The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Image leaked by WalkingCat). Samsung AR glasses concept has been leaked. Popular Twitter leaker WalkingCat has leaked two trailer videos about two AR glasses by Samsung. You can see the actor in the video triggering a 3D virtual house and seeing himself inside it. More info (Both videos in this Twitter thread).

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MAY 29, 2023

Bloomberg reportedly went hands-on with a prototype version of Quest 3 and provided new details on the mixed reality passthrough experience and more. The headset is yet to be formally revealed by Meta, but has been referenced by executives and recently showed up on the Quest app store.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2023

The Meta Quest 3 The Meta Quest 3 has been the subject of rumors, speculation, leaks, and outright fabrication probably since before the Quest 2 came out. From fairly early on, the Quest Pro was largely seen as a dev kit and a testing ground for future products. But, could it replace a Meta Quest?

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Meta is the news again this week, with the firm facing an unforeseen leak showcasing some of its upcoming mixed reality features for the Quest 3. Firstly, the leaks come from a technical filmmaker who posted two videos showcasing marketing material for upcoming Quest 3 MR features weeks from the Vision Pro debut.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Qualcomm and Niantic bet on the future of augmented reality with AR2. At it, it announced the Snapdragon AR2, a new chip optimized for augmented reality glasses. AR2 is a chip thought so that you can have a pair of lightweight augmented reality glasses that work by being wirelessly connected to your phone via Wi-Fi 7.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The press release states that “Kura is also in the process of developing a multimodal AI platform and APIs which combine visual, voice, motion, and gesture inputs to augment users’ workflow and activities” So these very futuristic glasses are in the process of being merged with a futuristic AI that can assist the user wherever he is.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 10, 2021

Pico launches the Pico Neo 3. Today Pico has announced its new Pico Neo 3 standalone headset. The headset is marketed as a device for gaming and fitness , and it will feature very interesting games, already popular on Quest: Superhot VR, Red Matter , and Synth Riders are some notable examples. Image by HTC Vive).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2023

So the next 2–3 weeks are going to be crazy for me, so sorry if I will make the comments on the newsletter a bit shorter than usual. On the personal side, I’m a bit devasted by the flood that happened in central Italy. I’m also working on a cool tech prototype and I will share it with you very soon in the next few days on this blog.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Image leaked from Oculus runtime). The design of Oculus Quest 2 Pro and controllers has been leaked. Especially if Facebook is going to also discount the Quest 2 to something like $199 …. Top news of the week. Other relevant news. Image by Facebook). Facebook may be planning to change its name.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 15, 2022

Also, another startup showed how it is able to change the texture of a moving piece of clothing in augmented reality in a very realistic way. units is less than what the Quest sells in one year. More info (Pico 4 leaked specifications) More info (Pico 4 launch date and price). Many people that tried it came out impressed by it.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2021

Facebook talks about privacy, Quest login, and more. Both expressed one common concept: “Facebook login is going to stay on Quest and we have to trust Facebook about privacy”. Both expressed one common concept: “Facebook login is going to stay on Quest and we have to trust Facebook about privacy”.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 14, 2021

Facebook may plan to sell 18–20M Quests next year. In his report, he states that Taiwanese lens manufacturer, Yujingguang is working on next-generation lenses, and these could be installed in the upcoming next-gen PSVR and next-gen Quest (Quest 3 or Quest 2 Pro, depending on Facebook’s strategy). I have no idea.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

Facebook announces Wi-Fi streaming and Resident Evil 4 for Quest. This has been an amazing week for all Quest owners. Let’s start from the tech bomb: Facebook is adding native Wi-Fi streaming from PC to the Quest 2. The Quest 2 has just become more fluid as a standalone, and more usable as a PC VR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

For the short term future, we have some news on the Quest 2. Facebook has added the possibility to use Bluetooth mouse and keyboard to your Quest, plus Messenger integration, plus the possibility to resize your browser windows. Then it could update them very fast and make them as powerful and successful as the Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Rumors hint to Oculus discontinuing the current Quest and selling the new one at $299 and $399. The Facebook Connect is close and we all expect that during that conference Oculus is finally going to announce the new Oculus Quest. Walmart seems to have leaked the price of the upcoming Oculus Quest S. I’ll miss ya, boi.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

If you want to watch it, it’s a very interesting 2-hour-long video and you can find it here [link] together with a summary of the key points he said. Many cool features have been found in the Oculus Quest runtime. It is impressive how Oculus is making the Quest evolve so fast. Onward degrades graphics on PC because of the Quest.

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OCTOBER 8, 2023

We have good news if you’ve been searching for a Meta Quest 3 release date for the last few months. Meta opened pre-orders for the Meta Quest 3 on September 27 th , and shipments began rolling out on the 10 th of October this year. How Much Will the Meta Quest 3 Cost?

