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?). Many Rift users reported problems in using the Oculus Store on PC this week , in particular in downloading games.

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Road to VR

APRIL 28, 2020

Realities.io , the team behind the photogrammetry-based VR experience Realities (2016) , today released a prototype version of their latest creation, a 3D VR jigsaw puzzle game for Oculus Quest called Puzzling Places. One day, due to a Unity import error, the pieces of a scanned environment were scrambled around the scene.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Disney has some form of VR content on the way to the Oculus Rift and Gear VR before the end of the year, but this new project from the company’s Research division looks like something else entirely. A haptic playback and authoring plugin for Unity allows filmmakers to tailor feedback to their experience.

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Road to VR

APRIL 18, 2018

Serenity, the firefly-class spaceship from cult TV show Firefly (2002) and film Serenity (2005), is now full explorable in VR. With many years in the making, Unity developer and 3D environmental artist Kaveh Tabar’s Serenity VR fan project is finally here. According to Tabar, “any HMD with SteamVR support should work.”

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Even worse, Unity has lost -30% of its stock value. These huge losses have a similar origin to Meta’s ones: Apple’s new privacy policy on the stores has impacted the earnings through Unity ads. Unity is a very important company for many AR/VR creators, so this is not a good piece of news. Lenovo to launch a new MR headset.

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VRScout

JULY 9, 2019

There, players could step into an interactive VR experience based on the popular game show ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ and compete in a game of “CarPong” for the chance at winning some sweet prizes, including Insta360 cameras, t-shirts, even a few Oculus Quest’s. So, I taught myself Unity late at night after my son and wife went to bed.

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Road to VR

APRIL 11, 2017

The Spiraloid Workshop Company (headed by Bay Raitt, former Valve employee, and known as the creator of the facial animation system for the character Gollum in Lord of the Rings ) has created the VR comic Nanite Fulcrum , which the company calls a ‘3D Holographic Novel’ that is part comic, part mini game, and designed for Oculus Rift and Touch.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

This year’s Venice Expanded set out to do just that, scouring the metaverse for the most exciting and important works; a Hadron Collider of film, gaming, and social experiences, brought together in a single festival. The layout and logistics for the festival are enough to make any Unity developer break out in a cold sweat.

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VRScout

APRIL 29, 2019

Catching up with VR director and two-time Oculus Launch Pad recipient Kiira Benzing. So when I finally got an Oculus Rift DK2, I jumped in and started going to every meetup that was happening in New York. ”. I think it’s something unique that we can do in VR storytelling that, in other mediums like film, we cannot do easily. ”.

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ARPost

JULY 29, 2022

It can be used for any type of virtual meetings, including discussing projects with work colleagues, watching films and TV series, and playing games. It works on the following platforms and devices: Oculus Quest; Oculus Rift S; Valve Index’. You can create your own world using the Unity SDK. Windows Mixed Reality; Vive.

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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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Road to VR

JANUARY 18, 2018

Initially shown at VRX Networks kiosks across the US and UK in tandem with the release of the 2017 franchise reboot film starring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, the app actually went live on Steam yesterday for a few hours before being pulled for no discernible reason.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Tony Parisi , Global Head of VR/AR at Unity Technologies. LIFE VR, Unity, Unreal Engine, VRC and DTS (an Xperi company). thelotstudios #filming #hollywood #studio #weho #summer. Discount tickets are available for Oculus Connect 4 attendees, all entertainment guild members, students (with ID), and seniors (62+).

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OCTOBER 20, 2016

The very first Vision VR/AR Summit was home to keynote addresses from established leaders in the emerging industries, leaders such as Gabe Newell of SteamVR, Palmer Luckey of Oculus, and Dr. Richard Marks of PlayStation VR. Best Film / Interactive Story. Technical Achievement Award. Artistic Achievement Award. Best VR Experience.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Originally started in 2015 as a traveling VR film festival spanning 10 cities in North America, Kaleidoscope has really come into its own this year. Now the team that has been showcasing independent VR projects and hosting events around the world is kicking off a new program to support creators in collaboration with Oculus.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Downloaded just over 85,000 times, in 2017 it was nominated for the ‘Best Narrative VR’ and ‘Narrative Achievement Award’ at Unity VR/AR Vision Summit and was featured at the Sundance Film Festival by HTC.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 30, 2021

Venice VR Expanded, the VR section of the Venice Film Festival, opens to the public online on Tuesday, September 1st, and will run through the 19th of September. After the free September 9th update, the VR game will expand to allow 2 players wearing Oculus Quest 2 VR Headsets to freely roam in 100 square feet of shared playspace.

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ARPost

MARCH 26, 2020

All last week Oculus announced their VR news through the Facebook Game Developers Showcase. After all, Facebook’s GDS used already-filmed content and it went great. See Also: VR Headset Comparison of Vive Cosmos vs. Oculus Rift S. Another difference between VIVE’s digital GDC offering and that of Oculus is a surprise.

