The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 4, 2021

Because of the pandemic, many people have been forced to celebrate New Year’s Eve at home skipping the usual rituals of the home party with friends or the big celebrations in a public plaza. It was impressive seeing at the TV news Time Square in New York being almost empty on December 31st. Some news on content.

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JANUARY 20, 2017

Over the past two weeks, ZeniMax Media and Oculus have been duking it out in the Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse in Dallas, TX, and we’ve been observing and taking notes. Beth Wilkinson, Oculus’ lawyer, also said Carmack shouldn’t have copied the files, and that he turned everything in within a year of the litigation being filed.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 14, 2022

” New York reportedly leads the state-level investigation, which has been chatting up outside software developers who make apps for Meta’s VR experience. The state and federal officials are examining how the company may have engaged in anti-competitive behavior to suppress competition in the VR market.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 3, 2016

The next wave of athletic training takes place in a computer simulation, as companies such as STRIVR Labs , EON Sports and Beyond Sports help players prepare for games through VR technology. Davis Webb, the quarterback of Stanford rival California, trusts his Oculus headset as much as his helmet when it comes to game preparation.

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VRScout

APRIL 29, 2019

Catching up with VR director and two-time Oculus Launch Pad recipient Kiira Benzing. Benzing then acted in New York for a year before going off to grad school at LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art), a high-profile drama school that’s notable for its rich history. Image Credit: Double Eye. Image Credit: Double Eye.

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APRIL 26, 2017

Microsoft partner Acer is hosting a press conference in New York Thursday where Bolas is expected to speak about the company’s efforts in mixed reality. It will be his first public appearance since at Microsoft last year. An Acer press conference will be livestreaming here starting at 8 am Pacific time on Thursday.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Facebook—sorry, it’s calling itself Meta now —is planning on dipping consumers’ toes in the so-called metaverse by launching retail stores to showcase AR and VR products, the New York Times reported on Friday. Read more.

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ARVR

MARCH 9, 2022

“Augmented reality (AR) is an enhanced version of the real physical world that is achieved through the use of digital visual elements, sound, or other sensory stimuli delivered via technology. In layman’s terms, augmented reality refers to rendering digital data and images onto the real world using technology’s digital sensory stimuli.

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2016

If you’re one of the lucky winners, you get a cash prize, masterclasses with VR filmmaking pros, and travel to the Creators Awards ceremony in New York– because what is a competition without an awards ceremony? LET’S TALK OCULUS: DRM NO MORE AND PATENT FOR NEW VR MOTION. NEW LAUNCHES, MOVEMENTS, AND MONEY.

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VRScout

AUGUST 22, 2017

After much recent speculation of a possible price drop, the HTC Vive has joined the Oculus Rift in the discount club—cutting $200 off the previously $799 tag. NEW PREDICTIONS FOR GLOBAL VR/AR SPENDING & INVESTMENT OVER NEXT 4 YEARS. … well, sort of. You still have to set it up). INVESTMENT & FUNDING WRAPUP.

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DECEMBER 18, 2016

John Riccitiello, CEO of Unity Technologies, predicted that tech journalists would start gleefully writing that the virtual reality revolution is over because sales of VR headsets fell short of expectations, and analysts are in the midst of shaving back their predictions. I’m not one of those journalists. They do magical things.

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JULY 19, 2017

Just a few years ago I found the Oculus meeting room hidden in a corner of the show floor where they were showing the HD prototype of the Rift featuring improved resolution. “In the first year it was about introducing the technology widely to people. Control software with your mind. Holo-Doodle.

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HaptX

DECEMBER 20, 2018

We started the year strong, receiving the Lumiere Technology Award in January, alongside companies like Disney and Microsoft. We were the first VR company to introduce a prototype at Sundance since Oculus unveiled an early version of their Rift in 2012. The software that powers our haptics. VR immerses itself into pop culture.

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

The 360-degree experience was filmed by Practical Magic in cooperation with 20th Century Fox and New Regency. The theatrical activation will feature kiosks with Oculus Rift headsets powered by Alienware Aurora PCs using AMD Radeon RX 480 graphics cards. Here’s how they made it happen. 2 and Jan.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 18, 2016

The Khronos Group is an open consortium of hardware and software companies, including Epic Games, Google, Immersive Technology Alliance , Oculus, Intel, NVIDIA, Open Gaming Alliance , and Valve. Microsoft has also announced that it has started to work on supporting WebVR for Edge , the new browser for Windows 10.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Max Preussner was a senior software engineer for Epic Games. I own an IT solutions and project staffing firm I started in New York City back in 1996. Pimax, Vive, Oculus and StarVR are all pioneering new technologies and gearing up for their 2 nd generation hardware.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 2, 2019

We’ve been working in XR Technologies — first virtual reality, and then augmented reality — since 2016. I first tried to headset on near the end of 2015 and it struck me that this type of technology would change the world. I have a background in technology. Steve: Alan, thanks for having me. I appreciate it.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 2, 2019

