The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2020

It consists of you using just an Oculus account (even a new developer one) without an associated Facebook account and using an old version of the Oculus companion app on your phone that sees your Quest 2 as an old plain Quest. Virtual Reality may affect the own perception of gender. But for now, it is free real estate.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 5, 2021

Since its launch in 2019 Oculus Quest has represented a major shift in Facebook’s VR strategy by moving away from the PC. Hand-tracking. Hand-tracking first came to the original Quest in late 2019, offering users and developers a controllerless option for input on the headset. Oculus Link & Air Link.

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Road to VR

APRIL 3, 2019

Oculus is today launching their ‘Expressive Avatars’ update on Rift and mobile VR; it’s a significant step up in realism thanks to a few additions including cleverly simulated eye models, lipsync, and even microexpressions. Oculus previously used eye wear to avoid off-putting stares, Image courtesy Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2024

Thanks to this, while you are in Unity, with the Quest connected via USB to the PC, you can press Play to test the application locally with full access to passthrough stream, hand tracking data, and scene data. The virtual environment with the room floating over it. the sofa, the desk, the window in your room).

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Road to VR

APRIL 6, 2021

This time it’s designed for ease of use; it’s wireless and is compatible with standalone VR headsets like the Oculus Quest, Pico Neo, and Vive Focus. This is made possible with the company’s trifecta of touch: force-feedback, vibrotactile feedback, and motion tracking. Motion Tracking.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 31, 2024

Woosung explained that during this period, Skonec “gained extensive know-how in virtual environment optimization and UX design tailored specifically for VR.” However, it could be argued that this has always been the case for industry veterans and enthusiasts—from Google Glass to Samsung VR and the original Oculus models.

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Road to VR

JULY 15, 2017

Theme parks have been eager to add virtual reality rides to their list of attractions, but the majority of experiences are repurposed existing roller coasters, essentially offering the same ride but with a virtual environment to look at. image courtesy Holovis.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

If you have an Oculus Quest, there’s even a piano tutorial app available on SideQuest called VRTuos. It uses hand tracking and a real piano to teach you to play songs. Waves’ are live, interactive, and social concerts in a virtual environment where you’re able to connect with the artist and other fans in an immersive way.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2019

At Disney D23, people got the first preview of Vader Immortal 2, the sequel of the very successful game for Oculus Quest. More info (Vader Immortal 2 description) More info (Vader Immortal 2 hands-on session). Image by Oculus). But honestly, I think this is bad news for Oculus. Other relevant news.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 19, 2023

We’re already seeing Meta and Apple come out with mixed reality emulation tools of their own, letting developers test their apps in a simulated virtual environment, even without a headset. Luckily the answer to that is: probably not. These tools are likely to only get better and more robust in time.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 31, 2023

Virtual reality (VR) headsets are on a constant uphill trajectory which sees the hardware’s landscape evolve rapidly with new components, integrated software, and use cases. Consumer-facing products are much more mature than the enterprise category, thanks to popular headset providers such as Oculus [Meta].

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ARPost

OCTOBER 5, 2020

A version will also be created that uses more sophisticated hand tracking and gesture controls rather than a physical book. Facebook didn’t have any announcements of their own, having just had Connect just a few weeks earlier, but the Oculus owners could have been a subtopic to themselves. A Watch Call From Lenovo.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 10, 2016

Anthony Steed is a professor in the Virtual Environments and Computer Graphics group in the Department of Computer Science, University College London. See Also: Oculus Shares 5 Key Ingredients for Presence in Virtual Reality. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST. — KentBye Voices of VR (@kentbye) March 23, 2015.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 12, 2019

The Dexmo force-feedback glove is an exoskeleton that you wear to have true fingers presence in any virtual environment. It can be used both with a standard screen or an AR/VR headset, but I think that virtual reality is where this device really shines. What is incredible is that the glove can work with WHATEVER tracking system.

