The Ghost Howls

JULY 27, 2020

The Oculus Quest 2 has been leaked. The famous leaker WalkingCat did it again, leaking this time a new model of the Oculus Quest , in the beginning with some renders, and then with true pictures of a pre-production device (that had been originally shared by redditor CallThePlumber). Top news of the week. Image by WalkingCat).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Body tracking leaked from Quest SDK documentation. A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. New info on Microsoft abandoning the Hololens 3. Emerge is a new XR haptic device. Other relevant news. See you there.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

During the Chinese counterpart of the event, the V2EC, Vive has also announced two other interesting pieces of news: The 7Invensun Droolon F2, an eye-tracking add-on for the Vive Pro 2 and Vive Focus 3, coming soon for $299. PSVR2 may feature 4K display and eye tracking. The official price is $1249.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

But as far as I know, nothing disruptive for the industry : Oculus has already shots all its bullets, and HTC for the first time isn’t announcing anything. The eye-tracked model costs only $900. Image by Oculus). in 2019 thanks to new headsets like the Oculus Quest. They are incredibly light (10 grams!)

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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. This led to a growing importance of Oculus, until with the Quest it started dominating the market in a way no one was able to face.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

If you built an application without these patterns, the device was useless… an eye-tracking add-on was more practical than the NextMind dev-kit in a VR scene. Japanese startup H2L is working on a haptic bracelet. A genius has found a smart way to cover the Oculus Home button on Quest controllers for public demos.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

To mimic the tactile feedback that you experience in real life, you’ll need sensors and haptics all over your body or at least in significant areas, like the face, hands, and feet. The first hardware generation attempting to solve the body feedback problem will likely use full bodysuits with haptic responses aligned to the VR experience.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 11, 2022

Hand and eye tracking tools, capable of sensing the movements, gestures, and gaze of a user, can take XR experiences to a new level. For years, the company has been delivering some of the most powerful and accessible XR experiences around, with tools like the Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

As for the “standard” features, the device makes a big jump forward with regard to the previous model: it has 2K x 2K per eye, 110° FOV (probably diagonal), OLED displays, and up to 120Hz of refresh rate. Haptic technologies were represented at CES very well especially by two companies: OWO and bHaptics.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

HTC advertises it as a headset for relaxation and productivity because it wants to position it as a different product than a gaming machine like Oculus Quest 2. Or some haptic accessories?). This is an enormous endorsement for virtual reality, and the previous use of 17,000 Oculus Gos by Walmart pales in comparison.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

Oculus Go showcased. The Oculus Go (Image by Oculus). At GDC, the Oculus Go has been one of the main characters. First of all, Oculus has showcased all its main technical characteristics : I advise you to read the post dedicated to that on Oculus blogs , where Chris Pruett introduces you to them.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

References found in the Oculus Quest 2 firmware by users Reggy04 and Basti564 highlight how the Quest 2 Pro should have: Eyes tracking Facial expressions tracking Eye relief knob Granular IPD adjustment External charging station. Top news of the week. Image by Facebook). Watch a Quest 2 getting watercooled.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

This week has mostly been in the sign of Oculus, with many news and updates from the brand controlled by Facebook. Even if most of this roundup will be about Oculus, I have decided to put another brand on top of it and it is Magic Leap. Johnson has worked at Microsoft and Qualcomm before, and she is a very respected executive.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

My favorite ones have been: Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed that the next PSVR headset will be called PSVR 2 and will feature 2K x 2K per eye, up to 120 Hz framerate, and 110° FOV. It will be the first consumer headset with eye-tracking and foveated rendering, and also the first one to feature haptics directly on the headset.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Especially the DualSense is an amazing piece of tech, with very stable IMUs and haptic sensations that increase a lot the “immersion” in the games : they can provide you the sensation of resistance, of textures of materials, of movements. All the reviewers are amazed. All of this for $450 and free shipping.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

The Oculus Quest 2 is selling incredibly well because it offers the right combination of affordable price, good hardware, and a good software ecosystem. Not to mention the millions spent on marketing , especially in the US (Oculus was one of the sponsors of NBA, for instance). The Quest will still be the king.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. Dean: I’ve tried some haptics gloves. And even the Oculus Quest is at $400, and they seem to be the $200 Oculus Go. Alan: “HaptX.”H-A-P-T-X,

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. Dean: I’ve tried some haptics gloves. And even the Oculus Quest is at $400, and they seem to be the $200 Oculus Go. Alan: “HaptX.”H-A-P-T-X,

