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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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

I’m super excited that this week I’ve shared the news that we of NTW are going to launch our game HitMotion:Reloaded on November, 27th. Image by Magic Leap). Is Magic Leap in trouble? In the meantime, the competition of Chinese companies like nReal is threatening even more the appeal of Magic Leap.

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VRScout

AUGUST 31, 2021

This past July Facebook released its experimental Passthrough API into the wild, allowing developers to harness the Oculus Quest’s built-in cameras to create engaging mixed reality experiences. Originally developed for the Magic Leap One mixed reality headset, Magic Keys uses Passthrough technology to teach you how to play the piano.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Image by Oculus). Facebook is working on a new version of the Oculus Quest. According to a report by Bloomberg, Oculus is working on a new Oculus Quest model, and it has already done prototypes that are lighter and more powerful than the current device. Image by Magic Leap). Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Magic Leap is one of the most well-funded startups in history, boasting $2.6 A new report from The Information however alleges that the company has seen sluggish sales of its Magic Leap One AR headset, something that reportedly only sold 6,000 units in the first six months following its August 2018 launch.

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Road to VR

APRIL 8, 2019

AT&T and Magic Leap formed a partnership last year which looked a lot like the one between Cingular (now merged with AT&T) and Apple which led to the launch of iPhone. Magic Leap’s marketing for its first AR headset, the Magic Leap One ‘Creator Edition’, has been… curious, to say the least.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 8, 2023

Windup Minds, a new studio with talent from Oculus, Niantic, Magic Leap, wants to bring virtual creatures into your headsets. Yee also talked about his early VR development experience, highlighting the impact of the early Dreamdeck demoes for Rift at Oculus Connect. "We The studio announced a $1.6

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 8, 2018

ILMxLab, Lucasfilm’s immersive media group, today announced Star Wars: Project Porg , an augmented reality “experiment” built for Magic Leap. Just ahead of this week’s Leap Con conference, ILMxLab has announced the Star Wars: Project Porg “experimental demo” for the headset.

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Next Reality AR

AUGUST 29, 2018

Now that we've had a few days to recover from the VR geek versus augmented reality nerd battle between Oculus founder Palmer Luckey and Magic Leap founder Rony Abovitz, we can get back to taking a closer look at the Magic Leap One. But calm down, Abductor is not meant to be a full-fledged game.

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2018

Vive Pro date and price, Magic Leap announcements, Nvidia’s real-time ray-tracing, and Budget Cuts resurfaces. Magic Leap announcements. image courtesy Magic Leap. Magic Leap has launched the SDK for the device’s Lumin OS , with support for Unity and Unreal engines. Image courtesy HTC.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 24, 2023

Microsoft, Qualcomm and Magic Leap announced a partnership to “guide the evolution” of the Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK), a cross-platform AR/VR development framework which has now gone open-source. The committee says more devices are “coming soon,” one of which will likely be the Magic Leap 2 AR headset.

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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. At the time, Satya Nadella, Chairman and Chief Executive of Microsoft, said that the gaming industry plays a “key role in the development of Metaverse platforms.”

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

It is intriguing that many companies are already experimenting with this new chipset, and one of these partners is Niantic, that is thinking about going the AR hardware route after all its hard work on gelocalized AR games like Pokemon Go. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap may be in trouble, but its CEO remains confident.

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2021

Bet on games of Blackjack and Roulette in this blockchain-powered virtual casino coming soon to major VR & AR devices. At launch, XR Casino will feature multiplayer games, public and private rooms, and text and voice chat.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 20, 2017

VR fans will be gearing up for the 2017 edition of the Game Developers Conference soon, as it gets underway in just over a month, but another big industry event is taking place just ahead of it. On the VR side, Jason Rubin, Head of Content at Facebook’s Oculus will be hosting a panel with Insomniac Games CEO and founder, Ted Price.

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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Insomniac Games will soon no longer be an independent studio thanks to its acquisition by Sony Worldwide Studios. Before that happens the developer released Oculus Rift exclusive Stormland earlier this month. And today the studio has announced another, this time for Magic Leap with Strangelets. .

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

So many green pigs, so little time… Rovio and Resolution Games’ fully immersive version of their popular Angry Birds franchise is now available on the HTC VIVE and Oculus Rift. ” Image Credit: Resolution Games / Rovio Entertainment. . ” Image Credit: Resolution Games / Rovio Entertainment.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

Image by Epic Games). Sony invests $250M in Epic Games. Sony has announced that it has made a big investment of $250M in Epic Games through one of its subsidiaries. The long-term results of these partnerships are unforeseeable, but we can still play the speculation game. Rockstar is working on AAA VR open world game.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Last week industry legend and current Oculus VR CTO John Carmack sat down with stand-up comedian and podcast icon Joe Rogan for Episode #1342 of the immensely popular Joe Rogan Experience podcast. 58:33 ] – Carmack compares similarities between Neurolink’s brain-interface RF technology and Oculus’ camera and display system. [

