The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

It’s good news by the way that there is continuous IPD adjustment (and with a wider range than before) and that thanks to eye tracking sensors, the headset can tell you if you have positioned it well on your head. There is also an eye-relief dial, so you can put the lenses very close to your eyes, for added field of view.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

In the case of VR, we all remember the competition between HTC and Oculus in 2016, with HTC clearly winning the market until Oculus used Facebook’s money to slash the price of the Rift around 2017. This led to a growing importance of Oculus, until with the Quest it started dominating the market in a way no one was able to face.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

I can’t guarantee that these predictions will come out to be true (I always joke about the fact that I miss many of the predictions about Meta/Oculus), but I think they will be worth reading anyway to understand what can be the trends to look for in this new year. Me wearing my branded Oculus Quest 2. Eye tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Oculus devices will require a Facebook login. The enormous piece of news of the week is tha t Facebook has communicated that from October, 20th, all people that want to use an Oculus device for personal use will have to use their personal Facebook account to log in. Top news of the week. Image by Tweakanalogy). The same on Twitter.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

The Oculus Quest 2 is selling incredibly well because it offers the right combination of affordable price, good hardware, and a good software ecosystem. Not to mention the millions spent on marketing , especially in the US (Oculus was one of the sponsors of NBA, for instance). The Quest will still be the king.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

While the first version was an all-in-one with diffractive waveguides like Microsoft HoloLens, the new one is an all-in-two light device that connects to your smartphone and uses birdbath optics. Oculus Link gets updated to 90Hz. After one year from the release of the Link , Oculus finally puts it out of beta with a big update.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The devices that will be based on this reference design will have amazing specifications like: 2K x 2K display resolution per each eye ; Have up to 7 cameras used simultaneously, including the ones for tracking, mixed reality and eye-tracking; High-quality passthrough augmented reality with high resolution and framerate.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

If you were wondering, my journey to China has gone pretty well and many people liked HitMotion at WCVRI. Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest may have sold only 400,000 units. Image by Microsoft). for breakfast a lot! Stay tuned on my blog for more articles about my Chinese experience in the upcoming days!

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VRScout

MARCH 6, 2017

In the fall of 2016, Microsoft announced a partnership with a handful of hardware manufacturers to make developer headsets implementing the inside-out tracking technology seen on the HoloLens. VALVE’S R&D IN EYE-TRACKING TO INCREASE. CHINA BUILDS VIRTUAL REALITY TOWN. …and more. NYC LAUNCHES VR/AR LAB.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

Oculus has also partnered with Virtuclear to offer prescription lenses for the Quest 2 for $80. All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated. Road To VR) More info (Qualcomm AR Viewer?—?Upload

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

Image by Oculus). The other bombshell news is that Resident Evil 4 is coming to the Oculus Quest 2. On April, 21st, Oculus will host its first Gaming Showcase , with news on ‘Lone Echo II’, ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’, and many other titles. I also expect it to be consumer-oriented in China. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In the meanwhile, the community is still rioting about the Facebook login , and /r/Oculus should now be called /r/FacebookBannedMyAccount because this is the only topic people are talking about. More info (New features of OpenXR) More info (OpenXR in Unity) More info (OpenXR in Microsoft products). OpenXR slowly increases its adoption.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

Last year, it was still called Oculus Gaming Showcase, and it featured important updates on games like Pistol Whip, The Climb 2, I Expect You To Die 2, and Resident Evil 4 VR. Ruth Bram, Executive Producer at Oculus Studios, will be the host of the show. Pico Neo 3 , Vive Focus 3 , Oculus Quest 2 ) only offer Wi-Fi connectivity.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

This has been the week of the OC6, but, believe it or not, I have been able to find some other interesting news that don’t regard Oculus. Image by Oculus). Oculus bets on Oculus Quest at OC6. Well, the top news of the week is, of course, the Oculus Connect 6. Do you want to read them? Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

No smearing, reduced mura; The lenses have been upgraded, using the ones engineered by Valve for the Index; The audio is conveyed through off-the-ear speakers , like the ones of the Valve Index; Comfort has been improved; There is IPD adjustment; There are now 4 tracking cameras. Oculus Link 2 could be tetherless. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

A worker wearing HoloLens 2 (Image by Microsoft). Maybe with eye-tracking, AI, 5G connection, and a battery that lasts all day. So, I envision the main companies in the field, like Microsoft and Magic Leap, to put their efforts into improving their platform to offer better services to their enterprise customers.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

On the contrary, Microsoft has worked a lot on the platform, to make it more appealing to enterprise customers. It has released experiences like Microsoft Remote Assist, that let different teams in a company work together to solve maintenance problems. Of course, it will exploit the already awesome Microsoft platform.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2019

