Road to VR

OCTOBER 15, 2021

” A proper unveiling of ‘Reality’ is said to take place at CES 2022 in January. This month has already seen the unveiling of HTC’s standalone Vive Flow and Magic Leap 2. and a sneak peak of code name “Reality”: a new product that’s several generations ahead of anything currently on the market.”

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Wolvic is the open-source successor to Firefox Reality , which was a web browser for early standalone headsets like Oculus Go, the original Oculus Quest, Vive Focus, and HoloLens 2. Igalia has continued to develop Wolvic in the two years since, and today Wolvic is available on Meta Quest, Pico, Magic Leap 2, and Huawei VR Glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

GDC 2022 featured many VR companies, but few announcements. I guess we have to wait a bit more for all the big announcements we are waiting for this 2022. Magic Leap 2 bridges AR and VR. The interest in Magic Leap 2 is growing. I hope this season will bring you joy, happiness, and love! Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Relative to enterprise-focused AR headsets like Magic Leap 2 and HoloLens 2, it’s also less expensive due to the inclusion of cheaper and less complicated optics, called ‘birdbath’ optics, which project light from a microdisplay to the eye via what’s essentially a curved see-through mirror (among other things).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

I expect the smartglasses from Facebook, first of all, to be Facebook-branded (so, goodbye Oculus), to be very stylish (remember that Luxottica is the leading company for glasses and sunglasses), and to be able to connect to the smartphone without a tether. while we have seen the complicated life of Oculus hands-on booths at Best Buy.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 11, 2021

Magic Leap, for instance, supports two focal planes and jumps between them as needed. Oculus’ Half Dome prototypes do something similar, with support for a larger number of focal planes. While its AR and VR prototypes are still fairly large, by 2022, the company says it expects its tech to fit into yet smaller form factors.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

When Magic Leap One was revealed, Rony Abovitz stated he was already working on Magic Leap Two and Three, for instance; Facebook believes a lot in having avatars that truly represent ourselves in XR , and it is a field in which they will invest a lot. How it does feel publishing on Oculus App Lab Funny link.

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AR Insider

APRIL 6, 2020

Within VR, IDC projects the greatest growth for standalones like Oculus Quest and VIVE Focus. Oculus Quest — the fastest growing standalone — sold about 425,000 units in 2019 according to our calculations. This category includes Magic, Leap One and Nreal Light. Vantage Points. million units (see above).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2021

The first interesting forecast is about the number of sold Oculus Quest 2 headsets. 10M is the magic number for a self-sustaining ecosystem, and 2022 seems to be the year when finally Quest will take off and can start chasing other home appliances like gaming consoles. The revenue from the sold headsets is so around $2.4B

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Magic Leap 2 has inside-out tracked controllers. During a presentation, Magic Leap has unveiled some more features about its headset and controllers. More info (Magic Leap presentation) More info (Close up of the controllers). Oh look, we have again an Oculus account on Twitter! News worth a mention.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

APRIL 28, 2023

This is a significant decline from the $695 million in revenues the division generated in the same quarter of 2022. The Reality Labs division develops and manufactures Meta’s VR headsets, such as the Oculus Quest 2. Microsoft first announced its acquisition in 2022.

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Upload VR

APRIL 26, 2024

reaction as the original Oculus Rift. Kalinowski was previously the Head of VR Hardware at Oculus for the consumer Oculus Rift, Oculus Touch, Oculus Go, Rift S, Oculus Quest, Quest 2, and Quest Pro. Meta's Head of AR Glasses Hardware claims they give the same "Oh my God, wow! I can't believe this!"

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Magic Leap. Focused primarily on the business world and corporate uses for Extended Reality, Magic Leap produces a range of powerful headsets with built-in speakers, sensors, and spatial audio. The company already offers one of the most accessible forms of VR headset on the market with the Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

PSVR 2 is probably coming in 2022 and with a slow transition. So, PSVR2 probably won’t launch before 2022 : Sony can afford that also because it has no competition in the console VR space , so there is no need to rush. Then why Magic Leap hasn’t delivered a solid product with 2B?) Top news of the week. Image by Sony).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Meta Oculus and Aptiv. Turning to the Leadership Network, and leveraging the power of Oculus for Business, Aptiv achieved phenomenal results. With the Oculus Quest headset, Aptiv has been able to reduce in-person training times significantly, with most courses now only taking between 4 hours and 2 days.

