AR Insider

DECEMBER 18, 2019

But its share will start to diminish, given the rise of standalone VR, most notably Oculus Quest. In fact, the greatest share gains in this five-year outlook will be with standalone headsets such as Oculus Go and Quest. The device is currently sold out on Amazon.

Software 236

Software Hardware Data AR 236

The Ghost Howls

MAY 2, 2024

The historical moment of the launch of Quest 1 (Image by TechCrunch) Oculus Quest 1 launched in 2019 for $399. And Quest 2 is much cheaper (especially now that has been put at $199): during the last holidays, it outperformed the Quest 3 by a factor 3:1 on Amazon US. April’s hardware survey of VR headsets on Steam.

Gaming 402

Gaming Oculus Course Strategy 402

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

These are huge numbers for VR: if you look at the most recent SteamVR survey, you get that Oculus headsets are now at 67% of the whole PCVR market. This is amazing for us developers, but unluckily it is a feature tied to using the Oculus SDK, which is not cross-platform. Oculus support at its best Funny link. Learn more.

Virtual Reality 404

Virtual Reality Microsoft Data Machine Learning 404

Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

OpenSim is a free, open source virtual world platform that’s compatible with the Oculus Rift. Help OpenSim by shopping on Amazon. You can now support OpenSim testing and development when you shop at Amazon — at no extra cost to you. OSgrid, a non-profit, has created an Amazon Smile account. OSgrid : 21,541 regions.

Virtual World 109

Virtual World Amazon Tools Data 109

Hypergrid Business

JULY 16, 2017

OpenSim is a free, open source virtual world platform that’s compatible with the Oculus Rift. The online marketplace groups different versions of the same item into one listing, much like Amazon and other online shopping sites, so that, say, all the colors of a particular dress are considered to be a single product listing.

Machine Learning 127

Machine Learning Virtual World Data Education 127

EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Read on for a recap of the major developments that took place in 2018: Enterprises that made the news for using wearables: In 2018, major retailers got more serious about XR in hopes of competing with Amazon and improving the shopping experience. Walmart was very active, beginning with its acquisition of VR startup Spatialand in February.

Magic Leap 58

Magic Leap Training Wearables Immersion 58

Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 17, 2017

For those who are new readers, OpenSim is a free, open source virtual world platform that’s compatible with the Oculus Rift. On the Kitely Market, like on Amazon, different versions of the same product — different colors of a dress, for example, or different permission options — are grouped together into one listing.

Virtual World 60

Virtual World Groups Data Italy 60

XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 27, 2020

how we got there, was we started looking at all of the future skills gaps, surveys, research, everything that was surfacing from the Shift Commission, to the World Economic Forum, to McKinsey Global Institute. And every single survey says soft skills is one of the things we should be looking at. Amazon did $750-million.

Training 78

Training Industry Survey Technology 78

XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 27, 2020

how we got there, was we started looking at all of the future skills gaps, surveys, research, everything that was surfacing from the Shift Commission, to the World Economic Forum, to McKinsey Global Institute. And every single survey says soft skills is one of the things we should be looking at. Amazon did $750-million.

Training 78

Training Industry Survey Technology 78

XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 27, 2020

how we got there, was we started looking at all of the future skills gaps, surveys, research, everything that was surfacing from the Shift Commission, to the World Economic Forum, to McKinsey Global Institute. And every single survey says soft skills is one of the things we should be looking at. Amazon did $750-million.

Training 60

Training Industry Survey Technology 60

The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Oculus Quest 2 had a great Christmas. The sales of Oculus Quest 2 have been great during the holidays , and the Quest has been a Christmas gift very much appreciated by kids (but wasn’t there an age limit?). Many Rift users reported problems in using the Oculus Store on PC this week , in particular in downloading games.

Unity 519

Unity Oculus Virtual Reality Gaming 519

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The first one is the usual SteamVR hardware survey. Apart from highlighting that the Rift S is expanding its size and that the Valve Index is now selling well, the survey shows that VR users on Steam are continuously growing. Year-over-year growth was driven by sales of Oculus Quest ”. According to Road To VR, we have now 1.3M

Unity 336

Unity Latency AR Amazon 336

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

Oculus Go price cut down to $150. Facebook has permanently cut down the price of the Oculus Go to $150 , the same price that made it sell incredibly well on Amazon during the Cyber Monday. More info (Oculus Go price cut) More info (Xiaomi laying off the team dedicated to Go). New troubles for Oculus Rift users.

AR 229

AR Oculus Magic Leap Microsoft 229

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

A market where Oculus has almost no earning s from the hardware sales, though, so it’s a weird situation. The “Cablegate” is hurting Oculus Rift CV1 owners. After the “Cablegate” has become pretty popular, Oculus stated that is thinking about solutions on how to solve this problem , but nothing has been announced until today.

