ARPost

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Last week at Oculus Connect 6 there were major AR and VR announcements made. Oculus Quest and Rift News. Oculus Quest and Rift News. At the OC6 keynote, Mark Zuckerberg shared Oculus’ goal was to have forward compatibility on all future devices. The first big reveal was the upcoming Oculus Link add-on.

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

Source [link] Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (VR and AR) have had a noticeable presence in the news lately. Apple seems to be cornering the popular entertainment industry, with the acquisition of NextVR, as industry rivals such as Magic Leap focus on enterprise solutions. 5: Have a VR Headset?

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

In recent years, we’ve discovered just how powerful technology can be in delivering information to those who need it most. Meta (Oculus). The brand offers one of the most affordable and straightforward hardware solutions for users interested in virtual reality on the market. Magic Leap.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 9, 2022

Meta is also the company behind Oculus, one of the more accessible and affordable VR headsets on the market. Users can stream virtual and mixed reality experiences from the cloud for the first time ever. Magic Leap.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2023

He said that Apple is going to “ make VR into something everybody wants before it’s something that everybody can afford ”, like the original Oculus The trademark XROS has been registered by a shell company owned by Apple. Magic Leap has factories in the US and Mexico able to produce AR glasses. That’s so sad.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

But they are just tidbits of information, and nothing more. Magic Leap 2 bridges AR and VR. The interest in Magic Leap 2 is growing. The company is clearly preparing for the launch, and it is sharing always more information week after week. From the show floor, I have heard nothing mind-blowing, either.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Magic Leap Inc. , As stated, they are thinking of taking part in a new financing round of more than $500 million, bringing Magic Leap valuation close to $6 billion. Magic Leap’s last financing round, led by Alibaba , valued the company at $4.5 s Oculus Rift. Qualcomm Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s

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VRScout

JULY 2, 2019

Magic Leap, Disney, and Epic Games are bringing their A-game to the annual tech conference. In addition to fun, quirky projects aimed to entertain, the content our creators will share is often thought-provoking and informative. Image Credit: SIGGRAPH. We’ll be live on the scene providing updates on all the best offerings.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2018

In early 2016, I run into a paper from a professor at Caltech that was talking about data visualization in virtual reality and that blew my mind. When they saw the Kickstarter campaign of Oculus, they immediately grabbed it and started thinking about how they could do data visualization in VR. Magic Leap glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

HTC has finally unveiled some information on the Vive Cosmos. Oculus has teased the OC6. Oculus has just announced the dates for the Oculus Connect 6. What is interesting the most of this announcement is that in the invitation to the event it is stated “Join us to begin a new chapter of virtual and augmented reality”.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Secretive augmented-reality start-up Magic Leap is partnering with online comic book publisher Madefire to deliver mixed reality comics to Magic Leap’s devices when they launch. The Magic Leap version will apparently feature spatial sound and comics will appear much crisper and more readable on it.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

And since virtual reality is a rather new topic, and UE4 already supports VR, this means that all these studios could advance together in creating a VR toolset for their future games. Peggy Johnson is the new CEO of Magic Leap. Magic Leap has finally a new CEO: Peggy Johnson. News worth a mention.

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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. And there have been countless interviews with Facebook executives (especially on the online magazine Protocol), and every one of them has shared very interesting pieces of information.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

Oculus Go price cut down to $150. Facebook has permanently cut down the price of the Oculus Go to $150 , the same price that made it sell incredibly well on Amazon during the Cyber Monday. More info (Oculus Go price cut) More info (Xiaomi laying off the team dedicated to Go). Magic Leap and nReal are trying to find an agreement.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Bowie, Sr Manager of AR/VR for Global Learning & Development at Verizon and a leader in AR and VR for the enterprise, said, “5G will enable AR and VR devices to access more information faster than ever before at speeds that will make it seem seamless to the user.” Unfortunately, they’re not the most stylish headsets around.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Dispelling Common VR Myths and Misconceptions Despite the relatively widespread acceptance and use of virtual reality technology, there are still some myths and misconceptions that surround it. Unfortunately, such beliefs stem from a misunderstanding of the technology and how it works.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

This week has mostly been in the sign of Oculus, with many news and updates from the brand controlled by Facebook. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap 2 is coming in Q1 2022. Even if most of this roundup will be about Oculus, I have decided to put another brand on top of it and it is Magic Leap.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 1, 2018

Since the first time we have seen the Oculus Santa Cruz prototype during Oculus Connect 3 , we want to put our hands on it. The Oculus Connect 4 made us eager to have it and finally this year we will be able to buy it. What if your Rift could become your Santa Cruz? Ready to discover how? Then go on!

