XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 19, 2024

The Meta Quest Pro has numerous optional accessories from Amazon, the Meta online store, and other vendors. Compared to Meta’s Quest 2 controllers, with their tracking rings, the Meta Quest Touch Pro controllers (and stylus tips) are a vast improvement. You can feel the pressure of surfaces when writing on a whiteboard or wall.

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ARPost

JANUARY 29, 2020

Many major tech organizations such as Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are currently working on different types of smart glasses or headsets which are more affordable and widely available to consumers, which will eventually change how we view and interact with the world around us.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

And also of course I would like to understand what is the expected price: the 3DOF version can be preordered at 599 USD, so I guess the 6DOF one will be at least 799. (Thanks KroyVR for the tip!). The company is investigating the matter. (Thanks Rob Cole for the tip!). Thanks Alan Smithson for the tip!) was a lot of money?).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

The same day of the launch of Half-Life: Alyx, Hewlett-Packard has announced its new virtual reality headset, the Reverb G2 , made in collaboration with Microsoft and Valve. Valve could provide some audio-visual improvements, while Microsoft its WMR platform, with inside-out tracking of controllers. thanks Alessio for the tip!).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

While the first version was an all-in-one with diffractive waveguides like Microsoft HoloLens, the new one is an all-in-two light device that connects to your smartphone and uses birdbath optics. If you’re thinking “it is another Nreal Light clone”, well, yes it is. What a weird decision…). Other relevant news. Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

Johnson has worked at Microsoft and Qualcomm before, and she is a very respected executive. Yes, it will be hard against Microsoft, which is well poised in the field, but the market is so new and growing that there is the place for more than one single company. Amazon is opening its AR Beauty Salon. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

More info Jim Ryan hints at a possible PlayStation metaverse The court documents related to the FTC vs Microsoft trial related to the acquisition of Activision contain a very interesting piece of information related to what Sony may be working on. This would be great for having a more natural interaction on Quest 3. Wait, what???

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NVidia VR

MARCH 18, 2024

Accelerated computing has reached the tipping point — general purpose computing has run out of steam,” Huang told more than 11,000 GTC attendees gathered in-person — and many tens of thousands more online — for his keynote address at Silicon Valley’s cavernous SAP Center arena. The industry has already embraced Blackwell.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Youtuber Brad Lynch of the channel “Sadly It’s Bradley” has discovered, thanks to “a tip”, some references to a device codenamed “Deckard” inside some SteamVR firmware files. Microsoft is going to release a database of synthetic faces. Other relevant news. Image by IGN). Valve is working on a standalone VR headset codenamed “Deckard”.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

The news of the week is that Meta is poaching talents from all the other companies : in particular, it has been able to “steal” 100 employees from the HoloLens team in Microsoft. Thanks VR Fitness Mag for the tip). The most bullish of them is, of course, Meta. I think this is a nice story worth sharing.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 2, 2024

Many investors believe we’re only at the tip of the iceberg regarding AI demand. Many cloud service providers like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google Cloud have already developed AI processors that work with Nvidia chips. These are the chips companies need to train cutting-edge AI programs like OpenAI’s ChatGPT 4 and Google’s PaLM 2.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

from Amazon. Photo from Microsoft. from Microsoft. This page contains setup instructions, safety tips, and hardware guidelines. Another app, Oculus Prologue, comes free with the Gear VR and will guide you through your first VR experience. Detailed instructions are available here. Sony Playstation VR. 399.00-$499.00

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

8th Wall recently partnered with Amazon Sumerian on a WebAR ad experience where, with just a click of a banner ad, an AR experience placed a 3D Spiderman into your space for you to interact with directly in your mobile browser. Volumetric capture can also create volumetric video that can be used in VR and AR experiences.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

We plan to go online with it on Amazon or Netflix and present it like that, and then have it be an additional thing that maybe Netflix or Amazon has on their platform in the Oculus or HTC. In our age of Amazon, that's certainly helpful. And basically, this is a series that can also be shown in standard video format. Alan: Yeah.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

And all of this comes in a period when other partnerships between tech giants are happening: remember that some weeks ago, Microsoft closed its streaming service Mixer and allied with Facebook Gaming to fight the quasi-monopoly of (Amazon-owned) Twitch. Thanks Gianluigi Perrone for the tip!).

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Oculus is also offering a $100 Oculus Store credit when you purchase a Rift from Best Buy, Amazon, and Microsoft in the US and Canada. The NBA 2KVR experience gives you the thrill of walking right onto the court, with All-Star Paul George providing guidance and tips. Become famously incredible or incredibly dead!

