The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 22, 2022

It all started because Horizon Worlds has finally landed in Europe, launching in France and Spain. As the release notes state, Oculus profiles will “evolve” into a new Meta Horizon profile, while ‘Friends’ will become ‘Followers’. More info (Logitech Chorus?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Every year I like to write a detailed report about all the major news from Oculus/Facebook/Meta Connect. But maybe we can compare it to the moment Palmer Luckey launched the Kickstarter of the Oculus DK1 : it’s the start of something new. I think the comparison with the early Oculus DK1 prototype holds for many things.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Though it has held fairly steady since its launch in October, the stock of Oculus Quest 2 is starting to dwindle heading into the Black Friday holiday shopping season. Oculus Quest 2 & Rift S Stock Check. Where to Buy Quest 2 and Look for Stock. It seems likely that Quest 2 stock is going to become scarce this holiday season.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 12, 2020

On the eve of the Oculus Quest 2 launch your favorite retailer might be backordered or out of stock of the headset, but have you looked elsewhere? Oculus Quest 2 Announcement with Full Specs and Details. New Oculus Users Required to Use Facebook Account Starting in October, Existing Users by 2023. Media Markt. Komplett.dk.

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Road to VR

MARCH 13, 2020

With a successful holiday season under its belt, Facebook was no doubt looking forward to resupplying its retail partners with more Oculus Quest & Rift S stock. We’re keeping our eyes glued to its retail partners there, including NewEgg , Best Buy , and Amazon , as they tend to publish arrival dates for stock. Austria. ×.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Bigscreen Cinema is launching on all supported platforms today in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, Netherlands, and Australia. Bigscreen supports Oculus Quest, Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Valve Index, and all Windows VR headsets. Find out how to download it for free here.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

The device will be available for $3500 in United States, Japan, China, Germany, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Australia, and New Zealand, the same countries where it was previously available for pre-order. There will be also an associated Oculus Quest game, but it won’t be actually revealed until 2020. Image from Amazon).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Amazon sold me a moulded nylon grip for an AR-15 airsoft rifle… it was time to start work building my first development “Mule”. Thrustmaster’s X Pro E-Swap gamepad looked very suitable , despite costing an outrageous £220 with shipping and tax from brand owner Guillemot’s warehouse in France. Image by Rob Cole).

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

So another big area that I’m seeing sort of early indication with, especially when I went to the Laval Virtual in France — it’s an expo that’s going for the last 21 years — this concept of open innovation. I mean, I will say that with Oculus Quest that’s changing for me. Alan: Oh, I can’t wait.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

So another big area that I'm seeing sort of early indication with, especially when I went to the Laval Virtual in France -- it's an expo that's going for the last 21 years -- this concept of open innovation. We've got AR platforms being hosted by Amazon, by Facebook, by Snapchat, where you can develop your own AR lenses.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

So another big area that I’m seeing sort of early indication with, especially when I went to the Laval Virtual in France — it’s an expo that’s going for the last 21 years — this concept of open innovation. I mean, I will say that with Oculus Quest that’s changing for me. Alan: Oh, I can’t wait.

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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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