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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ARPost

JULY 29, 2022

Designed for Oculus Quest and Oculus Go, this app aims to create a cozy family corner in the virtual world. The environment built by AlcoveVR creators is a modern and comfortable living room, in many ways similar to the one you have in the real world. And virtual reality provides this type of space.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Those of us who are old enough to have seen the rise of virtual reality in the ‘90s and then the fall and then another rise in mid 2000 and then another fall, know that the present hype about virtual reality may not be sustainable. Samsung follows with another mobile headset (Gear VR). But is it permanent?

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2016

Google’s newly announced ‘Daydream’ promises to raise the bar for virtual reality on Android compared to Cardboard. We also see Google’s new VR controller reference design in action, which allows gesture-based interactions within the virtual world.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

The Vive is the ‘room-scale’ VR system created by HTC and Valve. With high performance VR motion controllers right in the box, the system offers a highly immersive experience that lets you physically walk around a room-sized space while immersed in virtual reality. Find an HTC Vive Demo Location.

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VRScout

JUNE 21, 2017

Mario Kart comes to VR, E3’s VR news, Intel’s new VR eSports league AND wireless VR solution, Samsung buys their way into social, the investment & funding wrapup, and more…. You’ll be able to sit in a real-world go-kart rig and race around in the virtual world. SAMSUNG BUYS A SOCIAL VR CARD.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

When it comes to big open virtual reality (VR) worlds with social features there does seem to be a growing abundance of them, such as Somnium Space , Sansar, OrbusVR: Reborn and Nostos to name a few. Another on that list which is currently in Steam Early Access is Galaxity by Korean developer Mammossix.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

One of the park’s existing coasters, Kong, was being converted into an immersive virtual reality experience using a large number of Samsung Gear VR headsets. Samsung Gear VR headsets with a modified head strap. Six Flags: Millions of guests have used Samsung Gear VR to become fully immersed on our VR coasters.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Chinese manufacturers BOE and SeeYA may provide cheaper displays in higher quantities than Sony is doing now, while Samsung may be supplying the DRAM components. It’s interesting to see that Neurable is still around and kicking: a few years ago there was a bit of hype around it when it created an EEG-based “mind controller” for the HTC Vive.

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XROM

JUNE 4, 2023

The battle for supremacy in the world of augmented and virtual reality devices is heating up, with #Apple and #Meta taking center stage. link] But the competition doesn't stop there, with HMD companies from around the world, including Magic Leap , HTC, NReal, Lenovo, Samsung, Sony, HP, PicoVR, and many others, joining the race.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

HULU WITH YOUR FRIENDS IN VIRTUAL REALITY. Oculus recently integrated your Facebook profile with your Oculus profile so that you can meet up with your real world friends and hang out in Oculus Rooms, which look like beautiful floating islands in the virtual sky. INVESTMENT & FUNDING WRAPUP.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Zuck and another Meta employee entered an empty virtual world, and Zuck started saying what he wanted to see in it and the AI answered by crafting exactly what he wanted. “I HTC released a trailer about his vision for the metaverse. HTC has released a trailer video with his vision of the metaverse. Other news.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 19, 2020

If you want to play Valve’s upcoming videogame epic Half-Life: Alyx then you’re going to need more than just a PC because this new instalment is only for virtual reality (VR) headsets. Windows Mixed Reality. Samsung Odyssey. Samsung Odyssey+. Compatible VR Headsets: Valve Index. Vive Pro Eye.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 19, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: WILL JIMMY FALLON’S NEW VIRTUAL REALITY SEGMENT HELP RAISE AWARENESS OF VR? broadband households claim to know little or nothing about virtual reality …but perhaps a new virtual reality segment on The Tonight Show with Tilt Brush Pictionary will help increase awareness.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 4, 2017

Offering its users the easiest way to chat, share, broadcast and record in virtual reality, vTime is now live on five VR platforms: Samsung Gear VR , Oculus Rift , Google Cardboard , iPhone and Google Daydream. vTime is the VR sociable network that allows anyone, anywhere to socialize with family and friends in virtual reality.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

The small company has a good background in making social virtual worlds, however – before building HelloVR, CEO Dedric Reid was Head of Design at Altspace (a social VR platform that has raised almost $16M in three rounds of funding). Interestingly enough, the open world features wildlife simulations provided by IBM’s Watson.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Virtual reality (VR) produces a computer-generated environment–complete with realistic sights, sounds and other sensations–which a person can explore by wearing a special kind of headset and, in some cases, using certain props. Samsung Gear VR (with controller). Photo by Samsung. from Samsung.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

When HTC VIVE started teasing the HTC VIVE Flow way back in 2021 , it left some consumers a little confused. The virtual reality “glasses” looked nothing like the headsets we were already familiar with from vendors like Meta. Still, they managed to earn a decent amount of attention.

