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OCTOBER 18, 2024

Meta has been far more open about showing off its long-term hardware research than other big tech companies, a tradition carried over from Oculus, the startup it acquired and turned into its Reality Labs division. The lenses of the original Oculus Rift (left) and original Half-Dome (right). Read on for details.

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MARCH 27, 2023

Ok, of course, I’m kidding, but, you know, the possibility of saying the wrong name is so high that my proposal actually starts making sense… Top news of the week (Image by HTC Vive) HTC reveals inside-out-tracked Tracker With a totally unexpected move, HTC has revealed a new kind of Tracker.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Samsung’s 2023 Unpacked event was all about the company’s Galaxy S23 hardware, although at the end of its hour-long presentation the South Korean tech giant announced it was working with Qualcomm and Google to develop an XR device. Samsung was one of the first truly massive tech companies to develop VR hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 4, 2021

One of the smartest ideas ever had by HTC has been the invention of the Vive Tracker: a little puck that you can attach to an object so that to track it inside virtual reality. The Tracker is good, but since HTC has never had competition in the field, i t has always been the same since the launch year. News worth a mention.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Billion in 2023. Grapple Tournament will be released in Early Access for Steam supporting all major VR headsets around late October 2020 with Oculus and Viveport versions soon to follow. This moment is considered by many to be the very first eSports event, and since then, the industry has absolutely exploded. .

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 21, 2023

From Oculus Quest to Meta Quest The Meta Quest product promotes unprecedented mobility and usability from its launch to the device’s current standing. Originally, Meta released the Quest as a sophomore follow-up to the Oculus Quest One model. Meanwhile, 2023 marks a wave of change in the eyes of many rival headset vendors.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Gazzlers launches in Early Access on Steam in early 2022 with plans for Oculus and PlayStation releases in 2023. Despite the 2022 release date, the game has already generated an impressive amount of buzz. You can learn more about Banzai Studios and Gazzlers over on their website , Facebook , and Twitter.

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Road to VR

MAY 29, 2018

Qualcomm says that XR1 is made for “high-quality” XR devices (low-end, like Oculus Go), a distinction they make against “premium” devices (high-end like Vive Focus). On that front, the company says that HTC, Vuzix, and Pico are already developing products based on XR1.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 20, 2023

But now it’s 2023, and where does the firm’s Metaverse stand? Although Meta is pushing multiplayer-ready immersive worlds for gaming and the future of work, firms like Pico, Decentraland, Engage, and HTC VIVE are all debuting Metaverse services to provide different use cases.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2022

All these tools look amazing also for the creation of very realistic VR experiences, but actually, we should hold our enthusiasm: both Nanite and Lumen are not available for VR yet, and Epic has not announced any kind of improvement of the workflow for development for Oculus Quest 2, either.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). Since Meta made the acquisition and took over Oculus, VRTUOLUO began to write original and in-depth articles on the XR industry.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2022

It has become one of the headset manufacturers with the biggest worldwide market, and the market leader (together with HTC) in the B2B virtual reality sector. Its latest headset, the Pico Neo 3 , was a very good Oculus Quest 2 clone , that also brought some innovations, like the DP Cable to connect it to the PC for a true PCVR experience.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In this, Pico is taking a direction similar to the one that HTC took for the Vive Focus 3. In 2023, it is going to be certified with ISO 27001/27701 which are standards about information security. For me, as I come from the Oculus DK2 generation, seeing such a small lightweight VR headset was amazing. Secure, explained.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 29, 2023

Nvidia Sony Qualcomm Niantic Meta PICO Pimax HTC VIVE Nreal Nvidia Investing in everything from AR and VR streaming solutions, to cloud platforms for the modern metaverse, Nvidia has a range of options to offer gaming developers. So, which companies are leading the way to the future of immersive gaming?

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

Initially announced for Q2 2022 on PC and consoles with optional PC VR support, that’s now delayed into 2023. Paranormal Hunter will launch in early access on PC VR in 2023. The Steam demo is still available, though VR support is currently limited to Meta Quest 2 headsets via Oculus Link.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

From iFixit's extended teardown. iFixit measured the size of each pixel at just 7.5μm, the size of a human red blood cell. iFixit says this means you can fit 54 Vision Pro pixels into the space of a single iPhone 15 Pro Max pixel, which is truly remarkable. inch diagonal and has an aspect ratio of roughly 5:4.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

Qualcomm indicated that XR2+ Gen 2 will power Immersed's Visor , Samsung's upcoming Google-powered headset , a yet-to-be-announced new HTC Vive headset, a YVR headset in China, and a fifth headset from a currently undisclosed company.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 10, 2023

According to The Verge’s Command Line newsletter , sources say that Roblox might be planning to come to Quest in late 2023. While Roblox is already compatible with various VR headsets , including Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, gamers currently need to connect their PC to a VR headset to play. Meta anticipates more losses in 2023.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As for the agency, we did some cool stuff for Lenovo Chile earlier this year: worked on a very intense motoGP simulator for Oculus and also did this awesome screen pillar with Kinect. I mean, besides the Oculus Quest 2, there’s hardly anything to get locally. It’s a royal pain to get hardware in Chile.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

In December 2012 I published my first in-depth article after a demo with a hand-built Oculus VR prototype. A decade later, Oculus VR is gone “ for now ” and the earliest faces to rally developer and enthusiast support for the imminent consumer revival of virtual reality have moved to other startups.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Quest 3 launched in October 2023. By November's data it was already the 5th most used headset on Steam, in December it surpassed the HTC Vive to become the 4th, and in January it surpassed Oculus Rift S to become the 3rd. This level of retention is a testament to both the quality of the hardware and to Valve's brand loyalty.

