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APRIL 12, 2021

See Also: VIVE Hardware Energizes “Best-in-Class” Military Training From Street Smarts VR. The multimedia production team publishes articles, hardware and software reviews, and a podcast. The publication publishes news and reviews of hardware and software, as well as guest articles and insights into XR design.

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MAY 4, 2024

VR hardware has seen some significant developments recently. Trace is a new AR startup founded by three former Magic Leap developers that aims to create location-based AR experiences. After the biggest VR stories? Here's our latest news roundup from the last two weeks. Pavlov released the minor update 30.1

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In fact, with Saudi Arabia still pouring $500 million into companies like Magic Leap as Meta continues to invest in optical AR glasses, the question of whether VR-style headsets with passthrough on them are going to be used outdoors in any significant way is not a forgone conclusion.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 8, 2023

While the concept of phone holders is dead for good in VR, there are a few companies that are trying to bring it to augmented reality, exploiting also the fact that true AR headsets (like Magic Leap 2 ) are very expensive and cost thousands of euros. Not 2x or 3x, but 26x.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Meta plans to fight Apple thanks to the help of LG, a company that has deep expertise in manufacturing hardware and displays. This seems a smart decision to me: Meta needs this kind of partner to be able to improve its hardware manufacturing capabilities, and LG is a solid one. Thanks Nova for the tip!) It’s the end of an era.

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Tech Trends VR

JANUARY 1, 2019

Hardware, too, has evolved significantly this part year, with the long-awaited launch of Magic Leap and the release of the Oculus Go , which means that it is now possible to have untethered, six degrees of freedom experiences in a headset costing under $200.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 24, 2020

Imagine knowing the answer to the question on the tip of your brain the moment you touch your phone. Then there’s Magic Leap. So we need some hardware innovation here too.” Rather than having to pull your phone out of your pocket, enter your passcode, search for some info, consume it and then act on it.

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JUNE 16, 2017

Even Magic Leap showed up to say much and show little. The enterprise-focused hardware strategy is ultimately wrong for AR glasses because this industry will not be segmented by user types. What we mean is that the vast majority of use cases do not require specialized hardware. Has AR reached that tipping point?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

And the price of the wireless add-on is even more suspicious: speaking with a hardware manufacturer, they told me that ONLY THE ANTENNAS of a Wi-Gig connection for VR streaming (like the one of the Vive Pro) costs around $100… so how can the whole wireless streaming device cost just $50?? Tips & Tricks for the Quest 2!

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2022

It also shows that at the moment the idea of subsidizing the cost of the hardware with the software sold in the store is not working, so probably the Quest ecosystem is less healthy than we initially thought. We don’t have images of the headset, but most probably it will be sleek as the controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2019

In this series of articles, I want to talk about my experience there , giving you some highlights about the hardware I tried, the companies I met, etc… I want to let you feel as if you did this VR travel with me. I think that it’s a great piece of hardware: the 3D effect is solid and the colors are very good.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

We have no clue of when it will be released, but if you remember, last week Youtuber Eric For President revealed that some sources of his talk about a September reveal for the “VR hardware we want” from Facebook. Some reviews of VR hardware. If you love technical hardware details about XR devices, I recommend you read this article!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2023

The Quest as a piece of hardware is not new, the pandemic is less relevant, and the economic conditions are not positive, so a decline in sales had to be expected. Saudi Arabia fund gets control of Magic Leap. The hardware is already ok now, but we need compelling content for different kinds of people. More info.

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JANUARY 14, 2017

I ended up at Valve Software running their hardware department, putting the team together that created the HTC Vive. As hardware and software mature, awareness is driven by wonderful things like Pokemon Go. Instead of having to install applications to do this, it’ll be part of the OS and part of the hardware itself.

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MARCH 30, 2024

Missed this week's biggest VR games and hardware stories? With VR hardware, Meta confirmed Quest 3 has higher retention than previous headsets and is reportedly still planning to bring a cheaper Quest 3 to China via Tencent. Magic Leap launched a companion mobile app for capturing third-person MR experiences.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2019

The moment I turned my hand over or closed my fist, the little blue bird would flutter away and move around the room; similar to the Undersea MR experience offered by the Magic Leap One Creator Edition, in which a 3D fish cuddles in the hand of the user. There is also a way to just point your finger to grab and move items.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

At Tilt Five, we designed a really clever system that only works on tabletop experiences but it has features that are just leaps and bounds above what the big Magic Leap or HoloLens type AR systems are. If a family can afford spending the money for 4 Magic Leap Ones, they can play this board game together (Image by Road To VR).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2021

TIP: If you can allocate the budget I would recommend buying 2 display LCD panels and 1 driver board. Originally I was going to make a standalone device which hooked everything up to a Nvidia Jetson Nano that could be worn on your belt (think Magic Leap One). I developed this concept diagram up above over a year ago.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

thanks Alessio for the tip!). Thanks to the control of software and hardware, Apple is far ahead of all the Android systems for what concerns AR , something that many experts (like Robert Scoble) already forecasted years ago. More info (GTC going digital) More info (NVIDIA develops cheap eye-tracking). Apple ARKit 3.5

