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

MAY 24, 2020

Check out this next-gen office powered by Oculus’ Passthrough technology. Earlier this week Facebook’s head of AR & VR Andrew “Boz” Bosworth showed off an experimental mixed reality workspace powered via prototype Oculus hardware. Image Credit: Andrew Bosworth.

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Road to VR

JULY 4, 2017

By matching up live video and a digital environment with the help of a green screen setup though, you can essentially create a video that places you straight in the action—one that better communicates the immersion of a VR game than a simple first-person screen capture. image courtesy Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Yesterday I was reading the comments on Reddit regarding my post with the predictions for Oculus Connect 5 and the kind redditor /u/SilverWhite2 provided me the link to the latest available patent with the design of Santa Cruz. Here you are some images from that document, with some comment of mine. Front view (Image by Oculus).

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Mitchell wanted to document those first steps, so he took a 360-degree camera to record himself as he wandered the near-empty streets of Hangzhou, China. The software is currently being adapted by Huawei, Skyworth, Pico, Xiaomi, Oculus, and other major VR platforms. He wanted to use VR as a way to tell the world his story.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

The time for my Oculus Quest review has come. The Quest has a nice packaging , as all Oculus products. You can watch me unboxing it in this Youtube video. I really love opening Oculus products , since usually they are packaged really well, and the Quest is no exception. Oculus Quest box content (Image by Oculus).

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VRScout

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Here employees can interact with one another using realistic avatars, take notes, import custom 3D models and documents, and search the web for additional inspiration and references. The app also includes a mobile centric UI as well as the ability to download images, videos, and documents.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Developers wasted no time creating unique experiences that effectively showcased the potential of Oculus Passthrough technology. Facebook designed Passthrough, Spatial Anchors, and Scene Understanding so that developers can create mixed reality experiences without the use of raw images or videos from your Quest sensors.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

In a Youtube video, he revealed some juicy details, like: The cost of the glasses is $499 + prescription lenses; They are connected to the iPhone, that does all the heavy lifting; They were planned for a “one more thing” announcement for Q4 2020- Q1 2021 , and for release one year later. Image by Oculus). (Image by Techgenyz).

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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

AUGUST 26, 2016

Felix & Paul Studios got together with Oculus Studios and National Geographic to shoot 360 video footage of President Barack Obama’s recent Father’s Day trip to Yosemite National Park, becoming the first official appearance by Obama in a VR presentation. You can can catch the new 12 minute video in a variety of ways.

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Road to VR

APRIL 12, 2017

Coming to HTC Vive and Oculus Rift headsets on Steam and Oculus Home, you can take part in the dimension-hopping adventure starting Thursday, April 20th for for $29.99. Been up all night working on design documents for several VR video games I plan to bring to market for #HTCVive @steam_games I'm so pumped.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2020

How to view your 3D scene in VR in Blender – Video. Here you are my usual video tutorial where I explain to you how to activate the VR view feature in Blender, with what devices it works and how it performs in action. It’s a very easy process, so the video is quite short. Oculus Rift. Prerequisites.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2022

It is called “First Hand” because it has been roughly inspired by Oculus First Contact , the showcase demo for Oculus Touch controller released for the Rift CV1. My gameplay video of First Hand. Or to have a look at the sample while reading the documentation. Here follows my opinion on this application.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2024

A few days ago I posted this video on my social media channels where I poured some biscuits from a real-world biscuit box into my VR kitchen to have some breakfast: So tasty… The video got some interest from the community and some people asked me how I did it.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 6, 2023

If the application has multiplayer components, then it has to implement a User Reporting Tool easily accessible via the Oculus button on the right controller. Because the documentation talks about the Oculus button, but it doesn’t explain what happens when the button gets pressed.

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VRScout

MARCH 15, 2017

The filing confirms that the new version of the Gear 360 camera will have the model number SM-R210 and according to a diagram, likely accidentally published in the document, looks to be getting a new design and more compact form factor.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 4, 2021

More info (NYE parties in VRChat) More info (Video streaming of Jean-Michel Jarre’s concert) More info (Animations around the space needle) More info (Editorial on virtual events becoming always more popular). More info (PR Statement about the new glasses) More info (Teaser video). Other relevant news. Is VR safe to be used by kids?

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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. Full unboxing video!

