XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 9, 2022

Meta’s App Lab will host the First Hand demo for developers to create their own games and creative content, inspired by Oculus First Contact’s six degrees of freedom (6DoF) Touch controller features. Modular systems for adjusting hand-tracking functions such as pose recognition and velocity tracking.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

When the UK-based VR studio, Rewind, asked me if I wanted to come and see a demo of its eye-tracking tech demo for the upcoming FOVE 0 headset, I was intrigued. Project Falcon , as this new demo is called, is an on-rails first-person shooter that uses eye-tracking as an aiming system for noisy machine guns and explosive rockets.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. That is if every company implemented OpenXR, a program built for the Oculus should work with SteamVR as well. Image by Oculus).

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The company offers access to one of the most affordable and flexible VR headsets on the market in the form of the Oculus Quest, allowing all businesses, large or small to explore virtual reality. Meta recently announced the arrival of a popular architectural tool “ Unity Reflect ” in the Meta Quest environment for 2022.

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JANUARY 3, 2017

While tech giants continue to invest in and acquire eye-tracking firms like Eye Tribe , BinaryVR is pushing on with its facial tracking solution for VR. Developer kits cost $349 and also come with a Unity plugin SDK. Tagged with: binaryvr , Facial tracking , htc vive , oculus rift.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

The headset should be operated through the use of hand tracking and eye tracking , exactly like the Vision Pro. Then the Vision Pro beta for the Unity game engine has not been distributed yet, so many Unity developers can’t build applications for the Vision Pro, yet. The startup just raised $1.6

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Image by Oculus, from Road To VR). John Carmack leaves Oculus. In a surprise move that no one was expecting, the god of programming John Carmack has decided to leave Oculus. More info (John Carmack leaves Oculus) More info (Carmack stating he’s not satisfied with VR pace) More info (Damo9000’s sarcasm on the news).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The Vive Focus was most probably the best VR standalone on the market when Oculus last week announced what will be the first consumer 6DOF VR standalone headset. And so here we are again: Oculus vs HTC, America vs China, Hugo Barra vs Alvin Wang Graylin. And now the battle is on standalone headsets: Oculus Quest vs Vive Focus.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2018

When I wrote my post about CES 2018 , I briefly talked about a headset called LooxidVR, able to “read the emotions” of the user by employing a combination of EEG sensors and eye tracking. LooxidVR enables them to collect the user’s eye and brain data simultaneously during a VR experience. What is Looxid Labs?

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AR Insider

APRIL 12, 2021

Some new additions to the headset are features such as pupil and eye tracking, heart rate, and facial tracking with an extra mounted unit. The Unity Cube is an experiment from developer Tony “SkarredGhost” Vitillo to test the limits of what Oculus will allow into the App Lab program.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

There was (and still is) quite a good hype for these headsets, exactly as there was hype for what was Oculus Santa Cruz, the codename of the Oculus Quest. The Unity Beta to develop for the Vision Pro is still not available, so many devs like me can’t even play with the emulator. Let me tell you why. Not an easy task.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Because of this, this device has no way to compete with the Quest 3 on the consumer side, but the above features may still make it compelling for some categories : for instance, the better support of hands tracking, eye tracking, and lossless connection to PC may make it very interesting for people that spend their time on VRChat on PC.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 13, 2022

For years, the company has been helping brands to unlock next-level promotional opportunities with AR ad campaign creation, and Oculus experiences. The Unity real-time development platform has become one of the industry-standard choices for the creation of powerful XR experiences over the years.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

The same luck has not happened to employees at Niantic at Unity. Unity, instead, is firing 4% of its employees, and this may seem weird considering that in the last months it has proceeded to hundred-millions-dollars acquisitions. PSVR 2 will have eye-tracking from Tobii and maybe a detachable cable. Other relevant news.

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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. Top news of the week. Facebook announces Wi-Fi streaming and Resident Evil 4 for Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

This week has mostly been in the sign of Oculus, with many news and updates from the brand controlled by Facebook. Before leaving you to the best news of the week, I would like to highlight two notable things about my work: My crazy trolling game “The Unity Cube” has been featured in a video by Upload VR! Top news of the week.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2022

Last Thursday, Microsoft debuted version three of its Mixed Reality (MR) toolkit (MRTK3) for use in Unity Technologies’ real-time 3D (RT3D) animation engine. Devices supported by Microsoft include the Meta Quest, Windows Mixed Reality, SteamVR, and Oculus Rift. Windows Dev Docs (@WindowsDocs) June 8, 2022.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

