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OCTOBER 24, 2022

The official Oculus Developers Twitter account announced the release with an illustration from the documentation showing a user’s full body pose being tracked. The spokesperson described the technology as a combination of inverse kinematics (IK) and machine learning (ML). That’s our current strategy.”.

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MAY 29, 2018

” Today at a press event in Silicon Valley, Qualcomm unveiled their Snapdragon XR1 platform, which the company says is their first which is specifically aimed at low cost AR and VR devices. On that front, the company says that HTC, Vuzix, and Pico are already developing products based on XR1. Image courtesy Qualcomm.

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AUGUST 30, 2019

Featured XR technology companies include Oculus, Google, Facebook, HTC, and Qualcomm. Talks will also discuss the future of XR technology including new use cases, new adopters, and how XR will work with other technologies like 5G internet and machine learning. The changes that create the future happen at events like AWE.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

This week has not been very important for AR and VR: no major event has happened. This anyway clashes a bit with the fact that Facebook has also to launch this year the smartglasses that it has made with Ray-Ban: I find it unlikely that in the same event it announces two different devices, both this important. was a lot of money?).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

If we pair it to the fact that this device is connected to a PS5, which is a quite powerful machine, we see that the whole system is truly the next-generation VR that PlayStation users (and not only them) were waiting for. The first news comes directly from an AI event that Meta has organized for this week. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

And it feels weird that HTC hasn’t fixed such a cheap little component that was already faulty on the original Vive. In his video, it seems that the Pico Neo 3 is exactly what we would expect, that is a good clone of the Oculus Quest 2. He’s most probably talking about the Oculus Quest 2 Pro. Discover the WebXR Developer Summit.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

Before starting with the summary of the news of this amazing week, let me invite you all to subscribe to the FREE Awe Nite Florence Event that will happen this Thursday at 5 pm CEST and that will feature amazing hosts like Pico, VisionAR, and JoinPad! Here you are the link to the event, subscribe now! Oculus Quest gets v29 update.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Though Halloween has passed, the horror games continue to come and will likely continue for a long while on the HTC Vive. We also have a top list of the absolute best HTC Vive games — which is updated every few months with the latest and greatest options. May learn something new. Robosports VR, from Babeltime. Price: Free.

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Road to VR

MARCH 27, 2017

HTC’s Vive X accelerator is a $100 million fund for AR/VR companies that the company announced last year. Today HTC is revealing the second batch of companies that will receive investments and mentorship from the program. Each accepted company gets an undisclosed investment and hands-on mentorship from HTC.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 27, 2017

HTC’s Vive X accelerator program is welcoming more than 30 new VR and AR startups to the fold with investments in North America and Asia. ” HTC Vive’s investment group also said it planned to open an accelerator in Israel, joining locations in San Francisco, Beijing, Shenzhen and Taipei.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2020

This is why we praise so much the Oculus Quest (1M+ of engaged users) and not the Cardboards (20M devices, almost unused). This money includes all the revenues not related to the main business of Facebook (advertisement), but Facebook has clearly specified that this big increment is mostly related to Oculus hardware and software.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

It will be a very interesting event and you can register at this link if you want to enjoy it (come on, it’s free!). 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. Vive Facial Tracker works also with non-HTC headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Disclaimer: HTC provided three of their Vive Tracker 3.0 What is an HTC Vive Tracker? Whilst the first part of this article looked at the history of the HTC Vive Tracker and its three different versions, the second part will focus on some practical experiments with the latest HTC Vive Tracker 3.0. HTC Vive Tracker 3.0

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 14, 2020

Thanks Oculus for having given us the Link functionality. the USB cable for Oculus Link) and the (rechargeable) batteries for the controllers. Create a TeamViewer account and add the Office PC as one of your machines , so that you can log in every time you want, and even reboot the remote PC without any risks.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

There will be also an associated Oculus Quest game, but it won’t be actually revealed until 2020. HTC is now selling certified refurbished Vive HMDs for $400. HTC has started selling again the OG Vive headset, but this time selling second-hand devices. Oculus Link is coming soon. Machines can now see through walls.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

What an exciting week for technology, with the Facebook Connect, PS5 price announcement, Apple event and the release of RTX30 graphics cards! At Facebook Connect this week , Facebook has: Released the powerful Oculus Quest 2 , powered by Snapdragon XR2, and with a 4K display. Learn more. Learn more. Check it out!

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In my career as an XR professional, I’ve got to know people from all over the world, especially thanks to this blog, social media, and the international events I attended. It’s been a very interesting chat, and I’ve learned a lot from it. I mean, besides the Oculus Quest 2, there’s hardly anything to get locally.

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EON Reality

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

From the Global Economics standpoint, this means VR and AR are relevant across the world as they are fast becoming the default ways of learning, training and performing – across the workplace, in education organisations, and beyond. Workplace learning and on-site service processes usually take place ‘on’ a 2D environment.

