The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

(Image by Oculus). Oculus could be starting the production of a new Quest at the end of July. Multiple reports seem to confirm that Oculus is actually starting the production of a new Oculus Quest headset, with an expected release date in 2021. of units more produced annually. Other relevant news. Image by Pico).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2022

It was a video player for virtual reality headsets, able to play both 2D videos, 360 videos, and 360 VR videos which was quite popular back in the Gear VR days. After graduating from the University of Southern California in Computer Sciences, he joined Oculus VR out of his passion for virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2020

The time has come for me to review the Pico Neo 2 Eye , the Chinese competitor of the Oculus Quest (that has been kindly sent to me from Pico)! Discover with me everything about it and especially how does it compare with the Oculus Quest and the HTC Vive Focus Plus. Pico Neo 2 Eye Video Review. Front side of the headset.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

This was the content of the box: Headset Controller + batteries USB cable Charger Lens wipe Instructions pamphlet (all in Chinese). Skyworth v901 VR headset and controller. On the right, you can see 3 buttons that let you interact with the VR applications in case you don’t have the controller. Everything was very basic.

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VRScout

APRIL 18, 2017

You can step inside 360 videos with friends and even draw and play with Touch controllers. You’ll also find Facebook content at your fingertips to view with friends in VR, including 360 videos and photos that can transport you to new places. And of course there is the selfie stick.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Last May, Facebook and RED Digital Cinema announced they were working on a volumetric video camera based on Facebook’s Surround360 technology. At Oculus Connect 5 today, the company’s annual developer conference, Facebook and RED revealed a first-look at the camera, dubbed Manifold. Custom Schneider 8mm, F4.0, I/O CONNECTIONS.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at Oculus Connect, the company’s annual developer conference, to show off Facebook’s latest social VR prototype. Going through a number of 360 photos and 360 video as backdrop to demo, the three played cards, chess, and fought with swords.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Connect, Oculus’s annual developer conference, is already in full swing, but if you didn’t manage to book the flight and hotel to San Jose, CA, you can still pop your head in to see what this year’s hubbub is about. Below the steaming schedule are a few ways you can go about it: Opening Keynote. So there you have it.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 21, 2017

But on the off chance that Jaunt, Oculus Video, Facebook 360, YouTube, Littlstar apps and many others don’t quench your thirst, HTC has its own solution – Vive Video. While it’s interesting that HTC has retroactively added Oculus support to Vive Video, it’s not too surprising.

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Road to VR

JULY 18, 2017

The manager sits you down in some store room, wheels in a TV and makes you watch a training video that’s about as immersive as watching paint dry. “We found that people were easily able to navigate through the experience more naturally with the point-and-click interaction of the Daydream controller.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

One major exception to this used to be 360 videos and images, but now that restriction is becoming a thing of the past. Last week, VLC revealed that it is now 360 enabled for both images and videos. VLC 360 was created through a partnership between VideoLan and the hardware company Giroptic.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Let’s take a virtual tour with a minimum number of 10 photos (360 photos), 3 videos (360 videos), and 10 hotspots (interactions) to be put only in the videos (therefore 30 total interactions). Much can be done with the technologies available to us now, much more than we could have done only five years ago.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Send 360 videos from your computer to your VR headset in one click. In order to psych yourself up for a full day of shredding, you’re on your laptop computer searching YouTube for awesome 360VR videos of people tearing up the gnar. Firefox Reality is available right now for the Oculus Go , Oculus Quest , and Viveport headsets.

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Road to VR

MAY 26, 2020

Mova is a standalone VR headset that does away with motion controllers, instead offering optical hand tracking which users will use to navigate UI and interact with others online. Like Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Go, the headset only includes a single remote, which appears to have a touchpad and button array for basic input.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 30, 2019

Actually, there is no much more to say apart from what we already knew about the Index : the visuals are astonishing, especially because of the 120 Hz refresh rate; the audio is a next-gen one; the controllers allow for a new kind of interactions; the headset is very comfortable; there is a very handful guide on how to setup it on Steam website.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

When it comes to public spaces like shops and museums, self-service virtual reality isn’t really a thing yet; first-timers generally need to be told how to put on the headset, how to hold the controllers, and where to stand.

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VRScout

JANUARY 25, 2018

It may be hard to believe but its been four years since Samsung and Oculus first announced their smartphone-powered Gear VR headset. In darker times, the best 360° videos we had access too were grainy, nauseating clips of GoPro stunts and claustrophobic concerts. I’m not sure which impresses me more. Let’s get lost.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

Chief Scientist of Oculus Research Michael Abrash described his vision of a mixed reality future: a world, 20-30 years from now, where we will wear stylish AR glasses instead of sporting stylish phones. For many, the 360 ° video of his daughter’s first steps was the first 360 ° video they ever watched.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

This week Sony has showcased the new DualShock controller for the PS5, dubbed DualSens. PSVR2 will surely have its dedicated controllers, but since Sony is trying to guarantee retro-compatibility of games (especially gems like AstroBot), this headset should also be able to work with the DualSens controller.

