Hypergrid Business

JULY 11, 2017

Amazon is going all out today with deals on virtual reality products, running the whole gamut of headset options, computers, and accessories. For extra bang for your buck, make your purchase through the Amazon Smile program for OSgrid , and half a percent will be donated to OpenSim’s biggest non-profit grid and testing ground.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2022

Let me quote Upload VR: The executives say the average number of Oculus friends per account was 0.5 If you want to read all his insights, you can buy his book on Amazon, which has very positive reviews. She lists some interesting stats about Gen Z and how is their attitude towards virtual worlds. Minecraft bans NFTs.

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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. When asked about why he focuses more on AR, Vermeulen says , “I don’t want to completely escape reality, I don’t want to be in a complete virtual world. I just want to augment my world.”.

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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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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. This shows that the sales were good among us VR techies… I myself have stopped using the Quest 2 and almost always use the Quest 3 now. THREE TO ONE.

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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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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

To make you understand how these features are incredible, Qualcomm has stated that “the [XR2] reference design has 2x the CPU and GPU performance, 4x more video bandwidth, 6x higher resolution and 11x AI improvement compared to our current widely adopted XR platform [the Oculus Quest ]”. Oculus fixes two of the greatest issues of Oculus Link.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 21, 2017

VR experiences are built upon the appeal of immersion and are constantly used to supplement other forms of media, but expanding upon these virtual worlds with other mediums like books adds a degree of credibility to the gaming aspect of the industry. 1 is due to release on Oculus Rift exclusively sometime this year.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 18, 2017

Some of the virtual worlds to visit at the enormous fan convention are likely still under wraps, but we know two major VR-related projects are likely to anchor the week. Worlds To Visit. The Tick: Amazon lists a “virtual reality escape room” as part of its promotion of the live-actions version of The Tick.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 30, 2022

One of the leading generation-defining gaming studios in the world today, Respawn Entertainment has developed a significant following for titles like Apex Legends, Titanfall 2, and even Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Alta VR, AWS, and Oculus. The combination of sound and visuals allows for a phenomenal gaming interaction.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

OpenSim is a free, open source virtual world platform that’s compatible with the Oculus Rift. It allows people with no technical skills to quickly and cheaply create virtual worlds, and then teleport to other virtual worlds. Help OpenSim by shopping on Amazon. Virtual Highway : 766 regions.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

There will be also an associated Oculus Quest game, but it won’t be actually revealed until 2020. Image from Amazon). Oculus Link is coming soon. In the latest runtime of the Oculus Rift available on the Public Test Channel, there are already various mentions to the Oculus Link. The hype is rising….

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Hypergrid Business

JULY 16, 2017

Kitely was in second place with 1,520 new registered users followed by InWorldz with 1,048, Emilac with 801 and Virtual Brasil with 412. Adreans-World grid lost 218 registered users. OpenSim is a free, open source virtual world platform that’s compatible with the Oculus Rift. Virtual Worlds Grid : 935 regions.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

It’s important to remember that every VR device fits one of three categories: mobile (meaning it uses the user’s smartphone to produce its virtual world), tethered (meaning the device must be hooked up to a PC or console) or more recently, “all-in-one” (meaning the computing hardware is built into the headset itself). from Amazon.

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XROM

MAY 1, 2023

Virtual reality (VR) headsets have gained popularity in recent years due to their immersive and engaging experience. Among the highest-selling VR headsets are the Oculus Quest 2, PlayStation VR, and HTC Vive. However, they lack the advanced features of the more expensive headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2024

You put them on over your shoes, you put on a VR headset, and you walk, and you feel like you are actually going where you’re trying to go in the virtual world and experiencing it from a natural intuitive perspective. In real life, you are staying inside of a 10 by 10 foot or 3 by 3 meter space.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2018

Not to mention how 3D technologies are being adopted and developed by major companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple. AR and VR are bringing a revolution in the way the general public treats virtual worlds, virtual objects, and experiences. I’d say that it’s overwhelmingly positive.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Best VR Games – Oculus Rift + Quest Link. With our Best Of Virtual Reality series we wanted to try a slightly different approach to recognizing the top places in VR. You can watch Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Twitch, and YouTube with others using Bigscreen. Best VR Games – Quest, Quest 2 & Quest Pro. Best VR Games – PSVR.

