The Ghost Howls

JUNE 8, 2019

As soon as my Oculus Quest arrived, I immediately started playing with it and have fun with Beat Saber, Robo Recall, Creed and all the other titles. But then, as a developer, I felt the urge to understand how to develop my applications in Unity for the Oculus Quest. Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Today I’ve played around with Oculus Quest , trying to hack it a bit via command-line tools (ADB), hoping to activate some cool features. Oculus Go was codenamed “Pacific”, instead. Oculus Assistant. I’ve made some interesting discoveries, and of course, I want to share them with you, the VR community!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 31, 2020

Last week, Oculus has distributed a very interesting v15 Runtime update for the Oculus Quest , bringing with it some very interesting features like: Multiwindow Browser A complete overhaul of the Home Menu UI Fast-activated passthrough. Oculus Quest v15 features how-to & review – Video.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2020

How to view your 3D scene in VR in Blender – Video. Here you are my usual video tutorial where I explain to you how to activate the VR view feature in Blender, with what devices it works and how it performs in action. Refer to the guide below for Mixed Reality headsets. Oculus Rift. Prerequisites.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 5, 2020

Some months ago I published a guide for all Unity developers on how to request Android permissions for the Vive Focus Plus, because it took me a while to sort out how to do it to access the camera stream to do augmented reality on that headset. How to obtain permissions for Oculus Quest in Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Today I publish a very specific post to help Oculus developers in a particular situation I’ve been myself in: how to publish an update to an App Lab experience of yours when the “Production Channel” is missing in the Oculus Developer Hub interface and the web uploader has been deprecated.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 16, 2022

Windows 11, Oculus, and SteamVR. If you have Windows 11, you may have issues with virtual reality, especially if you are using Oculus Link or Oculus Air Link. These problems become even worse when you use Oculus in conjunction with SteamVR. Use Oculus and SteamVR beta releases.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2022

Let me tell you what I discovered in this process, in particular, how to build using OpenXR, and how to run the OpenXR applications on your PC. That is, an application built for the Oculus runtime can also run for the Valve Index on SteamVR. How to build an OpenXR application. How to build for OpenXR – PC.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 14, 2022

How can virtual reality (VR) improve travel for business? The world of extended reality (XR) offers a new opportunity to go beyond video and share digital space with co-workers, wherever they might be. . The Benefits of Virtual Reality for Replacing Business Travel .

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Last week, I published my post about the latest update of Oculus Quest that provides new interesting features like Passthrough+ and 3 DOF mode. How to update your Oculus Quest (video tutorial). Here I am again with another shiny video tutorial, this time teaching you how to update your Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2020

I want to start this year and this decade (that will be pervaded by immersive technologies) with an amazing tutorial about how you can get started with Oculus Quest hands tracking SDK and create in Unity fantastic VR experiences with natural interactions! Where to find Oculus Hands Tracking SDK. Are you ready? Prerequisites.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2020

I’ve spent the last days giving this pluging a try, so let me show you how to create your first WebXR experience inside Unity! How to get started with WebXR in Unity – Video Tutorial. I made a very complete Video Tutorial showing you step by step how to create your first cube in WebXR inside Unity. Requirements.

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ARPost

JULY 20, 2021

With the Oculus app , users can easily go through the steps on the Oculus phone app, create a link for the group launch, and share that with their friends through social media such as Discord, Facebook, or private chat. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to create your group launch: 1. Open the Oculus app on your phone.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

But there is a solution that can solve some of these problems, that lets you log in on multiple Oculus Quests that you own, without using any real Facebook account (for now), if the only thing that you want to do is sideloading applications. This solution is called Oculus Test Users: let me show you what they are and how you can use them.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 11, 2021

At Facebook Connect 2021, Meta has announced Application SpaceWarp, a new solution to boost the framerate of Oculus Quest 2 applications up to +70%. These days I have finally managed to try it, so I can tell you everything that I have learned about it: What is it How does it work How to implement it in your Unity application Pros and cons.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

So let me show you how it is easy to create cross-platform VR content in Unity! and make it work with Oculus Quest , Vive Focus+ and all other Vive Wave standalone devices… plus all PC SteamVR-compatible headsets! Are you ready to learn how to adapt your content easily to all devices? Let me show how to do it.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The concept is very interesting, because it mixes theater with virtual reality. Aegis Wolf from the Neos dev team spent various minutes helping me in solving the issue s (damn Oculus Virtual Audio Device) and in explaining me how to interact with Neos menus. He knows always how to act.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Of all of the various forms of extended reality (XR), virtual reality (VR), is the most familiar. The technology allows people to create ‘virtual’ landscapes and environments that simulate the real world. Achieving Virtual Reality: Use Cases. What’s Next?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The plain old legacy Virtual Reality Supported flag may be your biggest friend. He made me notice that if you use the legacy VR plugin management (the “Virtual Reality Supported” flag), the XR Interaction Toolkit works well also with SteamVR. With SteamVR things are a bit more problematic.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Each tracked device has a unique serial number generated by an onboard CPU, whilst the file contains highly accurate geometry of all device sensors, USB device identity, IMU setup, and system information for SteamVR to understand what the device is and how to interact with it. The standard 1.2 After purchasing another active USB 2.0

