The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

This week in XR hasn’t had any explosive news, but it was interesting nonetheless: in particular we had cool info on AR glasses, with some news from Kura, Lynx, and Samsung. Samsung AR glasses concept has been leaked. Popular Twitter leaker WalkingCat has leaked two trailer videos about two AR glasses by Samsung.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

On March 25th, 2014, many people were left scratching their heads: why did Facebook spend 2 billion dollars to acquire a Kickstarter funded virtual reality company called Oculus. Virtual reality has taken the world by storm. Here is a summation of all things virtual reality as we currently know it.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

It’s been another interesting week in immersive realities, so let’s see what happened in our field in the past few days! Top news of the week (Image by Google) Samsung XR headset may have been delayed The new rumor in town is that Samsung has delayed its upcoming headset that it is building in partnership with Google and Qualcomm.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

Image by Samsung, taken from Upload VR). Samsung may launch a next-gen Samsung Odyssey. A recent filing at the Chinese IP offices makes us speculate on a new PC VR headset in the works by Samsung. Oculus Go is not part of the Oculus For Business program anymore. Top news of the week.

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 17, 2018

WEARVR.com, the web's leading independent virtual reality app store, is launching a brand new competition aimed at seasoned virtual reality developers, which challenges them with updating their original Oculus Rift DK1 and DK2 demos, games and experiences and bringing them back for the latest Oculus headset.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 29, 2017

On the list of things I thought I would be seeing when I showed up to a meeting with Oculus last week to demo the new Gear VR, doubled resolution was not one of them. Increasing the resolution of virtual reality headsets is at the very top of many people’s “Problems to Solve” list including my own.

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Road to VR

JUNE 4, 2018

Valve’s monthly Steam hardware and software survey is out again, and it appears HTC Vive is holding firm ground on the platform after Oculus Rift took majority market share in March as the most popular VR headset on Steam. Virtual reality usership on the platform is up 0.09% since the penultimate survey.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Some of the biggest names in the business are teaming up to secure the future of virtual reality. Google, Sony, Oculus, Samsung, Acer and HTC have combined their efforts in order to create a healthy and equal industry for virtual reality hardware and software to develop and expand.

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Tech Trends VR

JULY 31, 2019

Is Virtual Reality a growing market segment or a flash in the pan? For the first time since the early 1990s, virtual reality headsets had sparked the interest of gamers Click To Tweet. For the first time since the early 1990s, virtual reality headsets had sparked the interest of gamers.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2017

At Oculus Connect, the company’s annual developer conference, we got fresh insight into where Oculus is heading, and a new look at how Facebook’s money is funding battles on all fronts of the industry’s increasingly competitive landscape. Oculus Rift + Touch Price Cuts in 2017. Old Enemies – HTC. Launch – $800.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Can you believe its only been a year since the only VR headsets you could buy for the holidays was a Samsung Gear VR, Google Cardboard, or a Mattel View-Master. 100 Gift Code With Oculus Rift. Black Friday may be a great time to pick up an Oculus Rift. The Oculus Store Wallet code will be emailed within 10 days of purchase.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Market researcher SuperData scaled back its virtual reality forecast for 2016, particularly after a disappointing launch of the PlayStation VR headsets. But it still believes that consumer VR software could grow from $407 million in revenue in 2016 to $14 billion by 2020. Photo Credit: Dean Takahashi.

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InstaVR

OCTOBER 17, 2019

The Virtual Reality (VR) landscape is constantly evolving and improving. After a relatively quiet summer — outside of the Oculus Quest release ! First off, some of the early major players like Google, Apple, and Samsung seem to be taking a step back. It makes virtual reality more lifelike and is highly anticipated.

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VRScout

MAY 16, 2016

Two Oculus pilot programs hope to inspire the next generation of VR creators. We have all seen how virtual reality can change gaming and entertainment forever with this immersive technology. At the end of the six week program, you’ll be able to watch the student videos on Facebook and in Oculus Video.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 6, 2021

Earlier this summer, Google shut down yet another virtual reality app , the 3D objects library called Poly. Poly was Poly was first launched back in 2017 as a platform where users could visit, browse and download any of thousands of 3D objects in a virtual reality environment. ” The end of Cardboard?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

The Oculus Connect 6 is approaching. Next week, on 25th and 26th, Oculus will hold its main yearly event , and as always, it will talk about the milestones reached by the company and then it will show future hardware and software. What will Oculus announce? This is the homepage of Oculus website (Image by Oculus).

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The following subcategories are considered part of the metaverse: Virtual reality; Augmented reality; NFT; Crypto; Blockchain; Gaming platforms (this is far-fetched, but it is true that the whole 3D modeling part is based on the gaming industry, as well as much of the interaction programming). Let’s take a step back.

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Hypergrid Business

MARCH 27, 2024

That’s a question being posed after The Information reported recently that Google had approached Meta partner with its new software platform — Google Android XR — that is being developed for virtual reality. So, while there’s give and take, there’s far more to Meta wanting to plant its flag in VR,” he added.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! Image by Oculus). The Oculus Quest is now one year old.

