The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

Just to make an example, I was there when there was the Netscape vs Internet Explorer war, but now the leading web browser is Google Chrome. Google Chrome, for instance, has been helped a lot by the fact that it is the pre-installed browser on all Android phones. Let me show you what are some of them. No one can compete now.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. Huawei and Pico are rumored to be working on an Apple Vision Pro competitor).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

On the server-side, it is being integrated with Microsoft Azure, and it is also coming in the future for Google Cloud and Tencent Cloud. HTC is going to launch its headset on May, 11th. HTC is keeping rising the hype for its new upcoming headset. Google is hiring waveguide developers for AR. billion valuation.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Check out this list of tonight’s biggest VR/AR winners. Cher Wang – HTC Vive. AIS-VR Society President Jim Chabin and actress Maria Bello honored the CEO of HTC with the Sir Charles Wheatstone Award for exemplifying exceptional forward movement in the VR Sciences. Google Earth VR. Ghostbusters . Dear Angelica.

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Peter Graham

JULY 18, 2019

Formerly called the Global Virtual Reality Association (GVRA), today the XR Association (XRA) has announced that Microsoft has joined as a member company alongside founding members HTC Vive, Sony, Google, Facebook, and Samsung.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

As I said a few months ago , we are in the middle of a paradigm change: the cycle that started with the Quest is arriving at an end, and a new cycle driven by new technologies (mixed reality headsets) and new players (Apple, Google) is starting. They are Apple AR glasses!” Let me tell you why.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One-year price performance for MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL, SNE, and NVDA According to the latest report from Statista , the global augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) markets are rapidly growing and are forecast to reach a total of $72.8 One-year price performance for AAPL as of 2/3/20 Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2023

At least from the outside, it appears Microsoft isn’t actively competing for a seat at the XR table, which is fairly odd coming from a company that pioneered enterprise AR while simultaneously wrangling some of its top OEM partners to make a fleet of PC VR headsets for consumers in 2017. Breaking the Zune Curse?

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Khronos Group , the consortium behind the OpenXR project which aims to standardize the way applications communicate with AR and VR headsets, just added Microsoft to its ranks. There are however too reluctant holdouts left; Apple and Magic Leap, but it remains to be seen what either are bringing to the table.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 5, 2017

With the latest amazing innovations in VR/AR, VRX 2017 next week in San Francisco is the place to be to hear from those leading the charge. Speakers from leading companies including Oculus, Intel, Ford, HTC, Paramount, Google, Epic Games, Walmart, Qualcomm and many more, will be present at the event. Not attending?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 10, 2022

HTC is set to reveal its new VIVE Mars CamTrack solution at the SIGGRAPH 2022 in Vancouver, Canada, where it will showcase the immersive production tool with Departure Lounge and Arcturus, it was revealed on Tuesday. HTC VIVE (@htcvive) August 8, 2022. Shoutout to @ArcturusXR and @dlxrofficial for helping to make this demo happen.

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ARPost

JULY 23, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us how important immersive and interactive apps and games are in our everyday life. Using AR and VR, many people were able to continue working , remodel their homes, stay fit , and discover new ways of having fun. The VR/AR Global Summit 2021 (European Edition). When: September 29 – October 1.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

After a long and somewhat awkward period of Google keeping all of their VR apps from Facebook’s VR platforms on desktop (with Rift) and mobile (with Gear VR), Tilt Brush is the first VR olive branch extended across the platform gap between these two major tech competitors. But, a new glimmer of hope has emerged.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2017

“2016 marked an important step for the AR and VR headset market with product finally arriving in end users’ hands and on their heads,” noted Ramon Llamas, research manager with IDC’s Augmented and Virtual Reality team. SEE ALSO What VR Headset Makers (not analysts) Have Actually Said About Sales Expectations.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 7, 2017

Apple’s WWDC 2017 keynote made that abundantly clear with their announcement of support for external Metal graphics, HTC Vive, SteamVR and Metal VR. The VR market is only starting and now that all the biggest players in the tech space are engaged including Apple we can consider it a complete market. market share.

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ARPost

MARCH 16, 2023

“Students in the classroom are using XR to learn everything from Greek mythology to microbiology. Meta unveiled its Infinite Display system for VR Optics and the Meta Quest Pro with full-color mixed reality, while Google announced the launch of Immersive View for Maps and other updates aimed to make search and maps more immersive.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Qualcomm Technologies has remained at the forefront of developing top-tier solutions for the global virtual, augmented, mixed, and extended reality (VR/AR/MR/XR) industry, with its latest solution designed for AR devices. XR Today: Qualcomm recently debuted its Snapdragon AR devices platform.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 22, 2017

The results suggested that marginally more developers were working on the HTC Vive than the Oculus Rift. The second VR/AR Innovation Report gathered answers from more than 600 developers working in VR, AR, and MR. Last year saw over 500 participants so take note of that when considering the difference in percentages.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). We are going on the road of courage chasing the light under drastic change and innovation together with the peers of the times!