The working group, that includes all the major XR companies (Oculus, HTC, Intel, NVIDIA, Valve, etc…), facilitated by the Khronos group, has finally agreed on a set of specifications, after having listened to all the feedback that come after the release of the version 0.9. Oculus wants to make people control AR headsets just using the brain.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

If you built an application without these patterns, the device was useless… an eye-tracking add-on was more practical than the NextMind dev-kit in a VR scene. This proves the Pico Neo 3 is selling quite well in China… who knows if something like that could be interesting also here in the West. million units. More info.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Microsoft ships HoloLens 2, nReal gets ready to do the same with its glasses. After a long wait, finally Microsoft is shipping its HoloLens 2 headset. HoloLens 2 is an amazing device, with a decent FOV, eye tracking, and hands tracking, that for sure will make many companies happy. Oculus Link is coming soon.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Over time we think AR and VR converge into a world that the Microsoft folks call “mixed reality.” I think Oculus is getting there, but I still think it’s behind, to be candid, even with the latest stuff that is coming out for Christmas. Road to VR: One of the things that is challenging from a media stand-point is covering China.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 11, 2020

This is a cool video of me unboxing the Nreal Light Devkit: I have to say that I loved unboxing this headset : while Nreal has not reached the mastery of packaging that Oculus has, it has done a great job: the external box is in a very elegant silver color, and the case of the glasses is small and beautiful.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

The problem is that we had no idea about the release date for us western people because the device had been announced and released only in China. Oculus Go showcased. The Oculus Go (Image by Oculus). At GDC, the Oculus Go has been one of the main characters.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

Antony recently traveled to the fourth annual VIVE Ecosystem Conference — VEC — in Shenzhen, China. You’ve got mobile phone-based AR, eye tracking set devices, taste experiments, hot and cold devices, thermal devices, and then tracking systems for motion capture, and of course, treadmills for omni-directional walking.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

Antony recently traveled to the fourth annual VIVE Ecosystem Conference -- VEC -- in Shenzhen, China. You've got mobile phone-based AR, eye tracking set devices, taste experiments, hot and cold devices, thermal devices, and then tracking systems for motion capture, and of course, treadmills for omni-directional walking.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

and in China as well. Above: The Oculus Touch controls let you navigate independently with each hand in VR. Image Credit: Oculus. and the east coast in China. With what’s going on from Project Tango and Microsoft, there are definitely big players in this space. It’s a joint venture with Youku.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

Antony recently traveled to the fourth annual VIVE Ecosystem Conference — VEC — in Shenzhen, China. You’ve got mobile phone-based AR, eye tracking set devices, taste experiments, hot and cold devices, thermal devices, and then tracking systems for motion capture, and of course, treadmills for omni-directional walking.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2019

I and my partner Gianni bought every new headset on the market : the Oculus Rift DK2, the Vive, the Rift CV1, the Gear VR, etc… We also went to almost every event we were invited to, even the smallest one (I remember once we went to a public plaza with like 7 people listening to our talk about VR…). Maquette by Microsoft).

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And it's a super powerful chip that will allow you to have AI built in for facial tracking and object recognition in these types of things, but also allow you to have-- I think it's up to seven cameras. So front facing cameras, IR cameras, eye tracking cameras, facial tracking cameras, all of these things. Alex: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And it's a super powerful chip that will allow you to have AI built in for facial tracking and object recognition in these types of things, but also allow you to have-- I think it's up to seven cameras. So front facing cameras, IR cameras, eye tracking cameras, facial tracking cameras, all of these things. Alex: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. Microsoft with their Hololens 2, they’ve actually moved their Hololens from the devices division of the company to Azure, which is their cloud computing. And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. Microsoft with their Hololens 2, they’ve actually moved their Hololens from the devices division of the company to Azure, which is their cloud computing. And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. Alan: Microsoft with their Hololens 2, they've actually moved their Hololens from the devices division of the company to Azure, which is their cloud computing. And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And it's a super powerful chip that will allow you to have AI built in for facial tracking and object recognition in these types of things, but also allow you to have-- I think it's up to seven cameras. So front facing cameras, IR cameras, eye tracking cameras, facial tracking cameras, all of these things. Alex: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking. We’re not tied to Microsoft. Oculus has sold a couple million. Amazon Sumerian. million sold.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking. We’re not tied to Microsoft. Oculus has sold a couple million. Amazon Sumerian. million sold.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking. We're not tied to Microsoft. Oculus has sold a couple million. there's just all these tools.

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