The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Vive Flow is a 6DOF headset that works with your Android phone as a 3DOF controller (hands tracking is coming in the future). Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap 2 has been teased. The headset looks like an improved Magic Leap 1, lighted, slimmer and more elegant, and with a single cable on the back.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap pivots to enterprise, lays off 1,000 employes. With a long post on Magic Leap’s blog, in the end Rony Abovitz has admitted that the company is not going that well, and has announced a new course, that should eventually lead to Magic Leap 2.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

Magic Leap 2 bridges AR and VR. The interest in Magic Leap 2 is growing. This week we had a full reveal of the headset, the controller, and the computational unit in a video that reveals all their external details. HTC adds more parental control tools to its headsets. News worth a mention. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

According to a blog post on the company’s website, Linden Labs has already been sold to an investment group led by Randy Waterfield and Brad Oberwager. Peggy Johnson is the new CEO of Magic Leap. Magic Leap has finally a new CEO: Peggy Johnson. I can’t wait to read it. Linden Research to be acquired. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 14, 2022

Image by Magic Leap). First previews show Magic Leap 2 qualities. This week some selected journalists from popular online magazines like CNET and The Verge have been able to have a preview of the upcoming Magic Leap 2 glasses. Other relevant news. And their feedback has been quite positive. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

More info (PSVR 2 unveiled) More info (Official blog post on PSVR 2 headset). Magic Leap 2 has inside-out tracked controllers. During a presentation, Magic Leap has unveiled some more features about its headset and controllers. This week I won’t ask you to donate for my blog. Image by Meta).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 31, 2022

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap 2 to feature dynamic dimming. At Photonics West, Magic Leap’s VP of Optical Engineering Kevin Curtis has revealed some new interesting details on the upcoming Magic Leap 2. To be exact, the eye box is twice as large as the one in Magic Leap One.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

.” They partnered with Visyon , a Barcelona-based practical immersive technology company, to provide a widespread selection of technical experiences in VR from Oculus and Vive, and AR through Magic Leap, HoloLens, and Moverio glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

Stay tuned on my blog for updates about this new adventure of mine. This configuration is interesting because: 6 cameras in those positions allow for a very big tracking cone for the controllers ; The two front cameras are in the same position of the eyes and this will allow mixed reality applications using the SRWorks framework.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

The unboxing shows that the device has a very simple packaging, which includes both the headset and the controllers. This confirms that the headset is going to ship with controllers and that there is no charging station in the original box. The video was later republished by “VR Panda” on Twitter. in the reviews!

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VRScout

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Several companies went through the bidding process, including HoloLens’s biggest competitor, Magic Leap, but it was Microsoft who ultimately won the bid to partner with the Army as a non-traditional defense contractor. Combined, the HoloLens has the ability to keep soldiers connected and informed on the battlefield in real-time. “We

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

More info (Announcement link) More info (News on my blog) More info (Error in one of the screenshots). Magic Leap plans dev days and dev programs. We all know that Magic Leap is in big trouble, and it seems that one of the paths it is trying to follow to exit the quicksands is trying to get more developers onboard.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. The controller too is very comfortable and does its job very well. So, are you ready? Let’s start!

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

You can imagine that after it has been released through two official blog posts, an enormous backlash from the community started to happen. Facebook already had full control of my Oculus and Facebook accounts, so it had already my XR data. So far for the announcement by Facebook. The same on Twitter.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2022

First of all, finally, also PSVR 2 gets passthrough vision, and the possibility of setting your play area from within the headset by drawing the play space with your controllers, like in all other devices. Pico 4 Controllers have been leaked. We don’t have images of the headset, but most probably it will be sleek as the controllers.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 27, 2017

Companies like Magic Leap are allegedly working on technology that perfectly produces the way your eyes see the real world, but that technology hasn’t arrived for consumers yet. According to a blog post : Varifocal Virtuality, is a new optical layout for near-eye display.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2018

I really enjoy your articles, I even read the ones about devices I don’t have… now I know how to remove the controller on the Vive Focus , but I don’t have it… (laughs). If you are a frequent reader of my blog, you may find this question strange, since I have published a post on mediated reality some days ago.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

When Magic Leap One was revealed, Rony Abovitz stated he was already working on Magic Leap Two and Three, for instance; Facebook believes a lot in having avatars that truly represent ourselves in XR , and it is a field in which they will invest a lot. VR Scout) More info (Apple’s real patent on a ring controller).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

FRL Research (the previous Facebook Reality Labs) has just published a blog post detailing the amazing research it is doing on audio for Facebook’s future AR glasses. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap now is worth a bit more than $450M. Magic Leap and its magic drop. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 17, 2023

Once, this technology was available only to dedicated expensive glasses like HoloLens and Magic Leap, but now that Qualcomm has integrated them in Spaces, we are going to see it very soon also in consumer-ish AR glasses connected to the phone. This is going to be big!

