The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2022

The name has changed and it is now called “Engage Link” , because after TPLink, Oculus Link, Looxid Link, and Pico Neo 3 Link , we needed something else with the name Link. Tribeca Film Festival has awarded three VR experiences. More info (VR edition of Tribeca Film Festival) More info (All the winners of Tribeca Film Festival).

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InstaVR

AUGUST 13, 2019

As mentioned in last week’s blog , the Oculus Ques t has blown away sales expectations since launching three months ago. The Oculus Quest, in particular, is a great vehicle for delivering VR experiences. So what use cases do Enterprise clients have for InstaVR + Oculus Quest? VR for Training Using Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 2, 2022

Goodbye Oculus brand. More info (Meta stores) More info (Oculus website disappearing). Image by HTC Vive). HTC is keeping on its strategy of releasing whatever stuff metaverse-related. Some articles on the metaverse. Tribeca Film Festival is back with 10 New VR experiences. Confusion LVL 9000. Other news.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The BBC’s 1943 Berlin Blitz experience first previewed for selected audiences at the Venice Film Festival where it was very well received, but it is now available for the general public to download. “We The BBC’s 1943 Berlin Blitz experience first previewed for selected audiences at the Venice Film Festival Click To Tweet.

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Road to VR

APRIL 5, 2017

The experience is set to debut at the Tribeca Film Festival this month. ” Wevr has released an official poster for the experience (shown below) and a new screenshot (heading this article), the first glimpses of the project since the teaser video debuted nearly a year ago.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2017

The trailer (heading this article) describes and implies a sort of transmedia experience, and the claim is that Transference will be part game, part movie. SpectreVision has produced a number of film-based works, but this appears to be their first step into virtual reality storytelling. Photo courtesy Ubisoft.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2020

This has been the week of the launch of the Oculus Quest 2, and this event has been so big that basically, it will take half of this roundup to describe. Facebook releases the Oculus Quest 2. Even if with the Quest 1 was possible to play Oculus Go games, this support has been abandoned on the Quest 2. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

Valve Index and Oculus Quest were on sale again. This week the Valve Index and the Oculus Quest have been put back in stock. Oculus and Valve have probably taken out all the devices they had in the warehouses so that to ship them before Half-Life: Alyx and the sale has been a big success. Image by Oculus). This is so sad.

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Peter Graham

AUGUST 19, 2019

Survios has or is working on several big interactive IP’s based on TV shows and films. There isn’t long to wait for Westworld Awakening as the title will launch across 400 arcades as well as on Steam and Oculus Store for HTC VIve and Oculus Rift/Rift S tomorrow, 20th August.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Thanks to the support of HTC, Rob is experimenting with Vive Trackers , and is very eager to tell you everything about his experiments with them, in a series of two very detailed posts. The post finishes also with the little surprise of an interview with HTC’s Shen Ye. HTC Vive Trackers (Image by Rob Cole). Introduction.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

This reminds me of a similar error HTC made in the past of mixing signals of a pro device and consumer content It has RGB passthrough cameras with three times the resolution of Quest 2 cameras. The new film in the Marvel Universe… the one you don’t want to watch… Funny link. Weirdly enough, most of the demos he showed were games.

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AllThingsVR

JUNE 30, 2016

This article is to help you get over the crippling mental burden that this past fantasy has installed in your brain. In 2013, early Oculus enthusiasts enjoyed the Tuscany demo. Film buffs ask: when will I get to be inside my movie as it’s happening? This awkwardly dated trope dogs VR to this very day. The answer is complicated.

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Road to VR

MAY 8, 2017

The 360 film industry is still young and it’s maturing rapidly. With his name on more than 20 360 film projects to date, Armando Kirwin has had an inside view as to where things started, where they’re going, and why. Guest Article by Armando Kirwin. Big Brands Have Had Their Fun. Photo courtesy Armando Kirwin.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The HTC Vive Cosmos may release soon for €799. We all know that the Vive Cosmos should release very soon since HTC revealed me that the release date would have been in Q3 2019 and Q3 ends at the end of the month. A market where Oculus has almost no earning s from the hardware sales, though, so it’s a weird situation.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Guest Article by Aaron Rhodes. Aaron is a creative problem solver who has lent his talents to box office hits such as The Avengers, Iron Man, films from the Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean series, and many others. This overview is designed to give you solid starting points across a range of options.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 22, 2017

Chocolate feels like a success in that it got me moving, kept my attention for the three minute song duration, and now I’m bumping to the original track as I write this article. The experience is built for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, and will launch publicly in the first half of 2017.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 22, 2019

For this third article, we will concentrate on the Index Ear Speakers. The first article has already covered my experiments with the Index Facial Interface, whilst the second article looked in depth at the Index controllers. Hans Zimmer (Film score composer). I hope you will enjoy it! The Index Ear Speakers.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

In an interview with VRScout, Nikk Mitchell, CEO of FXG who at the time of this article is currently quarantined at his home in Hangzhou, China and unable to physically be at the FXG headquarters said, “Thanks to VR, I haven’t been alone or bored. Oculus Quest and Oculus GO versions are set to launch within the next few months.

