The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

They should guarantee better tracking both for the headset and the controllers; The controllers are smaller and seem a mix between the Oculus Touch and the WMR 1 controllers. HP and Microsoft have a long track in offering enterprise hardware, so this headset may battle HTC on his own land (B2B). Oculus Link 2 could be tetherless.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 26, 2016

A Rift from Facebook-owned Oculus or a Vive from HTC can track your head throughout a room, but these “outside-in” systems require careful placement, or mounting, of sensors around the perimeter of the room for a full experience. The Santa Cruz inside-out tracking prototype from Oculus.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Now in its 3rd year, the annual Proto Awards have shadowed Oculus’ developer conference Connect since the first event, with an aim to celebrate the best that this new immersive industry has to offer. Job Simulator – Owlchemy Labs. Job Simulator – Owlchemy Labs. Blocks – Leap Motion. The Climb – Crytek.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

The HTC Vive is arguably the best out there, but having to buy a souped-up laptop just to run it, paying full price for brief games that feel more like demos, and trailing a huge cable off your head and fumbling to mount trackers on your ceiling…it’s not ideal. Weight is tougher to simulate in VR. You’d smell the grass.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 12, 2018

FlyInside FSX , the crowdfunded VR plugin for Microsoft Flight Simulator X (2006) , was built well before first-party VR motion controllers existed, developed back in the DK2-era of 2015 as an ad hoc way of jumping into an already highly-detailed flight sim. SEE ALSO This Awesome DIY VR Cockpit Hides a Flight Simulator in Plain Sight.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Considering that Facebook is very smart also in leaking misleading info (as it has happened with the “Monterey” headset ), this can also be a move from Menlo Park to create hype for the upcoming Oculus Connect 6 and the AR glasses that will be teased there. The Oculus Connect 6 is coming! HTC has a new CEO: Yves Maitre.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 16, 2016

Reviewed On: HTC Vive (Vive Controllers) and Oculus Rift (Xbox Gamepad). This however doesn’t ring true for the Oculus Rift version, which offers only gamepad and keyboard/mouse controls currently—not at all damning in its own right I should preface. New Retro Arcade Neon Details: Official Site.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Don’t forget that Steam’s Winter Sale and Oculus’ as well are both still going on. We also have a top list of the absolute best HTC Vive games — which is updated every few months with the latest and greatest options. This one lets you try out Leap Motion controls as well as the usual position-tracked and gamepad options.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. And even the Oculus Quest is at $400, and they seem to be the $200 Oculus Go. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. And even the Oculus Quest is at $400, and they seem to be the $200 Oculus Go. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys -- Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. And even the Oculus Quest is at $400, and they seem to be the $200 Oculus Go. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously. well, failing.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. And even the Oculus Quest is at $400, and they seem to be the $200 Oculus Go. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

HTC’s Alvin Wang Graylin discusses what this means for everything from automotive design to helping children learn about the universe. As the China President at HTC, he leads all aspects of the company’s VR and smartphone business in the region. Alan: Oh, well thank you so much for taking the time to record this with us.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

HTC’s Alvin Wang Graylin discusses what this means for everything from automotive design to helping children learn about the universe. As the China President at HTC, he leads all aspects of the company’s VR and smartphone business in the region. Alan: Oh, well thank you so much for taking the time to record this with us.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

Oculus Quest gets v29 update. This week Facebook has started rolling out the v29 runtime update for Oculus Quest , and it brings some interesting features like: Multi-user mode on the original Quest 1 A renewed UI of the “toolbar” of the device. HTC had $210 million as the total revenue for 2020. Other relevant news.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Alvin is the China President at #HTC leading all aspects of HTC’s business in the region (Vive/VR, phone, Viveport content platform, partnerships and investments). Has been at the forefront when it comes to XR, earlier he was VP, Platform Strategy & Dev Community at #HTC and is currently working at Facebook Reality labs.

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