The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest becomes 1 year old, and Facebook makes many announcements. The Oculus Quest is now one year old. But the greatest feature is that finally Oculus is accepting hands-tracked applications in the Oculus Store from the 28th of this month! Happy birthday, Oculus Quest!

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

Sony is about to bring the third weapon to the high-end VR fight, and it could have a major impact on the market. The combination of content, pricing, and simplicity may mean that Sony could take a dominant position in the market over competition like HTC and Oculus. VR for Everyone.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

A pioneering creative tool in VR; Google’s Tilt Brush was awarded for empowering artists from all realms to experiment, design and create all kinds of art in virtual reality. A Sundance favorite from Oculus Story Studio this year, Dear Angelica won for showing how powerful storytelling in VR can be. Best 360° Series: Invisible.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2021

Bosworth also said that Horizon is growing well : he says that the infrastructure is working and the world creation tools are solid, but the social VR is still in closed beta because they don’t think it’s a rich ecosystem yet. HTC predicts the rise of all-in-two devices. This is a big change of perception for the company.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Cher Wang – HTC Vive. AIS-VR Society President Jim Chabin and actress Maria Bello honored the CEO of HTC with the Sir Charles Wheatstone Award for exemplifying exceptional forward movement in the VR Sciences. HTC is the maker of the Vive VR headset , a monumental achievement in optics, controls and 3D positional tracking for VR.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

See Also: Redefining the Future of Location-Based Entertainment With HTC VIVE Focus 3 and The Park Playground “Virtual reality is often perceived as being limited to the world of gaming. The Use of VR in the Field of Education Vindevogel goes on to say that VR will be a useful tool in the field of education.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Since its inception in the industry a couple of years ago, immersive tech quickly found an appropriate home in real estate and architecture, and proved itself to be one of the most valuable tools to communicate a property design. See Also: The Wild VR/AR Tool for Designers Unleashes the Power of Collaboration and Creativity.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The flexible Oculus environment has already become the platform for a range of virtual museum, gallery and concert experiences hosted around the globe. Meta’s Oculus team have already partnered with leading companies like Sony Music to give fans an immersive way to explore music videos and unique content.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

It is not an app, but a tool to build apps. Microsoft Mesh is a full suite of tools to let you build your multi presence collaborative XR application. If Microsoft commits to building this platform and doesn’t abandon it (a la Google), it can become an incredible tool for us developers. Image by HTC). Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest. Considering that this number doesn’t count the Quest users connected via Oculus Link, the actual number of VR users on Steam is even higher. Still no news on Oculus For Business program and Multiplayer SDK for Quest.

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Road to VR

JULY 5, 2017

” According to a hands-on by Tech Crunch , the headset packs a pair of high-resolution Sony MicroOLED displays measuring 0.7 inches diagonally that boast 3,000 pixels per inch (PPI)—a significant jump from Oculus Rift of HTC Vive’s 447-461 PPI. Oculus, Vive. image courtesy Ubergizmo. image courtesy Ubergizmo.

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JANUARY 4, 2017

Sony recently unveiled a headset that brings the 3D audio of PS VR games to their other content and projects like DearVR are enhancing efficiency with audio driven tools. Even with pure darkness, well designed audio can be as or even more impactful than what’s seen in these digital spaces.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

Upload reported that Sony showcased PlayStation to some selected partners , but no one could speak about what he/she has seen. More info (GDC roundup 1) More info (GDC roundup 2) More info (GDC roundup 3) More info (Moss to be published on many platforms) More info (Manus Quantum Metagloves) More info (Sony showcasing PSVR).

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APRIL 22, 2022

The XRA is an industry organization founded by Google , HTC VIVE , Microsoft , Oculus , and Sony Interactive Entertainment. The report also recommended the creation of more XR training tools designed for people who may not be personally interested in using the technology outside of work opportunities.

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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. Photoshop is doing the same.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Firewall Zero Hour (2018) , the tactical team shooter from ROM: Extraction (2016) developers First Contact Entertainment , has apparently celebrated some serious notoriety since it launched late last month on PlayStation VR; Sony has ranked it the top most downloaded PSVR game of August. Here’s the full list below: Image courtesy Sony.

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VeeR VR

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Oculus has announced the all-new standalone named Oculus Quest at 5th annual Connect developer conference. While Oculus Go is roughly “80 percent media and 20 percent gaming,” said Oculus chief technology officer John Carmack, the Oculus Quest is emphatically gaming-focused. Don’t know which VR headset to buy?

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Apple is also the owner of ARKit , a developer tool used by iOS developers to build mobile AR apps and games for iPhones, iPads, and other Apple devices. FB) Facebook is the owners of Oculus Quest , the current gold standard when it comes to VR headsets. One-year price performance for SNAP as of 2/3/20 Sony Corp.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

This year’s 70+ person judging panel included academic professors and researchers as well as representatives from Google, HTC, HP, Deloitte, NVIDIA, Apache, and others. This Year’s VR Hardware of the Year Award went to the Oculus Quest. The Oculus Rift S was also nominated for the award. VR Lifetime Achievement.

