The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest becomes 1 year old, and Facebook makes many announcements. The Oculus Quest is now one year old. But the greatest feature is that finally Oculus is accepting hands-tracked applications in the Oculus Store from the 28th of this month! Happy birthday, Oculus Quest!

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC is probably going to announce Vive Flow. With a surprise move, HTC Vive has started teasing the launch of a new product. The company has set up a virtual event on the platform ENGAGE (of which HTC is an investor) for October, 14th 2021 at 8 am PDT. Send me hugs while I’m still human!

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2022

It has become one of the headset manufacturers with the biggest worldwide market, and the market leader (together with HTC) in the B2B virtual reality sector. Its latest headset, the Pico Neo 3 , was a very good Oculus Quest 2 clone , that also brought some innovations, like the DP Cable to connect it to the PC for a true PCVR experience.

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VRScout

JULY 22, 2021

FundamentalVR partnership with Novartis, delivering groundbreaking Ocular Gene Therapy VR Simulation Untold Games – Daily- act software: VR serious game for the evaluation and rehabilitation of the neuropsychological patients. VR EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE YEAR. & Eminent Air (Thailand) Co., VR EXPERIENCE OF THE YEAR.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Borderlands 2 VR is headed to PSVR next month, but PC VR headset owners are undoubtedly curious to know if Gearbox’s massive hit shooter will eventually make it to Oculus Rift and HTC Vive too. ” Image courtesy Sony.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 12, 2020

Oculus Link official cable now available worldwide (but Quest is still soldout). Good news for all the Quest fans: the official Oculus Link cable is now available worldwide in 22 countries. Anyway, with future software updates of the Oculus runtime, the official cable will be able to exploit all the maximum speed possible.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

In the case of VR, we all remember the competition between HTC and Oculus in 2016, with HTC clearly winning the market until Oculus used Facebook’s money to slash the price of the Rift around 2017. To these, you have to add the companies that are already competing, like for instance HTC or HP. AR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Image by HTC). HTC launches Vive Flow headset for relaxation, priced at $499. After endless teasings and leaks, in the end, HTC has finally unveiled its headset: called Vive Flow, it is a lightweight device for media consumption. I send you good vibes so things go well for you too! Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 4, 2016

ESI Group’s IC.IDO program is an established virtual reality software solution with a long history in automotive and other manufacturing industries, through the use of CAVE systems, Powerwalls and 3D displays. The software is powerful, modelling multi solid body mechanics and the elastic behaviour of wires and hoses.

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ARPost

JULY 22, 2021

Untold Games for “Daily – act software,” a “gaming” application for evaluating and rehabilitating neuropsychological patients. Haggai Goldfarb Consulting for “ Project Origami: The Magic of Flight ,” a panoramic video experience coming to the Oculus browser. Facebook for the Oculus Quest 2. HTC for the VIVE Focus 3.

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VRScout

AUGUST 24, 2016

AR/VR software revenues will also get off to a quick start, growing more than 200% year over year in 2016, but will quickly be overtaken by services revenue in the middle years of the forecast, as logistics and manufacturing demand even more enterprise-class support. HTC Vive most talked about headset on social media.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

With the technology advancing every year, the hardware is getting cheaper and the software base is growing steadily. In other words, virtual reality becomes affordable and thanks to massive price drops and discounts on hardware and software bundles, now is the perfect time to get your own VR headset and discover what all the hype is about.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

The shape of the controllers is slightly different than the one of the Oculus Touch, though, and there is a ring that surrounds the wrist of the user. There is also “finger-tracking” a la Valve Index , but just for the thumb, index, and middle finger (so, it is more a la Oculus Touch). Nreal Light is on sale in Germany.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We all know very well the VR ecosystem in the US, but many of us from Europe or the US have more difficulties in imagining what happens after you cross the Southern border with Mexico. Sometimes we from Europe or the US don’t realize how is it difficult in other regions to get access to hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

To make you understand how these features are incredible, Qualcomm has stated that “the [XR2] reference design has 2x the CPU and GPU performance, 4x more video bandwidth, 6x higher resolution and 11x AI improvement compared to our current widely adopted XR platform [the Oculus Quest ]”. base stations and a 20m fiber cable.

