The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 30, 2021

The amount of the deal has not been disclosed, but Chinese magazine VRTuoLuo reports that it has been 5B RMB (a bit less $800M), while another Chinese portal reported the sum of 9B RMB, but then removed this detail from its article later on. As it has happened with Oculus, this news is good and bad for Pico and VR in general.

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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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ARVR

MARCH 29, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2023

I was looking back at my 8+ years in the field, and I could identify already a few cycles of consumer XR: The devkit cycle: it’s the era of the good old days of Oculus Rift DK1 and DK2. This era ended with the launch of the first consumer-oriented PC VR headsets: the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift CV1. The big dogs are all coming.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

On March 25th, 2014, many people were left scratching their heads: why did Facebook spend 2 billion dollars to acquire a Kickstarter funded virtual reality company called Oculus. Oculus has sold an estimated 250k Rifts. Samsung Gear VR expected 3.5 As of January 2016, Google Cardboard has shipped over 5 million units.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

I thought it could have been great to give visibility to this very interesting magazine also in the West and at the same time ask them some questions on the current status of the VR market. Since Meta made the acquisition and took over Oculus, VRTUOLUO began to write original and in-depth articles on the XR industry.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

(Image by Oculus). Oculus could be starting the production of a new Quest at the end of July. Multiple reports seem to confirm that Oculus is actually starting the production of a new Oculus Quest headset, with an expected release date in 2021. Google’s investment for a 7.7% of units more produced annually.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Or is it just a talk about glasses?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

I’ve seen what companies are doing nowadays to use tracked props on the Oculus Quest: they have to add bulky mounts to install the even bulkier Touch controllers on them. Oculus Quest 2 ) to know the pose of the fingers. Panasonic AR windshield (Auganix) Samsung vision of futuristic cars (Youtube). It is very interesting.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

These are huge numbers for VR: if you look at the most recent SteamVR survey, you get that Oculus headsets are now at 67% of the whole PCVR market. Some magazines reported this news as a sign of the failure of Meta’s strategy about the metaverse. Oculus support at its best Funny link. It’s basically a monopoly. Some XR fun.

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Cats and VR

AUGUST 3, 2016

VRLA will feature cutting-edge demos of the most exciting projects in development for the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR, Google Cardboard, Samsung GearVR, and more. Alluxe will be releasing a new EP this fall and the debut single “Work My Body” feat. Salar System is out now.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device. According to Korean media, Samsung Electronics is working with Microsoft on a new augmented/mixed reality project “involving HoloLens”. Samsung is one of the most famous suppliers of components for electronic devices (e.g. Samsung Odyssey+).

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

I’ve been studying this industry inside and out and I subscribe to Google Alerts for virtual and augmented reality. ” That is from Virtual Reality Magazine, from 1993. Alan: [laughs] I happen to have three copies of this magazine. Tovar, from Spring 1995, Virtual Reality Magazine Special Report.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

I've been studying this industry inside and out and I subscribe to Google Alerts for virtual and augmented reality. That is from Virtual Reality Magazine, from 1993. Alan: [laughs] I happen to have three copies of this magazine. Tovar, from Spring 1995, Virtual Reality Magazine Special Report. By Walter J. Walter: Uh-huh.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

I’ve been studying this industry inside and out and I subscribe to Google Alerts for virtual and augmented reality. ” That is from Virtual Reality Magazine, from 1993. Alan: [laughs] I happen to have three copies of this magazine. Tovar, from Spring 1995, Virtual Reality Magazine Special Report.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 7, 2017

Elijah Allan-Blitz is one of the first Virtual Reality directors for TIME magazine. He is currently developing VR episodic series for Felix and Paul Studios and for Google. His goal is to create the undefinable and to uncover the next renaissance in creation and connection. Elijah Blitz | VR Director, TIME.

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