The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

It is amazing how Sony has decided to offer high-quality controllers to its users, and it is also great that it is following current VR standards so that to not disrupt the software that is already on the market. As it had promised on my blog last year , its cool Nreal Light AR glasses have finally arrived in Europe.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

XR Studio : Furthermore, Igloo has also incorporated its in-house XR Studio, complete with LED Studio panels and HTC VIVE’s next-gen tracking system. This platform uses Microsoft Teams for calls, Microsoft Office apps like Powerpoint, Miro, Alleo, Power BI, and many others.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

A leak by the famous leaker WalkingCat shows some pictures of the HP Reverb G2, which is the result of a collaboration between HP, Microsoft, and Valve. There’s a speech at AWE held by Microsoft and HP on 28th , so this may be a good moment for the launch. Image by Microsoft). HTC announces Vive Pro Secure.

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Main Stage: An AR/VR Ecosystem: The Triangle of Hardware, Software Platform and Solution | Fireside chat with Michael Zawrel, Sr. Product Manager, Mixed Reality & HoloLens, Microsoft ; Kerim Ispir, COO, RE’FLEKT ; and Juergen Lumera, Automotive Service Solutions, AR Product Management & Innovation, Bosch.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The only company not much affected by it is HTC, that manufacturers its headsets in Taiwan and not in Mainland China. HTC Vive releases Cosmos Elite, two models of Vive Pro Eye and creates some confusion. Image by Microsoft). It is clear that the company is aiming at giving it to players before the launch of Half-Life: Alyx.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Microsoft and Zoom have also released their respective apps into the Vision Pro this week. In Europe, they are still not so present how they should be. It’s still more or less the game of of Microsoft. The software does it all for me. Jay noted: They are having a hard time with several restructurings. Absolutely.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Although VR hardware is growing at such a scale, immersive firms are doubling down on scaling extended reality (XR) developer talent pools to match the demand for VR software. Major immersive firms like Meta and HTC provide unique funding opportunities for various use cases. Virtual Reality Funding Opportunities Continue to Evolve.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

See Also: The Future Is Now: 2023 Metaverse and XR Predictions Worth Looking Into Think how Microsoft revolutionized personal computers, or how Apple changed the mobile phone market forever. HTC HTC is about to release its offering in the form of the VIVE XR Elite with a release date of February 25 and an entry-level price of $1,099.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. But, as Road To VR has stated, maybe HTC should have clarified that in all its marketing material.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

So I’m coming from — let’s just round it down, let’s call it 15 years — in the enterprise space selling software and services and automation, things like that. And really what we do now is we connect enterprise users, AR hardware manufacturers and AR software providers, the problem solvers. Lance: Sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

So I’m coming from — let’s just round it down, let’s call it 15 years — in the enterprise space selling software and services and automation, things like that. And really what we do now is we connect enterprise users, AR hardware manufacturers and AR software providers, the problem solvers. Lance: Sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

So I'm coming from -- let's just round it down, let's call it 15 years -- in the enterprise space selling software and services and automation, things like that. And really what we do now is we connect enterprise users, AR hardware manufacturers and AR software providers, the problem solvers. Lance: Sure. Lance: Exactly right.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In the press release, the companies talk about Google’s role as the one providing the software platform. More info Investments in African gaming companies are on the rise We all always think about Europe, East Asia, and North America when thinking about XR, but actually, the world is much wider than that. Don’t miss them!

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The report also highlights that one of the regions where VR may grow more in 2019–2023 is Western Europe. During the presentation of HoloLens 2, Microsoft called on stage Trimble to present its safety solution to use the latest Microsoft AR headset safely in industrial environments. Trimble stress-tests its AR helmet.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

Just to make you understand how much money this could mean, my reader Sir Gamedev has sent me a link where one of the previous Xbox executives has revealed that the initial undercost sales of the first Xbox units cost Microsoft between $5B and $7B. More info (HTC Vive Pro 2 review) More info (HTC Vive Pro 2 review?—?cached

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

A Horizon game is coming for this new headset, and some rumors talk also about Half-Life: Alyx potentially be available in the future; HTC has announced the Vive Wrist Tracker, a 6 DOF tracker for the Vive Focus 3. For every dollar of hardware, we were making three dollars on software and data sales.”

