The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2023

I wonder if this will have any consequences… More info News worth a mention (Image by Xiaomi) AR and VR were great at MWC XR analyst Anshel Sag wrote a great article highlighting all the most important hardware showcased at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. You can discover more on the dedicated Linkedin post that I’m sharing below.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

These sales data are a bit worrying for us developers in a way: if people keep buying the Quest 2 instead of Quest 3, the market shares of Quest 2 will be bigger, so many developers will be tempted to use Quest 2 as the main target headset , and so they won’t make their graphics richer to comply with the new horsepower of the Quest 3.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

On this sunny day, let me tell you the most interesting AR/VR news from the past week…. Probably the idea is to create a new system to let users interact in an easy way with future AR glasses by not only using the hands but also the intentions or the feelings of the user read by EEG. Magic Leap 2 bridges AR and VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

Niantic announces a new AR game, this time with NBA. It created a new geolocated AR game very similar to Pokemon Go, but with a different theme. We are still waiting for in-device tools, though. HTC releases its “metaverse phone”. AIXR is opening an innovation center about AR/VR in UK. Upload VR). Other news.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2022

Plus, Gen-Z and Millenials are the generations that are interested the most in it; Alvin Wang Graylin (Mister President) and Kevin Geiger had a very interesting chat in which they talked about the metaverse, China, blockchain, and HTC Vive. Participate in the AR/VR Survey and win prizes. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

I will leave you the link to donate for these two causes below. Let me take a moment before to thank anyway all my Patreon donors for the support they give to me: Alex Gonzalez VR DeoVR GenVR Eduardo Siman Jonn Fredericks Jean-Marc Duyckaerts Reynaldo T Zabala Richard Penny Terry xR.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2022

It’s interesting that HTC is keeping the name Vive both for VR and Web3 solutions. Lumus announces two new optical systems for AR glasses based on reflective waveguides. Like last week, also this week I won’t ask you to donate for my blog, but to the poor people that are facing the consequences of the war. Other news.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2019

He’s also the co-founder of SuperWorld — superworldapp.com — which is Foursquare meets Pokemon Go meets Monopoly in the real world, building a community in AR, powered by the blockchain. Hrish: The VR/AR Conference? Alan: Yeah.The VR/AR Association Conference. You do a lot in this space. Hrish: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2019

He’s also the co-founder of SuperWorld — superworldapp.com — which is Foursquare meets Pokemon Go meets Monopoly in the real world, building a community in AR, powered by the blockchain. Hrish: The VR/AR Conference? Alan: Yeah.The VR/AR Association Conference. You do a lot in this space. Hrish: Yeah.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The use case is similar to other systems that are becoming popular now: give the user a big virtual display in front of him. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine. I will leave you the link to do that below. appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2019

He's also the co-founder of SuperWorld -- superworldapp.com -- which is Foursquare meets Pokemon Go meets Monopoly in the real world, building a community in AR, powered by the blockchain. Hrish: The VR/AR Conference? Alan: Yeah.The VR/AR Association Conference. You do a lot in this space. Let's start with the one that's Rogue.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

It is not that Meta is abandoning its goal of having its operating system (and so freeing itself from Android and iOS), it is that it realized that designing an operating system that is optimal both for AR and VR is not going to work. HTC released a trailer about his vision for the metaverse. More info (Meta’s Builder Bot?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Image by HTC Vive). HTC teases a new headset. HTC has started the usual marketing operation it does for the launch of every new device. We don’t have further details about it, and if you try to enhance the above image, you just get a “Nice try” trolling label coming to view (gg HTC for that). Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Ok, of course, I’m kidding, but, you know, the possibility of saying the wrong name is so high that my proposal actually starts making sense… Top news of the week (Image by HTC Vive) HTC reveals inside-out-tracked Tracker With a totally unexpected move, HTC has revealed a new kind of Tracker. A very cool experiment.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

At the same time, I think that Meta is not pushing much on its business offerings (and in fact this price clarification arrived many months later than expected) so probably the field will still be dominated by Pico and HTC for any foreseeable time. The lenses are going to appear as purely transparent, like the one of standard glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 30, 2023

Furthermore, there is a physical crown to switch from VR to passthrough AR , but it is not clear to me why you would need a crown for that. But I think it’s not a good move for Meta, for the following reasons: It shows that it is “afraid” of HTC. And to select objects, you have just to look at them and then pinch with your hand.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The company has teased it is going to announce soon a new XR device , even if it has not revealed what yet (I would bet on AR glasses or an MR headset, but let’s see). Most probably, if we mix this with other rumors of the past, Google is going to offer the operating system as a modified version of Android that works in AR/MR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2023

And I know that one of your dreams was having a weekly roundup of the best XR news… so… here you are! Image by HTC Vive). HTC’s new headset may be called Vive XR Elite. The hiring spree of the major tech companies toward the manufacturers of lenses and AR displays has not finished yet. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Today it’s the CyberMonday and there are discounts all over the place in VR and in tech in general. This may be one of the potential names for either the upcoming mixed reality headset that Samsung is developing with Google or the name of future AR glasses. Top news of the week Discover Black Friday and Cyber Monday discounts!

