The Ghost Howls

APRIL 29, 2020

As a consultant, I am receiving many requests for remote collaboration tools now during the lockdown, and with my partners Massimiliano Ariani and SIDI , I am also hosting some workshops in VR. Mozilla Hubs is an immersive meeting tool that lets you meet online with other people, and speak with them.

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VRScout

AUGUST 8, 2020

These updates will also address concerns regarding cybersecurity & student safety, give instructors the tools for remote class management, and offer a plethora of instructional resources. Teachers will have the tools to augment the learning experience in either a physical or virtual classroom.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

These days, I am experimenting a lot with Oculus Quest because of its new amazing features. One of these is the Oculus Link, that lets you connect your Quest to your PC and use it as a PC VR headset. Oculus Link Setup. Oculus Link setup is actually a non-setup, since it is incredibly easy to be done. Are you interested?

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VRScout

MARCH 10, 2021

It wasn’t a lack of options per se; the Oculus Quest alone offers a generous selection of fitness apps specifically designed to get your body moving. Available now on Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 headsets, The Climb 2 is a direct sequel to 2016’s The Climb and features gameplay nearly identical to that of the original.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2022

Augmented reality (AR) technology can be an amazing tool for home design. Apps from both Amazon and IKEA let you place virtual furniture in any real-world space with the swipe of a finger. I’m working on an AR design tool that lets you build things out of real parts and order them to your doorstep! from oculus.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2019

Luckily there’s a path forward—the Rift S design is relatively modular, allowing both the headstrap and the face gasket to be removed, meaning that Oculus could (and should) offer accessories to improve the experience. SEE ALSO Oculus Rift S Review – A Good Choice for VR Newcomers, a Difficult Choice for VR Vets. Rift S Audio.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The combination of Quest 3 and Quest 3S sales on Amazon US was around 146,000 headsets, which is absolutely a good number, but it is 14% less than what Quest 3 and Quest 2 sold last year. Following its release on the Oculus Store, were thrilled to bring this fast-paced space adventure to the Steam community.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 27, 2021

In case you haven’t been paying attention, the Meta Quest 2 (formerly the Oculus Quest 2) is absolutely crushing it this holiday season. At the time of this writing, Meta’s standalone VR headset is one of the most sought-after gifts on Amazon. Fill up that shiny new headset with a collection of incredible games and apps.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Oculus devices will require a Facebook login. The enormous piece of news of the week is tha t Facebook has communicated that from October, 20th, all people that want to use an Oculus device for personal use will have to use their personal Facebook account to log in. Top news of the week. Image by Tweakanalogy). The same on Twitter.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 7, 2019

We all thought about a new Vive Focus with embedded 6 DOF controllers , ready to fight the Oculus Quest. The Vive Cosmos has not been conceived to fight the Quest, but the upcoming rumored Oculus Rift S. Vive Cosmos and its controllers, that seem a lot the ones of Oculus. Well, maybe we were all wrong.

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Road to VR

MARCH 10, 2020

So here’s the complete list of VR headsets compatible with the game, and we’ll also explain what you need to play Half-Life: Alyx on Oculus Quest, minimum PC specifications for the game, and more. Oculus Rift (original AKA CV1). Oculus Rift S. What You Need to Play Half-Life: Alyx With Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 9, 2022

The Digital Markets Act is a law that the European Parliament and Commission are discussing since 2020 and has the purpose of limiting the excessive power of the major tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta. This means that most probably Meta should allow these and other apps which are now locked.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Facebook has started today enforcing the “Facebook login” rule , asking Oculus users to merge their Facebook and Oculus accounts. So I imagine a Quest 2 where you can avoid having a Facebook account, but you can’t use the Oculus Store, or all the most important apps and games , and so you are de facto forced to use it.

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AR Insider

MARCH 8, 2021

The tool allows users to build cross-platform 3D experiences which can be viewed in browsers or VR/AR devices. Oculus has partnered with Virtuclear to offer prescription lenses for the Quest 2 for $80. Rumors surface about a new Oculus Quest Pro VR HMD. Psychic VR Lab raises $8.5M to grow Web-XR platform, STYLY.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

But things on the consumers’ side may not be going as well: according to some data scrapped from Amazon, the Quest 2 outsold the Quest 3 by a factor of 3:1 in the last 30 days. More info A Universal Unity VR injector may be in the works, or maybe not Raicuparta has just added an old simple Universal Unity VR Mod tool to its Rai Pal tool.

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Cats and VR

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Amazon has basically sent many brick and mortar traditions out to the retirement home. Due to the pushes by Amazon, even ancient traditions like going to the store on Black Friday have gone the way of Denver the Last Dinosaur. Well, Amazon is finally placing its hat into the kooky world of VR and AR with its new development platform.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

The FTC has opened an investigation on Meta about its anti-competitive practices related to applications that propose services similar to its ones on the Oculus Store (Pepperidge Farms remembers when YUR was de facto cloned by Oculus Move). It is just a bit more expensive than the $300 needed to buy an Oculus Quest 2.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Palmer Luckey is a tinkerer,” is how Time Magazine described the creator of the Oculus VR headset back in August of 2015. Why couldn’t they just use a simple voice assistant device, such as an Amazon Echo or Google Home? Lee Vermeulen is breaking new ground with his experimental AR prototypes. .

