The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

While with other VR headsets like the Vive Focus Plus it is already possible to do some kind of augmented reality , this is the first standalone headset that can provide both good quality AR and VR on the same device. These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 19, 2021

Oculus For Developers has some documentation for Designing accessible VR. Here you are some: Open XR: [link] UI Accessibility Plugin (Unity): [link] Set Color Deficiency Type (Unreal Engine): [link]. Inclusion refers to diversity in gender, socio-economic status, disability or other needs. The first step is to educate yourself.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The actions coming from the US are not much related to VR and Oculus, but mostly to the social space. This could also mean splitting the Facebook Reality Labs into a separate company (a new Oculus?), In Germany, instead, the legal action regards the mandatory Facebook login for Oculus Quest 2.

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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. References to Apple RealityOS have been leaked. Some days ago, two developers have found references to “RealityOS” both in the Apple Store logs and in an opensource repo by Apple.

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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

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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VRScout

JULY 11, 2017

Google wants you to play with Blocks, this smartphone wants you to get rid of your headset, a new marketplace connecting content creators with funding, the price of the Oculus Rift is slashed, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. GOOGLE WANTS YOU TO PLAY WITH BLOCKS. GET YOURSELF A RIFT WITH THIS SWEET SUMMER DEAL.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

So at least the collaboration with Valve is true, but notice that it has not been on the headset, so they got no reference design from Valve, it has just been on the software integration. While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. We’re excited to try this headset when it becomes available.

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ARVR

JUNE 17, 2021

Everyday is bringing us more news from the realm of Virtual Reality (VR). Software development engines like Unity and Unreal are becoming more elaborate , there are myriads of SDK libraries, countless knowledge exchange communities and free-for-use collaboration tools. What can make it become the mirror of the real world.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 7, 2015

Today on the blog, we’re spotlighting getnamo’s community Leap Motion plugin for Unreal Engine 4, which offers some unique capabilities alongside the official plugin. Oculus Rift VR/AR support is easily accessible, as the plugin handles all the necessary transforms. Breaking into Unreal development for the first time?

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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 exporter basically creates a special type of WebGL application that supports virtual reality, that’s why there are both directories. You did it!

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

An environmental artist with a passion for Star Wars has realised the iconic location of Star Wars’ Mos Eisley space port in jaw-dropping detail via Unreal Engine 4. ” The resulting environments, rendered capably using Epic’s Unreal Engine 4, are some of the most detailed and realistic recreations I’ve ever seen.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Now, he turns his eye towards virtual reality with Gnomes & Goblins , an original production from Wevr in partnership with Reality One. Despite this, Björk returns to the album via virtual reality collaborations with well-regarded developers and visual artists traveling the globe as Björk Digital.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2016

In part one the outspoken founder of Epic Games warned us how dangerous collectivization could be for virtual reality; in part two he gave us our best look yet at how much Oculus is spending to fund VR content and now, in part three, Sweeney is setting his sights on the Internet’s champion himself: Elon Musk. .”

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

On 14th, Meta dropped some merch for fans to get for free : a Beat Saber ugly sweater, some Questy (a cute smiling Quest) plush toys, Oculus-branded socks, and cookie cutters. More info (Meta Avatars SDK) More info (Meta Quest hand tracking in UE) More info (Oculus Browser has now resizable windows). Meta acquires Imagine Optix.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 13, 2019

Vertical Robot’ s acclaimed indie game Red Matter has just been ported to Oculus Quest and the title has already got a lot of interest. I have been so lucky to have the possibility of trying the game in preview , so here you are my review of Red Matter on Oculus Quest! This is part of the compromises of using the Oculus Quest.

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ARVR

MARCH 16, 2021

Mesh is built on Microsoft Azure which enables developers to build immersive, multiuser, cross-platform mixed reality applications through an SDK. Today it can work with Unity, C++ and C#, but will soon have support for Unreal, Babylon, and React Native. Holographic Rendering?—?Holographic Multiuser Sync?—?the

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

The reference to the tether is a clear statement about the fact that Sony aims at offering quality, and it is not interested in the casual gamers that are the target of the Quest (for now). Oculus has also partnered with Virtuclear to offer prescription lenses for the Quest 2 for $80.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2018

He was obsessed with Virtual Reality. For the Matrix trilogy it was important the use of computer vision, immersive photography, volumetric capture , the first markerless motion capture, to create frame by frame models of the performances… and today all these techniques are prolific in virtual reality and mixed reality.

