The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2018

When in 2015 I had my first Samsung Gear VR, I was amazed: finally, I could enjoy high-quality tether-less virtual reality. But now, these days are over and while the standalone headsets like Vive Focus and Oculus Go are rising, the mobile headsets are becoming always more something of the past. The first issue is content.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2018

At Oculus Connect 5 , Oculus has announced Casting, an amazing feature that lets you stream the content of an Oculus Go to a smartphone. How to use Casting to stream Oculus Go content to your smartphone. Follow my guide on how to update your Oculus Go until you can select the “Cast” option).

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Road to VR

JULY 25, 2017

Announced back in May, an update bringing Google Daydream support to the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus has begun rolling out, making those phones the only two to support both Daydream VR and Gear VR. The Android Soul reports today that Galaxy S8 and S8+ updates with Google Daydream support have begun rolling out to Verizon customers.

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2017

Dungeon Chess , described as “the first official Dungeons & Dragons -themed Gear VR Game”, is now available on both Samsung’s mobile VR platform and the Oculus Rift. Dungeon Chess has launched just in time for the Oculus Store Summer Sale, where it is currently enjoying a 50% discount.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

I hope that this way, even if you lost the announcements from CES, you can catch up with all the most important ones by just reading a single article. I’ve seen what companies are doing nowadays to use tracked props on the Oculus Quest: they have to add bulky mounts to install the even bulkier Touch controllers on them.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 13, 2017

Update: UploadVR can confirm that Oculus will not be shipping the reported standalone headset this year. This is in addition to our commitment to high-end VR products like Oculus Rift and mobile phone products like Gear VR.” We’ve reached out to Oculus to ask about the validity of the report.

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Road to VR

MARCH 24, 2017

While the Humanz album doesn’t launch until the 28th, you can be immersed in the track Saturnz Barz (Spirit House) in a new six-minute animated 360 music video (heading this article) which also offers a taste of tracks ‘Ascension,’ ‘Andromeda,’ and ‘We Got The Power.’

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Road to VR

MARCH 8, 2017

Mobile VR solutions like Samsung’s Gear VR currently employ rotational tracking only. As a highly desirable feature for mobile VR headsets, positional tracking has been a priority for Oculus’ internal development for a long time, and various alternative solutions such as VicoVR and Univrses are beginning to appear.

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Tech Trends VR

JANUARY 10, 2019

The Rizort VR app works on headsets such as the Oculus Go and Samsung Gear to allow potential guests to virtually explore hotels, resorts and experiences from anywhere in the world Click To Tweet. This article was originally published on VRScout. VRScout (@VRScout) December 15, 2018.

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Road to VR

APRIL 24, 2017

The forthcoming Alien: Covenant movie is getting a VR experience, Alien: Covenant In Utero and it launches this Wednesday on Oculus platforms. ALIEN: COVENANT In Utero is a 360-degree virtual reality journey into a living nightmare and offers a terrifyingly close and personal encounter as an alien neomorph at the time of its birth.

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Road to VR

JULY 27, 2017

Chinese manufacturer Huawei is coming up in the world with a more refined Samsung-esque design ascetic, now offering their flagship Mate 9 Pro and Porsche Design Mate 9 pushing a Hisilicon Kirin 960 built by Huawei’s subsidiary. Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+. We’ll update this article as the Daydream landscape changes.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 20, 2021

Since it features no computational unit and no battery, it can be smaller and lighter than “shoebox” headsets like the Oculus Quest that must contain everything inside; Thanks to the use of pancake optics, the screen can be closer to the lenses , for a very compact design. Logo of FXG (Image by FXG). Zoom on the 6DOF controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

As every week, I share with you some cool bullsh*t-free articles about the metaverse. This week I’ve picked three for you: An article that talks about monetization of the metaverse, and all the new play-to-earn frenzy (Thanks James Watson for the tip) Another article criticizes all this speculation on virtual lands in the metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Stay tuned on my blog for more articles about my Chinese experience in the upcoming days! Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest may have sold only 400,000 units. The Quest is selling well, and Oculus itself didn’t expect billions of sales. Samsung will manufacture the chips for Facebook AR glasses. Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Virtual reality owes much of its popularity to mobile VR, with its promise of abundant, economical and serviceable headsets like Samsung Gear VR and the even cheaper Google Cardboard—the sort of ‘headset shells’ that only require a suitable smartphone to run. image courtesy Lenovo.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 31, 2018

It was only back in August 2017 that the consumer Vive dipped down to $600 to remain competitive in the face of Oculus’ $400 Rift + Touch bundle. ” You can check out Vitillo’s full article here , replete with time stamps for each of his questions. .” Photo by Road to VR.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Articles have been written on every possible related aspect. Let me give you just a few very well-known examples: Meta bought Oculus VR for 2 billion dollars when there was still only a prototype headset. Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) and Samsung (Nasdaq: SSNLF) for Smartphones and Tablets. The metaverse has fast become a buzzword.

