The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

In the case of VR, we all remember the competition between HTC and Oculus in 2016, with HTC clearly winning the market until Oculus used Facebook’s money to slash the price of the Rift around 2017. Render of the possible upcoming Apple device (Image by Antonio DeRosa). Apple is proposing itself to be the next competitor of Meta.

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AR Insider

MARCH 23, 2021

That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.” It’s not the revolutionary platform shift touted circa-2016. Apple Steps Further Into AR’s Future. it began to retract. Elevating AR.

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2023

Microsoft released the first-gen Zune in 2006, an MP3 player that looked to compete with Apple’s largely dominant line of iPods. Apple wasn’t the first to make a portable MP3 player, although it was the first to make one everyone wanted. Zooming out, Zune’s ultimate defeat belies a larger pattern of behavior.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

Visual augmented reality became mainstream with Pokemon Go (2016) and Snapchat filters, but its use cases are now moving beyond gaming and entertainment. While Sony, Bose, and Sennheiser are the key players in integrating hearable technology into headphones, Apple, Google, and Samsung are leading producers of earbuds with AI capabilities.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

So far in 2016 we’ve seen Samsung’s Note 7 go from everyone’s favorite cell phone to everyone’s favorite explosive device , the release of Google’s brand new Pixel line with DayDream support and Apple start riots over the removal of the headphone jack from the iPhone 7. Say Hello To The Massive Lenovo Phab 2 Pro.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) and Samsung (Nasdaq: SSNLF) for Smartphones and Tablets. On Apple there are also uncontrolled – and in my opinion in 99% of cases, unfounded – “rumors” about a headset that should be imminent. The problem is that this headset has been imminent since 2016. TO BE CONTINUED….

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Next Reality VR

MARCH 14, 2017

Google and Samsung have been leaving Apple in the dust when it comes to virtual reality gear. However, as the market grows and becomes more impossible to ignore within the tech world, Apple may be forced to play catch up. This could account for the new Apple patent that was granted today.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

Apple Announces Vision Pro Image courtesy Apple The News Apple announced is Vision Pro headset in June of 2023 marking the company’s first public step into the XR headset space. Apple also boldly announced the headset’s staggering $3,500 price, despite a launch date set for nearly a year later.

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Upload VR

JULY 23, 2024

In January Qualcomm, the company that supplies the chipsets for all non-Apple standalone headsets, confirmed that HTC will be one of the five companies to use its new Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chipset, a higher-end variant of the base XR2 Gen 2 used in Meta Quest 3.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

The numbers are good if we compare the Quest to other VR headsets (probably the Rift has sold 1M units since 2016… so 400,000 units in few months is a good number), but are bad in the grand scheme of things : the Nintendo Switch, which Oculus compares the Quest to, has sold over 36M consoles since launch. More info. It looked very cool!

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VRScout

JANUARY 16, 2017

percent between 2016 and 2020, according to a new industry research report from TechNavio. ” The report predicts America will be the major source of revenue for the VR gaming market, citing increased awareness and growth brought on by companies such as Google, Samsung and Sony.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The industry has been experiencing a boom in recent years with hundreds of startups and heavy investment from tech giants including Google, Apple, Samsung, and Facebook. As a point of reference, Tobii’s sales nearly doubled from 2014 to 2016, shortly after the company began investing in VR technology.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Rebellion is best known in the VR industry for its adaptation of Battlezone (2016) , among numerous other PC and console titles including the Sniper Elite series and Rogue Trooper Redux (2018).

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Upload VR

JANUARY 15, 2024

In 2016 it released a compact smartphone-tethered headset for viewing 360° videos, to terrible reviews, and in 2017 it showed off a PC-tethered SteamVR headset prototype that it never shipped. Cho told The Guru that LG Electronics has moved XR device development into the division of the company that makes its TVs to "speed up development".

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TechCrunch VR

OCTOBER 2, 2020

After aggressive product rollouts in 2016 and 2017, Google quickly abandoned its VR efforts, which, much like the Samsung Gear VR, allowed users to drop a compatible phone into a headset holster and use the phone’s display and compute to power VR experiences.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 28, 2017

” A Facebook social VR experience was teased by Facebook a year ago at 2016’s F8 developer conference. But honestly, they’re like apples and oranges,” Booth said. One of the key differentiators between these two programs is that Rooms is on the Samsung Gear VR and Spaces is on the Oculus Rift and Touch.

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ARVR

MARCH 29, 2021

That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.” It’s not the revolutionary platform shift touted circa-2016. Besides knowing that Apple is heading in this direction?—?based

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

While Apple has certainly changed in the years since Job’s passing, the company has undoubtedly continued to aggressively pursue patents, sometimes racking up hundreds of filings in a single month with inventions spanning everything from touch-sensitive smartwatch bands to 3D environmental mapping. Samsung, Apple v.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

It’s been viewed 15 million times so far, since it was posted in December 2016. The recently launched new Samsung Gear VR with controller was also briefly mentioned as an affordable alternative to the more cost-intensive Rift set-up. Apple WWDC : June 5-9, 2017. Zuck is doing the same thing with Augmented Reality.

