The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2023

More info (Twitter post that describes the excitement around this project) More info (Official launch blog post) Other relevant news (Image by Google) Chrome ships WebGPU Chrome , the most popular browser around, has just implemented WebGPU. This research, taken further, could bring many interesting innovations in the AR field.

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ARPost

APRIL 8, 2020

Laverde also pointed out that while VIVE’s hand tracking SDK works with a number of common platforms including Unity and Unreal, there can be complications for different hardware. A question regarding other third-party VR technology, including data gloves, was brought up in a Q&A segment when users asked about hand tracking gloves. “

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

The 3D models have not been created by hand, but by an AI mixing satellite data with Street View pictures. Then, he donned an Oculus Quest 2, put a controller on the bike, and rode the bike while doing the VR game, with the real track mapped perfectly with the virtual track. VR developers makes crazy experiment with a bike. Funny link.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

As part of our 3D Jam spotlight series, here are 17 utility demos that let you reach into a sea of data and extract its insights, explore a CAD prototype before committing it to a 3D printer, meet with people from around the world, and more. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Build Chinese.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Google owns the best search engine (Google), all the data of the outdoor part of the world (Google Maps), the most used mobile operating system (Android), an AR framework (ARCore), and is strategically acquiring some startups that may be useful for building future AR glasses (North). In the end, the mystery around Quest Day was solved.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In an interview with the fantastic blog The Ghost Howls (I don’t know if you have ever heard of it), Kura Technologies’s CEO/CTO Kelly Peng has revealed some interesting info about their upcoming AR glasses. Last week I told you about MetaHumans creator, the tool to create realistic humanoid avatars in Unreal Engine.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 22, 2018

Today has been another interesting day: it has started with us running to try to enter the Cyberpunk 2077 booth (but with no luck) and has finished playing with an Oculus Go. One of my favorite games of all times is Unreal Tournament because I just love to shoot and kill without thinking too much… or better, without thinking AT ALL.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

Last Oculus Quest update shows hints of an Oculus MR ecosystem. Facebook is continuously updating the Oculus Quest , its most successful device, and this week it has rolled out the runtime v16. I think that this update, together with the last ones, marks the beginning of a mixed reality ecosystem that is being built by Oculus.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 9, 2015

Rob: Carillon was built within the Unreal Engine and uses the Open Sound Control protocol to connect motion and actions in the game environment with a music engine built within the Pure Data computer music system. Carillon was really built for VR: the Oculus Rift and the Leap Motion Controller are key components in the work.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Let’s say that talking about a device the users put directly on their faces when your company is being challenged about the data it collects wouldn’t have been the smartest of the decisions. The new name containing the word “Oculus” means that the original name of the VR company is not completely going away.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

References found in the Oculus Quest 2 firmware by users Reggy04 and Basti564 highlight how the Quest 2 Pro should have: Eyes tracking Facial expressions tracking Eye relief knob Granular IPD adjustment External charging station. And are also good for data harvesting cough cough cough. Top news of the week. Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

But this has not been the case: with a brief post on its blog, Sony has announced that there will be a “next-generation” VR device that will work with PS5, but that it will simply not be released this year. Oculus has also partnered with Virtuclear to offer prescription lenses for the Quest 2 for $80.

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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. We can deploy to a vast of platforms using game engines like Unity, Unreal Engine, the more recent Godot engine or any of the other engines out there, which have all started to add VR features”. You may be saying “Come on!

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Today I’m very proud to host on my blog what is probably one of the best interviews I have ever had in these 6 years of career in VR blogging. I promised to celebrate this blog’s birthday with a few cool interviews and this is one of them. His lab was even visited by Zuckerberg before he decided to acquire Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2019

video) More info (Unreal Engine with Octane Renderer) More info (Wi-fi is not enough for VR streaming). Microsoft has just released its OpenXR implementation, while other companies like Oculus and Epic Games are still working on theirs, and they will be released soon. Other relevant news. Image by HTC). has been released.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This headset is basically identical to the Pico 4, but it features a more cleanable headset, additional sensors for eye and face tracking, plus enterprise services (dedicated assistance, device management, data security certifications, etc…) and an enterprise runtime (which offers kiosk mode, for instance). Beware of negative training.

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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! New Oculus Venues gives us a glimpse of Facebook Horizon. Without previous notice, Facebook has started rolling out a new version of Oculus Venues, for now available only to selected beta users. Top news of the week. Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Next week my blog will turn 3 years old! Everyone of us already knew that Gear VR was a platform almost abandoned when Oculus announced the Oculus Go. Anyway, officially, both Samsung and Oculus have continued at least to support it. Original image by Oculus). I am so excited. Gear VR is dead.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

This week has been the week of the Oculus Connect 6 , the biggest yearly event by Oculus where the VR company announces all its most important news, both on hardware and software sides. Oculus Link. You can even access to Oculus Home and Dash. Oculus Link will be available in beta in November 2019.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

Oculus Quest gets v29 update. This week Facebook has started rolling out the v29 runtime update for Oculus Quest , and it brings some interesting features like: Multi-user mode on the original Quest 1 A renewed UI of the “toolbar” of the device. Other relevant news. Image by Facebook). It feels like magic.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

As it is tradition of this blog, I have prepared a big fatty roundup with all the news announced at the latest Facebook Connect 2. Read more about this news: Founder’s letter by Mark Zuckerberg: [link] Design blog on Meta’s logo: [link] Facebook spending $10B for the metaverse: [link] Integral keynote of Facebook Connect 2: [link].

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

She’s Head of Content and the lead writer at BrainXchange, lead journalist and senior editor at Enterprisewear Blog, and head of marketing and communications for Augmented World Expo USA and AWE EU. It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they’re pivoting to enterprise. That is a huge amount of data.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

She’s Head of Content and the lead writer at BrainXchange, lead journalist and senior editor at Enterprisewear Blog, and head of marketing and communications for Augmented World Expo USA and AWE EU. It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they’re pivoting to enterprise. That is a huge amount of data.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

She's Head of Content and the lead writer at BrainXchange, lead journalist and senior editor at Enterprisewear Blog, and head of marketing and communications for Augmented World Expo USA and AWE EU. It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they're pivoting to enterprise. That is a huge amount of data.

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