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

The Oculus Quest 2 continues its march towards mainstream adoption. It wouldn’t be a normal week without some news about Facebook and/or the Oculus Quest. The first one is that the Quest 2 has now sold in some months more than all the other Oculus headsets (with the exclusion of Gear VR) combined in all these years.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In July, the FTC voted 3-2 , allowing staff to issue a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction that suspended the Within purchase. The suit claims that Meta is acquiring apps to populate its digital Quest storefront over building its products. Refocused Product Portfolio.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Welcome to this new edition of the XR Week Peek, which this week will be a bit special because I will summarize here what happened during the Meta Connect, the event during which Mark Zuckerberg launched the Quest 3, the Ray-Ban Meta smartglasses, and new techniques for data harvest… cough cough I mean, new AI services.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

Yesterday, I have dressed as a fortune teller and I have given you my predictions for augmented reality in 2019. This year we saw the launch of: Oculus Go ; Lenovo Mirage Solo ; Vive Focus ; Pico Neo / G2 ; S hadow VR; and the announcement of the Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest and controllers inside a stand. Image by Road To VR).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

It is not clear what this chipset will be, considering that the XR2 Gen 2 chipset, contained in Quest 3, has just been launched. This is due to the Quest 2 arriving at the end of its cycle. We are all waiting to see what will happen in Q4 with Quest 3 and the Christmas Holidays. SteamVR 2.0 SteamVR 2.0

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

There’s been a torrent of leaks that over the months have given us a pretty comprehensive look at Quest Pro, Meta’s next high-end VR headset likely seeing a big reveal at Connect next month. Here’s a quick rundown of Lynch’s main points: Soft strap like Quest 2 and no back-mounted battery.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

After that, it is unsure what will happen to it: I don’t believe in a Go 2 with the same design of the Go 1 (also because the team at Xiaomi dedicated to the Go has been laid off), more in a lightweight Quest used as a media consumption device. Mojo Vision thinks that in 2–3 years it can be able to deliver its first device. Let’s see….

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2022

And if you want to discover how to prepare for the job interview with me… well, Joma Tech has made a great video on the topic you can’t miss: [link]. What is relevant about this piece of news is that Google has just confirmed its strong commitment to augmented reality. Will we hear about the Quest 3 soon?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

Another feature that has been praised by many is the RGB color AR passthrough, which has some warping and not the same depth as the Quest Pro’s one, but it features a very detailed resolution. The price is $1100, which makes it in direct competition with the Quest Pro. Many people were impressed by this.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 29, 2022

Finally, this week Meta is distributing the v43 update of Meta Quest which bring with it the much-awaited Meta accounts. People are now forced to create a Meta account to be able to keep using the Quest and in the process can also disconnect the Facebook account from it. Quest Pro (Cambria) should launch in October.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

Using the algorithms acquired with 6D.ai, Niantic can so finally let developers offer augmented reality experiences that are shared and persistent in a location, that is exactly what we need for our mixed reality future. The limit will start to be the device, that is the smartphone, which is unsuitable to enjoy augmented reality experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

A new week has passed by, and it has been a quite good one for me: I’ve been featured again on Authority Magazine and I’ve launched a new series of videos on my Youtube channel where I answer the questions of the community. Happy Monday everyone! Top news of the week. Image by Facebook).

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Read our specs breakdown and comparison to Quest 3 here. Is Vision Pro really seven times better than Quest 3, or even twice as good? Meta Quest 3 (left) and Apple Vision Pro (right) We once asked Oculus executive Jason Rubin whether his company was considering a tethered compute model. But does it deliver?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Project North Star is an opensource reference design for a wide-FOV augmented reality headset that Leap Motion (now Ultraleap ) has given to the community. Furthermore, there was a big light leak from below the glasses. It is an augmented reality headset, that is more or less a competitor of the HoloLens. North Star AR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

After endless teasings and leaks, in the end, HTC has finally unveiled its headset: called Vive Flow, it is a lightweight device for media consumption. 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. Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Immersed, a startup known for its work-focused productivity app for VR , may have jumped the gun a little early, as the company posted a short clip of what appears to be Meta’s upcoming Project Cambria mixed reality headset (aka ‘Quest Pro’). And the leaks don’t stop there.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 22, 2023

Work apps : Pages word processing, Numbers spreadsheet and Keynote slide deck apps, as well as iMovie and GarageBand for video and music production. With the difference of the HoloLens, though, this headset is not a see-through AR device, but a screen-through one, like the Quest Pro. This new transition will be smooth, too.

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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). For instance, if the Quest will sell much more than the PSVR 2, most probably this will decide the death of all the tethered market.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

That would make me a little happier and would let you watch my videos where I speak with my sexy Italian accent! That is, you have a tiny window like on HoloLens, but in this tiny window, you have a perfect vision of the augmentations that you have. He’s most probably talking about the Oculus Quest 2 Pro. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

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. stake in Jio Platforms; 3. of units more produced annually. of units more produced annually.

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