AR 259

AR Oculus Virtual Reality Survey 259

The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

More info (Official Sony blogpost) More info (Summary by Upload VR) Pimax works for the release of Portal Pimax Portal, the Nintendo Switch-like console by Pimax , has just been released on Amazon. Let me copy-paste for you what it is about: AR/VR creators, this survey is for you. Take the survey before it closes, on August 6.

Apple 367

Apple Survey Machine Learning AR 367

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2024

According to the Steam hardware survey, Windows Mixed Reality headsets are still used by 50–80,000 people today. As a tech guy, of course, I’m all in for retro compatibility, and I would still love to sometimes attach my Oculus DK2 to my laptop and remember the good old times playing Tuscany.

Microsoft 424

Microsoft Samsung Apple Unity 424

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Oculus Go came out with this $199 headset – this really inexpensive headset — and they sold millions of these units. And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole. Which still has its uses!

Training 78

Training AR Data Augmented Reality 78

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Oculus Go came out with this $199 headset – this really inexpensive headset — and they sold millions of these units. And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole. Which still has its uses!

Training 78

Training AR Data Augmented Reality 78

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Oculus Go came out with this $199 headset – this really inexpensive headset -- and they sold millions of these units. And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole. Or it's going to take some more time?

Training 60

Training AR Data Augmented Reality 60

XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

She had a qualitative interview right after the experience and a survey, and two weeks after she had another survey. So the timeline is a little bit short, of course, it should be like six weeks after. So, by dividing something by two thousands, you’re kind of expanding the money to go into a lot more jobs. Christophe: No.

How To 78

How To Training Machine Learning Virtual Reality 78

XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

She had a qualitative interview right after the experience and a survey, and two weeks after she had another survey. So the timeline is a little bit short, of course, it should be like six weeks after. So, by dividing something by two thousands, you're kind of expanding the money to go into a lot more jobs. Christophe: No.

How To 60

How To Training Machine Learning Virtual Reality 60

The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Good news for us developers: Meta has updated the Oculus SDK, and now it is possible to implement voice commands and spatial anchors in our Quest experiences. The new update also brings hand tracking support in the Oculus OpenXR plugin. Here you are the description of the initiative: AR/VR creators, this survey is for you.

Survey 375

Survey Apple AR Samsung 375

XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

She had a qualitative interview right after the experience and a survey, and two weeks after she had another survey. So the timeline is a little bit short, of course, it should be like six weeks after. So, by dividing something by two thousands, you’re kind of expanding the money to go into a lot more jobs. Christophe: No.

How To 60

How To Training Machine Learning Virtual Reality 60

XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

She had a qualitative interview right after the experience and a survey, and two weeks after she had another survey. So the timeline is a little bit short, of course, it should be like six weeks after. So, by dividing something by two thousands, you’re kind of expanding the money to go into a lot more jobs. Christophe: No.

How To 60

How To Training Machine Learning Virtual Reality 60

The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Oculus plans to introduce in-app purchases to App Lab experiences. Oculus App Lab has been introduced by Facebook to give a way to indie developers to publish their applications for Quest without the need of passing Facebook’s strong store curation. Plus, the Netflix app has been in VR since the times of Gear VR/Oculus Go.

Virtual Reality 379

Virtual Reality AR Oculus Augmented Reality 379

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Oculus Quest 2 keeps showing impressive sales stats. Someone from a major company (Amazon, Apple, Microsoft), with pockets big enough to be able to compete with the rich Facebook, giving users an alternative and stimulating Facebook in doing even better. Road To VR) More info (Steam Hardware Survey?—?Upload Top news of the week.

Apple 423

Apple Magic Leap Oculus Eye Tracking 423

VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

When the first consumer version of the Oculus Rift was launched in the spring, it was disappointingly bundled with a Microsoft Xbox controller – and we’ve eagerly been awaiting the native Touch Controllers. SURVEY SAYS BRITISH WOMEN WANT VR SEX. Now, the day is here, and the wait was… worth it? MAGIC LEAP’S CONTROVERSY.

Magic Leap 150

Magic Leap Augmented Reality Haptic Real Estate 150

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Everyone of us already knew that Gear VR was a platform almost abandoned when Oculus announced the Oculus Go. Anyway, officially, both Samsung and Oculus have continued at least to support it. Original image by Oculus). Xiaomi disbands the Mi VR team, with unknown effects on Oculus Go. Gear VR is dead.

Survey 265

Survey Samsung Oculus AR 265