The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

I am a bit sad no one gave an award to The Unity Cube , though… I would have loved to get a “Worst Application Award 2021” from Road To VR…. The second one is a device that should be presented at CES: the OWO haptic suit. More info (Lick It Up TV) More info (Owo haptic suit). Two XR headsets that have just been announced.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

More info (Meta’s losses in 2023) More info (Meta expecting even higher losses in 2024) Quest 3 enters the Steam chart at 0.15% Meta Quest 3 appeared for the first time in Steam’s Hardware Survey, with a 0.15% share of the market. SteamVR 2.0 is now live for everyone.

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HaptX

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Up to four people can feel like they are standing right next to each other in VR – where they handle the same objects at the same time – and the haptics work perfectly. Another journalist was in another VR headset with haptic gloves playing [virtual] Jenga next to me. This is the future of collaboration in the metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

More info Steam VR stats have been pretty negative in September The Steam hardware survey for September 2023 was very negative for VR. VR users were in September 1.60% of total, down from 1.92% in August … -16% in one month.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

It has feet controllers, haptic feedback for hands, vibrational feedback for the hand, and other cool features that are missing in the most common headsets. Market analysis firm ARtillery Intelligence has conducted a survey about VR in the US. Yes, you’ve read everything well. VR adoption is on the rise, but interest towards VR is not.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2020

The biggest news of the week is the one that you can see in the above graph: i n the Steam Hardware Survey for April, it is possible to see a big spike of connected headsets. More info (Steam Hardware Survey) More info (Facebook’s revenues for Q1 2020) More info (Quest and Rift S stock, updated) More info (SuperData’s report).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

This is Oculus’s answer to Steam Hardware & Software Survey. The SDK offers native APIs, but also supports popular game engines like Unity and Unreal 4. One of the most interesting findings, that have been discovered by Upload VR , is that only 40% of the Gear VR users currently use the provided remote!

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