The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

After Venice VR Expanded has come to an end, I have finally had the time to experiment with Oculus Quest AR Passthrough. pic.twitter.com/hC6gseSijr — Daniel Beauchamp (@pushmatrix) April 7, 2020. Mild interest of the community. Actually, the reception of the dev community has not been so great as I envisioned.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 7, 2020

The end for Oculus Go is nigh. The latest Oculus SDK (v19/1.51) no longer supports the company’s first true standalone VR headset. The company says in the SDK’s developer release notes that both Unity and Unreal Engine support for Oculus Go has officially been dropped.

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VRScout

APRIL 9, 2020

One of the coolest parts of developing with Unity or Unreal Engine is the ability to instantly hop into your VR headset and view 3D creations at scale. will allow users to inspect their 3D scenes at scale using a PC VR headset such as an Oculus Rift/Rift S, HTC Vive, or Windows Mixed Reality. Additional features on the way.

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Road to VR

JUNE 2, 2020

An update to Oculus developer tools has brought a handful of updates, including support for Quest hand-tracking in Unreal Engine 4. Oculus released controllerless hand-tracking on Oculus Quest as a beta feature back in late 2019. 2020 color space for Oculus Quest, and Rec.709 709 color space for Oculus Go. .”

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Road to VR

JANUARY 2, 2020

Now, Microsoft says Spaces is nearly ready for a general release to all SharePoint users, which is slated to happen at some point in the first half of 2020. Critically, users don’t need coding skills, or experience with game engines such as Unity of Unreal to make a simple VR environment.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

The legendary developer, who for several years held the role of Oculus CTO but now maintains a less formal “consulting CTO” arrangement, says that his keynote presentation at last year’s Facebook Connect conference foreshadowed some of the announcements that can be expected at the event next week. Image courtesy Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. That is if every company implemented OpenXR, a program built for the Oculus should work with SteamVR as well. Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

Last Oculus Quest update shows hints of an Oculus MR ecosystem. Facebook is continuously updating the Oculus Quest , its most successful device, and this week it has rolled out the runtime v16. I think that this update, together with the last ones, marks the beginning of a mixed reality ecosystem that is being built by Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

It was too early for Unity, but they taught me about C++, C#, Java, OpenCV, OpenGL and other fancy development stuff. In that period, the Oculus DK2 ordered by Gianni arrived, and he told me that I should go to his office to try that device, and my reaction at that time was like “Oculus what??”

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 22, 2020

I so asked some questions on Twitter to some people from the social media corporate and Chris Pruett , Director of Content Ecosystem at Oculus, has been so kind as to answer them. In case you were in vacations and you lost contact with VR this week, you may have lost the announcement of the new Facebook account policy for Oculus devices.

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ARPost

JUNE 18, 2021

An Epic Games MegaGrant Brought VIRTUOSO SDK to the Unity World. In August 2020, Charles Rivers Analytics received a MegaGrant from Epic Games, allowing the SDK to become fully integrated into the company’s game developing eco-system. Oculus Rift and Oculus Quest. This open-source SDK is only the beginning for us.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2020

Companies such as Fable , HTC, and Oculus have each walked away as winners for their groundbreaking hardware, alongside genre-defying titles such as War Remains , Tilt Brush and ImmersiCare. As a matter of fact, the Academy is still looking for talented community Unity creators to work with. price tag and easy accessibility.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 7, 2020

This post is adapted from ARtillery Intelligence’s report, Spatial Computing: 2019 Lessons, 2020 Outlook. At the precipice of 2020, that leaves the question of where we are now? And Oculus Quest is a beacon of hope on the VR side. Apple Glasses Don’t Arrive in 2020. VR Has an Evolutionary (not revolutionary) 2020.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 7, 2020

While Oculus has decided to discontinue the Oculus Go and abandon completely the 3DOF sector, Chinese vendor Pico has decided to double down on 3DOF offering two new models , the Pico G2 4K S and the Pico G2 4K Enterprise , that are two improvements of the original Pico G2 4K. User Interface.

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2020

Update (March 20th, 2020) : GDC Summer is slated to happen between August 4th – 6th, taking place in the original conference site at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Before the postponement, a litany of companies stepped back from GDC 2020 such as Epic, Microsoft, Unity, Sony, Electronic Arts, Facebook, and Kojima Productions.

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AR Insider

MARCH 20, 2020

On the VR side, Oculus Quest is a beacon of hope in both quality and consumer traction. That leaves the question of what 2020 will bear. To synthesize where we are and where we’re going, our research arm ARtillery Intelligence recently presented findings from its report, Spatial Computing: 2019 Lessons, 2020 Outlook.

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VRScout

JUNE 8, 2021

That was March of 2020. His experience hosting events in AltspaceVR and some talent with Unity were really valuable to Render, “Without him, we wouldn’t be where we are today.”. All you need to do is send us a video of you performing stand-up comedy pre-pandemic, and have an oculus; to be considered to do the shows!” .

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ARPost

JULY 2, 2020

See Also: A Comprehensive Review of 2019 and 2020 VR Headsets. Since then he’s been independently working with creator platforms like Unity and Unreal. See Also: AR and MR Headsets and Glasses 2019 and 2020 Overview. Where do you expect the next great XR headset to come from? What about Walker Industries? Meet Herman Remy.

