The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2019

HTC 5G streaming. HTC was at MWC showcasing its new headset Vive Focus Plus together with a 5G network. There was a real 5G network created by HTC where on one side there were some special computers that mocked a rendering farm and on the other side there was a user wearing a Vive Focus Plus. Read the review here.

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VRScout

JANUARY 26, 2021

HaptX also employs the use of magnetic motion tracking, a proprietary motion capture system featuring sub-millimeter precision, 30 DoF (degrees of freedom) per hand, and no latency or occlusion. Together this creates an individualized, physically-accurate VR hand model and renders a full-body avatar for enhanced immersion.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Initially, these headsets offered a basic experience of “virtual reality,” which relied mainly on influencing what we saw when we wore a headset. Now, innovators have transformed virtual reality experiences with low-latency software and upgraded hardware. Some headsets can even track eye movement for foveated rendering.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2017

This week we learned that there was indeed something to all that hiring, as Google has announced new ‘standalone’ headsets coming to the Daydream platform , fully self-contained VR devices, the first of which will come from HTC and Lenovo. Core to the discussion was the new ‘standalone’ VR headsets coming to Daydream.

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ARPost

MARCH 31, 2023

The hardware consisted of blue HTC Vive Pros connected to the gaming PCs above. The HTC Vive Pros were tethered, so there was no latency but the game did have a peculiar dense, dreamlike aspect to it, which often stems from lower refresh rates. Have fun and keep on rocking in the virtual world!

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Global tech giants such as NVIDIA, Lenovo, Unity, Epic Games, HTC VIVE, and others have already entered the metaverse space race. Now, creatives can leverage them to collaborate in the physical and virtual world, seamlessly and interoperably.

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Road to VR

APRIL 10, 2018

It worked relatively well for walking in straight lines, but the lack of precision and the latency in movement detection made it challenging to walk confidently once you put on the headset and lost some of your proprioception. Photo by Road to VR.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

We talked with The Park Playground CEO Peter Vindevogel, who shared his thoughts on these myths and misconceptions, shedding light on virtual reality technology. He adds that one of the main causes of motion sickness in VR experiences is poor latency.

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Road to VR

MARCH 13, 2018

The first generation of VR headsets have made it clear that, while VR is already quite immersive, there’s a long way to go toward the goal of getting the visual fidelity of the virtual world to match human visual capabilities. An eye-tracking addon for the HTC Vive.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 23, 2017

The idea behind this concept is to give a second player outside of VR a window into the virtual world. By tracking the position and rotation of the tablet it functions as an actual window or portal to the virtual environment. The end result is similar to what HTC showed off at CES earlier this year.

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Road to VR

JUNE 8, 2016

Sega Live Creation , the amusement arm of parent company Sega-Sammy , is bringing the Zero Latency VR experience to the Joypolis amusement center in Tokyo, the chain’s flagship branch. Up to six simultaneous players don a headset, PC backpack, and weapon (all affixed with optically tracked markers) to step into the virtual world.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Explaining further, he said, “I think Agora is weaving the infrastructure of the future virtual world. So a truly passionate person can build those things and create a virtual world where fans and communities can gather together. You provide this [to] lower the barrier of building such a system.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Usually the effects are hard to notice because they don’t feel particularly hot or cold, and they take so long to activate that it’s hard to sell the illusion that the effect is being caused by something happening in the virtual world. That’s thanks to three things: Latency.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2022

Very high bandwidth and single or low double-digit millisecond latency is the goal. Virtual Reality is 44% more addictive than traditional gaming. A study conducted by HTC Vive together with a Chinese university shows that Virtual Reality has much more addictive potential (+44%) than traditional flat gaming.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

While Valve Software is working on improved base stations for its innovative lighthouse tracking system used by the HTC Vive, we haven’t heard a definitive answer one way or the other about whether the technology might one day be extensible to cover very large regions.

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Next Reality VR

JULY 11, 2016

As demonstrated in the video above, the Manus VR Gloves—as paired with the HTC Vive—track hand movements remarkably well with practically no latency. Video: Don't Miss: What's the Difference Between HoloLens, Meta, & Magic Leap? Instead of using controllers, you can just move.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

This includes a low-power mode that enables hand tracking to run with reduced power consumption and a high-performance mode that delivers accurate finger mapping with low latency when computer processing power is unrestricted. Go to SideQuest Sponsored Area Do you need a virtual world?

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Instead of functioning as a standalone VR chatroom like many social VR apps, Pluto brings the fabric of social VR to any SteamVR application, allowing friends’ avatars to join you for a chat inside of whatever virtual world your inhabiting.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 30, 2017

Currently the Oculus Rift is the only headset to support the former, while the HTC Vive and OSVR both support DX11. VRScore is primarily concerned with finding the framerate and latency you’ll experience when using a VR headset. The video below guides you through setting it up.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 22, 2022

It will offer shared virtual spaces to combine the physical and virtual worlds using virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) technologies. Tech firms large and small are building the virtual spaces of tomorrow. Telecoms are key to achieving such goals.