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Peter Graham

JULY 15, 2019

VSDK is a Unity-based solution for developers looking to create naturalistic user interactions whilst supporting a wide variety of headsets (HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Oculus Quest) and peripherals (bHaptics TactSuit, Leap Motion, and ManusVR gloves.).

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VRScout

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Quest hand tracking is perfect for slower experiences with light interaction. During Oculus Connect 6 in San Jose, CA, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled that the Oculus Quest would allow for hand and finger tracking without the need of any hand controllers, and of course, I couldn’t wait to try it.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

VR has the power to transform our lives and connect us in new ways, while hand tracking lets you reach beyond the digital divide and take control. Much like our UI Widgets , it’s a set of interface elements – switch, lever and potentiometer – that can be embedded in any virtual environment. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 6, 2015

My first major project was Battleship VR , which was intended to investigate UI interaction with finger tracking. It can still be found on Oculus Share, although it’s quite old now. I’ve also built a couple of smaller proof-of-concept pieces that people may have seen on the leapmotion or oculus subreddits.

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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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The Ghost Howls

JULY 27, 2020

The Oculus Quest 2 has been leaked. The famous leaker WalkingCat did it again, leaking this time a new model of the Oculus Quest , in the beginning with some renders, and then with true pictures of a pre-production device (that had been originally shared by redditor CallThePlumber). Top news of the week. Image by WalkingCat).

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VRScout

DECEMBER 6, 2018

To test the feature, the team used an Oculus Rift CV1 for display and a Leap Motion was applied for hand tracking. The virtual environment was developed in the Unity game engine, and the native physics engine of Unity was used to drive the physics-based simulation of the Force Push interface.

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Upload VR

MAY 23, 2023

Four years ago this week, Oculus Quest started shipping and changed VR forever. Before Quest , the only way to get a consumer VR setup with positional tracking and tracked controllers was through a gaming PC or PlayStation 4. Soon after, you could even use this instead of a fully virtual environment.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

Since the Oculus Kickstarter in 2012, VR has seen a revival on the big screen as it becomes a more affordable and accessible consumer device. Head mounted display: With expansion to at home devices came the transition away from an arcade cabinet to setups a little closer to what you’ll see coming from the Big Three (Oculus, HTC, and Sony).

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Tech Trends VR

DECEMBER 27, 2018

To test the feature, the team used an Oculus Rift CV1 for display and a Leap Motion was applied for hand tracking. The virtual environment was developed in the Unity game engine, and the native physics engine of Unity was used to drive the physics-based simulation of the Force Push interface.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Meta Quest 3 (left) and Apple Vision Pro (right) We once asked Oculus executive Jason Rubin whether his company was considering a tethered compute model. Apple Vision Pro on the other hand has occlusion in two distinct forms. The main form is hand and arm occlusion. He's what he said: "That’s a model we’ve definitely explored.

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VR Geeks

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

It’s the kind of thing that throws you out of your experience if you’re not paying attention, but even if you are, avoiding it entirely requires being aware of dull interface components that have been removed from the virtual environment. I had no problems with the experience since I don’t get motion sickness in VR.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Four years after the original Oculus Quest headset arrived, the Meta Quest platform offers an impressive range of experiences that caters to all interests. We played on Oculus Quest 2, but it’s crossplay between Quest 1, Quest 2, and PC VR headsets with cross-buy on Rift and Quest. Looking for the best free Quest games and apps?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Oculus Quest 2. The biggest announcement of the event has been for sure the Oculus Quest 2, that Facebook has not only revealed but also launched. Oculus Quest 2 is a great piece of technology. Then Oculus will move the whole experience to 90Hz. The magic of the Oculus Quest 2 (Image by Facebook). Specifications.

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Tech Trends VR

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The Oculus Quest was a hit. At this year’s year’s E3 conference, Facebook’s Vice President of Special Gaming Strategies Jason Rubin told audiences that the Oculus Quest was seeing “console-like” engagement from users, selling $5 million worth of content in first 2 weeks since the device started shipping back in May.

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