The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Thanks to the support of HTC, Rob is experimenting with Vive Trackers , and is very eager to tell you everything about his experiments with them, in a series of two very detailed posts. The post finishes also with the little surprise of an interview with HTC’s Shen Ye. HTC Vive Trackers (Image by Rob Cole). Introduction.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

HTC announced a new product out of left field here at Mobile World Congress (MWC) this week, the 5G Hub mobile hotspot that includes a media streaming device, a digital assistant, and Internet access point for up to 20 concurrent devices.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Disclaimer: HTC provided three of their Vive Tracker 3.0 What is an HTC Vive Tracker? Whilst the first part of this article looked at the history of the HTC Vive Tracker and its three different versions, the second part will focus on some practical experiments with the latest HTC Vive Tracker 3.0. HTC Vive Tracker 3.0

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2024

I had some wonderful ideas of Mixed Reality applications I would like to prototype, but most of them are impossible to do in this moment because of a decision that almost all VR/MR headset manufacturers have taken: preventing developers from accessing camera data. Besides, at that time, AI was already there, but not growing as fast as today.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Its software toolkit Spatial Stories allows developers, designers or anyone without coding knowledge to build fully interactive XR content quickly and efficiently within an immersive environment, then export it to various platforms. Apelab seeks to democratize content creation for VR/AR.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Introduction Following my first article earlier this year, Pimax’s Crystal has pleasantly surprised me with a series of software updates that activated new hardware features , whilst bringing quality-of-life improvements to headset connection and tracking. If you want to read his previous post, you can find it here.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Global tech giants such as NVIDIA, Lenovo, Unity, Epic Games, HTC VIVE, and others have already entered the metaverse space race. Conversely, enterprise solutions are designed at scale to accommodate an immense number of use cases and bespoke data sets. With the increase of data traffic, data security will also take precedence.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

On the technological side, it seems all is set to start using cloud rendering, but the big problem of the latency from the nearest server remains; VRSS (Variable Rate SuperSampling) v2 has been announced. HTC is going to launch its headset on May, 11th. HTC is keeping rising the hype for its new upcoming headset.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 20, 2023

Their stellar use of car sensory data has developed a next-generational XR entertainment powerhouse for all ages, and all vehicles. In the interview, we discuss the Munich-based firm’s end-user insights with Audi and HTC VIVE and trends in automotive XR. In terms of software development, we split up based on our competencies.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 2, 2017

On top of that, the company is claiming SteamVR ‘compatibility’ through remote play via Riftcat’s VRidge software, all with an expected launch price of $99. Right now there are no mobile VR headsets with positional tracking and therefore no software built to utilise this.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Edge computing is revolutionizing how tech companies handle, process, and transfer data worldwide. This has major implications for the metaverse , which involves high-volume data processing at low-latency speeds. It has major use cases in data-heavy applications such as the Internet of Things (IoT). Reduced latency.

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Road to VR

MARCH 24, 2017

Today’s most immersive virtual reality systems, like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, rely on a bothersome tether to send power and high fidelity imagery to the headset at low latency. But everyone agrees a dangling cable is not only annoying, it’s an immersion detractor. 264 or similar chip solutions.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 27, 2017

The TPCast wireless solution for the HTC Vive virtual reality headset is expanding its slate of products to include a multi-user device. This feed is sent to a receiver that relays the data into a PC and then back to the headset across the same channels. ” The TPCast receivers mounted to the ceiling.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

And they’ll be powered by new GPUs and graphics software that will be almost unrecognizably different from today’s technology. All of this innovation points to a new way of interacting with computers, and this will require not just a new devices or software but an entirely new system for VR. Understanding the Pipeline.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Australian startup Immersive Robotics are poised to deliver what they claim is a truly universal wireless solution for PC VR headsets that delivers tether-free virtual reality with minimal compromises in quality and extremely low latency. Most of all there is no visible degradation to what the user normally sees with the cables.”

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Road to VR

JUNE 15, 2017

Our hands-on with their reference device revealed a robust solution with impressive quality and unnoticeable latency. For VR, the company is developing what it calls DisplayLink XR, and it’s developed a wireless VR reference device for the HTC Vive to show what it can do. Photo by Road to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

A final stats: AR/MR headset hardware and consumer software are set to earn a combined $6.7B Anyway, many people have called b t on this data, and among these people, there is sir Palmer Luckey. So, take SuperData’s data with a grain of salt. Amazon promises “single-digit latency” XR streaming.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 28, 2023

Luckily, one my of Chinese contacts managed to fix the problem by making me install on my computer some software that did the trick. But then I started having at another problem: I was downloading stuff at 100Kb/s … and I had to download something like 200MB of data. Plus the runtime still can’t load my avatar in the home.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 30, 2017

To do that, you want professional software. Currently the Oculus Rift is the only headset to support the former, while the HTC Vive and OSVR both support DX11. VRScore is primarily concerned with finding the framerate and latency you’ll experience when using a VR headset. The video below guides you through setting it up.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2020

And within those, people will want to do many of the same things they do on the web, but in 3D: view images, read text, look at visualizations of data, and listen to audio. Mozilla Hubs instead is not usually much considered by people, that still seem to prefer VRChat, Altspace or similar software. What is the reason in your opinion?

