The Ghost Howls

MARCH 18, 2025

The approach chosen by Meta is similar to the one that Google promised to take with Android XR. Access to cameras will require the application to ask permission from the user (that so is in control). I have no idea what will happen with all the hardware that has been sold and all the headsets that integrated an Ultraleap controller.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 17, 2023

More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Road To VR) More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Upload VR) More info (Roblox on Quest may increase scrutiny on the platform) Other relevant news (Image by WIRED) Mark Lucovsky has left Google Mark Lucovsky has just left Google. Now the next step is making also the controllers work with a PC.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 17, 2017

We’ve just confirmed with Google’s Clay Bavor that its upcoming standalone headsets from HTC and Lenovo will use the Daydream controller with three degrees of freedom (3DOF). The HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and upcoming headsets from Microsoft have controllers offering full six degrees of freedom (6DOF).

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 15, 2017

Educators are souring on virtual worlds, as evidenced by declining participation in online forums, in virtual conference attendances and education-related destinations on the Second Life grid. As a result, the use of virtual environments like Second Life seems to be in decline. . Image courtesy Google Expeditions.).

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2016

Google’s newly announced ‘Daydream’ promises to raise the bar for virtual reality on Android compared to Cardboard. We also see Google’s new VR controller reference design in action, which allows gesture-based interactions within the virtual world.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! 6 DOF Controllers for Vive Focus. In short: the Vive Focus will finally have two 6 DOF controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

The last cycle before this one was the Quest one, which started to make virtual reality known to the mainstream audience for what concerns games and fitness. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Of course, you may see that there are some limitations, like the introductions of Wi-fi latency or the fact that most mobile headsets have no positional tracking and just one 3 DOF controller (or none at all) when Steam VR games usually require the user to interact with the VR objects with both hands. VRidge controller.

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VRScout

JUNE 29, 2016

We have experienced creation tools like Google’s Tilt Brush on the HTC Vive, which lets you paint in a 3D space, letting you wave your hand controllers in the air to lay to down strokes of paint. It’s an amazing experience, creating in VR and building the world around you.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

Educators are using virtual worlds, but not in the way they had used them in the past, and not in the same numbers. The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education conference is a good example that showcases this work. More control over the student experience for instructors. Image courtesy Google Expeditions.).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Weve been eagerly awaiting some genuine news about Samsungs impending XR headset for months now ever since the company announced its partnership with Google and Qualcomm. Plus, we now know that the system is going to be powered by Googles brand-new Android XR platform in fact, its the first MR headset designed with Android XR.

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Road to VR

APRIL 4, 2023

And so it’s the idea that there is this environment that may be even better than just the real world—to overlay the virtual world on top of it might be an even better world,” said Cook. Just as Apple was skeptical of Google Glass, Cook knows Apple will always be in a similar boat when launching new products.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 26, 2017

Earlier this year HTC became an official partner with Google in producing a Daydream-based standalone VR headset under the Vive brand. It looks like it will access HTC’s storefront, called Viveport, to get to virtual worlds rather than Google Play. Where Are My Hands?

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ARPost

MARCH 2, 2021

In a virtual world, a person is virtually unaffected by external stimuli. The scenario of the learning process can be programmed and controlled with high accuracy. VR is already here and available to everyone, at least with the most budget-friendly virtual reality headsets. Google Earth VR. Engagement.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Positivity Moves The World brings brain-controlled interface technology to the GearVR via a headband. There’s no shortage of bizarre control schemes for VR experiences these days. Positivity’ is a reminder our thoughts control not only the virtual world, but the real world as well.”.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Niantic flipped the mobile gaming world upside down back in 2016 when they launched their AR mobile app Pokémon GO and started a global craze that still maintains a loyal player base to this very day. LinkBuds have an odd donut shape that creates an incredible audio experience without shutting out the real world. But what is XM?

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2022

This is a great deal, that lowers even more the barrier of cost to enter virtual reality. Google launches “Immersive Stream for AR”. Google has launched a new cloud service based on Stadia technology: dubbed “Immersive Stream for AR”, it lets you perform cloud rendering for augmented reality applications for mobile phones.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

With high performance VR motion controllers right in the box, the system offers a highly immersive experience that lets you physically walk around a room-sized space while immersed in virtual reality. Most stores will demo the system with the PlayStation Move controllers and regular PlayStation controller as well.

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ARPost

JANUARY 29, 2020

Past attempts have been unsuccessful, such as Google Glass, due to reluctance and concerns over ethical issues such as privacy and security of AR glasses. Fast-forward a few years from the failing Google Glass, and now it turns out the popularity of smart-glasses has increased again, thanks to numerous new developments.

