The Ghost Howls

MAY 10, 2021

Yes, it’s 200 weeks (around 4 years) that I try to inform the community every week about the best AR/VR news, at first just by e-mail, and then also on a special column on my website. Image by HTC Vive). HTC new products may be the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3. Welcome to my 200TH ROUNDUP! Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2019

It’s a while that I don’t write something about entrepreneurship, so I thought it could be a good idea to give you some pieces of advice on how to be a good VR startupper. If you are not into VR, don’t worry… most of these rules apply to all kinds of companies. Focus on how to make money.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

A company like BMW is using it to create a digital twin of one of its factories to understand how to properly build it to increase its efficiency. HTC is going to launch its headset on May, 11th. HTC is keeping rising the hype for its new upcoming headset. Google is hiring waveguide developers for AR.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 8, 2024

A recent independent survey by HTC VIVE, titled “ XR Applications in the Financial Industry ,” involved around 400 financial services professionals to study the utilization of XR in the sector. The HTC VIVE representative expressed that f inancial services are an area where the firm thinks “it could make an impact.”

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Educational musical VR apps like Jam Studio VR by Beamz Interactive focus on teaching you how to play instruments like the saxophone, drums, guitar, and more. In terms of how much value that brings to professionals currently, I think these are more so just fun ways to combine the physical and virtual. And it worked!

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Taking place on September 25th and 26th at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in California, this year promises to be where “the next chapter for AR and VR begins,” Oculus says. The post How to Watch Oculus Connect 6 Keynotes Live in VR appeared first on Road to VR. Oculus Venues, Image courtesy Oculus.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 20, 2025

We often discuss on how to make the virtual experiences more engaging and immersive, explained Guido Polcan, Senior Direct at MAIZE , who also notes how the firm is working with haptics to bridge the digital divide that still generates resistance to the widespread adoption of technologies.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Another week, another roundup of amazing AR/VR news! but I have found some time anyway to read all the news I found about AR and VR and create this summary just for you! Not reading it would be a pity, so go on…. Facebook may be partnering with Luxottica to create consumer AR glasses. Top news of the week. Image by Ray-Ban).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 25, 2018

The Focus features two frontal cameras that are used for the inside-out tracking and through scripting, in Unity, it is possible to access their stream. Then there are distortions and other things to take in count. So, last week, I forced myself to find the time to do AR on the Focus and I have obtained interesting results.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2019

But this time, Valve has made it without the collaboration of HTC. Side view of the headset (image from Ars Technica). The Valve Index is like an evolution of the Vive Pro and so it can be useful for the same category of customers that are currently buying the Vive Pro and this of course includes enterprise customers.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The use case is similar to other systems that are becoming popular now: give the user a big virtual display in front of him. If you’re a backend wizard with a passion for VR and want to work on cutting-edge products that power immersive experiences, we’re eager to have you on board to make an impact in the exciting realm of virtual reality.

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Road to VR

MARCH 25, 2020

HTC is doing just that throughout the next few months in a live webinar happening every Tuesday, from now until mid-May. Starting on March 31st and going to May 12th, HTC is streaming live developer talks that it would have otherwise given during GDC 2020. Tuesday, May 5 – XR Continuum: Merging VR & AR?Development.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2021

It’s that time of the week when you can read the best news about AR and VR! CES 2021 brought some interesting AR/VR news. All these pieces of news are cool, but they are mostly directed towards the future of AR and VR, and are not changing much of the consumer XR landscape. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 19, 2020

Yesterday, I attended the Vive Ecosystem Conference, the annual event by HTC, that his year was held completely inside ENGAGE. Due to Coronavirus concerns, most companies are canceling their events, while others are deciding to transform them into virtual versions. It was very beautiful.

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VRScout

JULY 10, 2017

Apple’s ARKit combined HTC Vive shows us the future of mixed reality. But things get truly interesting when the camera pans right, revealing a person inside an HTC Vive as the actual artist. This prototype could flip the script on mixed reality and provide a whole new perspective on how to view VR content outside of a headset.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Boston, February 1, 2020 — A greater awareness and acceptance of the value of VR and AR/MR solutions across enterprise verticals are motivating companies to invest across multiple business areas. Director Enterprise Content at HTC Vive. Get practical advice on how to take your immersive transformation to the next level.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

There are quite a handful of platforms that allow you to develop virtual reality and augmented reality apps and content, but it is not easy to find an offline virtual reality school or academy with which to train for those interested in developing AR and VR apps. It is covered in 4 weeks in about 11 hours total.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

As the embodied XR technologies (VR, AR, and MR) have emerged out of their infancy over the past few years, the corresponding terminology and its correct application has become bewildering for many. It wouldn’t be too outlandish to predict that eventually, AR will become a redundant term for describing how a smartphone can track a room.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 12, 2020

It’s been the week of CES, and we’ve got many news and articles about AR and VR in these days! Regarding AR, Mark says that he believes that it is the next technological platform and that before 2030, it will be more important than smartphones. HTC reduces the Vive Pro price by $200. Well, the reasons are mostly two: Wireless.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

