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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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

We’re hearing this since many years, but now the sensation is that we’re coming close to the moment when the prophecy will come true: the rumors are intensifying and the software (ARKit) and the hardware (depth cameras, 5G) designed by Apple are all converging to the glasses solution. Is it for some patents on video streaming?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

More info Tools for VisionPro are surfacing in Unreal Engine In the XR Story Wechat group, I’ve seen shared a picture from Epic Games’ Git repository of Unreal Engine , where it is possible to see that t ools are being built so that people can create applications for Apple’s headsets not only with Unity but also with Unreal Engine.

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Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2017

Although SteamVR also supports the Rift on PC, it relies on elements of Oculus’ PC SDK which means it’s unlikely that we’ll see Rift on Mac until Oculus supports it officially. Using Epic’s Unreal Engine VR Editor, they showed how developers could build VR content inside of VR itself, using Star Wars assets.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 2, 2020

With Spaces , Microsoft is aiming to provide point-and-click simplicity by letting users create immersive environments on the fly by using media such as 3D assets, 360 photos, and 360 video—all of which is stored in SharePoint folders. ” The news was first reported by German VR publication MIXED. .”

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Oculus plans to introduce in-app purchases to App Lab experiences. Oculus App Lab has been introduced by Facebook to give a way to indie developers to publish their applications for Quest without the need of passing Facebook’s strong store curation. Plus, the Netflix app has been in VR since the times of Gear VR/Oculus Go.

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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. We have no answers and Video Games Deluxe is tightlipped on this. Noire: The V.R.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2016

You can now register to attend Oculus’ 3rd ‘Connect’ conference, an event dedicated to all things Oculus from Rift to Touch and is focused primarily on developers and VR development. Photo courtesy Oculus VR, LLC. Explore the endless possibilities for VR across 360 video, film, art, and education.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

If you want to watch the video of the recording, you can find it here: And now, let’s start speaking about the best AR/VR news of the week! 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. Top news of the week. Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

The most important info shared Friday is a (weird) video with the external new design of the device. Oculus has teased the OC6. Oculus has just announced the dates for the Oculus Connect 6. Oculus is going to announce something not only about VR but also about AR. Other relevant news. Image by Upload VR).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

A Facebook operating system, pervasive of all devices (Portal, Quest, Smartwatch, etc…) could give Facebook the same power as Apple: having full control of hardware and software , with also complete interoperability. Then it could update them very fast and make them as powerful and successful as the Oculus Quest. Other relevant news.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

As pointed out in one of the Unity Developers’ blog posts , aside from the exponential rise of development businesses, we’re also seeing more developer tools, such as the Unity and Unreal engines, becoming more accessible. Once the base becomes big enough, the platform becomes extremely interesting for marketers and advertisers.

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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. Doug Lombardi, Valve. Other relevant news.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 17, 2023

For instance: Meta: Meta’s Oculus devices not only work alongside a wide range of different hardware solutions, but they’re also designed to support countless different types of software too seamlessly. The solution also integrates with Unity, Unreal, and even the iOS environment in some cases.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

If you watch the video , you can see me say stupid things about XR… well, more or less as I do every day in my life… Have fun! In a video published on Facebook, he showed himself wearing the headset and let us also see what he was seeing inside , with some footage directly from his point of view. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Popular Twitter leaker WalkingCat has leaked two trailer videos about two AR glasses by Samsung. It is cool that at the end of the video, the glasses show also the capability to work as sunglasses, and this means that you can carry them everywhere with you, even outside. More info (Both videos in this Twitter thread).

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TechCrunch VR

MARCH 1, 2022

“We are excited we will be working together on hardware, software and technology roadmaps to enable the ecosystem for people,” Rubo Liang, ByteDance’s CEO, remarked remotely via video. Despite being a leading VR brand in China, Pico is nowhere close to the scale of Oculus’s user reach or creator ecosystem.

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Road to VR

JUNE 14, 2017

Apparently, the new games will be interactive and, according to the IGN piece, rendered with the Unreal engine – which hopefully lays to rest any assumptions these are merely some sort of branching 360 video abomination. “The Walking Dead, it all comes back to moral choice and what would you do as the player.

