Road to VR

MAY 2, 2024

Here’s Barra’s appraisal of the situation: Watching TV/movies in virtual reality seemed like such an incredibly compelling idea that we (the Oculus team at Meta/Facebook) built an entire product around that idea — Oculus Go.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

First of all, Google has to keep the work on the headset very secret also internally , because Samsung is afraid that Google will steal its expertise to build a competing product. Samsung can be the first partner also on this line of products. All these premises are not good: confusion is never a good sign in business. in the reviews!

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

This week in XR hasn’t had any explosive news, but it was interesting nonetheless: in particular we had cool info on AR glasses, with some news from Kura, Lynx, and Samsung. Samsung AR glasses concept has been leaked. Popular Twitter leaker WalkingCat has leaked two trailer videos about two AR glasses by Samsung.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

It’s been another interesting week in immersive realities, so let’s see what happened in our field in the past few days! Top news of the week (Image by Google) Samsung XR headset may have been delayed The new rumor in town is that Samsung has delayed its upcoming headset that it is building in partnership with Google and Qualcomm.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 29, 2017

Today we learned that Samsung, the creators of the Oculus-powered Gear VR headset, filed a patent in late December of last year for magnetic VR hand controllers. Concept image from Samsung’s magnetic VR controller patent. Tagged with: patent , samsung Facebook Twitter Reddit More. What do you think of this patent?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 6, 2016

virtual reality peripheral that can be mounted onto an Oculus Rift headset. This device then uses infrared scanning technology to detect the position of your hands in 3D space. Essentially what this means is that the device begins tracking your hand before it even comes into view on the screen of the VR headset itself.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 16, 2024

The firm plans to debut the Light device in May 2024 and the Super headset in Q4 this year, just as other major vendors like LG and Samsung are looking to enter the headset market. Samsung is also poised to make a splash in the market soon. Many headsets that were previously available to them have now been discontinued.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

This Friday, Meta announced a long-term partnership with global chipset manufacturer Qualcomm to provide custom components for its upcoming virtual reality (VR) hardware. The Snapdragon Spaces software development kit (SDK) provides locational tracking, image recognition, and hand tracking tools.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2023

Whether to allow users to full-dive into Virtual Reality, freely move around, and be active in the medium. Hand-tracking is a logical affordance for AR based spatial computing and no doubt some experiences will work well with that design philosophy. Whether or not to open the device up to VR studios and successful titles.

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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. Virtual reality has taken the world by storm. Here is a summation of all things virtual reality as we currently know it.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 27, 2023

Demand for virtual reality is expanding at an incredible rate. Users are discovering that virtual reality isn’t just a powerful tool for entertainment. HP In recent years, the computer and software company HP has also begun branching out into the virtual reality landscape.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

We are at the beginning of March and I just realized that I haven’t written yet a post with my predictions for augmented and virtual reality for this year. The last cycle before this one was the Quest one, which started to make virtual reality known to the mainstream audience for what concerns games and fitness.

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ARPost

AUGUST 8, 2022

There are also timeless classic games, like chess, which now get the virtual reality treatment and will definitely keep new generations interested to learn the rules and develop their skills. Developed for Meta Quest, Chess Club supports both hand tracking and Touch controllers. Work in Progress: All On Board!

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

Demand for virtual reality is expanding at an incredible rate. Users are discovering that virtual reality isn’t just a powerful tool for entertainment. The flagship solution offered by the company is the Samsung Gear VR with built-in Bluetooth connectivity and adjustable IPD for user comfort.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2024

This could be interesting when paired with XR glasses Apple has removed the functionality of “removing your room ceiling” from Vision Pro There is a video showing hand-tracking performances on Vision Pro: tracking is good, and occlusion is good, but the lag is incredibly high.

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EON Reality

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

EON Reality hosted an exciting Mixed Reality partner event, based on future tech with Centro Computer and in collaboration with HP, Microsoft, and Samsung, including a full tour around EON Reality’s immersive showroom and AVR Platform demonstration. Roberto Vicenzi, Vice President , Centro Computer.

