The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2024

But I still hope for Santa Claus to come and make me a delayed gift In the links here below I’m also adding some extra content about the Vision Pro: a link with a leaked video of how Safari works on the device , and a weird patent with some strange ideas of how to use its external display. The PCVR space is literally on fire.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

Image by Samsung, taken from Upload VR). Samsung may launch a next-gen Samsung Odyssey. A recent filing at the Chinese IP offices makes us speculate on a new PC VR headset in the works by Samsung. That said, let’s have a look at this interesting week in AR and VR. Top news of the week. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2022

Image by Samsung). Samsung is close to launching an XR device, or maybe two. Last month, we got to know that (according to a rumor) Samsung is working together with Microsoft on new AR glasses, most probably powered by a Qualcomm chipset. Samsung has apparently completed a prototype, and “is deciding the release date”.

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Road to VR

APRIL 11, 2018

In addition to confirming that the headset’s new displays are made by Samsung, the organization also gave the headset a favorable repairability score. Their Vive Pro teardown walkthrough details the disassembly process (you can catch a video summary heading this article). Image courtesy iFixit / Jeff Suovanen ( BY-NC-SA ).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 27, 2019

This year we had the launch of two amazing 6 DOF all-in-one Virtual Reality headsets : the Oculus Quest and the HTC Vive Focus Plus. USB should have OTG enabled; Battery : 3 hours nominal duration; Vive Focus Plus and controllers (Image by HTC). According to some reviewers, the display may also be the same one made by Samsung.

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VRScout

MAY 4, 2018

million Oculus Go units to consumers this year, outpacing other established VR headsets such as Samsung Gear, HTC Vive, and even their own Oculus Rift. The post How To Access Your Personal Files From The Oculus Go appeared first on VRScout. Well you can! Image Credit: Facebook / VRScout.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

When I was in Qingdao , the general manager of Chinese manufacturer Skyworth has made me try a 3DOF VR headset called v901 , and I was impressed by the 8K video I have viewed inside, so he has kindly given me a sample of the device to test and review. Here you are my unboxing video of the device! Everything was very basic.

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ARVR

JULY 6, 2020

Since around 2010 modern day VR has come out through the companies of Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and the Sony Playstation VR. The ability to create 360 video has been around since around 2016 when users could attach a few GoPro’s together in a rig to capture pictures and video. link] The Rise of 360 Media and How to Create it.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2018

Two days ago, I’ve been at HTC Vive Chinese headquarters in Beijing. It has been a really amazing day, where I have been able to try some amazing HTC tech demos (more on this later on! I’ve been able to speak with three companies incubated in the Vive-X Beijing and also to know various HTC Vive employees.

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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

JANUARY 11, 2022

HTC Vive Wrist Tracker. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker (Image by HTC). HTC has made an announcement at this CES and it has been a pretty cool one. To showcase its functionality, HTC showed some videos of the tracker in use to improve the performances of hands tracking and also with the tracker installed on external props.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Nokia has launched the OZO Player SDK , a cross-platform foundation for creating applications with high fidelity VR video playback. For instance, Felix & Paul’s Nomads is a single app which lets viewers watch a 3-part VR video series, and also provides a proprietary interface and supporting non-video content.

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ARPost

AUGUST 4, 2020

Devices: HTC VIVE, Oculus Rift. Devices: Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Go. With one of the most innovative VR meditation apps, Chakra VR, you can learn how to unblock all the chakras with the specific poses for each of them. Devices: Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Go. Are you ready to give VR meditation apps a go?

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

HTC has revealed the design of the Vive Cosmos. HTC has finally unveiled some information on the Vive Cosmos. The most important info shared Friday is a (weird) video with the external new design of the device. HTC has immediately answered that 899$ is a too high estimate of the price. Top news of the week. More info.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2023

This era ended with the launch of the first consumer-oriented PC VR headsets: the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift CV1. Google joined forces with Samsung (and Qualcomm) to release a new headset soon. These are companies that know how to handle a new product. Google and Samsung will release an XR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2019

But this time, Valve has made it without the collaboration of HTC. Graphics Card : NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon RX 480 or greater CPU : Dual-core with hyperthreading or greater Memory : 8GB+ RAM Video Output : DisplayPort 1.2 or greater CPU : Quad-core with hyperthreading or greater Memory : 8GB+ RAM Video Output : DisplayPort 1.2

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ARPost

MARCH 2, 2021

Giants such as Oculus, HTC, Sony, Microsoft, Samsung, Walmart, and many others have been implementing their technologies in this field for a long time. How to Use VR Technology in Education? YouTube videos created specifically for VR. Videos in the 360-degree format are becoming more popular every day.

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VR Bites

JANUARY 23, 2017

Play Oculus Rift and HTC Vive games with your smartphone. RiftCat doesn’t do great demands on the hardware: an Intel Core i5-2500, 4GB of RAM and Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 video card should be sufficient. SideloadVR is the alternative to the Oculus Store, but according to Samsung it brings security problems with it.

