The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Oculus Quest gets hand tracking. Last week, the runtime v12 of Oculus Quest has been rolled out , and this took with it lots of interesting updates. To start, now the Oculus Link is more stable and it is compatible with some AMD GPUs. Oculus Quests have started getting vocal commands in the menu. Top news of the week.

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AR Insider

JUNE 21, 2021

This week, we look at Snap’s latest lens craze, Niantic’s next AR gaming title, new XR funding and more Facebook/Oculus acquisitions. Oculus buys it’s fifth VR content company, Downpour Interactive, maker of “Population One,” the “Fortnite” of VR. MMO-like ‘A Township Tale’ Coming to Oculus Quest on July 15th.

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VR Fitness

JULY 16, 2021

In June 2019, Michael and his friends took a vacation to Florida and while visiting Harry Potter World at Universal Studios, the 265-pound 40+-year-old was asked to sit in the “test chair” to assess whether he could fit on one of the rides.

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2020

The Plantation, Florida-based company has raised $2.6 Magic Leap, the multi-billion dollar AR startup, could be exploring the possibility of a sale, a Bloomberg report maintains, citing people familiar with the matter. Other options reportedly under consideration are potential partnerships and a stake sale.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Meta (Oculus). With the Oculus ecosystem, schools and professional training companies alike are beginning to scale their virtual curriculums for a wide range of use cases. Today, we’re looking at just some of the major vendors leading the way to a future of immersive learning. Pico Interactive.

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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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XR Today - Big XR News tag

APRIL 28, 2023

The Reality Labs division develops and manufactures Meta’s VR headsets, such as the Oculus Quest 2. Since its inception, the company in Plantation, Florida, has worked with OpenXR to improve interoperability between XR devices. The division also develops AR and VR technologies like the Quest Pro headset. ”

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

It was announcements and product launches galore with news coming from key players like Oculus, Sony, Microsoft and Google dominating the headlines almost every week. As a mom of 3, living in Gainesville, Florida (population 127,000+) there are not many options when it comes to retail stores. So what’s next? Fast forward to November.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

Johnson has a long career as an executive at Qualcomm and Microsoft, and will so be able to bring some experience and pragmatism to the Florida-based Startup, that until now has made countless business mistakes. More info (Oculus Link resolution) More info (Change Guardian when using Oculus Link) More info (Shortcut for screenshot on Quest).

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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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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

a Florida-based startup that’s raised more than $1.3 Because of this lead, money is pouring into this Florida office park. s Oculus Rift. Magic Leap Inc. , billion to build a wearable computing device, is trying to raise even more cash as it readies a long-awaited debut product. Google was one of the first to invest.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

It is also organizing the LEAP Developer Days, a big event for ML developers, that will be held on May 19–22nd inside Magic Leap headquarters in Plantation, Florida. Upload VR has published a very easy-to-follow tutorial on how to add custom environments to your Oculus Quest. Are we at an inflection point for VR?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Facebook said that this growth has been mostly due to the sales of Oculus Quest. Admitting that Oculus Quest is the only responsible for this big growth from last year (just an assumption, I want to be clear), we obtain that the sales of Quest for Q3 account for $81M. Oculus Quest may have an assistant soon. More info.

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Bernard Marr

JULY 6, 2023

For example, Patagonia has created an Oculus Rift experience that allows users to visit the remote mountain Monte Fitzroy, including viewing a breathtaking glacial lake that lies at the foot of the mountain. For example, at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, riders are given VR headsets to enhance the rollercoaster experience.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 24, 2023

And I guess you know what kind of VR movies… More info (Quest v53 UI) More info (Quest v53 Laying down mode) Quest adds SpaceWarp to its browser The latest version of the Oculus Browser has added a new important feature: SpaceWarp. is a full-time doctoral student at the Florida International University’s Chapman Graduate School of Business.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

It is the first event of this kind organized by Magic Leap: we can say that LEAP Con is like the Oculus Connect of Magic Leap and will probably become always more important, year after year, exactly as it has happened to Oculus. PixelStrikeInc brace yourself…the memes are coming. pic.twitter.com/MbJZV8aOdf.

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TechCrunch VR

MARCH 13, 2022

The Florida startup infamously raised billions in venture capital funding on the promise of bringing a new technological future to consumers, much more impactful than the launch of the iPhone. It’s a saga that has slowed the progress of an industry — hyped as the inevitable successor to mobile phones — to a crawl.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 9, 2017

Michael Abrash, chief scientist at Oculus, seems to agree: when he outlined his predictions for the next five years of VR last October, he focused on these three senses. Benson Munyan III, who researches smell and VR at the University of Central Florida, recalls driving out to his grandma’s house as a child. “And

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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. Magic Leap is back: CEO Peggy Johnson has just unveiled in a post on the company blog the Magic Leap 2 , the new version of the AR glasses from the company in Florida.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

I mean, on the Oculus Touch you have a middle finger trigger, that is used to grab stuff by closing your hand and the index finger that is used to trigger actions: when you use a VR gun, everything is more or less like in the real world. The Oculus Quest touch controllers: this is how I want manual interface in XR. Should you buy it?

