The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

We can say the new cycle started with the announcement of the Apple Vision Pro , because that has been a disruptive moment for our market: Road To VR’s Ben Lang says that it has been the most important moment for virtual reality after Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus , and I agree. Photoshop is doing the same.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Cas and Chary VR is a YouTube channel hosted by Netherland-based duo Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer who have been documenting their VR journeys since 2016. I imagined this must have been like when Oculus just started out. You can pledge for a unit starting at $500. Cas & Chary Present. I loved seeing this. Office Vibes.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

While Oculus cares a lot about the design of its units and polishes all the details of the external aspect, Pico is more practical, because it comes from the enterprise world, so it offers a design that is nice, but that bends to the needs of what can be functional. Considering that its cost was €55, it is a very happy surprise! Right View.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 19, 2016

Requires: Mac or Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. From: Netherlands. Requires: Mac or Windows, Oculus Rift. In a meditative experience WebGL, ThreeJS, and a post-processing tool are used to simulate the physical effects of interacting with falling sand. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2022

They offered several small amounts of cash, some dubious cryptocurrency, and parcels of virtual land in two different metaverses, but nothing that would fund the pre-production work and production tooling / assembly setup. Image by Rob Cole). So what was this new idea then? The Core Concept.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Start with two million… Just to register the PID license (required for any new USB connected device) was a mere £5000 ; the cost of custom flexes, circuit boards, and injection mould tooling meant remortgaging the house, whilst licensing Immersion Corporation’s haptics technology wasn’t inexpensive. Image by Rob Cole).

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