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

The Oculus Connect 6 is approaching. Next week, on 25th and 26th, Oculus will hold its main yearly event , and as always, it will talk about the milestones reached by the company and then it will show future hardware and software. What will Oculus announce? This is the homepage of Oculus website (Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Rumors hint to Oculus discontinuing the current Quest and selling the new one at $299 and $399. The Facebook Connect is close and we all expect that during that conference Oculus is finally going to announce the new Oculus Quest. Facebook is temporarily suspending the sale of Oculus Quest devices in Germany.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Magic Leap finally dropped to mixed reviews and BrainXchange published its Definitive Guide to Adopting Wearables, AR and VR in Enterprise. Just three months ago, the company revealed it’s putting 17,000 Oculus Go headsets in Walmart stores for employee training. The company’s direction is unclear.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 31, 2022

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap 2 to feature dynamic dimming. At Photonics West, Magic Leap’s VP of Optical Engineering Kevin Curtis has revealed some new interesting details on the upcoming Magic Leap 2. To be exact, the eye box is twice as large as the one in Magic Leap One.

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InstaVR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

There are some obvious big differences in AR & VR — Augmented Reality (AR) is still largely phone-based, mainly used for placing CGI objects over real-time video, and requires an always-on, strong internet connection. The Oculus Go and Oculus Quest and Varjo and Vive all make you feel like you’re immersed in an environment.

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ARPost

MARCH 17, 2020

Facebook, owners of VR tech giant Oculus, launched the Facebook Game Developers Showcase as their alternative offering. The event, which launched Monday and concludes Wednesday, will include special videos and blogpost announcements on both Facebook’s social games and VR games by Oculus. With that, let’s look into the launch.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Magic Leap 2 has inside-out tracked controllers. During a presentation, Magic Leap has unveiled some more features about its headset and controllers. More info (Magic Leap presentation) More info (Close up of the controllers). Image by The Information). News worth a mention. Other news. Some XR fun.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

BTW, I’ve managed to found some time here and there to write this newsletter, because I’m happy to inform you of the community, especially my Patrons that always cheer for me (have you considered supporting me on Patreon as well?). Image by Oculus). The other bombshell news is that Resident Evil 4 is coming to the Oculus Quest 2.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Two days ago I was reading an interesting editorial about PSVR 2 by Scott Hayden, and my mind started wandering about the current moment of virtual reality, the stasis we live in, and our expectations for the upcoming headset. This information shows us that Apple is playing a long-term game. Let me tell you why.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

When you think of Oculus you typically think of one thing: virtual reality. Today, flush with Facebook’s seemingly endless resources, Oculus is at the forefront of the VR industry’s research and development. The Oculus product roadmap as shown at last year’s F8 conference.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

When you think of Oculus you typically think of one thing: virtual reality. Today, flush with Facebook’s seemingly endless resources, Oculus is at the forefront of the VR industry’s research and development. The Oculus product roadmap as shown at last year’s F8 conference.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

Zuck has released an interview to The Information and inside it, we can find the interesting information (pun intended) that now more than 10,000 people are working on AR/VR at Facebook. In September, the new Facebook Avatars will come and substitute the current Oculus avatars. Other relevant news. Image by Facebook).

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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. I don’t see this device stealing the scene from Oculus, since Oculus is cheaper, but I’m quite sure this new headset will be able to grab a good market share.

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AllThingsVR

MAY 12, 2016

After exploring virtual reality gaming in Ready Player One, Cline adds long-range drone combat using a virtual reality game to the mix in his second page-turning bestseller. Ready Player One has become required reading at Oculus VR, literally. I think augmented reality is a turnoff to some people.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 17, 2023

This is because Valve has a lot of expertise in VR devices and has faith in the medium of VR and VR games” There is a lot of talk about a possible upcoming standalone headset by Valve , that evolves the Steamdeck design into a virtual reality helmet. These pieces of information are very interesting. This is going to be big!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

This is the first roundup of news of this new year, and to signal a change with the past, I’ve changed the name from “VR Week Peek” to “XR Week Peek”, because, hey, I like talking about all immersive technologies and not only Virtual Reality. Image by Oculus). in 2019 thanks to new headsets like the Oculus Quest.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2016

As the virtual reality industry makes its way through this highly important first year of commercial availability for its flagship headsets, it is being bolstered by most of the major tech companies. Google , Intel, Facebook and Microsoft have all either already begun or announced significant VR initiatives in the past 12-24 months.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

The Oculus Quest 2 continues its march towards mainstream adoption. It wouldn’t be a normal week without some news about Facebook and/or the Oculus Quest. In all this promotional message, he said two interesting pieces of information. Mathew Olson from The Information (subscribe to his awesome newsletter !)

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 23, 2017

Many people in the virtual reality (VR) industry believe that inside-out tracking is the future of consumer-grade HMDs. We’ve seen prototypes from Oculus with Santa Cruz and Intel’s Project Alloy-powered devices and now Sony is dipping their toes into the inside-out tracking race.

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