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Hypergrid Business

JULY 11, 2017

Amazon is going all out today with deals on virtual reality products, running the whole gamut of headset options, computers, and accessories. The quality is better than in the mobile sets but, in my opinion, not as good at the HTC Vive. Plus, like the Oculus Rift, the HTC Vive requires that it be plugged into a computer.

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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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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

OC5 celebrates the last 5 years of virtual reality breakthroughs and gives us a glimpse of what’s to come in the next five years. Standalone virtual reality headsets are an all-in-one device that can power virtual reality on their own, with no computer or phone tethering needed. Google Cardboard ($15) .

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VeeR VR

OCTOBER 11, 2018

It is the world’s first all-in-one gaming system built for virtual reality, which distinguishes itself from other standalone. But you can have high-quality VR gaming experiences on your Playstation VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive even on your IOS and Android phones. Platforms(s) : PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2019

The Valve Index is for sure the big surprise for virtual reality in this 2019. After having only been behind the curtains for what concerns creating Virtual Reality headsets, Valve has finally decided to create its own device , and as you may imagine, it is a very special one. Is the Index the Vive 2? More or less, yes.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

This would also serve to fight Samsung, that is working on an AR/VR standalone headset ; Smartphone-connected AR/MR glasses : thanks to the new Qualcomm Snapdragon reference design, is quite easy to design light AR headsets that connect to your phone, like nReal. I also see Oculus finally announcing a wireless accessory for the Rift S.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

They also say that the user’s gaze can be used to make UI selections, target enemies, create depth of field, or trigger context-sensitive events that only happen when the user is looking in a certain location within the virtual world. You’ll of course note the zero in the headset’s name. Connections: HDMI 1.4,

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Infinityleap

MAY 11, 2016

Earlier last week, Oculus announced a handful of new changes to Gear VR , its mobile headset for Samsung phones, along with one big new Facebook feature created with virtual reality (VR) in mind: the arrival of 360-degree photo capability in Facebook’s News Feed. Photo credit: Samsung).

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The global virtual reality market size was valued at USD 960.9 Google Earth VR: bringing the whole wide world to virtual reality. You can either browse, walk around or even fly to visit these tourist attractions on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. If you don’t have Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, don’t worry.

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RealVision VR

JULY 14, 2016

2: Build for Room-sized Virtual Reality. The HTC Vive headset is in the lead. Oculus’ rift and even the Samsung GearVR (a darling of VR marketing depts) will soon have room scale tracking capability. Or, is it a replication of a real world experience. 3: In VR, Scale is absolutely relative.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

This weekend catch a screening of over 38 short films presented entirely in virtual reality. The really cool part however, is that the whole vent will be conducted within virtual reality. Who knows, if all goes well we could potentially see a whole series of popular events taking place within the virtual world.

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VRScout

MARCH 6, 2017

First Windows mixed reality dev headset ships, dive into the virtual world via Xbox, high-end VR gets more affordable, Rogue One used VR to direct scenes, the investment & funding wrapup, and much more… FIRST WINDOWS MIXED REALITY HEADSET SHIPS LATER THIS MONTH. HIGH-END VIRTUAL REALITY JUST GOT MORE AFFORDABLE.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 26, 2018

As virtual reality technology advances, more companies are working to bring the VR experience direct to households. Oculus Gear VR: A mobile VR solution, it allows a Samsung Galaxy smartphone to be used as a VR device. Virtual-Virtual Reality. Oculus Rift: One of the best headsets on the market for gaming.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Lessons Learned From A Thousand Virtual Worlds. Rikard Steiber (HTC), Joel Breton (HTC). As President of Viveport and Head of Vive Studios respectively, Rikard Steiber and Joel Breton are two of the most senior figures working on the HTC Vive today. Alon Or-bach (Samsung Electronics), Kaye Mason (Google).

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VRWorld

MAY 27, 2016

We received word from WorldViz that they are putting the finishing touches on a Virtual Reality expansion for their PPT (Precision Position Tracking) system. With Virtual Reality – the need for three-dimensional controllers is greater than ever. meters i.e. 26,910 sq. feet are covered with a single device.

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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). The official boxes of the Oculus Quest (above) and Vive Focus Plus (below).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

I ended up at Valve Software running their hardware department, putting the team together that created the HTC Vive. Just recently, in the last few years, I founded a company called CastAR, where we’re making AR glasses that allow you to blend virtual graphics with real-world objects on your table. They’re very bullish on AR.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 10, 2018

As virtual reality technology advances, more companies are working to bring the VR experience direct to households. Oculus Gear VR: A mobile VR solution, it allows a Samsung Galaxy smartphone to be used as a VR device. Virtual-Virtual Reality. Oculus Rift: One of the best headsets on the market for gaming.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2024

Qualcomm has officially said that this is the chipset that the upcoming Samsung headset is going to employ. But there is not only Samsung: XR2 Gen 2 is going to be integrated also by Immersed’s Visor, a new HTC Vive headset, a YVR headset in China, and a headset that is still undisclosed. appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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