The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2024

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. First of all, it revealed that, according to analyst firm IDC, XREAL owns 51% of the augmented reality market.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2022

As every week, let me notify you the most interesting articles I have found about the M-word: McKinsey & Company has published the results of a survey about the metaverse. Participate in the AR/VR Survey and win prizes. I just got this from my friends at Slash Data: AR/VR creators, this survey is for you. Some XR fun.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

According to a Steam survey , HTC Vive users increased merely 0.3 Nielsen surveyed 8,000 consumers and found nearly one-fourth — 24 percent — wanted to either use or purchase a VR headset next year. Grand View Research also reports augmented reality alone will be a $100 billion industry in 2024. percent in August.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

More info (Varjo launches XR-4 headset) More info (Varjo’s launch on Road To VR) More info (Varjo opens up waiting list for consumers) Other relevant news Quest 3 is selling well, but Quest 2 much better Quest 3 sales are not going bad, and the headset, after Black Friday , has now already 5% of the shares of devices on the SteamVR survey.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

This week I have read the results of two very interesting surveys: GDC, as every year, has asked VR developers what platform they’re currently interested in. While in all past years the answer had always been “HTC Vive”, now the king is Oculus, with both the Rift S and the Oculus Quest getting the majority of answers (especially the Quest).

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Road to VR

MARCH 5, 2019

The job listing goes on to put emphasis on augmented reality as well, saying the company is looking for someone to “create the technology that makes VR and AR pervasive and universal.” SEE ALSO Rift and Windows VR Continue Growth Streaks at Expense of Vive in Latest Steam Survey.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

More info (Meta’s losses in 2023) More info (Meta expecting even higher losses in 2024) Quest 3 enters the Steam chart at 0.15% Meta Quest 3 appeared for the first time in Steam’s Hardware Survey, with a 0.15% share of the market. But a new data mining revealed that new strings mentioning Iris have appeared in Android.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 6, 2020

A piece of unexpected news hit the augmented reality world this week: Niantic has acquired 6d.ai, one of the most interesting startups in the AR Cloud landscape, for an undisclosed amount of money. inside his most popular titles (Pokemon Go, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite) to improve the tracking of the augmented reality elements.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 8, 2020

This has caused a big bump in the SteamVR Hardware Survey, that made us happy. In the latest hardware survey, the number of connected headsets has reached a new all-time high , growing a bit from the one of the last month. More info (SteamVR hw survey?—?Road Road To VR) More info (SteamVR hw survey?—?UploadVR).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

SlashData is organizing an AR/VR survey and asked me some help in promoting it and I accepted because it is also an opportunity for you, since there are prizes to win. Here you are the description of the initiative: AR/VR creators, this survey is for you. The survey takes about 15 minutes and covers VR, AR, and mixed reality sectors.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Snap is one of the biggest tech companies in the world, and one of the most committed to augmented reality. HTC releases eye and face tracking for Vive Focus 3. HTC doesn’t want to lose the VR train, so it has just found a creative way of competing with Meta Quest Pro. after the 9-point calibration process. Learn more.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The tracking system leaves something to be desired, with two sensors that track only 180 degrees of motion (as opposed to the laser-powered Lighthouse tracking system from the HTC Vive, which tracks in full 360 degrees). HTC VIVE LAUNCHES VIVE STUDIOS. SURVEY SAYS BRITISH WOMEN WANT VR SEX. MAGIC LEAP’S CONTROVERSY.

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VRScout

MARCH 30, 2017

BMW uses VR to build cars faster & cheaper, Disney uses VR for research for theme parks, get set for Ready Player One in VR, a VR survey, and the investment & funding wrapup, plus much more. THE SURVEY SAYS: PEOPLE LOVE THEIR VR DEVICE. SEPHORA UPDATES THEIR AUGMENTED REALITY BEAUTY APP.

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ARPost

APRIL 11, 2023

Increased Adoption of AR in E-Commerce According to a recent survey, 38% of marketers reported using AR in 2022. VR-Enabled Online Shopping Experiences VR creates an immersive visual environment, including 360-degree videos, photos, product demos, and complex experiences using devices such as the HTC Vive or Oculus Quest.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

How Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) can transform Education 3. How Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality are Revolutionizing Healthcare Another way to subdivide these figures is hardware versus software. There also continues to be movement with Windows Mixed Reality, most notably HP Reverb G2.

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Peter Graham

AUGUST 5, 2019

Reports such as the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) State of the Game Industry Survey can be a good indicator of where the industry is heading and what direction developers see as the best to spend their time on. This puts them both in closer proximity to Oculus and HTC Vive devices, evening that divide just a little bit further.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 11, 2017

While this price difference is significant, the Acer headset uses LCD panels which may result in significant differences to the overall experience when compared with the panels used in Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. It augments your view by letting you see the world around you with digital elements layered into it.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2020

The biggest news of the week is the one that you can see in the above graph: i n the Steam Hardware Survey for April, it is possible to see a big spike of connected headsets. More info (Steam Hardware Survey) More info (Facebook’s revenues for Q1 2020) More info (Quest and Rift S stock, updated) More info (SuperData’s report).