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Road to VR

JUNE 19, 2018

Launched initially on Daydream in early 2017, and now available on Gear VR, Oculus Go, and Oculus Rift, Virtual Virtual Reality’s smart interaction design gives players freedom and control which—combined with a narrative tying it all together—makes Virtual Virtual Reality one of the most immersive mobile VR games to date.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 14, 2023

This week, reports emerged claiming that Chinese news publication Gyro Technology leaked the design specifications of Samsung’s upcoming MR headset. According to the leaks, Samsung’s MR device will cost roughly between $1000-$2000. Samsung’s Q2 net profits fell by 84.5 percent from last year to $1.4

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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. There is instead a rumored partnership with Samsung , where Samsung would actually build a new XR device and Microsoft offer the platform on top of which the headset may run.

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AR Insider

JUNE 4, 2020

This timing prompted Spatial to launch on Oculus Quest and make its PRO tier free. Starting at the beginning, the Spatial user experience (UX) is the first thing you’ll notice when entering the app (I accessed via Oculus Quest). Oculus Quest support likewise follows the device’s growth , especially for shelter-in-place use.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 5, 2017

Born from a successful Kickstarter campaign back in early summer of 2015, FOVE attracted over $480,000 in crowd sourced funds along with an undisclosed amount from Samsung Ventures. SEE ALSO Oculus Acquires Eye-Tracking Company The Eye Tribe. Kojima mentioned that FOVE will stop selling the black version by the end of January.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Written and directed by up-and-coming French VR Director Paul Mezier, Overview has been available since March on HTC Vive but now launched on Oculus Rift as well, Available on the Oculus Store, Viveport and Steam for $9,99. This article was originally published on VRScout. It has since been shown at festivals such as Cannes.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Starting with its $2B acquisition of Oculus in the spring of 2014, Facebook has continued to build out its virtual reality strategy in a big way. Now I nstant Articles get some virtual love and supports mobile-optimized 360 photos and videos from publishers, with USA Today Networks and BILD as the initial launch partners.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 19, 2018

And you’ve read everything in the title of this article: $800 (€879 here in Italy) for having only the new headset , the “upgrade-kit” that you can use with your existing base stations and controllers. Trust me, after you have tried the Oculus Touch , the old Vive wands feel too big and uncomfortable.

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Tech Trends VR

JUNE 26, 2018

To complement the theatrical film release of Distorted on June 22nd, Minds Eye Entertainment and SkyVR have partnered to produce “Distorted Reality,” a scripted, live-action cinematic VR distributed through OneTouchVR on Google Daydream, Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and iOs. VRScout (@VRScout) June 19, 2018.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The first Windows MR headsets arrived in late 2017 from Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung, aiming to compete with the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive that had launched a year earlier. That was in stark contrast to Oculus Touch and Valve's Index controllers, both beloved by their owners.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The experience is available now on the Oculus and Steam stores for Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive headsets. It will also soon be available to watch in 360 on Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream. This article was originally published on VRScout. One can hope. VRScout (@VRScout) October 7, 2018.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

HTC and Valve do this with their Vive controllers that are super low latency and extremely accurate and Oculus does this with their touch controllers and their extremely natural ergonomics. I do not hold any equity positions with any companies cited in this column.

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Road to VR

MAY 8, 2017

Guest Article by Armando Kirwin. We know that the tech companies driving the VR industry (Google, Samsung, Valve, HTC, Oculus, etc.) In summary, we know that the tech companies driving the VR industry (Google, Samsung, Valve, HTC, Oculus, etc.) The 360 film industry is still young and it’s maturing rapidly.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

Development is divided evenly across the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift platforms, each accounting for 31% of projects created, with other major VR platforms such as Samsung Gear VR, OSVR, and Daydream rounding out the bottom numbers. image courtesy VR First. Vancouver Film School, Canada. VIGAMUS Academy, Italy.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

I was reading my predictions for 2019 to prepare myself for this article, and to my surprise, I found it incredibly actual. It has not changed that much from when I wrote that article at the beginning of 2019. It will be a great time for us, as when there was the Oculus Share, and every experiment could have big visibility easily.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

In case you don’t know what VRidge is and you are too lazy to read my first article about it , I will explain it briefly to you here. It is simple: imagine that you have little money and can’t afford to buy a full VR rig, but you can only afford to buy a Samsung Gear VR or an Oculus Go , for instance.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 5, 2017

Many of the biggest companies on the planet, from Samsung and HTC, to Facebook, Amazon, and Google, and even all the way to Ford, Mercedez, and countless startups, all gather in the desert at the start of the year to unveil the latest and greatest advancements in consumer electronics.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Oculus Go was manufactured by Xiaomi, and Oculus Rift S was manufactured and co-designed by Lenovo. In both cases, the headset bore the partner company's logo on the side as well as the Oculus branding on the front. Samsung announced in February it is building a headset, with Google handling the software.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

Chief Scientist of Oculus Research Michael Abrash described his vision of a mixed reality future: a world, 20-30 years from now, where we will wear stylish AR glasses instead of sporting stylish phones. The Santa Cruz standalone VR unit that Oculus is working on was briefly mentioned but no new version of the prototype was shown.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

On average, the VR hardware from China tends to be no where near the quality of the major VR players of the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Sony PSVR, or Samsung GearVR, but there were some standout Chinese companies who are leading innovation in specific area.

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