The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Samsung XR headset may have been delayed The new rumor in town is that Samsung has delayed its upcoming headset that it is building in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. As for Meta, while he appreciated the efforts of the people working there, he said that doesn’t agree much with its strategy.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

After a few days where we thought we were all living in a big oven, here in Italy we’re having the first taste of Autumn, with the temperatures going down and a lot of rain falling from the sky. Samsung can be the first partner also on this line of products. All these premises are not good: confusion is never a good sign in business.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

The main one regards the 4 devices we were waiting for this year , which in our opinion should have changed everything: Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google-Samsung Headset, and PSVR 2. Google and Samsung Prototype of the Samsung XR headset. If you add VAT, in Italy it will cost €600. Long story short: things are not good.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 22, 2023

I’m personally a bit confused by Bytedance’s strategy. Learn more A local course about VR If you are in the Turin (Italy) area, and you know some people that may be interested in entering the XR field, you can suggest them a free course subsidized by local institutions to become Virtual Reality Specialist.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 24, 2018

Of course, these are US prices : here in Italy, the headset only costs €879 and all other bundles are more expensive because of taxes (damn taxes). But f rom a business side, this is most probably the right price to fulfill its strategy. Headset + v1 Lighthouse and controllers: $1099 (limited offer). So, why this high price?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). The answer is not so trivial.

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