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Peter Graham

AUGUST 24, 2019

When listing some of Bill Murray’s greatest films what do you automatically go for, Ghostbusters, Caddyshack, Zombieland or how about Groundhog Day? Just like the 1993 film, you’re stuck in a time loop. The film was always a good-natured comedy and Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son certainly gives off that vibe.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2020

Road To VR’s Scott Hayden is inside one of the red provinces… but I’ve talked to him and he’s well, alive and kicking and writing great articles. The most reactive major XR company has been HTC that has decided that its annual VEC event, that was usually held in Shenzhen, China, will be held in the ENGAGE virtual platform.

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VRScout

AUGUST 9, 2021

Conflict is good for us,” he tells me as he finishes his drink that VRScout organized at the Cannes Marche Du Film. You play an alcoholic detective thrown into a world of film noir intrigue and suspense. Image Credit: Peanut Button. Image Credit: Peanut Button. The biggest obstacle is the discoverability of the game on the platforms.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 30, 2017

Last year’s historic referendum might have come to a close in June, but it’s taken nine months for the British government to ready itself for triggering Article 50, the document that was yesterday handed to Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, to begin the long process of revoking the country’s membership.

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 31, 2019

There are a number of options for PC VR users but what about Oculus Quest? It’s the former that makes Synth Riders – hence the name – what it is, catchy beats and epic keyboard solos which instantly put you in iconic films like Flashdance, swinging those arms wildly like a dancing maniac. 80 % Awesome Verdict.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 8, 2017

Montreal-based Minority Media, which also created the groundbreaking PSN title Papo Y Yo in 2012, created the dinosaur undersea adventure game that launched on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets in May 2017. He felt that people aren’t going to get used to — at least with AR, you could be filming people around you all the time.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 23, 2018

Finding yourself in Newt Scamander’s magical suitcase (it’s bigger on the inside), you encounter beasts taken straight from the 2016 film. We’ll be updating this article once links become available for Rift, Vive and Gear VR versions of the game. Gallopin’ Gorgons, indeed! Check back later today.

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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The site comprising 14 of these unique cylindrical VR pods – all powered by HTC Vive Pro headsets. . Another unique element is the VR platforms themselves “ Immersion Rooms ” comprise a number of SFX elements married to the VR games to offer what the company like to call “ sense-hacking ” experiences. Source: KWP.

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VeeR VR

OCTOBER 7, 2018

In light of this fact, this article will look at the best VR anime that is available and the best VR animations that are available on our very own website! To start off, it is important to define what makes ‘the best’ VR animation. The short film takes place in outer-space but within the spaceship of two aliens.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 28, 2020

This article looks at some of the different modifications I’ve experimented with during the past year to improve the fit of my Index headset, Index controllers and Index ear speakers, as part of what I like to call my Re-Index project. . I wrote an article about building my wide face gasket for this blog and you can find it here.

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VeeR VR

OCTOBER 7, 2018

In light of this fact, this article will look at the best VR anime that is available and the best VR animations that are available on our very own website! To start off, it is important to define what makes ‘the best’ VR animation. The short film takes place in outer-space but within the spaceship of two aliens.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

This frontier state is radically different from modern game and film graphics. This article describes comprehensive new systems optimized for virtual experiences we’re inventing at NVIDIA. Guest Article by Dr. Morgan McGuire. In Part 2 of this article, I’m going to present a technical overview of some of our recent inventions.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

So when Tequila Works announced Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son , a sequel to one of the most famous time loop films ever, it sounded like a very bold move. But Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son does have a serious thread running right though as in keeping with the film. 80 % Awesome Verdict.

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Instant impressions of Silicon Rising start really positive, it looks really good with some beautiful looking neon-lit city streets, offering a feeling of being in classic films like Blade Runner. Oh and there’s plenty of trial and error, way too early on.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 24, 2021

Thanks to HTC that has kindly provided me a loaner device, I have been able to test in the last days the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. The latest standalone headset from HTC was announced a month ago, and it generated a lot of buzz in the community for its premium features associated with a high price.

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

So normally VRFocus would publish this kind of article at the start of the year, just as everyone has made their new years resolution to be a bit healthier, eat better and exercise a bit more. Supported platforms: Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Valve Index and Windows Mixed Reality. Beat Saber. Racket: Nx.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 18, 2018

On one hand, they are able to distribute their content cross platforms (including Oculus Go , Oculus Rift, Gear VR , Steam VR, HTC Vive, MIVR, Android, iOS etc) just with one single click on VeeR; on the other hand, we have developed the free web-based interactive experience creation tool VeeR Experience back in August 2018.

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Having managed to complete the entire title in just over one hour and thirty minutes, this is why it felt more like an interactive narrative, a decent film you can be part of. Because most of the experience is fairly easy and strongly centred around the story Journey for Elysium is very short.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Part of all of this is merit of Jeri (Image by HTC). In virtual reality, you have to do this reprojection, Oculus calls it timewarp, and that means that your video card and your computer has to be running at a really high frame rate to correct for your head motion and we’ve rolled that all into the headset. The Vive Wands.

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