The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap may be in trouble, but its CEO remains confident. Some weeks ago, I’ve reported of rumors about Magic Leap being in big trouble and having assigned all its patents as collateral to bank JP Morgan, probably because it is looking for a loan or to raise a round E.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

Image by Road To VR, from HTC images). HTC launches Vive Tracker 3.0 HTC was not teasing a new standalone headset, but a new Vive Tracker. I know that many of you won’t be excited by this news, but remember the Vive Tracker is one of the most successful accessories ever created by HTC. Come and visit it!

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The company offers access to one of the most affordable and flexible VR headsets on the market in the form of the Oculus Quest, allowing all businesses, large or small to explore virtual reality. HTC Vive stands out as one of the market leaders among companies creating XR solutions specifically for the enterprise and business landscape.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Numerous acquisitions and hires point to a company who recognises mobile technology, such as its iPhone, is now reaching or indeed past its zenith in commercial potential, and (much like former mobile giant HTC has) needs to find another route to remaining relevant in the space in the future. But then, that’s what they do best.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

A new FCC listing appears for an HTC Vive headset. While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. And in fact, a new request to FCC for a new device has arrived from HTC. Since HTC has always made announcements during the CES, I think it will be announced in January.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Magic Leap. Magic Leap has quickly emerged as one of the major market leaders in the Augmented Reality hardware environment. Introducing consumers and businesses to a new generation of smart headsets, Magic Leap allows for the convenient alignment of digital and physical experiences.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 9, 2022

Meta is also the company behind Oculus, one of the more accessible and affordable VR headsets on the market. Magic Leap. Though the Magic Leap start-up might have struggled to find its footing when it first launched several years ago, the company has since repositioned itself as an Enterprise solution for XR, to great success.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 15, 2021

This month has already seen the unveiling of HTC’s standalone Vive Flow and Magic Leap 2. There we may get a peek at the rumored Oculus Quest Pro in addition to hearing more about the company’s recently revealed prototypes , which ought to make for some interesting points of comparison.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

Image by Oculus). The other bombshell news is that Resident Evil 4 is coming to the Oculus Quest 2. On April, 21st, Oculus will host its first Gaming Showcase , with news on ‘Lone Echo II’, ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’, and many other titles. HTC is going to launch its headset on May, 11th. Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

JULY 29, 2019

The standard has been in development since April 2017 and is presently supported by virtually every major hardware, platform, and engine company in the VR industry, including key AR players like Magic Leap. Oculus has committed to bringing OpenXR runtime support to both Rift and Quest later this year. The post OpenXR 1.0

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Dubbed Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs (2019) , the bird-shooting puzzle game is now available on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Resolution Games is both developer and publisher of Angry Birds VR, having developed Angry Birds FPS: First Person Slingshot for Magic Leap One, and also VR titles Bait!,

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 11, 2019

So many green pigs that must be got, yet so little time… Rovio and Resolution Games have brought out a fully immersive version of their popular Angry Birds franchise for the HTC VIVE and Oculus Rift. Angry Birds VR Now Available On Oculus Rift & HTC Vive via @alicebonasio [link] pic.twitter.com/AB2V4Bldbj.

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TechCrunch VR

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Today, HTC has revealed their latest consumer-focused headset, the $499 Vive Flow. HTC is embracing several hardware features designed around miniaturization that we haven’t seen in other headsets. The headset overall hosts a lightweight design more akin to the Magic Leap One than existing standalone headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest becomes 1 year old, and Facebook makes many announcements. The Oculus Quest is now one year old. But the greatest feature is that finally Oculus is accepting hands-tracked applications in the Oculus Store from the 28th of this month! Happy birthday, Oculus Quest!

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

HTC released a video showing off its vision of the metaverse, a reflection of what the company thinks virtual spaces will look like in the near future. HTC’s most recent concept video isn’t at fault for shooting for the stars. And… it’s not a great look. Some ideas are inevitable. Meta: A Polarizing Trendsetter.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

Magic Leap 2 bridges AR and VR. The interest in Magic Leap 2 is growing. If headsets like Lynx or Project Cambria implement AR on a VR headset, Magic Leap 2 implements a bit of VR on an AR headset. HTC adds more parental control tools to its headsets. News worth a mention. Learn more. Learn more.

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2023

To its credit, the company had the foresight to release HoloLens in 2016, a full two years before unicorn startup Magic Leap could get its first standalone AR headset out the door. Three years later it released HoloLens 2, which directly competes today against Magic Leap Two.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Meta (Oculus). With the Oculus ecosystem, schools and professional training companies alike are beginning to scale their virtual curriculums for a wide range of use cases. Already, various leading companies have begun implementing HTC VIVE technology into their educational environments. Magic Leap.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap pivots to enterprise, lays off 1,000 employes. With a long post on Magic Leap’s blog, in the end Rony Abovitz has admitted that the company is not going that well, and has announced a new course, that should eventually lead to Magic Leap 2. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

The Oculus Connect 6 is approaching. Next week, on 25th and 26th, Oculus will hold its main yearly event , and as always, it will talk about the milestones reached by the company and then it will show future hardware and software. What will Oculus announce? This is the homepage of Oculus website (Image by Oculus).