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 1, 2018

Tribe’s VR DJ school – now available on Oculus – does this by allowing anyone to learn to DJ and mix music using a virtual deck which mimics the setup used in nightclubs around the world. Wannabe DJs learn controls and techniques from virtual DJ mentors, and mix sets. This article was originally published on VRScout.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

VR Cover is a Thai company that produces accessories for VR headsets since 2014, and i t has recently started selling covers for the popular Oculus Quest as well. Discover in this review how they are! The Virtual Reality Pattern T-Shirt is a nice T-Shirt that VR Cover makes for all us VR enthusiasts. Ah, it costs $19.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Yesterday I have finally received at home the free Silicone Cover that we owners of an Oculus Quest 2 are entitled to receive because of the skin irritation that the Quest 2 gasket was giving to a limited number of people. The post Oculus Quest 2 Free Silicone Cover Review appeared first on The Ghost Howls. Video review.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

These days, I am experimenting a lot with Oculus Quest because of its new amazing features. One of these is the Oculus Link, that lets you connect your Quest to your PC and use it as a PC VR headset. In my review , I highlighted how I liked it, even if it needs some improvements, especially because I had some problems in setting it up.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2018

At Oculus Connect 5 , Oculus has announced Casting, an amazing feature that lets you stream the content of an Oculus Go to a smartphone. But how to use it? How to use Casting to stream Oculus Go content to your smartphone. I think it is especially useful for demoing Oculus Go to our friends or customers.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 26, 2021

After I have written my post on how to handle unwanted permissions in Unity , many Oculus Quest developers asked me to make another tutorial to solve another common problem: Facebook showing a warning for 32-bit builds submitted to App Lab. Your Ghost is here to tell you how! Method 2 – The Oculus Way.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Chris Koomen is a Virtual Reality specialist and consultant at KLM , a Dutch airline company. Because of his work, he finds himself working every day on XR headsets in professional settings, and he was one of the first people to share a photo of the Oculus Quest 2 For Business on my Linkedin feed.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2024

Recently I had fun doing some experiments in mixed reality, showing a door to another world, or my balcony having a view to a virtual reality place. Some people asked me how I did that and in this post, I’m sharing my knowledge giving you some hints about how to replicate the same experience in Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2024

I like to classify realities using Milgram’s continuum and augmented virtuality substantially means that you are in a virtual world, but there are some real elements in it. The kitchen is the virtual setting, and the box is the real element living in it. But how could I show something meaningful?

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VRScout

JUNE 2, 2019

Facebook’s standalone 6DOF headset, Oculus Quest hit retail stores on May 21 st , and in just one week after launch, the VR headset was listed as sold out at many U.S. Dominguez writes, “His wife was so excited to see his reaction and immediately asked me for more info on the product and how to get one. Image Credit: Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

After Venice VR Expanded has come to an end, I have finally had the time to experiment with Oculus Quest AR Passthrough. What is impressive on the good side is instead the stability of the tracking : we all know that Oculus Insight is the best in class tracking solution among VR headsets, and in AR this is even more important.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2019

It’s a while that I don’t write something about entrepreneurship, so I thought it could be a good idea to give you some pieces of advice on how to be a good VR startupper. This is even truer in a new and complicated market like virtual reality. Focus on how to make money. Is it necessary to own all of them?

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 6, 2023

Let’s see what it is about and let me tell you how to implement it. User Reporting Tool In the effort to make its Virtual Reality (or should I say the M-word ?) If the application has multiplayer components, then it has to implement a User Reporting Tool easily accessible via the Oculus button on the right controller.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

It may seem like no surprise that music—in the form of creation tools, rhythm games, mind-bending visualizations, and virtual performance venues—have intersected with virtual reality (VR) in a large way. So much so that I’ve taught myself how to play certain songs just by practicing them in VR for my drum covers.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 18, 2022

Your boss has told you to write an article about the metaverse today and you don’t know how to do it? Ah, and Zuckerberg bought Oculus for 4 billions. The post Learn how to write an article about the metaverse in 9 minutes appeared first on The Ghost Howls. Mix all together. And APPLE IS ENTERING THE FIELD. Be prepared.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2018

How is the setup process of the headset? You can find the setup process of the headset at our how-to page as follows: . This is the high-level scheme of how a LooxidVR setup works. How does the emotion detection process work? Furthermore, researchers who buy the LooxidVR are notified of any further API updates.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Hand-tracking on Quest rolled out as an experimental feature in late 2019, but Oculus is letting it gestate before it will accept third-party apps with hand-tracking. And while Oculus’ first stab at the feature is reasonably solid, there’s still limitations around accuracy, latency, pose detection, and tracking coverage.

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