The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

It seems cool, but I would like to try it to believe in it: all the times that someone promised me some kind of sensory magic, it never turned out so good as they told me (like with the phantom touch sensation that Leap Motion told me about ). Vive Facial Tracker works also with non-HTC headsets. As long as it works….

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

Trending AR VR Articles: 1. It now supports Oculus Quest, HTC Vive and UltraLeap (former Leap Motion) systems of skeletal hand tracking for interactions based on realistic, and customizable, hand poses. You can port your application in 2 clicks between several different XR platforms.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Markers can be used to define where to show virtual elements, and in the demo that I tried were used to show virtual Chinese artworks in a room; Leap Motion device on Realmax glasses. RealMax can mount a Leap Motion device, so you have the power of using naturally your hands to interact with AR elements. I liked it a lot.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2018

One of the biggest drawbacks of HTC Vive headsets with regard to Oculus Rift are the controllers: while Oculus Touch is ergonomic and can emulate the hands quite well, Vive has controllers that are quite big and are usable only as wands. But one of the articles released today contains this sentence. Oculus Touch Controllers.

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 15, 2019

There are several virtual reality (VR) headsets competing in the higher end enterprise sector such as the HTC Vive Pro Eye, VRgineers’ XTAL and Varjo’s VR-1. Additionally, the Varjo VR-2 Pro also comes with integrated Ultraleap (formerly Leap Motion) hand tracking technology.

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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. No money was exchanged between either company for this article. . Linq’s system for hand tracking is also unique.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2020

Before starting, let’s make a recap of the previous article: what is SenseGlove? Inside the box you find: 1x SenseGlove right 1x SenseGlove left 1x SenseGlove linkbox 1x power cable 1x USB connector cable short (2m/ 6.5ft) 2x USB connector cable long (3m/ 10ft) 2x HTC tracker mounts including screws 1x manual. What is SenseGlove?

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

Anyway, we sat down and discussed which 2017 device gets the most bang for the buck – this article is intended to make the market a bit more transparent. Check out our article for what comes next. Motion Controller. HTC Vive Pro. Don’t be limited. Click on any VR Headset to learn more. Oculus Rift. Gaming) PC.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 26, 2016

A Rift from Facebook-owned Oculus or a Vive from HTC can track your head throughout a room, but these “outside-in” systems require careful placement, or mounting, of sensors around the perimeter of the room for a full experience. An example of the Windows Holographic user interface. Microsoft, however, may be one step ahead.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

So, I’m writing this short article to answer this question once for all. The epic Noah Zerkin (the guy making the Leap Motion North Star headsets) at our booth to try the game! So the venue was closed and only selected people were able to be at the booth during this time (the big bosses of HTC, Huawei, etc…).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2019

I had the pleasure of participating to the “VR Visionaries” event in Kaohsiung and then I headed to Taipei to meet some XR companies (like HTC ) and people. Even worse, it wasn’t able to track my finger movements well (it was worse than Leap Motion … and Leap Motion doesn’t have worn sensors!).

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Retailing for nearly £5,000 GBP (more than Magic Leap One or an HTC Vive Pro Eye) Manus Prime Haptic offers full finger tracking thanks to Flexpoint’s Bend Sensors as well as individual haptics for each finger and thumb. At £5k you’re not going to be adding them to your HTC Vive kit just yet.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

HTC won’t announce anything big at CES. For the first time after 3 years, HTC won’t host a press conference at CES 2020. If you are into LBVR, or you want to dig into it, I sincerely advise you to have a read to this awesome series of articles. More info (New delays of Pimax) More info (Some irony from the web).

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Anyway, we sat down and discussed which 2017 device gets the most bang for the buck – this article is intended to make the market a bit more transparent. Check out our article for what comes next. Motion Controller. HTC Vive Pro. Don’t be limited. Click on any VR Headset to learn more. Oculus Rift. Gaming) PC.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Well, in this article I’ll try to summarize all that we know and all the main speculations regarding it. Of course you are, because you know that I will use the word “Half Life” in the article… so keep reading! But what do we know about it? Are you ready to discover everything about this headset?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Most of these lessons can be adapted to many countries you can travel to showcase your game to, so I think that if you are a VR indie game developer, you may find this article interesting in any case! Max saw a Chinese guy playing Manny VR with a lot of passion at the HTC booth, so he stole him from there and took him to our booth.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2018