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AllThingsVR

DECEMBER 2, 2016

With largely high prices and no real killer app, it’s still hard to consider VR more than a fun, somewhat excessive tool for a smattering of games and experiences. Sony’s PlayStation VR has gotten the biggest downgrade, thanks to what SuperData characterizes as modest marketing and supply inconsistencies. Read more here.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2. In the end, the rumors were correct and HTC launched two headsets at VIVECON: the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. But this device got also some criticism: first of all , HTC has not released new controllers and still sells it with the old Wands.

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JULY 7, 2017

Confirmed for release last year, Northway Games’ awesome creation title, which was a launch game for HTC Vive and Oculus Touch, will be out on July 11th on PSVR. The game tasks players with transporting an object to a goal zone by making them build their very own vehicles with a set of tools.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

Oculus Rift. Oculus Touch. Oculus Home. Oculus Home. The HTC Vive, produced by HTC and developed together with video game industry giant Valve, was released on April 5th, 2016. HTC demands a minimum of an Intel i5-4590 or AMD FX 8350 CPU paired with either an AMD R9 290 or a Nvidia gtx 970 graphics card.

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VRWorld

JANUARY 23, 2018

This came to the VR industry in a big way, when an intellectual property lawsuit saw Oculus on the hook for some $500M in damages in a February ruling. 8 – Sony dominates VR gaming. 8 – Sony dominates VR gaming. 5 – Oculus vs. HTC price war. HTC, on the other hand, struggled financially in 2017.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

Then, PSVR Without Parole has reported that Sony has learned from the errors of the PSVR 1, and so it has made the cable of the PSVR 2 detachable. Now if you use the Oculus Developer Hub on your PC, you can record a video on Quest with the settings you want, including stereoscopic view and 4K resolution. Some news on content.

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JANUARY 3, 2017

On the outside, Lenovo’s currently unnamed device looks similar to Sony’s PlayStation VR in design, with a ring that sits on top of the user’s headset to keep the weight off of the face like on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Selected HoloLens software is reportedly also due to be ported to the headsets.

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MARCH 15, 2017

Sony has a gameplan for its attempt to dominate the world of virtual reality experiences: a pocket full of priceless film franchises and an online store full of eager virtual reality users. Sony certainly seems poised to learn, as Zim notes the roster of VR-eager studio talent and I glance at Dyas a few feet away.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Sony smartly included a mirror feature on the TV screen when using the PlayStation VR (PSVR) headset with a PS4 and most Oculus Rift and HTC Vive applications do something similar. But in the case of the Gear VR and other wireless headsets, you’re out of luck.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 27, 2020

Originally released back in 2016 for HTC Vive, the app has made it to most VR headsets including Oculus Quest in 2019 but PlayStation VR was always notably left out. When you think of creativity in virtual reality (VR) one app that’s surely going to come to mind is Google’s Tilt Brush.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Oculus Rift. Oculus Touch. Oculus Home. Oculus Home. The HTC Vive, produced by HTC and developed together with video game industry giant Valve, was released on April 5th, 2016. HTC demands a minimum of an Intel i5-4590 or AMD FX 8350 CPU paired with either an AMD R9 290 or a Nvidia gtx 970 graphics card.

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VRScout

MAY 3, 2017

PlayStation looks to an arcade rollout, Shazam goes augmented, AMD wants to go wireless, HTC Viveport’s new subscription service, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… You can enjoy the full audio recording below: IT’S NOW WAY EASIER TO COMBINE 360 VIDEO AND ANIMATION.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

It released with the launch of the HTC Vive in early 2016 and Facebook’s Oculus Touch controllers for Rift late in the year. This summer, it launched on Sony’s PlayStation VR. Embracing New Tools. In 2007, the original Fantastic Contraption was built for traditional screens with Adobe’s Flash tools.

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DECEMBER 15, 2016

In 2016 three major trendsetters in virtual reality – Oculus, HTC and Sony – released consumer headsets. For instance, Sony, unlike other companies in the industry, tends to use classic ways to move around games. It doesn’t mean that no shooter game allowing movement with controllers exist.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

PlayStation VR 2 Logo (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). HTC Vive Wrist Tracker. 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. Click to read the thread on Twitter… it is worth it. Further references.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

And in fact, some weeks ago Sony has made everyone understand that it has delayed the launch of the PSVR 2 because the market is not there yet. The Oculus Quest 2 is selling incredibly well because it offers the right combination of affordable price, good hardware, and a good software ecosystem. The Quest will still be the king.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

Me wearing the Oculus Quest. On the other side, PC gamers are appreciating the high-quality Valve Index (even if it has some reliability issues ), and casual gamers are loving the Oculus Quest. This year, I’m not going to make an exception, also because my predictions for 2019 performed pretty well.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

I started because I actually tested, like everyone, the first generation of Oculus, and then the second, and so on… and I was expecting like better visual quality … [me too!] HTC, Oculus, Sony are not offering headsets with big FOV and resolution… while you, Varjo, Pimax, are. Why have you started this adventure? (

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