The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Image by HTC). HTC launches Vive Flow headset for relaxation, priced at $499. After endless teasings and leaks, in the end, HTC has finally unveiled its headset: called Vive Flow, it is a lightweight device for media consumption. I send you good vibes so things go well for you too! Top news of the week. Other relevant news.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 29, 2023

Conversely, artificial intelligence backs the creation of technological advancements that can analyse, respond, and create based on data sources. Companies such as Varjo, Magic Leap, Meta, Pico, and HTC VIVE rely on AI to assist in foveated rendering. into their services and platforms.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 4, 2024

In a recent blog post highlighting the firm’s ten-year immersive journey, the company teased that new smart glasses are incoming. During the blog post, Meta notes that a new AR device is coming that combines AR and AI in more sophisticated ways. How will Meta use this data?

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VRScout

DECEMBER 19, 2016

In the official words of the Oculus blog, this is “just the beginning of social VR.”. Available through the Google Play Store, the app allows users to navigate around the 360 degree content with their remote control. ADD-ON DEVICE AIMS TO MAKE HTC VIVE WIRELESS. WORD PRESS BLOGS NOW HOST 360 VIDEO CONTENT.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 18, 2019

It’s a beautiful summer day and I’m quite happy because this week my blog has turned three years old ! This would mean that it has sold more than Oculus Rift, Oculus Go, HTC Vive, and HTC Vive Focus all together. Of course, you have to take this data with a grain of salt… Oculus has not released official data on its sales.

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Peter Graham

JULY 25, 2019

Firefox Reality has a range of features such as Enhanced Tracking Protection which blocks sites from tracking you, collecting personal data for ad networks and tech companies. The latter was announced back in April , which would allow any headset compatible with SteamVR to use the app, such as Oculus Rift/ Rift S, HTC Vive and Valve Index.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 14, 2016

In response to The Information piece, Abovitz authored an official company blog post saying they’ve built prototypes “of our target form factor.” Overall, we don’t have many data points to pull from when it comes to Magic Leap, but these latest ones suggest all is not well at the startup.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

I know, I’m too honest… and this is not good for views on my blog. Image by HTC). A new study published by researchers at Germany’s University of Jena shows tha t it is possible to detect when someone is experiencing motion sickness by analyzing the data gathered by EEG sensors. Google details Project Starline.

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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

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Between that, I worked on consumer cloud software with Google for five years… managing engineering teams for Gmail, Japanese mobile, Google Labs, and social (Blogger etc.) The Vive Pro Eye just launched by HTC at CES (Image by HTC). Google is also a company that is investing a lot in AR and VR (Image by Road To VR).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

More info Google may still be working at Project Iris Some months ago a rumor claimed that Google had stopped working on Project Iris, its project devoted to the creation of augmented reality glasses. But a new data mining revealed that new strings mentioning Iris have appeared in Android. It seems the journalist liked them.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Image credits SCAND Blog Virtual Reality (VR)  — It teleports the user into a completely immersive world that replaces the physical world. Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. It has applications in training and educational use cases.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

As it is a tradition of this blog , I’ve prepared a big roundup of the best news in XR from this year’s CES! HTC Vive Wrist Tracker. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker (Image by HTC). HTC has made an announcement at this CES and it has been a pretty cool one. Further references. Shiftall MeganeX.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

This special version of the headset features additional sensors that can get more data about the user: A heart rate sensor on the forehead; Two additional cameras that track the lower part of the face of the user, so that to read his facial expressions; Eye-tracking cameras , that can also detect the dimension of the pupil.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I’m sorry about that, but it’s still a miracle I’ve managed to write it… Top news of the week (Leaked image from Samsung video) Samsung is back to XR with Google and Qualcomm The big news of the week is that Samsung is back to XR. What is even more interesting is that this device will be built in partnership with Google and Qualcomm.

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Digitalnauts

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Among such are HTC Vive and Oculus Rift headsets. . HUDs) or A transparent display presents a screen of data in front of the user’s eyes. Viral new solutions include Snap’s new AR glasses prototype and Google Glass Explorer Edition. . However, desktop VR also tends to be more expensive. HEADS UP DISPLAYS.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

A Horizon game is coming for this new headset, and some rumors talk also about Half-Life: Alyx potentially be available in the future; HTC has announced the Vive Wrist Tracker, a 6 DOF tracker for the Vive Focus 3. Intel Vaunt was canceled for risks involving data privacy. It seems like a great tethered headset for the PS5.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The document is divided into nine parts: I will report them here, as a small summary of mine, together with the full text translated with Google Translate (so, RIP English), if you want to read it. It can also be an opportunity to get to know what each country should try obtaining in the next years for what concerns virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2018

Today on my blog I’ll host a guest post by Matias Nassi , a great XR developer from Uruguay. The fact that Unity supports it, implies that any game developed in Unity will be able to run either in the HTC Vive, the Oculus Rift or any other OpenVR-enabled hardware. And the same happens with OpenVR!

