The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

More info (Quest 3 going ok in Steam Hardware Survey) More info (Quest 2 selling much better than Quest 3 on Amazon) HTC announced the Vive Ultimate Tracker Finally, HTC has officially announced the Vive Ultimate Tracker, its standalone inside-out tracker unit. But for now, we are not sure at all this is going to happen.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

More info (Meta’s losses in 2023) More info (Meta expecting even higher losses in 2024) Quest 3 enters the Steam chart at 0.15% Meta Quest 3 appeared for the first time in Steam’s Hardware Survey, with a 0.15% share of the market. The book is coming in March, 2024, but can already be preordered on Amazon. SteamVR 2.0

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 18, 2024

Google and Magic Leap Form XR Partnership Google I/O 2024: The Latest XR Updates from Google Google Blocks is a 3D modelling platform for virtual reality that does not require expert knowledge to use. It was originally released for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Google AR Glasses: Is This the Return of Google Glass?

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 4, 2023

No C# Unity programmers please (unless you just happen to know C# and are better in a systems language than you are in C#). We had The Witnes s running on Valve’s pre-production hardware [prior to HTC Vive]. Experience shipping VR games is a huge plus. “I have been interested in VR for a long time.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The device is a pair of advanced haptic gloves that will be available for pre-order until November 30, 2024, at €3,900. The XR revolution is coming, with new AR/VR/MR solutions debuting throughout 2024. Following the pre-order window, WEART will sell the TouchDIVER Pro package for €4,900.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Here below I’m posting for you the best offers I’ve found: for instance, HTC is discounting basically every piece of hardware (including Vive Trackers that can be useful for all the VRChat fans out there), while Pico is offering one of the best deals with €100-worth-of-content given for free with every purchased Pico 4.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Furthermore, HTC already has a setup that works without SteamVR stations , and it is more expensive than this one, but HTC has more experience with trackers. This could be huge. But we need more hands-on impressions on them to see how much this could become feasible. Expect it to be pricey, though.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

ISE 2024 is wrapping up, and visitors are heading home. At ISE 2024, visitors to its exhibition hall could visit Igloo Vision’s booth and see its solution that augments work by immersing employees in a space that surrounds them with XR visualisations. All together, creating a multi-use product.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

More info (Nathie going around the streets with the Vision Pro on) More info (Vision Pro guy with a robot dog) More info (A girl staying in the pool with the Vision Pro) More info (Photos and videos of other people wearing the headset in public places) Unity has released the tools to build for the Vision Pro. I sincerely hope so.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 28, 2025

In fact, in 2024, the company captured more than 70% of the VR/AR market share. Beyond that, Metas headsets support: Wireless, standalone capabilities Unlike other companies such as Varjo and HTC VIVE, which primarily offer tethered devices, Meta focuses on convenient, standalone functionality.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 22, 2024

Ultraleap Tobii Varjo Meta Platforms Manus Spectre XR Rokid Contact CI Emerge HTC VIVE OpenBCI Ultraleap Dedicated to transforming the way users interact with XR solutions and applications, Ultraleap has produced a powerful technology for the hand-tracking sector. So, which companies are paving the way for the next generation of tracking?

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Instinctively Real Media

AUGUST 12, 2024

Instinctively Real Media recap of SIGGRAPH 2024 conference, set the stage for an impressive array of technological advancements, highlighting the future of digital interaction, creativity, and artificial intelligence. The hot topic was the technology underpinned by generative AI and ways in which it could or will advance our future.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

Then we have a new report from The Verge that says that the upcoming Apple visor is coming with an M2 chip (we knew that); Kuo saying that Apple will release its visor in January 2023 (we knew that); Apple AR glasses (not the headset, but the glasses) have now entered the design development stage and should release in 2024 (again, we knew).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 28, 2025

Meta dominates the AR/VR market, with reports suggesting the company was responsible for around 70% of AR/VR headset shipments at the end of 2024. This company offers some of the most advanced headsets in the world, from the phenomenal HTC VIVE Focus Vision , with state-of-the-art tracking sensors, to the VIVE XR Elite standalone headset.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The great news for Meta is that since it is a strong partner with Qualcomm, it will have exclusively the chipset for around 6 months, so competitors that use the same system can only arrive in 2024. not also available on Quest 2) until 2024. The main important news regarding games has been IMHO: The launch of Roblox on Quest Store.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 12, 2024

Here's what you may have missed: It's been a busy week across the board as 2024 settles in. Right as CES 2024 got underway, Apple told the world to " get ready " after confirming the Apple Vision Pro release date. The winners will be announced on February 15, 2024. Looking for more VR updates?

