Road to VR

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Of course, you’ll need the computing hardware to run your chosen flavor of VR headset though; before discounts, a VR-ready PC could cost anywhere from $700-$1000, and a PlayStation 4 Slim console at around $300. Samsung HMD Odyssey $450 $500 (includes headset and controllers). The Best VR-Ready Hardware Deals.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 22, 2024

Until today, I believed that Meta was in a very difficult position this year, because on one side the launch of the Apple Vision Pro put Meta’s dominant position in the market at risk; and on the other side, Google re-entering the field with an Android XR operating system and Samsung as its partner, was a real threat, as well.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2024

Qualcomm has officially said that this is the chipset that the upcoming Samsung headset is going to employ. 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. appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

This week reports from a Korean online publication highlighted how Samsung may release an MR headset in 2024, following a year of rumours, leaks, and partnerships as the leading technology firm works with XR industry giants such as Apple, Google, and Qualcomm to become a fresh horse in the immersive space race. trillion Korean won.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

Image by Samsung, taken from Upload VR). Samsung may launch a next-gen Samsung Odyssey. A recent filing at the Chinese IP offices makes us speculate on a new PC VR headset in the works by Samsung. That said, let’s have a look at this interesting week in AR and VR. Top news of the week. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

This week has been the week of the Oculus Connect 6 , the biggest yearly event by Oculus where the VR company announces all its most important news, both on hardware and software sides. But now, in this article, it is time to go deeper. Let’s start! Oculus Link. Oculus has managed to offer what seemed impossible.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2024

More info News worth a mention (Image by Google) Samsung may use Google Soli in its headset Google, Samsung, and Qualcomm are building together a headset that may compete with the Apple Vision Pro. Last week I’ve already told you about two new chips that Samsung has built and that may be used in this headset.

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Road to VR

APRIL 11, 2018

In addition to confirming that the headset’s new displays are made by Samsung, the organization also gave the headset a favorable repairability score. Their Vive Pro teardown walkthrough details the disassembly process (you can catch a video summary heading this article). Image courtesy iFixit / Jeff Suovanen ( BY-NC-SA ).

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The first Windows MR headsets arrived in late 2017 from Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung, aiming to compete with the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive that had launched a year earlier. On the Steam Hardware Survey Windows MR peaked at around 10% of SteamVR usage share, and now sits around 5%.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

AUGUST 18, 2023

While no significant announcements dropped, a handful of vendor updates paint a clear picture of the future of immersive hardware and its distribution. Therefore, MR headsets unify AR/VR/MR applications without forcing a user to own multiple pieces of hardware. Increasingly, it seems that MR devices may lead the way.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2024

More info (HTC Face Tracking add-on — Road To VR) More info (HTC Face Tracking add-on — Upload VR) Google lays off people in the AR Hardware division Like many tech companies lately, Google is performing a round of layoffs in its hardware teams. This does not mean that Google is not still committed to AR, though.

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Road to VR

APRIL 23, 2020

Consider this article your official rebuttal to these tired arguments. This article is actually a throwback to an article I wrote with the same premise back in 2015. Arguably the best consumer-focused headset out there, Valve Index , does cost $1,000 for new customers who don’t already have any VR hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Some of them have been brainstormed with Lorenzo Cappannari with whom I wrote an article a few months ago and who I thank for the collaboration ). These new headsets have hybrid virtual and mixed reality features, natural interactions and come at a high price : Vision Pro costs $3500 and the Samsung headset is rumored to be around $2000.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

In this article, I’m going to tell you all the thoughts I had. The new “Autumn” of VR If you’ve read some of my articles this year, you know I’m defining this moment as an “Autumn” for virtual reality. Google and Samsung Prototype of the Samsung XR headset.

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GizModo VR

JULY 29, 2021

It’ll actually be the company’s next hardware release. It’s been a while since we’ve heard about Facebook’s collaboration with Ray-Ban on a pair of augmented reality glasses. But in comments during an earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that no, he hasn’t forgotten about the device. Read more.

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OCTOBER 30, 2023

The article is in Korean, but all popular machine translation tools show Electronic Times quoting Swart as saying Qualcomm plans to unveil a next-generation XR chip in the first quarter of 2024. Vision Pro Competitors From Samsung & LG?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2023

More info Quest reported to have sold 20 M units When I talked about the report by Alex Heath on Meta, I haven’t mentioned one very important thing that is written in that article: Meta has said in an internal presentation that the Quest line has sold around 20 M units up to now. And it also released the code as fully open source.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

This also isn't the only software-first Big Tech company partnering with a Korean hardware company on an XR headset. Samsung announced in February it is building a headset, with Google handling the software. We reached out to Meta asking about the report and will update this article if we get a response.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 14, 2023

More information about Google’s XR headset are coming “later this year” Google and Samsung will release an XR headset (Image by Google) Google, Qualcomm, and Samsung are working on an XR headset. And this trend can only get better, especially after Google will have launched its XR version of Android.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