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This is the same confusion that created issues for HTC in the past with the Vive Pro, for instance. I guess the announcement was made to give investors hope after the release of the very negative financial data of Meta Reality Labs. We were all suspecting it, but now it is official: Meta has announced that Quest 3 is coming in 2023.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In actual fact, I've just recently started writing a series of guest posts for Vive on the Vive blog. You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. But I've been writing a series of blogs about my journey using and integrating the HTC Vive headsets at GESS.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

He makes the miracle of transforming your data into his money (Image by Tweaknology). Its huge investments are also attracting all the other major tech companies to enter the metaverse field, and Apple and Google will surely release some XR devices in the upcoming years because of that. Meta as a positive force for VR development.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

As their chief analyst, Rogers specializes in turning data into actionable intelligence, tailored to the needs of businesses who are just starting to explore the space. In today’s episode, he chats with Alan about what all the data can mean. You can learn more about this data at superdataresearch.com.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

As their chief analyst, Rogers specializes in turning data into actionable intelligence, tailored to the needs of businesses who are just starting to explore the space. In today’s episode, he chats with Alan about what all the data can mean. You can learn more about this data at superdataresearch.com.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In actual fact, I've just recently started writing a series of guest posts for Vive on the Vive blog. You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. But I've been writing a series of blogs about my journey using and integrating the HTC Vive headsets at GESS.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In actual fact, I've just recently started writing a series of guest posts for Vive on the Vive blog. You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. But I've been writing a series of blogs about my journey using and integrating the HTC Vive headsets at GESS.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

As their chief analyst, Rogers specializes in turning data into actionable intelligence, tailored to the needs of businesses who are just starting to explore the space. In today's episode, he chats with Alan about what all the data can mean. You can learn more about this data at superdataresearch.com.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google killed its AR glasses Project Iris Do you remember the name Project Iris? Various reports indicated it as the internal codename in Google for a project meant to build augmented reality glasses. It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 3, 2017

I’ve used it with the HTC Vive, and you can literally stand in the middle of your creation, and hold the virtual paintbrush in your hand to paint in the air around you. And earlier this month, Google released Blocks , which is a prim-based building tool for virtual reality. Second Life and OpenSim offer a lot of that.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2021

There are most probably many more people that failed doing VR games than the few ones whose success the big stores highlight in their blog posts. But it is still a niche : as Mathew Olson from The Information highlights, “[PwC data] translates to a projected $6.9 This helps a lot if you want to be independent.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

This is the current SteamVR controller pricing in GBP (shipping to UK) at the time the article was written: HTC Vive controller (2018) single £193 includes free shipping and tax HTC Vive controller (2018) pair £386.00 Google searches are very revealing. Image provided by Rob Cole).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2018

These things could be useful for me to have some media to show on my blog. And since my new friends Andrea and Enea that are working with the Focus needed a tutorial on how to mirror the content, I said to myself: “Why not writing a complete blog post so to help even more people having the same problem?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 5, 2024

Google has great expertise in building operating systems, plus its Google Play store would have let Meta Quest become compatible with all its Android Apps out of the box.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Data miner Bast564 discovered it and shared a video about it online. 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. How will the “Google Analytics” of the metaverse be? after the 9-point calibration process.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2020

My blog has just turned 4 years old and I’m incredibly happy about it! Outside VR, the big news to keep an eye on is the dispute between Epic Games and Apple (and Google), which could lead to a complete change in how app stores are managed, even in VR. The HTC Cosmos Play will be an enterprise headset. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Next week my blog will turn 3 years old! The winner of this analytics is the Playstation VR, with a revenue share of 30% of the total VR market , compared with Oculus’s 25% and HTC’s 22%. These are the most important data contained in the report: Oculus is now the leading platform for developers. I am so excited.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2019

I’m trying to solve this issue appealing to Google, but more than ever consider donating money on Patreon to sustain this blog , that takes me a lot of time and various expenses, to keep it alive. Image by HTC). Finally, HTC is ready to give us all the info on the Vive Cosmos. Top news of the week. Image by E3).

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