ARVR

MARCH 24, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

The Oculus Quest 2 continues its march towards mainstream adoption. It wouldn’t be a normal week without some news about Facebook and/or the Oculus Quest. The first one is that the Quest 2 has now sold in some months more than all the other Oculus headsets (with the exclusion of Gear VR) combined in all these years.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Reality Processor” may refer instead to the architecture of the chipsets , which uses an M2 chipset as the main processing unit, an ISP processor for image analysis, and a third chip that is meant to connect the two. A Fortnite data miner has found references to Oculus stuff in the latest update of Fortnite , Update 21.50.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 22, 2020

Oculus has gained in these years always more success in the consumers’ landscape, and now with the Oculus Quest , thanks to an affordable device running great content , it is making strides in the market. Today, finally, Facebook has changed all of this and i s making Oculus For Business available to all interested companies.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Inside that set of tools lurked data files for what appeared to be two different headsets, codenamed Franc and Luck. Finding this kind of data, even hidden deep within OS developer files, marks an uncharacteristic transparency from Apple—as though the company is planning something sooner rather than later. From Here to ARternity.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

I have anyway selected four news that can be relevant for you: NVIDIA has announced a new GPU architecture, called Hopper, that represents the evolution of Ampere. It can train a model 6–7x faster than the previous data center GPU. A genius has found a smart way to cover the Oculus Home button on Quest controllers for public demos.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

It doesn’t seem to be on par with the Oculus Quest 2, but as a first device by Nolo, it is not that bad. This week there’s been a new AMA from Andrew Bosworth (I guess AMA now stands for Andrew’s Massive Answers), this time together with her data majesty Mark Zuckerberg. It looks like a refreshed Vive Focus Plus. was a lot of money?).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In the meanwhile, the community is still rioting about the Facebook login , and /r/Oculus should now be called /r/FacebookBannedMyAccount because this is the only topic people are talking about. More info (New features of OpenXR) More info (OpenXR in Unity) More info (OpenXR in Microsoft products). OpenXR slowly increases its adoption.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

AR is being applied in training and education, healthcare, heads-up wayfinding and navigation, tourism, retail, field service, real estate sales, design and architecture. Accompanying this will be persistent, stateful geographic Assets and Data, some static, others interactive with behaviors of their own.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Bob: Well, actually, what was interesting for me being at Laval is, I put on a — for the first time — a VR architecture event… actually, over a year ago, now; this was January 2018. But it was hard for me to get a feel for where architecture uptake was, from a VR perspective, in the US. We had good participation.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Bob: Well, actually, what was interesting for me being at Laval is, I put on a — for the first time — a VR architecture event… actually, over a year ago, now; this was January 2018. But it was hard for me to get a feel for where architecture uptake was, from a VR perspective, in the US. We had good participation.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

We started at engineering and figured out that the problems we have there, like big data, industrial consuming, and interaction with XR data in overall. The problems we solve there is high data consuming problem on small mobile AR devices at the end, if you break it down to something small. It started by developing ARES.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

We started at engineering and figured out that the problems we have there, like big data, industrial consuming, and interaction with XR data in overall. The problems we solve there is high data consuming problem on small mobile AR devices at the end, if you break it down to something small. Florian: Yeah. There is no difference.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 13, 2018

Today at SIGGRAPH 2018 NVIDIA announced ‘Turing’, their next-generation GPU architecture aimed at real-time ray tracing, and the first high-end GPUs built atop it, the Quadro RTX 8000, 6000 and 5000. Based on USB-C, VirtualLink provides high data bandwidth and power in a single small connector. Image courtesy NVIDIA.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Bob: Well, actually, what was interesting for me being at Laval is, I put on a -- for the first time -- a VR architecture event. But it was hard for me to get a feel for where architecture uptake was, from a VR perspective, in the US. actually, over a year ago, now; this was January 2018. We had good participation.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 20, 2018

Based on the company’s ‘Turing’ GPU architecture, NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX cards include hardware support for the new VirtualLink connector, a standard designed for next-gen VR headsets. data channel for on-board cameras, and up to 27 watts of power. Image courtesy NVIDIA.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Late to the party after Oculus and Microsoft already released prototypical implementations, but finally Valve has implemented OpenXR into its runtime SteamVR. Also because you have to consider that with 170M users using this camera-based app, it won’t be that difficult for Snap to gather data to build the AR Cloud.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 29, 2020

Really, it works with all platforms: PC, Mac, smartphones, PC VR headsets, Oculus Quest , even Cardboards! the user has an Oculus Quest, that can’t manage all those people that must be rendered in the space). Azure is one of the best cloud providers (Image by Microsoft). What about Azure and private servers?