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InstaVR

OCTOBER 17, 2019

The Virtual Reality (VR) landscape is constantly evolving and improving. First off, some of the early major players like Google, Apple, and Samsung seem to be taking a step back. There was also the OC6 announcement of future hand gesture recognition by the Quest (estimated date: early 2020).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

You can access it at this link: [link] ) Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft kills Windows Mixed Reality Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on the Windows Mixed Reality platform , the one of the WMR headsets by Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung which were the first to introduce inside-out tracking in the VR ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We already know that Google, Samsung, and Qualcomm are working on a competitor of the Vision Pro, which should be based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR Gen2+ and cost around $2000. This doesn’t surprise me: Quest launched with decent hand tracking, then evolved it incredibly over the years.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

Of course, the object must be in the FOV of the cameras of the headset to be tracked, even if HTC says that the tracking can somewhat continue also when this condition is not true (i guess using just IMU data). The second one I selected is from Samsung , and in this case to show what I wouldn’t like to have in an AR windshield.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

It has hand tracking, and the Pro model also has eye tracking, like Apple’s device. And this headset is already creating ripple effects: Quest launched a feature to watch Apple spatial videos, Pico changed its plans to launch a Vision Pro competitor, and Samsung is reworking its headset to be able to compete with Apple.

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Road to VR

MAY 26, 2020

Mova is a standalone VR headset that does away with motion controllers, instead offering optical hand tracking which users will use to navigate UI and interact with others online. Like Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Go, the headset only includes a single remote, which appears to have a touchpad and button array for basic input.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The fact that the studio behind such a popular game has decided to have a VR port is the sign that Virtual Reality has started to become interesting for famous indie studios. And the fact that there will be a VR version of this important game will give virtual reality even more awareness and popularity inside the gaming community.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

Today, we’re looking at some of the top MR headset manufacturers in the industry, to help business leaders track down the right endpoints for their technology stack. The solution turns tracking inside out to reduce setup time, and loosens the hardware restrictions of other devices.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

During all these months, I had the occasion of reading on Linkedin about all his cool prototypes and enterprise solutions that he and his colleagues have developed inside the company, ranging from 360 videos to hand-tracked training solutions with the Quest, not to mention XR entertainment solutions for airplane passengers.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

This made sure investors gained some trust for immersive reality startups again, something that will be beneficial for our whole industry. I think that the upcoming release of Quest 3, and the increasing rumors about Samsung are going to improve our situation even more. Let’s all hope so. Great job, Magnopus!

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Before leaving you to the news of the week, let me just tell you two things that may interest you: If you missed them, don’t forget to read my predictions about augmented reality and virtual reality in 2022; This Thursday at 5 pm CET AWE Nite Florence comes back! A gamer injuries his neck while playing virtual reality.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

The Varjo headset includes Ultraleap hand-tracking to monitor natural hand movements and true-to-life MR passthrough with 12-megapixel video. Plus, users can unlock depth awareness capabilities powered by LiDAR and Inside-out tracking capabilities for more immersive experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2023

Hands-tracking is also supported. From a first hands-on someone was able to have with the device, seems that the prototype is solid, but the battery life is a bit short (30 minutes). I’m pretty excited by these growing rumors about Samsung because Samsung has always proposed interesting XR devices.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Oculus releases hands tracking SDK, official Link cable for Quest and more. First of all, Oculus has finally released the hands tracking SDK for Oculus Quest , letting all developers create hands-tracked application for this popular standalone headset. I hate this.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

And as any year, Oculus has really amazed us: for sure you have already read my short recap published after the first keynote of OC6 where I told you about amazing stuff like Oculus Link, Facebook Horizon and Hands Tracking. Hand tracking on Quest. Hands tracking will guarantee 25 tracked points for each hand.

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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! More info (HoloLens 2 news) More info (Firefox Reality releases on HoloLens).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

The new update for Oculus Quest brings with it some interesting features, like the tracking of the Apple Magic Keyboard, some updates to the UI, and a new menu for hand tracking. Samsung Exynos 2200 introduces ray tracing on mobile. Meta releases runtime v37 for Quest.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

He provided me with a lot of cultural context, which includes support from the highest levels of Chinese Government to invest in companies working on emerging technologies like virtual reality and artificial intelligence. There were a flood of Chinese companies at CES showing VR headsets, peripherals, and 360 cameras.

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InstaVR

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

If Facebook Horizon is a hit though, like Beat Saber, it will be good for the overall virtual reality ecosystem, as it gets more eyes on VR. OCULUS QUEST HAND TRACKING As Quest users know, the Oculus Touch Hand Controllers are a significant step forward. How does that happen? Absolutely!

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Read More : Best Of Virtual Reality: 7 Great Apps For Golf, Movies, Ping Pong, Fishing & More Quest Store Bait! first appeared back in 2016 and was once one of the most popular Samsung Gear games. A free-to-play fishing game from Resolution Games, Bait! In 2023, it's still going and receiving active support.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

All together will let you stream a very complex virtual reality application from an edge server to a standalone VR headset via 5G. That genius that answers the name of Daniel Beauchamp has used Quest Hands Tracking to make a miniature version of Beat Saber that you can play using your fingers.

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