The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

Image by Road To VR, from HTC images). HTC launches Vive Tracker 3.0 HTC was not teasing a new standalone headset, but a new Vive Tracker. I know that many of you won’t be excited by this news, but remember the Vive Tracker is one of the most successful accessories ever created by HTC. Come and visit it!

HTC 504

HTC Apple Magic Leap AR 504

Road to VR

APRIL 18, 2022

HTC shared a curious tease that reveals a new Vive product which appears to be part of a system leveraging the company’s Vive Trackers for virtual productions. Image courtesy HTC. And HTC is the leading provider of SteamVR trackers , small tracking pucks which are compatible with the system.

HTC 359

HTC Filming Software Technology 359

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2025

Today SteamVR is still the gold standard for what concerns PCVR tracking and many enthusiasts have Lighthouses installed in their rooms to play VR games on their Valve Index, HTC Vive, or Pimax Crystal Light. Tracking range Visual representation of the field of view of the tracking of the controllers on the Vive Cosmos.

Controllers 483

Controllers Hand tracking Motion Capture HTC 483

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.”

HTC 298

HTC Data Training Immersion 298

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

If a malicious developer is granted camera access, he can for instance silently grab all the images of the environment around the user, run them through some AI detection, and scrape some precious personal information, like data about National ID documents or bank cards that the user has on the table while he uses the application.

Unity 494

Unity Google Data Apple 494

Road to VR

DECEMBER 16, 2022

HTC today unveiled the first official image of the headset it’s been teasing over the past few months. ” Ye calls it an effort to create something “meaningful and that’s appealing for consumers,” further stating that it’s the culmination of lessons learned from making HTC Vive Flow and the Vive Focus 3.

HTC 363

HTC Las Vegas Eye Tracking Nevada 363

XR Today - Virtual Reality

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Continuing the large wave of announcements and highlights from the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 conference in Barcelona, Spain, HTC VIVE also introduced new enterprise immersive services for its XR Elite Bussiness Edition product. Combined, HTC VIVE claims that the new features can boost operations across longer multi-user sessions.

HTC 343

HTC Spain Immersion Tools 343

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

All these data together make me a bit skeptical about the capabilities of this company: developing such kind of a high-quality headset requires a lot of expertise, while the company is very small and features no known expert in the field. A new FCC listing appears for an HTC Vive headset. But I can speculate.

HTC 447

HTC Oculus Conference China 447

Road to VR

MAY 26, 2020

At a special event in Taipei, Taiwan, HTC cofounder and former CEO Peter Chou today revealed the first products from the new startup XRSPACE. ” Its optical sensors are also capable of room scanning, the company says, making a photorealistic version of your play space by uploading textures and depth data to the cloud for processing.

HTC 364

HTC Hand tracking Taiwan 360 Video 364

VRScout

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

HTC addresses security concerns with the latest update to its business-focused headset. . HTC this week launched a new update to its business-focused VR headset, the Vive Focus Plus, introducing several highly-anticipated security and operational improvements that make the enterprise headset even safer and more convenient to use.

HTC 508

HTC Controllers Training Data 508

Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

HTC today announced it’s releasing both facial and eye-tracking units for its Vive Focus 3 standalone VR headset. Image courtesy HTC. Image courtesy HTC. HTC is touting some of the big benefits of eye-tracking in general with the device, with the most obvious being the ability to increase social immersion.

HTC 246

HTC Eye Tracking Unreal Data 246

VRScout

JANUARY 11, 2022

HTC is bringing physical therapy, occupational therapy, and pain management treatments to the metaverse. HTC VIVE is partnering with XRHealth to bring healthcare into the metaverse in the form of virtual medical rooms where patients can receive physical therapy, occupational therapy, and pain management treatments. Image Credit: HTC.

Healthcare 507

Healthcare HTC America Wearables 507

The Ghost Howls

MAY 10, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC new products may be the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3. According to a leak discovered by Protocol, HTC may launch two headsets tomorrow at Vivecon: The Vive Pro 2, a premium PC VR headset, priced at €842 ($1,012) The Vive Focus 3 Business Edition, a business-oriented standalone, for €1,474 ($1,771).