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

While with other VR headsets like the Vive Focus Plus it is already possible to do some kind of augmented reality , this is the first standalone headset that can provide both good quality AR and VR on the same device. These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Extended reality, in the form of AR, VR, and MR, has shown significant potential for this landscape. What’s more, Meta’s AR-enhanced advertising options allow companies to promote their unique experiences across social media channels like never before.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 7, 2018

It’s no secret that Jaunt is stepping back from VR and re-focusing on AR , although we weren’t sure what the one-time cinematic VR company planned on doing with its recently defunct VR business. Google Daydream Systems/ Headsets. Sony PS4 Systems/ Accessories/ Controllers. Samsung Odyssey Systems/ Headsets.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2017

Apple finally talks about VR while taking a (very solid) swing at AR, Walmart will use virtual reality to train employees, you can grow better weed with AR + AI, and Q1 VR headset sales…. Apple, humble as always, announced that their ARKit made iOS the largest AR platform in the world…overnight. APPLE ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

I was afraid that at this CES wouldn’t have been many pieces of news about AR and VR, but actually, we had quite a few interesting ones. This shows that the ecosystem is alive, and notwithstanding the pandemic, there are many XR companies that are pushing the technology forward. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker.

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VRScout

JANUARY 30, 2017

Studios in Hollywood, California, The 8th annual Lumiere Awards will honour an impressive amount of influencers in the arts and technologies of 3D, HDR, VR, AR and 360-degree content. Chairwoman/CEO of HTC Corp and creator of the HTC Vive, Cher Wang, will be honoured with the Sir Charles Wheatstone Award.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

If Microsoft commits to building this platform and doesn’t abandon it (a la Google), it can become an incredible tool for us developers. This “prototype” actually was just a video with 2 people and 2 Pokemon in AR, and we don’t even know how much was faked and how much was real… but the important thing is the partnership here.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The report suggests that premium headset shipments like Google Daydream will see more growth over light mobile headsets. Google Daydream will sell the most premium headsets in 2017, getting 6.8M devices into the hands of users. Also touched on was the outlook of augmented and mixed reality, stating combined earnings of $30.4B

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TechCrunch VR

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Jacob Mullins is a managing director at Shasta Ventures, where he has invested in VR/AR since 2016. As an investor in VR and AR since 2016, I find it cautiously encouraging to hear all the talk of “metaverse” on trending business channels today. Jacob Mullins. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 19, 2022

’ “ Meta Builds Toward AR Glasses From Oculus VR’s Beginnings. Together, they’re beginning to outline what the next decade of work looks like at Reality Lab, from wrist-based input for AR to retinal resolutions for VR. .

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 28, 2016

There is something of an arms race developing between the major VR hardware companies (Facebook, Google, HTC, Sony) to add more intuitive controls for VR. Recently, Google acquired a company called Eyefluence. The former piece, however, holds a major clue as to why the Facebook-owned VR company made this purchase.

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ARPost

APRIL 22, 2022

The XRA is an industry organization founded by Google , HTC VIVE , Microsoft , Oculus , and Sony Interactive Entertainment. The world-facing cameras on XR devices that enable world-tracking in AR and hand-tracking in VR contribute to what some are calling “the era of constant reality capture.” The solution?

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Worldwide revenues for the augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) market are forecast to increase by 100% or more over each of the next four years, according to the latest update to the Worldwide Semiannual Augmented and Virtual Reality Spending Guide from the International Data Corporation (IDC).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

This roundup of the most important AR/VR news of the past week comes out with a little delay since I’ve been very busy with my development job, and I’ve also a damn cold that doesn’t make me feel very well (but it’s no coronavirus, don’t worry :D). HTC Vive releases Cosmos Elite, two models of Vive Pro Eye and creates some confusion.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 30, 2021

Bytedance reportedly acquires Pico for 5B RMB while it also pushes on mobile AR. Bytedance is not focusing only on VR, but also on AR. Recently it has announced that it is building TikTok Effect Studio, a suite to let content creators develop AR filters to be used inside TikTok. Top news of the week. Image by JD.COM).

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AllThingsVR

JUNE 6, 2016

Those partners will be able to build AR headsets like HoloLens, full-fledged VR headsets like the HTC Vive, as well as components powering those devices. Facebook has Oculus; Valve and HTC are betting on SteamVR for the Vive; Sony has its upcoming PlayStation VR; and Google is focusing on its DayDream platform for Android.

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Tech Trends VR

JUNE 26, 2018

To complement the theatrical film release of Distorted on June 22nd, Minds Eye Entertainment and SkyVR have partnered to produce “Distorted Reality,” a scripted, live-action cinematic VR distributed through OneTouchVR on Google Daydream, Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and iOs. VRScout (@VRScout) June 19, 2018.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

HOW DO YOU HELP THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED WITH VR/AR? Virtual and augmented reality technology is being used to help people who are blessed with perfect vision – and lots of interesting solutions are out there. A startup out of Oxford, OxSight is building AR glasses that described as “hearing aids for the blind.”

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