The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 23, 2018

It has been a long and interesting ride, where I tried cool innovative virtual reality hardware and I met awesome people. Icaros is that company producing that setup that lets you feel as flying in virtual reality. The training works: at the end of the session, my back felt as when in the gym I do exercises for my back.

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Road to VR

MAY 8, 2017

But thanks to virtual reality, there might be an exercise machine coming to your local gym or arcade that promises to gamify what many people not only find to be an existential commentary on their personal failings, but also a painfully boring experience. image courtesy VirZOOM.

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ARVR

MARCH 9, 2021

So it’s time once again for our ongoing exercise to reason-out its unit sales. everything from Facebook first-party software sales disclosures to public filings that help reveal sales volume and growth within Facebook’s “other revenue” category. where Oculus revenues are categorized?—?were The exercise above is just one of them.

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Cats and VR

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

YUR “why you are” ( [link] ), a leading virtual reality (“VR”) fitness company and community, announced today that it secured $1.1 million in pre-seed funding led by The Venture Reality Fund and BoostVC. They foresee that gaming, a notoriously sedentary behavior, can be harnessed with VR technology to get people to exercise.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Military simulations are one of the fields where virtual reality has always been an important technology , even before that VR had its new renaissance in 2012. Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) is a global software company at the forefront of simulation training solutions for defense and civilian organizations.

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TechCrunch VR

JULY 9, 2020

Funding for virtual reality startups has grown more sparse over the past couple years, as investors have grappled with extended timelines for mainstream adoption. FitXR wants the virtual reality headset to become the next hot-seller in the connected fitness space. million in Series A funding led by Hiro Capital.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

So it’s time once again for our quarterly exercise to extrapolate unit sales. everything from Meta’s first-party software sales disclosures to public filings that help reveal sales volume and growth within Meta’s “other revenue” category. By “Quest 2 related,” we mean hardware and software. is Quest 2 related. That yields $455.4

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ARVR

AUGUST 10, 2021

So it’s time once again for our quarterly exercise to extrapolate unit sales. everything from Facebook first-party software sales disclosures to public filings that help reveal sales volume and growth within Facebook’s “other revenue” category. where Oculus revenues are categorized?—?was was $497 million as noted.

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ARVR

AUGUST 11, 2022

This is an exercise we’ve done every quarter for several years, but with a different approach lately given Meta’s disclosures. Diving in, Reality Labs made $452 million in Q2 as noted. Based on Meta’s Q4 and 2021 FY disclosures in January, we know that software (VR game and app sales) is about 23 percent of that. million units.

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Road to VR

JULY 25, 2016

Throughout the past year, we’ve loved working in virtual reality — from in – house projects to our work with Google Daydream for IO 2016. As far as production software, we were torn between our familiarity with Unity and the rendering potential of Unreal. VR motion controllers. Defining Goals.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

We all know that China is a country that is betting big on Virtual Reality. The Chinese VR ecosystem is very active and it is evolving pretty fast: this summer I have been in China and I met some cool startups that are working on software (e.g. Me using Space Painter virtual reality experience by Lenqiy.

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TechCrunch VR

MARCH 10, 2022

Facebook’s Meta’s Oculus Quest 2 headset has managed to carve out a surprisingly sizable niche as a high-tech piece of exercise equipment as people use software like Beat Saber and Supernatural to get a cardio workout in.

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TechCrunch VR

JUNE 24, 2021

Tripp has been building immersive relaxation exercises that seek to blend some of the experiences users may find in guided meditation apps with more free-form experiences that allow users to unplug from their day and explore their thoughts inside a virtual reality headset while watching fractal shapes, glowing trees and planets whir past them.

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ARVR

MAY 9, 2022

Diving in, Reality Labs brought in $695 million in Q1 as noted. Based on Meta’s Q4 and 2021 FY disclosures in January, we know that software (VR game and app sales) makes up about 23 percent of that. With that, Q1 software revenue comes to about $159.85 million*, making hardware $535.15 This is on pace with 6.5 million units.

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VRPlayin

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Education is a big part of the future of Virtual Reality and since our past article on the matter was some time ago it was time for a refresher with a more future focused outlook. If you are unfamiliar with the concept, as a quick recap, Virtual Reality provides the user(s) with a simulated world at various degrees of immersion.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 1, 2017

It’s been a little while since we last checked in on Blade Runner 9732 , a one-man project that started as a technical exercise and blossomed into a quest to recreate one of sci-fi’s most iconic movie locations. Lengele doesn’t possess a current generation VR headset, just a now obsolete Oculus Rift DK1.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