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Mixed with hand tracking, it could be a perfect mix to let people interact with Oculus Menus without the need of controllers. You can read from the blog post all the UX choices they took to make the subtitles interface to appear in a way that is unobtrusive and comfortable for the eyes. Magic Leap releases new tools for developers.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

A device with that price is likely a headset without cutting-edge features that ships without controllers , I would speculate. The only doubt I have is about what content it is going to offer: if the headset is without controllers, it means is dedicated mostly to social VR, media consumption, and/or virtual screen for the PC.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

It’s a good read , full of interesting anecdotes, like when it is written that Beat Saber became the testbench for the tracking of the Quest controllers , or that Asgard’s Wrath, in the beginning, was a tower defense game. It’s nice to see how Facebook is updating the Quest software constantly. What puzzles me is why this partnership.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 8, 2023

A wand with a dedicated pattern on it is used as the 6DOF controller. While the concept of phone holders is dead for good in VR, there are a few companies that are trying to bring it to augmented reality, exploiting also the fact that true AR headsets (like Magic Leap 2 ) are very expensive and cost thousands of euros.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! Magic Leap raises other $350M. This is the 150th Week Peek!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

Another big problem for the appeal of AR glasses is the UX : voice interface is not suitable for public places, gestures are tiresome, and no one wants to take controllers around. If the problems in the tracking of the controllers get solved, at $600 it can be the right alternative between the Rift S and the Index. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2024

Also, the controllers seem well-shaped for use cases like prototyping and design. More info Hands-on sessions with Sony MR headset I have found two articles about journalists who have been able to go hands-on with the just-announced mixed reality headset by Sony dedicated to enterprise usage. I will leave you the link to do that below.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

At Google, the change was rapid but much easier to control , as everything from the software to even the servers were designed in-house. Thus Google controlled almost the entire stack that the client web software used — right down to the hardware in the data centers. As platforms for LBAR is conceptually better Hololens or Magic Leap?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Some of its features are: 2,160 × 2,160 resolution per eye 90Hz framerate 4-cameras inside-out tracking (like the Quest) Touch-like controllers with Knuckles-like finger-sensing Face tracking Hips tracking (for better orientation in games) Integration with SteamVR games Wireless add-on. So this is a market we should all keep an eye on.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 29, 2018

For sure this is the case of Rob Farquarson-Cole , that you surely know because he comments a lot on this and other VR blogs under the nickname “R FC” He’s not only a VR enthusiast but a professional Industrial Designer that works on “Exploration of Immersive Computing” at Proof Research and Development in London, UK.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

It is a tradition of this blog to have a long roundup of the best XR news from CES every year. At CES, Shiftall brought also the concept of innovative controllers called FlipVR. Then, with another fast hand flip, you can regain control of the buttons to keep playing. Could I make an exception for this year? Of course not.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

I will leave you the link to donate for these two causes below.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

Reading between the lines, he has confirmed the rumors but stated that Meta will still work hard to release its AR glasses with EMG-wrist device to control them. We have a new update on the Etee controllers: they should ship in the next two months. This is anyway good news. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

The Sonic seems a good device: 4K resolution, 101° FOV, 72Hz refresh rate, 256GB, and 6DOF controllers. It is a bit disappointing that it just has 2 tracking cameras, but the controllers are tracked with ultrasound beacons, so the tracking FOV should be good. Magic Leap partners with AMD for its next-generation device.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

Don’t forget to read the coverage about it on my blog… Before leaving you to the news, I have to publicly compliment Emerson for having given the most correct answer to my contest. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap has sold units of its first device for $550. News worth a mention. Funny link. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

On a separate note, the Quest 2 has just been updated to Runtime v44, which brings additional parental control tools, plus finally many customization options to record videos on the device. Bonelab is coming on Thursday. This is great news for us content creators. More info (Multiplayer Horizon Worlds home) More info (Meta Quest runtime v44).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 23, 2019

For the next two days, I will feature on this blog a long interview I made with Suzanne Borders, the CEO of BadVR. But it is very interesting , because it will touch a lot of hot topics, like: Data visualization in XR; Magic Leap; Being a woman working in XR; How is XR in Asia. I suggest you to follow her as well!).

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