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2024

I was pretty surprised to see that participants in hackathons may be very high-level individuals: at XRCC I met people from Netflix, HTC, and PlayStation. We could watch the Euro 2024 football matches. You shouldn’t be anxious about it: no one knows about everything. We had free soft drinks all the time. I felt spoiled.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

billion by 2024, a five-year CAGR increase of 54%. Google also offers ARCore , a developer tool for Android, iOS, Unreal, and Unity which help integrate AR elements into the real environment. One-year price performance for GOOG and GOOGL as of 2/3/20 Scan this QR code with your phone to see something awesome!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Moreover, Microsoft is resparking its stake in an Industrial Metaverse, with plans to debut products in 2024. The HTC VIVE representative also reinforced how immersive solutions could ease patients into stressful surgeries or operations. “This really makes the patient experience not so scary anymore,” Chen remarked.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 18, 2024

Beyond these headline-makers, other enterprise vendors such as Lenovo, PICO, and HTC VIVE contribute to developing a healthy market. The other challenge Wright mentions is working with the technical development tools on Vision Pro, specifically tools still in their early stages, such as the Unity toolchain. per cent from 2024 to 2028.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 29, 2024

And since then, it has failed to build its own software development platform besides a fragmented series of integrations for game engines like Unity, nor has it built out its own suite of vital first-party applications beyond Horizon Workrooms. Until 2018 it was mostly focused on PC VR, a market it has mostly abandoned.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 19, 2024

From new features to new customer focuses, this week, like many in 2024, will prove vital in laying down the foundation for XR in the future. It may expand upon this YouTube update during Connect 2024 – the company’s yearly showcase event – with the direct support of 8K hardware streaming.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Rikard Steiber (HTC), Joel Breton (HTC). As President of Viveport and Head of Vive Studios respectively, Rikard Steiber and Joel Breton are two of the most senior figures working on the HTC Vive today. Room 2024, West Hall. Liz Mercuri (Unity). : Tuesday, February 28th, 10:00am – 11:00am.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The firm’s first XR headset is due soon, and with it comes a spatial computing ambition that draws similarities and differences to Lenovo, Microsoft, Meta, HTC VIVE, and other XR headset vendors. Apple is gearing up for the Vision Pro debut.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 22, 2024

More info The Vive Focus Vision has been released HTC has decided to release the Vive Focus Vision the same week as the Quest 3S. It seems that HTC has invested a lot in providing a standalone headset that is great for PCVR and so it features a lossless wired Displayport connection, very high display resolution, and integrated eye tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

So (a bit late) here you are a list of some of the most relevant XR trends to follow in 2024, with some predictions of what to expect next. Contextual AI is on the rise Couldn’t I write a tech article in 2024 without mentioning AI? In 2024 there will be even more co-use of AI and XR. Of course not.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Its userbase is superior to known PCVR headsets like the HTC Vive Pro and Pro 2 and most probably in the next weeks, it will also surpass the Pico 4. The 2024 edition will happen again in Rotterdam (Netherlands) from the 4th to the 6th of December 2024. Funny link This is too funny to watch!

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I mean, it sort of makes more sense to me that, as long as the prices for the headsets are lingering up pretty high — like the Cosmos from HTC, the brand new one, it’ll be an $800 purchase. Dean: And I think more critical are these more foundational companies, like Facebook and Valve and HTC. Dean: Yeah, I think.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I mean, it sort of makes more sense to me that, as long as the prices for the headsets are lingering up pretty high — like the Cosmos from HTC, the brand new one, it’ll be an $800 purchase. Dean: And I think more critical are these more foundational companies, like Facebook and Valve and HTC. Dean: Yeah, I think.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I mean, it sort of makes more sense to me that, as long as the prices for the headsets are lingering up pretty high -- like the Cosmos from HTC, the brand new one, it'll be an $800 purchase. Dean: And I think more critical are these more foundational companies, like Facebook and Valve and HTC. Alan: HTC's got their enterprise division.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

We already saw this problem happening when HTC departed from the Steam platform to build its Viveport store because hardware sales were not enough to have an ambitious business. Muse looks a lot like ChatGPT integrated inside Unity. Let’s see: Google is still working with Qualcomm and Samsung on a mixed-reality headset.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I mean, it sort of makes more sense to me that, as long as the prices for the headsets are lingering up pretty high — like the Cosmos from HTC, the brand new one, it’ll be an $800 purchase. Dean: And I think more critical are these more foundational companies, like Facebook and Valve and HTC. Dean: Yeah, I think.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

More info (Snap announces new Spectacles glasses — Road To VR) More info (Snap announces new Spectacles glasses — Upload VR) More info (Ian Hamilton reviewing the device) More info (A comment on the launch video of the device) HTC announces Vive Focus Vision HTC has announced its latest standalone headset: the Vive Focus Vision.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 10, 2024

A few years ago I was interviewing Alvin Wang Graylin , the HTC Executive (or “Mister President” as I like to call him), and we were talking about the book Our Next Reality he’s written together with Louis Rosenberg. In the book they talk about XR and AI , and how they could impact our future, for the good and the bad.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

The product is still being built, and the expected release date is 2024. HTC discounts its headsets. HTC has started a good discount on its headsets that will last until the end of the month. The operating system should be Android, but it seems that Google is also building an operating system specific for XR.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Our software and hardware engineering and research teams have used a variety of equipment that rides on top of our in-house developed technosports platform , ranging from the HTC Vive Pro and its motion detectors, the (now unfortunately defunct Myo) sensors, the ZED stereo cameras, and Microsoft’s HoloLens.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Part of all of this is merit of Jeri (Image by HTC). Compare that to the HTC Vive that has like 40 giant infrared lights that strobe constantly to synchronize everything and spinning lasers with infrared light… and then the Kinect that has this huge laser illumination system, so those systems work totally different than ours.

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