The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

I think that Gartner was not referring to the consumer market, where VR is still unripe (even if devices like the Oculus Quest and the Vive Focus Plus are helping it in becoming more widespread), but at the B2B one, where VR is already helping companies to spare money (e.g. thanks to a better training).

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. And I got the Oculus Go, thinking, “Oh, this is gonna be great for VR.” And so when the Oculus Quest came out, we kind of said, “We’ll just wait, it’s not going to be as good.” It’s not in context to my world.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. And I got the Oculus Go, thinking, “Oh, this is gonna be great for VR.” And so when the Oculus Quest came out, we kind of said, “We’ll just wait, it’s not going to be as good.” It’s not in context to my world.

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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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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

As someone who has spent a lot of time using different PCVR controllers like Wands, Index, Windows MR, and different versions of Oculus Touch, I wondered: how would these Sword controllers compare? Pimax headset listed on Amazon (Image by Amazon, provided by Rob Cole). Google searches are very revealing.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Oculus and Respawn Entertainment teased it in 2017 at OC4 describing it as an AAA war game. Throughout this year, we got always more info about it: at first the name, then the setting (WWII), then compatible platforms (both Oculus Store and Steam), and finally, this week, even some info on the multiplayer modes. VR is dead.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

The Oculus Quest 2 is selling incredibly well because it offers the right combination of affordable price, good hardware, and a good software ecosystem. Not to mention the millions spent on marketing , especially in the US (Oculus was one of the sponsors of NBA, for instance). The Quest will still be the king. Me wearing a Valve Index.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they’re pivoting to enterprise. And not everybody understands the plans, especially if it’s a public building, and now you have to bring in people from local government. They know everything, between Google and Amazon they probably know everything about me.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they’re pivoting to enterprise. And not everybody understands the plans, especially if it’s a public building, and now you have to bring in people from local government. They know everything, between Google and Amazon they probably know everything about me.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they're pivoting to enterprise. And not everybody understands the plans, especially if it's a public building, and now you have to bring in people from local government. I'm not trying to get political, but our government really does need to enter the picture.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 28, 2024

What I’m not a big fan of is the overall shape of the headset, which seems a mix of Oculus Go, Meta Quest 2, and Meta Quest 3. There is also the USB-C port to charge the device (with its typical Oculus-logo shape that was there also on Quest 3) and a tracking camera. And what looks like a tiny microphone.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

It is not on sale on US HP Store and will be on Amazon US next month. You have to create environments for this social world governed by blockchain, and you can win free land and mana to spend in Decentraland. The company has now solved all the issues and the headset can return on the market. teased some months ago. Donate on Patreon!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

I can’t guarantee that these predictions will come out to be true (I always joke about the fact that I miss many of the predictions about Meta/Oculus), but I think they will be worth reading anyway to understand what can be the trends to look for in this new year. Me wearing my branded Oculus Quest 2. So… let’s start!

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