The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

Visually, these glasses are also very similar: they are lightweight, and they have 2 tracking cameras and another camera for image analysis or mixed reality streaming. I’ve added a roundup of the most interesting news in the links here below , courtesy of Tony Vrrool that has kindly sent it to me.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In this crazy rollercoaster that is life, a new week has started, and it is so time for me to write my roundup of the best news of the week. Surprisingly, people managed to do that, using the open-source wireless streaming solution ALVR.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 2, 2022

I’m doing my best to work, and I don’t want you to miss this appointment with my news roundup, so I’ve prepared it the same… I just warn you that my usual commentaries will be shorter this time. Snap launched a drone and various AR services. I’ve been sick this weekend. Send me hugs. Top news of the week. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 15, 2022

As you’ve read in my other article written today , this is a special day for this blog… but it is also Monday, so I won’t skip writing a new amazing roundup of AR/VR news So, wishing you a happy Ferragosto (the name of today’s holiday in Italy), I leave you to the best XR news of the week! Top news of the week. Image by NVIDIA).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

This is useful for instance for public demos, or for training sessions, where multiple employees use the same headset one after the other Dedicated assistance is also available as a service , but it should be paid separately. Backend PHP Developer (Core) Be a vital part of our PHP Core team shaping the future of global VR video streaming.

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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. Google AR Cloud Streaming. Senseglove Nova. and I am myself impressed by this performance.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

Before starting with the actual roundup of news, let’s all have a moment of silence for Ebbe Altberg, the CEO of Linden Lab that passed away after a long illness. One of his findings is a service in the Quest runtime that should perform eye and face tracking. Also, the Wi-fi streaming is not as fast as Air Link. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

These advanced haptics make us dream of PSVR 2 controllers with best-in-class immersive haptics … but we have to still wait various months before discovering if this is the truth. Facebook announces new cloud gaming service. All the reviewers are amazed. Image by Megadodo Simulation Games). What the DecaGear promises is astonishing.

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Mashable VR

MAY 16, 2022

Using a virtual private network (VPN) is one of the best ways to protect your online data and stay anonymous on the web, whether you're trying to stream movies abroad , torrent, bypass geo-restrictions , or just plain browse. Below, you can check out our top picks for the week of May 16. month Port forwarding — $0.99/month

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2019

Sorry @rikardsteiber @AGraylin #MLB #VR home run derby got the best of me! If you are interested in these pieces of news, I’ve written an exhaustive post about HTC announcements and also a full roundup of everything we know on the Vive Cosmos ). For sure the enormous FOV remains the best reason to buy this headset.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

and so I’m here writing you this roundup of the best AR and VR news to keep you informed about what is happening in our ecosystem. You’ve probably already heard about Plutosphere : it is a startup working on a service about VR cloud rendering, so that the users can play SteamVR games on their Quest from everywhere they are.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 5, 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. and Notget – the last of which utilizes videogrammatry so that you can dance around streams of light particles. INVESTMENTS AND VR FUNDING ROUNDUP. Internet traffic.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Amazon promises “single-digit latency” XR streaming. Amazon has announced some weeks ago “Wavelength”, a new offering of its AWS services, that should provide “single-digit latency” over 5G networks. The company highlights how this can be very useful for XR streaming, game streaming, IoT and more. Learn more. Some XR fun.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The device also mounts a Wi-fi 6 modem (Qualcomm FastConnect 6800), meaning that your headset can download games faster and that local streaming of your games from PC to the Quest via Virtual Desktop / Riftcat can become much better (provided you have a compatible modem). Oculus Quest 2 inside its carrying case (Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2019

It has not been something that has happened on the E3 stage, but virtually with a one-hour video stream, but it has been great the same. More info (Roundup of the E3 VR Showcase) More info (Best of the E3 VR Showcase). In the E3 VR Showcase, there have been made more than 30 announcements of games and new content.

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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! Oculus Store discounts are always the best. Funny link. Funny link.

