The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Every year I like to play the speculation game about what to expect from there… and every year I predict a lot of things wrong (like that year that I said that the Quest Link was not going to happen… shame on me). Meta Quest 3 Meta Quest 3 (Image by Meta) This is easy. Tomorrow is the day the Meta Connect starts!

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Oculus Connect 7—now referred to as Facebook Connect —is just around the corner and rumors surrounding the annual developer conference are swirling! New hardware, major software releases, updates on long-rumored projects; the list goes on. Here are our official predictions for Facebook Connect: NEW OCULUS HARDWARE.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Oculus today introduced a program called App Lab, a new effort which will allow developers to distribute their VR apps on Quest without being subject to a quality review ‘curation’ process. With Quest, Oculus introduced a ‘curated’ approach to the headset’s app store.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Virtual Update just got a major update to take advantage of Quest 3 and Quest Pro. Quest 2 Quest Pro Quest 3 H.264+ Quest 2 Quest Pro Quest 3 6GHz Wi-Fi 6E ❌ ✅ ✅ Local Dimming ❌ ✅ ❌ 120Hz Refresh Rate Mode ✅ ❌ ✅ Face & Eye Tracking ❌ ✅ ❌ But the update isn't only for Quest 3 users.

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VRScout

JANUARY 24, 2022

Skydance Interactive has officially unveiled The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2: Retribution , an official follow-up to its award-winning survival horror VR game based on Robert Kirkman’s popular comic book series. According to Skydance, this is not a DLC update but a full-fledged sequel to the original game.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

A lot of info about the device has been shared since then. For instance, it has some slight distortions at the edges and it does not work well in low-light conditions The FOV is smaller than the one of Quest 3 Eye-hand interactions are very natural. There are already more than 600 native apps for Vision Pro at launch.

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VRScout

JANUARY 5, 2021

Whether you’re on the Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, or a SteamVR headset, you’ll find there’s plenty of VR gaming to look forward to over the next 12 months. First rumored back in 2019 , Ubisoft has since confirmed the ongoing development of an Assassin’s Creed VR game. THE CLIMB 2.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 14, 2021

in the morning, but in the end, the first alpha demo is over and it will launch as promised on June, 16th! Facebook may plan to sell 18–20M Quests next year. And thanks to the new lenses, they should feature improved clarity and FOV. So it seems to be more a Quest 3 than a Quest 2 Pro. Top news of the week.

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VRScout

MAY 21, 2019

What’s on deck for the Oculus Quest? After what feels like eons of waiting, the Oculus Quest standalone VR headset is finally available to the public, along with over 50 immersive launch titles. Let’s take a look at five ambitious VR experiences coming soon to your Oculus Quest: Vacation Simulator.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 30, 2021

Someone compared this news to the acquisition of Oculus by Facebook , and I agree: Pico is a very smart startup, like Oculus was, and Bytedance is a very rich company that controls one of the most popular social networks, like Facebook. As it has happened with Oculus, this news is good and bad for Pico and VR in general.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

This reminds me of a similar error HTC made in the past of mixing signals of a pro device and consumer content It has RGB passthrough cameras with three times the resolution of Quest 2 cameras. Honestly speaking, this doesn’t add much to what we already knew about the device. Image by Google). No paywall).

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Here are our picks for the top 25 best Quest 3 games available now. Our list of best Quest 2 games and best Quest 3 games will be updated and maintained separately. For games that were previously released on Quest 2, we've often linked our original reviews of those games in our recommendations below.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

In the meantime, Bloomberg published a report saying that Apple is going to launch its XR headset in the “next several months” (a timeline that goes from now to 2023, I guess), and that it is probably waiting until there could be physical events again before doing it. The Oculus Quest 2 continues its march towards mainstream adoption.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

With great pleasure, I announce to you that we have updated our game HitMotion: Reloaded (the first mixed reality fitness game ) on Viveport, and now we have far better bonuses management, apart from having fixed lots of bugs. Samsung may launch a next-gen Samsung Odyssey. PSVR 2 could be revealed next month. Hello everyone!

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2022

Step-2: Wait for the GTC to start and join the Keynote livestream. Meta raises the price of Quest 2 during one of its most complicated periods. The first one, which resonated a lot in the VR communities, is that the company is raising the price of Quest 2 by $100. More info (Meta raises Quest 2 price?—?Road

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 17, 2023

I can’t wait to discover more about it… More info Other relevant news (Image by Logitech) Quest 2 monthly active users are around 6M The Wall Street Journal has published a report about Pico providing money to developers to port games to its VR platform. This also means that support for PSVR 2 is never coming.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Since launch in August 2021 Horizon Workrooms used a separate Workrooms account and team management system for logging into the service and managing access. This sign-in flow threw up roadblocks and caused confusion for people who wanted to join meetings across Quest 2 VR headsets and traditional video chat.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The second one is that we of New Technology Walkers have just launched our fitness game HitMotion: Reloaded for Vive Focus 3. Because I’ve learnt that TGS is a very big gaming event and it features major Japanese brands like SEGA, Konami, and Square Enix, and this year it will be held all in VR. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 12, 2021

Some weeks ago, a group of 12 indie development studios decided to launch the first bundle dedicated to App Lab experiences for Oculus Quest. The user could buy the bundle and get access to sideloadable versions of the games, with the promise of a free key for when the game would have been approved by Oculus on App Lab.

