The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2020

I want to start this year and this decade (that will be pervaded by immersive technologies) with an amazing tutorial about how you can get started with Oculus Quest hands tracking SDK and create in Unity fantastic VR experiences with natural interactions! How to get started with Oculus Quest hands tracking SDK in Unity – Video Tutorial.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Developers wasted no time creating unique experiences that effectively showcased the potential of Oculus Passthrough technology. You can, for example, attach a virtual screen to a physical wall or navigate a virtual character with realistic occlusion throughout your real-world environment. Voice SDK will be powered by Facebook’s Wit.ai

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Road to VR

MAY 29, 2020

The update also added new features, examples, and documentation to the Alyx Workshop modding tools : Enabled the Postprocessing Editor ( Documentation ). Added “Custom Character” example addon ( Documentation ). Added example maps for: Blind Zombie (a.k.a. Visibility System ( Documentation ).

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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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Road to VR

APRIL 30, 2017

The short documentary is an emotionally powerful 360 degree video production, funded by Oculus’ VR for Good initiative. The film documents an exercise regularly run by Catherine Hoke, founder of Defy Ventures , who provide a six-month non-profit entrepreneurship program for inmates at over 20 prisons in the United States.

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Road to VR

MAY 6, 2020

The new Telepath system is available as of today in Waltz of the Wizard: Extended Edition , and Aldin says it will roll out Quest once Oculus allows developers to publish content which makes use of the headset’s hand-tracking capabilities. Image courtesy Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 19, 2021

For example, captions are provided on videos for people in the deaf and hard of hearing communities as well as those who may not be native speakers of a language. Can you give us some examples of good ones in this sense? Mozilla Hubs is one of the good accessibility example provided by Regine. You can find it here: [link].

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Oculus revealed its very own VR web browser, Carmel , back at Oculus Connect 3 in October. It contains an extensive set of samples to showcase what can be done with VR on the web, along with documentation to help developers get started making their own content. Tagged with: Carmel , oculus , webvr.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Sample Examples ? Documentation What is WebXR? ? WebXR is a JavaScript application programming interface (API) that enables applications to interact with augmented reality and virtual reality devices, such as the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard or Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), in a web browser.? Widget libraries ?

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Oculus Quest’s content library eclipsed 100 games and apps back at the end of August and continues to grow at a solid clip. Cas and Chary VR is a YouTube channel hosted by Netherland-based duo Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer who have been documenting their VR journeys since 2016. It is currently in development for Oculus Quest.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This Court must act to protect the citizens of the United States from this abusive and anticompetitive behavior," the document reads. You can click through the documents here on UploadVR, hear from Elijah above, and we will likely have updates as we learn more. Prencipe told UploadVR over text message. Andre Elijah v.

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VRScout

JULY 6, 2019

Using the Oculus Quest to bring house-scale VR to the masses. Arguably one of the most attractive features of the Oculus Quest is the headsets inside-out tracking technology, which not only removes the need for external sensors, but allows for more opportunities in terms of potential playspaces.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 11, 2021

At Facebook Connect 2021, Meta has announced Application SpaceWarp, a new solution to boost the framerate of Oculus Quest 2 applications up to +70%. Thanks to Application SpaceWarp, which can be shortened in AppSW, your Oculus Quest 2 experience can run at half the frame rate without impacting how the user sees it. Image by Meta).

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2018

With Valve’s new input system, dubbed SteamVR Skeletal Input, the company is essentially giving app developers a ready-made set of lifelike skeleton-based hand animations that support a number of existent controllers: Vive controllers, Oculus Touch, and the new Knuckles EV2 design.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Looking at Meta's example clip, it's hard to imagine any developer will choose Hard. You can find the documentation for Unity here and for Unreal here. There are two ways developers can implement occlusion: Hard and Soft. Hard is essentially free but has jagged edges, while Soft has a GPU cost but looks better.

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Road to VR

APRIL 6, 2021

Cas and Chary VR is a YouTube channel hosted by Netherland-based duo Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer who have been documenting their VR journeys since 2016. This time it’s designed for ease of use; it’s wireless and is compatible with standalone VR headsets like the Oculus Quest, Pico Neo, and Vive Focus. Cas & Chary Present.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 26, 2022

The document released by Valve also serves as an outline of Valve’s technologies and history. Proton, for example, “allows Windows games to be played on Linux devices”, essentially freeing some gamers to dump their dependence on Microsoft’s Windows if they choose.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 29, 2022

The MRTK is a set of components with plugins, samples, and documentation designed to help the development of MR applications using gaming engines from either Unreal Engine or Unity, providing two versions of the solution – MRTK-Unity and MRTK for Unreal. Oculus (Unity 2019.3 or newer) – Oculus (now Meta) Quest.