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Microsoft has acquired Zenimax for $7.5B. In-between the console wars, Microsoft has bought Bethesda’s parent company, Zenimax, for $7.5B. Microsoft has not announced a VR headset for the Xbox, but could it be interested in creating more VR games for PC? And again, will these games support the new PSVR2 headset? Let’s dream!).

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Amazon Sumerian. We’re not tied to Microsoft. You’ve got two-billion devices that can do three-dimensional computing, and this is the tipping point. You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. We’re not tied to Magic Leap. We’re not tied to Intel.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Amazon Sumerian. We’re not tied to Microsoft. You’ve got two-billion devices that can do three-dimensional computing, and this is the tipping point. You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. We’re not tied to Magic Leap. We’re not tied to Intel.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

That’s why we rejoiced when Apple launched its headset: while Google and Microsoft can discard new technologies pretty easily, Apple is slower at deciding to take a step, but when it makes it, it commits to it. This is a huge sign of commitment towards mixed reality. It was a sort of color picker tool of Photoshop but in real life.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Amazon Sumerian. We're not tied to Microsoft. You've got two-billion devices that can do three-dimensional computing, and this is the tipping point. Michael: And this is why I've been working on starting this dojo, or this VR maker space; because the tools for building -- there's VRTK for Unity. there's just all these tools.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 28, 2019

Amazon Prime Video comes to Oculus mobile devices. Amazon streaming services come to VR. Amazon has selected some cool VR experiences like “Invasion!” If you’re new to VR, you may wonder why Amazon should release a library of mostly 2D videos on VR devices. Thanks to Matias Nassi for the tip! Image by Melody VR).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2019

Microsoft is working on addressing privacy concerns of the AR Cloud. Microsoft has presented a paper on a way to record this kind of data so that it is impossible to reconstruct pictures of the original places from it. Thanks Mati for the tip!). More info More info. KAT launches KAT Loco.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Even the big players like Sony, Apple, and Microsoft have substantially reduced their production estimates for 2022, whilst processor manufacturers talk of delays into 2024. Amazon sold me a moulded nylon grip for an AR-15 airsoft rifle… it was time to start work building my first development “Mule”. Image provided by Rob Cole).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device. According to Korean media, Samsung Electronics is working with Microsoft on a new augmented/mixed reality project “involving HoloLens”. This announcement is not sus, it is just great. Apple is entering the XR field, and Facebook is currently dominating the VR market. Learn more.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2019

It’s by Mike Pell and he works with the Microsoft Garage. And that’s one of those things that was always sort of the thing we always wanted to be able to do, it’s like the promise of Amazon is like we’ll sell something that nobody has to touch. But again, it’s sort of like the tip of the spear for us.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2019

It’s by Mike Pell and he works with the Microsoft Garage. And that’s one of those things that was always sort of the thing we always wanted to be able to do, it’s like the promise of Amazon is like we’ll sell something that nobody has to touch. But again, it’s sort of like the tip of the spear for us.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2019

It's by Mike Pell and he works with the Microsoft Garage. And that's one of those things that was always sort of the thing we always wanted to be able to do, it's like the promise of Amazon is like we'll sell something that nobody has to touch. But again, it's sort of like the tip of the spear for us. Emily: Uh-huh.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

Quest 2 recalled from Amazon EU for skin irritation issue. The mystery of the Quest 2 disappeared from Amazon EU websites has been solved: the materials on the Quest 2 facemask caused irritations of the skin to a very little percentage of people , and so the sales have been suspended. News worth a mention. Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

After so many years, finally VR is reaching its tipping point where one platform will reach the 10 million sold units, which is considered as a magic number for a healthy ecosystem. The predictions by John Riccitiello are proving to become reality. The next two years are going to be very interesting for our field (Image by Road To VR).

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

So what are some of the tips that you would give to people listening? Microsoft has actually– it’s interesting, because the Hololens was in their devices division and they actually moved it last year over to cloud. They know everything, between Google and Amazon they probably know everything about me. Emily: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

So what are some of the tips that you would give to people listening? Microsoft has actually– it’s interesting, because the Hololens was in their devices division and they actually moved it last year over to cloud. They know everything, between Google and Amazon they probably know everything about me. Emily: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

So what are some of the tips that you would give to people listening? Microsoft has actually-- it's interesting, because the Hololens was in their devices division and they actually moved it last year over to cloud. We're gonna need consortiums, whether that's in the form of an Amazon type company or Google or Facebook stepping in.

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