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. GENERAL TRENDS. Me wearing my branded Oculus Quest 2.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

Me wearing the Oculus Quest. On the other side, PC gamers are appreciating the high-quality Valve Index (even if it has some reliability issues ), and casual gamers are loving the Oculus Quest. In 2020 this trend will continue, and the more content will get released, the more people will start entering VR.

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ARPost

MARCH 17, 2021

The existing models were already top of the class, but the announcement comes amid similar announcements from Pico and Oculus, and hardware updates from VIVE. Oculus Rift used to be a powerhouse enterprise VR headset line. This was discussed in “Oculus for Business” at Facebook Connect in September. VIVE Cosmos Elite.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

But hey, let me play this game anyway, so here you are my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 based on the trends and the anticipations that we had at the end of 2020! I expect all these trends to continue in 2021, for a year that will see the growth of the technology on all its sides (software and hardware).

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ARPost

JANUARY 15, 2020

Though we will also be looking at one VIVE headset, Oculus rules the road when it comes to standalone VR headsets. Oculus has a number of standalone models. If you want a quicker comparison, Oculus prepared this one themselves. Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest. HTC Vive PRO. VIVE Focus. So why the price jump?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

This has been a hectic week for the leaks on the upcoming new Oculus Quest Pro device. Marky Z hinted that the device should feature eye and face tracking, and recent findings in Oculus Quest 2 runtime confirm this. I also thank everyone of you that supported me in this journey! Top news of the week. Image from Imgur).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

Oculus is working on 2nd gen VR. Mark Zuckerberg told that Oculus Quest closed the first generation of VR and so Oculus is now working on its second generation. We don’t know what Oculus will present, but we have some hints. Other relevant news. What’s next is where things really get interesting ”. More info More info.

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AR Insider

APRIL 12, 2021

Some new additions to the headset are features such as pupil and eye tracking, heart rate, and facial tracking with an extra mounted unit. The Unity Cube is an experiment from developer Tony “SkarredGhost” Vitillo to test the limits of what Oculus will allow into the App Lab program. That’s right, baby.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Rumors hint to Oculus discontinuing the current Quest and selling the new one at $299 and $399. The Facebook Connect is close and we all expect that during that conference Oculus is finally going to announce the new Oculus Quest. Facebook is temporarily suspending the sale of Oculus Quest devices in Germany.

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ARVR

JUNE 18, 2021

With large tech players like Facebook with Oculus Quest 2 , Varjo with Varjo VR-3 , HP headset HP Reverb G2 , launching their new VR headsets. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. What seemed like a major leak of the new HTC consumer headset, turned out to be only a design concept. Last year brought us many VR innovations. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The devices that will be based on this reference design will have amazing specifications like: 2K x 2K display resolution per each eye ; Have up to 7 cameras used simultaneously, including the ones for tracking, mixed reality and eye-tracking; High-quality passthrough augmented reality with high resolution and framerate.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

HTC Vive Wrist Tracker. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker (Image by HTC). HTC has made an announcement at this CES and it has been a pretty cool one. The company has just revealed the Vive Wrist Tracker, which is an external 6DOF tracking unit that can be put on the wrist of the user or also on external props.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

General trends. Mister President launching the Vive Focus (Image by HTC). This year we saw the launch of: Oculus Go ; Lenovo Mirage Solo ; Vive Focus ; Pico Neo / G2 ; S hadow VR; and the announcement of the Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest and controllers inside a stand. You just turn them on and they work.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2022

XR has rapidly emerged as one of the most powerful new trends in the gaming landscape. What’s more, the company is also responsible for one of the most powerful and affordable VR headsets available – the Oculus Quest. The constantly-evolving ARKit adapts to suit the latest trends and innovations in the XR world.

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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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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

It’s good news by the way that there is continuous IPD adjustment (and with a wider range than before) and that thanks to eye tracking sensors, the headset can tell you if you have positioned it well on your head. There is also an eye-relief dial, so you can put the lenses very close to your eyes, for added field of view.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Feature-wise, it is more or less as we expected it to be, with four cameras for inside-out tracking, haptic feedback, IPD adjustment , eye-tracking, HDR display. HTC released a trailer about his vision for the metaverse. HTC has released a trailer video with his vision of the metaverse. Some XR fun. Funny link.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 4, 2024

