The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

In the case of VR, we all remember the competition between HTC and Oculus in 2016, with HTC clearly winning the market until Oculus used Facebook’s money to slash the price of the Rift around 2017. This led to a growing importance of Oculus, until with the Quest it started dominating the market in a way no one was able to face.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Let me give you just a few very well-known examples: Meta bought Oculus VR for 2 billion dollars when there was still only a prototype headset. And we must think about the future, not the present. Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) and Samsung (Nasdaq: SSNLF) for Smartphones and Tablets. VR headsets have screens. Tablets as well.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

It wants to create an ecosystem , where most probably all the devices can work together (like it happens today with Apple devices); The report also claims that Facebook may be building its own operating system to encompass all these devices. Then it could update them very fast and make them as powerful and successful as the Oculus Quest.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Yesterday Apple held a keynote presentation to update the world on their latest products. It’s too early for Apple to jump into the AR/VR game. That much was made clear on stage at the company’s latest keynote where they revealed the iPhone 7 and the Apple Watch Series 2. Acquisitions.

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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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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.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Samsung’s 2023 Unpacked event was all about the company’s Galaxy S23 hardware, although at the end of its hour-long presentation the South Korean tech giant announced it was working with Qualcomm and Google to develop an XR device. Samsung was one of the first truly massive tech companies to develop VR hardware.

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Road to VR

APRIL 8, 2019

AT&T and Magic Leap formed a partnership last year which looked a lot like the one between Cingular (now merged with AT&T) and Apple which led to the launch of iPhone. A company that wants to build the future needs to do well in the present.” Samsung’s Gear VR ‘Innovator Edition’ Headset.

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VeeR VR

MARCH 5, 2018

Meanwhile at the 360 VR Bay Area Film Makers meet-up we saw talks from Apple and Pixar. A team from Apple announced a whole new suite of features and VR enhancements for Final Cut Pro. While Pixar’s John Halstead’s reflected on the lessons learned from Coco VR. Culminating two exciting nights of going back to the future.

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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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JUNE 1, 2023

Ori Inbar, Founder, Super Ventures and Co-founder and CEO, AWE kicked off the event with a ChatGPT-powered avatar presentation. His presentation would set the tone for the resurging XR sector. Many have hosted panel discussions, demos, and presentations for the three-day event.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2023

After having seen the teaser of the Quest 3 and especially the announcement of the Apple Vision Pro (about which you can read my opinion here ), I’m always more convinced that we have entered into a new phase of XR history. Google joined forces with Samsung (and Qualcomm) to release a new headset soon.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

There is no official confirmation on this, and I hope to be wrong because having to use earphones would be a big hit to its comfort Release date and price : of course the release date (will it come before or after an Apple headset?) During a presentation, Magic Leap has unveiled some more features about its headset and controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the trend of Gaming entrepreneurs, for example, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Oculus transferred from games to virtual reality and we started to keep eye on the VR area. Since Meta made the acquisition and took over Oculus, VRTUOLUO began to write original and in-depth articles on the XR industry.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

When the viewer moves their head to a new part of the video, the stream is “seamlessly switched so that the highest possible quality image is presented, at a greatly reduced bandwidth.” Company founders come from senior product and engineering leadership roles at Apple, Adobe, Microsoft and Lucasfilm.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Four years after the original Oculus Quest headset arrived, the Meta Quest platform offers an impressive range of experiences that caters to all interests. We played on Oculus Quest 2, but it’s crossplay between Quest 1, Quest 2, and PC VR headsets with cross-buy on Rift and Quest. Looking for the best free Quest games and apps?

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VRWorld

JUNE 5, 2017

“IBM, its Research Alliance partners GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Samsung, and equipment suppliers have developed an industry-first process to build silicon nanosheet transistors that will enable 5 nanometer (nm) chips. Apple announces new iMac Pro with up to 18-core Intel Xeon and AMD’s Radeon Vega Graphics. Click to find out.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

In my opinion , the true error is with the Vive 1 , that will get a price that is higher than the one of all the competitors… and that will cost as much as a Samsung Odyssey, notwithstanding its far lower features. Oculus Go showcased. The Oculus Go (Image by Oculus). Vive Focus comes to the west.