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Apple CEO Tim Cook has stated that in his view, augmented reality and not virtual reality holds the ticket for commercial success in immersive technologies in the future. This is what Apple has always done for the most part, and they’ve done very nicely as a result.

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 27, 2016

Report: VR Devs More Interested In Vive Over Rift For Next Games Oculus and HTC may skirt around the question of VR rivalry, but the development scene seems to suggest that some studios will be favoring the HTC Vive in the near future. of developers said that they were working on the HTC Vive right now, while 43.2%

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

French startup Lynx has finally unveiled the R1, the first mixed reality standalone headset. While with other VR headsets like the Vive Focus Plus it is already possible to do some kind of augmented reality , this is the first standalone headset that can provide both good quality AR and VR on the same device.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

If the report were true, this would mean that Apple doesn’t believe in AR anymore and this would be terrible news for all the immersive realities ecosystem. Apple is clearly committed in augmented reality, and the recent release of ARKit 3 proves that. HTC has released some interesting statistics on the VR market.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

The newest Steam Hardware Survey shows how Rift S has now more or less 8% of the market. Strategy Analytics highlights in his survey that mobile headsets like Daydream, Gear VR and Cardboard are continuously losing importance and revenue shares. In the end, XRDC has made a very interesting survey among XR devs.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Once dominated by the entertainment industry, extended reality (XR) has quickly demonstrated its value to many sectors. Companies like Varjo, Magic Leap, Meta Platforms, Pico Interactive, Lenovo, and HTC VIVE have entered the industrial XR space to create solutions tailored to professionals with complex requirements.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

We talked with The Park Playground CEO Peter Vindevogel, who shared his thoughts on these myths and misconceptions, shedding light on virtual reality technology. This is supported by a 2022 PwC survey , which shows that 42% of business leaders are planning to use the metaverse to provide onboarding and training for their employees.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 4, 2023

A survey conducted by StreetBees found that 5 0 percent of questioned individuals aware of the Vision Pro are excited about the device. A key factor in potential success for Xreal and other competitors like Meta and HTC VIVE, as a cheaper device may sway audiences into immersive technology now that Apple has re-entered XR into the mainstream.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The HTC Vive Cosmos may release soon for €799. We all know that the Vive Cosmos should release very soon since HTC revealed me that the release date would have been in Q3 2019 and Q3 ends at the end of the month. Latest Steam survey still highlights Oculus domination of the consumer market. Top news of the week. Some XR fun.

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Haptical

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

VR Intelligence, a network of the leading decision makers in virtual, augmented and mixed realities recently released an industry report titled as XR Industry Insight Report 2019–2020.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Image by HTC). The interesting thing is that HTC has claimed that duration, but then some people of HTC said that is not true, and also some reviewers called this a fake news. I hope that HTC releases a public statement about these two points, to clarify the situation to its customers. Good luck to him and to HTC!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2022

Virtual Reality is 44% more addictive than traditional gaming. A study conducted by HTC Vive together with a Chinese university shows that Virtual Reality has much more addictive potential (+44%) than traditional flat gaming. More info (IPSOS survey) More info (Taxes in Second Life). Some articles on the metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 30, 2023

But I think it’s not a good move for Meta, for the following reasons: It shows that it is “afraid” of HTC. The move has probably been done to better compete with the Vive XR Elite, which is going to be released now exactly for $1100.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

In several of the surveys we’ve run, integration with HMDs has been a top request. We saw an opportunity to continue our mission of democratizing access to the brain (and body) by creating a new kind of device for researchers and developers looking to explore the intersection of mixed reality, biometrics, and brain-computer interfacing.

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VRScout

JULY 11, 2016

Continuing in Snapchat’s path to bring an accessible version of augmented reality to the general public via mobile phone and shared social experiences, Pokemon Go is officially a viral hit. Universal Studios Orlando has been secretly beta testing visitors on a virtual reality Hulk experience in the Toon Loon Amphitheater.

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Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2018

I am allowing myself one unfounded prediction though before seeing the film: even though HTC Vive is the official VR partner of the film , you won’t see the protagonist Wade Watts wearing an HTC-branded headset. Ready Player One is set in a fake future set 30 years from now; most people will get that.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The first one is the usual SteamVR hardware survey. Apart from highlighting that the Rift S is expanding its size and that the Valve Index is now selling well, the survey shows that VR users on Steam are continuously growing. Hear how KLM Royal Dutch Airlines , Thomson Reuters , Novartis and HTC Vive are making progress in this area.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 21, 2017

Click To Tweet Universities are the earliest adopters of virtual and augmented reality. A recent survey of 553 universities in the VR First Network gives us an exciting look at what’s happening in the space, and what technologies the next generation of graduates are using right now. 43% of those are the Microsoft Hololens.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

At the same time, I think that Meta is not pushing much on its business offerings (and in fact this price clarification arrived many months later than expected) so probably the field will still be dominated by Pico and HTC for any foreseeable time.

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