The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2020

WebXR is a technology with enormous potential, but at the moment it offers far worse tools to develop for it than standalone VR , where we all use Unity and Unreal Engine. As a Unity developer, I think that it is a very important enabling solution. How to get started with WebXR in Unity – Video Tutorial. Requirements.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2020

I want to start this year and this decade (that will be pervaded by immersive technologies) with an amazing tutorial about how you can get started with Oculus Quest hands tracking SDK and create in Unity fantastic VR experiences with natural interactions! Let’s create a new Unity 3D project, and call it TestQuestHands.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2024

Before we start, let me tell you just a few caveats about this article: What I did was a prototype , so the solutions I’ve found are not optimized. How to create an augmented virtuality experience for Quest in Unity Creating this experience has been easier than I thought, thanks to the facilities offered by the Meta SDK.

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Road to VR

JULY 13, 2022

Veteran enterprise VR studio VRMADA has released a public version of its VR toolset for quickly building immersive interactions for VR within Unity. Our Guest Article by VRMADA CTO Enrique Tromp remains one of my favorites to this day because of how it shows the power of rich VR interactions.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

They are currently offering deals for Black Friday, so if you are reading this article close to when I published it, you can check out their offers here. The article Dejan has written is a big collection of tutorials, suggestions, and tips about developing applications that use hand tracking. That said, have a nice read!

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Today I made two little big discoveries about the Oculus Quest 2 that together mean that you can use this headset as an AR device whenever and wherever you want. Yes, I’ve also made a video about this article… you choose if reading it or watching it! Yes, this is the passthrough version of The Unity Cube!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 3, 2018

In my review of Amazon Sumerian I said multiple times that in other game engines, like Unity, it is not possible to create a WebVR experience. Well, just some days after that article, I’ve been proved wrong. Yesterday, I was reading an article on VentureBeat about the importance of WebXR. A WebVR exporter for Unity???

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AR Insider

JULY 16, 2020

This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. How Daimler uses Unity across its automotive lifecycle. Daimler Protics uses Unity for a variety of use cases in the production phase, from planning factory layouts (e.g., Find out more or contact us to participate here. by Nick Davis. Production.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 2, 2021

In this post, I’m going to tell you how to implement hands tracking in Unity for the Vive Focus 3, how to enable it on the device, and what are its performances, also compared to the ones of the Oculus Quest 2. There is a lot to talk about, so keep reading, and I’m sure you will find this article interesting!

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2017

At VRLA 2017, Unity CEO and games industry vet John Riccitiello dumped a little cold water wisdom on the hype surrounding the red-hot VR industry. John Riccitiello is the CEO of Unity Technologies , one of the world’s leading game engines. Photo courtesy VRLA.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Guest Article by Thomas Van Bouwel. In this article, I want to share some lessons I learned on how to stay on track when bootstrapping your first VR game. In most cities I’ve lived in since I started working on Cubism , I’ve been able to find meetup groups for Unity developers, indie game developers, or VR enthusiasts.

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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?). and you found this article for whatever reason, first of all, welcome to the club! Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2020

One of them is today’s article, where I interview one of the people whose work has inspired me the most this year: Daniel Beauchamp. Now I leave you to his words and his videos: I’ve embedded many videos in this article, so that you can admire his most famous works. The prototypes are also a way to get better at Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

It was too early for Unity, but they taught me about C++, C#, Java, OpenCV, OpenGL and other fancy development stuff. In that period, the Oculus DK2 ordered by Gianni arrived, and he told me that I should go to his office to try that device, and my reaction at that time was like “Oculus what??”

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 28, 2023

Today I want to take you on a journey on one of the coolest prototypes I’ve ever worked on, which is about creating Unity applications that can dynamically modify their logic at runtime depending on the user’s needs thanks to generative artificial intelligence. Cubes are easy to do. It got thousands of downloads.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 18, 2021

It’s a long time that I don’t write an article about the Vive Focus Plus , and it has been interesting exploring what’s happening on the Vive Wave ecosystem again. Vive Hand Tracking Unity SDK. With all those buttons and fields, you can simulate two hands inside Unity (Image by HTC). Vive Hand Tracking SDK.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

In an interview with VRScout, Nikk Mitchell, CEO of FXG who at the time of this article is currently quarantined at his home in Hangzhou, China and unable to physically be at the FXG headquarters said, “Thanks to VR, I haven’t been alone or bored. Oculus Quest and Oculus GO versions are set to launch within the next few months.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

The time for my Oculus Quest review has come. If you already know the headset very well, and just want to read my considerations, go straight to the final part of this article. The Quest has a nice packaging , as all Oculus products. Oculus Quest box content (Image by Oculus). Front view of the Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Today, I’m going to share with you the APK that lets you have passthrough vision with blue edges on your Oculus Quest 2. These articles have been pretty successful (thanks, my amazing readers!), you are the guy of the cube… The Trailer of The Unity Cube. Why am I sharing this app? Oh yes, the irony.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 23, 2021

