Road to VR

JANUARY 8, 2019

At CES 2019 this week, Pimax is showing off the production versions of their “8K” and “5K” Plus headsets, their upcoming Knuckles-style controllers, as well as hand-tracking and eye-tracking modules. The Leap Motion module, which attaches to the underside of the headset, can be seen here.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

XTAL is an enterprise headset with incredible specifications, like for instance: 5120 x 1440 display resolution (2560 x 1440 per eye); OLED display Custom non-Fresnel lenses 180° diagonal FOV Spatial 3D sound from a built-in sound card Embedded microphone Embedded eye tracking Auto-IPD adjustment Embedded Leap motion v2 sensor.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2019

Honestly, I find it a smart idea for this moment, but I also think that HTC has to invest more to have more content on Viveport on the long term if it plans to fight with Oculus and its upcoming Quest. This kind of approach is what we developers need for VR.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 1, 2019

This is what the homepage of Oculus website shows now (Image by Oculus). As we were all expecting (also thanks to the amazing speculations of the Best Buy guys on Reddit :D), Oculus has launched both the Oculus Quest and the Rift S during the keynote of the F8 event , that happened at 10AM PT. Oculus For Business.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

This doesn’t look like Oculus Quest” and in the text puts a link to an Imgur album with 4 photos featuring various half-assembled VR headsets. If this will happen, this device will be able to compete with the headsets by Oculus even on the price front and this would be great for competition of the VR ecosystem.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 11, 2022

Hand and eye tracking tools, capable of sensing the movements, gestures, and gaze of a user, can take XR experiences to a new level. For years, the company has been delivering some of the most powerful and accessible XR experiences around, with tools like the Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

Oculus is working on 2nd gen VR. Mark Zuckerberg told that Oculus Quest closed the first generation of VR and so Oculus is now working on its second generation. We don’t know what Oculus will present, but we have some hints. Other relevant news. What’s next is where things really get interesting ”. More info More info.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2021

Think about it as an eye-tracking device that instead of looking into your eyes, reads inside your skull. This means that at the moment you can not use NextMind with the Oculus Quest standalone (you can use it with Quest + Link, of course). NextMind vs Eye Tracking. Damn battery management…).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

And that’s ok, it is still a new technology and it has already made big steps forward (I remember all the computer crashes I had at the Oculus DK 2 times!), Recently I had a big issue with my VR controllers in SteamVR (both with Oculus and Vive) and so I’m writing this post to try to help you in solving it. ASUS AI Suite 3.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Well, with this new chip, headsets will: Have a resolution of 3K per eye ; Have up to 7 cameras used simultaneously (12 in total for the device). Oculus products have gone pretty well during the Black Weekend. But surprisingly, the Quest has not been the most sold device: the winner has been the Oculus Go. Well, here you are!

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2018

Oculus Go launch. We all knew that Oculus Go would have been launched at F8 and this has been the case. And not only online on Oculus website, but also on Amazon and Best Buy supermarkets : before the conference, lots of people started posting on Reddit the pictures of the Go being already inside Best Buy shopping centers.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

No smearing, reduced mura; The lenses have been upgraded, using the ones engineered by Valve for the Index; The audio is conveyed through off-the-ear speakers , like the ones of the Valve Index; Comfort has been improved; There is IPD adjustment; There are now 4 tracking cameras. Oculus Link 2 could be tetherless.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 29, 2022

Oculus (Unity 2019.3 or newer) – Oculus (now Meta) Quest. OpenVR – Windows Mixed Reality headsets, HTC Vive , and Oculus Rift. Ultraleap Hand Tracking – Ultraleap Leap Motion controller. Additionally, there are controls for eye tracking: target selection, navigation, and heat maps.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Right now we’re stuck thinking in terms of head-mounted displays (HMDs), like the Vive or the Oculus. Eye tracking will enable more realistic interactions with both NPCs and human avatars, along with detailed analytics, heatmapping, and privacy concerns. Eye tracking: Fove: Eyefluence: SMI: Bladerunner (film).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

This week has been the week of the Oculus Connect 6 , the biggest yearly event by Oculus where the VR company announces all its most important news, both on hardware and software sides. Oculus Link. You can even access to Oculus Home and Dash. Oculus Link will be available in beta in November 2019.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. And even the Oculus Quest is at $400, and they seem to be the $200 Oculus Go. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously. Dean: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. And even the Oculus Quest is at $400, and they seem to be the $200 Oculus Go. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously. Dean: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

Alan: So I keep coming back to training, but let’s really kind of take a second to unpack the native hand-tracking and finger-tracking; if you’re able to reach out, see your hands, and interact with things in virtual spaces, this is going to literally unlock unlimited potential for training. Alvin: Yes.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

Alan: So I keep coming back to training, but let’s really kind of take a second to unpack the native hand-tracking and finger-tracking; if you’re able to reach out, see your hands, and interact with things in virtual spaces, this is going to literally unlock unlimited potential for training. Alvin: Yes.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here. Well, during 2018, Leap Motion has announced the North Star reference design : a cheap augmented reality connected to PC, that is able to detect your hands very well thanks to Leap Motion’s sensor.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys -- Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. And even the Oculus Quest is at $400, and they seem to be the $200 Oculus Go. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously. well, failing.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. And even the Oculus Quest is at $400, and they seem to be the $200 Oculus Go. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously. Dean: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

But let's get back to hand tracking, because this is a vital part. And I know Oculus Quest just introduced hand tracking. Alan: What's the next step for hand tracking, then? You've got-- you're able to track hands very precisely. But things like midair haptics, with the Ultra Haptics or the Ultra Leap now.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

But let's get back to hand tracking, because this is a vital part. And I know Oculus Quest just introduced hand tracking. Alan: What's the next step for hand tracking, then? You've got-- you're able to track hands very precisely. But things like midair haptics, with the Ultra Haptics or the Ultra Leap now.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

But let's get back to hand tracking, because this is a vital part. And I know Oculus Quest just introduced hand tracking. Alan: What's the next step for hand tracking, then? You've got-- you're able to track hands very precisely. But things like midair haptics, with the Ultra Haptics or the Ultra Leap now.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 29, 2019

You probably have heard about Leap Motion’s Project North Star , that should be able to offer people affordable augmented reality. Notice a Leap Motion sensor installed on top of it. Project North Star is an opensource augmented reality headset that Leap Motion has designed and gifted to the community.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2019

While the Cosmos is tailored at consumers, the just announced Vive Pro Eye is dedicated to enterprise customer s. It is a slightly improved Vive Pro, that features integrated eye tracking offered by Tobii. It will be something similar to the new Oculus Home. Everyone is hyped for the Quest (Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The whole event was all about Facebook creating a parent company called Meta that is going to control all the products that until now were in the Facebook’s family, that is Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Oculus, Portal, and all the rest. Ultraleap releases Gemini hands-tracking runtime.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The interior of the boxes appear well designed and you find the headset and the controllers in studied poses that are a delight for the eyes. I have always praised Oculus for being the company offering the best packaging, but now Oculus has a true competitor. The headset is very elegant and classy.

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