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

You probably have heard of well-known models such as the Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, Playstation VR, and HTC VIVE?—?these Unity 3D is probably the most common software used for developing VR/AR applications?—?you Another industry standard is Unreal Engine, however, it is widely considered to have a steeper learning curve than Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The following paragraph is directly quoted from one of these job descriptions: Our team is building the software components that control and manage the hardware on our Augmented Reality (AR) products. These are the software components that run on the AR devices and are the closest to the hardware. Meta acquires Imagine Optix.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2017

software update, called Daydream Euphrates, is going to bring along with it some major changes that are set to reach down to the core of the upcoming Android ‘O’ operating system. Unity and Unreal support. Daydream’s 2.0 image courtesy Google. Daydream Cast. Multi-process VR compositor. Multiview stereo rendering.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

This is great news for the customers of the Quest 2, but it poses some doubts about the retro compatibility of the Quest ecosystem that Zuck promised at OC6: if the Quest 2 is much more powerful than the Quest 1 and the Quest 1 is discontinued, has sense for developers to keep producing software that is compatible with Quest 1?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

” He went on to talk about Facebook’s social VR demo that debuted at Oculus Connect 3 last month, revealing that both it and Oculus’ own Rooms and Parties social software had been made with Unity. We’re going to design and sell products, make compelling presentations and understand complex data.”

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Facebook has anyway communicated that it will make anyway its announcements in those days, probably with online videos. Developers are coming up with creative uses of Oculus Quest hands tracking. Oculus Quest hands tracking is being a success among developers. PSVR game Ghost Giant has come to Oculus Quest on February, 20th.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

Oculus Go showcased. The Oculus Go (Image by Oculus). At GDC, the Oculus Go has been one of the main characters. First of all, Oculus has showcased all its main technical characteristics : I advise you to read the post dedicated to that on Oculus blogs , where Chris Pruett introduces you to them.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 14, 2020

It’s why Japanese studio Psychic VR Lab created STYLY, an online, browser-based solution for those creators looking to delve into this immersive space without having to go down the Unity/Unreal Engine route. For those with the skills, STYLY can also be used with 3D software such as MAYA or Blender.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Unreal Engine 4 is also an industry standard although it has a steeper learning curve than Unity. Examples are HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Cardboard and other that are now very popular VR platforms for building experiences. You basically start completing tasks such as watching online videos, readings, and practice exercises.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 26, 2023

The Meta team is exploring augmented reality solutions designed to work with smartphones and smart glasses, as well as virtual reality environments compatible with a range of Oculus headsets. The company introduced the Varjo Reality Cloud , to help simplify and streamline the use of XR software on any device.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2022

What’s more, the company is also responsible for one of the most powerful and affordable VR headsets available – the Oculus Quest. The versatility of VIVE’s technology, and its ability to work with a wide range of software solutions makes it ideal for creators hoping to reach a wider audience.

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ARVR

MARCH 16, 2021

Today it can work with Unity, C++ and C#, but will soon have support for Unreal, Babylon, and React Native. Azure Active Directory provides secure identity and login Billing is out of the box Audio/video transmission including special audio for realistic interactive experiences Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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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. It’s not clear on what platforms this functionality will be working on, but if I had to guess, I would say Project Cambria, since its body tracking was already revealed in a video some months ago.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly live video show and podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst. The Seebright SDK also supports Unity and Unreal engines and is compatible with both iOS and Android. You can join us LIVE every Thursday @ 7PM PST/10 PM EST. 1.

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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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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. NB: Raw Data started when we wanted to switch to Unreal Engine. NB: Exactly.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2018

The typical development environment that they use is Unity, but if the customer requires Unreal because wants a better graphical quality, they can develop using UE4, too. Me watching the video about Space Code being used by kids to pilot a little robot. while the US and Europe still develop better software. Me using Space Draw.

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VR Bites

OCTOBER 10, 2016

They clearly stated that the HDK is designed for developers and semi-professionals who like to hack hardware and software. Also website like WEARVR get a chance to grow without the company software distribution platforms, I see that there are appearing more OSVR games every week. Razer helped me out of that illusion.

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HaptX

DECEMBER 20, 2018

We were the first VR company to introduce a prototype at Sundance since Oculus unveiled an early version of their Rift in 2012. Destin’s video is approaching two million views and hit YouTube’s front page. The software that powers our haptics. The Verge listed HaptX as among the best of the festival.

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