The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The collaboration between Microsoft and Samsung is now over. The later departure of Alex Kipman seemed to be the final nail in the coffin for the AR glasses, but a new rumor brought a bit of hope: Microsoft seemed to work together with Samsung to design consumer-oriented AR glasses. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2024

Some first feedback starts arising from the early adopters, and Cix Liv has published on X that the device shows serious issues, like the fact that its virtual keyboard is hard to use (this does not surprise me… virtual keyboards without any haptics are hard to make). This does not mean that Google is not still committed to AR, though.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 9, 2018

Intel’s tiny VR-capable PC, Tactical Haptics’ reconfigurable controller, NextVR updates, TPCast Plus, HTC Vive Pro, and Xiaomi’s re-branded Oculus Go. Tactical Haptics’ Reconfigurable Controller. Image courtesy Tactical Haptics. Here’s a roundup of news from ‘day zero’ of CES 2018, served in bitesize chunks.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 26, 2024

Meta is committed to its immersive product portfolio and has recently released significant hardware and software updates just before the report’s release. While Apple’s approach is straightforward and focuses on its hardware ecosystem, Meta’s approach is more customizable and tailored to specific solutions.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

Vision Pro isn’t exactly revolutionizing XR hardware (though the external display is pretty cool), but its real advantage stands to be a mature software platform that’s easy to use and easy to develop for. Less than 6 months after it launched, Quest Pro’s price was considerably and permanently reduced to $1,000.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

We saw mixed results in the global VR industry in 2016—initial sales volume by some high-end manufacturers didn’t quite live up to the hype, while PlayStation VR, Samsung Gear VR, and low-cost headsets continued to gain traction,” said Clifton Dawson, CEO of Greenlight Insights. 5-year global VR hardware and software forecasts.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2023

But on the other side, while the Xbox is considered mainstream hardware, the Quest is not, yet. I’m pretty excited by these growing rumors about Samsung because Samsung has always proposed interesting XR devices. It seems that the Korean company has just trademarked the names “Galaxy Glasses” and “Galaxy Ring”.

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Road to VR

MAY 2, 2018

Windows VR devices still occupy a pretty minimal spot on Steam, accounting for a total of ~5% of total VR headsets reported in this month’s Steam Hardware Survey. Check out the full list of updates on the software’s Steam page. and the newest VR ‘home’ space called Skyloft.

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VRScout

APRIL 17, 2018

In Ready Player One’ s opening act, Steven Spielberg sets the stage for the capabilities of 2045’s VR hardware. We get to see a VR headset, facial tracking gear, haptic gloves and bodysuit, and most importantly for Wade’s sprinting, an omnidirectional treadmill. How close are we to walking around a Ready Player One world?

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VRScout

DECEMBER 27, 2016

You may have read a couple stories here about haptic installations they produced for Verizon with the NFL and IndyCar in 2015. In 2016 they teamed up with Samsung to simulate an in-game basketball experience for the Rio Olympics. Two Bit’s Jake Sally taking someone through the Samsung Olympic experience.

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Anand Tech

AUGUST 24, 2023

And while Sony is no longer making dedicated gaming handhelds, the company is still eager to leverage their remote play capabilities to provide new experiences and sell new hardware. These built-in controllers provide gamers with familiar haptic feedback and adaptive triggers, ensuring a consistent gaming experience.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

Microsoft Magic Leap Varjo HP Acer Samsung ASUS Dell Biel AjnaXR FYR Medical ESight Canon IrisVision VRgineers Zappar Lynx Valve Microsoft Microsoft has been increasing its focus on the extended reality landscape in recent years, with the production of solutions such as Microsoft Mesh, and a metaverse environment for Microsoft Teams.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Many mobile headsets, like the Google Daydream View and Samsung Gear VR, become fully functional as soon as you slide your compatible smartphone into them. Samsung Gear Controller. Some of these companies are even working to add the sense of touch to VR through haptics, but for now let’s just focus on the hand tracking aspect.

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Peter Graham

AUGUST 27, 2019

Not on the hardware side as companies like VR Cover have lots of options available, rather the trickier problem of in-game nausea. There have been numerous ways to address the issue, using both software and hardware solutions. The cheapest price is £119 for the Super Early Bird tier or £149 for the Super Early Bird haptic model.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This time we will talk about haptics in XR with some celebrities in the field like Guido Gioioso from Weart, Ashley Huffman from TitanHaptics, and Joe Michaels from HaptX. A good and bad pieces of news about Quest Pro hardware. Samsung is still working on AR glasses and its new internal prototype seems to be called SM-I120.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Laetitia also added: We might use them in rehab centres in all these digital health centres that are popping up here in hospitals and institutions, we’re using more and more [XR devices], or even building new rooms dedicated to that type of rehab with MR and haptics. Samsung was demoing 3 models. Yep, it’s a monitor.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

To mimic the tactile feedback that you experience in real life, you’ll need sensors and haptics all over your body or at least in significant areas, like the face, hands, and feet. The first hardware generation attempting to solve the body feedback problem will likely use full bodysuits with haptic responses aligned to the VR experience.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

Varjo Exploring both software and hardware-based solutions for the extended reality world, Varjo is assisting businesses in numerous industries in the discovery of immersive opportunities. 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

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

More info (Windows 10 update improves the visuals of the Reverb) More info (The cable clip of the headset is easy to be broken) More info (Sebastian Ang explains some problems of the tracking of the controllers) More info (A redditor writes his first impressions on the headset) More info (Cas and Chary’s review) More info (Tom’s Hardware review).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

It will work with PlayStation 5 and offer amazing clarity, next-generation haptics, and for the first time on a consumer device, eye tracking. We all know how Samsung is able to deliver beautiful home electronics devices, and it is a company that has also past experience about VR headsets (Gear VR and Odyssey+ were both good VR goggles).