HTC 441

HTC Apple Eye Tracking AR 441

XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 31, 2022

Last month, in a VIVE TALK session, HTC VIVE introduced a virtual reality (VR) behavioural training solution that helps individuals with public speaking by placing users in a virtual environment – like a stage – with digital humans. Immersive training solutions provide many avenues for enterprise-grade use cases.

Training 227

Training HTC Immersion Latency 227

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2023

I’ve been tipped about the fact that the Korean store of HTC may have accidentally leaked the name of the new Vive headset that will be revealed at CES… and maybe also its price. These are the features officially revealed by HTC: The device may be interesting also for consumers. Let’s start this 2023 with a leak!

Las Vegas 544

Las Vegas HTC Controllers Hand tracking 544

The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

HTC is going to launch its headset on May, 11th. HTC is keeping rising the hype for its new upcoming headset. From the above data and the pictures, it is clear it is a headset very similar to the Oculus Quest 2. Click the link here below, and join the SkarredGhost’s gang! Support me now (even a small amount matters).

HTC 529

HTC Oculus Unity Augmented Reality 529

Road to VR

JULY 20, 2021

The latest data shows an odd, sharp drop in the number of VR users on Steam, but Valve isn’t saying why. We’ve been tracking the data on VR headsets published in the Steam Hardware & Software survey ever since first-gen VR headsets hit the market. Monthly-connected Headsets on Steam Explained.

Survey 363

Survey Data Hardware Software 363

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2025

This time its been the turn of data miner Gabe Follower, who in the past has already provided reliable leaks, and that has claimed that Valve Deckard should be released in 2025 for an amount of around $1200. The fact that revenues are not mentioned in the post makes me think that the data was not good enough to be published.

Education 269

Education Data HTC Sony 269

XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The SynergyXR platform aims to consolidate digital 3D learning data and opportunities that companies can roll out at scale and repeatably without limitations related to traditional mentoring. is an interoperable solution ready for a range of headsets, such as Apple Vision Pro, Meta, HTC, and Pico.

Africa 299

Africa Singapore India Training 299

VRScout

MARCH 13, 2022

Last month HTC Vive announced that it was partnering with in-car VR entertainment company Holoride to bring its new HTC Vive Flow to backseats everywhere. Holoride partnered with a company called Terranet to utilize VoxelFlow, a system of sensors that captures movement data and transates it into gameplay in real-time.

Entertainment 476

Entertainment HTC Hand tracking Haptic 476

Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2021

Last month we pointed out a sharp drop in the number of users with VR headsets on Steam according to the latest data from Valve. This months data shows the numbers bouncing back closer to where they were before, but came short of a full recovery. This was an anomaly compared to the occasional up-and-downs seen in the data previously.

Survey 364

Survey Data Trends HTC 364

VRScout

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Using an HTC Vive or a Valve Index , players immerse themselves into a virtual practice field where they are put through a series of intense professional level training drills that you’d expect to see on any soccer field. All you need is a SteamVR compatible headset and HTC’s Vive trackers with straps. Image Credit: Rezzil.

Training 518

Training Mexico HTC Tools 518

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

With much surprise for us all, HTC has just announced the Vive Focus Plus , its first full 6 DOF standalone headset! The Vive Focus Plus, in all its majesty (Image by HTC). Internal view of the Vive Focus Plus (Image by HTC). Do you want to know more? Well, you are in the right place. The Vive Focus Plus.

Controllers 303

Controllers HTC Latency China 303

The Ghost Howls

MAY 12, 2021

What people required the most in a new VR headset, according to a survey proposed by HTC Vive. In the first one, you can read what are the features that people that HTC interviewed were asking for a VR headset : HTC has used these data to design its new headset and accompanying software ecosystem so that to fulfill these requests.

Eye Tracking 426

Eye Tracking China HTC Conference 426

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2021

Well, if I have to express an opinion, that is in common with other members of the VR communities, it is not that I don’t trust that Facebook won’t protect my data against hackers, it is that I’m sure that Facebook itself will collect a lot of personal data about me so that it can offer targeted advertisement. It will do this because….