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ARPost

MARCH 3, 2022

Most of the virtual worlds that you probably think of when you think of VR ( VRChat , AltspaceVR , etc.) Platforms like VRDirect or even Google Earth’s Street View feature save the challenge and expense of VR worldbuilding while maintaining tools of control and navigation. are true VR experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Apart from the hardware, Somnium is moving well also on the software side: the graphics of the virtual world is improving over time, and soon will be released the first game built on top of Somnium. Everything they have announced is realistic , and it gives the company the impression of being reliable. I like this approach.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 16, 2022

There are a number of great virtual world platforms out there – and a smaller number of those are dedicated to enterprise use. Mytaverse is an enterprise-only platform with special tools for digital twins and virtual assets, and I got the world tour. Need to get somewhere fast?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Image by Google). Meta and Google announce layoffs. This week we had the announcement of both Meta and Google laying off people. It has just announced that it will release a new tool to create virtual worlds for the platform based on Unity. News worth a mention. Rec Room announces Rec Room Studio.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 3, 2017

Small, fluid moves make it easy to navigate, jump, crawl, run, shoot or otherwise survive, for example, in a post-apocalyptic virtual world.” Most notable is the long list of compatible platforms from all Windows PCs, Android devices, Steam, the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, Google Daydream, and more.

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ARPost

JULY 13, 2022

Gelfenbeyn was a co-founder of API.AI, which was purchased by Google and now exists as Dialogflow. There’s also a special panel of controls for experimental features including audible pauses and expressive movement. In these virtual world environments, people are often more comfortable talking to virtual agents,” said Gelfenbeyn. “In

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The industry has been experiencing a boom in recent years with hundreds of startups and heavy investment from tech giants including Google, Apple, Samsung, and Facebook. The long-range goal for AR/VR is full immersion—the ability to deliver a user from the real to the virtual world without sensory interruption.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

It was after I tried Tilt Brush that I saw the possibilities of what 6DOF controllers could bring,” said Vermeulen, adding , “It brought a sense of depth and spatial awareness in a way that didn’t exist before.”. Having that type of control in a virtual environment opened up so many possibilities for Vermeulen.

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Road to VR

MAY 4, 2018

The headset promises to bring one of the top features of high-end VR headsets—positional tracking—to Google’s casual Daydream VR ecosystem. The controller is still 3DOF only, which means it range of motion is limited to feeling like your elbow is attached to your torso. Tracking & Controller. Does it succeed?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

This is the sign of a future feature that Facebook is going to introduce: according to rumors, Oculus is working on a vocal assistant for your Quest , that should help you in launching your apps without using controllers, plus other stuff that we still don’t know. It hasn’t been shipped yet.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

Niantic has finally launched its VPS (Visual Positioning System), a solution that will allow developers to create AR applications that are persistent and shared in various locations in the world with centimeter accuracy. VPS is a technology that implements the AR Cloud and creates a bridge between the real and the virtual world.

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AllThingsVR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Google Files Patent Application For Hand-Controlled Mobile VR Headset A patent filed by Google in February and published Sept. There’s potential in the configuration to decrease the weight of a VR headset — making it seem more invisible — while turning the phone into a hand-held touch- and motion-sensing controller.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

While Arthur is based in Berlin, the company enjoys support from international clientele, some of whom presented their use cases and even shared their unique virtual worlds during the press event announcing the post-beta product launch on September 1. You can even connect other cloud accounts like Google Drive, One Drive, and Trello.

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ARPost

JULY 7, 2023

That is, until you remember that the metaverse isn’t just a collection of virtual worlds – it also means augmenting the physical world. Digital Twins as a User Interface “If you have a virtual representation of a thing, you can run software on that representation as though it was running on the thing itself.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

But you have hands and feet controllers to move in the virtual world, so according to the manufacturers, you have 1.5DOF more (whatever it means). It has feet controllers, haptic feedback for hands, vibrational feedback for the hand, and other cool features that are missing in the most common headsets.

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2018

These decentralized systems are a counter balance to the aggregated power of centralized companies like Google & Facebook, who are currently dominating the the online advertising market.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The design of Oculus Quest 2 Pro and controllers has been leaked. The images show that the headset and the controllers follow exactly the same specifications suggested by the rumors of some weeks ago. That said, let’s see what have been the most interesting pieces of AR and VR news of the week…. Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 8, 2018

In effect, this lets you walk around the VR user’s virtual environment and freely take in the scene at any practical perspective while the VR user goes about playing the game.

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