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Varag: Yes, so Clay's-- we're hardware agnostic. So we feel -- like you said -- this is software that really needs to be optimized for the hardware that it's working on. And then-- Varag: Especially because every maker has got to print hardware make-up, in a sense. So it'll work across all those types you just said. Varag: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Varag: Yes, so Clay's-- we're hardware agnostic. So we feel -- like you said -- this is software that really needs to be optimized for the hardware that it's working on. Varag: Especially because every maker has got to print hardware make-up, in a sense. So it'll work across all those types you just said. It's pretty quick.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 4, 2018

While it’s only been released on the Vive Focus so far, Western audiences may soon have access to Beat Reality and/or similar visualizer apps with the proliferation of MR passthrough cameras on standalone headsets, similar to features we’ve seen on hardware such as Magic Leap One Creator Edition, Oculus Quest and the Lenovo Mirage Solo.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Varag: Yes, so Clay's-- we're hardware agnostic. So we feel -- like you said -- this is software that really needs to be optimized for the hardware that it's working on. Varag: Especially because every maker has got to print hardware make-up, in a sense. So it'll work across all those types you just said. It's pretty quick.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

But you also need to think about the hardware, and that it’s supporting front-facing cameras in AR. Think about the hardware, and think about how do we — from a transmedia point of view — tell that story, and leverage all the different technologies? Hardware sales are growing. So how do you grow the product?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

But you also need to think about the hardware, and that it’s supporting front-facing cameras in AR. Think about the hardware, and think about how do we — from a transmedia point of view — tell that story, and leverage all the different technologies? Hardware sales are growing. So how do you grow the product?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

But you also need to think about the hardware, and that it's supporting front-facing cameras in AR. Think about the hardware, and think about how do we -- from a transmedia point of view -- tell that story, and leverage all the different technologies? Hardware sales are growing. I know they're also selling Magic Leap.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

Google is also hiring high-profile people for it, like Bernard Kress, principal optical architect on Microsoft’s HoloLens team, and Paul Greco, the previous CTO of Magic Leap. Among the many features of this piece of hardware, there is the one that it is able to perform ray tracing. Thanks Marco Giammetti for the tip).

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

I ended up doing trials with the Vive Focus and other hardware. And it was tons of fun, despite all the obvious technical glitches that you face when you're at the tip of the spear. And then from there, we ended up investing in more Vives. We brought in Acer mixed reality headsets, as well.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

The newest Steam Hardware Survey shows how Rift S has now more or less 8% of the market. More info (Steam Hardware Survey) More info (CCS Insights) More info (Strategy Analytics) More info (XRDC Report). Thanks David for the tip). Thanks Eloi for the tip). Oculus is gaining importance among customers and developers.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

I ended up doing trials with the Vive Focus and other hardware. And it was tons of fun, despite all the obvious technical glitches that you face when you're at the tip of the spear. And then from there, we ended up investing in more Vives. We brought in Acer mixed reality headsets, as well.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 12, 2021

Magic Leap One ), your brain kind of accept that you see augmentations only through the lens of the glasses and not in the peripheral vision, and so the limited FOV becomes more acceptable. Notwithstanding all my critics, this is still an amazing piece of hardware. Final Considerations.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The problem however is not innovation development, there is significant investment going into innovation in the emerging technologies space especially as it relates to hardware or software offerings. We at the tipping point of history where we can choose to fear or embrace what is to come the choice is ours. link] Metaverse!

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

It makes sense for Samsung, which is great in manufacturing hardware, to partner with Microsoft , that is doing a good job in creating a platform for XR, to compete with the other companies. Magic Leap rebrands and kills the whale. Apple is entering the XR field, and Facebook is currently dominating the VR market. Learn more.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 28, 2019

So one of the backbones of any hardware product is software. And so it’s a great opportunity to get in the game, to learn about it, and to have your expenses covered for the cost of the hardware and stuff. You guys have been in it from the beginning and grinding it out, because I know what it’s like to build hardware.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 28, 2019

So one of the backbones of any hardware product is software. And so it’s a great opportunity to get in the game, to learn about it, and to have your expenses covered for the cost of the hardware and stuff. You guys have been in it from the beginning and grinding it out, because I know what it’s like to build hardware.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 28, 2019

So one of the backbones of any hardware product is software. And so it's a great opportunity to get in the game, to learn about it, and to have your expenses covered for the cost of the hardware and stuff. I'm saying, "OK, 2025 we'll have some AR glasses that are Magic Leap, Hololens, with all the bells and whistles.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

Considering that Quest has sold at least 3M units now, this means more than $300M of losses from the hardware sales for Facebook. If lawyers start entering the metaverse, we are f *ed… (Thanks Cathy Hackl for this tip). Discover Huawei 6DOF VR glasses devkit. Decamove attracts $350K in its preorder campaign.

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