Road to VR

JANUARY 8, 2019

At CES 2019 this week, Pimax is showing off the production versions of their “8K” and “5K” Plus headsets, their upcoming Knuckles-style controllers, as well as hand-tracking and eye-tracking modules. At CES 2019 this week, the company is showing off its latest progress with the headsets and additional components.

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Road to VR

JULY 28, 2020

SEE ALSO Oculus Now Accepting OpenXR Apps on Quest & Rift, a Big Step for Cross-platform Development. spec and demonstrated working bits at SIGGRAPH 2019, so much progress has happened. The announcements mean that OpenXR is finally ready to be rolled out widely across the XR industry. “The

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 1, 2019

This is what the homepage of Oculus website shows now (Image by Oculus). As we were all expecting (also thanks to the amazing speculations of the Best Buy guys on Reddit :D), Oculus has launched both the Oculus Quest and the Rift S during the keynote of the F8 event , that happened at 10AM PT. Oculus For Business.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Considering that Facebook is very smart also in leaking misleading info (as it has happened with the “Monterey” headset ), this can also be a move from Menlo Park to create hype for the upcoming Oculus Connect 6 and the AR glasses that will be teased there. The Oculus Connect 6 is coming! Games on Oculus Quest are selling really well.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

This doesn’t look like Oculus Quest” and in the text puts a link to an Imgur album with 4 photos featuring various half-assembled VR headsets. Jokes apart, since it is “just” an evolution of first gen, maybe we’ll be able to see some announcement in 2019 and release in 2019-2020. We’ll see.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2019

This signs seems to say: 2019 World Conference on NO VR INDUSTRY. One of the AR devices that I wanted to try out since the moment I talked about it on my post about CES 2019 is RealMax. RealMax can mount a Leap Motion device, so you have the power of using naturally your hands to interact with AR elements.

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Charlie Fink

JUNE 7, 2019

RealMax's AR and VR device with hand tracking by Leap Motion and an epic 102-degree field of view, was used for a multiplayer AR game which involved grabbing fish and knocking over boxes. AWE is a snapshot of a developing industry, though it does not have participation from major players with developer conferences of their own.

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Leapmotion

JULY 11, 2019

In support of the event, our team donated Leap Motion Controllers. Our CTO David Holz and engineer/ AR tennis champion Jonathon Selstad joined the workshop, along with former Leap Motion engineer Adam Munich. He had experience building homebrew data gloves and mocap systems for years before discovering Leap Motion.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Oculus Rift. Oculus Touch. Oculus Home. Oculus Home. Moreover, Leap Motion , a device that can be attached to the Vive’s front, has the ability to accurately track your hands with VR applications. Thanks to LibreVR/Revive project, Vive users can also play some of the Oculus Rift exclusive titles.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 12, 2019

Production stages of Dexmo gloves: Idea was conceived in 2014, the working prototype was realized in 2016, the product was ready in late 2017 and the shipping is ready now in 2019. You choose… and Dexta even made a demo using the glove with Oculus Quest controllers!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

It’s the beginning of 2019, and this means that this is that time of the year when we all make predictions for this year in AR and VR! Jokes apart, what has happened in AR in 2018… and what can you expect to happen in 2019? Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

Oculus Rift. Oculus Touch. Oculus Home. Oculus Home. Moreover, Leap Motion , a device that can be attached to the Vive’s front, has the ability to accurately track your hands with VR applications. Thanks to LibreVR/Revive project, Vive users can also play some of the Oculus Rift exclusive titles.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Oculus Connect 5 is taking place in a few days in San Jose, California on September 26-27th at the McEnery Convention Center. Last year, Oculus Go, a $199 standalone VR headset, has blown people’s minds. It is rumored that the Oculus team will spend a considerable amount of time discussing Project Santa Cruz at the event in California.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. And then, as of 2019 — by the end of this year — they’ll kind of cross. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. And then, as of 2019 — by the end of this year — they’ll kind of cross. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

This week has been the week of the Oculus Connect 6 , the biggest yearly event by Oculus where the VR company announces all its most important news, both on hardware and software sides. Oculus Link. You can even access to Oculus Home and Dash. Oculus Link will be available in beta in November 2019.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys -- Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. And then, as of 2019 -- by the end of this year -- they'll kind of cross. And even the Oculus Quest is at $400, and they seem to be the $200 Oculus Go.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. And then, as of 2019 — by the end of this year — they’ll kind of cross. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

The startup was rescued from bankruptcy by existing backer Candy Ventures in 2019. Most people know Xu due to his dispute with American virtual reality company Magic Leap. In June 2019, Magic Leap accused Xu of stealing AR glasses technology when he was an engineer working at the firm. Blippar was reportedly worth $1.5

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

This would have happened on May 2019, in the same period when Apple’s senior manager of prototype development Avi Bar-Zeev left the company. Oculus is working on 2nd gen VR. Mark Zuckerberg told that Oculus Quest closed the first generation of VR and so Oculus is now working on its second generation. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Oculus releases hands tracking SDK, official Link cable for Quest and more. This has been a great week for all Oculus Quest users and developers. First of all, Oculus has finally released the hands tracking SDK for Oculus Quest , letting all developers create hands-tracked application for this popular standalone headset.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

I think that Gartner was not referring to the consumer market, where VR is still unripe (even if devices like the Oculus Quest and the Vive Focus Plus are helping it in becoming more widespread), but at the B2B one, where VR is already helping companies to spare money (e.g. Gartner Hype Cycle 2019. Header image by Leap Motion).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Oculus products have gone pretty well during the Black Weekend. Past weekend has been the weekend of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday and the company that has dominated the sales of VR hardware has been of course Oculu s, thanks to the discounts on Rift S and Go and the great reputation of the Oculus Quest. Well, here you are!

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 20, 2019

But the Daydream project never took off, and its competitor Gear VR, thanks to Oculus money and branding has always performed better. VR-2 Pro adds an integrated Leap Motion and a 10m cable. But now they rest together in piece. More info (Daydream dies) More info (Best Daydream exclusives). Other relevant news. Image by BBC).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

I have always praised Oculus for being the company offering the best packaging, but now Oculus has a true competitor. The front features a glossy plastic lid , that can be removed to uncover the so-called “frunk”, a hole with a USB-3 port , that can be used to attach accessories like Leap Motion to the Index.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2019

Last week has been the week of CES 2019 , one of the most important technology exhibition of the year. This represents the current status of the technology, that is evolving, but has still not reached the inflection point to become mainstream (as I have already told you in my 2019 predictions about augmented and virtual reality ).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

More info (How to pre-load Half-Life: Alyx) More info (Leaked review of Half-Life: Alyx) More info (Suggestions on how to stream the game) More info (Valve Index on top of Steam charts) More info (Oculus Rift S soldout) More info (Vive Cosmos Elite gives Alyx for free) More info (Vive Cosmos Elite review) More info (Gabe Newell talks BCI).

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