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ARPost

MARCH 17, 2020

As many VR gamers are aware, the Game Developers Conference was canceled this year due to coronavirus fears. Facebook, owners of VR tech giant Oculus, launched the Facebook Game Developers Showcase as their alternative offering. However, seeing that kind of a move from Oculus is exciting for VR gamers and developers alike.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Last week at Oculus Connect 6 there were major AR and VR announcements made. Oculus Quest and Rift News. At the OC6 keynote, Mark Zuckerberg shared Oculus’ goal was to have forward compatibility on all future devices. The first big reveal was the upcoming Oculus Link add-on. Most notably, with the Quest. Hand Tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2022

PlayStation announces four games for PSVR 2. I remember Robert Scoble mentioning that Apple may propose its headset as a content-consumption device and not a gaming device, and this leak seems to confirm his theory. (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Other relevant news. AWE has brought with it XR demos and news.

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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. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap 2 has been teased. Chipset : Qualcomm Snapdragon XR1 Display Type : LCD Display resolution : 3.2K

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Road to VR

MARCH 23, 2020

Playing VR games is a great way to stay active, both mentally and physically. Greg Madison, a UX designer at Unity and fellow indoorsman, opened up his playspace a bit by turning his apartment into a VR game platform, something he hopes to share soon with others. Enter his ‘Gamefied Real Estate’ project.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

Magic Leap. Me, wearing a Magic Leap One. The most important news has been for sure the launch of the Magic Leap One. Rear view of the Magic Leap One. Magic Leap. Magic Leap will work a lot in trying to have new compelling experiences on its marketplace.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2023

He said that Apple is going to “ make VR into something everybody wants before it’s something that everybody can afford ”, like the original Oculus The trademark XROS has been registered by a shell company owned by Apple. Magic Leap has factories in the US and Mexico able to produce AR glasses.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

With it, VoxelGuy vacuums up virtual Euros using an Oculus Quest and Touch controller strapped to a physical vacuum cleaner; he envisions the in-game currency could be used to buy virtual decorations or new room skins to make it even more immersive. That’s not available on consumer VR headsets now, but it could be in the future.

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Road to VR

MAY 30, 2019

HTC today announced that a VR experience based on HBO’s hit TV series Game of Thrones is set to launch exclusively on Viveport Infinity starting tomorrow, supporting Vive and Rift. The post ‘Game of Thrones’ VR Experience Coming Exclusively to Viveport Infinity appeared first on Road to VR. Image courtesy HTC, HBO.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Magic Leap has just organized its first developers’ event, dubbed “L.E.A.P.” 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.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

Oculus has teased the OC6. Oculus has just announced the dates for the Oculus Connect 6. Oculus is going to announce something not only about VR but also about AR. For sure some surprises: we don’t know anything about the 2nd gen of XR that Oculus has in mind. Magic Leap is suing nReal.

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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. Let’s dive in… E3, the big trade event for the video game industry, concluded this week. The games industry is now bigger than movies and music combined.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

A legendary game for us millennials. Today, March 23rd, it is the historical day of the launch, and at 6 pm CET we were all there trying to playing the VR game of the century. Today, March 23rd, it is the historical day of the launch, and at 6 pm CET we were all there trying to playing the VR game of the century. Half-Life.

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Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2019

OpenXR is a work-in-progress standard that aims to unify the underlying connections between VR and AR hardware, game engines, and content, making for a more interoperable ecosystem. Oculus says they plan to provide runtime support for apps built for OpenXR on Rift and Quest later this year.

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VRScout

JUNE 5, 2019

With Resolution Games already offering Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs on both SteamVR and Oculus, along with an AR version for the Magic Leap One Creator Edition and compatible smart devices, it appears as though Rovio Entertainment is doubling-down on its commitment to immersive entertainment.

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Road to VR

MARCH 21, 2018

We go hands-on with Budget Cuts, Google presents ARCore and Maps API-enabled apps, Squanch Games’ Daydream exclusive title announced, and Magic Leap talks about developing games for a spatial computing platform. Google Maps API for game development. Squanch Games reveal exclusive Daydream game.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The latest clue is Mark Zuckerberg’s disclosure at OC6 that Oculus has sold $100 million worth of content, $20 million of which on Oculus Quest alone. And let’s say for the sake of argument that each Quest owner has bought 3 games on average. The post Has Oculus Sold 333,000 Quest’s So Far? 8)= 333,333.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

It is in Italian, but basically it says that we’re looking for a Unity dev with preferred experience with VR and/or multiplayer games. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap pivots to enterprise, lays off 1,000 employes. Image by Epic Games). Top news of the week. Let me briefly tell you my thoughts.

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