The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Every year I make this prediction game about what Facebook is going to announce at Oculus/Facebook connect, and this year won’t be an exception! Oculus Rift 3. We know it : Zuck is going to announce a full restructuring of all the Facebook group, under a parent company probably named Meta, Horizon, or something similar.

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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. This year, I’m not going to make an exception, also because my predictions for 2019 performed pretty well.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

Oculus Go price cut down to $150. Facebook has permanently cut down the price of the Oculus Go to $150 , the same price that made it sell incredibly well on Amazon during the Cyber Monday. More info (Oculus Go price cut) More info (Xiaomi laying off the team dedicated to Go). Top news of the week. Image by Engadget). Let’s see….

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2022

It lacks all Oculus Exclusive titles like Beat Saber and Population One, but its store is becoming anyway interesting. He complained about having to obey platforms and their taxes (clearly hinting at Apple), saying that he had a different vision. And Pico doesn’t plan to curate it like Meta, so its ecosystem should be much more open.

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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. Me wearing my branded Oculus Quest 2. So… let’s start!

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Oculus Quest 2. The biggest announcement of the event has been for sure the Oculus Quest 2, that Facebook has not only revealed but also launched. Oculus Quest 2 is a great piece of technology. Then Oculus will move the whole experience to 90Hz. The magic of the Oculus Quest 2 (Image by Facebook). Specifications.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2022

A few months back, a friend referred me to the Moon VR team, and I found what they do pretty interesting stuff. After graduating from the University of Southern California in Computer Sciences, he joined Oculus VR out of his passion for virtual reality. He left in 2016 and founded his startup. Moon VR Video Player was just one of them.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Oculus brands disappears. And most importantly, the Oculus brand will disappear and will just become Meta : Oculus Quest will be the Meta Quest (yes, it sounds terribly, I know). He says that “We all have a strong attachment to the Oculus brand, and this was a very difficult decision to make”, but I don’t believe him at all.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

It is able to offer this thanks to the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 chipset (and its related reference design), that has been conceived with these features in mind. These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest. More info (Growth of headsets on Steam). No availability.”

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VRScout

JULY 11, 2017

Google wants you to play with Blocks, this smartphone wants you to get rid of your headset, a new marketplace connecting content creators with funding, the price of the Oculus Rift is slashed, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. APPLE IS HIRING FOR VR/AR POSITIONS. GOOGLE WANTS YOU TO PLAY WITH BLOCKS.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

PSVR 2, Apple XR visor) and games, will be fundamental to understand its evolution and its potential. A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. References to Apple RealityOS have been leaked. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

Well, during 2018, Leap Motion has announced the North Star reference design : a cheap augmented reality connected to PC, that is able to detect your hands very well thanks to Leap Motion’s sensor. Apple glasses. Concept of a future AR glass by Apple (Image by iDropNews). Leap Motion. But I don’t expect any launch.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The startup is pretty new, in fact, and its owner group is Megadodo, another unknown company that is working on an MMO game about which is difficult to find any information. While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. First of all, no one has ever heard about Deca before. Doug Lombardi, Valve.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

HTC has launched a new headset, we have another confirmation of Apple glasses, we read about the first hands-on on Kura glasses, and many other things have happened! And all of this when in 10 days there will be the Oculus Connect 6, where there will be announced something cool for sure… I’m rather thrilled while I write this e-mail!

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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! At Facebook Connect this week , Facebook has: Released the powerful Oculus Quest 2 , powered by Snapdragon XR2, and with a 4K display. Even Apple uses modified ARM chips. Check it out!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

The Oculus Quest 2 is selling incredibly well because it offers the right combination of affordable price, good hardware, and a good software ecosystem. Not to mention the millions spent on marketing , especially in the US (Oculus was one of the sponsors of NBA, for instance). The Quest will still be the king.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

Oculus Go showcased. The Oculus Go (Image by Oculus). At GDC, the Oculus Go has been one of the main characters. First of all, Oculus has showcased all its main technical characteristics : I advise you to read the post dedicated to that on Oculus blogs , where Chris Pruett introduces you to them.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 14, 2021

A leak from Protocol talked about the possibility of using your hands as the controllers of the device , but there is no reference to it in the official material. Regarding the competition with the Quest, it may be argued if it is a fair comparison or it is like comparing apples and pears. Don’t you agree? Image by HTC Vive).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Kalinowski refers to the six new technologies in Meta’s AR device as new technology introductions (NTIs), and the company wants to get them right before release. The group created PeopleLens, which assists visually impaired children in identifying individuals around them.

