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. If headsets like Lynx or Project Cambria implement AR on a VR headset, Magic Leap 2 implements a bit of VR on an AR headset. HTC adds more parental control tools to its headsets. News worth a mention. Funny link. Donate for good.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2023

Image by HTC Vive). HTC’s new headset may be called Vive XR Elite. Thanks to the support of the community member Inscothen, I have discovered that the Korean website of HTC may have leaked the info about the upcoming headset that the company should unveil at this CES. Saudi Arabia fund gets control of Magic Leap.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

A decent budget for Microsoft and Facebook… but something impossible for companies like HTC or Magic Leap (do you remember when we all thought that $2.5B More info (HTC Vive Pro 2 review) More info (HTC Vive Pro 2 review?—?cached HTC is having RMAs issues with the Vive Pro 2. was a lot of money?).

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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. HTC Vive XR Elite HTC Vive XR Elite (Image by HTC Vive) The star of the event has for sure been the Vive XR Elite, HTC’s latest flagship headset. Could I make an exception for this year? Of course not.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 29, 2023

Companies such as Varjo, Magic Leap, Meta, Pico, and HTC VIVE rely on AI to assist in foveated rendering. Additionally, Microsoft has included AI-powered avatars for people using its Teams platforms, enabling people’s real-time interactions in meetings.

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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. More info (Magic Leap presentation) More info (Close up of the controllers).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

Even if there hasn’t been any GDC, Oculus has made its related announcements online , via various blog posts. In the meantime, even HTC that was safe until now is having troubles in manufacturing the external tracking faceplate , whose release date will be delayed. Magic Leap reveals updates and new enterprise solutions.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 19, 2023

Companies such as Varjo, Magic Leap, Meta, Pico, and HTC VIVE rely on AI to assist in foveated rendering. Additionally, Microsoft has included AI-powered avatars for people using its Teams platforms, enabling people’s real-time interactions in meetings.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Stay tuned on my blog for more articles about my Chinese experience in the upcoming days! More info (News on Road To VR) More info (Official blog post by NVIDIA). HTC keeps updating the Vive Cosmos. We have new developments on the Magic Leap vs nReal lawsuit. for breakfast a lot! Top news of the week.

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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. HTC CEO Yves Maitre resigns. HTC, you did it again. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap now is worth a bit more than $450M.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 15, 2018

The engagement of my blog has grown a lot and this let me get in touch with fantastic people like Matias, Rob R F C, Charlie (Fink), Wes, Sam, Nicolas, Enrico, Luigi, Michael, Fabio, Alex… they are really a lot and can’t write all their names here (so forgive me if your name is not on the list, for sure I thought about you!).

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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. But, as Road To VR has stated, maybe HTC should have clarified that in all its marketing material.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2021

Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, the head of Facebook Reality Labs, has written a blog post in which he revealed two very interesting pieces of news. Boz has added that he doesn’t want to overhype these devices (to avoid the same error made by Magic Leap), and so he has confirmed that they are not AR glasses, but just smartglasses.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2019

HTC Vive Cosmos and its controllers, just announced at CES (Image by HTC). HTC has been the VR star of this CES 2019. The biggest announcement has been the HTC Vive Cosmos , a headset that has generated a lot of hype also because HTC has not revealed all its features, but it has only teased them. FinchShift.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

Google is also hiring high-profile people for it, like Bernard Kress, principal optical architect on Microsoft’s HoloLens team, and Paul Greco, the previous CTO of Magic Leap. HTC discounts its headsets. HTC has started a good discount on its headsets that will last until the end of the month. Funny link.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Making up its list of thought leaders includes individuals from key immersive front-runners, including but not limited to Adobe, Google, Lenovo, Unity, Accenture, T-Mobile, Magic Leap, Qualcomm, Sony, HTC VIVE, and Meta. Event hosts, The VRARA, also secured crucial XR sponsors for the event, such as Lenovo, PwC, and Qualcomm.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

See Also: Redefining the Future of Location-Based Entertainment With HTC VIVE Focus 3 and The Park Playground “Virtual reality is often perceived as being limited to the world of gaming. Although gaming is certainly a great use case and example of what immersive VR experiences can deliver, the possibilities are endless,” said Vindevogel.