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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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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

(Image by Oculus). Oculus could be starting the production of a new Quest at the end of July. Multiple reports seem to confirm that Oculus is actually starting the production of a new Oculus Quest headset, with an expected release date in 2021. of units more produced annually. Other relevant news. Image by Pico).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Of course, Microsoft has talked about the m**averse in its presentation, and in this case, about an enterprise “m**averse”. 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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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 14, 2016

It’s not too late to order virtual reality presents for the holidays — and they don’t have to cost a lot of money, either! It’s has a nice built-in button, so this is a great headset for users with iPhones, who can’t use a Bluetooth remote since Apple doesn’t support them. Samsung Gear VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

We were all expecting this since AR and VR are a bit in a transitional moment and the biggest brands (like Facebook and Apple) have their events through which they’ll announce their new devices, but for me, this lack of news was worse than the expected. This year, they have presented an evolution of the previous design.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 20, 2021

Today I’m very excited to present to you an exclusive preview of the 6DOF devkit for the Huawei VR glasses. The kit is composed by: An inside-out tracking add-on , that you attach to your glasses so that that they can track themselves (positional tracking) and the controllers; Two controllers that are very similar to the Oculus Touch.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 6, 2017

FIVARS is a presentation of VRTO – Toronto’s virtual reality meetup group and think tank. Samsung Developer Conference (SDC) Date: October 18-19, 2017 Venue: Moscone West, SanFrancisco, CA, USA Besides the events mentioned above, you can also find local VR events to attend by searching on Meetup.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2019

The working group, that includes all the major XR companies (Oculus, HTC, Intel, NVIDIA, Valve, etc…), facilitated by the Khronos group, has finally agreed on a set of specifications, after having listened to all the feedback that come after the release of the version 0.9. Oculus wants to make people control AR headsets just using the brain.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

A sought-after authority on interactive media industry, Carter has presented at every event around the world, including Casual Connect, the LA Games Conference, and the VR/AR Global Summit. Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Which still has its uses!

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

A sought-after authority on interactive media industry, Carter has presented at every event around the world, including Casual Connect, the LA Games Conference, and the VR/AR Global Summit. Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Which still has its uses!

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 27, 2019

This year we had the launch of two amazing 6 DOF all-in-one Virtual Reality headsets : the Oculus Quest and the HTC Vive Focus Plus. The official boxes of the Oculus Quest (above) and Vive Focus Plus (below). Oculus Quest and controllers (Image by Oculus). The design of everything reminds a bit the one of the Oculus Rift.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

A sought-after authority on interactive media industry, Carter has presented at every event around the world, including Casual Connect, the LA Games Conference, and the VR/AR Global Summit. Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Which still has its uses!

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest may have sold only 400,000 units. It seems that according to it, Oculus Quest , considered by many the first VR headset that can become mainstream, has sold only 180,000 units in Q3 of this year, for a total number of 400,000 units sold since launch. Bloomberg publishes new hints on Apple glasses.

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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. Of course, with COVID-19 that presents its own challenges. Alan: Really wonderful if Apple stayed in there.

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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. Of course, with COVID-19 that presents its own challenges. Alan: Really wonderful if Apple stayed in there.

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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. Of course, with COVID-19 that presents its own challenges. Alan: Really wonderful if Apple stayed in there.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

You’ve done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. And if you have a Bose AR-enabled device, you can download that for either the Google Play store or the Apple App Store. The advantage that something like a Magic Leap or even an Oculus Quest has is that it’s tracking you with cameras.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

You’ve done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. And if you have a Bose AR-enabled device, you can download that for either the Google Play store or the Apple App Store. The advantage that something like a Magic Leap or even an Oculus Quest has is that it’s tracking you with cameras.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

You've done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. And if you have a Bose AR-enabled device, you can download that for either the Google Play store or the Apple App Store. The advantage that something like a Magic Leap or even an Oculus Quest has is that it's tracking you with cameras. Michael: Absolutely.

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