I hope that this way, even if you lost the announcements from CES, you can catch up with all the most important ones by just reading a single article. Unlink VR hardware (Image by Unlink VR). If it were a prize for the weirdest XR gadget from CES, Mutalk (the one in the header image of this article) would win without any doubt.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Black Friday is nearly here, and while the stores are soon to be jam-packed with people hoping to get a great deal on this year’s must-buys, online sales have already begun for the newest entries into the world of VR hardware. Samsung HMD Odyssey Windows Mixed Reality Headset – $500 $449. Samsung Odyssey Specs.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 19, 2020

Samsung Odyssey. Samsung Odyssey+. So that’s the hardware you’ll need. Oculus Quest ( via Oculus Link ). Windows Mixed Reality. Acer WMR headset. Acer OJO 500. Asus WMR headset. Dell Visor. HP WMR headset. HP Reverb Pro Edition. Lenovo Explorer. Pimax 5K Plus. Pimax 5K Super. Pimax 5K XR. Pimax Vision 8K Plus.

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Road to VR

JUNE 4, 2018

Valve’s monthly Steam hardware and software survey is out again, and it appears HTC Vive is holding firm ground on the platform after Oculus Rift took majority market share in March as the most popular VR headset on Steam. All except the Samsung Odyssey pack in the same specs: two 2.89″, 1,440 x 1,440 resolution LCDs.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 15, 2023

Spatial is a leading RT3D Metaverse platform for various hardware, including web browsers and XR headsets. The move promotes a user-generated content ecosystem via a flexible suite for creating, building, and publishing hardware-agnostic immersive content. Spatial also assists in the We3 revolution. ”

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

What it Means for 2024 The first article about Apple that I ever wrote on Road to VR was this one in 2014 about the company filing a job posting seeking someone with experience in AR and VR. But as ever, the company keeps improving its hardware while not doing much to move the platform’s core UX in a positive direction.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Anyway, I will keep you posted about that in a dedicated article! Image by Samsung). Anyway, officially, both Samsung and Oculus have continued at least to support it. Anyway, officially, both Samsung and Oculus have continued at least to support it. And Samsung is not abandoning XR for sure. Gear VR is dead.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Meta) Meta may be working on a very cheap Quest and very expensive Quest Pro 2 Thanks to Twitter user Lunayian , I got to read an article written by a Korean magazine with some very interesting rumors about Meta. Who is as excited as me? Learn more News from partners (and friends) Happy Birthday, Tom Ffiske!

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Chinese manufacturers BOE and SeeYA may provide cheaper displays in higher quantities than Sony is doing now, while Samsung may be supplying the DRAM components. He also said that other OEMs are going to launch headsets with AVP-matching hardware for $1500 this year. Matt Miesnieks said that the rumor aligns with some things he heard.

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Road to VR

MARCH 8, 2017

Mobile VR solutions like Samsung’s Gear VR currently employ rotational tracking only. The data is sent to a computer via UDP packet over Wi-Fi, and the results are displayed using the game engine Unity, as shown in the brief demonstration video heading this article.

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Upload VR

JUNE 8, 2022

One alleged incident included Kipman watching an “overtly sexualized pillow fight” in VR in front of staff, with another claiming the executive rubbed the shoulders of a female employee as she “looked deeply uncomfortable” Another article from Insider today now says that Kipman has resigned from the company.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

Samsung Exynos 2200 introduces ray tracing on mobile. Samsung has just announced its new Exynos 2200 mobile chipset , powered by AMD RDNA 2 architecture. Among the many features of this piece of hardware, there is the one that it is able to perform ray tracing. You decide what to think about it. Isn’t this a better deal?

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AR Insider

MARCH 25, 2020

This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. And as companies like Apple and Samsung can attest, the various challenges presented by the coronavirus outbreak have had a tremendous impact on manufacturing facilities. Improvement in both software and hardware alike, have actually made this a reality.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

It’s true that Vision Pro does not have controllers, it’s true that Quest Pro had eye and hand tracking, too, but the eye and hand tracking UX offered by the Vision Pro is unrivaled in the whole XR space (even if not perfect, as I explain in this article ).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

This device is particularly promising for the democratization of VR hardware as it’s going far beyond the brand’s first inroad at the market, the Xiaomi VR, a simili-Cardboard remarked for its quality and its great affordability. There is more to Virtual Reality than hardware. Reason Three: VR Kiosks and Hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

I have read countless of his articles, and reading that he’s without a job makes me sad. So, forget about an Apple headset that is going to enter the mainstream , as I already sold in this previous article. A good and bad pieces of news about Quest Pro hardware. I have both good and bad pieces of news about Quest Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

On the hardware side, additional sensors on phone (e.g. If they will prove to be successful, I can imagine also other brands entering the field , like Samsung (that until some years ago was interested in hybrid headsets) or some Chinese brands like Shadow Creator. Smart segmentation by Niantic Lightship SDK. Standalone headsets.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

For a while now we’ve been waiting for the industry to coalesce around a standard VR hardware platform. Guest Article by Anshel Sag. Obviously, not everyone will utilize all of the features of the VR820’s capabilities, but having them available is ultimately what makes a hardware platform a good one.

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