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Upload VR

APRIL 15, 2024

Wolvic is the open-source successor to Firefox Reality , which was a web browser for early standalone headsets like Oculus Go, the original Oculus Quest, Vive Focus, and HoloLens 2. Today Wolvic is available on Meta Quest, Pico, Magic Leap 2, and Huawei VR Glasses. It first launched on Oculus Go’s store in 2018.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

According to Gajsek, “Anyone that decided to buy from the Oculus store or use Meta’s products essentially becomes a ’subscriber‘ in Meta’s user base. See Also: Metaverse Safety Week 2022 He goes on to say that these metaverse platforms will become open to asynchronous content, as not all users can be found online at the same time.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 11, 2022

Here are some of the main companies you should be watching in 2022. For years, the company has been delivering some of the most powerful and accessible XR experiences around, with tools like the Oculus Quest. Unity and Magic Leap. Meta is also working on new technology to track your eyes and face in the Metaverse.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 17, 2023

For instance: Meta: Meta’s Oculus devices not only work alongside a wide range of different hardware solutions, but they’re also designed to support countless different types of software too seamlessly. There are even various SDKs for the most popular development environments.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Nreal, Meta, Magic Leap, and RealWear produce AR devices that suit consumer, enterprise, or industrial environments. For example, the two firms teamed up to present an immersive broadcast of the Tour de France in 2022. Magic Leap Magic Leap’s most recent AR smart glasses market offering is the Magic Leap 2 device.

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2017

It’s a belief that started at least as far back as when he advised and invested in Oculus prior to the company’s 2014 acquisition by Facebook. So if you look at the shape of my line there, through at least 2022 or thereabouts, I’m a little under the industry forecast. These guys have invested billions.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

HTC advertises it as a headset for relaxation and productivity because it wants to position it as a different product than a gaming machine like Oculus Quest 2. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap 2 has been teased. The device will be sold exclusively as an enterprise device, starting from 2022.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Billion ad spend by 2022. Chatbots are expected to power 85% of all customer service interactions by 2020 and result in a cost savings of $8B annually by 2022. Marketers have been running ads in Snapchat for a number of years now. Brands are already doing a lot of work to translate their brand identity into chatbots.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 30, 2023

2022: Laying the Foundations for a Transformative Year for XR 2022 saw the immersive industry explode like never before. This month, Oculus – the original development firm behind the Quest portfolio – Founder Palmer Lucky confirmed the development of the Meta Quest 3 and Apple’s upcoming device.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2018

Regarding mine talk, I was a bit embarrassed of speaking among such important people, but I did the best that I could : I spoke about the context of AR and VR and provided insights on various headsets (like Oculus Go , Vive Pro , and Magic Leap ) and on some notable VR experiences (like Robo Recall and Dear Angelica ).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Image by Magic Leap). Is Magic Leap in trouble? The Magic Leap could become a tragic leap , using some words from Palmer Luckey. In the meantime, the competition of Chinese companies like nReal is threatening even more the appeal of Magic Leap. Image by Oculus, from Road To VR).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

This week has mostly been in the sign of Oculus, with many news and updates from the brand controlled by Facebook. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap 2 is coming in Q1 2022. Even if most of this roundup will be about Oculus, I have decided to put another brand on top of it and it is Magic Leap.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 31, 2022

It’s called AI Research SuperCluster (RSC) and it will be the fastest AI supercomputer in the world when it will be fully built out in mid-2022. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap 2 to feature dynamic dimming. To be exact, the eye box is twice as large as the one in Magic Leap One. Other relevant news.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

Arrives in 2022, with glasses to follow sometime before 2025). ” He was talking about the product that is coming in 2022. If you haven’t seen a Microsoft Hololens or a Magic Leap you probably have no clue about how amazing this will be. New 3D experiences for inside cars. Eventually a new car service itself.

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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 even the Oculus Quest is at $400, and they seem to be the $200 Oculus Go. 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 even the Oculus Quest is at $400, and they seem to be the $200 Oculus Go. 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 even the Oculus Quest is at $400, and they seem to be the $200 Oculus Go. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously. well, failing.

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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 even the Oculus Quest is at $400, and they seem to be the $200 Oculus Go. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Zuck announced Meta in 2021 and people were already expecting the metaverse in 2022. Do you remember when everyone was criticizing Magic leap because it got $2.5B So, Magic Leap was even cheap in comparison. So, Magic Leap was even cheap in comparison. Meta never spent $10B/year for Horizon.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2023

The Oculus Quest had a good Christmas. After the wonderful Christmas of the year 2021 , also in 2022 the Quest had a growth of sales due to the Holiday season. Saudi Arabia fund gets control of Magic Leap. More info (Meta acquires Luxecel) More info (Limbak got acquired) More info (Probably Apple acquired Limbak).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap pivots to enterprise, lays off 1,000 employes. With a long post on Magic Leap’s blog, in the end Rony Abovitz has admitted that the company is not going that well, and has announced a new course, that should eventually lead to Magic Leap 2. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 29, 2020

Original image by Oculus). Oculus kills the Go and opens to content on Quest. In the end, the time of the Oculus Go has come. Devices like Oculus Quest , Pico Neo 2 , and Vive Focus Plus have proven that 6DOF VR is more interesting and has far more retention. Top news of the week.

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