The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

After Venice VR Expanded has come to an end, I have finally had the time to experiment with Oculus Quest AR Passthrough. What is impressive on the good side is instead the stability of the tracking : we all know that Oculus Insight is the best in class tracking solution among VR headsets, and in AR this is even more important.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Hand-tracking on Quest rolled out as an experimental feature in late 2019, but Oculus is letting it gestate before it will accept third-party apps with hand-tracking. And while Oculus’ first stab at the feature is reasonably solid, there’s still limitations around accuracy, latency, pose detection, and tracking coverage.

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Upload VR

JULY 20, 2023

Since releasing controller-free hand tracking as a software update for the original Oculus Quest in late 2019, Meta has been steadily improving the technology with further updates. which it says reduces hand tracking latency, "bringing the experience closer to controllers". Hand Tracking 2.2 Then the 2.1

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 26, 2017

Over the past three years, Melbourne, Australia-based startup Zero Latency has been refining its multiplayer virtual reality arcade platform, which currently has three playable games for up to six players with plans to add eight-player support by the end of this year. Hands-on With Zero Latency.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

At Connect 2021 last week, Meta revealed a new Quest rendering technology called Application Spacewarp which it says can increase the performance of Quest apps by a whopping 70%. While similar to the Asynchronous Spacewarp tech available to Oculus PC apps, Meta says Application Spacewarp will produce even better results.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 18, 2017

TPCAST , the company known for creating a wireless adapter for HTC Vive, announced that they’ll be delivering a device that supports the Oculus Rift by the end of the year. TPCast maintains their solution can transmit up 5 meters away at 2k (2160×1200) with a latency of less than 2ms. image courtesy TPCAST.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 20, 2021

As previously announced, we are also developing a Friends System and a new technology to enable large groups of people to stream ultra-low latency video in VR.” ” The new ad-supported film is coming to all supported platforms today, which includes SteamVR , Oculus Rift , Oculus Quest , and Oculus Go.

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VRScout

AUGUST 31, 2020

Whereas existing haptic technology focuses primarily on the hands and chest, patented DropLabs technology located in the midsole of the shoes delivers bass-activated stereo audio directly to your feet. For devices lacking Bluetooth support, each pair comes with a low latency cable compatible with most standard 3.5mm headphone jacks.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The (uncomplete) Immersive Technology in Healthcare digest?—?Decembre Decembre 20, 2020 Hello, this is a short summary of my technological watch on this amazing domain of immersive technology in healthcare ! It is not focused on immersive technologies but question are close.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Oculus wants your AR/VR experience to not only be a 360 immersive visual experience that includes real time head tracking and full immersive audio during your VR experience, but would also include real time hand tracking as part of the virtual and augmented experience. That’s what I’m doing here.”.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Emerging Trends in the VR Gaming Industry — 2023 Technology is evolving at a fast pace. Bridging the gap between worlds seems like a sweet spot for virtual reality technology. Evidence of the accelerated advancement of digital technology over the years can be understood through the gaming industry. with virtual reality?

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The annual presentation at Oculus Connect by Michael Abrash, Chief Scientist at Oculus, is always a highlight of the company’s annual developer event, projecting a forward-thinking and ever inspirational look at the future of virtual reality. Most significantly, at the high end, VR headsets will become wireless.

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Road to VR

MAY 23, 2019

Thanks to the tracking cameras on Rift S, the headset also comes with a pass-through video feature which Oculus calls ‘Passthrough+’ (with the ‘+’ denoting its low latency, stereo-correct, wide field of view). Oculus’ motion smoothing tech, Asynchronous Spacewarp, will also be similarly upgraded.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Recent technological advancements have pushed the envelope of what modern technologies are capable of. Furthermore, these innovations have greatly changed the way users interact with such technologies. Unfortunately, such beliefs stem from a misunderstanding of the technology and how it works.

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Road to VR

JUNE 28, 2021

NVIDIA’s CloudXR technology is designed to provide real-time XR cloud streaming, which aims to remove the need for local high-end PC rendering hardware. Although it’s been two years since the company first publicly demoed the technology , Nvidia appears to be making good headway.

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2018

Nearly seven months after its announcement back in October 2017, Oculus Go, the company’s first standalone VR headset, is finally here. Oculus Go Review Summary. Launching today in 23 countries, Oculus Go is the company’s new take on mobile VR. Both have very little latency. Read on to find out.

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Road to VR

APRIL 12, 2021

NVIDIA is continuing the rollout of its CloudXR technology on the three leading cloud computing platforms: AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. CloudXR is a specialized solution for the unique latency and performance requirements of VR and AR streaming. Image courtesy NVIDIA. Today Nvidia also said it will soon launch CloudXR 2.1

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Road to VR

MAY 25, 2018

John Carmack, Oculus’ CTO, has revealed work on a new VR video playback technology which he says is coming to Oculus Go and newer Gear VR phones. ” Henry was the first VR short film released by Oculus Story Studio, the company’s in-house narrative studio which ended up closing in 2017. .”

