The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

After Venice VR Expanded has come to an end, I have finally had the time to experiment with Oculus Quest AR Passthrough. What is impressive on the good side is instead the stability of the tracking : we all know that Oculus Insight is the best in class tracking solution among VR headsets, and in AR this is even more important.

Oculus 464

Oculus Unity AR Hand tracking 464

VRScout

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

There are very few virtual worlds more perplexing than VRChat. Perhaps it’s due to the open-source nature of the application; users are responsible for the creation of most of the game’s content, whether that be hand-crafted avatars and activities or entirely new worlds. Tired of your current, boney form?

Oculus 290

Oculus Industry Virtual World Hardware 290

Road to VR

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Check out this handy guide on how to deploy your own domain using DigitalOcean’s cloud tech. The post New ‘High Fidelity’ Partnership Makes it Easier to Host Your Own Virtual World appeared first on Road to VR. You can download High Fidelity here for SteamVR-compatible headsets.

Virtual World 199

Virtual World Virtual Reality Software Technology 199

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

And that’s ok, it is still a new technology and it has already made big steps forward (I remember all the computer crashes I had at the Oculus DK 2 times!), Recently I had a big issue with my VR controllers in SteamVR (both with Oculus and Vive) and so I’m writing this post to try to help you in solving it.

Controllers 238

Controllers How To Gaming Eye Tracking 238

ARPost

MAY 9, 2022

See Also: Immersive Tech for Environmental Issues: How VR Can Drive Conservation Initiatives. We invite everyone to visit the virtual worlds created by artists, who take us on a meaningful journey of their vision, and tell evocative stories that demand to be told, carried in silence, or inherited through generations.”.

Immersion 457

Immersion Canada Colombia Ireland 457

ARPost

AUGUST 20, 2021

Build-A-Burn offers browser-based virtual worlds, which Burners can explore and create for other community members. To celebrate the Virtual Burn, Burners can start video watch parties with their closest community members. How to Attend Burning Man Virtual Reality Experience.

Virtual Reality 536

Virtual Reality Nevada Virtual World Immersion 536

The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2019

Instead, it is not for people wanting: An affordable device ( Rift S is much better in this sense); A portable device ( Oculus Quest or Vive Focus Plus are the way to go); A super-big screen resolution ( Varjo VR-1 or HP Reverb are better in this sense); An easy-to-use headset (again, Rift S or WMR devices like the Samsung Odyssey are better).

How To 344

How To Controllers AR Virtual Reality 344

Road to VR

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The latest update for Oculus Quest, v35, is rolling out to headsets starting today and brings with it mixed reality casting, global cloud saves, and Facebook Messenger calls in VR. This feature allows you to cast the VR experience to a smartphone while seeing your real body right inside of the virtual world.

Oculus 363

Oculus Virtual Environment Virtual World Examples 363

Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2016

You can now register to attend Oculus’ 3rd ‘Connect’ conference, an event dedicated to all things Oculus from Rift to Touch and is focused primarily on developers and VR development. Photo courtesy Oculus VR, LLC. Oculus Connect 3 Registration. There’s also a student/academic pass available at $99.

San Jose 100

San Jose Oculus 360 Video Conference 100

Road to VR

DECEMBER 25, 2021

Oculus Quest 2 is an inexpensive and easy to use headset that offers a wide range of experiences for all kinds of people. First Steps is a short demo experience from Oculus that comes pre-installed with your Quest. That’s because you stand in one place while you play instead of moving around through the virtual world.

Gaming 320

Gaming Virtual World Gesture Control Controllers 320

VRScout

DECEMBER 12, 2020

So, you and your buddy just picked up a couple of Oculus Quest 2 headsets and are looking for the best ways to watch your favorite TV shows and movies together without, you know, actually being together. You can even draw, throw popcorn at each other, and sip on some delicious virtual pop while you watch. Image Credit: VRScout.

How To 422

How To Oculus Video Virtual World 422

Road to VR

OCTOBER 2, 2019

If you don’t crack a smile at least once while you’re curling successively heavier dumbbells to the screaming ’80s-inspired soundtrack, all the while encouraged by all types of stereotypical beach-dwelling meat heads, well, I don’t know how to help you.

