The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the enormous influence in the XR industry, VRTUOLUO has set up dozens of industry communities (such as the Industry Executives Association, VR Game Developers Community, VR Education Community, Financing and Investment Community, Offline Entertainment Group, etc.) and covered more than 80% of the XR pioneers as communities members.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

The Quest 2 is a great gaming machine offered at a ridiculous price, and it has totally crushed the competition. Not HTC, which has very little money compared to Facebook/Meta; not Valve, who is focused mostly on PC gaming; not HP which seems interested only in the pro/business market. No one can compete now.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The drama about Unity’s new pricing models has set the whole game development community on fire, while we had an unexpected leak about the Pico 5 and some updates on the Apple Vision Pro. Long story short, all games that manage to have more than a certain number of downloads and revenues are subject to a per-install fee. per install.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Image by MegaDodo Simulation Games). Some of its features are: 2,160 × 2,160 resolution per eye 90Hz framerate 4-cameras inside-out tracking (like the Quest) Touch-like controllers with Knuckles-like finger-sensing Face tracking Hips tracking (for better orientation in games) Integration with SteamVR games Wireless add-on.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

He provided me with a lot of cultural context, which includes support from the highest levels of Chinese Government to invest in companies working on emerging technologies like virtual reality and artificial intelligence. There were a flood of Chinese companies at CES showing VR headsets, peripherals, and 360 cameras. Support Voices of VR.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

This is coherent with the 3 years for BCI (Brain-computer-interfaces) used in gaming that the CEO of OpenBCI told me in a recent interview. Facebook could sell all its devices undercost now, subsidizing the cost of the hardware with software and data collection, so that to compete with brands like Samsung and XiaoMi.

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Bernard Marr

MAY 23, 2022

One interesting aspect that arises from the existence of Horizon is that it forces us to confront questions about whether we want a metaverse where ownership is centralized under a corporate owner or a more distributed, decentralized model of ownership and governance. Roblox is a gaming platform used daily by more than 50 million users.

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Digitalnauts

JULY 11, 2022

They’ve got all the big companies there, like LG and Samsung. I’ve not had the chance to go to America yet, but Charles was recently at SXSW at the start of the year and his opinion was that it was a lot of discussions of the metaverse around NFTs and games. In South Korea, to my complete surprise, there wasn’t much gaming.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! So many memories… who was there already in VR with me?

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Cats and VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

An Australian couple with 2 kids, they’ve travelled to 35 countries, developed a love of VR while discovering North America in their RV, and have just announced the studio’s first VR title “Run Dorothy Run” – the world’s first endless runner rhythm game through Oz. What drew the founders to VR and to make a game?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

Developers and coders will receive access to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Spaces, allowing them to develop for the massive ecosystem of applications, games, and content. Currently, due to US government trade restrictions , Qualcomm cannot sell its 5G components to Huawei for its smartphone sales.

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Road to VR

JUNE 9, 2017

The VR experience tells the story as if the main character is code, and they created different immersive environments that reflected testimony from a range of computer experts as well as a number of official government denials.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 8, 2017

New York Times partnered with Samsung to establish a " Daily 360 " series hosted on YouTube, which rolls out a video every day in 2017, and already houses over 300 videos up to December 8, 2017; you can also check out their video library on NYT's website. New York Times. Associated Press. Russia Today.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

Of course, it is not the best VR experience, and of course, it is terrible for gaming, but in the enterprise, it has still value and will probably have for at least one-two years. All the resources from Valve were devoted to Alyx, and the other two games were abandoned. The other games were A.R.T.I, 6G is coming to 2028–2030.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2018

According to some reviewers, the display may also be the same one made by Samsung. Oculus can count on years and lots of money (at least $500M) spent in creating a great ecosystem with a great number of games. At launch, Oculus Quest will come with more than 50 games , all curated to be wonderful.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

This trend will continue in 2021 : the new LiDAR sensor, which is rumored to be installed in all future iPhones, will for sure be copied also by Android phones (Samsung?) The only big name surviving in this field is Pokemon Go, but just because it has changed how the game works and it has already a very large and passionate userbase.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