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Road to VR

MAY 15, 2020

We’ll have news on more features and some smaller additional tools and examples in an future update,” Valve writes. SEE ALSO Valve Explains the Deceptively Simple Design Process That Made 'Half-Life: Alyx' Excellent.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 7, 2018

The airplane featured in the experience– one of the iconic Lancaster Bombers – was called F for Freddie , and the original report documents its mission as it weaved through searchlights and bullets, crossing over mainland Europe until completing the mission and landing back safely on British soil at RAF Langar, in Nottinghamshire.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Cas and Chary VR is a YouTube channel hosted by Netherland-based duo Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer who have been documenting their VR journeys since 2016. Image courtesy Oculus. You can use them as a distraction, for example, and each has a special ability to use in combat. Cas & Chary are here with an inside look.

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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. As it has happened with Oculus, this news is good and bad for Pico and VR in general.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 12, 2021

Some weeks ago, a group of 12 indie development studios decided to launch the first bundle dedicated to App Lab experiences for Oculus Quest. The user could buy the bundle and get access to sideloadable versions of the games, with the promise of a free key for when the game would have been approved by Oculus on App Lab.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 31, 2022

So what if you aren’t able to attend the marriage ceremony of your favorite cousin; put on your Oculus headset and you will be present right there at the moment when the bride and the groom exchange their vows. The reports and documents will be clearer and the touch-induced changes can take place over the virtual screens.

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Road to VR

JULY 7, 2020

The Oculus Quest has been my daily driver for standalone VR ever since its release. Cas and Chary VR is a YouTube channel hosted by Netherland-based duo Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer who have been documenting their VR journeys since 2016. The Oculus Quest can be front heavy for many. Cas & Chary Present.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

A smart glasses user, for example, could access a movie streaming application like Netflix via an AR RT3D button and watch media on a large immersive screen that a user can place in their real-world environment. This allows onsite employees to perform operations such as repairs while also navigating instructional documents hands-free.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Cas and Chary VR is a YouTube channel hosted by Netherland-based duo Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer who have been documenting their VR journeys since 2016. Paradiddle is a great example for people who want to drum. If you have an Oculus Quest, there’s even a piano tutorial app available on SideQuest called VRTuos.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Pico has been a very smart company, and all these years it has been able to evolve from the mediocre Pico Neo 1, to the interesting Pico Neo 2, to arrive at the Pico Neo 3, that on paper, looks like a Chinese version of the Oculus Quest 2 , and it seems to have all the features to compete properly with this device. But is it really that good?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2018

This is the first post in a series of technical posts in which we will be covering the bare bones of a Virtual Reality API (Application Programming Interface) and coding a few examples using it. we can’t use OpenVR and choose to execute directly in Oculus runtime); that will be dictated by the API/SDK we are using instead. .:

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The airplane featured in the experience– one of the iconic Lancaster Bombers – was called F for Freddie, and the original report documents its mission as it weaved through searchlights and bullets, crossing over mainland Europe until completing the mission and landing back safely on British soil at RAF Langar, in Nottinghamshire.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Cas and Chary VR is a YouTube channel hosted by Netherland-based duo Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer who have been documenting their VR journeys since 2016. I recommend getting an Oculus Quest as its quick and easy to use, and the lack of tether is great for games with lots of motion. Cas & Chary Present. Success Stories.

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ARVR

MARCH 9, 2022

A great example of augmented reality is Pokemon Go, where pokemon were hidden like Easter eggs for users to find in the real world. Another example of AR is Snapchat lenses and Instagram filters. For example, VR is used to treat patients with anxiety and PTSD by re-enacting and helping them overcome their traumatic experiences.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

I've been a bespectacled individual for a very long time, and back when I bought the Oculus Rift DK1 in 2013, it was arguably the only player in the game in terms of consumer level VR hardware. Zenni Optical, for example, makes prescription lenses for the Meta Quest 3 – that's a $50 solution for a headset starting at $500.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Cas and Chary VR is a YouTube channel hosted by Netherland-based duo Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer who have been documenting their VR journeys since 2016. For example, there was a robot arm that calibrated the display, and pre-production units were assembled by hand. I imagined this must have been like when Oculus just started out.

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Road to VR

JUNE 2, 2020

Cas and Chary VR is a YouTube channel hosted by Netherland-based duo Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer who have been documenting their VR journeys since 2016. For example, to get it running with Assetto Corsa , I had to paste a plugin into the game’s plugin folder. Cas & Chary Present. This is the easiest to get running.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Cas and Chary VR is a YouTube channel hosted by Netherland-based duo Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer who have been documenting their VR journeys since 2016. For example, each weapon has its own weight. For example, I could get my arms or body stuck between two pipes, and I would struggle to get myself out.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 27, 2021

I mean, yes, it’s dead… I like to put on my dead Oculus Quest 2 to play dead beautiful games like InDeath: Unchained and have dead fun. At the end of 2017, VR Porn dot com published these statistics that proved that people were more interested in adult VR content than on Oculus’s official website.

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