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

British hardware manufacturer VRGO only launched its Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign for VRGO Mini, a controller for your bum last week and has now hit its funding goal of £20,000 GBP. Or for those after a little haptic butt feedback the £149 tier still has a few left.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

Samsung Gear VR expected 3.5 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. Along with the emergence of the VR industry, a slew of gadgets and supplementary hardware devices have begun to flood in. Social engagement.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

Haptic technologies were represented at CES very well especially by two companies: OWO and bHaptics. OWO Haptic Vest (Image by OWO). bHaptics, a company we already know well, has instead announced TactGlove, a pair of very lightweight haptic gloves. Skinetic haptic suit (Image by Actronika). It is very interesting.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

With the technology advancing every year, the hardware is getting cheaper and the software base is growing steadily. In other words, virtual reality becomes affordable and thanks to massive price drops and discounts on hardware and software bundles, now is the perfect time to get your own VR headset and discover what all the hype is about.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

And the price of the wireless add-on is even more suspicious: speaking with a hardware manufacturer, they told me that ONLY THE ANTENNAS of a Wi-Gig connection for VR streaming (like the one of the Vive Pro) costs around $100… so how can the whole wireless streaming device cost just $50?? Upload VR) More info (Microsoft’s haptic research).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2021

Everyone knows about VR, there are TikTok influencers that talk about VR games, but there’s not the right combination of affordable hardware and compelling games that makes people run to buy headsets. Samsung original controller design gets leaked. Do you remember the VR headset by Samsung that was leaked some months ago?

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

With the technology advancing every year, the hardware is getting cheaper and the software base is growing steadily. In other words, virtual reality becomes affordable and thanks to massive price drops and discounts on hardware and software bundles, now is the perfect time to get your own VR headset and discover what all the hype is about.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

Overall, augmented reality brings robust capabilities to solutions across multiple modalities — visual, auditory, haptic, somatosensory, and olfactory. Typical hearable ecosystems rely on four common components to function — hardware, software, infrastructure, and mobile applications. Opportunities for Hearables: Key Driving Factors.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

In my opinion , the true error is with the Vive 1 , that will get a price that is higher than the one of all the competitors… and that will cost as much as a Samsung Odyssey, notwithstanding its far lower features. Oculus announces Hardware Reports. This is Oculus’s answer to Steam Hardware & Software Survey.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Hardware announcements: Head-worn. In other hardware news, Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon Wear 3100 , a new low-power chipset designed for smartwatches; as well as the Snapdragon XR1 , the first chip specially made for standalone XR devices with accompanying reference design.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Meta plans to fight Apple thanks to the help of LG, a company that has deep expertise in manufacturing hardware and displays. This seems a smart decision to me: Meta needs this kind of partner to be able to improve its hardware manufacturing capabilities, and LG is a solid one.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Here’s our technical analysis of it as VR hardware. It also features significantly higher resolution HDR displays, wider field of view lenses, eye tracking, head vibration, and ergonomic controllers with thumbsticks & high-fidelity haptics. PlayStation VR2 ships today. Black & White Eye Tracking ? Headset Rumble ?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 21, 2018

The FPS experience was interesting, but needed refinements (it was confusing sometimes): I anyway enjoyed its use of the haptic vest by bHaptics , that made sure that every time I died, I could feel a rumble all over my chest that made more realistic the fact that I had been shot. The e-sport one was really intriguing.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

The Pimax 8K X in all its majesty (Image by Tom’s Hardware). Learn more on: Road To VR (Artisan) Upload VR (Artisan) Upload VR (Pimax 5K SUPER) Road To VR (All Pimax devices) Tom’s Hardware (Pimax 8K X hands-on). Samsung AR glasses. Ok Samsung, you have our attention. but we know zero about it.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

Also, the hardware will follow this trend: at CES, in fact, we have seen mostly the launch of new enterprise headsets (Pico Neo 2, XTAL 8K, etc…). Truly next-gen VR (featuring a fantastic display and very wide FOV, varifocal resolution, eye tracking, haptics controllers, etc…) will take many years to realize.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a very impressive fusion of hardware and software, but it's by no means perfect. Read on for my breakdown of the Vision Pro hardware and software and the experience they enable. That Damn Battery Arguably the fiercest hardware debate right now in the industry is what to do with the damn battery.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Samsung starts off the month debuting its VR Internet browser for Gear VR, becoming the first to offer a VR browser. Zuckerberg makes the declaration as Samsung announces the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge smartphones will ship for a limited time with the Gear VR for free, along with $50 worth of some of the best games available for the platform.

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