The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Roblox CEO hints at the Oculus Quest as a future platform. And among these platforms onto which the game could be ported in the future, he has also mentioned the Oculus Quest. Some intriguing news on the Oculus Quest. Don’t take this as sure news (Thanks Niclas Johansson for the tip!); News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

In that period, the Oculus DK2 ordered by Gianni arrived, and he told me that I should go to his office to try that device, and my reaction at that time was like “Oculus what??” You can clearly see from the videos that we did our first demos inside the Oculus samples scenes. From it, ARKit has born, I guess.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

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. Oculus Quest Application SpaceWarp can give apps a +70% boost of performances. Thanks Rob for the tip on the second one!). News worth a mention.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

Mobile virtual reality on a headset like an Oculus Go, which is $200. I have read that the case study, and I will put it in the show notes for anybody who wants to read it. Do you have white papers or case studies? Alan: When you say “tipping point,” what does that actually mean? That is just amazing.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

Mobile virtual reality on a headset like an Oculus Go, which is $200. I have read that the case study, and I will put it in the show notes for anybody who wants to read it. Do you have white papers or case studies? Alan: When you say “tipping point,” what does that actually mean? That is just amazing.

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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! He’s most probably talking about the Oculus Quest 2 Pro. Hat Tip to Nathie) Funny link.

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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. In a study of a hundred people, which got published in spring early on this year, we beat out Skype for Business.

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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. In a study of a hundred people, which got published in spring early on this year, we beat out Skype for Business.

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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. In a study of a hundred people, which got published in spring early on this year, we beat out Skype for Business. He's brilliant with his iPad.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The one thing obviously that is already clearly missing from this mix, is the word Oculus. For those that are outside of the Middle East region, just for context, Oculus has next to no presence in the Middle East at all. I do a lot with Apple technology. I ended up doing trials with the Vive Focus and other hardware.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The one thing obviously that is already clearly missing from this mix, is the word Oculus. For those that are outside of the Middle East region, just for context, Oculus has next to no presence in the Middle East at all. I do a lot with Apple technology. I ended up doing trials with the Vive Focus and other hardware.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The one thing obviously that is already clearly missing from this mix, is the word Oculus. For those that are outside of the Middle East region, just for context, Oculus has next to no presence in the Middle East at all. I do a lot with Apple technology. I ended up doing trials with the Vive Focus and other hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

The new update for Oculus Quest brings with it some interesting features, like the tracking of the Apple Magic Keyboard, some updates to the UI, and a new menu for hand tracking. Thanks Marco Giammetti for the tip). Meta releases runtime v37 for Quest. Linkintosh is the tool Mac VR devs were looking for.

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TechCrunch VR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Staffed by a team that comes from Industrial Light and Magic, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, and Apple, Osso VR makes generic educational content for training purposes and then produces company specific virtual reality educational videos for companies like Johnson and Johnson.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Talking about visuals, the display resolution is 1800 × 1920 per eye, which is even less than the one of the Quest 2, but here there are two displays, one per each eye , so there are fewer “wasted pixels” Plus the lenses are not Fresnel ones, but pancake lenses studied to give you a bigger eye box. Other productivity applications.

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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. It was super interesting to study their manufacturing and design, I took lots of photographs and made notes. Image provided by Rob Cole). Image by Rob Cole).

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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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