The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

In the interview with me, he talked about many topics, like the rumors he heard on Apple Glasses, on the Oculus Quest 2 , the America vs China war, XR entrepreneurship, Tesla, and more! But of course, the technology is still not there: the Oculus Quest is still uncomfortable, we can’t read texts in it, and so on.

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ARPost

JULY 15, 2021

The main indicator that Bentovim has been watching has been investment in hardware companies, including through options like the Metaverse ETF. The relationship between hardware and software impacts consumers and producers alike, but it also impacts investors, according to Bentovim. “[XR] Hardware, Software, and Adoption.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 7, 2024

It appeared that Meta would instead focus on XR gaming and AR-lite consumer wearables. The company plans to showcase the benefits of its smart device OS, which could potentially provide a valuable source of income and services for Meta’s XR hardware ecosystem. LG’s smart OS has a platform worth approximately $750.5

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Samsung’s 2023 Unpacked event was all about the company’s Galaxy S23 hardware, although at the end of its hour-long presentation the South Korean tech giant announced it was working with Qualcomm and Google to develop an XR device. Samsung was one of the first truly massive tech companies to develop VR hardware.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

When you think about “haptics,” particularly in the sense of extended reality , you probably think about hardware and wearables that let you interact with and feel your environment. Haptics require hardware but they also require software. However, I had to ask, is hardware in the roadmap? Interaction Demo Bow.

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Road to VR

APRIL 19, 2017

Michael Abrash, Chief Scientist at Oculus, as-ever delivered an inspiring presentation at today’s F8 conference, this time on the topic of Augmented Reality. Oculus Research is hard at work on AR, and we’re far from the only ones”, says Abrash, but notes that many of the necessary enabling technologies do not currently exist.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Cloud compute specialists Scalable Graphics are to debut a new 1 pound wireless PC VR solution compatible with both Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets at next weeks CES convention in Las Vegas. What’s more, the firm is due to demonstrate the new hardware at CES next week.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Oculus sells battery packs and prescription lenses for the Quest. Of course, the biggest downsides are that these VR accessories aren’t exactly meant to be compatible with other hardware offerings and PlayStation itself hardly leads the industry in terms of consumer content.

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AR Insider

APRIL 6, 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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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 5, 2018

In the three to four years since the release of Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, the number of VR headsets available on the market has grown. I work in XR, organizing events and writing about AR and VR for my livelihood and yet, unlike some of my male peers, I purchased my very first piece of VR hardware just this year with the release of Oculus Go.

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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. Oculus improves development time for UE4 developers. Image by Pico).

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AR Insider

JANUARY 14, 2021

Those subdivisions include hardware and software, as well as consumer and enterprise use cases. And the underlying hardware continues to evolve, such as LiDAR. Another device class paving the way for AR is wearables. Just as mobile AR conditions users for spatial experiences, wearables acclimate them to body-worn sensors.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Whether this is a simple hardware expansion to a preexisting Vive device or an entirely new headset is another story. The companies recently revealed 6DoF rendition for their Vive Focus standalone HMD could be involved, or perhaps it is an entirely new setup compatible with Valve’s Knuckles controllers.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 26, 2020

The leading standalone VR headset, Oculus Quest, has been increasingly focusing on controllerless hand-tracking as a means of input for the device. While Qualcomm and Ultraleap have previously worked together on this front, the Ultraleap hand-tracking solution offered through Qualcomm was tied to Ultraleap’s hand-tracking hardware.

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ARPost

AUGUST 23, 2021

When it comes to XR hardware, headsets tend to get most of the hype. Right now, some of these products have limited out-of-the-box utility, but integrations with experiences, software, and hardware platforms are expanding all the time. And, who’s to argue? You’ve seen our list of VR headsets. You’ve read our list of AR glasses.

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AR Insider

MARCH 19, 2021

We’ve estimated that its annual XR R&D spend — not including its $2 billion Oculus acquisition — approaches $10 billion. That includes both AR and VR, the latter being more tangible today, given Oculus’ in-market status. It’s playing a long game and is firmly committed. Network Effect.

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TechCrunch VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The headset is a powerful piece of hardware with few VR ports of mobile apps available, even available streaming apps from Hulu and Netflix have seen scant updates due to the relatively small number of headsets out there. The Oculus Quest’s unofficial app store gets backing from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Is Apple Building an Entertainment Wearable? Begun, The Wearables Wars Have. ’ Is Oculus Quest VR’s ‘iPhone Moment?’ VR Hardware Revenues Projected to Reach $6.39 Has Oculus Sold 333,000 Quest’s So Far? And look forward to more daily spatial computing coverage in 2020. Billion by 2023.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 14, 2024

But what exactly is Meta Horizon OS, what will it mean for developers, hardware makers, and users? The company announced that its operating system, Meta Horizon OS, would now be available worldwide for other hardware manufacturers and developers. What is Meta Horizon OS?

