The Ghost Howls

JUNE 16, 2022

Windows 11, Oculus, and SteamVR. If you have Windows 11, you may have issues with virtual reality, especially if you are using Oculus Link or Oculus Air Link. These problems become even worse when you use Oculus in conjunction with SteamVR. Thanks Microsoft for keeping the tradition of the cycle of operating systems.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

You can download the app for Oculus Rift December 12. The latest collaboration between Microsoft and Oculus will soon have you playing Xbox One games while in a Rift headset. For you Rift owners, all you’ll have to do is download a free Xbox One streaming app December 12 from the Oculus Store to get going.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2019

According to Google, this new-and-improved WebVR support will eventually make its way to Chromium-based browsers, including Oculus Browser, Microsoft Edge, Magic Leap’s Helio, and Firefox Reality. The beta for Chrome 79 is available to download now ; the update will officially launch on December 10th, 2019.

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MAY 14, 2017

Microsoft is partnering with manufacturers like Acer, Lenovo, and HP to create a new line of virtual reality headsets. These devices will be competitively priced, at around $300-$400 each or less, but comparatively, as capable as the highest quality headsets on paper: the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. What do you think?

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2020

Blender VR works through the OpenXR standard , for which a runtime has been implemented only for Windows Mixed Reality headsets and Oculus headsets. The little problem is that at the time of writing, on the official downloads page, you just see version 2.82a… so where the heck can you find version 2.83? Oculus Rift.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The app also includes a mobile centric UI as well as the ability to download images, videos, and documents. Spatial is currently available on the Oculus Quest/Quest 2 , Microsoft HoloLens/HoloLens 2 , Magic Leap , Nreal Beta , and compatible web browsers. To access meetings in AR, download the Spatial app for iOS and Android.

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2024

Now, Vision Pro users can download the myMako app , which lets surgeons visualize and review surgical plans in an immersive way. Image by Road to VR And unlike Microsoft, Apple’s primary focus on consumer hardware makes it the ideal “rising tide to lift all boats” when it comes to XR headsets.

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APRIL 1, 2021

MeetinVR, a Danish world-leading platform for collaborative meetings in virtual reality, today announced the launch on the Oculus Store. Starting today, every Quest and Quest 2 user can simply download and start using MeetinVR. “We We are very excited to be launching on the Oculus Store. Enter The Monarchy 3.

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Road to VR

JULY 15, 2017

Oculus slashed the original price tag in half to $400 on the Rift +Touch bundle last week, but the company’s ‘Summer of Rift’ sale only lasts for six weeks, leaving the question on the table as to exactly how much the VR headset + motion controller bundle would return to once the sale is up. Oculus says: $500.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest becomes 1 year old, and Facebook makes many announcements. The Oculus Quest is now one year old. But the greatest feature is that finally Oculus is accepting hands-tracked applications in the Oculus Store from the 28th of this month! Happy birthday, Oculus Quest!

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JANUARY 8, 2017

Microsoft’s $300 partner headsets were on display (although no one was allowed to actually turn them on) and companies like Intel and Qualcomm were showing off impressive reference designs that could mean big things for the future. Tagged with: community download , discussion , download , facebook , grow , htc , oculus.

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MARCH 18, 2019

The company first opened up Viveport to Oculus Rift in September 2018, having originally only supported the company’s two PC VR headsets at the time, the original Vive and Vive Pro. SEE ALSO OpenXR Standard Ratified, Microsoft, Oculus, & Others to Release First Implementations.

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MARCH 16, 2021

Microsoft announced their new platform Mesh last week to enable better mixed reality experiences across not only AR and VR headsets, but also mobile and desktop. Mesh is built on Microsoft Azure which enables developers to build immersive, multiuser, cross-platform mixed reality applications through an SDK. Spatial Maps?—?Spatial

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

Announced back in October, Oculus is launching the Rift Core 2.0 You can download it and give it a go for yourself by opting in to the Public Test Channel through the Oculus desktop application ( see instructions here ), it may take some time to roll out to everyone. Oculus Home. Image courtesy Oculus.

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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?). (Image from Reddit). The VR ecosystem can end 2021 with a big smile on its face. and if you get your Quest for Christmas…. …

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

Oculus Go price cut down to $150. Facebook has permanently cut down the price of the Oculus Go to $150 , the same price that made it sell incredibly well on Amazon during the Cyber Monday. More info (Oculus Go price cut) More info (Xiaomi laying off the team dedicated to Go). Microsoft admits display problems on HoloLens 2.