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Road to VR

APRIL 19, 2017

Oculus and Facebook announced React VR in October last year, an open-source JavaScript library (based on the popular React library) that’s designed to make it easy for web developers and programmers to deliver WebVR experiences that can be served to a range of VR headsets directly through the web browser.

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AR Insider

APRIL 26, 2021

Leo AR, which allows users to import 3D objects into their videos, announced the close of a $3 million seed round led by Great Oaks Ventures, with participation from Dennis Phelps of IVP, Betaworks, Deutsch Telekom, Quake Capital and other angel investors. Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge 2, coming to Oculus Quest later this year.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

This sign-in flow threw up roadblocks and caused confusion for people who wanted to join meetings across Quest 2 VR headsets and traditional video chat. “With Workrooms moving to Meta accounts, the concept of Workrooms teams was removed,” a help document explains. As a guest, you do not need to create a Meta account.”

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ARPost

JULY 25, 2019

To this end, they created a VR experience for Oculus documenting the delivery of three wheelchairs in Guatemala. Some donors have already watched the immersive video. Note: this video was designed for viewing on Oculus VR glasses. For Free Wheelchair Mission , creating the 360 video was a special challenge.

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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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ARVR

OCTOBER 31, 2022

According to Statista , the video gaming section alone ruled the use of VR. 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. billion USD in 2017 to 2.4 billion USD in 2024.

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VRScout

JANUARY 15, 2020

The partnership between the two companies puts Firefox Reality on every Neo 2 device giving you the ability to instantly send a video, a document, or a webpage directly from your computer to your VR headset through a “Send Tab” option that’s built into the dropdown menu located in Firefox’s URL. . Image Credit: Pico Interactive.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

If you remember well, this platform is based on a modified version of the Snapdragon 865 (3 generations after the 835 of the Oculus Quest) and supports features like eye tracking, high-quality passthrough AR, and 5G. Oculus Connect is starting and a new Facebook AR/VR logo appears. Other relevant news. But let’s see in a few days….

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 2, 2022

With an Oculus headset, users can jump into a virtual meeting space and access a range of unique capabilities. You’ll be able to share photos and files instantly, with unlimited storage, and launch voice and video calls through the BlueJeans environment. Frame by Virbela.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 19, 2023

It was a quite creative way to provide teleportation, but maybe a UX designer could have helped the artist in finding a better way of offering it , like the one used in Oculus First Hands. As an Asian-American artist, she explores themes of migration through discovery, documentation and, eventually, rooting herself in a new place.

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VRScout

MAY 13, 2020

Spatial’s virtual collaboration comes to Oculus Quest and a slew of other platforms. The company has also revealed that a dedicated Spatial app will be heading to the most widely available XR device today, the Oculus Quest (previously only available in private beta).

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 21, 2019

The 30-minute video shows off a small portion of what we assume are the early parts of the game. Rotational teleportation also lets you select your ‘landing’ position, ostensibly the same movement scheme seen in Oculus Home.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

barcode labels, documents) stored in an SAP system. Check out this video where Spiess uses the XR Cloud app to visualize augmented digital twin and Internet of Things (IoT) data on an Evomixx machine. These smart assets are 3D (e.g., complex CAD drawings) or 2D objects (e.g., What does that look like in practice?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 18, 2021

While the spotlight is all on Oculus and its Quest, actually Pico and HTC are evolving their hardware and software offerings without almost no one talking about it. Vive Hand Tracking SDK video review. Checking its dedicated documentation again after more than one year, I’ve noticed that now the library has reached the 0.1.0

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

In this video and article, I share things you can do in VR other than gaming that I enjoy. 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. On Oculus Quest, you could try VRWorkout (on SideQuest) and Supernatural VR.

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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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Road to VR

JULY 18, 2018

In the VR realm, the new version brings native mixed reality video compositing for VR applications, and an update to a much newer Oculus SDK. Up to this point, mixed reality video compositing has generally required third-party programs and game implementations. Documentation for the feature can be found here.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 7, 2020

While Oculus has decided to discontinue the Oculus Go and abandon completely the 3DOF sector, Chinese vendor Pico has decided to double down on 3DOF offering two new models , the Pico G2 4K S and the Pico G2 4K Enterprise , that are two improvements of the original Pico G2 4K. Pico G2 4K Enterprise video review.

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