The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 28, 2023

When I wrote my first article here from the Shanghai airport, I had to login via WordPress.com, for instance. Whenever I’ll mention VPNs in the remainder of the article, I’m always referring to these ones. Oculus Quest Me and my Quest 2 When I’m at home, the Quest is the headset that I use the most.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Watch the video here below where I show you everything on this DisplayPort cable, from the unboxing to the setup, to the tests in SteamVR, or keep reading for the textual article! Now I’m used to working mostly with Quest + Link, and I’m used to the slight lag and compression that Oculus runtime introduces with its USB streaming.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2018

I expected a lot of AR/VR news from there, like the announcement of the price of the Vive Pro or the release of the Oculus Go by Xiaomi and Facebook… but actually I’ve been disappointed by everyone. Anyway, there have been some things worth attention and I’m writing this article to report them all to you.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

This is also confirmed by the Wired article, where the journalist states that he has been able to see the conference in preview before the general audience. Image by HTC). HTC is teasing the launch of a new hardware. With a tweet, HTC has just teased the upcoming launch of a new device. Other relevant news.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

But that’s a non-starter for anyone outside of the few million people that own VR hardware (much less the compatible HTC and Oculus hardware). Trending AR VR Articles: 1. As we’ve examined , 5G enables not just faster speeds and low-latency, but its high-frequency signal enables millimeter-level geo-precision.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2022

Let me explain everything you need to know in this article! It has become one of the headset manufacturers with the biggest worldwide market, and the market leader (together with HTC) in the B2B virtual reality sector. Pico enters consumer VR. People playing with Pico headsets (Image by Pico).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

This system makes the headset dependent on static hardware, however, and so top engineers at Oculus , HTC and Google are all racing to crack the inside-out code first. This take on AR is what Oculus’ chief scientist, Michael Abrash called “ Augmented Virtual Reality. Additional reporting by Az Balabanian. .

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ARVR

JULY 29, 2021

On the other hand, developers only have to write the code once and it will work on all devices (Oculus, Vive, HTC, Google Cardboard, etc.) Trending AR VR Articles: 1.How The end-user simply needs to use the web browser to start viewing VR / AR content without installing any additional software. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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ARVR

JANUARY 25, 2021

Some of the most popular VR brands like the HTC Vive and Oculus already offer controllers because they offer users tactile feedback. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Like the Oculus Quest 2, a quality standalone VR headset will cost around $300, which is still $100 cheaper than the previous version of the Quest.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 30, 2017

This article is a contribution from Denny Unger, Co-Founder, CEO, and Creative Director of Cloudhead Games, the studio behind The Gallery: Episode 1 – The Call of the Starseed and Episode 2 – Heart of the Emberstone. . And that’s what the Oculus Touch started to do by bringing capacitive, gestural input to the controller.

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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. . More conventional Free Roam VR entertainment has been created by UK operator MeetspaceVR in cooperation with Australia’s Zero Latency , who have opened recently at the Box Park location at Wembley Park, London.

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Doc-Ok

DECEMBER 26, 2018

These questions/answers are not hardware-specific, meaning they apply to any current-generation VR system (Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, all the Windows Mixed Reality headsets, PlayStation VR, …), and go beyond basic tech questions such as “how do I plug this in, install drivers, …). Want to Know More?

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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

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Today I host another amazing article by the VR ergonomics expert Rob Cole , which has already written on this blog amazing posts, like the series about the ergonomics of the Valve Index or the viral article about the amazing Caliper VR controllers he worked on by himself. Disclaimer: HTC provided three of their Vive Tracker 3.0

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

Me wearing the Oculus Quest. On the other side, PC gamers are appreciating the high-quality Valve Index (even if it has some reliability issues ), and casual gamers are loving the Oculus Quest. This year, I’m not going to make an exception, also because my predictions for 2019 performed pretty well.

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Road to VR

MARCH 24, 2017

Today’s most immersive virtual reality systems, like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, rely on a bothersome tether to send power and high fidelity imagery to the headset at low latency. This article is designed to give a broad overview of proposed solutions, and understand how each technology is being positioned.

