The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Magic Leap flopped, HoloLens is dead, and even Nreal, with its affordable Light glasses, has not taken off. If you add VAT, in Italy it will cost €600. Pico 4 has pass-through MR, too (even if not stereo-corrected), but I’ve heard of no great use of it, either. The Quest 3 is also going to be released at $500.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

It’s hot and the drought is creating some issues here in northern Italy. Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Flow Business Edition. HTC has just launched the Business Edition of the Vive Flow , the lightweight device meant for media consumption and wellbeing applications enjoyment. Top news of the week. Image by Meta).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 29, 2021

It’s a sunny lockdown day here in Italy, the sun is shining and the trees are blossoming. If we exclude the major tech companies (Facebook, Valve, etc…) and the meteor Magic Leap, this is the first VR company to reach this status, and this is another sign of the health of the virtual reality ecosystem.

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JANUARY 3, 2023

To close 2022, Magic Leap’s leadership team underwent a major restructuring following a significant investment from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. The investment by Saudi’s PIF division allows the region to own over 50 percent of Magic Leap’s ownership stake. A 16GB computing pack.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 7, 2019

I’m in Italy again and here in these days, it is damn hot and wet. HTC Vive Cosmos will work with Vive Wireless Adapter. This week, HTC has not made another big reveal about the Vive Cosmos, so we’ll still have to wait to discover more about its price and its features. Anyway, it has not been that useless either….

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In addition to the free Trials on Tatooine virtual reality experience for HTC Vive, the studio released a 360-degree video that serves as a prequel to the upcoming Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Bredow was recently in Milan, Italy for the VIEW Conference. Disney’s ILMxLab has been busy of late.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

You can register on the website for a chance to be part of it; The Last Light, a little gem developed by Magic Leap’s creative people before the big layoffs, has finally been released for free on the Magic Leap store. On Reddit, the news has had an insane amount of upvotes (more than 10K) with all negative comments.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

Today in Italy it should be the day when we go pic-nicking… but given the fact that we are in lockdown, I’ll just eat a lot at home While I send you a lot of good vibes, let’s see together what have been the best pieces of AR/VR news of this week, that has been incredibly interesting! (My I suggest you exploit this opportunity, of course.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2019

For instance, there are lots of new headsets being released by hardware companies: just in the last year, there have been the Oculus Quest & Rift S , HTC Vive Focus Plus , HP Reverb , Valve Index , Acer OJO 500, and HoloLens 2 … just to mention the most popular ones. Is it necessary to own all of them? Prioritize your expenses.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

I’m back in Italy, and finally, I can eat again some good pasta… even if I will miss ?? HTC keeps updating the Vive Cosmos. It seems that HTC has taken the critics on the Vive Cosmos very seriously and it is now updating the runtime of the device every week. We have new developments on the Magic Leap vs nReal lawsuit.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2022

Anyway, today should be a vacation in Italy, but here I am writing this roundup for you, so if you want to show your appreciation, don’t forget to make a donation on Patreon ! If the rumor is true, Meta by 2024 is going to basically release the Nreal glasses or a mix of Nreal Light and Magic Leap 2. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

HTC has launched a new headset, we have another confirmation of Apple glasses, we read about the first hands-on on Kura glasses, and many other things have happened! Image by HTC). HTC launches the Cosmos at $699. HTC has finally launched the HTC Vive Cosmos , its new flagship headset. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

Jokes apart, before starting, let me send a big hug to all of you that are in quarantine because of the coronavirus and thank all the people that in these days have cared about me after having heard the sad news about Italy (Simon, David, Daniel, Suzie, Mark… John that has been so kind… Sebastian, and many others!). Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

I’ve preordered my basic $299 one (€349 in Italy) and it will arrive on October, 15th. This kind of seamless interface is great and it is exactly the same one that HTC already offers with the Vive Focus Plus and Viveport Streaming and that I’ve tried and appreciated. Rift line gets discontinued.

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