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ARPost

MAY 13, 2021

This includes ultra-low latency, high motion speed, powerful motors, built-in vibration, and gameplay time tracker. Since Yaw2 operates independently from VR headsets, it is compatible with major VR headsets such as Oculus Quest , Oculus Rift, Oculus Rift-S , HTC VIVE, HTC VIVE Pro, Valve Index, PSVR, Windows Mixed Reality headsets and Pimax.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2018

Henry has been one of the first content that I’ve tried on my Oculus Rift CV1. A great work by Oculus Story Studio, for sure. That’s why when I heard that Oculus was going to publish a new version of Henry for Oculus Go , I could do nothing but try it. The answer is: it is not possible.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Edge computing is an evolving paradigm in cloud computing optimisation, where the typical latency problems associated with the cloud can be mitigated. According to the press release provided to Road to VR , GridRaster leverages this technology “to re-define the network and compute stack at multiple layers – device, network and edge cloud.”.

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VRScout

JUNE 18, 2019

VR hardware is front and center at this year’s festivities following the release of Oculus Quest and HP Reverb. VR Hardware of the Year: Oculus – Quest. Oculus – Rift S. VR Experience of the Year: ILMxLAB & Oculus Studios – Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series – Episode I. Ballast Technologies.

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VRScout

JANUARY 26, 2021

HaptX , the San Luis Obispo, CA-based company focused on bringing realistic haptic technology to VR, has released its HaptX Gloves DK2, advanced haptic feedback gloves featuring “true-contact” haptic technology. Michaels tells me that it took over seven years of development to bring their technology to life.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 27, 2017

Each side has now delivered its closing arguments, and a jury is likely to decide on Monday whether or not Oculus delivered a convincing defense from allegations the company misappropriated technology from ZeniMax. She argued that Oculus’ founders all shared a vision. They want to bring this technology to life,” said Wilkinson.

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Charlie Fink

MARCH 12, 2021

Pico is emerging as the Oculus Quest’s main competitor on the enterprise vertical.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Launching in early 2017 with pre-orders starting Friday, HTC claims the device will eliminate the direct connection to the PC without any noticeable difference in latency or gameplay. HTC plans to offer a wireless upgrade accessory for the Vive created by TPCAST. The release date for the TPCAST device is said to start in Q1 2017.

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ARPost

APRIL 22, 2020

Oculus Rift powered the virtual experience. High-resolution imagery and low-latency head-tracking brought people into a virtual environment. VR is a young, emerging technology. Saatchi & Saatchi Sri Lanka , for example, made a virtual reality campaign for Hatton National Bank in 2015. They called it New World Banking.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 21, 2019

Original image from Oculus). Oculus Rift and Gear VR have sold 10M units. At the beginning of the week, Jack McCauley, one of the founders of the Oculus startup, had claimed in an interview with CNBC that Facebook VR will never succeed. Of course, he was not only talking about Oculus but about VR in general.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

According to the very famous market analysis company Gartner, Augmented Reality is no more an “emerging” technology, but it has graduated as a mature one. This meant that for Gartner, VR was not an emerging and experimental technology anymore, but it had already become something usable and useful. Gartner Hype Cycle 2019.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Lynx R-1 features the same Qualcomm XR2 chipset as Oculus Quest 2 and HTC Vive Focus 3, and like those two it’s also based on a heavily modified version of Android. 1,600 × 1,600 LCD @90Hz per eye, with ultra low-latency Color Passthrough for Augmented Reality. million in June. Here’s a look at the headset’s specs.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

Image by Oculus). The other bombshell news is that Resident Evil 4 is coming to the Oculus Quest 2. On April, 21st, Oculus will host its first Gaming Showcase , with news on ‘Lone Echo II’, ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’, and many other titles. Top news of the week. Facebook announces Wi-Fi streaming and Resident Evil 4 for Quest.

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VRScout

JUNE 6, 2016

Rocking an Oculus Rift DK2 headset, weapon, and gaming PC backpack, you must navigate an abandoned building while you fight off the undead to reach your spaceship and get the hell out of there. The basketball court sized multiplayer VR arena is called Zero Latency and Sega is bringing it to Tokyo. Image Credit: Zero Latency.

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Road to VR

MARCH 1, 2017

Speaking at GDC 2017, Jason Rubin described VR wireless technology as “compressed, not perfect, and expensive” and “the wrong direction for right now”. While it may appear that Valve and Oculus have different priorities here, it’s all a matter of interpretation. SEE ALSO TPCAST Wireless VR Add-On Available Worldwide Q2 for $249.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 27, 2021

But that’s a non-starter for anyone outside of the few million people that own VR hardware (much less the compatible HTC and Oculus hardware). 3D mapping’s evolutionary path was recently accelerated with a developer tool from Here Technologies. It develops advanced 3D mapping technology for self-driving cars among other endpoints.

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VRScout

JULY 3, 2018

Using a combination of flexible, high-quality silicon and proprietary sensor technology, the company promises a comfortable experience with tracking capable of 0.01 There are also murmurs of force feedback technology supposedly being implemented into a future model. Wireless: 2.4GHz Custom Low Latency Protocol.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

These numbers are a great piece of news because they show how VR adoption is growing and that the Oculus Quest 2 launch is contributing to this growth. Oculus delays shipments of the Elite Strap due to breakage reports. Oculus Test Users let you use the Quest 2 without a real Facebook account (for sideloading).

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 31, 2019

In spite of all the investment from companies such as Oculus, the PSVR is the only hardware that has come even close to tapping that elusive jackpot of mass consumer adoption. Fast-paced, graphics-rich longer games require fast GPU and no lag, otherwise you’ll just get a lot of queasy and frustrated gamers.

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