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. In the videos there were lots of nervous jokes and agitation to keep it light hearted for the volunteer.

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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. The fact that this was not the best commercial made by Meta is visible also on Youtube, where only 2% of the viewers have put a like on the video.

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Delight XR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

add compatibility=”vr|2d” attribute for <source> elements to make certain video renditions only play out on VR or 2D mode. Fix showing of device motion dialog when switching from 2D video to VR playback. Fix legibility of current video time in 3D VR video controls. Fix flat video support in VR.

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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. H266 video standard can pave the way to 8K video streaming.

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RealVision VR

JUNE 26, 2018

The incubator developed best practices – including custom rain proof Stereoscopic camera solutions to capture true video VR (Stereoscopic 360 video) while keeping robustness and in-the-field battle tested gear. The hi-rez version in Stereoscopic VR for the Samsung GearVR. See image gallery at realvision.ae].

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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

Personally, I would find talking with a digital avatar in a video call a bit weird, but according to Microsoft’s tests, for 70% of people, this is ok. 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.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

And we provide more than 10,000 immersive videos and features, over more than 500 4K high resolution videos, and more than 30 games in various genres, such as sports, and shooting, horror, and rhythm action. And the interesting thing is that many Korean customers are more satisfied with videos, rather than games.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

And we provide more than 10,000 immersive videos and features, over more than 500 4K high resolution videos, and more than 30 games in various genres, such as sports, and shooting, horror, and rhythm action. And the interesting thing is that many Korean customers are more satisfied with videos, rather than games.

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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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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

And we provide more than 10,000 immersive videos and features, over more than 500 4K high resolution videos, and more than 30 games in various genres, such as sports, and shooting, horror, and rhythm action. And the interesting thing is that many Korean customers are more satisfied with videos, rather than games.

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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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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.) When I accessed the “Movies & TV” app it even auto-loaded a 360 video section.

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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. This doesn't much matter for watching traditional video content, as most of it is in widescreen aspect ratio anyways. He's what he said: "That’s a model we’ve definitely explored.

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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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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

We'll be talking about making an AR video with Will.i.am, creating art with Intel, and delivering on the promise of VR and AR with the San Francisco 49ers, San Jose Sharks, YouTube, and more. And basically, this is a series that can also be shown in standard video format. So we filmed some AR videos with Will.i.am.

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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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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 integrated both 3D audio and 3D video because the full immersive experience needs both. We still post YouTube videos.

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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. It’s super cool and the video went viral. But will it be enough now to beat Apple?

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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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