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Road to VR

AUGUST 9, 2016

AMD also announced the least expensive VR-ready PC that meets Vive’s and Oculus’ minimum specifications with the CYBERPOWERPC Gamer Xtreme VR for $720 now available on Amazon. The post AMD’s Roy Taylor on New GPUs, Tools, & Consumer VR Pods appeared first on Road to VR. Support Voices of VR.

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AR Insider

MARCH 16, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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Road to VR

JANUARY 10, 2017

a custom PC manufacturer, recently announced a new Oculus Ready gaming system that could just convince you to take the plunge into virtual reality. Dubbed the ‘Gamer Ultra VR Desktop’, the custom PC was created in partnership with AMD and Oculus, and being bundled with the Oculus Rift for a total of $1,099.98

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. In 2017, Apple released software called ARKit, which includes tools for software makers to determine how far away an object or wall is, if the phone is moving, or identify limbs in a human body, among other functions.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2022

The name has changed and it is now called “Engage Link” , because after TPLink, Oculus Link, Looxid Link, and Pico Neo 3 Link , we needed something else with the name Link. Which tools and platforms are you using to build mind-bending creations? The day we can work in VR will come but in a few years. Quest runtime v41 is rolling out.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The GDC Expo showcases the latest game development tools and services from leading technology companies such as Amazon, Epic, Google, Intel, Nvidia, Oculus, and Sony. Some key features of GDC include: The market-defining conference has a comprehensive selection of lectures, panels, and roundtable discussions.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

You can already use Valve’s tools to create custom maps for the game. Oculus Quest is available again in some countries. In some countries (not US), Oculus Quest and Rift S have got back in stock. If you’re interested in these devices, have a look at Amazon and Oculus websites. Oculus Quest PIN security is a joke.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Why Facebook and Amazon have joined the race to bring computing to your face. — Facebook and Amazon each discussed computer glasses at launch events this week. — Amazon’s approach is to get a lightweight product out now, while Facebook is promising advanced technology in a few years. by Kif Leswing, CNBC, 9/29/19.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 24, 2022

According to the rumors, In the beginning only Apple’s first part tools (like RealityKit) will be allowed to create content, and only after, Unity support will come. The Peripheral is a new series on Amazon that has VR at its center. A new report seems to suggest that the upcoming Apple headset won’t be focused on gaming at all.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 3, 2018

In my review of Amazon Sumerian I said multiple times that in other game engines, like Unity, it is not possible to create a WebVR experience. Notice that this means that you CAN NOT use your SteamVR/Oculus/whatever player controller prefab. Well, just some days after that article, I’ve been proved wrong. I want it!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

All social companies are now competing on who can offer the best tools to create them: the one having the lead is currently Snapchat (that has been the first startup believing in augmentations), which has already implemented full-body filters, and location-based filters, where you can augment certain landmarks of various cities.

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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.

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AR Insider

MARCH 24, 2020

And Oculus Quest is a beacon of hope on the VR side. This category also includes developer tools such as Unity and AR democratization tools such as Amazon Sumerian or Adobe Aero. But there are also confidence signals. Brand spending on sponsored mobile AR lenses is a bright spot, as is Apple AR glasses rumors. AR at Work.

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VRWorld

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Amazon is one of the biggest names in tech, and this doesn’t stop with its status as a storefront. Another way Amazon has made its impact known is through its Amazon Web Services, which serve as a backend for applications worldwide. So when Amazon makes an announcement in this space, everyone pays attention.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Billie Eilish performed in VR using the Oculus Venues app on Oculus Quest. Amazon also sent a powerful signal to the markets regarding the possible expansion of immersive live music events, by bringing Twitch ’s live stream to its Amazon Music App. Augmented reality for maintenance and repair 4. So did Imagine Dragon.

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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. This is exactly what Lowe’s is doing with its Holoroom.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

I’ve read that initial sensor placement needs to be within 1mm of the plotted Point location for SteamVR’s tool to work with during the calibration phase (this is done post-assembly). cable extender left over from my ownership of an Oculus Rift CV1 with a 3-camera tracking setup. After purchasing another active USB 2.0

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2019

I and my partner Gianni bought every new headset on the market : the Oculus Rift DK2, the Vive, the Rift CV1, the Gear VR, etc… We also went to almost every event we were invited to, even the smallest one (I remember once we went to a public plaza with like 7 people listening to our talk about VR…). The reasons?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Adobe releases AR authoring tool Aero. Adobe has finally released its Adobe Aero tool. There are already various tools that claim to let people create AR applications without coding, so you may wonder why I am giving that much importance to this news. Image from Amazon). Oculus Link is coming soon.

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