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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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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

With the technology advancing every year, the hardware is getting cheaper and the software base is growing steadily. In other words, virtual reality becomes affordable and thanks to massive price drops and discounts on hardware and software bundles, now is the perfect time to get your own VR headset and discover what all the hype is about.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

I started because I actually tested, like everyone, the first generation of Oculus, and then the second, and so on… and I was expecting like better visual quality … [me too!] HTC, Oculus, Sony are not offering headsets with big FOV and resolution… while you, Varjo, Pimax, are. Why have you started this adventure? (

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

These headsets run a new version of Microsoft’s software called Windows Mixed Reality, a version of Windows that natively supports both augmented (AR) and virtual reality (VR) experiences.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Euro Truck Simulator 2 has been around for several years now, providing players the ability to simply drive a few of trucks around stunning vistas in a specific depiction of Europe. You won’t find bombastic car chases or any kind of thrilling action set pieces in developer SCS Software’s calm simulator.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 5, 2019

This translates for the moment with a complete software solution that lets you create virtual tours easily. I have tried its software in my office before going to Taiwan and then also had a live demo of some of its features in iStaging’s beautiful office. Vive Pro Eye. Me doing a hands-on session with the Vive Pro Eye.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 30, 2017

In the following weeks and months HTC raised the price of its Vive VR headset , from £689 to £759, and that price remains today. Oculus, too, quietly raised the price of its Rift from £499 to £549 when it launched at domestic retailers. The removal of access to Creative Europe for one will be a huge blow to the entire media landscape.”

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Two weeks ago, I have traveled a bit around Europe and I have visited some beautiful cities. Regarding the cost, for instance, Oculus can afford to sell its devices under cost, because it has Facebook’s deep pockets covering the losses. Me, super excited in front of the VRgineers’s office. with Amazon Prime.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 31, 2018

They also slowed the eye tracking and so I was able to see how is foveating rendering when the software lags following your eyes… and it is a trippy experience where you see a high-resolution window moving inside your vision. Then they will come to Europe and in the end, they will be available in the US, too. Image by 7Invensun).

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Road to VR

JULY 12, 2016

A twenty year career as a Software Engineer started in the UK defence industry, working on the Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft, before he co-founded a mobile games development company that worked with publishers such as THQ and EA. took the larger events of the time, one of which across Europe right now is. Potentially very.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

HTC Vive XR Elite HTC Vive XR Elite (Image by HTC Vive) The star of the event has for sure been the Vive XR Elite, HTC’s latest flagship headset. One is the high cost: HTC markets it as a consumer device, but at that price, not many consumers are going to buy it, so it will be a prosumer one.

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VRScout

MARCH 28, 2020

Based on the giant black X carved over the continent and the lines pointing towards Easter Europe, it appears as though North America has been abandoned, no doubt a result of the 7-Hour war in which Combine forces conquered the entirety of Earth in, you guessed it, 7-hours. Image Credit: Valve Software). Image Credit: Valve Software).

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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

JUNE 7, 2021

It doesn’t seem to be on par with the Oculus Quest 2, but as a first device by Nolo, it is not that bad. A decent budget for Microsoft and Facebook… but something impossible for companies like HTC or Magic Leap (do you remember when we all thought that $2.5B More info (HTC Vive Pro 2 review) More info (HTC Vive Pro 2 review?—?cached

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Facebook says that Beat Games will remain independent and the game will remain the same, but these are the same words that I’ve heard when in 2014 it acquired Oculus, and we all know how the story ended (and in fact, the popular Damo9000 ironized about it). Upload has published a shopping guide for your Oculus Link. Image by Valve).

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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.” News worth a mention.

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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 for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2019

So we do the webinars, industry surveys and reports, as well as three events throughout the year across the US and Europe. I think there are still huge questions around what’s happening with adoption, what’s happening with hardware, what’s happening with software, what are the challenges still? Kathryn: Yes.

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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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