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MAY 11, 2017

While this price difference is significant, the Acer headset uses LCD panels which may result in significant differences to the overall experience when compared with the panels used in Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Google, Facebook and others have yet to match this technology but are working hard at it.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC is probably going to announce Vive Flow. With a surprise move, HTC Vive has started teasing the launch of a new product. The company has set up a virtual event on the platform ENGAGE (of which HTC is an investor) for October, 14th 2021 at 8 am PDT. Send me hugs while I’m still human! Image by IGN).

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JANUARY 5, 2024

This week saw Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Qualcomm, Meta, and Sony move to optimize their product offerings and business operations. Qualcomm is positioning the XR2+ Gen 2 as a tipping point in XR hardware design and innovation due to its breakthrough features and specs combined with its launch partners.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

And these experiments about wireless headsets make us think that Valve is investigating the possibility of making the Index wireless (or even better, standalone), a feature that many users have asked for. (Thanks Ilja Z for the tip!). Vive Facial Tracker works also with non-HTC headsets. Google halves its revenues on the Play Store.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Image by HTC). Thanks to Tom Ffiske for the tip!). Google details Project Starline. In a research paper, Google has detailed the design of Project Starline, the innovative booth for remote one-to-one meetings that look realistic. Honestly, I think it will be the next project abandoned by Google.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

New Steam hardware survey highlights that the number of VR headsets has grown again, and now according to Road To VR there are 1.6M I wonder if Facebook has already taken the decision of leaving the enterprise market to HTC and Pico , while focusing on the much bigger piece of cake of the consumer market. Thanks Leywes for the tip).

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AIXR

APRIL 1, 2022

With secrets spilled and tips revealed, Alex Makes VR is an essential listen for storytellers and curious VR enthusiasts alike. The weekly show consists of a hardware and industry trend-based discussion. . Field of View. The rule book of the XR industry is constantly being written and rewritten by the second. Between Realities.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

It’s important to remember that every VR device fits one of three categories: mobile (meaning it uses the user’s smartphone to produce its virtual world), tethered (meaning the device must be hooked up to a PC or console) or more recently, “all-in-one” (meaning the computing hardware is built into the headset itself). Google Cardboard.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 18, 2019

This would mean that it has sold more than Oculus Rift, Oculus Go, HTC Vive, and HTC Vive Focus all together. Project Soli to be implemented inside the Google Pixel 4. Project Soli is a device on which Google ATAP is working since many years. Thanks Eloi Gerard for the tip!).

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

HTC has sold an estimated 100k Vives. As of January 2016, Google Cardboard has shipped over 5 million units. Meaning, that the only way we, as content creators, can produce the kind of content we desire, is to work to create the hardware or software solutions as we go. The hardware still has room to improve.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2019

I had the pleasure of participating to the “VR Visionaries” event in Kaohsiung and then I headed to Taipei to meet some XR companies (like HTC ) and people. In Taiwan, all western websites work and so you don’t need to set up a VPN just to use Google. I also tried a demo that employed Taiwanese gloves and scent emission hardware.

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Digitalnauts

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

They have some great capabilities in terms of hardware. Among such are HTC Vive and Oculus Rift headsets. . This piece of hardware displays a 3D hologram overlaid on the real world. Viral new solutions include Snap’s new AR glasses prototype and Google Glass Explorer Edition. . What does this mean?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

If the price of the headset is below $1500, I think we are looking at a piece of hardware that may kill many competitors in the enterprise XR space , also considering the fact that HP is a reliable company for business collaboration. If you use VR in your company, keep an eye on the Reverb G2 Omnicept Edition. It seems fair to me.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Lindero's first product was an educational application/software called “ Milo and Brandie’s Jungle Adventure ”, released on Apple Store and Google Play. Click on each item to expand their exclusive tips! He couldn't wait to try his hand in something challenging, and took Gillian's offer as soon as the olive branch was extended.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

A Horizon game is coming for this new headset, and some rumors talk also about Half-Life: Alyx potentially be available in the future; HTC has announced the Vive Wrist Tracker, a 6 DOF tracker for the Vive Focus 3. Let me quote the article: “We were giving away the hardware but making money on the data,” he said. Some news on content.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

I ended up at Valve Software running their hardware department, putting the team together that created the HTC Vive. As hardware and software mature, awareness is driven by wonderful things like Pokemon Go. Instead of having to install applications to do this, it’ll be part of the OS and part of the hardware itself.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Most probably there won’t be hardware releases (Oculus has just launched the Rift S and the Quest ) but just teases of new devices of the future and a lot of new software releases and showcases (like the one about the game that is being developed by Respawn). HTC has a new CEO: Yves Maitre. The Oculus Connect 6 is coming!

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Here below I’m posting for you the best offers I’ve found: for instance, HTC is discounting basically every piece of hardware (including Vive Trackers that can be useful for all the VRChat fans out there), while Pico is offering one of the best deals with €100-worth-of-content given for free with every purchased Pico 4.