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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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Leapmotion

MARCH 14, 2017

Click To Tweet To bring Leap Motion tracking into a VR experience, you’ll need a virtual controller within the scene attached to your VR headset. Our Unity Core Assets and the Leap Motion Unreal Engine 4 plugin both handle position and scale out-of-the-box for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Multiple Frames Of Reference.

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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. Oculus improves development time for UE4 developers. Image by Pico).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

References found in Quest 2 firmware hint to Quest Pro features. References found in the Oculus Quest 2 firmware by users Reggy04 and Basti564 highlight how the Quest 2 Pro should have: Eyes tracking Facial expressions tracking Eye relief knob Granular IPD adjustment External charging station. Top news of the week.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. But with the lines between the real and virtual worlds now blurrier than ever, could we cut it even further? Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2018

This is the first post in a series of technical posts in which we will be covering the bare bones of a Virtual Reality API (Application Programming Interface) and coding a few examples using it. we can’t use OpenVR and choose to execute directly in Oculus runtime); that will be dictated by the API/SDK we are using instead. .:

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

They have hired the popular singer Madison Beer (I had no idea who she was, honestly) and have made her perform inside a virtual venue for a virtual concert that won’t be available only in streaming, but also via Oculus and PSVR headsets. and I am myself impressed by this performance. The whole thing is incredible.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2022

Nucleus connects via special plugins called “Connectors” to standard applications that are used to work on 3D scenes, like Unreal Engine, Adobe Substance, Autodesk 3ds Max, Blender, etc… Normally to work on a 3D scene, you need a full team working on its various aspects (e.g. In the middle, you have Nucleus that assembles the scene.

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VRScout

MARCH 3, 2017

The immersive NYC art exhibition featured some truly creative virtual reality installations. The exhibition featured the best and brightest in experimental new media, which naturally included several artists utilizing virtual reality for their innovative projects. WORLD AND PLACE EVAPORATING. LATTICEDOMAIN_VISUALIZE.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

For weight comparison, my Oculus CV1 Touch controller weighed in a little lighter at 160 grams including 1 rechargeable battery. Reference system of the hand (Image by Rob Cole). We always think about VR controllers, but sometimes also a gamepad can offer some enjoyable virtual experiences (Image by Rob Cole).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 27, 2019

This year we had the launch of two amazing 6 DOF all-in-one Virtual Reality headsets : the Oculus Quest and the HTC Vive Focus Plus. The official boxes of the Oculus Quest (above) and Vive Focus Plus (below). Oculus Quest and controllers (Image by Oculus). The only true difference is in storage.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Speaking of things like MetaVRse, you have Invidia, who just announced Omniverse this week, which is their kind of persistent, collaborative platform for high quality virtual reality running in the cloud. They're creating kind of reference designs for the world to build on. But then you look at Unreal. You look at Epic.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Speaking of things like MetaVRse, you have Invidia, who just announced Omniverse this week, which is their kind of persistent, collaborative platform for high quality virtual reality running in the cloud. They're creating kind of reference designs for the world to build on. But then you look at Unreal. You look at Epic.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Speaking of things like MetaVRse, you have Invidia, who just announced Omniverse this week, which is their kind of persistent, collaborative platform for high quality virtual reality running in the cloud. They're creating kind of reference designs for the world to build on. But then you look at Unreal. You look at Epic.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 29, 2019

For this purpose, it has created a reference design for an AR headset dubbed North Star , giving full instructions on how everyone can build one at home. Reference Design Issues. Noah loves the philosophy of North Star and really believes in an open augmented reality ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

This week has been the week of the Oculus Connect 6 , the biggest yearly event by Oculus where the VR company announces all its most important news, both on hardware and software sides. Oculus Link. You can even access to Oculus Home and Dash. Oculus Link will be available in beta in November 2019.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

this one about Holoride and this about Lynx-R1 ), but many will come in the following days! After I will be back in Italy, on the 20th, I will also be a speaker at Virtual Reality Day , the 24h-conference about VR held by Bob Fine. You can read some of my hands-on articles on my blog (e.g. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The fact that the studio behind such a popular game has decided to have a VR port is the sign that Virtual Reality has started to become interesting for famous indie studios. And the fact that there will be a VR version of this important game will give virtual reality even more awareness and popularity inside the gaming community.

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