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

See Also: Redefining the Future of Location-Based Entertainment With HTC VIVE Focus 3 and The Park Playground “Virtual reality is often perceived as being limited to the world of gaming. He adds that one of the main causes of motion sickness in VR experiences is poor latency.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2022

It has become one of the headset manufacturers with the biggest worldwide market, and the market leader (together with HTC) in the B2B virtual reality sector. There has been much rework on the software and on the operational sides , instead: Pico was a headset for companies, with an enterprise store. Good luck, Pico!

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VRGuy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Created by Sensics and Razer, OSVR includes two independent components: 1) the OSVR software platform and 2) the open-source Hacker Development Kit VR headset. Concurrent with the expansion of the OSVR community, the capabilities of the software platform have grown by leaps and bounds.

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Road to VR

APRIL 2, 2018

Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 845 VRDK , a VR headset reference design for hardware and software developers, is now offering 6DOF controller input with ultrasonic tracking. Image courtesy Qualcomm.

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ARVR

JULY 29, 2021

The end-user simply needs to use the web browser to start viewing VR / AR content without installing any additional software. On the other hand, developers only have to write the code once and it will work on all devices (Oculus, Vive, HTC, Google Cardboard, etc.) Trending AR VR Articles: 1.How

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 6, 2023

Following the release of the Meta Quest Pro, HTC VIVE XR Elite, and Pico 4 Enterprise, the firm’s massive windfall in hardware options has empowered its clients with expansive support. Buyers can expect hi-fidelity catadioptric lenses, full-colour passthrough, and high-grade security to safeguard personal data.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2017

This week we learned that there was indeed something to all that hiring, as Google has announced new ‘standalone’ headsets coming to the Daydream platform , fully self-contained VR devices, the first of which will come from HTC and Lenovo. Core to the discussion was the new ‘standalone’ VR headsets coming to Daydream.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The Chinese VR ecosystem is very active and it is evolving pretty fast: this summer I have been in China and I met some cool startups that are working on software (e.g. If I remember well, some company in China was already experimenting on cloud rendering for the HTC Vive, so users could spare buying a VR-ready PC.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2023

NVIDIA announced on Tuesday at the SIGGRAPH 2023 it had expanded its CloudXR software developer kit (SDK) to deliver more scalable, customisable extended reality (XR) experiences for enterprises and developers. CloudXR Suite will leverage NVIDIA’s RTS graphical processing units (GPUs) and virtual workstation (vWS) software.

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Doc-Ok

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Now that Vrui is working on the HTC Vive (at least until the next SteamVR update breaks ABI again), I can finally go back and give Vrui-based applications some tender loving care. First up is 3D Visualizer , an application to visualize and, more importantly, visually analyze three-dimensional volumetric data sets (see Figure 1).

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

So, let’s look at the facts, the numbers and the data. Manufacturers are holding sales numbers close to their chest, and there isn’t much to ascertain from consumer data. Here’s some market data that does exist, all of which is relevant to 2016: According to Develop , 80% of consumers are unaware of VR.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The nice thing about the work on the Crystal updates on the software and firmware sides is almost all of it applies to the 12K.” These new features would include eye-tracking, dynamic foveated rendering, IPD auto-adjustment, and stand-alone mod e: these will be enabled through future software updates.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 6, 2018

It’s been two years and four months since the leading PC VR headsets, the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, hit shelves. OpenXR is a broadly supported initiative to create an industry standard method of interfacing between VR headsets and software. data channel for on-board cameras, and up to 27 watts of power.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 30, 2023

Users can provide natural text prompts and sketches to input data on the forum. The cross-platform tool allows developers to develop gaming solutions with zero latency and costs. Apple has launched its VisionOS software development kit (SDK), which will power its upcoming Vision Pro MR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

For sure, Facebook will repeat a bazillion times that they care about privacy and I think that in the beginning, this will be mostly true: we have seen with Oculus how Facebook takes its time and boils its users slowly like the famous frog, adding over time features to get more data for targeted ads.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 9, 2020

The only other real device in the product category currently is HTC Vive Focus Plus , which hasn’t presented much competition for Quest in the West. I didn’t get a chance to put it through the ringer with something like Beat Saber (an easy benchmark for latency and accuracy), but it felt more than acceptable throughout.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

This week has been the week of the Oculus Connect 6 , the biggest yearly event by Oculus where the VR company announces all its most important news, both on hardware and software sides. It is a software solution that lets you connect your Oculus Quest to the PC so that you can “transform” your Oculus Quest into a PC VR headset.

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