Road to VR

MAY 26, 2020

At a special event in Taipei, Taiwan, HTC cofounder and former CEO Peter Chou today revealed the first products from the new startup XRSPACE. Mova is a standalone VR headset that does away with motion controllers, instead offering optical hand tracking which users will use to navigate UI and interact with others online.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 13, 2021

An apparent leak in HTC’s marketing material has revealed images of the upcoming Vive Flow VR headset ahead of its October 14th unveiling. We haven’t substantiated the images below, although they appear to be authentic given how they match up with the progressive teases HTC has done over the past two weeks.

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VRScout

MAY 11, 2021

During today’s inaugural Vivecon 2021 event, HTC announced not one, but two new VR headsets alongside a new suite of professional tools that promise to change the way we work, create, and play in VR. Image Credit: HTC. HTC VIVE Pro 2. Image Credit: HTC. HTC VIVE FOCUS 3. HTC VIVE FOCUS 3.

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Road to VR

APRIL 20, 2021

An apparently never-before-seen HTC headset won an IF Design Award today, which arrived with multiple photos of what was listed as a consumer headset targeting release in 2021. The fitness-focused headset is just a concept, the company says, but we’re probably going to see many of its design elements in an upcoming HTC headset.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

You will be able to finally buy it in Europe and North America for $599, from the dedicated page on the HTC website. HTC Vive Focus Specs. The Vive Focus is HTC’s standalone headset , the one that the Taiwanese/Chinese company wants to use to start making virtual reality widespread.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2021

One of the first accessories for AR/VR I had the opportunity to work on is the Leap Motion hands tracking controller : I made some cool experiments and prototypes with it and the Oculus Rift DK2. I’ve made my usual video review of the new UltraLeap Gemini runtime , with some cool in-action shots of me using hands-tracking.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

However, there was one thing that was missing, hand tracking. In fact, Intel was already demoing hand tracking this year at CES with their Project Alloy prototype. The fact that the Snapdragon 835 VR platform will support both eye tracking and hand tracking is huge because both of those are natural interfaces.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

HTC Vive Cosmos (Image by HTC). The Vive Cosmos is the latest PC VR headset announced by HTC at CES 2019. HTC has been able to create some hype towards th is device, that has appeared intriguing since the beginning. But if you don’t like inside-out tracking, you can get rid of it. Discover everything with me….

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ARPost

APRIL 8, 2020

Tuesday, April 7, saw VIVE’s second weekly developer live stream, “Build for Tomorrow – VIVE Hand Tracking SDK.”. The talk, presented by HTC’s senior developer Dario Laverde, focused on how developers can integrate hand tracking into their applications. We can do hand tracking.”.

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Road to VR

JUNE 18, 2017

Despite its primary competitor, Oculus, making a major price cut to the Rift & Touch earlier this year, HTC’s Vive headset still sits at a hearty $800. The company’s GM of VR, Daniel O’Brien, tells us why HTC hasn’t cut the cost of their headset in response. Price Point. Price Leader.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2016

The HTC Vive is a miracle of modern engineering. The entire industry owes it a debt of gratitude for what it’s pioneered with room-scale and hand tracked controllers. Sony and Oculus both either already have, or are actively building, reliable pipelines for producing high quality VR content.

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VRScout

JULY 6, 2021

Originally released back in 2016 on PC VR headsets before arriving on Oculus Quest in 2019, Waltz of the Wizard has you casting a variety of unique spells using natural movements designed to immerse you in the game’s dark fantasy world. Image Credit: Aldin. For more information visit here. Feature Image Credit: Aldin.

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Road to VR

MAY 19, 2017

During an interview at the Game Developers Conference at the end of March, head of Oculus’ PC VR division Brendan Iribe stated that the Rift will remain the company’s flagship VR headset for “at least the next two years”. Oculus’ ‘Santa Cruz’ prototype is a standalone VR headset.

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2021

HTC today revealed its latest standalone VR headset, the Vive Focus 3. HTC today also announced the Vive Focus 3, full details here. HTC is going all out with its latest standalone VR headset, seemingly aiming to position the product as the high-end standalone VR headset choice for enterprises. Image courtesy HTC.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

This week, hand-tracking market leader SpectreXR made various strides in innovating in XR input with various partnerships that aim to elevate immersion for XR training applications and user experiences. They’ve built realistic hand interactions for OctoXR that complement Ultraleap’s hand tracking perfectly.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Next week, on September 26th-27th, Oculus will perform its annual showcase event: Oculus Connect , that has now arrived at its 5th edition. The latest event, the OC4 has been full of news and interesting information , both on Oculus products and VR in general and I think that this year won’t be different.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Considering that Facebook is very smart also in leaking misleading info (as it has happened with the “Monterey” headset ), this can also be a move from Menlo Park to create hype for the upcoming Oculus Connect 6 and the AR glasses that will be teased there. The Oculus Connect 6 is coming! HTC has a new CEO: Yves Maitre.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Two years ago, on the eve of consumer VR, we put together a piece laying out options consumers had to get their hands into VR. The devices at the time included: HTC Vive wands that shipped with the Vive headset. Oculus Touch controllers were just announced to ship late in 2016. Xbox gamepads shipped with the Oculus Rift headset.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