What I’ve not enjoyed is that SideQuest has removed The Unity Cube from its listing, stating that there were too many cubes there. Every year, the Oculus Connect, later (sadly) renamed as Facebook Connect, is the biggest event about XR from Facebook. Another article about the Metaverse. Other relevant news. Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

What is interesting the most are not the features, that more or less are the same as most other headsets: integrated headphones, halo+headband, IPD adjustment, etc… It seems a mix of a Samsung Odyssey and an Oculus Rift S. Oculus Go is not part of the Oculus For Business program anymore. But of course, I hope for a full reveal

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The Vive Focus was most probably the best VR standalone on the market when Oculus last week announced what will be the first consumer 6DOF VR standalone headset. And so here we are again: Oculus vs HTC, America vs China, Hugo Barra vs Alvin Wang Graylin. And now the battle is on standalone headsets: Oculus Quest vs Vive Focus.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 7, 2020

While Oculus has decided to discontinue the Oculus Go and abandon completely the 3DOF sector, Chinese vendor Pico has decided to double down on 3DOF offering two new models , the Pico G2 4K S and the Pico G2 4K Enterprise , that are two improvements of the original Pico G2 4K. User Interface.

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ARVR

MARCH 30, 2021

This runs like any other unity build, and will connect to the headset plugged in automatically when you open up Oculus link on your quest. You will probably notice when playing the build that the framerate is a lot better than when you were testing it in Unity! Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Enter The Monarchy 3.

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VRScout

AUGUST 9, 2021

Asaf then goes on to describe the tool he created for Daniel (art department) that would let him draw assets in Quill and import them directly into Unity, almost as though streamlining production pipelines and avoiding explosives are just different obstacles in VR game design that needed to be worked around. Image Credit: Peanut Button.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

In September, the new Facebook Avatars will come and substitute the current Oculus avatars. My review hero Benjamin Lang has written a detailed review about it with many visuals , so if you have lost it, you can read this article to understand how cool it was. Other companies should take note…. NVIDIA launches GTC 2021.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2021

My silly app The Unity Cube is now in 20th place among the best-rated applications on App Lab ! Finally, Facebook has released passthrough APIs for Quest 2, so you can create AR/MR apps for the Oculus standalone headset. Space Pirate Arena to come soon to Oculus Quest. Absolutely not bad for an app… that is just a cube.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Facebook has started today enforcing the “Facebook login” rule , asking Oculus users to merge their Facebook and Oculus accounts. So I imagine a Quest 2 where you can avoid having a Facebook account, but you can’t use the Oculus Store, or all the most important apps and games , and so you are de facto forced to use it.

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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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VRScout

JULY 6, 2017

Like Tilt Brush, objects made with Blocks may seem simplistic at first, but the apps professional potential becomes glaringly obvious once it’s objects are rendered in software like Unity. This will feel limiting at first, but it is a life saver when working in Unity. But what if you don’t know how to use Unity?

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

This week has mostly been in the sign of Oculus, with many news and updates from the brand controlled by Facebook. Before leaving you to the best news of the week, I would like to highlight two notable things about my work: My crazy trolling game “The Unity Cube” has been featured in a video by Upload VR! Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. Huawei has upgraded its sleek VR glasses and now they support 6DOF movement and 6DOF controllers that are very similar to the Oculus Touch. Notwithstanding all this hate, the Oculus Quest 2 is selling very well. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2021

The first interesting forecast is about the number of sold Oculus Quest 2 headsets. More info (Link to original article) More info (Article on this report not behind a paywall). Unity releases free guide on mobile development optimization. Other relevant news. Image from the web). But actually, this has not happened.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Even worse, Unity has lost -30% of its stock value. These huge losses have a similar origin to Meta’s ones: Apple’s new privacy policy on the stores has impacted the earnings through Unity ads. Unity is a very important company for many AR/VR creators, so this is not a good piece of news. Lenovo to launch a new MR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

While we were worried, Variety published an article on the topic, where Magic Leap stated that it was in the middle of raising another round of investments, to be exact, the E round. Image by Oculus, from Road To VR). John Carmack leaves Oculus. Oculus and Insomniac release Stormland. Other relevant news. Let’s see….

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In this Guest Article, developer Thomas Van Bouwel explains his approach to designing an MR game that adapts to different environments. Guest Article by Thomas Van Bouwel Thomas is a Belgian-Brazilian VR developer currently based in Brussels. When it comes to MR platforms, an active discussion on data privacy is important too.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 22, 2024

More info (Vive Focus Vision hands-on) More info (Vive Focus Vision teardown) Unity launches Unity 6 Unity has finally launched its new version: Unity 6. Unity 6 is bringing many new features that are helping with cutting-edge technologies like XR and AI. It should cost 15000 yuan, which equates to circa $2100.

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