The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2020

The biggest news of the week is the one that you can see in the above graph: i n the Steam Hardware Survey for April, it is possible to see a big spike of connected headsets. More info (Steam Hardware Survey) More info (Facebook’s revenues for Q1 2020) More info (Quest and Rift S stock, updated) More info (SuperData’s report).

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In 2023, Pico 4 just barely passed that original Quest in raw usage numbers on the SteamVR hardware survey. Now, ByteDance is restructuring Pico while suggesting it is pursuing " core technologies " just months after Tim Cook showed Apple Vision Pro in public for the first time. Pico 4 has never been sold in the United States.

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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. Thanks Rob Cole for the tip) Learn more News from partners (and friends) Participate in the Developer Nation survey!

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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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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

OCTOBER 11, 2023

So many developers could find themselves with the conundrum of what to offer and to which device : if the Quest 3 Lite will sell a lot of units, maybe developers will prefer to develop content that is compatible with hand tracking, shifting the current attention to games to something else.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 3, 2021

You can see the success of the Quest everywhere: in a GDC survey, most VR developers say that they are developing content for the Quest. Apple adds spatial AR features to its Clips app. Apple Clips, an application to record short videos and share them with friends, has just been updated to support spatial AR effects powered by Lidar.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2023

More info News worth a mention (Image by The Information) Let’s have realistic expectations on the Apple headset We are all very excited about Apple joining our industry, but we must have realistic expectations about the headset that is going to come.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Facebook has always had the problem of distribution of its hardware (Apple has its stores, for instance, Facebook has not), and with this partnership, it immediately has the opportunity to showcase this and its future devices in all glasses shops thanks to Luxottica. Apple Event is tomorrow 14th September. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The headset has a very nice design and features these specifications: Standalone 6DOF headset 1600×1600 resolution per eye 90Hz refresh rate 90° FOV RGB AR passthrough Innovative lenses that make the headset more compact Integrated audio Controller-free hand-tracking Eye-tracking 6GB of RAM 128GB of storage WiFi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.0,

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Apple acquires IKinema. Another acquisition got my attention this week: Apple buying IKinema. As when Apple bought Metaio and Faceshift, a great service is not available anymore for all the devs of the world because of an acquisition by Apple. Verizon has acquired Jaunt. Metaio becoming ARKit years later).

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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. Devs are doing very interesting things with hands tracking for Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Apple is entering the XR field, and Facebook is currently dominating the VR market. Apple headset may be very lightweight. According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the upcoming Apple visor should weigh around 3–400g, which is much lighter than current headsets on the market, including the Quest 2.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2024

Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple announces the release date of the Apple Vision Pro During the last few days, the rumors about possible release dates for the Apple Vision Pro have intensified , and someone talked about January, 27 as the day of the launch. The headset will be available for purchase in the U.S.,

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FEBRUARY 5, 2025

You wouldnt see Apple or Epic prioritizing their own apps this aggressively within their stores. Eiche says they changed the store to be like Google Play or Apple's App Store, though he concedes there are arguments both ways with an open platform. The heavy promotion of Horizon Worlds feels reminiscent of monopolistic practices.

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