In the book, you discuss military, telepresence, design and architecture, medical, retail, marketing, journalism, social media, entertainment, gaming, and education. There are some games and social experiences. So, it has some social benefits, you know, because that’s not a game – that’s an experience.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

In the book, you discuss military, telepresence, design and architecture, medical, retail, marketing, journalism, social media, entertainment, gaming, and education. There are some games and social experiences. So, it has some social benefits, you know, because that’s not a game – that’s an experience.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

VR will play out its own exponential role — a 3D Virtual Reality internet of all connected VR spaces, games, and worlds classically referred to as the “Metaverse” in Neil Stephenson’s seminal sci-fi novel Snow Crash and more recently described in Ernest Cline’s book Ready Player One as “The Oasis.”

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Bernard Marr

MAY 23, 2022

This is an online virtual world – commonly referred to these days as a metaverse – where users can meet, chat, play games, socialize and attend events. In recent years it has become popular with global brands and celebrities, including Samsung, Morgan Stanley, PwC, Adidas, and Snoop Dogg, all keen to have their own stake in the metaverse.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

Currently VR First is boasting more than 50 projects in development at the labs, and not just games. In fact, games only account for 35% of projects underway, as the rest are focused on fields like psychology and neuroscience (12%), education (7%), tourism (7% ), and architecture and real estate (6%). image courtesy VR First.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Much like the Samsung Gear VR with the Samsung Galaxy line, Mi VR requires a smartphone and is expectedly compatible with Mi Note 2, the Mi 5, Mi 5s, and Mi 5s Plus. Like game consoles and smartphones, content is king. There is more to Virtual Reality than hardware. VR+ IEA will be officially announced in March 16th.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 20, 2021

Another slightly different example is when they acquire a game studio like Beat Games and they say that “Beat Saber will continue being supported on all current platforms” And this is 100% true. And this also thanks to the non-mandatory but very-much-advised Google login on Android phones. Even if another company (e.g.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

Anne is actively engaged in the entertainment industry at the intersection of music, arts, gaming, and tech. So a lot of it is based around the concepts of gaming. So we’re really looking at VR as something that’s not contained, taking from classical genres, from theater and cinema and gaming. Anne: Thank you, Alan.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

Anne is actively engaged in the entertainment industry at the intersection of music, arts, gaming, and tech. So a lot of it is based around the concepts of gaming. So we’re really looking at VR as something that’s not contained, taking from classical genres, from theater and cinema and gaming. Anne: Thank you, Alan.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

Anne is actively engaged in the entertainment industry at the intersection of music, arts, gaming, and tech. So a lot of it is based around the concepts of gaming. So we're really looking at VR as something that's not contained, taking from classical genres, from theater and cinema and gaming. Anne, welcome to the show.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The same holds for mobile AR apps and glasses: interactions aside, a game like Pokemon Go could be a blast on AR glasses, when they will be launched. AR games and experiences. Hybrid AR/VR working mode for our fitness game. And in fact, Niantic already showed a prototype of this kind. Sounded good.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

As always in January I like to play the speculation game and make my personal predictions for augmented and virtual reality for the new year (2022, in this case). In the USA, it is almost mainstream; in Europe, it is something for people that have some knowledge of gaming or technology; in South America, is very difficult to get a headset.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 5, 2019

Because you can now connectively, I guess, access and scan QR codes on iOS devices, and more so with Samsung through Bixby and Glens, et cetera. So, if someone scanned our experience, did they play the mini-game? There’s quite a lot that is governed by NDAs that we can’t talk about [laughs]. Do they take a photo?

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 5, 2019

Because you can now connectively, I guess, access and scan QR codes on iOS devices, and more so with Samsung through Bixby and Glens, et cetera. So, if someone scanned our experience, did they play the mini-game? There’s quite a lot that is governed by NDAs that we can’t talk about [laughs]. Do they take a photo?

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

The Venture Reality Fund has looked at over 5,000 startups in the space and invested in 40, including Beat Games, acquired by Facebook, and Rec Room, the first VR software Unicorn. While at Zynga, he co-created the game FarmVille and served as the CTO of Zynga Japan. Tech Evangelist at Epic Games (India/ASEAN). 14- Kai Liang.

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