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VRScout

AUGUST 31, 2020

In contrast to 2019, 2020 will continue to be a little quiet in terms of hardware, with major brands like Facebook and Lenovo having launched new headsets just last year. It’s important to note, however, that Facebook finally released the Oculus for Business program on its Oculus Quest headset.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Oculus devices will require a Facebook login. The enormous piece of news of the week is tha t Facebook has communicated that from October, 20th, all people that want to use an Oculus device for personal use will have to use their personal Facebook account to log in. Top news of the week. Image by Tweakanalogy). The same on Twitter.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The port had a few rough edges at launch, but Incuvo has been releasing a steady stream of updates and it’s shaping up to be by far my favorite way to play Green Hell. It also appears to be a commercial success; the game has been on the list of Top Selling Quest games since launch. Half-Life 2: VR Mod.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

This roundup of the most important AR/VR news of the past week comes out with a little delay since I’ve been very busy with my development job, and I’ve also a damn cold that doesn’t make me feel very well (but it’s no coronavirus, don’t worry :D). Probably, an affordable Quest 2 based on XR2 may come out in 2022.

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Upload VR

MAY 26, 2022

With regular updates, DLC releases and changes to the game since launch, Beat Saber remains VR’s poster child. Read on for our updated Beat Saber review for Quest 2, PSVR and PC VR. With consistent free updates and paid DLC releases, there’s now a wealth of content to work through as well.

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InstaVR

OCTOBER 17, 2019

After a relatively quiet summer — outside of the Oculus Quest release ! But first, a quick update on the general situation in the headset world. First off, some of the early major players like Google, Apple, and Samsung seem to be taking a step back. Since OC6, there’s been even more news though.

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Peter Graham

APRIL 9, 2020

As you can see from the video below, the track features plenty of barriers to step either side of or duck under, so you’re not rooted to the spot and do need to physically move to keep that multiplier up. As the studio continues to further expand Beat Saber’s library of tracks, VRFocus will keep you updated.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

But the release of the Apple Vision Pro has completely shaken up the industry and now many players are focusing on launching a competitor of Apple’s headset. The news of the week is that also Meta is moving fast for its Meta Quest Pro 2 : Zuck is expected to fly to South Korea to speak with the CEO of LG to finalize the partnership.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 20, 2022

Hard to believe it's been a whole year since the last big early look at upcoming virtual reality games from the company formerly known as Facebook. In the time since the April 2021 event, Facebook the company re-branded as Meta and, in a corresponding move, replaced "Oculus" with "Meta" in the names of its popular Quest VR headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Half-Life Alyx is going to launch on March, 23rd. The most important features were a very high resolution (2K*2K per eye), plus a modular design that should have made it very easy to be cleaned. On this special day, let’s all talk about AR and VR! Top news of the week. Image by Valve Corporation).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 7, 2019

One of the major complains are in the controllers, whose thumbsticks do not “click” when the stick is not in upright position (and some assistance guy from Valve even defined it as a feature, lol). 2) More info (Unsatisfied user review n.3) Now, inside these applications, it is possible to add AR features. Italian people!)

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

This week has mostly been in the sign of Oculus, with many news and updates from the brand controlled by Facebook. Before leaving you to the best news of the week, I would like to highlight two notable things about my work: My crazy trolling game “The Unity Cube” has been featured in a video by Upload VR! Other relevant news.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2023

The end of 2022 marks more than a decade since the Oculus Kickstarter sparked the modern era of VR. While the space has undoubtedly grown tremendously since then, 2022 felt largely like a plateau year, with Meta standing unchallenged as the dominant player in the space—while progressing disjointedly in too many directions at once.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

Sony officially states it is going to launch the PSVR 2. They “will incorporate some of the key features found in the DualSense wireless controller, along with a focus on great ergonomics”; There will be a “new generation” of games and experiences for it; It is still under development and won’t launch in 2021.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

HTC launches Vive Flow headset for relaxation, priced at $499. HTC advertises it as a headset for relaxation and productivity because it wants to position it as a different product than a gaming machine like Oculus Quest 2. Magic Leap 2 has been teased. I send you good vibes so things go well for you too!

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Upload VR

MAY 5, 2024

Which games are coming to Quest 3 but not Quest 2? There comes a point where we must say goodbye to older hardware and we've seen numerous signs that Meta is slowly dropping Quest 2. Coupled with rumors that Meta's developing a cheaper Quest 3 , we believe you shouldn't buy a new Quest 2 anymore.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

I’m happy also about this launch… what platform would you like to see it next? Facebook and EssilorLuxottica launch Ray-Ban Stories. Since these two products have shown us that this is not what customers are looking for, most probably these glasses won’t succeed as well. Top news of the week. Image by Luxottica). Image by Lynx).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Since I’m a bit in a hurry, I won’t be as detailed as usual in my commentary, but in any case, there isn’t that much to comment from this week. This means that when the update will roll out, all these companies will automatically receive these new XR-oriented features. Other relevant news. Image from the Facebook Connect).

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