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JANUARY 17, 2025

Halfbrick are essential to the game: Fitzs work on Thrill 2 had a rocky start and wasn't going as well as he hoped until he started working with Halfbrick at the beginning of 2023. When consumer VR headsets like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift hit the market, Fitz was excited. We touch gloves, but neither of us throw a punch.

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JUNE 1, 2022

But the roughly 90° horizontal field of view of Oculus headsets has not meaningfully changed since the original Rift launched in 2016. In fact, every headset from the company since 2018’s Oculus Go, including the current Quest 2, has used the same lens known as Super Libra G. Human field of view is over 200 degrees horizontal.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

According to the regulators, Meta launched a “campaign to conquer VR” in 2014 after buying out VR headset manufacturer Oculus. The tech giant has also faced strong competition from rival headset firms, including Pico Interactive, HTC VIVE, and Lenovo, among others.

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AUGUST 20, 2024

The report indicated that the global market for smart glasses reached approximately 678,600 units in 2023. per cent from 2023 to 2030. On a regional level, the smart glasses market in the US expanded to encompass around 432,300 units in 2023, contributing to the projected 2030 market forecast.

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MAY 30, 2023

In 2023, Meta is working hard to promote its underperforming Quest Pro device as a serious enterprise and future of work tool. 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

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Meta is already feeling the pressure from Cupertino and has developed at record speed the possibility of watching Apple’s Spatial Videos, the ones you can record with the iPhone 15 Pro, on Oculus Quest. Meta never had a true competitor after the HTC Vive, so it will be interesting to see how the company will react to this situation.

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AUGUST 2, 2023

link] — David Baszucki (@DavidBaszucki) August 2, 2023 This isn't surprising news, given Roblox's widespread popularity and free-to-play nature. It's been supported on PC VR for sometime, previously running through the SteamVR and Oculus PC APIs. Quest 2 and Quest Pro aren't the only places to experience Roblox in VR.

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MAY 13, 2021

billion by 2023. Devices such as the Oculus Rift or Quest and the HTC Vive provide outstanding experiences that can run independently of a computer. Leftronic reports that the number of augmented reality users will reach 3.5 Furthermore, they estimate that the AR and VR device market will hit $198 billion by 2025.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

The gap between the pixels is just 7.5 microns, which should mean no "screen door effect" of any sort. 0:00 / 0:27 1× The use of OLED means Vision Pro can display true blacks, not just the murky dark greys of LCD.

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APRIL 14, 2023

And now in 2023 we can ask what's next, and Bigscreen's big bet is that VR should be custom fit." "We focus on immersion and comfort," Shankar said. "Gen "Gen 1 VR needed to prove the medium and the form factor and get its legs. We proved unequivocally VR is here to stay, in 2016 we didn't know that.

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Ryan Schultz

JULY 18, 2022

My sole remaining connection to Meta (formerly known as Facebook) is the now-somewhat-antiquated Oculus Rift headset attached to my work computer at the University of Manitoba Libraries, where I work as a science librarian. When I set up my Rift, all I needed to do is set up a (separate) Oculus account.

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OCTOBER 2, 2018

If everything goes well, Maezawa will be the first passenger and private astronaut to travel to the moon in 2023. Otherwise, you may have to wait for them to describe the magnificent space in 2023. You can start your first space travel without waiting for a commercial space flight until 2023 with us now.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

There are already some OEMs collaborating with Qualcomm on this chip, and we can expect to see the first hardware implementing it in the second half of 2023. HTC’s new headset gets leaked. HTC has been teasing its headsets for a lot of weeks by sharing images of small black corners of the upcoming device. Other relevant news.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

PlayStation VR PlayStation VR2 Released October 2016 February 2023 Compatible Consoles PS4 / PS4 Pro / PS5* PS5 Connection HDMI + USB + AC Power USB-C Lens Type Aspheric Fresnel Field of View 100 ° 110 ° Screen Type OLED HDR OLED Pixels Per Eye 960 × 1080 2000 × 2040 Max Refresh Rate 120 Hz 120 Hz Lens Separation Adjustment ?

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MARCH 16, 2018

Facebook is launching the Oculus Go this year (hopefully) for an extremely low price of $200. According to John Carmack , Oculus CTO noted that the Oculus Go will perform "significantly better" than the Samsung Gear. Depending on the success of the Oculus Go will decide how the industry moves forward.

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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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