The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

vTime , the social VR platform from Starship Group , today released an update to their avatar creation tool that now gives users access to thousands of avatar customization options, promising to “let you reflect more of yourself inside vTime. See Also: Social App ‘vTime’ Now Available for Oculus Rift.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 8, 2016

Getty Images, has launched the Getty Images Virtual Reality Group, a new business dedicated to the creation and global distribution of virtual reality content. The Group provides a comprehensive offering of over 12,000 premium 360 images with new content added daily, as well as high res gigapixel content from key events and venues.

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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! Image by Oculus). The Oculus Quest is now one year old.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

These days, most folks have experienced virtual reality in some shape or form: it could be a Google cardboard, VR kiosk at a local mall, or an at-home VR headset from HTC or Oculus. The interactiveness of a social VR experience makes it a powerful collaboration tool. For All Group Sizes. Sponsored content.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 2, 2022

With countless apps and headsets available to choose from, today’s brands can easily equip their teams with the tools they need to create and innovate anywhere in the world. These sensational tools can bridge the gaps between hybrid workers, and even accelerate time to market for new projects. BlueJeans for Workplace. ImmersedVR.

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Road to VR

JULY 9, 2017

So, you just bought an Oculus Rift and you want to know what to download first (besides the free stuff). In our breakdown of the top 5 games for Oculus Touch and top 5 for the Xbox One gamepad, we take a look at some of the best games currently on the Oculus Store. Top 5 Oculus Touch Games. Robo Recall. Edge of Nowhere.

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VRScout

APRIL 22, 2019

Thankfully, immersive technology—such as VR—has proven to be the ideal tool for educating the public on environmental issues and spread awareness through immersive projects designed to envoke a sense of empathy with the user. GOOGLE EARTH VR. GREENLAND MELTING. THE STANFORD OCEAN ACIDIFICATION EXPERIENCE. NATURE TREKS VR.

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2020

Winners from the past three events include Oculus Rift and Quest, Google Tilt Brush, HTC VIVE Pro, and the Vader Immortal series. VRChat , the group bringing the VR Awards online, is a free-to-play virtual world currently in early access on Steam , Oculus , and VIVEPORT. The Oculus Rift S headset. Pimax Artisan.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 29, 2024

In a recent report from the New York Times, Meta revealed new AI features for its smart glasses product – that Meta developed using Ray Ban frames – following the firm’s promise of broader virtual assistant tools for the product range at last year’s Connect event. Meta will enforce these changes today, on March 29th.

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VRScout

JULY 11, 2017

Google wants you to play with Blocks, this smartphone wants you to get rid of your headset, a new marketplace connecting content creators with funding, the price of the Oculus Rift is slashed, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. GOOGLE WANTS YOU TO PLAY WITH BLOCKS.

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ARPost

APRIL 27, 2021

There are some platforms that this article isn’t going to discuss because they lack tools to make them truly valuable for industry. Users have access to a large catalog of existing assets from sources like Sketchfab and Google Polly, but users can also upload their own assets. Hubs by Mozilla. See Also: A Hands-On Review of ENGAGE.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 5, 2017

With social VR platform vTime’s recent launch on Google Daydream, the UK-based company Starship Group can proudly say they’ve created the most-widely available social VR platform in the world. Starship Group says the app will be available on all major VR platforms soon, with support for HTC Vive as well.

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VRScout

JULY 30, 2018

Already a dominant application on the HTC Vive, PlayStation VR and Google Daydream platforms, Google’s immensely popular YouTube VR experience is now available on the Samsung Gear VR. With this new platform comes an exciting new tool as well: communal VR spaces. YouTube VR is available for free via the Oculus Store.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest. Considering that this number doesn’t count the Quest users connected via Oculus Link, the actual number of VR users on Steam is even higher. Still no news on Oculus For Business program and Multiplayer SDK for Quest.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

While hardware advancements such as the HTC Vive Pro and Oculus Rift have solidified at-home VR as a viable option, those looking for next-level immersion will still find the most success with location-based VR installations. From product marketing to interactive games, AR has proven itself a useful tool for multiple industries.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

With AR reaching a stage of relative maturity in both device reach and development tools, there are still many areas that AR is continuing to improve to make it more useful. Google’s real-time face and body tracking; Source: Google. Full-Body Tracking. Metaverse Digital Avatars from Meta; Source: Meta.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Finally, the platform – previously only available on the Oculus – is expanding to VIVE and Pico devices. Breakout groups in digital worlds, created by Western Digital and the International Training Center , followed the meet-and-great and the initial formal presentation. Other controls came much more naturally.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 28, 2023

There is not only the problem of the timezone but also the unknown of the internet connection and the inability of reaching Western websites like Google. VPN (Image from Know Your Meme) In China, most of the Western websites we use the most, like Google and Facebook, are blocked behind the Great Firewall. People will understand.

