Road to VR

APRIL 24, 2024

Independent tech analyst Ming-Chi Kuo maintains Apple may be reducing Vision Pro shipments for its international debut by a wide margin due to demand falling “sharply beyond expectations” in the US market. Apple hasn’t intimated yet when we can expect international availability of Vision Pro however.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 6, 2024

One of my biggest highlights has been that my article about Social AR has been featured in the famous New World Notes blog that I usually read… I’ve felt very honored about this! So the fact that Apple is targeting the B2B market makes absolutely sense because $3500 is a price that is too high for average people.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As for Project Moohan, details are very scarce: it seems like a mix of the Quest Pro and the Apple Vision Pro: it has an external battery, high-definition displays, and a very detailed passthrough. Developers can already access a preview of the development environment for native, Unity, WebXR. The chipset is the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2+ Gen2.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2022

New reports highlight some episodes of the life of Apple XR glasses. This week The Information has written a long report about the history of Apple XR glasses. Like last week, also this week in this final paragraph I won’t ask you to donate for my blog, but to the poor people that are facing the consequences of the war.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 31, 2025

This week, Ive found an article on the Meta blog that summarizes the same talk, and Ive found an interesting tidbit in it that I had lost last week. And this is also the same category of people that Apple is targeting with the Apple Vision Pro. Will it still be games, or will it go more towards movies?

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The feature will allow Quest 3 and Quest 3S to connect to Windows 11 PCs for a multi-monitor work environment—pretty familiar territory to anyone who owns a Vision Pro and some flavor of Mac, as Apple’s XR headset has been able to similarly connect via Mac Virtual Display since launch in February 2024.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Apple MR headset may feature iris detection and legs tracking. A new week, a new set of rumors about the Apple headset. Ahah I love the nonsense of the rumors about Apple! More info (Report about Apple visor?—?Mac Mac Rumors) More info (Report about Apple visor?—?Upload Other relevant news. Image from the web).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

Apple to launch a second “more affordable” headset in 2025. Since the rumors about the upcoming Apple headset were not enough, the famous Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has thought well to release rumors about the next-generation headset. Other relevant news. Image from the web). Anyway, we’ll see… these are all speculations.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

Apple way be working on a VR headset. According to Bloomberg, next year Apple is going to release a VR headset with limited passthrough AR functionalities. The HMD should be targeted to prosumers and Apple expects sales in the order of magnitude of one Apple headset per day, per store. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 30, 2023

I’ve read a lot of articles and XR news this week, but actually, at the end of the day, nothing relevant has happened, except for the usual rumor about Apple… so you can close this roundup now… no ok, I’m kidding! This doesn’t sound to me very “Apple”. And by the way, on the personal side, things are going well for me!

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AR Insider

APRIL 15, 2020

Why is Apple Buying NextVR. Two such companies apparently found ports in the storm last week: NextVR reportedly is being acquired by Apple, and 6D.ai Apple and NextVR. The obvious question is: what does NextVR have that could be worth $100m to Apple? Find out more or contact us to participate here. by Devon Copley.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 24, 2023

From the nth rumor on the Apple headset to the announcement of the Pico 4 Pro in China, there have been a few things happening that you as an XR enthusiast can’t miss. According to Gurman, Apple is also investing in games, which will be an important part of the experience. This week we had quite a few interesting pieces of XR news.

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VRScout

JUNE 6, 2022

Synch your Quest headset to Apple Health for an enhanced VR fitness experience. In addition to the Oculus app, Meta is introducing the ability to synch your Move stats with Apple Health, a highly-requested feature among iOS users. Now, you can automatically share your Move data directly to your Apple health profile.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

We have lots of non-news about Apple’s XR efforts. The hype around Apple glasses is huge , and everything that gets shared about Apple and XR gets many views. We already knew that Tim likes AR and “what we have to offer” may also be a potato with an Apple brand costing $400. Other relevant news. Image by The Information).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

I can’t wait to discover the Pico 4, the Quest Pro, and the Apple Reality headsets… and you? Apple headset may be called “Reality”. We have new rumors about the upcoming Apple headset. It seems that one of Apple’s shell companies has just registered the trademarks “Reality One”, “Reality Pro”, and “Reality Processor”.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2024

After the announcement of the release date of the Apple Vision Pro, the whole community is just waiting for its preorders to open up this Friday. The headset will be sold in physical stores and on the Apple website. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple has only 60–80K units available at this time , so most likely they’ll go sold out.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 3, 2023

You are in the right place… Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple may launch its headset on June, 5th Apple has finally announced the date of its upcoming WWDC event: it will be held on June 5–9. As it is a tradition of my blog, I made a post in which I said I’m actually an AI.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 4, 2023

I need to rush out this newsletter episode because otherwise tomorrow Apple launches its headset and no one will read my articles: everyone will be too busy reading “The top 5 features of the Apple headset” or “The 7 reasons why the Apple headset can revolutionize peeling potatoes”. How is Apple going to sell this headset?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2024

