The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 22, 2022

As the release notes state, Oculus profiles will “evolve” into a new Meta Horizon profile, while ‘Friends’ will become ‘Followers’. It has a problem though: it can’t be used with Oculus Link , which is a problem if you planned to substitute your Index with a tethered Quest. Apple releases new interesting research on Nerf.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

A Horizon game is coming for this new headset, and some rumors talk also about Half-Life: Alyx potentially be available in the future; HTC has announced the Vive Wrist Tracker, a 6 DOF tracker for the Vive Focus 3. Other relevant news. New rumors on Apple and Meta devices. News worth a mention.

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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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Road to VR

AUGUST 29, 2016

Enough tosses and she judges me hungry: apple slices appear on my stroller’s tray. Paradis and I are in a soundproofed studio at NYU’s Media and Games Network (MAGNET) in Brooklyn, NY, where I’m demoing four of five VR experiences developed via the NYC Media Lab -presented and -facilitated Fellowship.

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ARVR

MARCH 9, 2022

As for Virtual Reality (VR), it’s a complete immersion into a virtual world, shutting off the physical world entirely through special VR devices like HTC Vive, Google Cardboard, and Oculus Rift. Virtual Reality is used for entertainment purposes like games and in more serious fields, like healthcare.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

We had at the same time the Game Developer Conference (the GDC) and the GPU Technology Conference (GTC) by NVIDIA, so we had lots of announcements about 3D technology in general and also about XR. Of course, Epic is completely against Apple and its vision of its own walled garden. This has been quite an interesting week.

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TechCrunch VR

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Facebook will soon be the latest tech giant to enter the world of cloud gaming. Their approach is different than what Microsoft or Google has built but Facebook highlights a shared central challenge: dealing with Apple. Why cloud stream mobile games that your device is already capable of running locally? Image via Facebook.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Game Developers Conference (GDC) - VRDC@GDC Date: March 19-23, 2018 Venue: Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, USA Check their passes and pricing for more information. Here's SXSW's full schedule for VR/AR sessions. IEEE Virtual Reality Conference Date: March 18-22, 2018 Venue: Stadthalle Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Germany Check here for pricing.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle?—?for This week we had anyway the confirmation that Fast Travel Games is working on two titles for this headset. And Sony will give a “Sneak peek” of PSVR 2 games at its upcoming State Of Play event on June 2nd at 3 PM PT.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Talking about the future, a report from the New York Times, says that Meta is exploring the idea of opening its own stores. All major companies have some stores of theirs (think about Amazon’s recent futuristic stores), but of course, Meta wants to specifically copy Apple in this. News worth a mention.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this week’s VRScout Report, we discuss Oculus Story Studio’s Henry Emmy win, NASA training astronauts with virtual reality gloves, Snapchat flirting with augmented reality, HTC Vive trying to go wireless, and iPhone laying potential plans for VR/AR. to the headset?

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

And they've just done really, really well with creating this new experience of moving around socially in a 3D space. So instead of playing a video game and shooting everybody, you're enjoying a concert by Trevor Scott or whoever. Alex: Huge news. So they went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker U.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

And they've just done really, really well with creating this new experience of moving around socially in a 3D space. So instead of playing a video game and shooting everybody, you're enjoying a concert by Trevor Scott or whoever. Alex: Huge news. So they went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker U.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

But at CES, a new game for it has been announced: Horizon Call Of The Mountain, a game from the exclusive Horizon IP that has been built for the ground-up to showcase the innovative features of the PSVR 2 headset and controllers. Oculus Quest 2 ) to know the pose of the fingers. Headset specifications.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Additionally, founding the Upload Academy, a VR/AR developer training program, which graduated its first class in August with a number of success stories including Found – a gorgeous Miyazaki-esque narrative experience created by four of our students which was recently recognized on stage during the Oculus Connect Keynote. January 2016.

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Road to VR

JULY 11, 2019

Developer : Twisted Pixel Games. Publisher : Oculus Studios. Available On: Oculus Store (Rift). In a few ways, Defector reminds me of these on-rails arcade games of yore despite offering up a measure of choice when it comes to how you experience the game. Defector Details: Official Site. Reviewed On: Rift.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

Mobile virtual reality on a headset like an Oculus Go, which is $200. Last week, Game of Thrones had a Snap filter where you could take the Flatiron building and drop a dragon on top, and Nike had a Snap filter where LeBron James comes out of a poster and slam dunks in your space. Is it just gaming? Rori: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

Mobile virtual reality on a headset like an Oculus Go, which is $200. Last week, Game of Thrones had a Snap filter where you could take the Flatiron building and drop a dragon on top, and Nike had a Snap filter where LeBron James comes out of a poster and slam dunks in your space. Is it just gaming? Rori: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

And they've just done really, really well with creating this new experience of moving around socially in a 3D space. So instead of playing a video game and shooting everybody, you're enjoying a concert by Trevor Scott or whoever. Alex: Huge news. So they went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker U.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

