The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

What an exciting week for technology, with the Facebook Connect, PS5 price announcement, Apple event and the release of RTX30 graphics cards! Even Apple uses modified ARM chips. It is a perfect strategy, that makes NVIDIA able to offer very comprehensive end-to-end solutions (e.g. What a time to be alive! Check it out!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. But, as Road To VR has stated, maybe HTC should have clarified that in all its marketing material.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

We have also to consider that in 2019, most of VR companies (Valve, Oculus, HTC, etc…) have already launched their devices, and given that VR headsets have usually a lifecycle of 2-3 years, I’m not expecting them to announce something new next year. HTC will focus more on the enterprise market.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

This has not been the most interesting week in AR, VR, but I think that in the next times we’ll see some shots fired: in some days there will be the F8, the official shipment of the Vive Pro 2, then the Apple WWDC conference! And it feels weird that HTC hasn’t fixed such a cheap little component that was already faulty on the original Vive.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 3, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC rises the hype for the launch of its new headset. For once, HTC seems to have organized the pre-launch of its new upcoming headset fairly well. HTC has said this headset will be amazing , so everyone is hoping for this to be true, even if we all know that the price will be high.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

I was working a school group here known as GESS -- which is the acronym for Jumeirah English Speaking School -- also broadly referred to as GESS Dubai now. He'd also chaired the Independent Digital Strategy Group for eight years there. I do a lot with Apple technology. And what are you doing now? My background is in film.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

I was working a school group here known as GESS -- which is the acronym for Jumeirah English Speaking School -- also broadly referred to as GESS Dubai now. He'd also chaired the Independent Digital Strategy Group for eight years there. I do a lot with Apple technology. And what are you doing now? My background is in film.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

I was working a school group here known as GESS -- which is the acronym for Jumeirah English Speaking School -- also broadly referred to as GESS Dubai now. He'd also chaired the Independent Digital Strategy Group for eight years there. I do a lot with Apple technology. And what are you doing now? My background is in film.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Part of all of this is merit of Jeri (Image by HTC). Valve software is a very funny place because they don’t have a formal management , so it’s kind of all self-organizing… and if they don’t feel like as a group doing half-life 3, or half-life VR, it just won’t happen. The Vive Wands. Let’s do it”.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Our VP of Marketing and Strategy, Alex Colgan, will turn the tables and interview me on what happened in 2020 and what we can expect from 2021. So a group called SPACES -- out of LA -- and they had locations all over the world. And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Our VP of Marketing and Strategy, Alex Colgan, will turn the tables and interview me on what happened in 2020 and what we can expect from 2021. So a group called SPACES -- out of LA -- and they had locations all over the world. And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 9, 2017

2016 provided hints of where Facebook, HTC, Sony, Google, and more will take their headsets in the near future, but where does the industry’s best and brightest think we’ll end up this time next year? 1) I believe the virtual reality market will continue to have steady sales reaching over 2 million HMD’s between Sony, HTC and Oculus.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Our VP of Marketing and Strategy, Alex Colgan, will turn the tables and interview me on what happened in 2020 and what we can expect from 2021. So a group called SPACES -- out of LA -- and they had locations all over the world. And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The GFR Fund is one such investor group, and this one in particular has cultivated an impressive portfolio of XR up-and-comers. Managing partner Teppei Tsutsui drops by to share some of his investing strategies. Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers. Alan: Okay.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The GFR Fund is one such investor group, and this one in particular has cultivated an impressive portfolio of XR up-and-comers. Managing partner Teppei Tsutsui drops by to share some of his investing strategies. Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers. Alan: Okay.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The GFR Fund is one such investor group, and this one in particular has cultivated an impressive portfolio of XR up-and-comers. Managing partner Teppei Tsutsui drops by to share some of his investing strategies. Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers. Alan: Okay.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 14, 2022

” Such companies included those monitoring brands such as Nike and Gucci, who have adopted their own Metaverse strategies, and find metaverse adoption overwhelming. The Jena, Germany-based firm has also collaborated with the Khronos Group and Metaverse Standards Forum along with some of the world’s top tech firms.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Alan: Well, it’s a good thing that Pico didn’t take the Apple approach and get rid of their headset jack. We were doing a demo for groups of people, and we were doing one in a private club in Toronto. So in other words, taking it from something like an HTC Vive Pro or or an Oculus Rift, to a Oculus Quest or a Pico Neo 2.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Alan: Well, it’s a good thing that Pico didn’t take the Apple approach and get rid of their headset jack. We were doing a demo for groups of people, and we were doing one in a private club in Toronto. So in other words, taking it from something like an HTC Vive Pro or or an Oculus Rift, to a Oculus Quest or a Pico Neo 2.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Alan: Well, it's a good thing that Pico didn't take the Apple approach and get rid of their headset jack. We were doing a demo for groups of people, and we were doing one in a private club in Toronto. So in other words, taking it from something like an HTC Vive Pro or or an Oculus Rift, to a Oculus Quest or a Pico Neo 2.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

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. If there’s an elephant in this virtual room, its name is Apple. It seems likely that it’s not a question of whether or not Apple brings out some form of AR wearable, but when.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

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. If there’s an elephant in this virtual room, its name is Apple. It seems likely that it’s not a question of whether or not Apple brings out some form of AR wearable, but when.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Do you remember when everyone was mocking HTC for its super-high prices and people were praising Meta for its cheap costs? Unless Apple kills it, of course… Productivity ecosystem. The Quest Pro fits very well this strategy since it is a headset made for professionals. Quest Pro is meant for work (Image by Meta).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 20, 2021

What Facebook said fits perfectly in its strategy and I personally think it is just one step, and many others are coming in the future. 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.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Alvin is the China President at #HTC leading all aspects of HTC’s business in the region (Vive/VR, phone, Viveport content platform, partnerships and investments). Has been at the forefront when it comes to XR, earlier he was VP, Platform Strategy & Dev Community at #HTC and is currently working at Facebook Reality labs.

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