2021 is going to be an interesting year for AR. This won’t be the year of AR : exactly as I said for virtual reality, let’s not hype the technology and think that this is the year when mainstream adoption of wearable AR glasses is going to happen. Can this count as AR having become mainstream?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2019

After having detailed his vision for a better future where we all will wear an XR headset, Alvin has started introducing HTC’s vision for the Vive Focus Plus. Some games are impressive when played this way; Streamlink lets your Vive devices connect to your consoles. This is how to set it up.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC is probably going to announce Vive Flow. With a surprise move, HTC Vive has started teasing the launch of a new product. The company has set up a virtual event on the platform ENGAGE (of which HTC is an investor) for October, 14th 2021 at 8 am PDT. Send me hugs while I’m still human!

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

CrossVR’s Revive , the software that allows HTC Vive users to play games from the Oculus platform, today announced it’s joining one of the leading initiatives in creating an open standard for VR and AR apps and devices, otherwise known as OpenXR. Learn more about Revive (and how to install it) on CrossVR’s GitHub.

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Road to VR

JULY 17, 2017

Here we take a look at some of the coolest publicly-shared AR projects being built right now using ARKit. Apple, with a single flip of the wrist, has however started down the path of farming AR applications for whatever device it has planned next. 7 – Volumetric Video in AR. You don’t know how to dance.

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ARPost

AUGUST 4, 2020

Are you ready to give VR meditation apps a go? Then here are our recommendations for you: 1. Devices: HTC VIVE, Oculus Rift. If you are interested in this practice, Tai Chi Trainer XR is the right choice for you. It features: Full Tai Chi training; Quick Qigong morning routine (5 minutes session); AR Tai Chi; VR Tai Chi.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

I have said it multiple times: Nreal is one of the most intriguing AR startups out there. With its lightweight, fashionable and affordable glasses, it has set a new trend for AR, that now many companies are trying to follow. But the startup has still to learn how to create the production process to satisfy everyone.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Geekbench has just published the scores for a new Vive Focus headset , indicating that a new standalone headset by HTC is coming. But for sure HTC wants Oculus to feel the competition, if this “leak” on the new Focus has “casually” happened some days before the launch of the new Quest…. Other relevant news.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

See Also: Get Ready for This Year’s AR/VR Policy Conference. Later that day, Pfizer’s Ronan Kelly will discuss how to “Bring XR Value to a Fortune 500 Manufacturing Space.”. On day two, Eric Florenzano and Russ Maschmeyer of Shopify will present “How to Mix Realities and Unlock Shopping Superpowers.”.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

Facebook reveals its work on the UX of AR of the future. Facebook has unveiled new details on the research it is performing on the UX of the AR glasses of the future. It comes as no surprise so the rumor of some weeks ago about Facebook developing its smartwatch … it can be a very previous device to pair to its future AR glasses.

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ARPost

MARCH 26, 2020

As GDC is usually one of the highlights of the tech year, different companies are finding ways to adapt. Now it looks like HTC and VIVE are doing something similar. Here we’ll explain how it works, when it runs, and what we’re most looking forward to. The three-day event featured videos and special blog posts.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2020

We’re focused on making sure that the entire ecosystem for VR and AR to be successful on the web is in place – from browsers to collaboration tools to content creation, discovery, and monetization tools. Firefox Reality is a brand for bringing the web to any VR or AR headset. Mozilla Hubs. Why isn’t it accelerating yet?

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2018

Some cool guys from the Netherlands noticed that in the virtual reality market there are premium headsets (Oculus Rift, HTC Vive , etc…) for VR enthusiasts and then there is the Cardboard that lets people dip a toe into VR waters for little money; in the augmented reality market, instead, there are premium headsets (e.g.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Ok, of course, I’m kidding, but, you know, the possibility of saying the wrong name is so high that my proposal actually starts making sense… Top news of the week (Image by HTC Vive) HTC reveals inside-out-tracked Tracker With a totally unexpected move, HTC has revealed a new kind of Tracker. A very cool experiment.

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ARPost

MAY 9, 2022

See Also: History Comes to Life In “East of the Rockies” – an AR Experience of Japanese Internment in Canada. The extended reality experiences look at how our world may look if we fail to address the current climate crisis. How to Attend Tribeca Immersive.

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ARPost

MARCH 30, 2020

However, smaller companies are not prepared for such a large-scale transition. Some also lack training on how to handle remote work. With cities enforcing work-from-home policies, these companies are hastening to equip their employees with the tools they need for remote work to ensure business continuity. 2. VRtuoso.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). We are going on the road of courage chasing the light under drastic change and innovation together with the peers of the times!

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VRScout

APRIL 20, 2019

That’s just a taste of what one developer is working on using HTC’s new Vive Focus Plus 6DoF standalone VR headset. Tony goes on to provide his own prospectives, such as an underwater escape room that uses real-world locations to educate users on how to handle dangerous flood scenarios.

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