Let’s start with something easy: do you remember my article on how to stream the content of the Focus on an external screen? From my tests, the image on the screen appears slightly distorted, so there will be something to fix on HTC’s side. Better integration with HTC phones. Image by HTC). It is jaw-dropping.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I read the articles that you write, and they’re very insightful. You’ve written countless articles on virtual and augmented reality. Dean: And I think more critical are these more foundational companies, like Facebook and Valve and HTC. I think we rode the escalator down? They’re very factual. Dean: Thank you.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I read the articles that you write, and they’re very insightful. You’ve written countless articles on virtual and augmented reality. Dean: And I think more critical are these more foundational companies, like Facebook and Valve and HTC. I think we rode the escalator down? They’re very factual. Dean: Thank you.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I read the articles that you write, and they're very insightful. You've written countless articles on virtual and augmented reality. I mean, it sort of makes more sense to me that, as long as the prices for the headsets are lingering up pretty high -- like the Cosmos from HTC, the brand new one, it'll be an $800 purchase.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I read the articles that you write, and they’re very insightful. You’ve written countless articles on virtual and augmented reality. Dean: And I think more critical are these more foundational companies, like Facebook and Valve and HTC. I think we rode the escalator down? They’re very factual. Dean: Thank you.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 20, 2019

VR-2 Pro adds an integrated Leap Motion and a 10m cable. More info (Article on Road To VR) More info (Article on Upload VR). More info (Road To VR article) More info (Upload VR article) More info (Karl Guttag’s article). Sony creates an AR headset for LBVR. New Rumors on Half Life VR.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 1, 2019

In this article, I will just briefly explain the main news announced yesterday and give my opinion about them. and then I will detail the launched headsets in some more in-depth articles that will come in the next days. Competition in the enterprise is getting crazy, with now HTC, Pico, HP, Acer and other companies being in the field.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

This week I have been pretty busy working on our mixed reality fitness game that is very close to launch and in preparing some amazing articles for next week (I will publish a review of the Valve Index and a super-amazing interview to Jeri Ellsworth, the creator of TiltFive augmented reality glasses!), HTC has a new CEO: Yves Maitre.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 4, 2023

I need to rush out this newsletter episode because otherwise tomorrow Apple launches its headset and no one will read my articles: everyone will be too busy reading “The top 5 features of the Apple headset” or “The 7 reasons why the Apple headset can revolutionize peeling potatoes”. But the big question is the “how”. For what purpose?

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

HTC’s Alvin Wang Graylin discusses what this means for everything from automotive design to helping children learn about the universe. As the China President at HTC, he leads all aspects of the company’s VR and smartphone business in the region. Alan: Oh, well thank you so much for taking the time to record this with us.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

HTC’s Alvin Wang Graylin discusses what this means for everything from automotive design to helping children learn about the universe. As the China President at HTC, he leads all aspects of the company’s VR and smartphone business in the region. Alan: Oh, well thank you so much for taking the time to record this with us.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

But now, in this article, it is time to go deeper. HTC has actually released that for the Vive Focus Plus … Well, according to the god John Carmack , it is something about which the company has discussed a lot and has also experimented a lot. I left one of the biggest news as the last of this article. Why not wireless?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2019

As for every CES , I’ve not been there (it’s a dream of mine, I hope to be there next year), but I’ve read a lot of AR and VR-related news from this exhibition and so I’m summarizing here all the most important ones, so that you will be able to know what has happened at CES just by reading a single article! FinchShift.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 30, 2018

You don a Vive Pro headset, equipped with leap-motion sensors for hand tracking, and are also able to communicate with your partner via voice. This article was originally published on VRScout. The Apple is a Chinese, Japanese and Korean co-production which won Best Multi-Person Experience award at Raindance.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

More info (Google Starline announcement) More info (Google Starline article on Wired). In an interview with a Chinese magazine, HTC China (Mister) President Alvin Graylin has stated that in his opinion, Facebook may lose at least $100-$200 for each sold Oculus Quest 2 device. HTC had $210 million as the total revenue for 2020.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

Regarding me, I will probably publish a first impression article after some hours into the game, and then a full-fledged review when I’ll finish playing it. Here below, you can find the links to many articles that talk about things you can do with VR during these days. Another great UX post by Leap Motion.

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