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The XR Week Peek (2022.12.19): Carmack leaves Meta, HTC teases its headset, and more!

The Ghost Howls

HTC to reveal its headset at CES. After many weeks of teasing, HTC is finally ready to unveil its new headset at CES. I expect the usual HTC headset, with technical innovations, but a price that doesn’t make it compelling for users. More info (HTC’s new headset — Road To VR) More info (HTC’s new headset — Upload VR).

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HTC Announces Layoffs Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Road to VR

HTC has confirmed that it’s laying off staff in order to streamline its business amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. An HTC spokesperson confirmed this with Road to VR, citing a direct impact of the coronavirus pandemic. However, HTC remains under tremendous pressure,” the HTC spokesperson told Road to VR.

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Vive Cosmos Rated Least Accurate Among Top Headsets in Controller Tracking Test

Road to VR

A research and engineering group called the Virtual Dimension Center (VDC) in Fellbach, Germany conducted a study recently that reveals just how accurate some of the top VR headset’s are when it comes to tracking their respective motion controllers. HTC Vive Cosmos lags behind by a wide margin with its 2-3 mm deviation.

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Google’s Tilt Brush Is Going Places You (and Google) Might Not Expect

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Tucked away in a corner of the internet is a YouTube user who immediately stood out like a blazing sun to me for two reasons: He was posting HTC Vive Tilt Brush content. John Sterling McGregor is a student learning calculus and he’s learning it using Tilt Brush in VR with the HTC Vive. Tilt Brush (Google). me, just now.

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Baby Shark VR & AR Experiences Keep Families Entertained & Educated Under Lockdown

VRScout

Since 2015, Smart Study’s Pinkfong has continued to expand its brand through toys, games, books, and various other innovative collaborations. Collectively the Pinkfong YouTube channels have garnered over 27 billion views and more than 53 million followers , becoming one of the hottest child-friendly entertainment platforms in the world.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.01.04): New Year’s Eve parties go virtual, Tundra to offer a Vive Tracker competitor, and more!

The Ghost Howls

One of the smartest ideas ever had by HTC has been the invention of the Vive Tracker: a little puck that you can attach to an object so that to track it inside virtual reality. The Tracker is good, but since HTC has never had competition in the field, i t has always been the same since the launch year. More info.

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Lenovo Mirage Solo review: should you buy it?

The Ghost Howls

” review of standalone headsets (you can find in other posts the ones related to Oculus Go and HTC Vive Focus ). it is bigger than the Oculus Go but smaller than the massive HTC Vive Focus. What I really appreciated have been the lenses : I think that Google here used all its expertise on the field. Then, keep reading.

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