The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 25, 2021

This great October in VR has not finished yet, and we have still to hear the big news from Facebook in a few days. Especially if Facebook is going to also discount the Quest 2 to something like $199 …. Image by Facebook). Facebook may be planning to change its name. Apart from some prosumer niches (e.g.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 30, 2021

Bytedance , the parent company of TikTok, is working towards increasing its presence in the XR market, following the footprints of Facebook , its competitor social media company. That would be beneficial for the whole VR ecosystem: we need some company that can compete with Facebook. Image by Facebook). Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

It’s interesting that it is different from most of the other headsets in the market, and personally, I’ve also been always a fan of passthrough AR, that offers possibility like diminished reality that is impossible with the other AR glasses. Facebook is investing billions for this on the Quest, how can Lynx do something similar?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Image by Facebook). That’s a real bummer: the expectations on this headset were very high, especially because it was seen by the hardcore VR enthusiasts as the alternative to the Oculus Quest and the Facebook power it represents. Facebook launches two weird marketing campaigns. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

In a surprise move, Adobe has bought Oculus Medium from Facebook. But on the other side, it is a piece of negative news because most probably the next versions of Medium won’t be free anymore and will come with a subscription price (and maybe mandatory login to Adobe Creative Cloud). to me on Patreon. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Personally, I think that the sweet spot for the price would have been $599, but as HTC points out since the headset comes with 12 months of free Viveport subscription that is worth $100 , it is like the price is $599. If Facebook has already a similar technology in the basement, well, Kura has not the power of disrupting the market anymore.

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