The Ghost Howls
DECEMBER 4, 2023
More info (HTC Vive Ultimate Tracker — Road To VR) More info (HTC Vive Ultimate Tracker — Upload VR) Valve releases its own version of Quest Link Out of the blue, Valve has launched Steam Link, which basically is… Oculus Air Link offered directly by SteamVR. This would show the level of polish of the upcoming Apple headset.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
JUNE 19, 2017
Varjo is a startup of 19 employees that is only 10 months old based in Helsinki, Finland. They retrofitted an Oculus Rift with an extra layer of lenses inside the unit. An OLED microdisplay projects an image onto a glass plate over the Oculus lenses. A video of a prototype back in Finland showed how this tech can work with AR.
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The Ghost Howls
DECEMBER 14, 2020
The actions coming from the US are not much related to VR and Oculus, but mostly to the social space. This could also mean splitting the Facebook Reality Labs into a separate company (a new Oculus?), In Germany, instead, the legal action regards the mandatory Facebook login for Oculus Quest 2. Oculus Rift S now costs $300.
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.
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. Add custom environments to your Oculus Quest… if you can.
VRScout
MAY 3, 2017
If you already have an Oculus Rift and Touch controllers, you can join the early open beta and dial in your parents via Facebook Messenger. Although Spaces is currently limited to only a few activities, and it’s only compatible with the Oculus Rift VR hardware, expect to see more virtual amusements as well as accessible hardware… eventually.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
FEBRUARY 4, 2017
From Rift to Apple Watch to Snap Spectacles, the trend is toward wearable computing. Researchers in Finland are experimenting with brainwave analysis as a method for content curation. We all want to live our Jedi dreams, but the Oculus Touch controllers are not quite “the Force.”
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