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 28, 2021

It’s that time of the week where you can read about the most important news of the past week in AR and VR again! Are you ready? Before starting, my friends at FXG and at Leenzee Games are promoting the Chinese mystery VR game A.D. 2047 and are offering to my readers an exclusive giveaway of 3 keys! Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

I’m a big fan of passthrough AR, and the fact that the reviewers highlighted how the quality of this passthrough is high, makes me excited. More info News worth a mention Information leaks on Vive’s inside-out Tracker There is a new leak about the inside-out tracked Vive Tracker that HTC teased a few months ago.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

For instance, the piece video on China Daily where Tim Cook says “I am incredibly excited about AR […] stay tuned and you’ll see what we have to offer” has become viral and everyone is talking about it, while actually, it doesn’t convey any info. Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Flow Business Edition. Useless news.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This is the same confusion that created issues for HTC in the past with the Vive Pro, for instance. Ars Technica) More info (Meta Quest Pro review?—?Redditor In particular, it investigates how it is possible to build an informative AR experience that can accompany an article. Road To VR) More info (Meta Quest Pro review?—?Upload

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2022

Last month, we got to know that (according to a rumor) Samsung is working together with Microsoft on new AR glasses, most probably powered by a Qualcomm chipset. According to the Korean magazine Electronic Times, the device should be an AR glass and it should use one of Samsung’s Exynos chips. Other relevant news. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 5, 2024

More info (Meta and LG’s partnership — Road To VR) More info (Meta and LG’s partnership — Upload VR) Other relevant news (Image by Meta) A prototype of Meta AR glasses to be showcased at Connect A report from Business Insider claims that Meta is going to show the first version of its AR glasses this year at Meta Connect.

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Ryan Schultz

OCTOBER 12, 2022

SkarredGhost), an Italian man whose blog, The Ghost Howls , covers the VR/AR/MR/XR industry and the metaverse, wrote : Let’s be honest: Meta Connect was utterly disappointing. And, to say the least, that coverage was mixed in its assessment of Meta’s new high-end wireless VR headset, the Meta Quest Pro. Tony Vitillo (a.k.a.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 4, 2023

Because if Apple is just going to repeat the same use cases of the HTC Vive and Meta Quest 2, but selling it at $3000, it is just going to fail spectacularly. That’s why the headset should be available by the end of the year, and my bet is that Apple is trying to have it ready before the holidays. But the big question is the “how”.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

But at first, let’s get serious and read the relevant news of the week in AR and VR. I’m sure that after April, 20th, the Meta Quest ecosystem will appear even richer than it is now , creating a wider gap with other companies that may think about competing with the Quest, that is Pico, HTC, and even Apple. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 24, 2022

No grey zones like HTC did in the past. I’m curious to see how this will compete with the Quest Pro, because every one of these devices has its own strong points : for instance, Pico 4 Enterprise is more affordable, but Meta Quest Pro has a much better passthrough AR. Learn more (Soccer game in AR?—?Video) Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 10, 2024

A few years ago I was interviewing Alvin Wang Graylin , the HTC Executive (or “Mister President” as I like to call him), and we were talking about the book Our Next Reality he’s written together with Louis Rosenberg. There are also sometimes events that have unexpected consequences.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google killed its AR glasses Project Iris Do you remember the name Project Iris? It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple. It seems that more than 300 people worked on the project, which was headed by Clay Bavor, the head of AR/VR efforts at Google.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The device, which should compete with Meta Quest Pro, is expected to feature: RGB cameras to offer AR passthrough High-quality haptics on the controllers thanks to the use of LRA (Linear Resonant Actuators), which are motors able to provide strong and detailed haptics Automatic IPD adjustment. New specs of Pico 4 revealed.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2022

In a piece of separate news, Pico’s parent company Bytedance has also announced the public beta of Effect House, the AR filters editor for TikTok. Meta plans AR glasses for 2024. But at least it puts in perspective how the road to having AR glasses we will wear all day is still very long. HTC Vive is going to launch… a box.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

VR First , the global initiative to seed academic institutions with VR/AR hardware and software, today announced that it’s nearly doubling the number of its VR labs in universities and science parks across the globe by the end of 2017. image courtesy VR First. image courtesy VR First.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2024

But there is not only Samsung: XR2 Gen 2 is going to be integrated also by Immersed’s Visor, a new HTC Vive headset, a YVR headset in China, and a headset that is still undisclosed. It’s good to see Nreal releasing a new full-fledged pair of AR glasses that are lightweight and affordable. appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2023

Image by HTC Vive). but for now, let me just list the most important announcements: HTC announced the Vive XR Elite, a headset that mixes the comfort of the Vive Flow with the usability of the Vive Focus 3. It is very lightweight and supports a passthrough AR with very high image quality (even if not great depth perception for now).

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Steki Amusement

OCTOBER 24, 2023

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