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ARPost

AUGUST 4, 2020

Devices: HTC VIVE, Oculus Rift. It takes the user through a series of magical landscapes, from deep seas to tropical forests. Devices: Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Go. 5 stars rating on the Oculus store) and costs only $2.99, so give it a try! Devices: Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Go. Mind Labyrinth VR Dreams.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2018

He’s ready to answer with his HTC super powers. And I still remember that you have done boxing, so I agree with you in any case… HTC Vive Pro first impressions. Also, the controllers were the ones of Vive 1 and being used to my Oculus Touch , I felt back to the nineties. HTC Vive 1.0 vs HTC Vive Pro.

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Road to VR

MARCH 21, 2018

We go hands-on with Budget Cuts, Google presents ARCore and Maps API-enabled apps, Squanch Games’ Daydream exclusive title announced, and Magic Leap talks about developing games for a spatial computing platform. Magic Leap talk on games and AI. Image courtesy Magic Leap. Hands-on with ‘Budget Cuts’.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Magic Leap finally dropped to mixed reviews and BrainXchange published its Definitive Guide to Adopting Wearables, AR and VR in Enterprise. Just three months ago, the company revealed it’s putting 17,000 Oculus Go headsets in Walmart stores for employee training. The company’s direction is unclear.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 30, 2019

More info (Road To VR review) More info (Ars Technica comparison with other devices) More info (Polygon review) More info (Playing Oculus games with the Knuckles) More info (Orders backlog) More info (Valve Index fitting guide) More info (Wireless Index) More info (All games compatible with Index) More info (Gabe Newell talking about the Index).

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ARVR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

WebXR is a JavaScript application programming interface (API) that enables applications to interact with augmented reality and virtual reality devices, such as the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard or Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), in a web browser.?—?Wikipedia Documentation What is WebXR? ? A-Frame ? —?A SteamVR ? —?SteamVR

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ARPost

MAY 14, 2020

The organization is partnered with giants in the XR industry including Magic Leap, Oculus, and HTC. Pico Interactive doesn’t register in the US with names like Oculus and VIVE. “We launched Clinic two weeks after COVID hit,” CEO Eran Orr said in a phone interview. Since then, we’re seeing enormous demand.”.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2018

While we don’t know much about gameplay mechanics yet, it’s possible the Magic Leap One release of Angry Birds: FPS – First Person Slingshot may hold some answers. The post ‘Angry Birds VR’ is Coming to All Major VR Platforms in 2019 appeared first on Road to VR.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

By the virtue of its Windows operating system, the basis of which nearly every PC VR headset uses to function, Microsoft joining the OpenXR initiative represents a win for the others involved, which include industry players like Google, Oculus, HTC, AMD, NVIDIA, Epic Games, Unity, Intel, Qualcomm, Sony, Samsung and Valve.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Rumors hint to Oculus discontinuing the current Quest and selling the new one at $299 and $399. The Facebook Connect is close and we all expect that during that conference Oculus is finally going to announce the new Oculus Quest. Facebook is temporarily suspending the sale of Oculus Quest devices in Germany.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Even if you put aside its decidedly bug-eyed appearance, the leaked HTC Vive Flow is a baffling headset. By all accounts, it’s supposed to be a standalone consumer VR device that’s made for activities like meditating and streaming media. It also will allegedly come with its own take on the metaverse. In a somewhat… Read more.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Like in The Diamond Age from influential sci-fi author Neal Stephenson —who coincidentally is the Chief Futurist at mysterious AR startup Magic Leap—AI isn’t sufficiently convincing enough for users in virtual experiences, so troupes of actors play out the roles of NPCs to make the story more flexible and realistic. .”

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Among the most famous XR innovators on the market today, HTC VIVE offers a range of solutions for those interested in the benefits of spatial audio. Magic Leap. The Magic Leap 2 AR headset, for instance, has powerful spatial experiences included, alongside state-of-the-art ambient light sensors and Wider FoV cameras.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 26, 2019

Ang is promising to showcase a number of VR headsets in his library, including Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift S, Samsung Odyssey Plus, Vive Pro, HP Reverb, Valve Index, Pimax 5K Plus, Pimax 5K XR, HTC Vive Cosmos, and StarVR One, a headset intended for the enterprise sector.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

It doesn’t seem to be on par with the Oculus Quest 2, but as a first device by Nolo, it is not that bad. A decent budget for Microsoft and Facebook… but something impossible for companies like HTC or Magic Leap (do you remember when we all thought that $2.5B HTC is having RMAs issues with the Vive Pro 2.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. But, as Road To VR has stated, maybe HTC should have clarified that in all its marketing material.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 9, 2021

If you really want to understand the putative metaverse, listen to this conversation with Viacom/CBS futurist Ted Schilowitz and Magic Leap founder Rony Abovitz. HTC, a strategic partner and shareholder of VR Education, has also started selling its ENGAGE-based product, VIVE Sessions, in China. link] Dissections in VR are FREE.

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