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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

MAY 3, 2021

Welcome to the first roundup of the best AR/VR news for May! Pepperidge Farm remembers… Facebook is keeping acquiring the studios creating the best Quest content: Downpour arrives after Beat Gamers, Sanzaru Games, and Ready At Dawn. In the meantime, let me thank all the donors that are making this roundup possible….

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

I wish you the best for your life! My original plan was to stream the game live on Youtube ([link] from the office, but I have to check what I can do given my terrible home connection, now that I’m locked down here. Today is the day! I feel so lucky to have such caring people all virtually around me. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Some hardware accessories have been announced for this headset, like a fitness 3DOF tracker for the feet, and a dedicated router for wireless streaming. As usual, they are “the best cards ever released”. The headset is also very small and lightweight thanks to the use of pancake lenses.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

But before leaving you to the best pieces of AR/VR news of the week, let me tease you that in the upcoming days I will publish an article I’m sure you will all love… it’s a hands-on preview on… you’ll discover it! Both HP and HTC have very reliable enterprise services, and both headsets are great. It’s a fair match.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 8, 2020

But it is also true that the service has been just released in the wild, so it has time to improve in the next months from the feedback of its users. Let’s hope it will happen, or personally, I would keep advising companies using the services from Pico and HTC that give you far more freedom of operation. More info.

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TechCrunch VR

JULY 26, 2022

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. Fundraising chats may still start off with small talk, but startup teams are under more pressure than ever to make the best possible use of these rare opportunities. PDT, subscribe here. What is up, you delightful beings.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Mothers and grandmothers are the best, and they care about us during the good and the hard times… their love is infinite. You may wonder why: sales of VR headsets are going well like never before, and we have the best games ever (like Half-Life: Alyx ). I send a big hug to everyone of them that I can reach with my words.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

And all of this comes in a period when other partnerships between tech giants are happening: remember that some weeks ago, Microsoft closed its streaming service Mixer and allied with Facebook Gaming to fight the quasi-monopoly of (Amazon-owned) Twitch. The finalists for the VR Awards 2020 have been revealed! Funny link. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

volumetric streaming of people), but due to its low diffusion, it won’t be a game-changer yet. So, I envision the main companies in the field, like Microsoft and Magic Leap, to put their efforts into improving their platform to offer better services to their enterprise customers. And it just works with your phone.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Oculus hasn’t given many details, but basically, it is a streaming solution , exactly like ALVR or Riftcat VRidge, only that it works only via cable , and not also via Wi-fi. Why hasn’t Oculus gone for the jackpot releasing a fully wireless streaming solution? Oculus Link will be available in beta in November 2019.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 6, 2019

I tried it and I have been disappointed: while the claims are all true, the video stream also features some big distortions that make you see the environment as if you were underwater. It was now working on AR telepresence, streaming volumetric avatars in augmented reality. I need your help to continue writing all these roundups!

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Some years ago, I was used to writing in the Connect roundup article every detail I could find online about the news announced. Even more relevant, you will be able to stream Windows 11 via cloud rendering , and so use your Quest as a PC for real! dedicated service if one of the products breaks).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

This is also confirmed by the numbers: in Q3, the “Payments and Other Fees” revenue, the one that includes all money earned my services external to advertisement (this means sales of VR hardware as well), has been of $269 million, up 43% from last year. Some services sold as 5G actually are still 4G. Funny link. Funny link. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

It talked about SIFT features and how the inventor used this kind of features to add 3D model of rabbits and teapots on top of a desk and over the hand in a camera video stream. A virtual teapot added to a real scene in a video stream. Unity with MRTK), the best thing you can do is developing a small XR experience.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

But I’ve put it at the first place of this roundup because I don’t want to contradict the mighty Charlie Fink!) It is more or less the only glass of this kind known in the west, it has the best product among them (according to the reviews), and it has the best partnerships. Learn more on: VRrOOm.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

This roundup of the most important AR/VR news of the past week comes out with a little delay since I’ve been very busy with my development job, and I’ve also a damn cold that doesn’t make me feel very well (but it’s no coronavirus, don’t worry :D). It will be substituted by some live streams and other online content. Sorry for that!

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