The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. Huawei has upgraded its sleek VR glasses and now they support 6DOF movement and 6DOF controllers that are very similar to the Oculus Touch. Notwithstanding all this hate, the Oculus Quest 2 is selling very well. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the trend of Gaming entrepreneurs, for example, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Oculus transferred from games to virtual reality and we started to keep eye on the VR area. Since Meta made the acquisition and took over Oculus, VRTUOLUO began to write original and in-depth articles on the XR industry.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

It was announcements and product launches galore with news coming from key players like Oculus, Sony, Microsoft and Google dominating the headlines almost every week. Target has started carrying the Merge VR headset, and T-Mobile stores are stocking up on Samsung Gear 360 and Gear VR. So what’s next? and many places worldwide.

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AR Insider

JUNE 4, 2020

This timing prompted Spatial to launch on Oculus Quest and make its PRO tier free. Starting at the beginning, the Spatial user experience (UX) is the first thing you’ll notice when entering the app (I accessed via Oculus Quest). Oculus Quest support likewise follows the device’s growth , especially for shelter-in-place use.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

HP has fixed many of the visual problems of the headse t, and Microsoft has just released a patch on Windows 10 that aims at solving many visual issues of all WMR headsets (like Chromatic aberration). But honestly, I expected a bit more … it’s a bit weird that Microsoft hasn’t solved its biggest pain point yet. Other relevant news.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Microsoft’s ‘Windows Mixed Reality’ platform has finally landed and the first batch of supported VR headsets are hitting the streets. From that foundation, Microsoft’s partners, including Acer, have built the external look and feel of the headsets. Acer Windows VR Headset Review Summary. Photo by Road to VR.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 28, 2020

The latest trends including touchscreen, tablets, 3D Printing, programmable robotics and smart learning technology were presented. Lenovo was presenting its technology on the booth with the Oculus Rift S (developed in partnership with Oculus), the system running educational content using CAD designs. Image credit: KWP.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

I’ve seen what companies are doing nowadays to use tracked props on the Oculus Quest: they have to add bulky mounts to install the even bulkier Touch controllers on them. Oculus Quest 2 ) to know the pose of the fingers. Mutalk at CES (Digital Trends). Qualcomm and Microsoft partnership. Futher references.

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VeeR VR

APRIL 10, 2018

Alan's business has worked with companies like Samsung, HBO, Techweek, Microsoft, Comcast, and many more. He is the youngest AR developer in the world to be sponsored by Microsoft to develop for the Microsoft HoloLens. Carmack is the CTO of Oculus and an American game programmer and the co-founder of ID Software.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

And this year, we’ll see further growth of this trend, which has still a big untapped potential: many new items to try-before-you-buy, new features available for filters, new popular ecosystems (like WeChat) that are going to adopt it properly. What will see a decreasing trend is everything that is about people going outside.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Facebook says that Beat Games will remain independent and the game will remain the same, but these are the same words that I’ve heard when in 2014 it acquired Oculus, and we all know how the story ended (and in fact, the popular Damo9000 ironized about it). Upload has published a shopping guide for your Oculus Link. Image by Valve).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Right now we’re stuck thinking in terms of head-mounted displays (HMDs), like the Vive or the Oculus. Maybe it’s a dedicated VR computer to start, but more likely it becomes mobile hardware, given Moore’s Law and the current trend toward everything mobile. The visual input is the most important piece of the VR setup.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

I don’t see the same trends he does as far as mainstream Sandhill Road venture capitalists coming in. Above: The Oculus Touch controls let you navigate independently with each hand in VR. Image Credit: Oculus. Looking forward, we’re going to keep observing this trend. We’ve seen prices and valuations start to normalize.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

GB: Mike Abrash, formerly of Valve, now at Oculus, their chief scientist, he made this interesting observation about Moore’s Law. Beliaeff: When you watch the trends in engineers, it’s interesting. Above: Microsoft’s HoloLens in action. Image Credit: Microsoft. But then the software is also accelerating.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

If you need well-researched info on the trends and changing tides of emerging tech to feel confident dipping your toes into the XR sea, SuperData’s Carter Rogers has you covered. Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Which still has its uses!

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

If you need well-researched info on the trends and changing tides of emerging tech to feel confident dipping your toes into the XR sea, SuperData’s Carter Rogers has you covered. Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Which still has its uses!

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

If you need well-researched info on the trends and changing tides of emerging tech to feel confident dipping your toes into the XR sea, SuperData's Carter Rogers has you covered. Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Is that what we're seeing here?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft to tighten safety measures in Altspace VR. After a similar announcement performed by Meta last week, this week Microsoft has announced the tightening of the safety measures inside its social VR platform Altspace VR. Removing them removes lots of potential problems from Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

After having written my predictions for virtual reality in 2020 , let’s see what will be the trends for this year in augmented reality. A worker wearing HoloLens 2 (Image by Microsoft). It will be a great time for us, as when there was the Oculus Share, and every experiment could have big visibility easily.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

And really, without everybody else’s and my colleagues work and your work and other people who are helping the trends position from something that for a long time was a research lab curiosity and something that really hadn’t escaped the confines of academia. So thank you very much for paving the way for us.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

And really, without everybody else's and my colleagues work and your work and other people who are helping the trends position from something that for a long time was a research lab curiosity and something that really hadn't escaped the confines of academia. So thank you very much for paving the way for us. Walter: Well, thank you, Alan.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

And really, without everybody else’s and my colleagues work and your work and other people who are helping the trends position from something that for a long time was a research lab curiosity and something that really hadn’t escaped the confines of academia. So thank you very much for paving the way for us.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

I can’t guarantee that these predictions will come out to be true (I always joke about the fact that I miss many of the predictions about Meta/Oculus), but I think they will be worth reading anyway to understand what can be the trends to look for in this new year. GENERAL TRENDS. Me wearing my branded Oculus Quest 2.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Billion & mind you i haven't added the overall population of #asia.Ignore us at your own risk #facebook #microsoft & the curators of those lists. Xu Chi, the CEO and co-founder of #Nreal, a trending mixed reality (MR) start-up. 25- Pankaj Raut. Recognized as India's 10 most influential thought leaders in Immersive technologies.

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