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Upload VR

JANUARY 16, 2023

Microsoft offers Games Pass and backwards compatibility, but PlayStation arguably has stronger first-party exclusives. Sony and Microsoft make the actual profit from services and the cut they get from each game sold. As Mediator Software pointed out, even reading PSVR’s IMU (accelerometer) data on PC took at least a year.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. We've been approached by some of the bigger headset manufacturers -- Microsoft, Hololens and Magic Leap -- to build exclusively for them.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. We've been approached by some of the bigger headset manufacturers -- Microsoft, Hololens and Magic Leap -- to build exclusively for them.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. We've been approached by some of the bigger headset manufacturers -- Microsoft, Hololens and Magic Leap -- to build exclusively for them.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. We've been approached by some of the bigger headset manufacturers -- Microsoft, Hololens and Magic Leap -- to build exclusively for them.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 7, 2020

So I actually started out in architecture. I have a masters of architecture, and worked as an architect for a number of years. We do a lot of work with Microsoft in helping serve their customers across a variety of use cases. At Oculus, they said 10 years. So I actually started out in architecture. Jamie: Right.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 7, 2020

So I actually started out in architecture. I have a masters of architecture, and worked as an architect for a number of years. We do a lot of work with Microsoft in helping serve their customers across a variety of use cases. At Oculus, they said 10 years. So I actually started out in architecture. Jamie: Right.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

And it really cannot be replicated in a vibe or an Oculus Rift or avoid I’m sure spaces is going to do this as well but using haptics and vibration plates and sent machines and spatial audio. And they’ve been doing great, especially the turning point for the company was the Oculus Go and Oculus Quest.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

And it really cannot be replicated in a vibe or an Oculus Rift or avoid I’m sure spaces is going to do this as well but using haptics and vibration plates and sent machines and spatial audio. And they’ve been doing great, especially the turning point for the company was the Oculus Go and Oculus Quest.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 7, 2020

So I actually started out in architecture. I have a masters of architecture, and worked as an architect for a number of years. We do a lot of work with Microsoft in helping serve their customers across a variety of use cases. At Oculus, they said 10 years. So I actually started out in architecture. Jamie: Right.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

What that means that from a software architecture standpoint and a hardware standpoint, we try to make our software as optimized as possible for their reference designs. Alan: With Facebook now working on AR, and you've got Magic Leap, and Microsoft's Hololens. And I know Oculus Quest just introduced hand tracking. Varag: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

What that means that from a software architecture standpoint and a hardware standpoint, we try to make our software as optimized as possible for their reference designs. Alan: With Facebook now working on AR, and you've got Magic Leap, and Microsoft's Hololens. And I know Oculus Quest just introduced hand tracking. Varag: Yeah.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

Last year, it was still called Oculus Gaming Showcase, and it featured important updates on games like Pistol Whip, The Climb 2, I Expect You To Die 2, and Resident Evil 4 VR. Ruth Bram, Executive Producer at Oculus Studios, will be the host of the show. Pico Neo 3 , Vive Focus 3 , Oculus Quest 2 ) only offer Wi-Fi connectivity.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

And it really cannot be replicated in a vibe or an Oculus Rift or avoid I’m sure spaces is going to do this as well but using haptics and vibration plates and sent machines and spatial audio. And they’ve been doing great, especially the turning point for the company was the Oculus Go and Oculus Quest.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

What that means that from a software architecture standpoint and a hardware standpoint, we try to make our software as optimized as possible for their reference designs. Alan: With Facebook now working on AR, and you've got Magic Leap, and Microsoft's Hololens. And I know Oculus Quest just introduced hand tracking. Varag: Yeah.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2021

architecture firms), and it also has the typical solid manufacturing of HTC. They are clearly inspired by the Oculus Touch (Image by HTC Vive). Bring everyday files into VR, from Microsoft PowerPoint presentations through to 3D formats. The battery is rechargeable and every charge lasts for 15 hours.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Alan: One of the tools that I think we’re just starting to see come online is eye tracking and motion tracking, where we’re really able to get data points about humans that we’ve never had before. I mean, we collect a lot data, but we need to have the tools to analyze it. And that gives us some very powerful tools.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And just in general, it’s kind of a movement away from centralized systems into more decentralized architectures. As I go to these different developer conferences, I go to Facebook F8, or Microsoft Build, or Google IO. We have it self-contained within either Kubernetes or Docker containers. You have Apple, with ARKit.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And just in general, it’s kind of a movement away from centralized systems into more decentralized architectures. As I go to these different developer conferences, I go to Facebook F8, or Microsoft Build, or Google IO. We have it self-contained within either Kubernetes or Docker containers. You have Apple, with ARKit.

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