The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

If you watch the video , you can see me say stupid things about XR… well, more or less as I do every day in my life… Have fun! In a video published on Facebook, he showed himself wearing the headset and let us also see what he was seeing inside , with some footage directly from his point of view. Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

APRIL 16, 2018

HTC has announced a new set of tools allowing developers to build applications which take advantage of the Vive Pro’s stereo front-facing cameras, effectively turning the device into an AR headset dev kit. The new tools allow the cameras to capture depth, spatial mapping data, hand input, and seamlessly shift between VR and AR worlds.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

If you prefer videos, WSJ’s Johanna Stern made a good one that is short, while if you want something more in-depth you should go for Marques Brownlee’s one. A special mention is deserved by Juno, which seems like a great app for watching YouTube videos. So now people can build content for the Vision Pro using the popular game engine.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

With much surprise for us all, HTC has just announced the Vive Focus Plus , its first full 6 DOF standalone headset! The Vive Focus Plus, in all its majesty (Image by HTC). Internal view of the Vive Focus Plus (Image by HTC). Do you want to know more? Well, you are in the right place. The Vive Focus Plus.

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ARPost

MARCH 26, 2020

The three-day event featured videos and special blog posts. Now it looks like HTC and VIVE are doing something similar. If you followed Facebook’s GDS, whether with Facebook, with us, or with someone else, you may be wondering why HTC has elected to live stream content. To not bother, catch the videos on VIVE’s YouTube later on.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 3, 2017

A toned-down version of the more intricate ZED long-range depth camera, the Mini attaches securely to the front of an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive headset and captures the real world in stereoscopic video via the camera’s two “eyes.” The device then maps the captured data in real-time in order to track its position within the 3D space.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 20, 2023

Although Meta is pushing multiplayer-ready immersive worlds for gaming and the future of work, firms like Pico, Decentraland, Engage, and HTC VIVE are all debuting Metaverse services to provide different use cases. Mover, popular VR gaming solutions from HTC VIVE and Valve attracted more consumers to the emerging space.

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JUNE 9, 2023

The device also hints at Metaverse support with Unity-native applications like Rec Room porting to the device. VIVE XR Elite Business Edition Drops More headset announcements this month, this time from HTC VIVE. This marks the beginning of a journey that will bring a new dimension to powerful personal technology.

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

THE STANDALONE MOBILE HEADSET THAT HTC IS KEEPING IN JAPAN. Remember, HTC is the Taiwanese-based hardware manufacturer and the HTC Vive Tech Corporation is a subsidiary that partners with American-based software company Valve for content via their huge Steam library. AIRLINES TESTING AUGMENTED REALITY TO READ YOUR EMOTIONS.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

And I’m also worried about using a Facebook account for everything XR related, because Facebook has a long history of obscure practices with the data of its users , apart from the standard “personalized ads” business. Facebook already had full control of my Oculus and Facebook accounts, so it had already my XR data.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

It just needs some adjustments in the final part and bug fixing; On this game have worked many people already involved with other Half-Life titles; More gameplay videos will be shared in these weeks; The team has worked hard to ensure that gamers could enjoy just hang around in the environment and explore them. News worth a mention.

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Igloo Core Engine users can interact with the rich XR data points through Christie projectors with added touch screens and floor projections. At ISE 2024, visitors to its exhibition hall could visit Igloo Vision’s booth and see its solution that augments work by immersing employees in a space that surrounds them with XR visualisations.

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Road to VR

JULY 23, 2018

Electronauts , the upcoming co-op music making game from Survios, is confirmed to be launching with support for mixed reality video through LIV, a tool for compositing yourself into VR for video streaming and capture. Liv also supports many Unity-based VR titles without direct integration from developers.

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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. Through the use of artificial intelligence, app developers can streamline how their program processes algorithms and data.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 28, 2023

While still in Italy, I verified that Microsoft Teams, Unity, and Github were accessible from China. And when I mean slow speed, I mean really potato quality… like 1 hour to upload a short Youtube video. Verify the most that you can before leaving, so that you can find solution in advance.

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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…). For example, we invited senior executives from HUAWEI, JBD, HTC, Alibaba, iQIYI, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and so on.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

During all these months, I had the occasion of reading on Linkedin about all his cool prototypes and enterprise solutions that he and his colleagues have developed inside the company, ranging from 360 videos to hand-tracked training solutions with the Quest, not to mention XR entertainment solutions for airplane passengers.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2018

HTC Vive Focus is one of the most famous standalone VR headsets. I have always been intrigued by this device, since the first time I’ve read about its reveal at an HTC event : I don’t know why, maybe because of the azure color that is my favorite, maybe because it looks so informal. It was funny. Upper view of the device.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Pico Neo 3 Pro Video Review. As usual, I have also created a video version of this article, and in it, I describe to you all the main features of this headset , from the visuals to the comfort, not to mention the headset and controllers’ tracking. If you are a video type, you can watch it here below. Full unboxing video!

