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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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 20, 2023

The Metaverse Promise Zuckerberg presented the Metaverse concept as the “successor to mobile internet” in his Connect 2021 keynote. The gaming industry has a loyal user base already familiar with virtual spaces, 3D environments, and interactive experiences – so the transition to spatial computing is natural.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Organized by the VR Society, presented by AMD Studios, and co-presented by Dell, “On the Lot” is back for its second year. ” In addition, Unreal Engine will premiere The Giant: Michelangelo’s David in VR to the public, which lets audiences get up-close with the iconic statue unlike ever before.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

Ben Lang has written a very interesting editorial on the topic, and for instance, he imagines that this may mean that all Sony-owned game studios will all start using Unreal Engine as their game engine , unifying the production processes among them all. Unreal Engine can now use your iPhone to record facial animations.

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Road to VR

MARCH 6, 2017

Realities, a ‘virtual travel’ title that presents near photo-realistic VR captures of real-world locations, has received a major update. In addition to a new explorable location, the software has been overhauled to support forward rendering and improved support for Oculus Rift and Touch.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2023

More info Owlchemy Labs thinks hand tracking can make VR mainstream Owlchemy Labs has just presented a demo of the popular game Job Simulator completely working through hands tracking. That day, Upload will announce many interesting news about VR games, trying to make some buzz about virtual reality in general.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Then it could update them very fast and make them as powerful and successful as the Oculus Quest. More info (Oculus Quest with keyboard and mouse) More info (120Hz refresh rate on Quest 2) More info (Facebook and BCIs) More info (Rumor on Facebook smartwatch). Epic Games presents MetaHuman Creator.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Image by Oculus). Facebook is working on a new version of the Oculus Quest. According to a report by Bloomberg, Oculus is working on a new Oculus Quest model, and it has already done prototypes that are lighter and more powerful than the current device. Top news of the week. Mechanical IPD is confirmed.

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ARPost

APRIL 8, 2020

The talk, presented by HTC’s senior developer Dario Laverde, focused on how developers can integrate hand tracking into their applications. Laverde also pointed out that while VIVE’s hand tracking SDK works with a number of common platforms including Unity and Unreal, there can be complications for different hardware.

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Road to VR

MAY 24, 2016

Revive is an application that allows select VR games exclusive to the Oculus Home platform to be played on a rival SteamVR-powered HTC Vive headset. A recent update to Oculus Home crippled Revive , an act that has caused outrage in the VR community. And are Oculus really doing anything wrong anyway? Who’s behind it?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. A good article on XR Must highlights the best work that has been presented at Sundance Festival New Frontiers this year. Virtual Reality is creating a rise in insurance claims.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Parisi is considered by many to be one of the early pioneers of VR thanks to his work on Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), a tool for creating 3D environments on the internet, with Mark Pesce back in 1994. We’re going to design and sell products, make compelling presentations and understand complex data.”

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 1, 2017

Featured image: President Barack Obama watching a virtual reality film captured during his trip to Yosemite National Park in 2016. Luckily, makers of Virtual Reality have created amazing pieces for us to watch while buried in our big blanket/sack hybrids. National Geographic and Oculus.

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ARVR

JANUARY 4, 2021

Augmented Reality VR i.e Virtual Reality MR i.e Mixed Reality Here is a course from the University of Michigan. Apart from these are dozens of SDKs present. Depending upon your app’s feature requirements and your present code architecture, select an SDK and then continue with the development.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Tomorrow Unity plans to launch the first experimental build of EditorVR, a component of the Unity game engine which will let developers build games within virtual reality. Unreal Engine , Unity’s biggest competitor, has also launched an early version of a similar ‘VR Editor’ back in June with version 4.12

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Hypergrid Business

JULY 7, 2017

WorldViz virtual reality solutions are being used in a variety of ways in learning institutions, from enhancing virtual learning and collaboration, boosting academic research, studying human and behavioral interactions, to enhancing student language and culture. Academic research application.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

In the useful 5% part of the interview, Mark expresses very practical considerations about the present and the future. He stresses that he wants his metaverse not to be like these ones… but I also have to remember you that currently, Oculus is the most closed VR platform. He seemed like Mr. Cocteau in the movie Demotion Man.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

At GDC 2017 LG showcased a virtual reality headset that was SteamVR compatible: it was a game-changing moment since for the first time a new non-Vive headset would have been compatible with SteamVR tracking and ecosystem. Oculus Go showcased. The Oculus Go (Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2020

