The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2023

To keep the price this low, the headse t will ship without controllers, it will feature Fresnel lenses and black/white passthrough. More info — Use Google Translate! More info Samsung Galaxy Ring may have been delayed Samsung Galaxy Ring, t he smart ring that could also be used to interact with Samsung XR glasses, has been delayed.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2023

Whether or not to include controllers to support legacy VR titles. Unity engine support is promised but with no plans for motion control support, Apple has cut out any possibility of porting most of the existing or future VR catalog to its platform. No doubt (and if rumors are true) there were many debates at Apple HQ about VR.

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Road to VR

APRIL 20, 2018

You cannot rely on Google Play Services (e.g. Google Firebase, Google Cloud Messaging, etc), or third-party libraries that depend on Google Play Services (e.g. If your app displays a visible controller, you should change the model displayed depending on whether you are running on Gear VR or Oculus Go. or later.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

This year alone, we’ve seen major announcements from Google and Firefox , as well as the continued growth of independent WebVR communities, such as JanusVR: This is just the beginning; there will be much, much more from here. Google , Oculus and Samsung Internet also published their WebVR and open-source developer resources. .

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

You can access it at this link: [link] ) Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft kills Windows Mixed Reality Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on the Windows Mixed Reality platform , the one of the WMR headsets by Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung which were the first to introduce inside-out tracking in the VR ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

Inside, the content has no special arrangement : there is just the headset, plus a little box that contains some accessories: an instructions book, the charger, USB-C cable, earphones, a marvelously useless warranty & safety little book and of course the controller. Right view: here you control the audio of your experience.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2017

Also noteworthy: Final Cut Pro X will be able to support 360 video editing, Unity and Unreal now have VR support for Macs, and SteamVR is coming to Mac… and although there was a sweet on-stage mixed reality demo using Star Wars assets and an HTC Vive, there was no mention of support for Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 20, 2021

Then they slowly kicked away all the previous executives from Oculus and took control of the company. On the web, Google has similar behaviors. And this also thanks to the non-mandatory but very-much-advised Google login on Android phones. Do you remember the leaked letter written by Zuckerberg when he wanted to acquire Unity?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Some of its features are: 2,160 × 2,160 resolution per eye 90Hz framerate 4-cameras inside-out tracking (like the Quest) Touch-like controllers with Knuckles-like finger-sensing Face tracking Hips tracking (for better orientation in games) Integration with SteamVR games Wireless add-on. So this is a market we should all keep an eye on.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Pimax Portal is a handheld console with detachable controllers , exactly like the Switch. The console can also be inserted in a special case (a much improved version of Google Daydream View) to become a VR headset. The controllers can slip into a plastic shell with tracking rings. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

I think that the upcoming release of Quest 3, and the increasing rumors about Samsung are going to improve our situation even more. There will be a new launcher, improved graphics, improved in-game camera, production-ready Unity SDK for the creators, improved full-body VR, and much more. Let’s all hope so.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

It’s a pretty bold step by the company to do for China what Google is trying to do for the West with Daydream, and it seems the scale is much larger in scope given the number of partners already on board and the types of headsets capable of entry. SEE ALSO HTC Scraps Plans to Bring Daydream-based Vive Focus to Western Markets.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The New York Times distributes more than 1 million Google Cardboard phone VR viewers to subscribers with the launch of The Displaced , a 360-degree video project focusing on children driven from their homes by war. Eye-tracking startup Eyefluence, which raises $14 million this month, is acquired about a year later by Google.

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2018

Equipped with custom-designed suits that integrate a complex light system with unique wireless controllers, Light Balance blends expert synchronization of music, neon lighting and choreography with breathtaking performances. Attendees can sign up for Circuit Stream’s workshops when they register for VRLA.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Image by Samsung). Anyway, officially, both Samsung and Oculus have continued at least to support it. But at the presentation of the latest Samsung Note 10, for the first time after the Note 4, Samsung has dropped support for Gear VR in its latest flagship device. And Samsung is not abandoning XR for sure.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

It seems that Mark is still working on that vision, so that in the end, Facebook will be able to do on its devices whatever it wants, without compromises and without control. A company of this kind, with full control and no restrictions, could do great things on the tech side, but very bad things on the privacy side.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Alon Or-bach (Samsung Electronics), Kaye Mason (Google). It’s not often you get both Oculus and Valve together days, let alone Google and Samsung, with bonus helpings of Epic Games, Owlchemy Labs, and Sensics. Stefan Walker (Google), Luca Prasso (Google). Alex Lee (Google). Liz Mercuri (Unity).

