Road to VR

MAY 25, 2018

.” Standalone headsets have largely made use of SoCs originally designed for smartphones, including the Snapdragon 835 chipset, which services a number of the latest and penultimate-gen flagship smartphones including Samsung’s Galaxy S8, Google Pixel 2, and HTC U11. image courtesy Qualcomm.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2023

What is most impressive are the capabilities of the display and in particular the pixel density: 58 pixels per degree, which is close to retina vision (for reference, Meta Quest Pro has a PPD of 22, while Varjo XR-3 has 70). HTC has made its moves at MWC, too. The 1200 nits of the display also make sure the visuals are very bright.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. with Xiaomi, Oppo, Samsung, etc…) to convince hardware manufacturers to create headsets powered by Android XR.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

HTC has revealed the design of the Vive Cosmos. HTC has finally unveiled some information on the Vive Cosmos. HTC has told in the past that this is a headset more consumer-oriented , but Sebastian Ang of Mixed Reality TV has reported that, according to a reliable source, the price will be 899. Top news of the week.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 4, 2024

The chipset also helps boost consumer and enterprise-grade XR use cases on headsets and smartglasses by leveraging partnerships with Samsung, Google, Tobii, and Goertek to provide visual clarity for gaming and productivity applications. Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2: What’s New?

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2016

We also see Google’s new VR controller reference design in action, which allows gesture-based interactions within the virtual world. Samsung, HTC, LG, and More Bringing ‘Daydream Ready’ VR Phones to Android. More on Daydream / Android VR: Google Announce ‘Daydream’ a VR Platform for Android N.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

I speculate on this for the following reasons: Valve has not announced a standalone headset yet while customizing the Qualcomm reference designs would be “easy” for it. Magic Leap 2 has inside-out tracked controllers. During a presentation, Magic Leap has unveiled some more features about its headset and controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

The controllers had already been unveiled, but at CES we discovered their name: “PlayStation VR2 Sense Controllers” No words have been said about the release date (that will be this year, by the way) and the price. Controllers specifications. Further references. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Samsung’s 2023 Unpacked event was all about the company’s Galaxy S23 hardware, although at the end of its hour-long presentation the South Korean tech giant announced it was working with Qualcomm and Google to develop an XR device. Samsung was one of the first truly massive tech companies to develop VR hardware.

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AllThingsVR

MAY 19, 2016

Google Daydream Reference Design | Image credit: Google What you see above isn’t a VR headset Google plans to release directly. Instead, they’ve engineered a reference design that can be adopted and improved upon by anyone. Alongside it, a controller that looks very familiar. The major difference?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

Mister President launching the Vive Focus (Image by HTC). Samsung has also teased to be interested in releasing a new AR/VR standalone device. That’s why the other companies, like HTC and Pico, have decided to aim at the enterprise market. Oculus Quest and controllers inside a stand. Mobile headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

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. The upwards-oriented ring part feels heavier and so the controller always tends to “fall” on that part.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

” review of standalone headsets (you can find in other posts the ones related to Oculus Go and HTC Vive Focus ). it is bigger than the Oculus Go but smaller than the massive HTC Vive Focus. Right view: here you control the audio of your experience. The controller. This is how you control all the applications.

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VRScout

JULY 18, 2017

Medium is free for owners of Oculus’s excellent Touch controllers, and they also released a few new tools like reference meshes. MIXED REALITY ON THE IPAD THANKS TO ARKIT AND HTC VIVE. It would be even more exciting if you and your friend could alter each other’s art, but I guess we’ll just have to wait for that feature.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The price is $599, but to work the glasses should be tethered to a smartphone from Samsung or OnePlus, so the overall price of the whole system is well beyond $1000. Image by HTC). It’s not been a happy week for Megadodo Simulations (usually referred to as “Deca”), the company behind the Decagear. News worth a mention.

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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 2, 2019

Well, during 2018, Leap Motion has announced the North Star reference design : a cheap augmented reality connected to PC, that is able to detect your hands very well thanks to Leap Motion’s sensor. During 2019 we will also see support for two controllers of the headset. Leap Motion. Please, AR ecosystem, surprise me!

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 30, 2021

Someone compared this news to the acquisition of Oculus by Facebook , and I agree: Pico is a very smart startup, like Oculus was, and Bytedance is a very rich company that controls one of the most popular social networks, like Facebook. Snapchat is so planning to compete with similar products like Google Lens or Samsung Bixby.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

HTC has sold an estimated 100k Vives. Samsung Gear VR expected 3.5 Many currently refer to virtual reality content creation as the “wild west” since anything goes. Using controller to walk or look around. Using 1-to-1 motion controls. Gen Z is the the most passionate segment in VR. VR Consumption, 2016.