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InstaVR

JULY 8, 2019

Samsung Gear VR. Each Gear VR compatible Samsung phone has its own specific.osig file that is generated by inputing the Device ID to a page on the Oculus site. Each Gear VR compatible Samsung phone has its own specific.osig file that is generated by inputing the Device ID to a page on the Oculus site.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2021

Regarding these new Quest features, John Carmack has said that n ow FRL’s goal is to release a new software update for Quest every month , and has invited Quest users to express their feedback on the Oculus User Voice portal so that Facebook knows how to improve the software. HTC predicts the rise of all-in-two devices. I’m curious….

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 11, 2024

HTC VIVE is currently providing their devices for North Dakota Classrooms, and Meta recently gave thousands of Quests to Kentucky Schools. million units, and firms like LG and Samsung are also entering the market, with the XR headset space now looking to boom. Many different immersive service providers meet various needs.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 10, 2017

They include Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR, OSVR, Samsung Gear VR, Daydream, Cardboard apps for both Android and iOS, and even Windows Phones and the IdeaLens K2 all-in-one headset. To be fair, though, the Windows Phone section is mostly YouTube videos, not standalone apps. Here are the links: Samsung Gear VR app store.

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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! So many memories… who was there already in VR with me? We’ll see….

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2018

You may wonder why I am saying this: well, spend some minutes to watch this video and you get immediately the reasons. Have you seen how many new features? Let’s start with something easy: do you remember my article on how to stream the content of the Focus on an external screen? Better integration with HTC phones.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 22, 2023

It shows how to do an AAA game for a standalone headset: it features something like 60 hours of playtime, fantastic graphics, an interesting story, and a lot of side quests. More info Vive discontinues Facial Tracker HTC has discontinued the Facial Tracker, the face-tracking device that worked with various PC VR headsets.

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Road to VR

MAY 8, 2017

Services like YouTube have long since taught me that short-form video should be free. VR games have numerous advantages over 360 film, but perhaps the most important — and one that is often overlooked — is that consumers are much more comfortable buying games via app stores than they are buying individual pieces of short-form video content.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). For example, we invited senior executives from HUAWEI, JBD, HTC, Alibaba, iQIYI, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and so on.

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ARPost

MARCH 2, 2021

Giants such as Oculus, HTC, Sony, Microsoft, Samsung, Walmart, and many others have been implementing their technologies in this field for a long time. How to Use VR Technology in Education? YouTube videos created specifically for VR. Videos in the 360-degree format are becoming more popular every day.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

More info (Minecraft Earth release) More info (Minecraft Earth gameplay video). Samsung will manufacture the chips for Facebook AR glasses. According to the Korean outlet “The Electronic Times”, Samsung will manufacture the tracking chips that will be used by Facebook AR glasses. HTC keeps updating the Vive Cosmos.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

All the other major companies (Samsung, Huawei, etc…) are working on AR and Apple for sure can’t stop experimenting with if it doesn’t want to miss the next communication platform as Microsoft did with Windows Phone. And after having seen the new video announcing the beta, I am even more convinced of it. Very interesting.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

When it comes to video games, skills gained through gameplay only translate to a certain point when you switch to real life. “Until now, no video games taught how to lead a moving target and all moving targets require lead,” Northrup said. Experiences like CLAZER blur the lines between virtual spaces and real life.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Image by Samsung). Anyway, officially, both Samsung and Oculus have continued at least to support it. But at the presentation of the latest Samsung Note 10, for the first time after the Note 4, Samsung has dropped support for Gear VR in its latest flagship device. And Samsung is not abandoning XR for sure.

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AllThingsVR

JANUARY 6, 2017

This Company Is Giving the World a Look Into the Future of Media The arrival of the HTC Vive, Oculus, Google Cardboard, and the Samsung Gear VR are just the beginning. SVRF defines virtual reality as 360, stereoscopic, 3D photos and videos – as well as 3D environments, objects and experiences. That’s how SVRF Tabs was created.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2020

More info (Official launch post) More info (How to buy the Quest 2) More info (My review of the Quest 2) More info (Ben Lang’s review of the Quest 2) More info (Ben Lang’s review of the accessories of the Quest 2). They tell you what games to buy, how to customize your headset, what options to activate, and much more. Good job, Zuck.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

While the ability of VR to provide valuable, realistic experiences without introducing real-world risks has found many fans across various industries (from healthcare to real estate), the most popular types of virtual reality content remain video games, movies and television. Samsung Gear VR (with controller). Photo by Samsung.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

Last year we had nReal showing us that AR can be trendy, and HTC making us dream with the Vive Cosmos. Yes, the biggest companies were not there with a booth (Oculus will probably target the OC6, HTC the VEC, etc…), but it is the first time that I read the XR news from CES and I dont’ remain surprised. Samsung AR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

After having tried the headset for some days, having written what it is and what are its features, the comparison between it and the Vive Focus Plus , having taught people how to start developing with it , I think tha t I’m ready to let you know my impressions on the first 6 DOF standalone headset by Facebook.

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