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). Of course, Microsoft and Amazon are observing the situation: in my opinion, Microsoft will wait a bit , considering its focus on AR enterprise with HoloLens, while Amazon could improve its already existing offering of glasses connected with Alexa. Sounded good.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I’m thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE — first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now — and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, “well, this is ready for prime time.” The largest VR event in France; maybe in Europe, even. Alan: Oh wow.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I’m thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE — first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now — and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, “well, this is ready for prime time.” The largest VR event in France; maybe in Europe, even. Alan: Oh wow.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 24, 2023

Instead, he has concentrated his journalistic efforts on a stereotypical dystopia of avatars and social media white elephants from a caricatured Meta, Microsoft AltSpaceVR, and Decentraland. Dozens are working with the XR Association, and dozens more are working with the XR4ALL initiative across Europe.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I'm thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE -- first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now -- and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, "well, this is ready for prime time." The largest VR event in France; maybe in Europe, even. We had a big conference earlier in March.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2022

Another week has passed by, and while the situation in Europe is always more complicated because of the war, in the XR landscape nothing particularly special has happened. Last month, we got to know that (according to a rumor) Samsung is working together with Microsoft on new AR glasses, most probably powered by a Qualcomm chipset.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Jeri has been in the R&D of Valve Software when Abrash was still there, so she knows a lot about AR and VR. Part of all of this is merit of Jeri (Image by HTC). She’s super technical and I loved speaking with her. That’s where I got started with augmented reality. I would make billions of dollars. Let’s do it”.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 14, 2020

I will say we do have the strongest partnership with HTC — with Vive. As I mentioned, we have a really strong partnership with HTC Vive and they were coming out with their new Vive Eye Pro headset, which has the eye-tracking in it. Or are you still on Vives and Rifts? But I mean, it really doesn’t matter to us. Jeff: Sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 14, 2020

I will say we do have the strongest partnership with HTC — with Vive. As I mentioned, we have a really strong partnership with HTC Vive and they were coming out with their new Vive Eye Pro headset, which has the eye-tracking in it. Or are you still on Vives and Rifts? But I mean, it really doesn’t matter to us. Jeff: Sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 8, 2020

I will say we do have the strongest partnership with HTC -- with Vive. As I mentioned, we have a really strong partnership with HTC Vive and they were coming out with their new Vive Eye Pro headset, which has the eye-tracking in it. What's unique and different about this one is utilizing the the eye tracking software of the Vive Pro.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 14, 2020

I will say we do have the strongest partnership with HTC — with Vive. As I mentioned, we have a really strong partnership with HTC Vive and they were coming out with their new Vive Eye Pro headset, which has the eye-tracking in it. Or are you still on Vives and Rifts? But I mean, it really doesn’t matter to us. Jeff: Sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 8, 2020

I will say we do have the strongest partnership with HTC -- with Vive. As I mentioned, we have a really strong partnership with HTC Vive and they were coming out with their new Vive Eye Pro headset, which has the eye-tracking in it. What's unique and different about this one is utilizing the the eye tracking software of the Vive Pro.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

We have about 40 million under management and we invest in primarily in North America, but also in Asia and Europe, too. Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers. Alan: I mean, something like VRChat, for example, I know– I believe they just raised another round, was it?

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

We have about 40 million under management and we invest in primarily in North America, but also in Asia and Europe, too. Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers. Alan: I mean, something like VRChat, for example, I know– I believe they just raised another round, was it?

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

We have about 40 million under management and we invest in primarily in North America, but also in Asia and Europe, too. Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers. Alan: I mean, something like VRChat, for example, I know– I believe they just raised another round, was it?

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

VR First , the global initiative to seed academic institutions with VR/AR hardware and software, today announced that it’s nearly doubling the number of its VR labs in universities and science parks across the globe by the end of 2017. image courtesy VR First.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Meta has not explained why it was removed: some people suspect it was because it could have been used “to see through some clothes”, but I don’t know if the truth is actually some software/hardware incompatibility. Quest Pro costs $1500/€1800 (we have VAT in Europe). Partnership with Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Even the big players like Sony, Apple, and Microsoft have substantially reduced their production estimates for 2022, whilst processor manufacturers talk of delays into 2024. As this year continued, I tackled different development areas (Tracking, Ergonomics, Haptics, Mechanical, Software, etc.) Image provided by Rob Cole).

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Billion & mind you i haven't added the overall population of #asia.Ignore us at your own risk #facebook #microsoft & the curators of those lists. China-India & the other Asian Nations have some really interesting #augmentedreality #virtualreality #mixedreality #startups Innovating across Hardware, Software & Content.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

In Europe, this marketing effort is just starting now, so the penetration is not that high, yet. In the USA, it is almost mainstream; in Europe, it is something for people that have some knowledge of gaming or technology; in South America, is very difficult to get a headset. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker (Image by HTC).

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