The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2022

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony releases some details about PSVR 2 runtime. Sony is slowly releasing details about the PSVR 2 headset to keep the attention (and the hype) high. Some articles on the metaverse. Road To VR) More info (The FTC blocks Meta’s acquisition of Within?—?Upload Upload VR).

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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? It’s the end of an era.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

This week I want to cast a spotlight on an interesting research project about taste in virtual reality. More info (HoloLens 2 news) More info (Firefox Reality releases on HoloLens). Magic Leap raises other $350M. More info (Article on the new High Fidelity) More info (High Fidelity website).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

More info (China’s push for VR) More info (Huawei 6DOF VR glasses) More info (Huawei smartglasses) More info (Shadow Creator’s new glasses) More info (Full article on HongHu glasses, in Chinese) More info (Official page of HongHu glasses). Sony will give PS4 camera adapters for PS5 for free.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 7, 2019

Top VR headset makers have been Sony, Facebook, HTC, Pico, and 3Glasses. Reality Rebels wants to turn your house into an arcade. Little indie studio Reality Rebels is creating a framework to let you play LBVR games in your house using Oculus Quest. IDC has released another positive report about XR. Palmer Luckey got married!!!

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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. Sony was pushing developers to have hybrid VR games, and Gran Turismo seems to work exactly along these lines.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

These days have been hectic: I have met very interesting people (you will read about that in some upcoming articles), and I’m super happy about it. But Sony has refuted the report, claiming it is not true. I guess the purpose is to reassure its existing customers, to prevent them all from going to Magic Leap 2.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

This week I’ve published a very interesting article inspired by the work of Basti465, who has analyzed the runtime of the Quest v29 finding hints about future features that are going to be released. This week, like the last one, we had some interesting articles with reviews and insights on just released XR devices.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 4, 2017

In this article we provide an introduction to near-eye optics, analyze the evolution of waveguides, then narrow the field down to holographic waveguides. Google and Sony both have intellectual property around waveguide designs similar in nature. Magic Leap. What The Reader Will Gain.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 7, 2023

Ah S**t Here We Go Again GIF from Ah S**t GIFs The Autumn of VR We are in an “Autumn” of Virtual Reality. People have started wondering if Virtual Reality will ever become mainstream, and the metaverse has become kind of a joke, about which even Meta took some steps back. Can VR enter the mainstream?

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Image by Sony, from Road To VR). Sony announces PS5, it supports PSVR. With an online livestream of around 1 hour, Sony has finally unveiled the design of the PlayStation 5. But Sony has confirmed that while we wait for it, the PS5 will be able to work with the current PSVR device. I hope you’ll enjoy it…. SSD (8–9 GB/s).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Image by Sony). Sony believes in VR, and we definitely believe at some point in the future, VR will represent a meaningful component of interactive entertainment. So, PSVR2 probably won’t launch before 2022 : Sony can afford that also because it has no competition in the console VR space , so there is no need to rush.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. It’s been called the AR Cloud by many, the Magicverse by Magic Leap, the Mirrorworld by Wired, the Cyberverse by Huawei, Planet-scale AR by Niantic and Spatial Computing by academics. Authors’ opinions are their own. Who Will Own the Metaverse?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 9, 2021

Image by Sony). Sony aims at hybrid games for the PSVR 2. Sony Interactive Entertainment has had a virtual summit with developers about its plans for the PSVR 2 because it is looking for content for its upcoming headset. Top news of the week. There are many reasons why you should still consider Google in the AR race.

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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. This CES has been very good for augmented and virtual reality, but it has not been exciting.

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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. Magic Leap kicks off the month with the announcement of an enormous $794 million fundraising round, backed by Alibaba. In fact, it was prior to most of the editorial team joining. February 2016.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Let’s see some of the fantastic concepts about Meta I’m reading in these articles, and why they are total nonsense. Someone in A REAL STREET playing with someone else in AUGMENTED REALITY. The metaverse is something that encompasses all devices, not only virtual reality, and Meta knows that well.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2019

The past week has been the week of the E3, and we had an insane amount of news regarding new upcoming Virtual Reality content, especially for the Oculus Quest! FYI, I’ve had my Adsense account suspended because of the 3 informative articles about XR porn that I wrote. New interesting patents by Sony comes to light.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2022

According to an article on Protocol, there are over 400 titles on the Quest store, and more than 1,400 on App Lab. If the rumor is true, Meta by 2024 is going to basically release the Nreal glasses or a mix of Nreal Light and Magic Leap 2. Some articles on the metaverse. And what about the App Lab apps?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Image by Sony). Magic Leap rebrands and kills the whale.

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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. Magic Leap reveals updates and new enterprise solutions.

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