The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

We don’t know who originated the leak… but honestly, considering the perfect timing to generate hype for Facebook Connect, and the fact that it just shows a bit without showing too much… well, I have some suspects… (Do you remember the “leak” about Quest 2 some days before Facebook Connect 1 and timely before Apple Event?

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

It operates across major platforms such as Meta Quest 2 and Pro, SteamVR headsets such as the Valve Index, HTC VIVE, and Windows Mixed Reality (MR) head-mounted displays. Custom Comfort, Bigscreen Beyond Customers pre-ordering the headset will receive a Bigscreen app invitation to 3D scan their faces via an Apple iPhone Xr or later.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Backed by Chinese tech giant Bytedance, the Pico 4 standalone VR system is coming to consumers in Europe, Japan & South Korea next month starting at just €429. Quest Pro may also compete with the forthcoming AR/VR headset in development at Apple. That appears to be exactly what’s happened.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 27, 2023

There’s also free shipping to the US, UK, EU, AU, and Japan. This means you’ll pay about the same as you would for the HTC VIVE Pro 2. Compared to other headsets like the Apple Vision Pro , it’s a little heavier, weighing around 960 grams. It’s mostly black plastic and features an angular, modern design.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC is teasing a new headset. HTC is teasing a new piece of hardware again, and this time most probably it will be a VR headset. HTC loves playing with the words, so “get down to business” can be a reference to the fact that it is a “business headset”. Top news of the week. Not much, honestly.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2019

I had the pleasure of participating to the “VR Visionaries” event in Kaohsiung and then I headed to Taipei to meet some XR companies (like HTC ) and people. This also means that there is more contamination from the West and also from Japan, considering that this island was part of Japan various years ago.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2023

Image by HTC Vive). HTC’s new headset may be called Vive XR Elite. Thanks to the support of the community member Inscothen, I have discovered that the Korean website of HTC may have leaked the info about the upcoming headset that the company should unveil at this CES. Meta bought Luxecel, Apple Limbak. Image by Meta).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 29, 2021

Apple XR headset may weight less than 150g. You know how I love rumors on the Apple XR headset (#sarcasm), and so with much joy, I announce to you that the super Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has another fantastic news to share with us. From this, we can see if it can be a reliable competitor for the HTC Tracker 3.0.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Is Apple partnering with Valve on AR? A report by DigiTimes claims that Apple is partnering with Valve for the production of its AR glasses. The news would be incredible: Apple is a company that knows how to create something usable and cool to see, while Valve has a long expertise in experimenting with AR and VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2024

Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple announces the release date of the Apple Vision Pro During the last few days, the rumors about possible release dates for the Apple Vision Pro have intensified , and someone talked about January, 27 as the day of the launch. The headset will be available for purchase in the U.S.,

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. And then just recently now you might have read that we have made a new thing with the new Apple iPad, with the LiDAR stuff, adding functionality that wasn't possible before. And then Apple comes along and says, "No, here's a new format." Alan: True.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. And then just recently now you might have read that we have made a new thing with the new Apple iPad, with the LiDAR stuff, adding functionality that wasn't possible before. And then Apple comes along and says, "No, here's a new format.". Alan: True.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

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. Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

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. Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. And then just recently now you might have read that we have made a new thing with the new Apple iPad, with the LiDAR stuff, adding functionality that wasn't possible before. And then Apple comes along and says, "No, here's a new format.". Alan: True.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

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. Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

HTC releases eye and face tracking for Vive Focus 3. HTC doesn’t want to lose the VR train, so it has just found a creative way of competing with Meta Quest Pro. The eye tracker, instead, can be attached as a magnetic insert in the internal part of the device, and HTC claims it’s accurate to within 0.5°~1.1° Register to GTC.

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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). While at Zynga, he co-created the game FarmVille and served as the CTO of Zynga Japan. 7- Alvin Graylin. 14- Kai Liang. 16- Vinay Narayan. 17- Helen Situ.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

This kind of seamless interface is great and it is exactly the same one that HTC already offers with the Vive Focus Plus and Viveport Streaming and that I’ve tried and appreciated. I guess Oculus will aim at something similar, because it is very handy (Image by HTC Vive). Rift line gets discontinued. Image by Facebook).

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