Virtual World 177

Virtual World Oculus HTC How To 177

XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Developers designed the VR experiences using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 , arguably the world’s top immersive platform for designing and deploying immersive content. Users can visit the groundbreaking ‘virtual museum’ across all Meta Quest headsets , including the Quest, Quest 2, and Quest Pro using Oculus Link.

Filming 245

Filming Los Angeles Education Immersion 245

Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Created by indie developer Deeperbeige Games, Bending the Light is a puzzle game launching exclusively on Oculus Rift today. Arrive in an ethereal, dreamy world filled with colorful beams of light and ambient music to set the tone.

Oculus 194

Oculus Virtual World Tools Gaming 194

VRScout

AUGUST 2, 2017

Before putting on the Oculus Rift, the developer placed a headband on me, called Muse , to track my brainwaves—to monitor wether or not my mind was calm or active. The experience can respond to my emotional state and create a virtual world depending on that data.

Wearables 323

Wearables Haptic Data Virtual World 323

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 22, 2022

Many journalists wrote bad things about Meta’s M-word efforts: they said that Meta invested $10B just to have this cringy virtual world. As the release notes state, Oculus profiles will “evolve” into a new Meta Horizon profile, while ‘Friends’ will become ‘Followers’. How I code every day Funny link. Do you like esports?

Europe 382

Europe Ukraine Virtual World AR 382

Peter Graham

DECEMBER 12, 2019

it’s the turn of standalone headset Oculus Quest, helping to further bolster the dedicated store content. Owlchemy Labs’ virtual reality (VR) videogames are all about immersing yourself in the virtual world, so there are few mechanics which actually rely on traditional gameplay controls. GBP/$29.99

Simulation 52

Simulation Oculus Hand tracking Virtual Reality 52

XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Developers designed the VR experiences using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 , arguably the world’s top immersive platform for designing and deploying immersive content. Users can visit the groundbreaking ‘virtual museum’ across all Meta Quest headsets , including the Quest, Quest 2, and Quest Pro using Oculus Link.

Filming 205

Filming Los Angeles Education Immersion 205

XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Over the years, technology has become smaller, lighter, more comfortable, and with faster processing, breathing life into the virtual world. Also, unlike augmented reality (AR), which people can access via smartphones and smart glasses, VR relies on larger headsets and controllers to interact with fully-immersive virtual worlds.

Virtual Reality 278

Virtual Reality Training South Korea Tourism 278

VRScout

AUGUST 29, 2021

What’s exciting about HeadOffice.Space is that it is interoperable, flexible, and accessible across multiple platforms, with Mac, iOS, Android, Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard, and Oculus Quest support currently in development. It’s literally who you are in the virtual world and is thus very important.

Tools 527

Tools Real Estate Video Google 527

ARVR

DECEMBER 1, 2020

How To Use the ARLOOPA App: A Step-by-Step Guide (2020) 3. Although we do not yet know who will participate in the concert series, it will stream later this year on Oculus’ Venues app and Tidal. The timing is also great for Oculus since it recently unveiled the second generation of its flagship Quest headset.

Virtual Reality 173

Virtual Reality Entertainment Augmented Reality Immersion 173

The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2022

All these tools look amazing also for the creation of very realistic VR experiences, but actually, we should hold our enthusiasm: both Nanite and Lumen are not available for VR yet, and Epic has not announced any kind of improvement of the workflow for development for Oculus Quest 2, either.

Unreal 475

Unreal Spain Ukraine Apple 475

The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The company claims that the gloves have been made easier to wear and work also with standalone headsets like the Oculus Quest 2. Me playing with the gloves on an Oculus Quest 2. In the case of Oculus Quest 2, here is where you put the Oculus Touch controllers to track the gloves in VR. Senseglove Nova hands-on.

Haptic 500

Haptic Oculus Course Virtual Reality 500

ARPost

JULY 16, 2020

Here, we’ll look at what the event will look like, how to register, and – of course – who the nominees for the VR Awards are. Winners from the past three events include Oculus Rift and Quest, Google Tilt Brush, HTC VIVE Pro, and the Vader Immortal series. Twitch enthusiast Virtual Reality Oasis ( YouTube and Twitter ).

Training 359

Training Simulation Virtual Reality Education 359

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. The introduction of virtual reality technology in many areas: oil and gas industry, engineering, energy, metallurgy, telecommunications, advertising, and many others. Engagement.

