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! So many memories… who was there already in VR with me? Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 3, 2018

Nothing special, just the classical editorial saying that WebAR and WebVR will merge into WebXR and that WebXR is going to be great, because it will allow for easy sharing of experiences with just a link. After you have imported it, you have to setup your solution, following these step-by-step instructions provided by Mozilla.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2019

Luckily there’s a path forward—the Rift S design is relatively modular, allowing both the headstrap and the face gasket to be removed, meaning that Oculus could (and should) offer accessories to improve the experience. SEE ALSO Oculus Rift S Review – A Good Choice for VR Newcomers, a Difficult Choice for VR Vets.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2019

In this article, I am going to summarize all the info that we know about this headset … so that if you are unsure about buying it or not, you can make your decision in a better way. The Valve Index is the first PC VR headset completely produced by Valve, from the design to the manufacturing stage. Is this VR 2.0?

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 28, 2023

I thought about what I had seen around, and most of the experiments I had seen were about ChatGPT-powered avatars or places where you go, write a prompt, and there appears an image generated by the AI. So how did it go? Difficulties, solutions, and technicalities You know that I don’t shy away from speaking about technicalities.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Looxid VR has also won an innovation award at CES. Our goal is to become the leading authority in HMD-user emotion recognition and analysis by developing emotion-aware AI connected to the human eye and brain in VR. LooxidVR enables them to collect the user’s eye and brain data simultaneously during a VR experience.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 20, 2020

When it comes to virtual reality (VR), haptic feedback can make an experience even more engaging, especially when this involves the entire body. bHaptics is one such company offering a solution for those that really strive for immersive gaming, with its Tactsuit system. sound channel. channel and stereo sound system.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 17, 2018

To perform this experiment, they supplied HTC Vive headsets (of course Vive Immersive Labs doesn’t work with Oculus Go :D) to 207 office workers in three Chinese cities: Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai (three Chinese cities that are very distant the one from the others). were the ones wanting a Go :D).

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ARVR

MAY 19, 2021

First you see your new x40 vest under a seethrough plastic cover Under the vest you’ll find everything you need to get it running Trending AR VR Articles: 1. How VR could bring transhumanism to the masses 2. Developing an Original World-Traveling VR Experience 4. A whole range of VR games are supported by the bHaptics vest.

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InstaVR

APRIL 5, 2019

How to Add Quizzes (Questions + Answers) to a VR App. InstaVR is a great solution for building VR apps across all major VR headsets. Let us know if you have any questions, and best of luck with your VR projects! Give the VR User Instructions. Name the 360-Degree File (aka Scene Name) Something Identifiable.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Rob first tried VR in 1991 and has become an enthusiast of the tech ever since. Because of his background in industrial design, he has always had a strong interest in the design and the ergonomics of the VR headsets. Onboarding is further complicated by fitting headphones or earbuds over , under or into a VR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2018

I expected a lot of AR/VR news from there, like the announcement of the price of the Vive Pro or the release of the Oculus Go by Xiaomi and Facebook… but actually I’ve been disappointed by everyone. Who wants to go on a balloon ride? sensors (Image by Road To VR). He has a point. Let’s start!

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

This year was going to be the year of augmented reality, but by the end of 2018 market analysts were pointing to 2020 or 2021 as the “golden year” of AR. Magic Leap finally dropped to mixed reviews and BrainXchange published its Definitive Guide to Adopting Wearables, AR and VR in Enterprise.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Tomorrow is the big day of the Oculus Connect 7, which has now been sadly rebranded as Facebook Connect. Every year, Oculus has always made astonishing announcements during this yearly event, and we are sure that this year will be no exception to this rule. Oculus Quest 2. The leaked box of the Quest 2 (Image from Upload VR).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 11, 2021

At Facebook Connect 2021, Meta has announced Application SpaceWarp, a new solution to boost the framerate of Oculus Quest 2 applications up to +70%. Thanks to Application SpaceWarp, which can be shortened in AppSW, your Oculus Quest 2 experience can run at half the frame rate without impacting how the user sees it.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2022

“XR and Artificial Intelligence are increasingly going to be seen together” , he said. First of all, AI can be important to improve the quality of VR, and DLSS is a clear example of it. All the output of all applications that work with common 3D formats is automatically converted to USD and integrated into the scene.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

This incredible week with the launch of many enterprise headsets has passed by, and now we go back to the usual business (pun intended). technology (with support for Steam VR 1.0 And for sure it is going to launch with some very good exclusive games. Roblox CEO hints at the Oculus Quest as a future platform.