Data 539

Data AR HTC Training 539

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2022

That’s why when I saw a tweet from “Mister President” Alvin Wang Graylin about a study that HTC conducted about XR addiction together with a Chinese University, I was intrigued by the results. Chen, together with the graphs from HTC and the Communication University of China that show their findings.

Study 545

Study Gaming HTC Groups 545

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 22, 2024

More info The Vive Focus Vision has been released HTC has decided to release the Vive Focus Vision the same week as the Quest 3S. It seems that HTC has invested a lot in providing a standalone headset that is great for PCVR and so it features a lossless wired Displayport connection, very high display resolution, and integrated eye tracking.

Unity 352

Unity Europe Hand tracking Tips 352

Road to VR

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Waltz of the Wizard has grown leaps and bounds since it was first released as a free demo for HTC Vive in 2016, where it first let players muck around in a tower-top alchemy lab. Now, beloved wizardry game Waltz of the Wizard (2019) is the first to implement hand-tracking on PSVR 2.

Hand tracking 235

Hand tracking Controllers Gaming Sony 235

Road to VR

JANUARY 29, 2020

To demystify the data, Road to VR has developed a proprietary model which derives actual headset counts by correcting for Steam’s changing population. The latest data shows that monthly-connected VR headsets on Steam have reached a record high of 1.3 Data gap from seven months of data misreported by Valve.

Survey 359

Survey Trends Data HTC 359

XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 14, 2025

Pico, Varjo, HTC VIVE, and even Meta are all experimenting with premium and affordable VR headsets for business use, as well as intuitive device management software. Enterprise users arent just conducting Meta Quest vs. HTC VIVE comparison reviews anymore. So, how do you pick the right solution for your needs?

Training 273

Training Hand tracking Simulation Software 273

Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

While Valve’s data is a useful way see which headsets are most popular on Steam, the trend of monthly-connected headsets is obfuscated because the data is given exclusively as percentages relative to Steam’s population —which itself is an unstated and constantly fluctuating figure. 0.95% ) and Windows VR headsets at 4.99% ( ?0.70%

Data 354

Data Survey HTC Trends 354

Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

As of the latest data provided by Valve , it now accounts for 32.15% of headsets used on Steam. Overall, the count of headsets on Steam appeared to drop significantly in the latest data, from 2.07% of users in July to 1.74% of users in August. It took only a few months for Quest 2 to become the most popular headset used on Steam.

Survey 359

Survey Data Retail Trends 359

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 8, 2023

One of the most important XR news from CES has been the reveal by HTC of the Vive XR Elite. In case you missed it, I can summarize it by saying that HTC launched a new Quest Pro competitor priced at $1100. Big kudos to HTC for this. The HTC Vive XR Elite has some of the best passthrough I have seen yet. Parts Recycling.

HTC 530

HTC Trends Controllers Virtual Reality 530

The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Disclaimer: HTC provided three of their Vive Tracker 3.0 What is an HTC Vive Tracker? Whilst the first part of this article looked at the history of the HTC Vive Tracker and its three different versions, the second part will focus on some practical experiments with the latest HTC Vive Tracker 3.0. HTC Vive Tracker 3.0

Virtual Reality 504

Virtual Reality HTC Controllers Data 504

Road to VR

MAY 3, 2021

While Valve’s data is a useful way see which headsets are most popular on Steam, the trend of monthly-connected headsets is obfuscated because the data is given exclusively as percentages relative to Steam’s population —which itself is an unstated and constantly fluctuating figure. Monthly-Connected Headsets.

Survey 363

Survey Data HTC Trends 363

Road to VR

MARCH 2, 2021

While Valve’s data is a useful way see which headsets are most popular on Steam, the trend of monthly-connected headsets has always been obfuscated because the data is given exclusively as percentages relative to Steam’s population —which itself is an unstated and constantly fluctuating figure. 1.58% ), and HTC Vive ( ?1.01%

Survey 363

Survey Data HTC Trends 363

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Thanks to the support of HTC, Rob is experimenting with Vive Trackers , and is very eager to tell you everything about his experiments with them, in a series of two very detailed posts. The post finishes also with the little surprise of an interview with HTC’s Shen Ye. HTC Vive Trackers (Image by Rob Cole). Introduction.

HTC 487

HTC Controllers Virtual Reality Hardware 487