Game Length 11:45 Puzzle Difficulty & Hints 17:53 Backpack Style Inventory 21:16 Solving LOST Inventory Problems in VR 24:49 What was the Development Cycle/Team Size? 4:37 Locomotion Mechanics 5:57 Puzzle Vs. Escape Room Games?

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Full Dive Gaming

AUGUST 28, 2020

or more with the code FULLDIVE at [link] We begin the week’s podcast with some of the questions from our discord community before dropping into the news with more Facebook takeover of Oculus, Project Cars 3 releases, EA announces a new VR Medal of Honor game, Iron Man Vr gets a big free update, and Apple buys out the VR tech company Spaces.

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Full Dive Gaming

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Every Friday we release FULL PODCASTS on all Your Favorite major platforms: Spotify, Apple, Google. We post daily segments here on YouTube for you to enjoy throughout the week and see our interactions inside of VR, where we film and record every podcast! APPLE: [link]. SUPPORT US: -[link]. Join The Discord Server: -[link].

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Full Dive Gaming

JUNE 14, 2021

We sit down and discuss the new Vive Pro 2 reviews that have come in, Megadodo's New DecaMove locomotion peripheral, the new Beat Saber Interscope Mixtape songpack, ForeVR bowl on the Oculus Quest 2 and the current state of the VR gaming industry! Let's DOIVE ON IN! But first, this week’s news segment is brought to you by OK VR Esports team.

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Full Dive Gaming

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

10:53 VR NEWS: Oculus Quest PRO Leak 17:35 Megadodo Headset details and controller pics 24:45 VR art app Quill given back to creator 30:50 Games Section 31:55 Stride Parkour Action 37:10 Demeo Tabletop D&D Board Game 42:17 Outro This week’s podcast was made in partnership with Asterion Products. APPLE: [link]. SUPPORT US: -[link].

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The news comes after the company earned over $3 million USD via a Kickstarter campaign, receiving the highest level of funding for crowdfunded XR device, topping the Oculus Rift. It also offers connectivity to Apple TV and other movie streaming platforms for watching the latest films on demand. Comments on Series A Funding.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2022

He also is aware of Apple entering the market, and said his employees that the battle between Meta and Apple is a battle between open ecosystems vs closed ecosystems. You can now try games on the Oculus Store. Venice Immersive is the VR branch of the Venice Film Festival. Upload VR). Other relevant news.

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TechCrunch VR

APRIL 3, 2023

As free promotion for hardware startups go, one would be hard pressed to point to something better than a $175 million Spielberg film. “It Writing for Engadget, I noted: I stood still for a moment with my hands out so the Kinect could find me, popped the Oculus over my head and went to town. It was actually Warner Bros.

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RealVision VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

When travelling – pre pandemic, one of the more relaxing experiences was sitting back, watching Netflix premieres on my own portable Imax – The Oculus Quest. This brings up the question: Why aren’t the OTT apps offering stereoscopic 3D versions of films when available, that are perfect for such immersive viewing platforms?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Apple now lets add you add “buy” button to AR Quick Look. A piece of simple news, but a very important one, has hit the AR industry this week: Apple now lets companies add custom buttons (usually the “Buy” one) to AR Quick Look. More info (News on filming) More info (A shot recorded by a fan).

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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. So I imagine a Quest 2 where you can avoid having a Facebook account, but you can’t use the Oculus Store, or all the most important apps and games , and so you are de facto forced to use it.

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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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InstaVR

OCTOBER 17, 2019

After a relatively quiet summer — outside of the Oculus Quest release ! First off, some of the early major players like Google, Apple, and Samsung seem to be taking a step back. Speaking of Oculus, a lot of headset news coming from their offices (more on that below). — we have a slew of news to start the Fall.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Just Dance VR is also part of a big focus on Fitness by Pico , with Pico Fitness already being part of the runtime and tracking the calories you burn while using the headset (clearly inspired by Oculus Move) and sharing them to Apple Health (like Oculus Move). At launch, Pico aims at having +600 videos available on Pico Video.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 2, 2022

Goodbye Oculus brand. More info (Meta stores) More info (Oculus website disappearing). For sure he knows that pros will be Apple’s target and hopes to beat Apple with his device (AHAHAHAH). Tribeca Film Festival is back with 10 New VR experiences. Confusion LVL 9000. Other news. Learn more. Learn more.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

Chief Scientist of Oculus Research Michael Abrash described his vision of a mixed reality future: a world, 20-30 years from now, where we will wear stylish AR glasses instead of sporting stylish phones. The Santa Cruz standalone VR unit that Oculus is working on was briefly mentioned but no new version of the prototype was shown.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 25, 2017

I was taken down to a spacious basement warehouse and given a PC-backpack connected to an Oculus Rift. According to Nomadic, average experiences will be about 15 minutes long and will be priced below the cost of a regular film. He has worked on commercial projects for Apple, Google, Facebook, and Salesforce. The Nomadic team.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

That’s a bit disappointing and considering that in some months Oculus will release the Quest , that has full 6 DOF support, HTC had necessarily to do something. The film recreates the seven miracles performed by Jesus Christ in virtual reality with unique 6DoF scenes of where the audience can walk into the movie scene with the actors.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Four years after the original Oculus Quest headset arrived, the Meta Quest platform offers an impressive range of experiences that caters to all interests. We played on Oculus Quest 2, but it’s crossplay between Quest 1, Quest 2, and PC VR headsets with cross-buy on Rift and Quest. Looking for the best free Quest games and apps?

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Upload VR

JUNE 20, 2022

At Oculus Connect 6 in 2019 Facebook described Half Dome 2 and Half Dome 3. To be clear, Meta uses the term “holographic” differently than some others in the industry – this is transparent holographic film, not a 3D light field display. Half Dome 3 however took a completely new approach with no moving parts.

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