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InstaVR

JULY 8, 2019

Oculus Go . There’s two main ways to publish to Oculus Go: via sideloading (using a USB cable + Android Debug Software) or through Oculus’ internal store (which allows only you and people you select to access the app). We have extensive guides written for sideloading and for using the internal Oculus Store.

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AllThingsVR

MAY 31, 2016

What’s the Deal with Virtual Reality, and Should You Be Using It? Choose Your Virtual High The five major VR systems, as compared to illicit substances. 399, playstation.com COCAINE: Man, the Oculus Rift is insane! What’s your headset drug of choice? You rush out to show all your friends. You could stop here and be happy.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 28, 2017

Social VR is now a reality for Facebook proper and as a result it raises a few questions concerning the corporation’s pre-existing properties. In between these two conferences, Facebook released a smattering of other Social VR applications within the Oculus brand. ” Facebook Spaces is available now on Oculus Home.

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TechCrunch VR

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Daydream, Google’s mobile-focused virtual reality platform, is losing official support from Google, Android Police reports. The company confirmed that it will no longer be updating the Daydream software, with the publication noting that “Daydream may not even work on Android 11” as a result of this.

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AllThingsVR

MARCH 14, 2016

If you’re looking for a primer on the entire point of VR and why you should even care about it, then you can check out the previous entry in this series, VR 101: What You Need To Know To Get Started With Virtual Reality. Your fancy Gear VR headset is a lot more than just a hunk of plastic with some lenses inside.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

While developing for virtual reality can be an exciting and rewarding experience, it’s also anything but easy. Thankfully there are various accelerator programs, incubators and developer centers full of amazing teams committed to supporting virtual reality developers and their wild ambitions.

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Cats and VR

MAY 16, 2016

Virtual reality has unlimited potential for gaming and entertainment, but it’s also a powerful way to drive important social change. Students will receive everything they need to create 360 videos for VR, including a Samsung Gear VR, a Galaxy S6, Ricoh Theta S 360 cameras, access to editing software, and VR film mentors.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Oculus releases hands tracking SDK, official Link cable for Quest and more. This has been a great week for all Oculus Quest users and developers. First of all, Oculus has finally released the hands tracking SDK for Oculus Quest , letting all developers create hands-tracked application for this popular standalone headset.

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Road to VR

JULY 29, 2016

Well it looks to be ready to drop soon as a recent blog post from Minecraft developer Mojang, who was acquired by Microsoft back in 2014 for a reported $2.5Bn, has stated that they expect Oculus Rift support to be “turned on” in the “coming weeks”, marking the first time the game has officially appeared on the platform.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The Gear VR Killer App contest hosted by Samsung at the Upload Collective earlier this month brought in a hundred-plus technophiles eager for a chance to check out the finalists — and to find out which (if any) deserved “killer app” status. “[It] Follow the developers on Facebook.

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2016

SAMSUNG AT VIDCON: BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS. Samsung solidified its commitment to the virtual reality space with some big announcements that essentially add up to an end-to-end consumer VR solution. They are rebranding Milk VR to Samsung VR, and opening up the content platform to users.

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TechCrunch VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Alongside, the Messenger update, Facebook also shared that with the new update, they will be rolling out what they call App Lab, essentially a TestFlight-like feature to allow Quest users to download content outside of the curated Oculus Store. The Oculus Quest’s unofficial app store gets backing from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2016

As more headsets, software, and companies enter the virtual reality industry, more collaborations between different entities will take place. Multiple major companies are joining forces to create the GVRA or Global Virtual Reality Association. We’ll update on the GVRA’s movements as they’re made evident.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Those of us who are old enough to have seen the rise of virtual reality in the ‘90s and then the fall and then another rise in mid 2000 and then another fall, know that the present hype about virtual reality may not be sustainable. Samsung follows with another mobile headset (Gear VR). But is it permanent?

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Initiatives like OpenVR have allowed platforms like Steam to be hardware agnostic, allowing almost any virtual reality (VR) headset which supports the protocol to be used. Soon Oculus will begin to adopt OpenXR with support reportedly coming in the latest Oculus Public Test Channel release. The current OpenXR 1.0

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

In an email to UploadVR, AltspaceVR announced that it will be releasing a “new version of its software” that consists of a “mobile app that fully supports Google Daydream View and also provides access into AltspaceVR for compatible Android phones even without a virtual reality (VR) headset.”

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 1, 2019

As always Oculus Connect last week was a flurry of information with the sixth event featuring some rather tasty announcements, especially where Oculus Quest was concerned. One of those was the reveal that both Oculus Go and Gear VR videogames and apps would be coming to Quest, over 50 in total. House of Terror – Lakento.

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VeeR VR

APRIL 10, 2018

Virtual reality is on the cusp of explosive growth. At VeeR we have rounded up the best minds you should be following in the virtual, augmented, and mixed reality space today. With over 600 episodes featuring interviews with the pioneering game developers, enthusiasts, and technologists driving virtual reality.

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