The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2020

Inside the box you find: 1x SenseGlove right 1x SenseGlove left 1x SenseGlove linkbox 1x power cable 1x USB connector cable short (2m/ 6.5ft) 2x USB connector cable long (3m/ 10ft) 2x HTC tracker mounts including screws 1x manual. This way your gloves are powered and can communicate with your PC; Setup of the HTC Vive system.

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Haptic Unity Hardware Machine Learning 511

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 8, 2023

XR Today documents the rapid adoption of use cases and solutions from companies such as Lenovo, Moth+Flame, ENGAGE XR, Altoura, GigXR, and CGS. Along with NVIDIA, Unity and Epic Games, the world’s largest gaming engines, have also joined efforts to build the industrial metaverse. billion USD by 2030.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The official Oculus Developers Twitter account announced the release with an illustration from the documentation showing a user’s full body pose being tracked. Body Tracking API was released on Thursday as part of Movement SDK, which also includes Eye Tracking API and Face Tracking API for Quest Pro.

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Machine Learning Eye Tracking Unreal Latency 126

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Vive Focus 3 has an expensive cooling system that can keep the Snapdragon XR2 cold enough to perform its operations at the best temperatures (Image by HTC Vive). A final notice goes to the fact that this headset wins the price for the weirdest things I have found while reviewing a piece of hardware. Production quality. Weeeeeird stuff.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

This way you can exclude some hardware failure. Otherwise, contact HTC support to have your Vive fixed (good luck with that). In my case, the controllers weren’t detected in any app, not even in Unity when developing for VR. This confirmed that I had some problems with SteamVR installation and was not a matter of hardware.

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Controllers How To Gaming Eye Tracking 240

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Apple’s take on immersive technologies will also test the future of XR hardware solutions and their roles in the broader XR community through rigorous use cases. Platforms already exist that provide the immersion Apple offers but without the need to have a bulky — and very expensive — piece of hardware strapped to your face.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

If you are curious about all possible states, check out the official documentation. Below the device are clearly visible the hardware IPD adjustment slider and the volume adjustment buttons. It also provides hardware IPD adjustment and a system to accommodate people with glasses. Oculus Quest Right View.

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Virtual Reality Oculus Controllers Gaming 326

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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HTC Controllers Virtual Reality Oculus 165

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2021

HTC is probably going to announce a new standalone headset this week. We all know that HTC is hosting an event inside the social VR platform ENGAGE and that it is going to announce a new product. According to the rumors, it will be called Vive Flow and it is a hardware product. Are they connected to a phone or a standalone?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2018

We can deploy to a vast of platforms using game engines like Unity, Unreal Engine, the more recent Godot engine or any of the other engines out there, which have all started to add VR features”. Where OpenVR stands between our application and the hardware (Image by Valve). OpenVR support in Unity game engine (Image by Valve).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Here below I’m posting for you the best offers I’ve found: for instance, HTC is discounting basically every piece of hardware (including Vive Trackers that can be useful for all the VRChat fans out there), while Pico is offering one of the best deals with €100-worth-of-content given for free with every purchased Pico 4.

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Augmented Reality Apple Samsung Ukraine 367

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 24, 2023

Meta Platforms is named so because it was one of the first big tech firms to market itself as a builder of tools, hardware, software developer kits (SDKs), and infrastructure for the Metaverse. Hardware manufacturers must facilitate device interoperability to cross-communicate, interact, and port creative content.

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Industry Technology Microsoft Tools 138

Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a very impressive fusion of hardware and software, but it's by no means perfect. Read on for my breakdown of the Vision Pro hardware and software and the experience they enable. That Damn Battery Arguably the fiercest hardware debate right now in the industry is what to do with the damn battery.

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Apple Eye Tracking Hand tracking Video 145

The Ghost Howls

JUNE 24, 2021

Thanks to HTC that has kindly provided me a loaner device, I have been able to test in the last days the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. The latest standalone headset from HTC was announced a month ago, and it generated a lot of buzz in the community for its premium features associated with a high price. Are you ready? (PS

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HTC Controllers China Oculus 456

The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A lengthy Zoom meeting took place late one evening in January, with a group of legendary hardware developers from a highly secretive outfit. Conventional designs like the Oculus Touch, Valve Index, and HTC controllers are manufactured using relatively thin-walled, injection-molded plastic casings, usually split into two halves.

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Controllers Haptic Hardware Tools 448

VRScout

OCTOBER 4, 2018

While it’s only been released on the Vive Focus so far, Western audiences may soon have access to Beat Reality and/or similar visualizer apps with the proliferation of MR passthrough cameras on standalone headsets, similar to features we’ve seen on hardware such as Magic Leap One Creator Edition, Oculus Quest and the Lenovo Mirage Solo.

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Magic Leap Unity Oculus Google 300

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 6, 2019

You put on the Hololens and see that digital model projected into physical space, versus looking at that on a computer screen or referencing construction documents in a paper format. And then we can basically pull out that content and render that inside of Unity. Alan: What’s the benefit of that? What do I do?

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Construction Microsoft Software Architecture 78

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 6, 2019

You put on the Hololens and see that digital model projected into physical space, versus looking at that on a computer screen or referencing construction documents in a paper format. And then we can basically pull out that content and render that inside of Unity. Alan: What’s the benefit of that? What do I do?

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Construction Microsoft Software Architecture 78

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 6, 2019

You put on the Hololens and see that digital model projected into physical space, versus looking at that on a computer screen or referencing construction documents in a paper format. And then instead of just having a bunch of hardware designers design the next one, they actually listened to the customers and said, "What are the limitations?"

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Construction Microsoft Software Architecture 60

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Our team has been researching and developing open-source hardware and software to help our larger community of independent researchers, academics, DIY engineers, and businesses at every scale create products that bring us closer to solving society’s greatest challenges , from mental health to the future of work. On what hardware will it work?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Recently, Valve announced delays to their new Steam Deck handheld, whilst Megadodo Games announced a delayed, limited production run of their DecaGear before leaving the hardware market completely. I considered the Valve Index controllers a very reasonable price at £129.50

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Controllers Haptic Hardware Simulation 506

The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The event has not featured any important hardware announcement, because it was all focused on declaring the new shift of focus of Facebook. He stressed many times how he wants to empower creators, and how he wants to provide free tools for content creators and cheap hardware for the users. Are you ready? Presence Platform.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

Some days ago, in the Oculus Developer portal, have appeared some surprise banners warning developers about the documentation also regarding an “Oculus Del Mar” headset, for which there are “early developers”. Unity is offering 3 months of Free Learning so that you can sharp your development skills.

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