There are plenty of virtual reality (VR) titles that claim to be good for your fitness, getting you moving and sweating. But for those who want to take exercise a little more seriously and track various stats including metrics like calories burnt, that’s where things get a little more difficult. million USD.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Many studies measure benefices of VR tools for elderly people (memory, engagement, physical exercises, feeling of presence, virtuel… The Surgery Patient’s Perspective on VR Technology In this short interview Danielle Collins explain how the use of VR has been a extraordinary tool to better understand a very risky brain surgery.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Hi, I am Chris Koomen, a Virtual Reality specialist and consult at KLM and board of advisory members at Bootcamp. In 2018 we did a case study where people were invited to use virtual reality in a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) fashion. So they came with the idea of using virtual reality and they needed 6 glasses.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Codenamed N301, the device is to be a high-end headset (think: more Valve Index, less Oculus Quest). We’ve been asking ourselves this question in light of our ongoing “ follow the money “ exercise. How Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) can transform Education 3. about one per-Apple store, per-day. Stay tuned.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 24, 2023

Apple TV : both immersive sports content and traditional video content — the latter presented in virtual environments, such as a desert or the sky (sport broadcasting tech could come from the acquisition of NextVR) Apple Books : will allow users to read in virtual reality. This is ideal for watching VR movies while in bed.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 14, 2016

4 years ago, John Carmack exhibited a modified Doom 3 BFG running on a prototype headset that would eventually evolve to become the Oculus Rift. At E3 2016 however, after what felt like a 4 year embargo on anything VR, Bethesda brought it’s big guns to the show to convince everyone they were “all in” on virtual reality.

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2016

Ubisoft published, Red Storm developed virtual reality VR game Star Trek: Bridge Crew has become one of the most anticipated VR titles at E3 since details of it leaked a few days ago.

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VR Geeks

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Supernatural is a virtual reality game that has been released on the Oculus Rift. There’s no better time than now to find a cause to get up and move, which is perhaps why renowned AR/VR company Within released Supernatural, an at-home VR exercise program (2020). Available On: Oculus Quest. Date: April 23rd, 2020.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

There are quite a handful of platforms that allow you to develop virtual reality and augmented reality apps and content, but it is not easy to find an offline virtual reality school or academy with which to train for those interested in developing AR and VR apps. (Image courtesy RAEng Publications via Pixabay.).

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ARPost

JULY 28, 2020

To be clear, he wasn’t talking specifically about lexicography, he was talking about XR technology and software. Well, today this is no longer an exercise for specialists.”. See Also: XR Companies Working Overtime - From Home. However, siloed development is siloed development.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

This has been the week of the OC6, but, believe it or not, I have been able to find some other interesting news that don’t regard Oculus. Image by Oculus). Oculus bets on Oculus Quest at OC6. Well, the top news of the week is, of course, the Oculus Connect 6. Oculus “Cablegate” may end soon.

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Peter Graham

JULY 18, 2019

There seem to be an ever-growing number of virtual reality (VR) releases which want to prove how healthy (and sweaty) VR gaming can make you. Indie Polish studio Fit Reality is behind Viro Move , a title which aims to encourage gamers to exercise and fitness enthusiasts to play videogames. Viro Move is what.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Tender Claws , the creators of the award-winning interactive VR narrative Virtual Virtual Reality , premiered a new, site-specific, interactive AR narrative experience at the Sundance New Frontier called TendAR. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST. How will Privacy Policies be updated to account for Biometric Data?

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

So we were very early adopters of virtual reality already in that period. But what was it like kind of going through these growing pains of going from a million dollar simulator — millions of dollars simulator — to now we can buy an Oculus Quest for 500 bucks? So this was before Oculus. We work with regions.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

So we were very early adopters of virtual reality already in that period. But what was it like kind of going through these growing pains of going from a million dollar simulator — millions of dollars simulator — to now we can buy an Oculus Quest for 500 bucks? So this was before Oculus. We work with regions.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

So we were very early adopters of virtual reality already in that period. But what was it like kind of going through these growing pains of going from a million dollar simulator -- millions of dollars simulator -- to now we can buy an Oculus Quest for 500 bucks? We've had quite a few ups and downs in virtual reality. '99

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

After purchasing my first HTC Vive virtual reality system in 2016, rumours soon surfaced of a SteamVR “tracking puck” that HTC had in development. The room was setup on 2 levels so it felt like being on the bridge, whilst for solo guests the software offered an “AI” crew to fill in the empty stations. Valve Software.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Image credits SCAND Blog Virtual Reality (VR)  — It teleports the user into a completely immersive world that replaces the physical world. Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. It has applications in training and educational use cases.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Oculus has a similar practice too, and developers are forced to use its payment system for all IAP, about which Facebook takes a 30% cut. Oculus Store) and LBVR locations. It is a little win for Epic, and anyway a huge win for developers, and I wonder what could be the ripple effects on other markets. Some news on Facebook.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

audio), plus there is design and comfort, and also the software ecosystem. Hands-on from CES highlight that the device has still a lot of problems to solve , and while some of them may be solved via software updates, the big question still remains why they decided to create this product , which no one asked for. hours of exercise.

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ARVR

APRIL 20, 2021

I had no experience in game development prior to creating and publishing Dodgeblock VR for Oculus Go.” Here is a quick Video to preview it: Dodge Block Early Access Game Play On The Oculus Go?—?YouTube Spend as much time as you can doing tutorials, exercises, and experimenting. Only target the Oculus Go platform.

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