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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. HTC announces Vive Pro Secure.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

NVIDIA Blog). Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Flow Business Edition. HTC has just launched the Business Edition of the Vive Flow , the lightweight device meant for media consumption and wellbeing applications enjoyment. More info (Metaverse Standards Forum?—?Road Road To VR) More info (Metaverse Standards Forum?—?Upload

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I guess the purpose is to reassure its existing customers, to prevent them all from going to Magic Leap 2. Funny link Donate for good Like last week, also this week in this final paragraph I won’t ask you to donate for my blog, but to the poor people that are facing the consequences of the war. Don’t miss them!

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ARPost

APRIL 12, 2021

The LA-based startup brings together blogs, videos, and a weekly podcast. In addition to being a contributor to Forbes and an active speaker and event moderator, she has worked at leading XR companies Magic Leap and VIVE and has written two books on XR and emerging technologies. Charlie Fink. Cathy Hackl (Technologist) #27.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2022

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. Palmer Luckey has published a blog post on his own website to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Oculus, the company he founded. HTC Vive is going to launch… a box. Road To VR). 10 Years of Oculus.

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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. To support this blog you don’t need any Facebook account, but suffices a Patreon one! So far for the announcement by Facebook. The same on Twitter. Other relevant news. Image by Epic Games).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

But as far as I know, nothing disruptive for the industry : Oculus has already shots all its bullets, and HTC for the first time isn’t announcing anything. HTC is celebrating the new year with a $100 discount on the Vive Cosmos running from 1th to 10th of January. This is something worth discovering. Let’s see. Funny link. Funny link.

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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. Does Magic Leap want to create a big reality show?

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VRScout

OCTOBER 4, 2018

While it’s only been released on the Vive Focus so far, Western audiences may soon have access to Beat Reality and/or similar visualizer apps with the proliferation of MR passthrough cameras on standalone headsets, similar to features we’ve seen on hardware such as Magic Leap One Creator Edition, Oculus Quest and the Lenovo Mirage Solo.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Our software and hardware engineering and research teams have used a variety of equipment that rides on top of our in-house developed technosports platform , ranging from the HTC Vive Pro and its motion detectors, the (now unfortunately defunct Myo) sensors, the ZED stereo cameras, and Microsoft’s HoloLens.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2019

This is the week of this blog’s birthday and so I’m publishing a very special post, that I’m going to split into two parts. I wrote a review on Magic Leap One because my friend (and ex partner ) Gianni made me try it. Me and my HTC Vive, obtained my the great VR man Nicolas Esposito.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

Two years ago, the company had won a $480M deal with the army to produce the first evaluation units (beating Magic Leap in this contest and condemning it to a sad fate) that should have increased soldiers’ efficiency and lethality. It’s nice to see how Facebook is updating the Quest software constantly.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This is confirmed by companies such as Magic Leap who have raised a further 2 billion recently for the development of their second mixed reality device, although the first one hardly made much of an impact in the market regardless of how much money was initially invested.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Today I am very happy to host on my blog Kura Technologies , one of the most interesting augmented reality startups out there. I came to the US when I was in high school, so I don’t know well the XR ecosystem in China , but HTC is our investor and is helping us in understanding more of the market there.

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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

JULY 10, 2023

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

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

In an interview with a Chinese magazine, HTC China (Mister) President Alvin Graylin has stated that in his opinion, Facebook may lose at least $100-$200 for each sold Oculus Quest 2 device. HTC had $210 million as the total revenue for 2020. It’s hard for competitors to keep this same update pace of the Quest…. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Next week my blog will turn 3 years old! HTC Vive is at the second place; Oculus Quest, even if it is so new, has already gathered a lot of interest from developers; Gaming is still the most popular content developed in XR, but now there is also interest in other kinds of applications , like entertainment (e.g. I am so excited.

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VeeR VR

JANUARY 14, 2018

on Quora Read Mark Metry 's answer to Can I convert a normal blog/website to a virtual reality website? on Quora Powerhouses and Rising Stars Read Mark Metry 's answer to What games/simulations would you show to people in the HTC Vive and Hololens to demonstrate the potential for VR/AR/MR in corporate learning?

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