The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

The Oculus Connect 6 is approaching. Next week, on 25th and 26th, Oculus will hold its main yearly event , and as always, it will talk about the milestones reached by the company and then it will show future hardware and software. What will Oculus announce? This is the homepage of Oculus website (Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest may have sold only 400,000 units. It seems that according to it, Oculus Quest , considered by many the first VR headset that can become mainstream, has sold only 180,000 units in Q3 of this year, for a total number of 400,000 units sold since launch. Top news of the week. More info.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

When the first consumer version of the Oculus Rift was launched in the spring, it was disappointingly bundled with a Microsoft Xbox controller – and we’ve eagerly been awaiting the native Touch Controllers. The Touch controllers feel like little magical half-doughnuts and are smooth and intuitive.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Magic Leap 2 has inside-out tracked controllers. During a presentation, Magic Leap has unveiled some more features about its headset and controllers. And one has surprised me: the controllers will feature inside-out tracking. More info (Magic Leap presentation) More info (Close up of the controllers).

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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. Oculus Go showcased. The Oculus Go (Image by Oculus). So, are you ready? Let’s start!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2021

Facebook has already launched the Quest 2 ; HTC hasn’t tweeted anything, so I expect it to not launch its Quest 2 competitor at this CES ; Nreal is still in the middle of its logistic problems; Samsung is silent; etc… I hope to be wrong, but I don’t think we’ll see any kind of disruptive XR headset at CES 2021. Compliments to FRL for that.

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Upload VR

JUNE 6, 2023

In 2014, Facebook acquired Oculus and planted a flag in virtual reality. Apple's announcement today is a very good validation of the overall XR/spatial computing sector," Magic Leap founder Rony Abovitz wrote to me. Meta Quest vs. Apple Vision In buying Oculus in 2014, Zuckerberg first put forth his quest for spatial computing.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Each camera will have at least four angles of the game that you can control. Just this week, Magic Leap announced the company’s first sports partnership with the NBA and Turner, to bring in what they are calling, “the next generation of sports viewing and interactivity.”. Tuesday, April 10 – Boston @ Washington.

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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. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2019

So, the idea is that you have your virtual reality headset plugged into your smartphone that becomes its processing unit , exactly as happens with the Lightpack of Magic Leap One , for instance. How does the Cosmos compare with the Oculus Quest? Oculus Quest and controllers (Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Image by Samsung). Everyone of us already knew that Gear VR was a platform almost abandoned when Oculus announced the Oculus Go. Anyway, officially, both Samsung and Oculus have continued at least to support it. This means that all new devices by Samsung won’t support Gear VR, that is so condemned to die.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

This trend will continue in 2021 : the new LiDAR sensor, which is rumored to be installed in all future iPhones, will for sure be copied also by Android phones (Samsung?) while we have seen the complicated life of Oculus hands-on booths at Best Buy. Some will also feature tracked controllers. Nu Eyes AR glasses.

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Upload VR

JUNE 9, 2023

Yes, Google might still be resurgent with Android, powered by Owlchemy's insights and Samsung's hardware , and other companies might surprise with a novel strategy too. Analog Concerns Oculus Rift prototype demo with Xbox controller, 2012. The first was in Irvine, California in 2012 trying a prototype of the Oculus Rift.

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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

JANUARY 14, 2020

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. In fact, also its controllers don’t look very sexy, but they are really ok for enterprise use. Pico Neo 2 controllers.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Additionally, founding the Upload Academy, a VR/AR developer training program, which graduated its first class in August with a number of success stories including Found – a gorgeous Miyazaki-esque narrative experience created by four of our students which was recently recognized on stage during the Oculus Connect Keynote. January 2016.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

Reading between the lines, he has confirmed the rumors but stated that Meta will still work hard to release its AR glasses with EMG-wrist device to control them. Rumors already talk about a new AR headset produced by Microsoft in collaboration with Samsung that should substitute it, but we have no sure info about it. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2018

The volume control on the left ear and the mute button on the right ear work very good and are pretty useful. Also, the controllers were the ones of Vive 1 and being used to my Oculus Touch , I felt back to the nineties. A zoom on the headphone with the mute button. Unluckily there were only SteamVR 1.0 HTC Vive 1.0

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Immersive Authority

JUNE 30, 2016

Samsung Gear VR, Google Cardboard and Oculus Rift are popular solutions that enable this form of immersive experience (in conjunction with a number of controllers and sensors). It’s the immersion of a user into a fully virtual environment, by means of a VR headset. This is one of the cons of the solution.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Or maybe a section of the floor itself serves as the treadmill, raised up as a platform that controls pitch, yaw, roll, and speed. For those who want to push immersion further, optional climate controls mirror environmental conditions (within a safe temperature range). Control options.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Despite the marked absence of Samsung, all the usual players were there. WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO: You hold Vive controllers in each hand, which allows varying degrees of interactivity. I imagine it will be viewable in others, but the full experience requires accurate spatial tracking and hand controllers. Dear Angelica.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

You’ve done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. Alan: I don’t know if you’ve tried to Magic Leap. The advantage that something like a Magic Leap or even an Oculus Quest has is that it’s tracking you with cameras. It was a MIDI controller. I assume you have.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

You’ve done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. Alan: I don’t know if you’ve tried to Magic Leap. The advantage that something like a Magic Leap or even an Oculus Quest has is that it’s tracking you with cameras. It was a MIDI controller. I assume you have.

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VeeR VR

MARCH 16, 2018

Facebook is launching the Oculus Go this year (hopefully) for an extremely low price of $200. According to John Carmack , Oculus CTO noted that the Oculus Go will perform "significantly better" than the Samsung Gear. Depending on the success of the Oculus Go will decide how the industry moves forward.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

You've done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. Alan: I don't know if you've tried to Magic Leap. The advantage that something like a Magic Leap or even an Oculus Quest has is that it's tracking you with cameras. It was a MIDI controller. What an amazing piece of technology.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

Samsung has started putting UWB chips into their devices but they don’t have the M1 chip sitting next to these things, so Samsung is way behind and, really, who will buy an entire house full of stuff from Samsung? But I hear it is years ahead of what Facebook is building in its Oculus Quest standalone VR headsets.

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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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

Beliaeff: If you look at the evolution of video games, they’re trying to control everything a person is experiencing. GB: Magic Leap is a big presence in the AR discussion. Outside of the sort of people in this room and in the games press, I don’t think most people know what Magic Leap is.

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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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Above: The Oculus Touch controls let you navigate independently with each hand in VR. Image Credit: Oculus. But recently both Google and Oculus have gotten behind it, and as a result we’re seeing accelerated adoption of web VR. Above: Samsung’s Gear 360 and Gear VR headset. Image Credit: Oculus VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 31, 2019

Alan: That, to me, is something that… at the very beginning when VR was kicking off, when Samsung did this huge presentation and they had hundreds — or probably a thousand headsets — all synchronized. Alan: So does it work with the Oculus Go? We actually have a pretty good relationship with the folks at Oculus.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 31, 2019

at the very beginning when VR was kicking off, when Samsung did this huge presentation and they had hundreds -- or probably a thousand headsets -- all synchronized. Alan: So does it work with the Oculus Go? We actually have a pretty good relationship with the folks at Oculus. So it makes it a very seamless experience.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 31, 2019

Alan: That, to me, is something that… at the very beginning when VR was kicking off, when Samsung did this huge presentation and they had hundreds — or probably a thousand headsets — all synchronized. Alan: So does it work with the Oculus Go? We actually have a pretty good relationship with the folks at Oculus.

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