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VRScout

JUNE 8, 2016

Welcome to the Getty Images Virtual Reality Group. Stock photo superstars Getty Images announced yesterday the creation of their brand new virtual reality initiative, the Getty Images Virtual Reality Group. Last month they made another partnership with Google to provide 360 images for the upcoming Google Expedition program.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

I had a chance to talk about storytelling in VR with three of the co-founders of Oculus Story Studio during Oculus Connect 3. Some of the key discoveries that Oculus Story Studio made with Dear Angelica are first of all that changing scale as an effective way to evoke different emotional reactions.

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ARVR

JUNE 27, 2022

COVID also helped professional implementation of VR which is closer to the real experience than Zoom, Google Meet or Teams. In order to address the problems described above (and many more) by using VR tools we need the following: 1. Content ?—?that’s that’s the most important part. size headset). Distribution ?—?once

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AR Insider

JUNE 4, 2020

This timing prompted Spatial to launch on Oculus Quest and make its PRO tier free. Starting at the beginning, the Spatial user experience (UX) is the first thing you’ll notice when entering the app (I accessed via Oculus Quest). Its head of design also helped develop Material Design at Google. Here’s the deep dive.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

This year’s 70+ person judging panel included academic professors and researchers as well as representatives from Google, HTC, HP, Deloitte, NVIDIA, Apache, and others. This Year’s VR Hardware of the Year Award went to the Oculus Quest. The Oculus Rift S was also nominated for the award. VR Lifetime Achievement.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 21, 2019

With the launch of the Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift S in 2019, VR has gone from inaccessibly expensive and complex, to a much more approachable technology (comparable to traditional game consoles). Rating: PG Available on HTC Vive & Vive Pro, Oculus Rift S, Oculus Quest, Windows Mixed Reality, PlayStation VR Website: [link] .

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

source code is also provided as support for developers to make their own AR tools. #3: You probably have heard of well-known models such as the Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, Playstation VR, and HTC VIVE?—?these For example, the Google Cardboard headset is only $20 !!! Not all members have VR headsets in your group?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 25, 2024

Additionally, given Samsung’s partnership with Qualcomm, it is highly likely that the device will contain Qualcomm’s latest XR2+ Gen 2 Platform, which was developed in collaboration with Samsung and Google. Meta to Delete Oculus Data and Accounts Meta is set to delete all Oculus accounts and data.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The startup is pretty new, in fact, and its owner group is Megadodo, another unknown company that is working on an MMO game about which is difficult to find any information. While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. Notwithstanding all this hate, the Oculus Quest 2 is selling very well.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

T he use of the Exynos chips makes me think even more that this is an old device : Samsung has recently announced that it is going to build its headset with Google and Qualcomm, so it is impossible that the to-be-released device doesn’t have a Qualcomm chip. The startup just raised $1.6 million as pre-seed to build virtual characters (e.g.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The Oculus Quest completely changed the game when it comes to VR headsets. “ While Oculus isn’t exactly under the radar, I don’t believe the average person truly understands what the real appeal of the Oculus Quest is , “ Software Portal CEO, Jason David, told ARPost. “ Oculus Quest.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

The Vive is a powerful ally in the fight against marketplace fragmentation, as it draws content from Steam, Viveport—and with the help of ReVive , a software hack that lets you play Oculus exclusives, the Oculus Store. 5 – Space Pirate Trainer. ‘Rec Room’ on Steam. 2 – Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Oculus Quest 2 gets a huge update. Oculus has just started rolling out the update to the Quest runtime v23 , that introduces a lot of new features and improvements to this device: All the applications in the headset can now run at 90 Hz (including the passthrough vision); Oculus Link upgrades to 90Hz as well and finally exits from beta.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2020

This has been the week of the launch of the Oculus Quest 2, and this event has been so big that basically, it will take half of this roundup to describe. Facebook releases the Oculus Quest 2. Even if with the Quest 1 was possible to play Oculus Go games, this support has been abandoned on the Quest 2. Top news of the week.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Vermillion Developer Interview: Making Realistic Oil Painting Accessible Using VR Oil painting simulator Vermillion, available on PC VR and soon on Oculus Quest, is about as close to oil painting in real life as you’re going to get in VR. That said, it's a fantastic tool to encourage an interest in music – and that's what matter most.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

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 has been the king of standalones , because it is selling devices at very low prices that offer great content. Oculus Quest and controllers inside a stand.

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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.

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AllThingsVR

OCTOBER 25, 2016

With the upcoming launch of Playstation VR, Oculus Touch controllers, cheaper VR-compatible PCs, and Google Daydream, VR promises to bring immersive entertainment, communication, and education tools to more people than ever before. There are also classes on developer programs at Oculus or HTC. Read more here.

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