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Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2017

The company says Metal 2 will also support Unity, Unreal Engine and the Steam VR SDK, making Apple’s new operating system a true VR-native. The new external GPU dev kit, available today, is coming with a VR-capable AMD Radeon RX 580, which is somewhere between an NVIDIA GTX 1060 and 1070 in function. image courtesy TIME.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

Valve Index and Oculus Quest were on sale again. This week the Valve Index and the Oculus Quest have been put back in stock. Oculus and Valve have probably taken out all the devices they had in the warehouses so that to ship them before Half-Life: Alyx and the sale has been a big success. Image by Oculus). This is so sad.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2020

There are lots of tests that must be done on VRChat to see what is feasible because in VRChat you can develop using Unity, but you can’t write C# scripts and this kills completely lots of possibilities for us developers. Also involved in the project are tech startups such as SoWhen? You should see it.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2017

As for resolution, the company maintains the screen door effect (SDE) is diminished with the headset’s dual 1440×1600@90 Hz LCD displays, a 70 percent increase in pixels over consumer devices like Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Supported by all major game engines including Unity, Unreal and more. image courtesy Sensics.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

These are the days of the Venice Film Festival, one of the most important movie festivals in the world. While you have no possibility of using C# in VRChat, you have still 100% of Unity power in the Editor. Unity editor scripts are very useful to produce some automation for you. Venice VR Expanded.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Despite being part of the OZO brand, the SDK works with any VR video content, not just that filmed with Nokia’s OZO VR camera. We introduced [the OZO Player SDK] available for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Gear VR, Google Daydream, and Cardboard (iOS and Android),” Sayed told Road to VR.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2016

You can now register to attend Oculus’ 3rd ‘Connect’ conference, an event dedicated to all things Oculus from Rift to Touch and is focused primarily on developers and VR development. Photo courtesy Oculus VR, LLC. Explore the endless possibilities for VR across 360 video, film, art, and education.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The moment this tall, gangly young man appeared before me inside an Oculus Rift VR headset I could feel melancholy pouring out from every pixel of his black and white frame. We got to meet some of the studio’s staff and try the experience for ourselves at a Unity press event in San Francisco. Hue is very sad.

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

Also announced was the judging panel that includes virtual reality experts such as Josh Naylor of Unity Technologies, Jenn Duong of Shiift, and CEO of Spiral Media Megan Gaiser. Oculus – Rift. Oculus – Touch. Nominees for Interactive VR Media/Film of the Year. The complete list of judges can be found here.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2016

That joy finally comes to the Oculus platform with Medium. Medium is a free program that works with the upcoming Oculus Touch motion controls in which you can sculpt art. Created by Oculus, it allows you to create objects big and small, sculpting and coloring digital clay into whatever forms you desire.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Developers are coming up with creative uses of Oculus Quest hands tracking. Oculus Quest hands tracking is being a success among developers. Since hands-tracking is being so successful, Oculus has made two things to help developers. PSVR game Ghost Giant has come to Oculus Quest on February, 20th. It is very interesting.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

I had a chance to walk the showroom floor of VRLA 2017 with Root where he took me on a guided tour through the history of VRLA, his thoughts on AR, using VR for film production, the future of privacy in AR/VR, as well as why he is interested in seeing where eSports in VR is headed. VRLA is happening this year on May 4th and 5th.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

I’m honestly not that convinced by this feature , having seen similar features for PCVR headsets (Oculus Rift Home, SteamVR Home) never gaining ground, but maybe with Quest will be different. Tribeca Film Festival is going to happen also in VR. You may end up working with me and my cool and crazy team!

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Audiences can choose how they want to experience the story: as an active participant in VR, or as a film goer, where they can simply sit back and let the story wash over them. We could not simply slap a post process on the images like you might do in a 2D film, because the world must look great and consistent from any angle or distance.

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DECEMBER 9, 2022

The flexible Oculus environment has already become the platform for a range of virtual museum, gallery and concert experiences hosted around the globe. Meta’s Oculus team have already partnered with leading companies like Sony Music to give fans an immersive way to explore music videos and unique content.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

We talked Unity, open standards, the metaverse, and more, but the general thread pointed to OTOY as one of THE pivotal companies in the VR space. The Big Unity Announcement. At Unity 3D’s conference in L.A. last week, OTOY announced their technology would be natively integrated into the Unity engine. What is OTOY?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 18, 2018

On one hand, they are able to distribute their content cross platforms (including Oculus Go , Oculus Rift, Gear VR , Steam VR, HTC Vive, MIVR, Android, iOS etc) just with one single click on VeeR; on the other hand, we have developed the free web-based interactive experience creation tool VeeR Experience back in August 2018.

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ARVR

JUNE 17, 2020

The anxiety coming from this question is one of the reasons why I jump into learning Unity 3D and C# instead of learning Javascript. And after taking basic Oculus Quest development course, learning about WebXR, and trying new titles on SideQuest, I thought through this question again with a bigger picture in mind.

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VRScout

MAY 3, 2017

Demonstrated live on-stage during the Unity Vision Summit, you can already try it out for yourself in the Unity 2017 beta. If you already have an Oculus Rift and Touch controllers, you can join the early open beta and dial in your parents via Facebook Messenger. TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL LOVES VR.

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