You come from a gaming background. And we are backed by ALEC Japanese… more like a strategic investor from Japan and Asia, including GREE, which is a publicly-traded company, a mobile gaming company out of Tokyo, and they also help us investing in companies and altogether. Alan: It’s my absolute pleasure. Teppei: Sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

You come from a gaming background. And we are backed by ALEC Japanese… more like a strategic investor from Japan and Asia, including GREE, which is a publicly-traded company, a mobile gaming company out of Tokyo, and they also help us investing in companies and altogether. Alan: It’s my absolute pleasure. Teppei: Sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

You come from a gaming background. And we are backed by ALEC Japanese… more like a strategic investor from Japan and Asia, including GREE, which is a publicly-traded company, a mobile gaming company out of Tokyo, and they also help us investing in companies and altogether. Alan: It’s my absolute pleasure. Teppei: Sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 28, 2019

We work the same on your iOS device as you do in your Oculus Quest. And they’re expensive bricks, because Apple didn’t train him how to use his iPhone; they trained him to use the iPad. I think the Quest was a game changer. And right now we’re building 20 New Yorks a year. Alan: Absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 28, 2019

We work the same on your iOS device as you do in your Oculus Quest. And they’re expensive bricks, because Apple didn’t train him how to use his iPhone; they trained him to use the iPad. I think the Quest was a game changer. And right now we’re building 20 New Yorks a year. Alan: Absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 28, 2019

We work the same on your iOS device as you do in your Oculus Quest. And they're expensive bricks, because Apple didn't train him how to use his iPhone; they trained him to use the iPad. I think the Quest was a game changer. And right now we're building 20 New Yorks a year. He's brilliant with his iPad. That's fine.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

So if anybody wants to really fully understand quickly the power of this, take your Oculus Quest, load up Richie's Plank, and walk somebody across a piece of wood and then just give them a little push when they're halfway across. Alan: Really wonderful if Apple stayed in there. So we were just truly, truly thrilled. Kaitlyn: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

So if anybody wants to really fully understand quickly the power of this, take your Oculus Quest, load up Richie's Plank, and walk somebody across a piece of wood and then just give them a little push when they're halfway across. Alan: Really wonderful if Apple stayed in there. So we were just truly, truly thrilled. Kaitlyn: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

So if anybody wants to really fully understand quickly the power of this, take your Oculus Quest, load up Richie's Plank, and walk somebody across a piece of wood and then just give them a little push when they're halfway across. Alan: Really wonderful if Apple stayed in there. So we were just truly, truly thrilled. Kaitlyn: Yeah.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2019

Over the years, millions of people have read about the project in news outlets such as Newsweek, the New York Times, Scientific American or seen short video fly-throughs of the various versions of the Rome Reborn® model. The Oculus Rift shipped in spring 2016. Oculus Go headset (Image by Oculus).

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Most of us are already familiar with haptics from playing video games, where rumble and vibration are creatively used to create a connection between the action on the screen and the gamer. This is the idea that Apple piloted in its AR[T] walks, where digital works of art were placed around cities such as Tokyo, San Francisco and New York.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

The age of high-end, commercially available virtual reality began on March 28 with the launch of the Oculus Rift. However, a new industry report is shining some light on the mysterious state of this increasingly heated competition. The Apple iPhone , for example, sold only 1.39 million in 2008 and over 100 million in 2012.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Most of us are already familiar with haptics from playing video games, where rumble and vibration are creatively used to create a connection between the action on the screen and the gamer. This is the idea that Apple piloted in its AR[T] walks, where digital works of art were placed around cities such as Tokyo, San Francisco and New York.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

The last time we saw each other was at the Mixed Reality Marketing Summit in New York City, which was a really amazing conference. And they brought up an interesting use case, which — back then — was that they supplied tablets to their employees, their new employees, to play a game. Very expensive.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

The last time we saw each other was at the Mixed Reality Marketing Summit in New York City, which was a really amazing conference. And they brought up an interesting use case, which — back then — was that they supplied tablets to their employees, their new employees, to play a game. Very expensive.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The internal reactions to these new statements have been mixed, with some employees happy about them, and others puzzled about what they mean. More info (Alex Heath announcing the new Meta values) More info (The New York times comments on the announcement). News worth a mention. Enjoy the new VR Humble Bundle.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

The last time we saw each other was at the Mixed Reality Marketing Summit in New York City, which was a really amazing conference. And they brought up an interesting use case, which -- back then -- was that they supplied tablets to their employees, their new employees, to play a game. Raj: Alan, thanks for having me.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Steel Wool Studios , based in Oakland, CA and founded by former Lucasfilm, Telltale Games, and Pixar creatives, received $5M in Series A funding… entirely from HTC. The VR studio will use the capital to further development of several projects which will all be around the spectrum of game and narrative-based concepts. MOVIN’ $10.3M

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