We’ve been working in XR Technologies — first virtual reality, and then augmented reality — since 2016. I first tried to headset on near the end of 2015 and it struck me that this type of technology would change the world. I have a background in technology. Steve: Alan, thanks for having me. I appreciate it.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 2, 2019

We've been working in XR Technologies -- first virtual reality, and then augmented reality -- since 2016. I first tried to headset on near the end of 2015 and it struck me that this type of technology would change the world. We believe that XR Technologies -- VR and AR -- are the solution to having students love what they're learning.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 6, 2017

WWDC by Apple Date: June 5-9, 2017 Venue: McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, CA, USA Download the WWDC app from the App Store Oculus Connect Date: October 11-12, 2017 Venue: McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, CA, USA Oculus Connect is an annual virtual reality developer conference hosted by Oculus from Facebook.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2019

So primarily our audience are end users of the technology. And that really allows our contacts to keep their eye on the progress of the industry and make informed business decisions about investing in immersive technologies. That’s still amazing positive response to this technology. Alan: That’s incredible.

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VRScout

APRIL 21, 2020

This allows students to exercise their skills at home while in isolation using the company’s @HomeVR system which was launched two weeks ago for standalone VR headsets such as Oculus Quest and HTC Vive Focus Plus. Canada, and U.K. UCLH in the U.K. and Sana in Germany. UCLH in the U.K. and Sana in Germany.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

Talking about more reliable leaks, developer Luboš V with the support of Basti564 has found references of a multiplayer Oculus Home in the Quest firmware, so it seems that very soon the home space of the Quest will let everyone invite more people. News worth a mention. For some, they might be a way of selling software and services.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2019

So primarily our audience are end users of the technology. And that really allows our contacts to keep their eye on the progress of the industry and make informed business decisions about investing in immersive technologies. That’s still amazing positive response to this technology. Alan: That’s incredible.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

VPS is a technology that implements the AR Cloud and creates a bridge between the real and the virtual world. San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle?—?for This time we don’t have more info about the hardware, but about the software. Other news. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

So I'm really excited to talk about that, because I believe that as much as we're going into physical winter in Canada, I believe that we're going into a beautiful spring with regards to the investment landscape of this technology. Unity Technologies just went public. Alex: Huge news. And the new one, Quest 2, is coming out.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

So I'm really excited to talk about that, because I believe that as much as we're going into physical winter in Canada, I believe that we're going into a beautiful spring with regards to the investment landscape of this technology. Unity Technologies just went public. Alex: Huge news. And the new one, Quest 2, is coming out.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

I was afraid that at this CES wouldn’t have been many pieces of news about AR and VR, but actually, we had quite a few interesting ones. This shows that the ecosystem is alive, and notwithstanding the pandemic, there are many XR companies that are pushing the technology forward. Oculus Quest 2 ) to know the pose of the fingers.

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Tech Trends VR

APRIL 22, 2020

This allows students to exercise their skills at home while in isolation using the company’s @HomeVR system which was launched two weeks ago for standalone VR headsets such as Oculus Quest and HTC Vive Focus Plus. Student surgeons are seeing their studies interrupted as hospitals are reserved for essential care Click To Tweet.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Meta has to prove that its product is highly superior to the one offered by the competitor to convince potential customers to switch, or they must integrate it directly into Zoom (not just as a compatible software, like it has been announced) if they want to exploit another big existing market. News worth a mention.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 9, 2015

On the one hand, it’s a live performance ensemble that uses technology to explore new ways to create and perform music. In order for students to think about how to create pieces of music and pieces of software, we enable groups to get together and make music as an ensemble. What does VR add to the musician’s repertoire?

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Robert Scoble

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

I took my family Friday night, and the short of it is they all loved it, thought it was great use of technology. This was good preparation for the kind of work I’ll be starting up again in March, when we turn on “Infinite Retina,” a new business I’m working on with a few other people in the spatial computing arena.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

So I'm really excited to talk about that, because I believe that as much as we're going into physical winter in Canada, I believe that we're going into a beautiful spring with regards to the investment landscape of this technology. Unity Technologies just went public. Alex: Huge news. And the new one, Quest 2, is coming out.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

Rori is a strategic and innovations leader with over 20 years experience working in digital marketing, integrated media, creative brand advertising, and emerging technologies. So Accenture is a very large technology and strategy company with over 400,000 employees worldwide. We figure out these technologies, how can they be used?

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

Rori is a strategic and innovations leader with over 20 years experience working in digital marketing, integrated media, creative brand advertising, and emerging technologies. So Accenture is a very large technology and strategy company with over 400,000 employees worldwide. We figure out these technologies, how can they be used?

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Road to VR

APRIL 23, 2018

With the ability to both capture and stream 4K 3D content to VR headsets, the Round 360 package includes a professional suite of tools including PC software for controlling and stitching. To find the Pilot Season debut episodes, head to the Oculus store on your Gear VR and navigate to Samsung VR Video service. image courtesy Samsung.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

And so he created the hardware and wrote the software to make 360 truly a consumer product. They’ve created amazing hardware, but they failed on the delivery of the actual experience, from the hardware to the software, out to how people actually want to use it. Where did you guys come up with the idea of the stabilization?

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