Oculus CEO, Brendan Iribe, took the stage at Oculus Connect 3 today to discuss the future of his company and its Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. The Vive uses a system called “room-scale” to grant its users the ability to physically walk around a predetermined space in fully tracked VR.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Today developer Anotherway announced the game’s release date for October 21st on Oculus Quest, and affirmed that a PC VR version will launch later this year. Unplugged , on the other hand, is using hand-tracking in a creative way which promises to finally make your air guitar a reality.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Lynx R-1 features the same Qualcomm XR2 chipset as Oculus Quest 2 and HTC Vive Focus 3, and like those two it’s also based on a heavily modified version of Android. Since it relies on hand tracking, motion controllers aren’t the ‘out-of-the-box’ control method. Optical Hand tracking.

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VRScout

JUNE 6, 2021

In this Oculus launchpad title, humanity has retreated underground and mutated into long-necked creatures in desperate need of a good trim. Bizarre Barber is available now on SteamVR , Viveport , and Oculus Rift. Trust me, it’s much more fun than it sounds, albeit slightly traumatizing at times. Miniature Beat Saber.

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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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Road to VR

APRIL 4, 2018

Even then, with SteamVR Tracking 2.0 HTC impressed us with its debut headset, the Vive, back in 2016. So when HTC launches a new headset two years later and asks for more than twice the price (including base stations and controllers), you could be forgiven for expecting it to feel like a next-generation device.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Hand-tracking is on the rise in the XR market. In the last couple of years, several emerging high quality and precise hand-tracking technologies were introduced to the market. VRfree is a solid device including precise and scalable hand tracking data. without any other 3rd party tracking device.

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VRScout

JANUARY 2, 2022

VR has come a long way since the launch of the Oculus DK1 in 2013. The standalone VR headset, developed by Meta (formerly Facebook), was one of, if not the hottest item of the holiday season, with the Oculus companion app becoming the #1 download on the Apple App Store.

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ARPost

JANUARY 3, 2022

This tool showcases the benefits of webVR and allows you to: Create 3D paintings using hand-tracked motion; Drag and drop objects to add to your artwork; Select one of the 30+ brushes available; Share your work with others; Collaborate with your friends and paint over their creations. Quill is available for free for Oculus.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 18, 2019

With HTC recently launching Vive Cosmos, which relies on always-on cameras during use, we reached out to the company to learn more about what data is captured by the cameras and how it’s used. This is similar to other headsets like Rift S and Quest; we also requested a breakdown from Oculus on the camera privacy on those headsets.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

We can only speculate at this point how good both the eye and hand-tracking are (so we won’t). ” In the following months since CES, Pimax has also integrated Valve’s Lighthouse positional tracking to go along with its own optically-tracked system, making it one of the first headsets outside of HTC to do so. .”

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VRScout

AUGUST 23, 2020

on Oculus Rift , Oculus Quest , and Steam VR , this hyper-realistic DJ simulator offers you the chance to upload and mix your personal music collection using a virtual deck that mimics the setup used in nightclubs around the world. Hand tracking technology then allows you to tickle ivories exactly how you would in real life.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

While hardware advancements such as the HTC Vive Pro and Oculus Rift have solidified at-home VR as a viable option, those looking for next-level immersion will still find the most success with location-based VR installations. Of course we can’t talk about standalone VR without bringing up the HTC Vive Focus. LOCATION-BASED VR.

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ARPost

MARCH 26, 2020

All last week Oculus announced their VR news through the Facebook Game Developers Showcase. Now it looks like HTC and VIVE are doing something similar. If you followed Facebook’s GDS, whether with Facebook, with us, or with someone else, you may be wondering why HTC has elected to live stream content. What They Have Planned.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Google Earth VR also isn’t multiplayer and is only available on PC VR, such as HTC Vive. Realworld will conversely play on the more accessible Oculus Quest 2. It also utilizes Quest 2’s hand tracking for input, which offers greater agency and immersion.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

To make you understand how these features are incredible, Qualcomm has stated that “the [XR2] reference design has 2x the CPU and GPU performance, 4x more video bandwidth, 6x higher resolution and 11x AI improvement compared to our current widely adopted XR platform [the Oculus Quest ]”. base stations and a 20m fiber cable.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 5, 2019

The Vive Cosmos signals a bright future for HTC, but at $699, will people buy it? HTC’s latest VR headset, the Cosmos is officially available for purchase and at $699 the headset doesn’t come cheap, but it does come with some much-needed improvements. Design was a priority for HTC when it came to the Cosmos. Calling it now.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 19, 2020

Yesterday, I attended the Vive Ecosystem Conference, the annual event by HTC, that his year was held completely inside ENGAGE. The first major company to have the courage to take its whole event fully in Virtual Reality has been HTC, that has held yesterday its annual VEC event completely inside the ENGAGE platform.

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Road to VR

APRIL 27, 2017

The product is described as the “first affordable force feedback gloves” that feature “total hand tracking, full force feedback, and pressure sensitivity”. The next tier at $350 is limited to 200 sets, followed by a ‘Kickstarter special’ price at $400, with the final retail price expected to be $580. VRgluv Kickstarter.

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