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Road to VR

JULY 26, 2018

Google is finally bringing the official YouTube VR app to the Oculus Store for Samsung Gear VR soon. Google also announced a new social feature coming alongside the Gear VR app which will allow you to chat with friends while watching videos. The company says it will be available on Daydream View and Gear VR.

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VRScout

JUNE 19, 2018

To compliment the theatrical film release of Distorted on June 22nd, Minds Eye Entertainment and SkyVR have partnered to produce Distorted Reality , a scripted, live-action cinematic VR distributed through OneTouchVR on Google Daydream, Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and iOS. He owned this new format and really took charge.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2019

Honestly, I find it a smart idea for this moment, but I also think that HTC has to invest more to have more content on Viveport on the long term if it plans to fight with Oculus and its upcoming Quest. This will let the user move a bit the head while watching 360 videos and see the video moving accordingly.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 3, 2017

Currently available for free with every new purchase of a Vive and now released on Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR, Job Simulator is a great example of what can be done with user-tracked VR. Thalmic Labs, the creator of the Myo gesture-control armband, is also listed under Consumer Tech.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 8, 2016

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed the future of his company on stage at Oculus Connect this week. He effortlessly placed a video call from a virtual reality headset, using Facebook Messenger to connect with his wife’s phone. Without a remote control. She answered the call at work. VR will be a TV. VR will be a PC.

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VRScout

JUNE 27, 2017

YouTube tells you where people are looking in your 360 videos AND embraces 180 degree video, Google’s 180 degree camera, the Meta-Cookie project gets weird and alters your taste, and Intel leans into sports in a big virtual way…. It turns out that 75% of people watch only the front 90% of 360 videos.

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InstaVR

MAY 6, 2019

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg revealed at F8 Conference the new Oculus Quest will begin shipping this month (May 2019). We announced shortly afterwards InstaVR publishing compatibility with the headset, including use of the Touch Controllers. By comparison, the Oculus Go only allows for 3 Degrees of Freedom (3 DoF).

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VRScout

AUGUST 22, 2017

Time to applaud for a sweet deal on the HTC Vive, Clash of Clans partners w/ Facebook to bring AR to fans, control VR with your mind, new predictions for spending & investment are out, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. CONTROL VR WITH YOUR THOUGHTS. PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR A PRICE BREAK ON THE VIVE.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Here’s how you can watch the Super Bowl in VR for free with with your friends usings the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Windows VR, Oculus Go, Gear VR, and more. Bigscreen is free and available on Steam (supporting Vive, Rift, and WMR), Oculus (supporting Rift , Go , and Gear VR ), and WMR (supporting Windows VR headsets).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2022

I still remember when Amaze was a distribution platform for 360 videos … I loved the high quality of its videos and I also loved the team working there. Then the startup pivoted to VR concerts when it understood that the market for 360 videos wasn’t going to explode.

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Road to VR

APRIL 3, 2018

The update will also come with new controls to adjust the size, position and angle of your avatar’s features, as well as an overhaul to the automatic avatar creator which runs your photos through a machine learning algorithm to extrapolate an avatar. an evolution of ‘Spaces’ avatars, image courtesy Facebook.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

We can speculate that this will be an enterprise headset costing at least $600, evolving the Reverb fixing the problem with controllers and improving the audio. Valve could provide some audio-visual improvements, while Microsoft its WMR platform, with inside-out tracking of controllers. Oculus rolls out runtime v15 for Quest.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2016

You can now register to attend Oculus’ 3rd ‘Connect’ conference, an event dedicated to all things Oculus from Rift to Touch and is focused primarily on developers and VR development. Photo courtesy Oculus VR, LLC. Explore the endless possibilities for VR across 360 video, film, art, and education.

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VRScout

MARCH 14, 2017

Facebook frenzy: new 360 app + live streaming in VR + voice search, our Avegant future looks like Star Trek, ZeniMax and Oculus: the plot thickens, VR companies grew 40% in 2016, investment & funding wrapup, and more… FACEBOOK FRENZY: NEW 360 APP + LIVE STREAMING + VOICE SEARCH. ZENIMAX AND OCULUS: THE PLOT THICKENS.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 31, 2016

While VR video portals like Jaunt , Littlstar , Samsung VR , and others offer a single destination from which to stream many different 360 and VR videos, another popular way to distribute VR video has been as a standalone app, offering more complete control over the experience by the creator.

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ARPost

JULY 29, 2019

“Now, customers in the US and UK can watch their favorite titles within their own private virtual movie theater using an Oculus Quest, Oculus Go, or Samsung Gear VR headset,” reads the release. “In Users can also control their searches using voice commands. Using Prime Video VR.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Even if you already knew all of the controls that this little app takes you through, the dance game and target practice games are both embarrassingly fun – even for this VR veteran. Some of the experiences are 360 video, while others are full VR. See Also: VR vs. 360-Degree Video: What’s the Difference?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2020

I found very interesting that they are trying to create full-body VR content for the Oculus Quest. Without using Vive Trackers or other sensors, they try to reconstruct the pose of the full body of the users by just using the pose of the headset and the two controllers. Presenz is a company developing a solution to create 6DOF Videos.

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