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VeeR VR

MARCH 16, 2018

Many transformative technologies are being developed right now as you are reading this article. Facebook is launching the Oculus Go this year (hopefully) for an extremely low price of $200. According to John Carmack , Oculus CTO noted that the Oculus Go will perform "significantly better" than the Samsung Gear.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2021

This price is ridiculously low: it is less than what a nreal glass costs, a lot less of a HoloLens 2 and perfectly in line also with the prices of VR headsets like Oculus Quest 2 and Pico Neo 3. Lone Echo 2 will be available for Rift S (yeah, the forgotten headset) and Quest + Link from October, 12th for $40 as an exclusive Oculus release.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

This article describes comprehensive new systems optimized for virtual experiences we’re inventing at NVIDIA. Guest Article by Dr. Morgan McGuire. This article details our recent work on those, but most importantly reveals our vision for how they’ll work together to transform every interaction with computing and reality.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

monthly connected headsets only on Steam (so this doesn’t consider Oculus Store users and PSVR users), and t he year-over-year growth is +75%. He said that only on Christmas day, people spent $5M on the Oculus Store , and we can expect that most of this money was spent on Quest. Amazon promises “single-digit latency” XR streaming.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 20, 2021

Since it features no computational unit and no battery, it can be smaller and lighter than “shoebox” headsets like the Oculus Quest that must contain everything inside; Thanks to the use of pancake optics, the screen can be closer to the lenses , for a very compact design. Logo of FXG (Image by FXG). Zoom on the 6DOF controllers.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 23, 2016

Dexta are now ready to show the latest version of the Dexmo, which they believe now represents the core of what they intend to offer in a final device; this latest prototype can be seen in the images and videos in this article. Arguably, that next advance will probably involve input.

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Road to VR

MARCH 13, 2018

Oculus Research’s director of computational imaging, Douglas Lanman, is scheduled to give a keynote presentation at SID DisplayWeek in May which will explore the concept of “reactive displays” and their role in unlocking “next-generation” visuals in AR and VR headsets. An eye-tracking addon for the HTC Vive.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

All the individual components work perfectly well, there didn’t seem to be any issues with latency, and it was nice to have some scenic outdoor locations to play in – rather than all the neon-landscapes so often used. Fit Reality certainly wants to enter the VR market with a bang and Viro Move is definitely going to do that.

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The videogame does also suffer with the odd technical issue, a little bit of latency here and there. There’s none of that here which really negates the need to stand up, playing Soul Axiom Rebooted seated is the wiser choice. Mostly though it was the play/pause ability which became a nuisance.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 24, 2018

The Pimax “8K” headset was the result of VR’s most successful Kickstarter campaign , beating out all others, including Oculus, with a whopping $4.23 Motion to Photon latency : <15ms. Content : SteamVR and Oculus Home. Motion to Photon latency : <15ms. Content : SteamVR and Oculus Home.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

This week, Upload is marking the start of its third year and this post is exactly article number 3,000 published for the site. The $100 consumer Gear VR also debuts during this same period, arriving alongside a virtual arcade from Oculus to let people play some classic games. In December, these plans become known. January 2016.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

I expect the smartglasses from Facebook, first of all, to be Facebook-branded (so, goodbye Oculus), to be very stylish (remember that Luxottica is the leading company for glasses and sunglasses), and to be able to connect to the smartphone without a tether. while we have seen the complicated life of Oculus hands-on booths at Best Buy.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 30, 2017

We took a look at Futuremark’s early solution to gathering motion to photon performance which featured a bewildering and expensive array of light sensitive sensor and oscilloscope, an effort to try to close the loop on the latency between application rendering a scene and the user inside VR experiencing it.

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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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

HTC and Valve do this with their Vive controllers that are super low latency and extremely accurate and Oculus does this with their touch controllers and their extremely natural ergonomics. I do not hold any equity positions with any companies cited in this column.

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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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The Ghost Howls

MAY 3, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC rises the hype for the launch of its new headset. For once, HTC seems to have organized the pre-launch of its new upcoming headset fairly well. HTC has said this headset will be amazing , so everyone is hoping for this to be true, even if we all know that the price will be high.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The PS VR headset is admittedly weaker in power than its higher-end competitors, the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive , but its also more affordable and is squarely focused on the established marketplace of PlayStation 4 console gamers. When compared to the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive, the PlayStation VR looks similar at first glance.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Some weeks ago, I was reading a very interesting article about the fact that in some Chinese factories there are already experiments with BCI: monitoring the psychological status of workers through sensors implanted in their helmet, it is possible to detect if the workers are becoming too stressed. – Perceptual interaction technology.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 3, 2020

Like one of the things I did some work with zero latency and they did some work with the Australian Army in building simulations. I know a guy that was looking in London for a year trying to find a location for Zero Latency location, and he couldn’t. Alan: Well, speaking of cell phone guys, you’ve got HTC as a major player.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

We heard from Alvin Wang Graylin from HTC talking about 2021 and beyond. Oculus came up with a $300 VR headset that rivals anything in the market. You have HTC in China dominating the Chinese market with their headsets. Alex: Near zero latency. What was your biggest challenge? And where do you see XR going in 2021?

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