This has been the week when the preorders of the Apple Vision Pro have been opened and s**t just started getting real! I’m very curious about what Apple’s headset is going to bring to our ecosystem… and you? Of course, some people from all over the world made some tricks to buy it anyway.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The hype for the Apple Pro is starting to deflate and it is possible to see that from some cues: for instance, there are more critics of the headset and fewer articles are talking about it. So at the beginning of next year, we may have huge players like Apple, Google, and Meta battling for the high-end XR sector.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2023

Since there is the possibility that Apple announces its headset soon, all the companies are rushing to announce what they have in the pipeline before the big day. I’m also working on a cool tech prototype and I will share it with you very soon in the next few days on this blog. It’s been a strange week. Be sure not to miss it!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 4, 2025

And it promises to have also some features that surpass the Apple Vision Pro (I hope not the price!). From this quick look, it seems a mix between Android and the interface of the Apple Vision Pro. Unluckily we have literally zero information about this new headset. I will leave you the link to do that below.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2025

NVIDIA also announced that its cloud streaming service Geforce Now is coming to Quest, Pico, and Apple Vision Pro, so MR users will be able to play flatscreen games on a giant virtual screen in front of them. The prices are more or less the same as the series 40, except for the 5090 which costs $2000.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The success of the Ray-Ban Meta has triggered the smartglasses hype: when I was at CES, I saw many startups launching their AI-powered smartglasses and we have heard rumors of all the major brands (including Apple and Samsung) working on their own smartglasses devices, too. But as usual, I warn you to be careful of the hype.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Apple claims the M4 has a 50% more powerful CPU an d 4 times more powerful GPU than the M2 chipset mounted on the Vision Pro, so an M5 chipset may give the new Vision Pro unprecedented performances for a standalone MR headset. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Sorry for the long backlog, but I’m not having much time to work on the blog during this period. Apple is working on some sort of metaverse, and its headset is entering mass production. It has been a week of interesting rumors about the upcoming Apple MR headset. Upload VR) More info (Mark Zuckerberg’s letter to his employees).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

I know, I’m too honest… and this is not good for views on my blog. Apple may announce its headset at WWDC 2022. A new week, a new rumor about Apple. The launch of the headset should come many months before the release so Apple can present the device before the FCC approval. Image from the web).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 15, 2023

Some selected developers have received the Apple headset. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who is considered a reliable reporter about Apple, claimed that “a small number of high-profile software developers” have already received the Apple mixed reality headset to start developing content for it. Other relevant news. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

Image by Apple). Apple has not announced any glasses at WWDC. Every year, we have the same ritual: we wait for an event by Apple, hoping to hear some news about an upcoming XR device, then nothing happens in this sense, we are disappointed and so we hope for a new reveal next year. Top news of the week. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

But I hope you’ll enjoy this newsletter coming from the world of the undead anyway… Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple starts accepting applications for Vision Pro devkits Apple has started accepting applications from interested developers to get a Vision Pro to develop XR experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 24, 2022

For now, I reassure you that I’ve not stopped blogging and your favorite VR ghost will be back with new posts next week. Of course, as usual, will be terrible blog posts full of memes, dirty jokes, and lots of technical details. I will tell you more about it in the next weeks.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2025

The same analysis by Counterpoint mentioned above stated that the Apple Vision Pro had more shipments than IDC initially estimated , especially if we consider the International ones. If shipments were comparable to sales, we would have a number of sold Vision Pro similar to the initial estimates by Apple.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 24, 2021

We had the Quest making strides, new intensifying rumors on the Apple headset, a partial reveal of PSVR, Bytedance entering the field with Pico, Valve that may be working on a standalone headset, and many other things happening. It’s that time of the year again where I wish you great Winter Holidays! What about you, instead?

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

The rumors on the Apple Glasses are intensifying. It is not a secret that Apple is working on an XR device: the mystery is when it is going to release it and what it will actually be. The hype is rising, and Apple is playing with it. (My usual terrible image to wish you Happy Easter, if you celebrate it). Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2022

I have written a little blog post about my participation there. Image by Apple). Apple WWDC is back in June. Apple has announced that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will be held in an online format from June 6 through 10 , free for all developers to attend. Top news of the week. Image by Epic Games).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

New rumors on Apple and Meta devices. I know it may sound weird to you, but we have new rumors on Apple headsets and also about the future Meta Project Cambria and Quest 3. Regarding Apple, the super-reliable analysts have stated that the headset may feature three displays because just two are for losers. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 15, 2023

More info (Ultraleap teasing a new device) More info (Maybe a new sensor is coming) Has Palmer Luckey tried the Apple headset? This week we had the usual articles about the Apple headset speculating its upcoming launch for June, 5th and stressing how Apple is launching for the first time a product that has not a clear market.

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