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Hypergrid Business

JUNE 1, 2020

With 8agora, companies, groups, and individuals can host events virtually. With AltSpace, companies, groups, and individuals can host virtual events where participants can use avatars to attend. It also supports the Oculus Go, and Oculus Quest virtual reality headsets. Image courtesy 8Agora.). AltspaceVR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2019

I gave a presentation of the first idea of a videodisc of the “ Plastico ” at a private conference held at Apple Computer in 1986 (my talk was published in 1998 here ). The Oculus Rift shipped in spring 2016. At the moment, this means solutions such as the Samsung Gear VR and the Oculus GO. Rome Reborn 3.0

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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.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

It was a game I would play on the Apple IIe in study hall back in the day when teachers thought any kid using a computer was learning something; little did they know all I was learning about was where I could find a lucrative quest and get a stiff ale on the tough streets of Skara Brae. As a big fan of RPGs, The Bard’s Tale is dear to me.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Even the big players like Sony, Apple, and Microsoft have substantially reduced their production estimates for 2022, whilst processor manufacturers talk of delays into 2024. This fee had included a suite of useful reference hardware to build tracked objects with, which could also be disassembled and reused to build prototypes. .

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

The city is full of references to Virtual Reality, and so it is like a paradise for us VR enthusiasts. The event hosts people from very important companies like NVIDIA, VR Chat, The Khronos Group, Alibaba (there is Jack Ma!), pic.twitter.com/X1dWr780Se. — Alvin Wang Graylin (@AGraylin) October 18, 2018. Header image by HTC).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Participants used a wayfinding app on two VR headsets (Oculus Go with a hand controller and Samsung Gear VR), as well as on a smartphone which was the reference condition. For 360 video we use Oculus Go, because a Vive Index would be an overkill. How do you imagine the Apple Glasses? No headphones were used.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Going into 2019, the industry eagerly awaits HoloLens 2 and Glass Enterprise Edition 2, as rumors swirl around the possibility of AR glasses from Apple and/or Facebook in the near future. Just three months ago, the company revealed it’s putting 17,000 Oculus Go headsets in Walmart stores for employee training.

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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. The one thing obviously that is already clearly missing from this mix, is the word Oculus.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 9, 2017

1) I believe the virtual reality market will continue to have steady sales reaching over 2 million HMD’s between Sony, HTC and Oculus. 2) As with any platform, quality content and more robust features (Oculus Avatars, Parties, Rooms, etc.) It’s a frame of reference for both developers and gamers.

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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. The one thing obviously that is already clearly missing from this mix, is the word Oculus.

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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. The one thing obviously that is already clearly missing from this mix, is the word Oculus.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

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. So now Apple has the rights to 360 stream or VR stream sports, so that's pretty cool. If you were location based entertainment, not so much.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

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. So now Apple has the rights to 360 stream or VR stream sports, so that's pretty cool. If you were location based entertainment, not so much.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

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. So now Apple has the rights to 360 stream or VR stream sports, so that's pretty cool. If you were location based entertainment, not so much.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 6, 2017

FIVARS is a presentation of VRTO – Toronto’s virtual reality meetup group and think tank. If you're a VR content creator and developer, you might be eligible for a discount if you reference your portfolio in your application. If you’re a student or academic faculty you may be considered for the $99 Student/Academic Pass rate.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

Daniel: So, Happy Finish -- or HF, as we're now more commonly referring to ourselves -- we're really in the space of creating content and experiences for grand clients, right from the very beginning. And alongside Hill+Knowlton Strategies, one of the WPP [Group] PR and strategy agencies. You've done all sorts of things. I'm a cyclist.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

Daniel: So, Happy Finish -- or HF, as we're now more commonly referring to ourselves -- we're really in the space of creating content and experiences for grand clients, right from the very beginning. And alongside Hill+Knowlton Strategies, one of the WPP [Group] PR and strategy agencies. You've done all sorts of things. I'm a cyclist.

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