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The Ghost Howls
JANUARY 29, 2025
Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google acquires HTC Vive engineers for $250M Completely out of the blue (at least from our eyes), Google decided to acquire some XR-related engineers from HTC Vive (together with a non-exclusive license on some HTC IP) for the whopping amount of $250M.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
JULY 25, 2024
HTC has released a YouTube video that hints at the impending release of a ‘game-changing’ Vive headset. The Taiwanese consumer electronics company ‘HTC’ posted the video titled ‘HTC VIVE: A Vision for You’ on its company YouTube channel, with what appears to be a silhouette of a new headset at the end of the video.
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The Ghost Howls
MAY 13, 2024
Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple Vision Pro 2 may come in 2026 The rumors about the Apple Vision Pro 2 continue. According to a recent report, the successor of the first Vision Pro may come in 2026 and have a price comprised between $1500 and $2500. What a time to be alive! I believe there will be many use cases for this.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
OCTOBER 31, 2022
percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2021 and 2026. Also, unlike augmented reality (AR), which people can access via smartphones and smart glasses, VR relies on larger headsets and controllers to interact with fully-immersive virtual worlds. Meta, Pico, HTC VIVE, and Varjo headsets all incorporate this new technology.
The Ghost Howls
OCTOBER 7, 2022
These are the rumored specifications: 2,160 x 2,160 LCD screen per eye Pancake Lenses 16MP Color Camera for Color Passthrough Eye + Face Tracking (IR Camera based) Qualcomm XR2+ Gen 1 SoC 12GB LPDDR5 RAM 256GB SSD WiFi 6E Support ~5000 mAh battery Inside-out tracked controllers (thanks to onboard cameras). Content announcement.
XR Today - VR Headsets tag
MARCH 4, 2024
Shen Ye, Global Head of Product at HTC VIVE , discussed the primary drivers of the XR industry, with the entry of Apple into the market being a significant factor driving changes in the industry. ” The Vision Pro headset is unique because it does not require a controller and relies on tracking technology to record inputs. .”
The Ghost Howls
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
At the same time, I think that Meta is not pushing much on its business offerings (and in fact this price clarification arrived many months later than expected) so probably the field will still be dominated by Pico and HTC for any foreseeable time. cameras) to the previous one, just with improved characteristics and design.
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