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ARVR

JANUARY 4, 2021

Like many other technologies, there is no perfect roadmap to learning XR. Nevertheless, I have tried my level best to come up with a generalized learning process for the same. Learn programming from YouTube, Udemy, Udacity and a thousand other free platforms. There are tons of online resources to learn these.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

HTC Vive is supporting 6 experience showcased there, among which shines Inory , that accompanies the viewer on a spiritual journey. VRGO is a special pillow that you can put on your chair so that you can control your movements in the VR game by just leaning your body : e.g. if you learn forward, you can walk forward in the game.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

You’ll use your remote to pan around the 360 video on your flatscreen (which is, admittedly, nowhere near to the experience in a headset), but this will also support live 360 video– which will probably be pretty cool to watch content like live concerts or sporting events. NO MORE FALLING OVER CORDS WITH UPCOMING WIRELESS HEADSETS.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

VRTIFY offers concerts, clips and channels from bands including Coldplay, Mumford & Sons, Florence and the Machine, Sting, Twenty One Pilots, and Of Monsters and Men. It’s available or in beta on most current headsets, including PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung GearVR and Google Cardboard. 3 (with 67 percent.)

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Meta Connect has been the big event of the week, and as it is a tradition of this blog , I’m going to write today for you a super article where you can find inside ALL the news announced during the event! Meta Quest Pro was what everyone was expecting from this event , and Zuck has not disappointed us with this point.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 5, 2018

Today I’ve had the occasion to meet HTC China president Alvin Wang Graylin in my city, Turin (Italy). Futhermore thanks to gamification, VR could make learning more interesting; His overall vision of VR is that it something that should help people in having better lives. I think that VR at HTC is in great hands.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 11, 2017

It released with the launch of the HTC Vive in early 2016 and Facebook’s Oculus Touch controllers for Rift late in the year. It didn’t take them long to decide their legacy project, a 2D puzzle game called Fantastic Contraption that relied on creative thinking to build machines, could be adapted to VR.

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VRScout

AUGUST 8, 2017

This new metaverse is from Linden Lab, the same company that built Second Life– and they clearly have taken learnings from that open world to Sansar: namely, monetization opportunities for creators. The company was originally known as Vrse, and you probably know co-founder and CEO Chris Milk as the empathy machine guy.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

I can’t guarantee that these predictions will come out to be true (I always joke about the fact that I miss many of the predictions about Meta/Oculus), but I think they will be worth reading anyway to understand what can be the trends to look for in this new year. Me wearing my branded Oculus Quest 2. So… let’s start!

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

If I remember well, some company in China was already experimenting on cloud rendering for the HTC Vive, so users could spare buying a VR-ready PC. The whole machine equipment. The last paragraph of this point talks about VR videos. – Near-eye display technology. There is a long list of examples of things that should be improved.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 21, 2018

It’s drawing from a philosophically introspective yarn, exploring the what-ifs of humanity giving society over to intelligent machines. As I began writing down the characters, events, timeline and world makeup, I realized there is no way this could be covered in one book or one game.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2019

But this time, Valve has made it without the collaboration of HTC. The specs list is very similar to the one of the HTC Vive Pro. It is funny because the GTX 970 was the same minimum requirement of the Oculus CV1 , that is a headset that is far less demanding than the Index. Oculus Rift CV1 Headset. Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Part of all of this is merit of Jeri (Image by HTC). In virtual reality, you have to do this reprojection, Oculus calls it timewarp, and that means that your video card and your computer has to be running at a really high frame rate to correct for your head motion and we’ve rolled that all into the headset. The Vive Wands.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

While on the topic of acquisitions Facebooks takeover of Oculus initially was somewhat hostile with internal disputes between Oculus founders and Zuckerberg and his leadership team. On the surface it would appear that VR / AR adoption is rising steadily. and many other emerging technologies all working together to advance mankind.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 8, 2017

Just ask Vander Caballero, founder of Minority Media , creator of the VR game Time Machine VR. Montreal-based Minority Media, which also created the groundbreaking PSN title Papo Y Yo in 2012, created the dinosaur undersea adventure game that launched on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets in May 2017. Did it make money?

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

Since the Oculus Kickstarter in 2012, VR has seen a revival on the big screen as it becomes a more affordable and accessible consumer device. Once in the game, the main villain and namesake, Arcade acts as an overlord, challenging players, learning and adapting as gameplay progresses. eXistenZ (1999).

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EON Reality

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

From the Global Economics standpoint, this means VR and AR are relevant across the world as they are fast becoming the default ways of learning, training and performing – across the workplace, in education organisations, and beyond. Workplace learning and on-site service processes usually take place ‘on’ a 2D environment.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2018

These days I’m playing a bit with the two standalone devices that I have in the office: the Vive Focus and the Oculus Go. The app is still a puking machine, but at least it has a sense as a prototype: it tracks both the position and rotation of the headset and shows you the content of the Unity scene inside the headset !!

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Is Founder CEO of consulting company Global Mindset focused on leveraging globalisation & digitisation for Learning & Working. Alvin is the China President at #HTC leading all aspects of HTC’s business in the region (Vive/VR, phone, Viveport content platform, partnerships and investments). 5- Pradeep Khanna.

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