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys -- Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. Dean: I've tried some haptics gloves. And even the Oculus Quest is at $400, and they seem to be the $200 Oculus Go. And that was with controllers.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. Dean: I’ve tried some haptics gloves. And even the Oculus Quest is at $400, and they seem to be the $200 Oculus Go. Alan: “HaptX.”H-A-P-T-X,

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 11, 2020

Controller : Weight : 23g Tracking : 3DoF Connection : Bluetooth Controls : Touchpad, Click, Haptic feedback. The unit runs over a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Chipset , offering so more horsepower than the Oculus Quest. But apart from ergonomics, the real deal is the 3DOF tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 12, 2021

For instance, in the box I’ve found a cleaning cloth for an Oculus device… and I don’t think it actually comes with a Microsoft HoloLens! So, Microsoft has made whatever it could to make the limited FOV more acceptable and we have to appreciate that. The headset is very light and balanced (Image by Microsoft).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Additionally, founding the Upload Academy, a VR/AR developer training program, which graduated its first class in August with a number of success stories including Found – a gorgeous Miyazaki-esque narrative experience created by four of our students which was recently recognized on stage during the Oculus Connect Keynote. January 2016.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Alan: Slicing fruit in VR is magical, and the fact that they have the haptic feedback to the controller is just… [implied Chef Kiss]. One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void. ” LAH-bo?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Alan: Slicing fruit in VR is magical, and the fact that they have the haptic feedback to the controller is just… [implied Chef Kiss]. One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void. ” LAH-bo?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Alan: Slicing fruit in VR is magical, and the fact that they have the haptic feedback to the controller is just. One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void. implied Chef Kiss]. A lot of companies focusing on it.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 26, 2022

This idea is used in mainline Quests, Pico headsets, Valve Index, HP Reverbs, Oculus Go, and the original Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. The Oculus Rift S was Facebook’s only previous headset with a halo strap. Microsoft chose this approach for HoloLens 2, which Quest Pro actually bears a striking resemblance to.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 15, 2019

The big entities; the Googles, Microsofts, where we would hold our event, as well as the whole investment community. Then, about four years ago, the Oculus Rift and the VIVE was coming out, and I saw that there was an opportunity to actually start making a living out of it. It was amazing.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 15, 2019

The big entities; the Googles, Microsofts, where we would hold our event, as well as the whole investment community. Then, about four years ago, the Oculus Rift and the VIVE was coming out, and I saw that there was an opportunity to actually start making a living out of it. It was amazing.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 9, 2017

Wireless headsets and eye tracking and whatever aren’t going to be game changers, we already have the hardware to change your life. 1) I believe the virtual reality market will continue to have steady sales reaching over 2 million HMD’s between Sony, HTC and Oculus. Mobile VR will finally get positional tracking.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Alan: With Facebook now working on AR, and you've got Magic Leap, and Microsoft's Hololens. But let's get back to hand tracking, because this is a vital part. And I know Oculus Quest just introduced hand tracking. Alan: What's the next step for hand tracking, then? We didn't need the whole haptic glove or anything.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Alan: With Facebook now working on AR, and you've got Magic Leap, and Microsoft's Hololens. But let's get back to hand tracking, because this is a vital part. And I know Oculus Quest just introduced hand tracking. Alan: What's the next step for hand tracking, then? We didn't need the whole haptic glove or anything.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

Last year, it was still called Oculus Gaming Showcase, and it featured important updates on games like Pistol Whip, The Climb 2, I Expect You To Die 2, and Resident Evil 4 VR. Ruth Bram, Executive Producer at Oculus Studios, will be the host of the show. Pico Neo 3 , Vive Focus 3 , Oculus Quest 2 ) only offer Wi-Fi connectivity.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. We've been approached by some of the bigger headset manufacturers -- Microsoft, Hololens and Magic Leap -- to build exclusively for them.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. We've been approached by some of the bigger headset manufacturers -- Microsoft, Hololens and Magic Leap -- to build exclusively for them.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Alan: With Facebook now working on AR, and you've got Magic Leap, and Microsoft's Hololens. But let's get back to hand tracking, because this is a vital part. And I know Oculus Quest just introduced hand tracking. Alan: What's the next step for hand tracking, then? We didn't need the whole haptic glove or anything.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. We've been approached by some of the bigger headset manufacturers -- Microsoft, Hololens and Magic Leap -- to build exclusively for them.

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