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JUNE 12, 2020

Developers can now download a beta version that will let them start integrating OpenXR apps into SteamVR. With today’s news we’re hoping Oculus Store game developers will be getting that prototype sooner rather than later. The company has released what it calls “initial support” for the 1.0.9

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JULY 10, 2018

The game, which will be available on PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, will arrive for download on July 31st, 2018. Those pre-ordering now on PlayStation and Oculus will save $5.00 Players can find the 20% Off Pre-Order Discount of Pixel Ripped 1989 on PlayStation and Oculus Rift for $19.99 USD off the $24.99

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JUNE 20, 2022

The company’s Parent Dashboard will allow people supervising children and young adults to approve app purchases and downloads, block inappropriate apps, and monitor activities on devices, among others, using the Oculus mobile app. ” Zoom, Microsoft Team up for VR Video Conferencing. ”

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VRScout

MAY 13, 2020

Spatial’s virtual collaboration comes to Oculus Quest and a slew of other platforms. I experienced first hand how powerful the platform is at a Microsoft HoloLens 2 launch event last year in NYC. Also in the virtual room was Bri Scully, who was joining us from a different location.

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DECEMBER 29, 2023

This offering could be the key to helping the tech giant preserve its market share, as innovators like Apple , Microsoft, and Magic Leap all increase their focus in the business world. Is Meta Quest for Business the Same as Oculus for Business? Back in 2017, Meta introduced “ Oculus for Business ”.

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JANUARY 23, 2017

By March 1st 2017, every title in the Oculus Store will be assigned through the International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) rating process. The Oculus Store adds to the list of participating storefronts, which includes Google Play, the Nintendo eShop and the Windows Store. Oculus Home is the company’s VR content storefront.

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OCTOBER 17, 2017

Microsoft’s Windows 10 ‘Fall Creators Update’ is available for download today, making the operating system compatible with its line of Windows “Mixed Reality” VR headsets, which coincidentally are arriving on doorsteps and store shelves starting today too. Image courtesy Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Besides that, it is also hiring key figures to make this AR dream a reality : the operating system project will be supervised by Mark Lucovsky, a former Microsoft engineer who co-developed Windows NT. Oculus releases hands tracking SDK, official Link cable for Quest and more. Other relevant news.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

Project Stardust should work with any SteamVR compatible headset and can be played on the Quest using the Oculus Link cable or Virtual Desktop connected to a VR capable PC. Download Project Stardust for free here. Star Trek: Bridge Crew is available on the Oculus Quest and Rift , Playstation 4 , and on Steam for $24.99.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

A fan project developed for the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Windows Mixed Reality Headsets, Duel Monsters VR is a lovingly-crafted VR rendition of the classic manga/anime/gaming series, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Duel Monsters VR is available for download free via Discord. All you need is the heart of the cards… and a PC-based VR headset.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

Oculus revealed its very own VR web browser, Carmel , back at Oculus Connect 3 in October. Oculus also launched the Carmel Starter Kit either for download or viewable online if you’ve got a compatible browser. Oculus is also still working on its React VR framework for building WebVR interfaces too.

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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. A report from Insider states that Microsoft may have canceled its plans for HoloLens 3. It’s basically a monopoly. But there is also bad news to talk about. Some updates on Meta products.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 21, 2019

Original image from Oculus). Oculus Rift and Gear VR have sold 10M units. At the beginning of the week, Jack McCauley, one of the founders of the Oculus startup, had claimed in an interview with CNBC that Facebook VR will never succeed. Of course, he was not only talking about Oculus but about VR in general.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

Amazon’s US store is either the first, or the only retailer currently to offer the Oculus Rift for its Black Friday-reduced price of $350, a $50 discount off the now normal MSRP of $400. 6 free titles, including: Robo Recall, Luckyʼs Tale, Quill, Medium, Dead and Buried, and Toybox (digital downloads). Oculus Sensors (2).

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APRIL 3, 2023

That includes Microsoft Flight Simulator, iRacing, the open beta branch of DCS World, War Thunder (though not with EAC), the Steam version of Bonelab, Hubris, Everslaught, Contractors, The Light Brigade, and A Township Tale. To ensure eye tracking data is passed over Link, enable the setting in the Beta tab of the Oculus PC app.

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JANUARY 4, 2017

Listen or download below to be fully briefed on all of this year’s major expectations/predictions while you drive home from work or enjoy your lunch. What We Know: Microsoft is at the show in a multitude of capacities. Oculus (Facebook). On this week’s episode of our VR news podcast, we discussed CES 2017 at length.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 28, 2023

While still in Italy, I verified that Microsoft Teams, Unity, and Github were accessible from China. But then I started having at another problem: I was downloading stuff at 100Kb/s … and I had to download something like 200MB of data. I started downloading at 20MB/s and in 10 seconds I had all that I needed.

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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. Microsoft releases Azure Remote Rendering. supports VR. 3D artists rejoice!

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

I have already downloaded it and I can’t wait to put my hands on it. Let’s see if this launch is actually happening… More info Microsoft and its troubles with HoloLens According to an article on Business Insider, Microsoft has lost a total of more than $5 billion dollars with the HoloLens project.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

If you have a Vive Focus Plus, go out on Viveport M and download it! 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. But of course, I hope for a full reveal .

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JUNE 28, 2021

The company’s own co-founders, Anand Agarawala and Jinha Lee, have their own impressive pasts including working at Google, MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung. The only other platform that offers a similar interface is Arthur, which requires an app download and an Oculus headset for the consumer suite. Get In and Look Around.

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