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DECEMBER 29, 2016

The HTC Vive should not exist. For a troubled company that’s spent much of the past few years making losses instead of profits, the niche and expensive VR market is the last place HTC is going to make a quick buck. And yet here we are, with the smartphone maker and Valve seemingly in it for the long haul. Expected Expense.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

I want to dedicate this newsletter article to my friend Mathew Olson, who at The Information kickstarted the “Reality Check”, a newsletter about XR which I received 3–4 times a week in my e-mail, and that was very well done. I suggest everyone consider the possibility of harder times coming when defining the strategy of his own company.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

This week, a rumor spread among XR communities: next-gen PSVR will be announced at a press conference to be held by Sony on February, 5th. The reason is that Sony has already announced that it will launch PSVR 2 only after the PS5 , to not confuse its buyers by selling too many things together. PSVR 2 could be revealed next month.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Sony – NYSE: SNE – VR Console, VR Games & VR Headset. HTC – TPE: 2498 – Headset, Content Delivery Platform (non-gaming). Disclaimer: This article is not a recommendation or solicitation for you to buy any of the stocks mentioned above and is purely for informational and research purposes.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The only company not much affected by it is HTC, that manufacturers its headsets in Taiwan and not in Mainland China. HTC Vive releases Cosmos Elite, two models of Vive Pro Eye and creates some confusion. For sure you remember the recent launch of a full line of Vive Cosmos headsets , all with customized faceplates.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

This may be Apple’s strategy to make people wear something on their head while they wait for a more complex headset. My friends at 7Invensun and HTC have organized a contest to develop VR applications featuring eye tracking. HTC announces Vive Pro Secure. We’ll see…. Participate in a VR eye-tracking apps contest!

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Image by HTC Vive). HTC teases a new headset. HTC has started the usual marketing operation it does for the launch of every new device. We don’t have further details about it, and if you try to enhance the above image, you just get a “Nice try” trolling label coming to view (gg HTC for that). Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

And sorry if it took more days than expected to assemble this article… A good year for XR at CES Before listing all the most important pieces of news, let me tell you how XR presence was overall at CES. At CES, it continued with this strategy, and it announced a few new games coming for the headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

We have also to consider that in 2019, most of VR companies (Valve, Oculus, HTC, etc…) have already launched their devices, and given that VR headsets have usually a lifecycle of 2-3 years, I’m not expecting them to announce something new next year. HTC will focus more on the enterprise market.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

I think Meta hopes to reinvigorate the sales with the new headset… let’s see if this strategy is going to pay off. More info News worth a mention Information leaks on Vive’s inside-out Tracker There is a new leak about the inside-out tracked Vive Tracker that HTC teased a few months ago.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

More info (Lumus Maximus glasses) More info (In-depth article on Lumus Maximus by Karl Guttag). And it feels weird that HTC hasn’t fixed such a cheap little component that was already faulty on the original Vive. It is sold by Sony, but actually, the idea behind it comes from Impulse Gear , that studio that developed Farpoint.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

This acquisition signs a new course for Facebook strategy in XR: after having just partnered with external studios for the development of its top-notch exclusive titles (e.g. It is also a defensive, move that makes it avoid the loss of its partners, as it has happened with Insomniac Studio that has just been acquired by Sony.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

As it is a tradition of this blog , I have read everything I could about the AR and VR technologies showcased there, and I’ve condensed all the news in a single article , that you can skim fast until you find a topic you are interested in. I think that Pimax has to completely rework its strategy. Sony Playstation.

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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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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Meta Connect has been the big event of the week, and as it is a tradition of this blog , I’m going to write today for you a super article where you can find inside ALL the news announced during the event! This way, by reading this article, you are sure you have not missed any one of the announcements made there.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2019

They have a monetization strategy and they don’t take a lot of footprint in a venue. But you could also say the same of Sony. You could also say the say of HTC. We write a lot of articles for the trade pubs. They’ve got all different experiences. Each one is completely unique. They’re multiplayer.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2019

They have a monetization strategy and they don’t take a lot of footprint in a venue. But you could also say the same of Sony. You could also say the say of HTC. We write a lot of articles for the trade pubs. They’ve got all different experiences. Each one is completely unique. They’re multiplayer.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2019

They have a monetization strategy and they don't take a lot of footprint in a venue. But you could also say the same of Sony. You could also say the say of HTC. We write a lot of articles for the trade pubs. They've got all different experiences. Each one is completely unique. They're multiplayer. They're not inexpensive.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 20, 2021

What Facebook said fits perfectly in its strategy and I personally think it is just one step, and many others are coming in the future. Many other headset vendors are now targeting the B2B sector because they can’t compete with Facebook on the consumers’ one (Image by HTC Vive). No competition. Well, you’re fu**ed.

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