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Tampa Florida in 360. Science 360 Oculus Build. Infinite Scuba #VR – Dive with Dr. Sylvia Earle. London 360 Time-Lapse from St Paul’s Cathedral. Machu Picchu. Singing Stones VR. Sites in VR. Stavroz talks Ibiza. The Times Square Experience Trailer. Virtual guided tour of Paris : Eiffel tower District. Visit Houston. Discovery VR.

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The Rift Arcade

APRIL 15, 2016

On May 5 th 1961 the first American manned space mission blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Experience the first manned mission to space in this recreation of the Mercury launch.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2018

When they saw the Kickstarter campaign of Oculus, they immediately grabbed it and started thinking about how they could do data visualization in VR. Then we are both from South Florida and we went to the same university (at different times). They started doing it in Second Life! When I went visiting them, I did not know what to expect.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2018

He has joined Rony Abovitz at Magic Leap and now he’s there, trying to build the MagicVerse as the SVP of Creative Strategy of the Florida company. Now, this genius that has revolutionized cinema has landed in the mixed reality ecosystem , to try to improve it as well.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 6, 2018

There are a few great 3D-printable stocks already out there on Thingaverse , but one of the slickest we’ve seen yet it the VRGM, a stock design created by João Brito that can be printed to fit Oculus Touch, HTC Vive, and Windows VR controllers. Image courtesy João Brito. Image courtesy Mamut. Image courtesy Virtual Core.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

For consumers who are looking for immersive experience, they can find massive high-quality VR videos on major VR headsets, such as Oculus, Windows Mixed Reality, Google Daydream, HTC Vive, Xiaomi VR and Samsung Gear. But people in Japan who have nine-to-five jobs can’t trip Florida without a plan. 7 Against Blue Currents. .

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 12, 2018

FlyInside Flight Simulator isn’t hitting Steam or the Oculus Store yet though, as the company is launching beta access for both their free trial version and a paid ‘pro version’ first through their website starting today to get the valuable feedback and start building a community around the fledgling flight sim.

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VRScout

MARCH 6, 2017

As the two premiere VR hardware manufacturers, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive both recognize this impediment to adoption and are lowering the price to play, albeit in different ways. INVESTMENT & FUNDING WRAPUP.

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Peter Graham

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Florida-based developer HELM Systems has been working on its virtual reality (VR) fantasy adventure The SoulKeeper VR since at least 2015, with a Steam Early Access launch taking place in 2017.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

And it really cannot be replicated in a vibe or an Oculus Rift or avoid I’m sure spaces is going to do this as well but using haptics and vibration plates and sent machines and spatial audio. And they’ve been doing great, especially the turning point for the company was the Oculus Go and Oculus Quest.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

And it really cannot be replicated in a vibe or an Oculus Rift or avoid I’m sure spaces is going to do this as well but using haptics and vibration plates and sent machines and spatial audio. And they’ve been doing great, especially the turning point for the company was the Oculus Go and Oculus Quest.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

But we have seen some good results from the dev guys testing our stuff on Quest — Oculus Quest. Just for the people listening, In case you’re not familiar; HTC Vive and Oculus Rift are computer-based systems, where you’ve got to plug them into a computer and have a fairly decent computer. Alan: Oh, wow. Alex: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

But we have seen some good results from the dev guys testing our stuff on Quest — Oculus Quest. Just for the people listening, In case you’re not familiar; HTC Vive and Oculus Rift are computer-based systems, where you’ve got to plug them into a computer and have a fairly decent computer. Alan: Oh, wow. Alex: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

And it really cannot be replicated in a vibe or an Oculus Rift or avoid I’m sure spaces is going to do this as well but using haptics and vibration plates and sent machines and spatial audio. And they’ve been doing great, especially the turning point for the company was the Oculus Go and Oculus Quest.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

But we have seen some good results from the dev guys testing our stuff on Quest -- Oculus Quest. Just for the people listening, In case you're not familiar; HTC Vive and Oculus Rift are computer-based systems, where you've got to plug them into a computer and have a fairly decent computer. Alan: Oh, wow. Alex: Yeah. So RiVR Link.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 13, 2018

And all of this has been done by a little startup somewhere in Florida , not by a major company. Well, the stakes are not that high, unless some big corporation is going to buy the company , as it has happened with Oculus. That’s impressive. Reviews will be all positive. But not in this case.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 2, 2019

I hadn’t experienced anything until the the early [Oculus] DK1. And there was some fantastic presentation, it was part of the keynote at 0C6 last week — which I was at — by Michael Abrash, who’s chief scientist at Oculus. Alan: I’ve got my Oculus Quest sitting right in front of me. Justin: Yeah.

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