The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

More info Google may still be working at Project Iris Some months ago a rumor claimed that Google had stopped working on Project Iris, its project devoted to the creation of augmented reality glasses. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Image by HTC Vive). HTC teases a new headset. HTC has started the usual marketing operation it does for the launch of every new device. We don’t have further details about it, and if you try to enhance the above image, you just get a “Nice try” trolling label coming to view (gg HTC for that). Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I’m sorry about that, but it’s still a miracle I’ve managed to write it… Top news of the week (Leaked image from Samsung video) Samsung is back to XR with Google and Qualcomm The big news of the week is that Samsung is back to XR. What is even more interesting is that this device will be built in partnership with Google and Qualcomm.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 30, 2023

But I think it’s not a good move for Meta, for the following reasons: It shows that it is “afraid” of HTC. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine. The move has probably been done to better compete with the Vive XR Elite, which is going to be released now exactly for $1100.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This is the same confusion that created issues for HTC in the past with the Vive Pro, for instance. Someone put some chickens in virtual reality and saw that they are happier. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine. Learn more. Some XR fun. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 28, 2021

HTC is shipping the Vive Focus 3. HTC has started shipping the Vive Focus 3, so we have started reading the first reviews about it. Icosa Gallery is the new Google Poly. Google Poly has recently shut down, leaving creators without an open and free place where to share their 3D creations with the other members of the community.

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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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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Everyone was waiting for the Oculus Rift CV1, the first Virtual Reality “consumer headset” for the technology to boom… but then when it launched, it was actually a boom-erang, because the price was too high and the features too limited to have a real consumer appeal.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google killed its AR glasses Project Iris Do you remember the name Project Iris? Various reports indicated it as the internal codename in Google for a project meant to build augmented reality glasses. It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 5, 2024

Google has great expertise in building operating systems, plus its Google Play store would have let Meta Quest become compatible with all its Android Apps out of the box. This is going to create more awareness around virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 10, 2024

A few years ago I was interviewing Alvin Wang Graylin , the HTC Executive (or “Mister President” as I like to call him), and we were talking about the book Our Next Reality he’s written together with Louis Rosenberg. But no one could envision it: it was hard to imagine TikTok influencers eating Tide Pods in 1960.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2022

This means that if the sale of a virtual object happens on Quest, that has a 30% platform “tax” on all the in-app-purchases, the creator will see 30% going to Meta for the Quest tax and 25% of the remainder (70%) going to Meta for the Horizon tax. HTC Vive is going to launch… a box. HTC implements OpenXR on the Vive Focus 3.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

HTC releases eye and face tracking for Vive Focus 3. HTC doesn’t want to lose the VR train, so it has just found a creative way of competing with Meta Quest Pro. The eye tracker, instead, can be attached as a magnetic insert in the internal part of the device, and HTC claims it’s accurate to within 0.5°~1.1°

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