The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

In the interview with me, he talked about many topics, like the rumors he heard on Apple Glasses, on the Oculus Quest 2 , the America vs China war, XR entrepreneurship, Tesla, and more! But of course, the technology is still not there: the Oculus Quest is still uncomfortable, we can’t read texts in it, and so on.

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APRIL 15, 2021

Facebook today announced the launch of premium app subscriptions on the Oculus Quest platform. Tribe XR // Image Credit: Facebook, Oculus. Image Credit: Facebook, Oculus. App subscriptions can be purchased directly through the Oculus Store via the Oculus app on your mobile device or straight from your Oculus Quest headset.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Top news of the week (Image by Google) AI models to generate 3D scenes start to surface This week we had the announcement of two AI models dedicated to the generation of 3D worlds. These glasses should be built in partnership with Google and Qualcomm and have a similar form factor to the successful Ray-Ban Meta glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

In the end, the time has come: Oculus has officially revealed the name and the price of the Santa Cruz headset. Its name will be Oculus Quest and will cost $399. I followed today’s OC5 conference via Facebook streaming only for this moment and Oculus has not disappointed my expectations. ” and he has satisfied us.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Luckily, it’s easy to find yourself a free demo of any VR major system out there. Find an HTC Vive Demo Location. In the US, stores like Microsoft, Gamestop, and Micro Center host Vive setups offering public demos, while you can find the system in Europe in locations like Currys PC World, GAME, and Scan Computers.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2017

TPCAST announced last month plans for an Oculus Rift version of their wireless module. At the SVVR Meetup #46 on Tuesday, TPCast showed the first public demo of their wireless Oculus Rift module. VR industry insider Jon Oakes was present at the Meetup shared his experience of trying the demo with Road to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

Image by Oculus). The other bombshell news is that Resident Evil 4 is coming to the Oculus Quest 2. On April, 21st, Oculus will host its first Gaming Showcase , with news on ‘Lone Echo II’, ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’, and many other titles. Google is hiring waveguide developers for AR. Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

APRIL 27, 2021

Oculus App Lab, Facebook’s unmoderated app outlet, has largely stolen the thunder from the unofficial Quest app store SideQuest over the past few months. 1: Enable Oculus Developer Mode. Just head over to Oculus Developer Organization dashboard, login to your Oculus account, and create what Oculus considers an “organization.”

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Image courtesy Oculus. This is an area where I clearly undershot,” he said, noting that Oculus’ own Half Dome prototype shown earlier this year had already met two of these specifications (140 degree FOV and variable focus), and that display panels matching the predicted resolution have already been shown publicly.

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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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VRScout

APRIL 14, 2020

Thanks to the rigorous submission processes used by major platforms, however, many independent XR content developers are finding it difficult to publish their experiences in marketplaces such as the Oculus or Apple App Stores.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

It’s had pop-up events and in-store demos as far back as 2016 to prepare for the launch of the original Oculus Rift. Opening physical stores though would be much larger step for Meta, putting it in the same retail class as Microsoft, Apple and Google; the latter just opening its first retail store this summer.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 27, 2021

In case you haven’t been paying attention, the Meta Quest 2 (formerly the Oculus Quest 2) is absolutely crushing it this holiday season. The Oculus companion app is also topping the charts on the App Store and Google Play, which means more people than ever are diving into VR for the first time. Hand Physics Lab.

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VRScout

MARCH 14, 2018

Google is working on ways to create the most realistic sense of presence while in VR. To help with that, Google has been experimenting with light fields to show how VR can come as close as possible to what you’d actually see if you were there. Download the demo for free and check it out for yourself. Image Credit: Google VR.

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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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VRScout

MARCH 16, 2020

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

Last Oculus Quest update shows hints of an Oculus MR ecosystem. Facebook is continuously updating the Oculus Quest , its most successful device, and this week it has rolled out the runtime v16. I think that this update, together with the last ones, marks the beginning of a mixed reality ecosystem that is being built by Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2022

That is, an application built for the Oculus runtime can also run for the Valve Index on SteamVR. It’s a sample demo of the XR Interaction Toolkit with various interactions with the environment. Since I use Quest+Link, I have added Oculus Touch Controller Profile. How to build an OpenXR application. And that’s it!

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

As for apps, the AR glasses play bespoke content in pre-defined playspaces, all of which you can download from Google Play, such as Table Trenches , a 1v1 tabletop strategy game. That’s the value proposition at least, as Nreal Light goes on sale in the US today for $599. Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G.