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InstaVR

JULY 8, 2019

For authoring, you can refer to our authoring & publishing guide for iOS. Samsung Gear VR. Each Gear VR compatible Samsung phone has its own specific.osig file that is generated by inputing the Device ID to a page on the Oculus site. HTC Vive & Oculus Rift (PRO only). The steps required are same as the Oculus Go.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

It will also feature new controllers. This would also serve to fight Samsung, that is working on an AR/VR standalone headset ; Smartphone-connected AR/MR glasses : thanks to the new Qualcomm Snapdragon reference design, is quite easy to design light AR headsets that connect to your phone, like nReal.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

But, we do know that the Santa Cruz features four ultra-wide cameras on the leading edges that perform the inside-out positional tracking, as well as tracking the 6DOF controllers. Samsung Gear VR ($129.99). However, Samsung Gear VR has an easy-to-use touch pad and is quite light-weighted, so you can play and watch more comfortably.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

The HTC Vive is arguably the best out there, but having to buy a souped-up laptop just to run it, paying full price for brief games that feel more like demos, and trailing a huge cable off your head and fumbling to mount trackers on your ceiling…it’s not ideal. Control options. Our future VR setups won’t need controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

Truly next-gen VR (featuring a fantastic display and very wide FOV, varifocal resolution, eye tracking, haptics controllers, etc…) will take many years to realize. If you think about it, in the last period, the great years that we remember for headsets are 2016 (Rift CV1, HTC Vive) and 2019 (Oculus Quest, Valve Index).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

We were the first ones using pass through on the HTC Vive , using a portal to get in your scenario, we were the first ones with hand tracking on VR headsets where you could flip switches, turn knobs, and push buttons in a VR world overlay. It’s like creating your startup within a company. An Innovation center. No headphones were used.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 28, 2020

This article looks at some of the different modifications I’ve experimented with during the past year to improve the fit of my Index headset, Index controllers and Index ear speakers, as part of what I like to call my Re-Index project. . I lost about 1/3 rd of the past year waiting on replacement parts.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2018

And so here we are again: Oculus vs HTC, America vs China, Hugo Barra vs Alvin Wang Graylin. HTC has also been smart because every time someone says “Focus” during some VR event, he’s doing some hidden advertisement for its product. Oculus Quest and controllers inside a stand (Image by Ars Technica).

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VRScout

JANUARY 25, 2018

While HTC made a splash unveiling an upgraded Vive Pro off site, the big trend on the show floor was standalone VR headsets with “inside-out” tracking. Inside-out tracking combines a VR headset with outward facing cameras that let a computer see the environment, and in some cases, your hand controllers around you.

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VRScout

MAY 22, 2019

With the launch of the latest Windows Mixed Reality headset, the HP Reverb, the company hopes to step up its usual offerings with a significantly more powerful PC VR headset capable of competing directly with higher-end devices, such as the HTC Vive Pro. THE CONTROLS. In terms of comfort, the controllers are a disappointment.

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Road to VR

APRIL 30, 2018

In this article we compare three standalone VR devices which will be available worldwide this year: the Oculus Go, Lenovo Mirage Solo, and HTC Vive Focus. For owners of a compatible Samsung smartphone, the Gear VR shell remains the best value proposition, but for everyone else, the Go will be the cheapest way to access Gear VR content.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Anyone that has used mobile VR knows that controllers are nice, but unless you can ‘see’ your hands and interact with your surroundings with your hands, the immersion is lost. These three announcements are very closely intertwined and show where mobile VR and more specifically standalone VR is going.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Besides coming from the big names in tech, Microsoft’s line of VR headsets have the ability to hook into the OpenVR API and play a large selection of room-scale games found on Steam, the same you’d play with Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, making it an incredible opportunity for anyone looking for the cheapest entry point into PC VR.

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Road to VR

JULY 27, 2017

You’ll of course need a VR headset and controller to go along with your new phone though, but for now there’s only a few choices on the market despite Google sharing the reference design with other OEMs, leaving you with the Google-produced Daydream View ($79) and the slightly cheaper BoboVR Z5 to choose from.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

So you basically control the content. And I think it's a really interesting point, because many VR users tend to buy VR to play games, including Steam or Oculus or HTC Vive. I've seen some of the-- Huawei come up with a pair of glasses and Samsung, they're all kind of teasing at these. Alan: That's pretty awesome.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

So you basically control the content. And I think it's a really interesting point, because many VR users tend to buy VR to play games, including Steam or Oculus or HTC Vive. I've seen some of the-- Huawei come up with a pair of glasses and Samsung, they're all kind of teasing at these. Alan: That's pretty awesome.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

Last year we had nReal showing us that AR can be trendy, and HTC making us dream with the Vive Cosmos. Yes, the biggest companies were not there with a booth (Oculus will probably target the OC6, HTC the VEC, etc…), but it is the first time that I read the XR news from CES and I dont’ remain surprised.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Setting them apart from other PC VR headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, Windows VR headsets (confusingly named “Mixed Reality”) include inside-out tracking thanks to the on-board vision processing sensors, meaning there’s no need for external sensors or base stations—a truly ‘plug and play’ experience.

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