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2021

HTC today revealed its latest standalone VR headset, the Vive Focus 3. HTC is going all out with its latest standalone VR headset, seemingly aiming to position the product as the high-end standalone VR headset choice for enterprises. In-headstrap speakers, 3.5mm aux output. PC VR via Tether or Wireless.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 1, 2019

Today I start a short series of post that talk about the three headsets of the moment: Oculus Rift S, Oculus Quest and Valve Index. The Oculus Rift S is the new PC VR headset by Oculus. Is the Rift S the Oculus Rift 2? Oculus Rift S and its Touch controllers (Image by Road To VR). Rift S specs.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 29, 2021

I’ve had the immense pleasure of interviewing Marcus Kuehne from Holoride, one of the most interesting and original XR startups out there : they provide in-car entertainment via VR headsets, with the VR content that has the movements synchronized with the actual movements of the car. Let’s talk about holoride. What is it?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Audio input/output : Built-in microphones, built-in speakers (that is, integrated audio), 3.5mm stereo audio jack. Very useful if you have for instance to drink something while you are in VR: you activate the passthrough vision, drink, de-activate passthrough and continue with your VR experience; Augmented and mixed reality functionalities.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2018

Some days ago, I’ve published on Linkedin a video with the Home of my Oculus Go and lots of people have asked me how I did such a recording. So, I decided to write a post about it and also about how to perform the streaming of your Oculus Go to an external PC. It will perform the hard work for you.

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Road to VR

APRIL 24, 2018

Oculus Go is an upcoming standalone VR headset and controller that offers the same content library and a similar experience to Gear VR, but in a dedicated unit rather than a ‘headset shell’ accessory for a smartphone. What is Oculus Go? Photo by Road to VR. What Are the Oculus Go Specs?

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Today at Oculus Connect 4, the company’s annual developer conference, Oculus revealed the Project Santa Cruz ‘Prototype 2’ standalone VR headset, including 6DOF motion controllers. That means it doesn’t rely on a PC for anything—it has everything on board that it needs for VR, including power and compute.

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Headjack

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

For over a year now, we have been producing high-quality 360º 3D video content for virtual reality headsets here at Purple Pill VR. On the other end of the spectrum you have companies like NextVR who are actually able to live stream their videos directly from their camera into VR headsets around the world. Here is what we learned.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

As it is a tradition of this blog , I have read everything I could about the AR and VR technologies showcased there, and I’ve condensed all the news in a single article , that you can skim fast until you find a topic you are interested in. If instead, you need a consultancy about AR/VR for your business, feel free to contact me.

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Road to VR

JUNE 3, 2017

And in the case of VR, the convincing sensation of sitting in a race car cockpit means that holding a gamepad can seem entirely inappropriate. SEE ALSO Top 5 VR Racing Sims for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. VR Headset. VR Headset. The Basics. A Solid Foundation. Kit Recommendations. Rookie: $175 – $250 Budget.

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Road to VR

MAY 2, 2018

Oculus Go , the company’s $200 standalone VR headset, launched at Facebook’s F8 developer conference yesterday to much fanfare—likely because everyone in attendance got one free. Oculus Go is rated for a 2 to 2.5 Image courtesy Palmer Luckey.

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InstaVR

AUGUST 15, 2019

VR has become much more powerful over the last three years. We’re seeing great leaps forward in 360-degree cameras ( Insta360 Pro 2 ), all-in-one VR headsets with 6 Degrees of Freedom + robust hand controllers ( Oculus Quest ), and headsets with amazing clarity that are guaranteed to wow you ( Varjo ).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Today I host another amazing article by the VR ergonomics expert Rob Cole , which has already written on this blog amazing posts, like the series about the ergonomics of the Valve Index or the viral article about the amazing Caliper VR controllers he worked on by himself. Disclaimer: HTC provided three of their Vive Tracker 3.0

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2019

I hoped that in this period all VR people were in vacation, so that I could relax a bit… instead this week there have been tons of interesting news and articles… even more than usual! The SIGGRAPH has shown some interesting AR/VR solutions. Discover the hottest XR topics of the week in this roundup post…. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 23, 2019

She’s one of the best VR people that I follow on Twitter, because she does not only work on very interesting projects mixing dataviz and XR , but she also has a great personality. (I Today the interview will cover the first two topics: dataviz in VR thanks to BadVR solution and Magic Leap. and many other interesting stuff!

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 4, 2017

This week we got our hands-on the first development kit edition of the HP “Windows Mixed Reality” VR headset. Microsoft is using the term “Mixed Reality” as an umbrella to encapsulate VR, AR, and all other related devices. The HP Windows VR headset is very much a dev kit right now.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I had a chance to look at some of the things you're doing -- bringing Bell helicopters, their new drones, to VR, and allowing people to experience these. We come in and we'll actually sit down and brainstorm around, "what are the problems, and how can we come up with solutions?" I'm so looking forward to this.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I had a chance to look at some of the things you're doing -- bringing Bell helicopters, their new drones, to VR, and allowing people to experience these. We come in and we'll actually sit down and brainstorm around, "what are the problems, and how can we come up with solutions?" I'm so looking forward to this.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Eye-tracking is an important technology that many would consider a ‘must have’ for the next generation of VR headsets, although that’s just one step towards resolving a long-standing issue in VR that prevents users from seeing the virtual world like they would naturally in the physical world.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 9, 2017

Unless overuse of VR headsets has granted them telepathic super powers, it would have been pretty hard for any one person to predict everything that happened to the VR industry in 2016. With CES, the year’s first major event, now in the books, let’s hear from some those that work with VR itself about what happens next.

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