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VRScout

MARCH 7, 2017

We were already having a great time coming across a demo of Duck Hunt for the Oculus Rift, with grenades and all. The short demo transports you into the boss battle of Level 3: Waterfall. Although this Contra VR demo only includes this one boss level, it’s worth every second and kept us wanting more.

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Road to VR

MARCH 4, 2019

Nvidia has GeForce Now, Sony has PlayStation Now, and both Google & Microsoft have their own future cloud gaming projects in the work too. I was treated to extremely low poly graphics that looked about on par with what can be accomplished on a mobile VR headset like Gear VR or Oculus Go.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

On the other side, this is massive for Apple, that mixing the data of Apple Maps together with all these point clouds detected by the rear cameras when in use, will be able to create an AR Cloud ecosystem probably even before Facebook, Microsoft, and Google. Let’s see if Facebook will be a worthier opponent than Google. Image by Acer).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2025

If you see the classification, you notice that there are some issues, like the mention of the Oculus website, that is no more. Gabe Follower also maintains Valve is also set to ship games or demos that are already done specifically for Deckard. Im just behind the sacred websites Road To VR and Upload VR. MIXED) that are not mentioned.

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JUNE 28, 2021

Although it’s been two years since the company first publicly demoed the technology , Nvidia appears to be making good headway. It’s already brought CloudXR client applications to PC, HoloLens 2, Android VR devices (including Oculus Quest), Android AR devices, and iOS. That’s XR cloud streaming in a nutshell.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Oculus Quest gets hand tracking. Last week, the runtime v12 of Oculus Quest has been rolled out , and this took with it lots of interesting updates. To start, now the Oculus Link is more stable and it is compatible with some AMD GPUs. Oculus Quests have started getting vocal commands in the menu. Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 4, 2017

We were hoping the collection of experiences would eventually be free, like the mobile VR version of game for Google Cardboard (iOS and Android) is currently, but with the revelation of the Australian PSN listing, those hopes are all but dashed. PS Move is a required. We’ll be updating this article once we spot it, so check back soon.

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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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Road to VR

JANUARY 24, 2018

HTC held an event where they gave a live demo of the headset to 100 attendees. HTC later scrapped plans to launch the headset in West , and has instead focused on bringing the headset to China, leaving Google’s Daydream platform behind. image courtesy HTC. Image courtesy Alvin Wang Graylin, HTC.

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MAY 18, 2017

Before my demo at Google I/O, Google’s head of VR Clay Bavor outlined a series of caveats and expectations for what I was about to experience. The demo, according to Google, would reset after each journalist so the hardware would see the room fresh each time after each person donned the headset. WorldSense.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The company demoed a first-person prototype on Gear VR as far back as 2015 at the Rock in Rio festival that summer, although it never saw public release afterwards. .” SEE ALSO Brilliant Sole Wants to Put a VR Controller in Your Shoes.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Yesterday, Google shook up the virtual reality scene by both announcing and releasing a brand new immersive experience: Google Earth VR. ” This message appears even for the very developers that have managed to obtain a pair of Oculus Touch controllers, which don’t release to consumers until next month. Stay tuned!”

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Road to VR

AUGUST 17, 2017

The game was shown way back in 2015 as one of the first demos made for the HTC Vive, and it’s now finally resurfacing this Fall. Prior to the Vive’s reveal, Valve collaborated with a number of indie developers to create the first set of VR demos that would be shown at the Vive’s GDC unveiling.

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

It will be available on Steam for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Valve Index, and Windows MR owners. The title is also promised to become available on Oculus, Viveport, Itch.io, and Google Play, though there are no estimated release dates for those versions at this time. Screensavers VR is slated to arrive on October 16th, priced at $5.

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VRScout

JANUARY 9, 2018

Back in May, we got our first demo of Google’s WorldSense technology. Utilizing Google’s WorldSense motion-tracking technology and the Google Daydream VR platform, you can move around and explore VR without any external sensors. The Mirage Solo is a standalone device that gets rid of the cord.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Oculus Touch controllers were just announced to ship late in 2016. Xbox gamepads shipped with the Oculus Rift headset. Though Oculus Rift no longer comes bundled with an Xbox controller, there are still titles being made that are compatible with gamepads across Steam, Oculus Store, and the Playstation Store.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The report suggests that premium headset shipments like Google Daydream will see more growth over light mobile headsets. Google Daydream will sell the most premium headsets in 2017, getting 6.8M devices into the hands of users. North America will be the fastest growing market as it reach $403M this year.

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Road to VR

JULY 17, 2020

Many will know the iconic whale encounter in this app as a favorite first-time demo for new VR users, but the full version has two additional scenes that go beyond the original, including extra features like the ability to take pictures. Google Earth VR ( Rift , SteamVR ) – Free.

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