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement… including lots of ups and downs in the intervening years. Another accelerant in that conditioning process will be wearables , as they acclimate consumers to body-worn sensors. And what about VR?

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XROM

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Frame features an integrated multimodal AI assistant, making it a significant leap forward in wearable technology. Frame follows in the footsteps of its predecessor, allowing developers to explore and modify both hardware and software. Brilliant Labs' collaboration with perplexity.ai

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Speaking of which, Vuzix’s new hardware represents a design target we’ll see more of. Instead of bulky headgear that packs graphically intensive AR experiences like Hololens 2, the pendulum will swing towards social wearability as a design target… though that does mean UX tradeoffs.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Is Meta Quest for Business the Same as Oculus for Business? Back in 2017, Meta introduced “ Oculus for Business ”. The bundle included Oculus hardware, touch controllers, sensors, and facial interfaces intended for business use. Meta Quest for Business is compatible with Meta Quest 3 , Meta Quest Pro, and Meta Quest 2.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

While wearable technologies, including wearable XR, didn’t exactly “blow up” this year, the technology did further entrench itself in enterprise—the number of companies in the evaluation stage rose significantly, several large deployments made headlines, and solution providers continued to partner and expand their products to more platforms.

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AR Insider

APRIL 9, 2021

We’ve estimated that its annual XR R&D spend — not including its $2 billion Oculus acquisition — approaches $10 billion. That includes both AR and VR, the latter being more tangible today, given Oculus’ in-market status. This is partly due to AR’s potential all-day ambient use in a wearable form factor.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Oculus Touch controllers were just announced to ship late in 2016. Xbox gamepads shipped with the Oculus Rift headset. Though Oculus Rift no longer comes bundled with an Xbox controller, there are still titles being made that are compatible with gamepads across Steam, Oculus Store, and the Playstation Store.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2023

Compatible with Apple’s iOS operating system, it will enable ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) on smart glasses and wearables. arGPT: The Next Step for GenAI Wearables For people with previous ChatGPT experience, Brilliant Labs’ solution will offer workplaces and enterprises novel workflow tools.

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VRScout

APRIL 1, 2020

It was an optimistic estimate as consumers and hardware alike have required a transition and adoption phase. In June 2019, CTRL-Labs acquired patents from Myo, a similar wearable created by North that enables control of robotics and PCs via gestures and motion. Eye-Tracking .

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 7, 2022

I developed many software and hardware products in the past, not only as Electronics Engineer but also as a Product Manager, worked in some well-known corporates such as Nokia and Verifone then a couple of years ago I founded WalkOVR, the first wearable walk-in-place locomotion solution for Virtual Reality. . How does the product work?

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

But that’s the tradeoff for achieving Ray-Ban Stories’ intended style and wearability. To achieve that endpoint, Facebook knows that wearability is the first step to gradually condition users to accept face-worn tech. But that’s sort of the point: Facebook isn’t out for hardware revenue but to plant seeds for its stake in AR’s future.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The driver, available at the official Driver4VR site , works for both Rift and Vive when running SteamVR; this could be particularly interesting for Rift users, as Oculus currently offer no ‘Vive Tracker’ equivalent. model for Xbox One. is more accurate).

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AR Insider

MARCH 3, 2020

And Oculus Quest is a beacon of hope on the VR side. Triangulating this clue with others we’ve tracked, Apple could release a “lean back” entertainment wearable in 2022. Then it will launch a more fashionable (though less-spec’d) “all-day” wearable in 2023. But there are also confidence signals. The “When?”

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VRScout

AUGUST 31, 2020

In contrast to 2019, 2020 will continue to be a little quiet in terms of hardware, with major brands like Facebook and Lenovo having launched new headsets just last year. It’s important to note, however, that Facebook finally released the Oculus for Business program on its Oculus Quest headset. Release date: 2020.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 28, 2021

A pple-related hardware rumors have become a favorite pastime in the AR world. Codenamed N301, the device is to be a high-end headset (think: more Valve Index, less Oculus Quest). Codenamed N301, the device is to be a high-end headset (think: more Valve Index, less Oculus Quest). How will it do this with VR specifically?

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ARPost

MAY 11, 2021

While the algorithms stuck, it soon became apparent that working with a hardware partner would improve the process for the end-user. See Also: VR Headset Comparison of Vive Cosmos vs. Oculus Rift S. Originally, the company custom made VR headsets and eye-tracking software, as well as their in-house algorithms.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 31, 2023

Virtual reality (VR) headsets are on a constant uphill trajectory which sees the hardware’s landscape evolve rapidly with new components, integrated software, and use cases. MR-integrated immersive wearables allow a user to combine their surrounding real and virtual worlds. VITURE also debuted a new device at CES 2022.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 21, 2020

More importantly, this aligns with the timeframe that followed its 2014 Oculus acquisition. billion for a representative baseline of pre-Oculus spending. Where it gets more interesting is panning back to a longer time period in which R&D efforts had time to gear up, including Oculus Reality Labs in Seattle, led by Michael Abrash.

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