Virtual Reality 495

Virtual Reality Education Technology Immersion 495

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2019

We all dream of the Metaverse , a fantastic online virtual world where we can all hang out with other people and do whatever we want. And even worse, these virtual worlds are like silos: they don’t talk to each other, they are separate the one from the others, they are not connected in any way. What is your job?

Virtual World 204

Virtual World Examples Magic Leap Video 204

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

More info (Karl Guttag’s analysis of the Apple Vision Pro display) More info (Optofidelity on the latency of the Vision Pro passthrough) On the UX side, I’ve read an interesting article about how to make a gaze+hand interface that works. For instance, a clinic center in San Diego is experimenting with how to use it for healthcare.

San Diego 366

San Diego Apple Hand tracking Simulation 366

Road to VR

JULY 8, 2018

Oculus Half Dome Prototype. Prior to launch the first consumer Rift headset, Oculus had a long history of showing prototypes and development kits. Following the launch of the Rift, Oculus kept their R&D efforts on future PC headsets mostly secretive. Oculus Santa Cruz. image courtesy Oculus.

AR 274

AR Leap Motion Eye Tracking Oculus 274

ARVR

APRIL 22, 2021

For example, when Oculus was first released in 2016, the starting price was $599. Today you can buy an Oculus Rift S or Quest 2 for less than $400. Finding the Right Business Model This is one of the biggest virtual reality issues facing the industry. A user can enjoy the virtual world so much, they forget about the real world.

Virtual Reality 130

Virtual Reality Software Examples Virtual World 130

ARVR

DECEMBER 4, 2020

In order to achieve that, the virtual world you are interacting with should be as close to the real world as possible; visually, audibly and tactile-wise. How To Use the ARLOOPA App: A Step-by-Step Guide (2020) 3. What is the problem it is addressing? What can Vuzix Smart glasses mean for the current Android Developers?

Hand tracking 130

Hand tracking Haptic Augmented Reality Virtual Reality 130

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 5, 2022

XR brings real-world and virtual elements together like never before, to create interactive experiences which enlighten and inspire. For instance, the Oculus Quest 2, one of the world’s top gaming headsets, sold 15 million units after 20 months on the market, even during a pandemic.

Gaming 113

Gaming Entertainment Immersion Haptic 113

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

We can say the new cycle started with the announcement of the Apple Vision Pro , because that has been a disruptive moment for our market: Road To VR’s Ben Lang says that it has been the most important moment for virtual reality after Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus , and I agree.

Trends 447

Trends Apple Google Unity 447

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And if you need some pieces of advice regarding how to professionally survive this quarantine, I have written a blog post on the topic you can read. Valve Index and Oculus Quest were on sale again. This week the Valve Index and the Oculus Quest have been put back in stock. Image by Oculus). Other relevant news.

Magic Leap 336

Magic Leap Europe AR Virtual Reality 336

Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 22, 2019

Austin Tate, director of the Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute at the University of Edinburgh, has posted an article about how to install and run it here. Also known as “AI Austin” in-world, Tate runs the Openvue and AiLand OpenSim grids. It requires that people have SteamVR and an Oculus Rift or a compatible headset.

Virtual Reality 152

Virtual Reality Austin Training Virtual World 152

ARPost

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

While Arthur is based in Berlin, the company enjoys support from international clientele, some of whom presented their use cases and even shared their unique virtual worlds during the press event announcing the post-beta product launch on September 1. We never feel like we’re in a space we don’t know how to use.”.

Training 328

Training Controllers Tools Trends 328

The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Does Palmer want Oculus back? I tweeted the news saying that “Palmer Luckey is not doing that bad without Oculus…” and Palmer Luckey himself answered to me commenting “Without Oculus for now, anyway”. More info (Anduril getting $1.48B of investments) More info (Palmer Luckey commenting about Oculus). Image by Valve).

Augmented Reality 316

Augmented Reality Ukraine Asia Germany 316

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 12, 2024

More info Philip Rosedale shows its VR pod Philip Rosedale has described on his blog an interesting project he’s carrying on about making people stay fully still on a bed and having visual and haptic stimuli that give them the sensation they are moving in a virtual world. Let’s collaborate together!

Apple 335

Apple Poland Eye Tracking Ukraine 335