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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Road to VR

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Rotational teleportation also lets you select your ‘landing’ position, ostensibly the same movement scheme seen in Oculus Home. Comfort is well documented on all of the VR headsets we tested, so make sure to check out our hardware reviews if you’re looking to pick up a headset for Half-Life Alyx.

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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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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

This year we saw the launch of: Oculus Go ; Lenovo Mirage Solo ; Vive Focus ; Pico Neo / G2 ; S hadow VR; and the announcement of the Oculus Quest. Samsung has also teased to be interested in releasing a new AR/VR standalone device. Oculus Quest and controllers inside a stand. You just turn them on and they work.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 12, 2017

Each year, attendees take part in a lengthy survey that serves as the foundation for the conference’s State of the Industry document — this year’s results proved very interesting. In addition, 19% of developers said they were working on an Oculus Rift game while all the others were under 10%.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

It was announcements and product launches galore with news coming from key players like Oculus, Sony, Microsoft and Google dominating the headlines almost every week. Target has started carrying the Merge VR headset, and T-Mobile stores are stocking up on Samsung Gear 360 and Gear VR. So what’s next? and many places worldwide.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 27, 2016

The supernatural VR series Invisible from Doug Liman, director of The Bourne Identity and Edge of Tomorrow, launched a week ago on Samsung VR, but now you can access the 5-part series across any device via Jaunt. That said, you could stream the first episode right from UploadVR. “We want to tell popular stories.”

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Road to VR

AUGUST 31, 2016

Doning the Samsung Gear VR headset, I found myself in a very ordinary room, bed bound with my emotional wife sitting at the end, trying to offer comfort through tears and jokes, as she was about to become a widow. It is not always as bleak as you might think” she said. “In It’s just all over the place at the moment.”.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 24, 2016

Available on: SteamVR (HTC Vive & Rift), Oculus Home (Rift), PlayStation VR , Gear VR , Google Daydream , and PC. You can also find the game on SteamVR , Oculus Home , PlayStation VR , Gear VR , and PC (also Steam). Available on: SteamVR (HTC Vive) or Oculus Home (Rift + Touch). Quill (Oculus Rift & Touch).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

(Image by Oculus). Oculus could be starting the production of a new Quest at the end of July. Multiple reports seem to confirm that Oculus is actually starting the production of a new Oculus Quest headset, with an expected release date in 2021. Oculus improves development time for UE4 developers. Image by Pico).

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RealVision VR

JUNE 26, 2018

RealVision was commissioned to produce a stereoscopic 3D film that would document a branch of ActivoBank, Portugal and “transport” the branch all the way to India for a prestigious event for the Banking Industry. The hi-rez version in Stereoscopic VR for the Samsung GearVR. [See image gallery at realvision.ae].

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Body tracking leaked from Quest SDK documentation. A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. PSVR 2, Apple XR visor) and games, will be fundamental to understand its evolution and its potential. Other relevant news.

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Delight XR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Fix other rare issue with video already playing on site load without pressing play button in newest Oculus Browser. Fix issue with video already playing on site load without pressing play button in newest Oculus Browser. Workaround bug introduced in newest Oculus Browser that broke Oculus Go and Quest controller support.

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RealVision VR

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

A document on observations based on Youtube snippets of upcoming Cinematic VR movies under production by JauntVR. Disclaimer: This document is for educational purposes only and is based off observations from a less than ideal evaluation platform (screen grabs from a youtube video).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Rubin has confirmed that the letter is true, but he also stated that in that period there were many internal documents about the same topic, and his one was just one of the many. Oculus Quest Application SpaceWarp can give apps a +70% boost of performances. Samsung heavily invests in DigiLens to build its AR glasses.

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VeeR VR

JANUARY 5, 2018

There will also be a collection of 360 cameras, with which you can create your own 360 photo or video to document this unique experience. VeeR VR app has been featured on App Store’s front page in many countries and regions, and handpicked by editors on Google Daydream, Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, and Oculus.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The Samsung Gear VR is one of the most successful virtual reality headsets of all time when it comes to pure numbers. According to at least one objective analysis , the Samsung and Oculus-developed device is projected to sell upward of 2 million units by the end of this year.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

These are huge numbers for VR: if you look at the most recent SteamVR survey, you get that Oculus headsets are now at 67% of the whole PCVR market. There is instead a rumored partnership with Samsung , where Samsung would actually build a new XR device and Microsoft offer the platform on top of which the headset may run.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Just three months ago, the company revealed it’s putting 17,000 Oculus Go headsets in Walmart stores for employee training. And in July, Oculus began shipping Oculus Go for Business, a bundle including not only the headset and accessories but also an extended commercial warranty and dedicated support, for $299 each. Body-worn.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

And I think it's a really interesting point, because many VR users tend to buy VR to play games, including Steam or Oculus or HTC Vive. I've seen some of the-- Huawei come up with a pair of glasses and Samsung, they're all kind of teasing at these. Have you been able to document an increase in revenues or a decrease in times?

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

And I think it's a really interesting point, because many VR users tend to buy VR to play games, including Steam or Oculus or HTC Vive. I've seen some of the-- Huawei come up with a pair of glasses and Samsung, they're all kind of teasing at these. Have you been able to document an increase in revenues or a decrease in times?

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

And I think it's a really interesting point, because many VR users tend to buy VR to play games, including Steam or Oculus or HTC Vive. I've seen some of the-- Huawei come up with a pair of glasses and Samsung, they're all kind of teasing at these. Have you been able to document an increase in revenues or a decrease in times?

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Considering MMOs require a healthy player base to function, MetaWorld is hoping to invigorate its procedurally generated 10,000 square mile digital wilderness with a wide swath of the VR headset-owning market, including cross-play support for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, PSVR, and Gear VR. Last year, I began the journey to create MetaWorld.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 4, 2017

The HoloLens, for example, is Microsoft’s AR platform while the HP and Acer headsets are their VR platform (although they refer to them as “Immersive” headsets in documentation, but whatever, they’re clearly VR headsets.) No cameras, no trackers, no Steam, no Oculus Home. It’s just Windows in VR.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 27, 2019

This year we had the launch of two amazing 6 DOF all-in-one Virtual Reality headsets : the Oculus Quest and the HTC Vive Focus Plus. The official boxes of the Oculus Quest (above) and Vive Focus Plus (below). Oculus Quest and controllers (Image by Oculus). The design of everything reminds a bit the one of the Oculus Rift.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

And so I've been documenting his experience and his family's experience in VR, because it is the empathy platform and it's the medium that many people will see things different. But unfortunately, Samsung and a lot of these big TV players have kind of pulled out. And he was recently got out of bail. Maybe Google will produce a 3D TV.

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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

MARCH 5, 2024

It is not the first time Meta partnered with an external company for a new device and in most cases this choice paid off: both the Gear VR (Samsung) and the Oculus Go (Xiaomi) were pretty good products. But will it be enough now to beat Apple? Only around 1,000 units are expected to be manufactured.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

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. I’ve accidentally skipped to a different part of a movie while opening a can to drink, or selected random text in a document while my hands were just resting on the keyboard.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 4, 2016

The idea is that, as soon as we identified VR was coming — this was before the Oculus acquisition by Facebook — it was clear that one part of VR would be computer-generated experiences, games being the major example. We started seeing the first Oculus and HTC headsets this year. But as we looked at it, we said, “Wait a minute.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Google , Oculus and Samsung Internet also published their WebVR and open-source developer resources. . A WebVR Community Group to decide on WebVR standards was formed by Mozilla, Google, Samsung, Facebook, Intel, Microsoft and other major tech players, with Apple recently joining the community in July this year.

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