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VRScout

APRIL 21, 2021

The Cannes XR Virtual 2020 Award Ceremony / Image Credit: MOR. When I attended the first-ever Cannes XR back in 2020, the virtual event had its fair share of technical difficulties, but also many unforgettable experiences and learnings for the entire community. . ” Image Credit: NewImages Festival 2020.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Facebook has started today enforcing the “Facebook login” rule , asking Oculus users to merge their Facebook and Oculus accounts. So I imagine a Quest 2 where you can avoid having a Facebook account, but you can’t use the Oculus Store, or all the most important apps and games , and so you are de facto forced to use it.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Although Unity 3D is undoubtedly the most common and trained standards for developing and deploying augmented and virtual reality application for both beginner or expert developer, it is cannot be employed for developing content for some headsets. You also give 5% of net revenues per quarter although its free to use.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Meta (Oculus). With the Oculus ecosystem, schools and professional training companies alike are beginning to scale their virtual curriculums for a wide range of use cases. That’s where Unity comes in. There are even special deals on Unity technology available for the educational industry.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 11, 2020

In 2020, it consolidated its product with a series of partnerships and a solid product development plan. The unit runs over a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Chipset , offering so more horsepower than the Oculus Quest. The Oculus DK2 crashed continuously, and had a very simple runtime, for instance.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2022

I have made things in Unity ever since, now with 4 published titles: Custom Home Mapper (on Sidequest and Itch), as well as Space pilot Alliance , Pocket Racer , and RamCastle on App Lab. Unity is the game engine, Photon handles the networking and Dissonance is amazing for VOIP. Hello Ryan, can you introduce yourself to my readers?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

The good news of the week is that I’ve been selected as one of the speakers at AWE USA 2020 ! Valve Index and Oculus Quest were on sale again. This week the Valve Index and the Oculus Quest have been put back in stock. Image by Oculus). This can give a boost of 67% to the total rendering power of the Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Among this free content, the real interesting stuff is $500 in free Azure credits , while the other things are highly questionable (like 3 months of Unity Pro license… it is more a free trial than a real added value!!). Oculus delays shipments of the Elite Strap due to breakage reports. New details on the Lynx MR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

In September, the new Facebook Avatars will come and substitute the current Oculus avatars. This time is again the turn of the Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, that is said to be very accurate on Apple rumors … so accurate that he predicted in the past that Apple AR glasses would have launched in Q2 2020. Other companies should take note….

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AR Insider

MARCH 1, 2021

The PSVR tethered headset remains the market leader, and will not go quietly into the night when challenged by the Oculus Quest 2. Just four months ago, in October, 2020, Sony Interactive CEO Jim Ryan told The Washington Post “At some point in the future VR will represent a meaningful component of interactive entertainment.

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ARPost

MARCH 26, 2020

All last week Oculus announced their VR news through the Facebook Game Developers Showcase. See Also: VR Headset Comparison of Vive Cosmos vs. Oculus Rift S. Another difference between VIVE’s digital GDC offering and that of Oculus is a surprise. The talk will cover how and why to roll out hand tracking affordances with Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In the meanwhile, the community is still rioting about the Facebook login , and /r/Oculus should now be called /r/FacebookBannedMyAccount because this is the only topic people are talking about. More info (New features of OpenXR) More info (OpenXR in Unity) More info (OpenXR in Microsoft products). OpenXR slowly increases its adoption.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 14, 2022

Valve has published new stats about SteamVR usage, and it officially announced that VR users in 2021 grew by 11% if compared to 2020, with VR sessions going up 22% in the same period. Quest Fitness Tracker “Oculus Move” is Getting Baked into Apple Health & Oculus App. Oculus, this is sexist… Funny link. Other news.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The stylus is expected to ship in February 2020 and supports SteamVR Tracking base stations 1.0 VR Ink couldn’t work with Oculus headsets (unless through SteamVR) because Oculus doesn’t allow third-parties to make use of its tracking systems. though these are not included in the price). Image courtesy Logitech.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

It’s a new month, we’ve reached level 6 of this Jumanji game that is 2020. They should guarantee better tracking both for the headset and the controllers; The controllers are smaller and seem a mix between the Oculus Touch and the WMR 1 controllers. Shipping is expected for fall 2020. Oculus Link 2 could be tetherless.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Late to the party after Oculus and Microsoft already released prototypical implementations, but finally Valve has implemented OpenXR into its runtime SteamVR. Someone is working on a Linux driver for the Oculus Rift. Indie developer Thaytan is working on a Linux driver for the Oculus Rift. Unity details its MARS solution.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

To make you understand how these features are incredible, Qualcomm has stated that “the [XR2] reference design has 2x the CPU and GPU performance, 4x more video bandwidth, 6x higher resolution and 11x AI improvement compared to our current widely adopted XR platform [the Oculus Quest ]”. 20 AR trends to follow in 2020.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Trailer Revealed, Release Date Set for March 2020. While the studio’s prior VR projects were based on Unity, Valve confirmed today that Half-Life: Alyx is built on the company’s own Source 2 engine. More of Today’s Half-Life: Alyx News.

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VRScout

JANUARY 2, 2021

Jumping into VRChat with my Oculus Quest 2, I used the social VR platforms search function to locate Welcome to the Other Side. Vitillo is also frustrated by the limitations of the Oculus Quest; a standalone VR device he believes sacrifices high-quality VR for consumer viability in terms of price and ease of use. Arriving at the Venue.

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