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

At the 2017 Game Developers Conference this week the company will showcase interactive streaming of a game inside the HTC Vive. Genvid’s technology is already available in Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4, but a plug-in for Unity is also being released. This isn’t the only avenue of VR streaming being explored right now.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly live video show and podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst. A traveling showcase of digital and video works, Björk Digital started in Australia and it just debuted at London’s Somerset house. THE FAMOUS ICELANDIC ECCENTRIC EMBRACES VR.

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Road to VR

MARCH 21, 2018

Developer Neat Corporation has resurfaced with stealth action game Budget Cuts , due for release on May 16th for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. The Google Maps team has built an SDK that allows Google Maps geodata to be used in the Unity game engine. Hands-on with ‘Budget Cuts’. Image courtesy Neat Corp. There is a new “which box?”

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Road to VR

AUGUST 24, 2016

. “We built a quick prototype using one of HTC Vive’s controllers for camera tracking, Microsoft Kinect v2, a Kinect v2 plugin and Unity running on 2x machines,” says the team, who have demonstrated their work via the above YouTube video.

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ARVR

JULY 29, 2021

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.) Large amounts of data for viewing scenes can also exceed the limits of rendering. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.How How VR could bring transhumanism to the masses 2. ExpiCulture?

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

OCTOBER 31, 2023

He cited ARtillery data, highlighting how, in 2023, XR will become a “$38 billion” industry. Moreover, the collected data showcased how roughly 1.2bn users leverage AR/VR, and 606 million users leverage Metaverse services across 70 platforms – “so the Metaverse is not so dead after all,” Inbar remarked.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2018

Eye tracking is, in my opinion, a technology that will disrupt completely the VR ecosystem , exactly as room-scale did with the first HTC Vive. Have a look at this video that showcases all its functionalities: If you instead don’t want to see a cool video but want to read some specifications… here you are: Accuracy: < 0.5°.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

For sure you all know HADO: even if you don’t remember the name, you have for sure seen one of those viral video where people with an AR headset on the head throw fireballs each other. Software-wise, we use Unity, Vuforia, and OpenCV. The Vive Pro Eye just launched by HTC at CES (Image by HTC).

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ARPost

JULY 22, 2021

The VR Education and Training of the Year award is awarded to companies or individuals “who have demonstrated practical and innovative uses of VR in education and training” including through videos, gaming, and other approaches. Light&Shadows for “ Stipple ,” a point cloud editor plug-in for Unity. HTC for the VIVE Focus 3.

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

360VR videos and photos became a regular part of our social media feeds , billions of dollars invested in VR technology advancement, and a VR experience for everything from movie trailers, corporate training and Presidential farewells. HTC – Vive. Survios – Raw Data. The complete list of judges can be found here.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

This means having AR and VR on the same device ; A 5G modem ; 8K videos playback at 60fps; Accelerated AI so that to be able to perform objects recognition and other cool stuff on the camera feed. The only company not much affected by it is HTC, that manufacturers its headsets in Taiwan and not in Mainland China.

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ARPost

JUNE 3, 2022

Meskill also discussed Magic Leap’s plan for their AR cloud generated by both the sensors on the headset itself as well as using data collected from other connected devices. Demos on the AWE floor included more intimate recordings and video calls with loved ones, as well as a game built for 2D but ported in through a Unity SDK.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2. In the end, the rumors were correct and HTC launched two headsets at VIVECON: the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. But this device got also some criticism: first of all , HTC has not released new controllers and still sells it with the old Wands.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

But a new data mining revealed that new strings mentioning Iris have appeared in Android. Release date of Stride: Fates New gameplay video for Arizona: Sunshine 2 Rolling Stones pack for Beat Saber Trailer and Release date for Silent Slayer. SteamVR 2.0 is now live for everyone. I particularly liked it.

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Cats and VR

MARCH 26, 2018

Sure Oculus and HTC get articles written about them but that is mostly for the hardware side. Garnering acclaim for Raw Data, a VR game that was the first make 1 million dollars in sales, the team got the attention of MGM and is now moving faster at making VR HITS than any other VR development company in the space.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2021

This week has been pretty crazy: It all started with Facebook approving my silly The Unity Cube application (an application with just a cube) on App Lab. Image by HTC Vive). HTC is teasing a new headset. HTC is teasing a new piece of hardware again, and this time most probably it will be a VR headset. Not much, honestly.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

These are all great news for the ecosystem, but someone in the communities pointed out that we should beware of companies claiming vague data about sales without absolute numbers (for instance, it may also be that previous headsets sold worse than we thought). More info (Korean research on VR optics) More info (All videos of IEEE VR).

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