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VRScout

MARCH 6, 2017

In the fall of 2016, Microsoft announced a partnership with a handful of hardware manufacturers to make developer headsets implementing the inside-out tracking technology seen on the HoloLens. THE UPCOMING SAMSUNG GEAR VR CONTROLLER IS COOL. DOES APPLE HAVE 1000+ ENGINEERS WORKING ON AR IN ISRAEL? WHEN WILL WIRELESS VR GET HERE?

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Road to VR

JANUARY 20, 2017

Ironically, one of Google’s biggest competitors, Apple, saw their iOS platform get official (albeit rudimentary) YouTube VR support thanks to the iOS YouTube app getting ‘Cardboard’ VR functionality in the middle of 2016. YouTube VR on Daydream has built from the ground up for VR.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the trend of Gaming entrepreneurs, for example, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Oculus transferred from games to virtual reality and we started to keep eye on the VR area. This is the main reason why we separated VR from our game industry media and started to focus on VR and AR industries in 2014 and registered our brand in 2016.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 27, 2025

As the XR shark tank grows with AndriodXR, Samsung’s Moohan, and other competitive players entering the immersive space race, the Quest innovator and the general XR industry are looking to retain their foothold on the lucrative market. Since joining the OpenXR initiative in 2016, Meta has been laying the groundwork for this moment.

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RealVision VR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Everyone is waiting on news of Apple’s imminent AR eyewear, even though it might be a video-see-through visor at first, before it comes in a sleeker form factor. While everyone counted on Magic Leap to bring AR eye-wear to the masses, what Magic Leap did in-fact was lend a stigma to Augmented Reality with unfulfilled promises.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 20, 2025

While LG steps back from the XR race, Samsung appears to be taking the opposite approach. According to reports, Samsung unveiled its “Infinite” XR device in partnership with Google late last year, along with “Android XR,” a platform supporting headsets and smart glasses. .”

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2018

It is more refined than the original Vive, but it has not that Apple-like approach that has the Rift. But the lenses are so 2016. The device appears better manufactured than the original Vive and I also like its blue color: black was too sad. Regarding the comfort, it is amazing. The fluffy foam of the Pro is very comfortable.

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VRWorld

DECEMBER 6, 2017

A Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei may not have extensive mainstream penetration in the West like Apple and Samsung do, but in 2016 they hit #9 in revenue for tech companies around the world. Huawei is a big name in the industry, to say the least.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

Samsung Gear VR. Samsung Smartphone. Apple and Samsung Smartphones. April 2016. March 2016. October 2016. November 2016. April 2016. The HTC Vive, produced by HTC and developed together with video game industry giant Valve, was released on April 5th, 2016. March 2016.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Samsung Gear VR. Samsung Smartphone. Apple and Samsung Smartphones. April 2016. March 2016. October 2016. November 2016. April 2016. The HTC Vive, produced by HTC and developed together with video game industry giant Valve, was released on April 5th, 2016. March 2016.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

But while we were great on the technical side, we weren’t good at doing business and marketing (I only started my blog in summer 2016 ), so in 2017 we closed the curtain on our crazy adventure. We had full-body room-scale VR in 2014 , we were so cool. So, if you are not in a hurry, my advice is to wait.

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VeeR VR

MARCH 20, 2018

This is yet another recognition VeeR has received from an industry powerhouse following front page features from Google Daydream, Apple AppStore, HTC Vive, and Samsung Gear. VeeR VR is now featuring on the front page of Huawei VR. Last October, Huawei unveiled its new headset Huawei VR 2 at a press conference in Shanghai.

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VRWorld

APRIL 30, 2017

“ The first quarter was another record quarter, coming off a record 2016. ” Sky is the limit but AR is now here, NASA sightings in Apple. “Apple is currently something of a sleeping giant in the immersive tech industry. ” Samsung is testing human face as a VR controller. Intel’s doing well.

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VRWorld

DECEMBER 31, 2016

million pages through the course of 2016. 2017 looks to offer a large number of innovative products, ranging from CPUs and GPUs from usual suspects, first 10nm processors from Apple, Qualcomm and Samsung. We always believed in openness and openly disclosed our numbers. This is not the only change.

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VRWorld

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Sadly for the manufacturer, the long lead times for both the US and Europe means they could miss out on the Holiday Season 2016 sales. Now they are reminding us on Apple and Samsung. With this move OnePlus is pushing their customers to buy the newly announced OnePlus 3T. You can read the full comparison here.

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VeeR VR

MARCH 28, 2018

From left to right: Jingshu Chen, Ayden Ye, Richard Chen) Founded in 2016, VeeR VR is the global virtual reality content platform. VeeR was featured by iOS App Store, HTC Vive, Google Daydream, Samsung Gear VR, Oculus, Huawei VR, Xiaomi VR.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2017

” 2016 saw the arrival of 3 major consumer virtual reality headsets, the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR. billion in 2016 to $18.6 IDC themselves predicted in 2011 that by 2015, Microsoft’s then new (and now dead) Windows Phone platform would overtake Apple’s IOS as in the mobile phone market.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

This comes alongside an alleged partnership with Samsung that would see the development of a wholly new consumer AR device that is rumored to tether to a Samsung smartphone. In any case, Samsung’s reported partnership with Microsoft sounds like very familiar territory for the South Korean tech powerhouse.

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