The Ghost Howls

MAY 2, 2024

The historical moment of the launch of Quest 1 (Image by TechCrunch) Oculus Quest 1 launched in 2019 for $399. And in the end, the beginning of June is a good opportunity to answer whatever Google had announced mid May at Google I/O and at the same time to put pressure on Apple for the WWDC conference in mid-June.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Googles AndroidXR Provides Developer Passthrough Access Recent news from the AndroidXR camp highlights a significant development advantage that some believe positions the new operating system ahead of the veteran firm Meta. The shark tank is growing, and leaders will emerge.

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MARCH 1, 2024

Google reportedly asked Meta to partner and "contribute to" its upcoming XR platform, but Meta said no. Meta has been working on it for at least seven years, as it first arrived in 2018's Oculus Go. But less than two years later in late 2019 Google abandoned the Daydream platform, and no other standalone headset ever used it.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Samsung handled the hardware for Gear VR, Oculus Go was manufactured by Xiaomi, and Oculus Rift S was manufactured and co-designed by Lenovo. All three headsets bore both the partner company's logo and Oculus branding. It's unclear how LG's brand will be incorporated in Quest Pro 2.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

As virtual reality technology gained prominence, the use of VR devices like the Samsung Gear VR, Oculus VR, and HTC Vive, have also become popular. If things go the right way as predicted, then by 2025 the revenue can go beyond $45 billion. Some VR Gaming Market Trends Which Determine Its Consistent Growth.

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MARCH 20, 2025

When Bigscreen founder Darshan Shankar told us he was bringing the sequel to his Beyond SteamVR headset to GDC 2025, I booked a flight from New York to San Francisco and back with less than 24-hour turnaround. You can go get a Quest or Vision Pro and wear the weight of the Apple or Meta platforms, quite literally, upon your brow.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

According to CBINSIGHTS , tech giants like Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple (FAMGA) have all been acquiring AI startups aggressively in the last decade. billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 63.01% between 2019 and 2025. See Also: VR Headset Comparison of Vive Cosmos vs. Oculus Rift S. Source: CBINSIGHTS.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Samsung handled the hardware for Gear VR, Oculus Go was manufactured by Xiaomi, and Oculus Rift S was co-designed and manufactured by Lenovo. All three headsets bore both the partner company's logo and Oculus branding. It's unclear how LG and Meta's brands will be incorporated in any headset that results from the partnership.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

Waiting until now would mean that next VR game by Valve would come out in 2024–2025… do you really think they don’t want to make the ecosystem to grow now? Oculus Quest is available again in some countries. In some countries (not US), Oculus Quest and Rift S have got back in stock. Oculus rolls out runtime v15 for Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the trend of Gaming entrepreneurs, for example, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Oculus transferred from games to virtual reality and we started to keep eye on the VR area. Since Meta made the acquisition and took over Oculus, VRTUOLUO began to write original and in-depth articles on the XR industry. Screengrab of the VRTUOLUO website.

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ARVR

MAY 13, 2021

BigQuery from Google Cloud has many powerful features that allow users to view their data in real-time, providing continual up-to-date information to help guide business decisions. It integrates seamlessly with the Google Cloud AI platform and other tools like Data Studio. The device uses Google’s Cloud Healthcare API.

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GizModo VR

JULY 11, 2022

Analyst and reliable Apple sage Ming-Chi Kuo claims the company is already working on a second-generation AR/VR headset set for a 2025 release, this time featuring both a high-end… Read more. If Apple’s rumored $3,000 virtual reality headset seems like a financial nightmare for you, then get ready for some potentially good news.

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ARVR

JANUARY 25, 2021

billion by 2025, while others are more conservative, expecting the value to be at no more than $22.5 Some of the most popular VR brands like the HTC Vive and Oculus already offer controllers because they offer users tactile feedback. Some predict that the VR market will reach $87.97

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 3, 2016

billion in revenue in 2017, garner 171 million users by 2018, and become a $35 billion industry by 2025. This exciting new technology will be accessible initially through Matterport apps for Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear VR (Powered by Oculus), with support for additional VR platforms in the future.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

CNBC reports the project is codenamed ‘Orion’, with an estimated launch taking place sometime between 2023 and 2025. While the tech has to be on point, style is always going to be an important factor (remember Google Glass?) which is a forte of Ray-Ban. That little red and white logo can make all the difference.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

Arrives in 2022, with glasses to follow sometime before 2025). Amazon, Tesla, Google, Facebook, and others, including most autonomous vehicle companies, are building the same for various purposes. ” He said “I learned Google is learning faster than we are.” New 3D experiences for inside cars.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We already know that Google, Samsung, and Qualcomm are working on a competitor of the Vision Pro, which should be based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR Gen2+ and cost around $2000. The release of this headset is expected for the first half of 2025. appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