It’s been ten years since Meta – then Facebook – bought emerging VR start-up Oculus and, in turn, formed its Reality Labs division. Since the Oculus purchase in 2014, the firm has released numerous headsets, most notably the Quest range, which now includes mixed and virtual reality products.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

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. I’ve already started seeing this trend for the M-word. It seems like a great tethered headset for the PS5. News worth a mention. Image by Meta).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

The HTC Vive is arguably the best out there, but having to buy a souped-up laptop just to run it, paying full price for brief games that feel more like demos, and trailing a huge cable off your head and fumbling to mount trackers on your ceiling…it’s not ideal. The visual input is the most important piece of the VR setup. Sensory additions.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

7invensun for eye tracking addons). Apart from these visual features, there are other areas that must be improved: 3D cameras Inside-out tracking Immersive sound Voice interaction Eye tracking Tactile feedback Emotion recognition Brain-Computer Interfaces. 7Invensun’s aGlass DK II eye tracking addon.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Meta Quest 3 (left) and Apple Vision Pro (right) We once asked Oculus executive Jason Rubin whether his company was considering a tethered compute model. When you first put it on you’re told to hold the top button, and you feel (and see a visualization of) the lenses moving horizontally to align with your eyes. And I mean fully.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

You’ve got mobile phone-based AR, eye tracking set devices, taste experiments, hot and cold devices, thermal devices, and then tracking systems for motion capture, and of course, treadmills for omni-directional walking. Antony: Yeah, of course, I was there; I listened to all the presentations by HTC.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

You've got mobile phone-based AR, eye tracking set devices, taste experiments, hot and cold devices, thermal devices, and then tracking systems for motion capture, and of course, treadmills for omni-directional walking. Antony: Yeah, of course, I was there; I listened to all the presentations by HTC.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

You’ve got mobile phone-based AR, eye tracking set devices, taste experiments, hot and cold devices, thermal devices, and then tracking systems for motion capture, and of course, treadmills for omni-directional walking. Antony: Yeah, of course, I was there; I listened to all the presentations by HTC.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 9, 2017

2016 provided hints of where Facebook, HTC, Sony, Google, and more will take their headsets in the near future, but where does the industry’s best and brightest think we’ll end up this time next year? Wireless headsets and eye tracking and whatever aren’t going to be game changers, we already have the hardware to change your life.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

I don’t see the same trends he does as far as mainstream Sandhill Road venture capitalists coming in. Above: The Oculus Touch controls let you navigate independently with each hand in VR. Image Credit: Oculus. Looking forward, we’re going to keep observing this trend. We’ve seen prices and valuations start to normalize.

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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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Road to VR

OCTOBER 31, 2016

So, for me, there’s a set of technological things that feel further off in terms of what you might call “high-end AR” compared to what we are seeing in a “high-end VR” experience like an HTC Vive. We look around the world to see what the trends are and what’s real and what’s hype. Those are worth watching.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

So I feel like one of the big trends that's happening right now is that with spatial computing, it's becoming a lot more natural and lot more intuitive. I mean, I will say that with Oculus Quest that's changing for me. I see this other trend of these remote collaboration or remote work, where people are able to work from home.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

So I feel like one of the big trends that’s happening right now is that with spatial computing, it’s becoming a lot more natural and lot more intuitive. I mean, I will say that with Oculus Quest that’s changing for me. Being able to actually look somebody in the eyes in VR. Alan: Oh, I can’t wait.

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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. But it's so important that it's done in a tasteful and high-quality way. I mean, I was making notes, here. Time is the ultimate measurement of ROI.".

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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. But it's so important that it's done in a tasteful and high-quality way. I mean, I was making notes, here. Time is the ultimate measurement of ROI.".

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

So I feel like one of the big trends that’s happening right now is that with spatial computing, it’s becoming a lot more natural and lot more intuitive. I mean, I will say that with Oculus Quest that’s changing for me. Being able to actually look somebody in the eyes in VR. Alan: Oh, I can’t wait.

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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. But it's so important that it's done in a tasteful and high-quality way. I mean, I was making notes, here. Time is the ultimate measurement of ROI.".

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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. But it's so important that it's done in a tasteful and high-quality way. I mean, I was making notes, here. Time is the ultimate measurement of ROI.".

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

And we had some great partners along the way, that helped us kind of co-develop and beta test this and– including our friends over at Oculus, who are really making a strong push for 180 3D these days for their headsets. You see Facebook with Oculus. But that would be even more so as we get eye-tracking involved.

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