The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Then she has announced that in 1–2 months the startup will showcase the first prototypical version of the product in public live streams and in private demos to investors, customers, and partners. Oculus is selling refurbished Quest for $199. It is pretty cool, but the avatars are quite heavy , so not much suitable for VR.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

This has been a hectic week for the leaks on the upcoming new Oculus Quest Pro device. Marky Z hinted that the device should feature eye and face tracking, and recent findings in Oculus Quest 2 runtime confirm this. I also thank everyone of you that supported me in this journey! Top news of the week. Image from Imgur).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2022

Its latest headset, the Pico Neo 3 , was a very good Oculus Quest 2 clone , that also brought some innovations, like the DP Cable to connect it to the PC for a true PCVR experience. And for these reasons, Pico has been bought by Bytedance in 2021 … a move that many compared to the acquisition of Oculus by Facebook.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The timestamp on my next message to David Heaney on Slack is at 9:10 am as I was editing his article on Meta’s CTO shooting down the possibility of an official Quest 3 eye-tracking add-on. Following our demo of Banter, I asked Harris to explain his thoughts on how the app aims to do things better than existing platforms.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The devices that will be based on this reference design will have amazing specifications like: 2K x 2K display resolution per each eye ; Have up to 7 cameras used simultaneously, including the ones for tracking, mixed reality and eye-tracking; High-quality passthrough augmented reality with high resolution and framerate.

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2018

Magic Leap has launched the SDK for the device’s Lumin OS , with support for Unity and Unreal engines. Epic Games have detailed Unreal Engine’s support for the Magic Leap One Creator Edition on their blog, which confirms some significant hardware features of the device, including eye tracking, hand tracking, and room scanning.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

During the Chinese counterpart of the event, the V2EC, Vive has also announced two other interesting pieces of news: The 7Invensun Droolon F2, an eye-tracking add-on for the Vive Pro 2 and Vive Focus 3, coming soon for $299. PSVR2 may feature 4K display and eye tracking. Some intriguing news on the Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

He stresses that he wants his metaverse not to be like these ones… but I also have to remember you that currently, Oculus is the most closed VR platform. Oculus Quest 2 goes 128GB and MR. The Oculus Quest 2’s update pace is always impressive: every month we have new features to play with. Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2019

Maybe with eye tracking and some more screen resolution, it may have been. It is funny because the GTX 970 was the same minimum requirement of the Oculus CV1 , that is a headset that is far less demanding than the Index. Oculus Rift CV1 Headset. Image by Oculus). We can say that it is an improved Vive Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 5, 2023

The use of eye, hand, and voice interactions make the interface with the headset natural and easy to be learned. The genius part has been mixing eye tracking with hand micro-gestures. And the video trailer showed a guy playing with a gamepad and the Apple headset , like people playing with the Oculus CV1 at launch.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

Oculus Go showcased. The Oculus Go (Image by Oculus). At GDC, the Oculus Go has been one of the main characters. First of all, Oculus has showcased all its main technical characteristics : I advise you to read the post dedicated to that on Oculus blogs , where Chris Pruett introduces you to them.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The Vive Focus was most probably the best VR standalone on the market when Oculus last week announced what will be the first consumer 6DOF VR standalone headset. And so here we are again: Oculus vs HTC, America vs China, Hugo Barra vs Alvin Wang Graylin. And now the battle is on standalone headsets: Oculus Quest vs Vive Focus.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2021

As usual, I have also prepared a video review of NextMind, with a thorough analysis of its features, its SDK, and also a video showcasing to you all the technical demos that the company is offering together with the sensor. Think about it as an eye-tracking device that instead of looking into your eyes, reads inside your skull.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 11, 2020

This is a cool video of me unboxing the Nreal Light Devkit: I have to say that I loved unboxing this headset : while Nreal has not reached the mastery of packaging that Oculus has, it has done a great job: the external box is in a very elegant silver color, and the case of the glasses is small and beautiful.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

References found in the Oculus Quest 2 firmware by users Reggy04 and Basti564 highlight how the Quest 2 Pro should have: Eyes tracking Facial expressions tracking Eye relief knob Granular IPD adjustment External charging station. Top news of the week. Image by Facebook). Yes, you’ve read everything well.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