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VRGames

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Oculus owner Facebook is going hard into VR online spaces and it is hoping that its new effort in creating a VR world helps bring the space to a whole new audience of people (and probably make a little bit of money in the sum). amazon bestseller=”oculus quest” items=”4″ template=”table”].

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VRGames

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Oculus owner Facebook is going hard into VR online spaces and it is hoping that its new effort in creating a VR world helps bring the space to a whole new audience of people (and probably make a little bit of money in the sum). amazon bestseller=”oculus quest” items=”4″ template=”table”].

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

OCTOBER 10, 2023

You can purchase both headset versions from the Meta Store in 23 countries or through select retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, Argos, or Target. With the Touch Plus controllers, there are no tracking rings, common among 6DoF consumer controllers since the introduction of the Oculus Rift. from the Meta store.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

An Apple AR headset has been a mainstay of the rumor mills for several years, and we expect Facebook to be creating an AR Oculus device. The idea of hyperlocal maps and meshes will fit naturally into the distributed world of edge storage and computing.

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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. It allows people with no technical skills to quickly and cheaply create virtual worlds, and then teleport to other virtual worlds. Virtual Worlds Grid : 1,015 regions.

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VirtualiTeach

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Partly this was due to geographical limitations (Oculus never released the Rift or Go in the Middle East for some reason) and partly it was due to the relationship I built with the awesome Vive team based here in Dubai and their continued support of my work. My Vive Pro is still my “main” headset and the one I use for all the #CPDinVR events.

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RealVision VR

MAY 25, 2017

It also so happens that Facebook has invested an eyebrow raising (at least back in 2013-2014) amount in a company back then, called Oculus. Today, there’s already Netflix VR, Hulu VR, and we know from that job posting that Amazon Prime Video is soon going to have their OTT presence upgraded to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The headset is already selling well, and it is currently the most-sold gaming console on Amazon. There is even one aspect in which it is better than the Quest 3: its front IR illuminators make hand tracking work even in the dark , which is useful for… some use cases. Fingers crossed that it will help with the further adoption of XR.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 4, 2020

Now, NAVIX AIR is a platform that allows residents to transform into the surgeons eyes and follow their steps simultaneously in the virtual world, without disturbing the surgeon. We are actually hosting an app on the Oculus Quest. So we have a phantom that we ordered from Amazon, it's a skull. Alan: Great. Aravind: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 4, 2020

Now, NAVIX AIR is a platform that allows residents to transform into the surgeons eyes and follow their steps simultaneously in the virtual world, without disturbing the surgeon. We are actually hosting an app on the Oculus Quest. So we have a phantom that we ordered from Amazon, it's a skull. Alan: Great. Aravind: Yeah.

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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.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

Oculus has also partnered with Virtuclear to offer prescription lenses for the Quest 2 for $80. All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated. You can now use consumer devices inside Oculus For Business.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 22, 2022

Many journalists wrote bad things about Meta’s M-word efforts: they said that Meta invested $10B just to have this cringy virtual world. 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

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The book subtitle is “From Snow Crash & Second Life to a virtual world worth fighting for” : I mention it because it exactly describes what is the theme behind the book. In case you want to read the book, too, you can find it on Amazon: [link] (the link is without affiliation, so you can trust the honesty of my review).

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 4, 2020

Now, NAVIX AIR is a platform that allows residents to transform into the surgeons eyes and follow their steps simultaneously in the virtual world, without disturbing the surgeon. We are actually hosting an app on the Oculus Quest. So we have a phantom that we ordered from Amazon, it's a skull. Alan: Great. Aravind: Yeah.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 30, 2021

The Venice VR virtual world, designed by VRrOOm within VRChat, will be the Venice VR Expanded hub—a virtual version of Venice. Users on Quest can visit these worlds, too. Ball is a former Amazon strategy executive turned investor. It’s available to anyone with a VRChat account.

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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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AR Insider

MAY 31, 2021

The lower-cost locomotion option, Cybershoes , is now on Amazon for $349. Together with cyberchair and cybercarpet (included), Cybershoes allows gamers to walk and run in virtual reality. Since it features no computational unit and no battery, it can be smaller and lighter than “shoebox” headsets like the Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

An Amazon ad appearing on the streaming platform Peacock shows the Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S and the caption: “Meta Quest, starting at $299.99”. Regarding the actual release date, we have also a rumor: someone spotted on the Australian Amazon page an entry about the Quest 3S and the availability date being October, 16.

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