The Ghost Howls

JULY 8, 2019

Entrance of nReal offices in Beijing, China. nReal has been sued by Epic Games for the name too similar to Unreal and by Magic Leap that claims that nReal CEO Chi Xu has stolen the technology of the American company while working there. Anyway, it is a big step forward from HoloLens or Magic Leap One.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

After Oculus, that has expressed concerns on the manufacture of the Quest, this week Tilt Five has stated that it will have difficulties in shipping devices to the first backers, while nReal , that is based in Beijing, has completely stopped its production. Magic Leap plans dev days and dev programs. Image by Microsoft).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. At WCVRI, China shows its strategic interest for VR. And while China always moves chaotically, I think that the push of the government is helping its VR companies. Notwithstanding all this hate, the Oculus Quest 2 is selling very well.

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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

JUNE 1, 2020

They should guarantee better tracking both for the headset and the controllers; The controllers are smaller and seem a mix between the Oculus Touch and the WMR 1 controllers. HP and Microsoft have a long track in offering enterprise hardware, so this headset may battle HTC on his own land (B2B). Oculus Link 2 could be tetherless.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Meta Oculus and Aptiv. Turning to the Leadership Network, and leveraging the power of Oculus for Business, Aptiv achieved phenomenal results. With the Oculus Quest headset, Aptiv has been able to reduce in-person training times significantly, with most courses now only taking between 4 hours and 2 days.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has a very interesting working story, having worked for great companies like Microsoft and Fast Company. In the interview with me, he talked about many topics, like the rumors he heard on Apple Glasses, on the Oculus Quest 2 , the America vs China war, XR entrepreneurship, Tesla, and more! PRNewsfoto/BadVR).

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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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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

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I’ve just had my first day in Nanchang, China. I’m here to attend the WCVRI , a very big event about Virtual Reality in China, where I am exhibiting HitMotion: Reloaded , the mixed reality fitness game of my agency New Technology Walkers ( contact us if you need some VR development!). Is it really important? And… how is Nanchang?

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 7, 2019

You know that I’m very interested in the Chinese market… and in China, with WeChat you can do almost everything. Well, if you are in a company that wants to make marketing in China, WeChat is maybe the most important marketing channel that you can exploit. Microsoft is shipping Azure Kinect. Oculus Summer Sale has arrived!

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

It is some kind of magic. Me trying the Realmax glasses in Nanchang, China… am I not supercool? This is a simpler mechanism than the waveguides employed by Microsoft HoloLens 2 or by Magic Leap, and while it may provide a bit less immersive holograms, it is the only way to provide affordable wide-FOV glasses at the moment.

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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

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Keep in mind that Magic Leap One has a diagonal FOV of 50° and you realize why the word “only” is between quotes. The hand tracking was fabulous as always thanks to Leap Motion and its Orion tracking. Probably Shadow Creator took inspiration from Microsoft device when designing it. Side view of the device.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

This shows the growing trend of European companies to try to create a new technological hub that can compete with the US and China for this new tech revolution. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap has sold units of its first device for $550. The Metaverse hype is growing strong also in China. Other news.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). I expect the smartglasses from Facebook, first of all, to be Facebook-branded (so, goodbye Oculus), to be very stylish (remember that Luxottica is the leading company for glasses and sunglasses), and to be able to connect to the smartphone without a tether. Sounded good.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

NOLO and Arpara brings new headsets from China. It doesn’t seem to be on par with the Oculus Quest 2, but as a first device by Nolo, it is not that bad. What surprised me more is the launch of the Arpara VR , a headset from a company I had never heard of before, not even in my travels to China. Other relevant news.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Image courtesy ‘WalkingCat’ The AR glasses appear to be tethered on the left temple, suggesting it could have a dedicated compute unit that users can pocket, such as Magic Leap 1. Before their official announcements, the user revealed Oculus Quest 2 , HP Reverb G2 and HoloLens 2.

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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. I finally — finally, after a year and a half — I got to try out the Magic Leap in Laval, and it was a good experience. And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void. Alan: What do you try it?

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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. I finally — finally, after a year and a half — I got to try out the Magic Leap in Laval, and it was a good experience. And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void. Alan: What do you try it?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

There is no point if you have face tracking and it doesn’t work well… and the positional tracking alone is very difficult to provide well even for established companies (only Oculus’s one is very fluid) In the video they say confusing things like “R&D is cheap now” (really? Then why Magic Leap hasn’t delivered a solid product with 2B?)

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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. I finally -- finally, after a year and a half -- I got to try out the Magic Leap in Laval, and it was a good experience. And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void. A lot of companies focusing on it.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 31, 2016

At this year’s IMMERSE Summit , Road to VR sat down with Matt McIlwain , managing director at Madrona Venture Group (investor in Envelop VR and Pixvana ), and Patrick Eggen , managing director at Qualcomm Ventures (investor in Owlchemy Labs and Magic Leap ), to discuss their investing strategies when it comes to virtual and augmented reality.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

At Tilt Five, we designed a really clever system that only works on tabletop experiences but it has features that are just leaps and bounds above what the big Magic Leap or HoloLens type AR systems are. If a family can afford spending the money for 4 Magic Leap Ones, they can play this board game together (Image by Road To VR).

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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

JULY 28, 2019

He claims that the headsets and controllers have a “Made in China” tag, and this makes me think that Valve has now some Chinese partner that is actually manufacturing the most critical devices of the Index bundle, and this could easily explain their ability to ramp up the production…. Oculus Quest and controllers (Image by Oculus).

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

They just did a study recently — I’ll have to put it in the show notes — but they did a study of 3,000 youth in the US and China. And in China, the number one job was astronaut. Björn: And also, China used to be the workbench of the world 20 years ago; everybody was proud and rising up to get a good job.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

They just did a study recently — I’ll have to put it in the show notes — but they did a study of 3,000 youth in the US and China. And in China, the number one job was astronaut. Björn: And also, China used to be the workbench of the world 20 years ago; everybody was proud and rising up to get a good job.

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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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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

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. I’d say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. Or it’s going to take some more time?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. I’d say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. So they’re… [chuckles].

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. I'd say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. So they're. Or it's going to take some more time?

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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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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

of content development and strategic partnerships for the worldwide business development for Microsoft Studios. I am always saying — and I learned this really well at Microsoft, and worked at XBox — that we were developing the Kinect camera. You can do it with an Oculus Quest. Welcome, Jenna. Jenna: Oh, yeah?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

of content development and strategic partnerships for the worldwide business development for Microsoft Studios. I am always saying — and I learned this really well at Microsoft, and worked at XBox — that we were developing the Kinect camera. You can do it with an Oculus Quest. Welcome, Jenna. Jenna: Oh, yeah?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

of content development and strategic partnerships for the worldwide business development for Microsoft Studios. I am always saying -- and I learned this really well at Microsoft, and worked at XBox -- that we were developing the Kinect camera. You can do it with an Oculus Quest. Welcome, Jenna. I asked him how much it cost.

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