WebXR is a technology with enormous potential, but at the moment it offers far worse tools to develop for it than standalone VR , where we all use Unity and Unreal Engine. The last step is to return to the Player Settings, and now go to the “Resolution And Presentation” options group. Plugin Analysis.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed series roots its fiction deep in virtual reality within the game world, but could we soon see a new entry in the franchise for today’s real-life headsets? Going by the descriptions for the images, the project was developed for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift using Unreal Engine 4.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 22, 2018

Today has been another interesting day: it has started with us running to try to enter the Cyberpunk 2077 booth (but with no luck) and has finished playing with an Oculus Go. It is a Korean company producing haptic devices for virtual reality. But he clearly specified “ We believe in virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Then, he donned an Oculus Quest 2, put a controller on the bike, and rode the bike while doing the VR game, with the real track mapped perfectly with the virtual track. Doing moderation of virtual worlds is incredibly hard because there are a lot of grey areas to consider. Lenovo to launch a new MR headset. More info.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

But most probably they are just concept videos , maybe for internal presentations. Last week I told you about MetaHumans creator, the tool to create realistic humanoid avatars in Unreal Engine. Oculus is selling refurbished Quest for $199. Manus presents the Pro Tracker. Image by Epic Games, from The SportsRush).

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Virtual reality has figured prominently at the event in recent years of course, quickly rising to become one of the shows hottest technologies. With that in mind, and with CES 2017 imminent, we thought we’d take a look back at the notable VR events from past shows, charting VR’s progress to the present day.

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ARVR

JUNE 22, 2021

Another mode is Refuel, where you can capture 3 different points on the map by occupying them for a few seconds and eliminating all the opponents which may be present. Also what caused an outcry is that at launch, no other headsets are supported other than Oculus devices. The team that has captured the most points wins.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The camera shoots images at high frequency and then sends them to the PC via USB, thanks to the USB port that is present on the front panel of the HTC Vive. The setup is just basically attaching the two eye-tracking modules on the lenses and then connecting them to the USB port present on the Vive. I’m an eye tracking pirate!

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

Last Oculus Quest update shows hints of an Oculus MR ecosystem. Facebook is continuously updating the Oculus Quest , its most successful device, and this week it has rolled out the runtime v16. I think that this update, together with the last ones, marks the beginning of a mixed reality ecosystem that is being built by Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2019

This experience created some buzz because it has been the first virtual reality storytelling experience that has been acquired for a seven-figure amount. Beautiful view of Qingdao at night. I know the name “Spheres” since a lot of time. The second is about the universe and the black holes.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

They are a provider of virtual reality experiences, but not just any virtual reality experiences. We're going to dig into how these amazing simulators can push forward the reality behind virtual reality. He's the CEO and co-founder of Talon Simulations. And now we launched last year. Alan: Amazing.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

They are a provider of virtual reality experiences, but not just any virtual reality experiences. We're going to dig into how these amazing simulators can push forward the reality behind virtual reality. He's the CEO and co-founder of Talon Simulations. And now we launched last year. Alan: Amazing.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 5, 2017

video game industry when the Oculus Kickstarter campaign began? NB: The biggest win for Oculus was being able to get John Carmack and Gabe Newell in the Kickstarter video. With Oculus, VR had a tremendous amount of buzz. Having a wireless device meant you could really get lost in virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2020

The launch on Quest has gone pretty well , and the game has had good feedback from the press (apart from some graphical glitches that can be solved in future updates) and very positive reviews on the Oculus Store. Now there is the Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest and controllers (Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

(Image by Oculus). Oculus could be starting the production of a new Quest at the end of July. Multiple reports seem to confirm that Oculus is actually starting the production of a new Oculus Quest headset, with an expected release date in 2021. of units more produced annually. Other relevant news. Image by Pico).

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Ryan Schultz

APRIL 28, 2024

MacRumors separately cited “a source with knowledge of Apple’s sales numbers” as saying Apple had sold 200K preorders, particularly ironic given it’s now presenting Kuo’s claim and as if it were official news. Making quality 3D software takes time, like decades’ worth of time.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

They are a provider of virtual reality experiences, but not just any virtual reality experiences. We're going to dig into how these amazing simulators can push forward the reality behind virtual reality. He's the CEO and co-founder of Talon Simulations. And now we launched last year. Alan: Amazing.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

Oculus has also partnered with Virtuclear to offer prescription lenses for the Quest 2 for $80. And that’s it for the news about the present. All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

Unreal Engine 5 gets released in Early Access. After a lot of teasing of its upcoming fantastic features, Unreal Engine 5 is finally available for download. I have watched in particular the reviews of Mike Virtual Reality Oasis and Sebastian Ang (MRTV). He’s most probably talking about the Oculus Quest 2 Pro.

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