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Road to VR

JUNE 15, 2016

Gloveone uses a pinch motion allowing you to grab objects in the virtual world, but instead of the usual optical or gestural detection, the glove smartly uses capacitive sensors to detect the pinch, which is much more robust than other methods. The latency of the input was also quite impressive.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 1, 2022

Perhaps the most well-known instance of the decentralized metaverse is Decentraland , a decentralized virtual world that runs on the Ethereum blockchain and is governed by a DAO whose policies may be altered by voting. It requires a 5G capable infrastructure to increase network capacity and decrease network congestion and latency.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

They also say that the user’s gaze can be used to make UI selections, target enemies, create depth of field, or trigger context-sensitive events that only happen when the user is looking in a certain location within the virtual world. A lower refresh rate means more latency and less smooth motion inside the headset.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 5, 2016

PSVR’s 1920×1080 OLED panel resolution might be lower on paper than the headset’s two major competitors, but with its RGB pixel structure, it’s perfectly capable of creating powerfully immersive experiences and beautiful virtual worlds, despite a few display flaws.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 14, 2022

We wanted to bridge the gap between the real and virtual world while helping with customer service and product knowledge” Additionally, the enterprise aims to “be a place where brands and different companies can get involved.” Face tracking and camera resolutions need to improve.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

The M2 delivers unparalleled standalone processing performance, while the new R1 chip is specialized to process input from the cameras, sensors, and microphones to enable what looked like high fidelity, low latency passthrough for a real-time sense of presence. Apple has missed that this is possible today, not tomorrow.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Price ranges from $60 to $100, which is rather affordable, compared with Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. This inside-out tracking system operates without a controller or base station that most VR sets require, enabling students to explore the virtual world in a more natural way. HTC Vive ($499). Lenovo Mirage Solo ($399.99).

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VRScout

MAY 17, 2022

SitWalk is a new VR motion simulator from VR hardware and software company Mr. Art Digital Technology that allows you to move naturally throughout the virtual world from a seated position. SitWalk lets you interact with your virtual surroundings in a safe way for a fuller, more enhanced, and thrilling virtual experience.”

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 26, 2017

Over the past three years, Melbourne, Australia-based startup Zero Latency has been refining its multiplayer virtual reality arcade platform, which currently has three playable games for up to six players with plans to add eight-player support by the end of this year. Hands-on With Zero Latency.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

I ended up at Valve Software running their hardware department, putting the team together that created the HTC Vive. Just recently, in the last few years, I founded a company called CastAR, where we’re making AR glasses that allow you to blend virtual graphics with real-world objects on your table. Ellsworth: VR is amazing.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2022

According to the company, the added latency for wireless communication is just 3ms. The company is not trying to build a virtual world, though, but a full cloud platform that can be used by other companies to build social VR experiences. Zero Latency ditches backpack PCs in its VR arcade to use Vive Focus 3. Other news.

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Road to VR

JULY 15, 2024

Image captured by Tyriel Wood Okay, I also want the driving simulator I saw there too, but the flight sim really shows of the full-fat experience of what VR1 has to offer, showcasing its mixed reality passthrough masked perfectly so I could see the flight stick and instrument cluster while having the virtual world of DCS whizzing past me.

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ARPost

MARCH 2, 2020

From deep space to gloomy dystopias, these games will challenge players to become immersed in unknown worlds, where enemies and unexpected events lurk at every corner. As VR technology matures, players can expect better experiences in terms of: Image and sound quality, Latency, Field of view and depth of field. Our Top Picks.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

But before talking about it, let me invite you once more to visit the Venice VR Expanded virtual worlds that we did in VRChat for the Venice Film Festival. HTC CEO Yves Maitre resigns. HTC, you did it again. I promise you won’t be disappointed. Top news of the week. Image by Walking Cat). More info.

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ARVR

JULY 29, 2021

Is the evolution in the exploration of virtual and augmented realities, because it takes advantage of the power of the web together with the unification of these realities, facilitating the creation of immersive and interactive environments, virtual reality tools, and more. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.How ExpiCulture?

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 31, 2016

So, for me, there’s a set of technological things that feel further off in terms of what you might call “high-end AR” compared to what we are seeing in a “high-end VR” experience like an HTC Vive. What Valve has with the Vive is the state of the art from a full, 360 immersive experience and I think that’s further along now.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 3, 2020

And it’s this kind of a-ha moment, where they go from the real world of crappy pass-through camera to the completely virtual world. Like one of the things I did some work with zero latency and they did some work with the Australian Army in building simulations. And it’s that moment of delight that you see.

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