As I said a few months ago , we are in the middle of a paradigm change: the cycle that started with the Quest is arriving at an end, and a new cycle driven by new technologies (mixed reality headsets) and new players (Apple, Google) is starting. Google and Samsung Prototype of the Samsung XR headset. Let me tell you why.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And so I feel like that there is a bit of like a real openness, but yet right now on the whole XR industry, there’s a bit of– with the launch of the Oculus Quest it’d starting to get locked down a lot more, they’re starting to be a little bit more of trying to grab and own different aspects of the platform.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And so I feel like that there is a bit of like a real openness, but yet right now on the whole XR industry, there’s a bit of– with the launch of the Oculus Quest it’d starting to get locked down a lot more, they’re starting to be a little bit more of trying to grab and own different aspects of the platform.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And so I feel like that there is a bit of like a real openness, but yet right now on the whole XR industry, there's a bit of-- with the launch of the Oculus Quest it'd starting to get locked down a lot more, they're starting to be a little bit more of trying to grab and own different aspects of the platform. You have Apple, with ARKit.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 10, 2017

He gave a talk about his predictions for VR and augmented reality for 2025 at the Augmented World Expo last week in Santa Clara, Calif. In his 2025 predictions for VR and AR , he voiced concerns about the obstacles to growth for VR and the challenges that AR faces in just getting out the door. billion market by 2025.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 30, 2025

I thought that Luxottica was only doing the Ray-Ban Meta glasses, but from this document, Ive just discovered that they also worked on Oculus for VR. I thought it was Palmer Luckey making Oculus, but I was wrong all the time. I thought it was Palmer Luckey making Oculus, but I was wrong all the time. Is this a coincidence?

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

We did a project just using Google's hand tracking library. I was looking at 2025 for ubiquitous AR glasses. And I know Oculus Quest just introduced hand tracking. And I think what Oculus did and launched that as a feature proves that it's important, and that everyone else now wants it too. Alan: We actually did it.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

We did a project just using Google's hand tracking library. I was looking at 2025 for ubiquitous AR glasses. And I know Oculus Quest just introduced hand tracking. And I think what Oculus did and launched that as a feature proves that it's important, and that everyone else now wants it too. Alan: We actually did it.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void. Well, not just Oculus; PlayStation with the PSVR, and very soon, Valve is coming out with their own headset next month. Bob: You just mentioned Google Cardboard, and actually, something that I was looking at earlier today, that Nintendo [Labo] — is it “LAY-boh?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void. Well, not just Oculus; PlayStation with the PSVR, and very soon, Valve is coming out with their own headset next month. Bob: You just mentioned Google Cardboard, and actually, something that I was looking at earlier today, that Nintendo [Labo] — is it “LAY-boh?

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 19, 2021

billion in content revenue by 2025?—? Inside this growing VR market, the headset that is selling the most is the Oculus Quest 2. On a separate news, Facebook has hired Joshua To, a previous key AR/VR director from Google who worked on AR/VR projects like Lens and Daydream and that will help FRL in its AR efforts.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

An internal email reportedly sent by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to senior executives offers a glimpse into the strategic thinking behind the company’s feet-first leap into XR following the 2014 acquisition of Oculus. Facebook turned heads across the tech industry and beyond when it acquired Oculus for some $2 billion in 2014.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2024

As a tech guy, of course, I’m all in for retro compatibility, and I would still love to sometimes attach my Oculus DK2 to my laptop and remember the good old times playing Tuscany. I know that I’m saying something unpopular, but I understand Microsoft’s decision. I cross my fingers, but I don’t have high hopes.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2024

This headset should go into production in the second half of 2025, so realistically be available in 2026. Apple claims the M4 has a 50% more powerful CPU an d 4 times more powerful GPU than the M2 chipset mounted on the Vision Pro, so an M5 chipset may give the new Vision Pro unprecedented performances for a standalone MR headset.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void. Well, not just Oculus; PlayStation with the PSVR, and very soon, Valve is coming out with their own headset next month. If you put it into Google Cardboard mode, where you put the phone into a viewer, this cube comes to life in your hands, and they've done it really elegantly.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

We did a project just using Google's hand tracking library. I was looking at 2025 for ubiquitous AR glasses. And I know Oculus Quest just introduced hand tracking. And I think what Oculus did and launched that as a feature proves that it's important, and that everyone else now wants it too. Alan: We actually did it.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Called Cities: VR, it will bring the city-building and management simulation to Oculus Quest 2 in Spring 2022; Polyarc has confirmed that is working on Book 2 for Moss and expects to release it for PSVR in Spring 2022. Oculus Quest and Vive Focus 3 get interesting updates. Google details Project Starline. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2021

VR has got the attention of the mainstream thanks to Alyx and the commercials by Oculus. For every studio that made $10M on Quest, maybe 20 indie studios have worked on some VR games of theirs that they never published, or that went on Steam but no one cared about, or that were refused by Oculus.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 6, 2021

Earlier this summer, Google shut down yet another virtual reality app , the 3D objects library called Poly. Google Expeditions also had five virtual tours of major league baseball stadiums and a tour of the International Space Station. Another major Google virtual reality app is the 3D painting tool Tilt Brush.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

This year we saw the launch of: Oculus Go ; Lenovo Mirage Solo ; Vive Focus ; Pico Neo / G2 ; S hadow VR; and the announcement of the Oculus Quest. Oculus has been the king of standalones , because it is selling devices at very low prices that offer great content. Oculus Quest and controllers inside a stand.

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