With $2 million raised Lynx is still very much in the early startup stage; while this amount is just a drop in the bucket compared to the resources of XR incumbents, it’s a starting point similar to Oculus which got its start after raising $2.4 million on Kickstarter back in 2012. Image courtesy Lnyx.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Pico Neo 3 Pro, and its sibling Pico Neo 3 Pro Eye (featuring eye-tracking), are the latest enterprise headsets by Pico. The tracking is solid, reliable, and accurate. I tried to move fast my head and my hands and the tracking never failed and never drifted. The tracking of the controllers is rock solid.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

Oculus has also partnered with Virtuclear to offer prescription lenses for the Quest 2 for $80. All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated. You can now use consumer devices inside Oculus For Business.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 22, 2020

I so asked some questions on Twitter to some people from the social media corporate and Chris Pruett , Director of Content Ecosystem at Oculus, has been so kind as to answer them. In case you were in vacations and you lost contact with VR this week, you may have lost the announcement of the new Facebook account policy for Oculus devices.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

Last year, it was still called Oculus Gaming Showcase, and it featured important updates on games like Pistol Whip, The Climb 2, I Expect You To Die 2, and Resident Evil 4 VR. Ruth Bram, Executive Producer at Oculus Studios, will be the host of the show. Pico Neo 3 , Vive Focus 3 , Oculus Quest 2 ) only offer Wi-Fi connectivity.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

References found in the Oculus Quest 2 firmware by users Reggy04 and Basti564 highlight how the Quest 2 Pro should have: Eyes tracking Facial expressions tracking Eye relief knob Granular IPD adjustment External charging station. Top news of the week. Image by Facebook). Yes, you’ve read everything well.

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 31, 2023

The programme promotes collaboration between HTC VIVE and independent software vendors (ISVs) like SpectreXR to scale AR/VR/MR and its integrated technology stacks for enterprise clients – including technology such as hand tracking, eye tracking, and metaverse services. via Untiy’s Asset Store.

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

Quest’s ‘Body Tracking’ API isn’t what it looks and sounds like. Body Tracking API was released on Thursday as part of Movement SDK, which also includes Eye Tracking API and Face Tracking API for Quest Pro. These equations power all full-body VR avatars in apps today.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

Me wearing the Oculus Quest. On the other side, PC gamers are appreciating the high-quality Valve Index (even if it has some reliability issues ), and casual gamers are loving the Oculus Quest. This year, I’m not going to make an exception, also because my predictions for 2019 performed pretty well.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Like HTC VIVE, Magic Leap also supports a vast developer community, with access to various tools capable of integrating with Unity technology for spatial sound. There’s a “Soundfield Audio” solution for Unity users which allows for the creation of powerful AR experiences within the Magic Leap headset, equipped with spatial sound technology.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 31, 2022

The headset won’t come in two sizes, but in a single one, because the eye box of the lenses is big enough to accommodate for different positions of the eyes in the users. To be exact, the eye box is twice as large as the one in Magic Leap One. Meta abandons the Oculus name on Twitter. Image by Unity). Upload VR).

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2018

Magic Leap has launched the SDK for the device’s Lumin OS , with support for Unity and Unreal engines. Epic Games have detailed Unreal Engine’s support for the Magic Leap One Creator Edition on their blog, which confirms some significant hardware features of the device, including eye tracking, hand tracking, and room scanning.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

PC Quest Link Improvements Just over two months after Valve released the Steam Link for Quest app, Meta is making improvements to its own first-party Quest Link (previously Oculus Link) and Air Link feature for the first time in years. The Oculus PC app was recently renamed Meta Quest Link.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Oculus devices will require a Facebook login. The enormous piece of news of the week is tha t Facebook has communicated that from October, 20th, all people that want to use an Oculus device for personal use will have to use their personal Facebook account to log in. Top news of the week. Image by Tweakanalogy). The same on Twitter.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The French startup headed by Stan Larroque is developing passthrough AR glasses with eye-tracking and hands tracking that can offer a new paradigm to augmented reality. Oculus is selling refurbished Quest for $199. Talking about AR glasses and smart startups producing them, another cool company to talk about is Lynx.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 11, 2020

This is a cool video of me unboxing the Nreal Light Devkit: I have to say that I loved unboxing this headset : while Nreal has not reached the mastery of packaging that Oculus has, it has done a great job: the external box is in a very elegant silver color, and the case of the glasses is small and beautiful.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2022

Its latest headset, the Pico Neo 3 , was a very good Oculus Quest 2 clone , that also brought some innovations, like the DP Cable to connect it to the PC for a true PCVR experience. And for these reasons, Pico has been bought by Bytedance in 2021 … a move that many compared to the acquisition of Oculus by Facebook.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

Yes, the biggest companies were not there with a booth (Oculus will probably target the OC6, HTC the VEC, etc…), but it is the first time that I read the XR news from CES and I dont’ remain surprised. I guess nReal will experiment with eye-tracking for a new version of the headset, maybe targeted at the enterprise market.

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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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