Me wearing the Oculus Quest. On the other side, PC gamers are appreciating the high-quality Valve Index (even if it has some reliability issues ), and casual gamers are loving the Oculus Quest. This year, I’m not going to make an exception, also because my predictions for 2019 performed pretty well.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2018

The typical development environment that they use is Unity, but if the customer requires Unreal because wants a better graphical quality, they can develop using UE4, too. He said that China is excellent for hardware manufacturing (even Oculus Go is manufactured in China!), Furthermore, they have worked with great Chinese customers.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. I think I even tried to get an interview with John Carmack, like, the day after he did a demo at E3. The next day, he was gone. And that was with controllers.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. I think I even tried to get an interview with John Carmack, like, the day after he did a demo at E3. The next day, he was gone. And that was with controllers.

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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. I guess nReal will experiment with eye-tracking for a new version of the headset, maybe targeted at the enterprise market.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

So we would require many public demos about it… but well, there is a pandemic and so people can go out less, and even if they go out, it’s not safe wearing the headset that others have worn in a demo booth. But we all know that this is not enough: VR must be tried to be understood (and sold).

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys -- Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. I think I even tried to get an interview with John Carmack, like, the day after he did a demo at E3. The next day, he was gone. So I was on the hunt kind of early.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. I think I even tried to get an interview with John Carmack, like, the day after he did a demo at E3. The next day, he was gone. And that was with controllers.

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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. Meta Quest 3 (left) and Apple Vision Pro (right) We once asked Oculus executive Jason Rubin whether his company was considering a tethered compute model. And Apple did not send UploadVR a review unit, we bought our own.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 9, 2021

I’m overly happy to announce to you that today we of New Technology Walkers have launched our VR fitness game HitMotion: Reloaded on Oculus App Lab ! Talking about the hardware, we have confirmation about the 2K x 2K per eye resolution and the eye-tracking used for foveated rendering. Is Oculus Quest killing PCVR?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Last week at a dedicated Vive X event, Chinese company 7Invensun has presented one of the most interesting eye tracking accessories to date. 7Invensun is one of the worldwide leaders for what concerns eye tracking. The two parts of the Droolon F1 eye tracking device (Image by 7Invensun).

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VRScout

MARCH 23, 2017

SVVR 2017 is less than a week away , and with an exciting roster of speakers and demos across all major industry verticals, with 100+ VR/AR companies represented, it’s slated to be a star-studded gathering of VR experts. Grab tickets to the Silicon Valley VR Expo, kicking off March 29-31. Enter: SVVR.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 12, 2021

For instance, in the box I’ve found a cleaning cloth for an Oculus device… and I don’t think it actually comes with a Microsoft HoloLens! The Achille’s heel of positional tracking is the light: if the room is completely dark, it doesn’t work anymore. Hands Tracking. Eye Tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

Last year, it was still called Oculus Gaming Showcase, and it featured important updates on games like Pistol Whip, The Climb 2, I Expect You To Die 2, and Resident Evil 4 VR. Ruth Bram, Executive Producer at Oculus Studios, will be the host of the show. Pico Neo 3 , Vive Focus 3 , Oculus Quest 2 ) only offer Wi-Fi connectivity.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller. We actually have one of their products in our office that we've created a demo for.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller. We actually have one of their products in our office that we've created a demo for.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller. We actually have one of their products in our office that we've created a demo for.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller. We actually have one of their products in our office that we've created a demo for.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

As it is tradition of this little blog, I will write a full round-up of the Oculus Connect 5 , the very important Oculus event that has been held in San Jose on 26th and 27th of September (2018). Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest has been the rockstar of this event. Specifications. There is also a 3.5mm jack for earphones.

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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. Oculus Link. You can even access to Oculus Home and Dash. Oculus Link will be available in beta in November 2019.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 28, 2020

Looxid Link is an accessory for VR headsets, compatible with HTC Vive/Vive Pro and Oculus Rift S, that enables brainwaves reading. Eye fixation + high attention level may mean selecting an object in a hands-free interface, for instance; You can create effective training experiences for people that undergo dangerous situations (e.g.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

Yeah, I just talked to Anand [Agarawala] — who’s the CEO of Spatial — and saw the demo and just did a whole breakdown of all what they’re doing with Spatial. And so with some of the demos that I’ve seen there were for people who were doing sales for say, medical equipment. Kent: Oh, cool. Alan: Yeah.

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