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Upload VR

APRIL 3, 2023

The software from Google’s Owlchemy Labs ran on Quest 2. “This demo that we’re giving you here feels a lot like what 2015 HTC Vive at GDC demo was.” ” “VR is in a software problem, not a hardware problem,” Eiche said. technology with Owlchemy’s fine tuning layered on top.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

thanks Alessio for the tip!). Thanks to the control of software and hardware, Apple is far ahead of all the Android systems for what concerns AR , something that many experts (like Robert Scoble) already forecasted years ago. More info (GTC going digital) More info (NVIDIA develops cheap eye-tracking). Apple ARKit 3.5

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VRScout

JULY 4, 2017

Apple acquires computer vision company, the hidden 3D feature in iOS 11 beta, Google experiments with ads in VR, a new VC fund is focusing on VR/AR, the investment and funding wrapup, and more… 1.APPLE GOOGLE PLAYS WITH ADS IN VR. APPLE DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THIS ACQUISITION. APPLE’S SECRET FEATURE HIDDEN IN IOS.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The HTC Vive Cosmos may release soon for €799. We all know that the Vive Cosmos should release very soon since HTC revealed me that the release date would have been in Q3 2019 and Q3 ends at the end of the month. A market where Oculus has almost no earning s from the hardware sales, though, so it’s a weird situation.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

Image by Google). Project Iris is the codename of Google’s AR glasses. According to a report on The Verge, Google is working on AR glasses. The operating system should be Android, but it seems that Google is also building an operating system specific for XR. HTC discounts its headsets. What about yours?

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VRScout

OCTOBER 4, 2018

While it’s only been released on the Vive Focus so far, Western audiences may soon have access to Beat Reality and/or similar visualizer apps with the proliferation of MR passthrough cameras on standalone headsets, similar to features we’ve seen on hardware such as Magic Leap One Creator Edition, Oculus Quest and the Lenovo Mirage Solo.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. But I've been writing a series of blogs about my journey using and integrating the HTC Vive headsets at GESS. I ended up doing trials with the Vive Focus and other hardware. My background is in film. Steve: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. But I've been writing a series of blogs about my journey using and integrating the HTC Vive headsets at GESS. I ended up doing trials with the Vive Focus and other hardware. My background is in film. Steve: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. But I've been writing a series of blogs about my journey using and integrating the HTC Vive headsets at GESS. I ended up doing trials with the Vive Focus and other hardware. My background is in film. Steve: Yeah.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2020

A new HTC headset may come in 2021. A comment of HTC China President Alvin Wang Graylin makes us understand that HTC is going to launch a new VR headset in the first months of 2021 , and that it “will be better than what is available on the market”. And all of this is something I don’t like. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

The newest Steam Hardware Survey shows how Rift S has now more or less 8% of the market. More info (Steam Hardware Survey) More info (CCS Insights) More info (Strategy Analytics) More info (XRDC Report). Thanks David for the tip). Thanks Eloi for the tip). Oculus is gaining importance among customers and developers.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

It makes sense for Samsung, which is great in manufacturing hardware, to partner with Microsoft , that is doing a good job in creating a platform for XR, to compete with the other companies. This gives more power to Google Glass, that are not doing that bad in the enterprise environment after a total disaster as a prosumer device.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

Google unveils Starline communication solution. At Google I/O, Google has announced Project Starline, an interesting project it has worked on for five years. I find Starlight an AMAZING project on the research side , and I think that all these technologies Google has developed for it may be re-used in other XR projects.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

HTC has launched a new headset, we have another confirmation of Apple glasses, we read about the first hands-on on Kura glasses, and many other things have happened! Image by HTC). HTC launches the Cosmos at $699. HTC has finally launched the HTC Vive Cosmos , its new flagship headset. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Meta has not explained why it was removed: some people suspect it was because it could have been used “to see through some clothes”, but I don’t know if the truth is actually some software/hardware incompatibility. Most probably Meta is bringing the hardware, Microsoft the platform (e.g.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 28, 2019

And it delivers an experience much like the original videos that Google came out with for Google Glass. So one of the backbones of any hardware product is software. And so it’s a great opportunity to get in the game, to learn about it, and to have your expenses covered for the cost of the hardware and stuff.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 28, 2019

And it delivers an experience much like the original videos that Google came out with for Google Glass. So one of the backbones of any hardware product is software. And so it’s a great opportunity to get in the game, to learn about it, and to have your expenses covered for the cost of the hardware and stuff.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 28, 2019

And it delivers an experience much like the original videos that Google came out with for Google Glass. So one of the backbones of any hardware product is software. And so it's a great opportunity to get in the game, to learn about it, and to have your expenses covered for the cost of the hardware and stuff. Alan: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It was 2015, right after Google Glass, quote/unquote failed. So I know AGCO is using Google Glass all over. It’s that exponential growth of hardware as well. It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they’re pivoting to enterprise. But there’s a lot going on. Alan: Really?

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