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 31, 2016

While VR video portals like Jaunt , Littlstar , Samsung VR , and others offer a single destination from which to stream many different 360 and VR videos, another popular way to distribute VR video has been as a standalone app, offering more complete control over the experience by the creator.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Since 2011, they’ve released over a dozen successful mobile games on iTunes and Google Play, but HOVR for Gear VR is their first foray into virtual reality. The transition to VR development turned out to be quite smooth, since Game Cooks was already working with the Unity engine on their previous mobile titles.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Since 2011 they’ve released over a dozen successful mobile games on iTunes and Google Play, but HOVR for Gear VR is their first foray into virtual reality. The transition to VR development turned out to be quite smooth, since Game Cooks was already working with the Unity engine on their previous mobile titles.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

Samsung has also teased to be interested in releasing a new AR/VR standalone device. Oculus Quest and controllers inside a stand. The only exception to this rule seems to be the Samsung Odyssey+, that offers features somewhat comparable to the ones of the Vive Pro, but costs only $500. You just turn them on and they work.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

And to be clear, I used it in a real home, not a carefully controlled demo environment or a well-lit studio. In the Shared Space where rendering is controlled by Apple it mostly just works, though very occasionally you’ll see minor visual artifacts in the periphery. And Apple did not send UploadVR a review unit, we bought our own.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

This was a bit the philosophy of Google Daydream View, that was the first headset employing this kind of materials. I admit I am not a huge fan of Oculus Quest comfort , both of the headset and the controllers. Controllers. The new Touch controllers are in my opinion the worst part about the whole Oculus Quest system.

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Cats and VR

MAY 1, 2017

Award-winning independent game studio HappyGiant and Tippett Studio today announced their ground-breaking augmented reality game HoloGrid: Monster Battle has made the transition to virtual reality , and is coming out on the next-generation Samsung Gear VR. USD (regularly $4.99

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Microsoft has this great patent portfolio and it would be great to take that amazing secret sauce of the HoloLens and license it out to their existing OEM partners like Dell or Samsung.”. Object Theory are the oldest Mixed Reality company around, having launched in June 2015, before the HoloLens had even started shipping Click To Tweet.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

Feature comparison between ARCore, ARKit and the Unity Handheld AR SDK (Image by Unity). During 2019 we will also see support for two controllers of the headset. Samsung itself has stated that it is very interested in developing a future headset that is able to deliver both AR and VR. Google Maps in AR).

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

The details are posted on GitHub , including assembly instructions, control software, and the code that stitches the images into seamless 360-degree content. Already supporting the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, and PSVR – Unity will now support Google Daydream. Google Omnitone Surround Sound Support.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Some will also feature tracked controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

The glasses are expected to run a new operating system, rOS (or reality OS), and Apple is exploring touch panels, voice activation, and head gestures as a means of control. I mean, all UE developers, we Unity developers felt like being in a party where everyone is making out and you’re just there sipping a coke.

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VRWorld

MAY 27, 2016

Just in time for E3 2016, WorldViz will bring support for Unreal Engine 4 and Unity 5 on most popular devices such as Google Daydream VR, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, and Sony PlayStation VR. With Virtual Reality – the need for three-dimensional controllers is greater than ever. meters i.e. 26,910 sq.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

Equipped with custom-designed suits that integrate a complex light system with unique wireless controllers, Light Balance blends expert synchronization of music, neon lighting and choreography with breathtaking performances. The Saturday keynote lineup also includes: Walt Disney Imagineering SVP Jon Snoddy.

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Road to VR

JULY 8, 2016

Apelab has developed a series of a Spatial Story platform on top of Unity in order to handle this type of gaze-triggered, interactive narrative. Emilie says that in some Unity scenes that there are over 150 different triggers and both subtle local agency flavorings of control, but also decisions that send you off into different scenes.

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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. The controller too is very comfortable and does its job very well. So, are you ready? Let’s start!

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 8, 2018

I’m very interested in this device, that’s why I dedicated various articles to it, like the tutorial on how to get started with Go on Unity , how to stream the headset content to an external screen and my comparison with the Vive Focus. The controller. The controller works with a standard AA 1.5V The headset.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The sentence in Chinese say something like: “explore the world, there are a lot of interesting things” I think it is some kind of word pun, since searching the last three characters on Google Translate, I actually found “Focused” as the translation and the device is the Vive Focus. Controllers. Thanks to Miss S.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). The Oculus Quest 2 and its controllers Quest coming to the market has been a milestone for the global VR industry.

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