The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2019

Frontal view of the device (Image by Microsoft). The biggest news of the MWC for what concerns XR has been for sure the announcement of the HoloLens 2 by Microsoft. Image by Microsoft). Together with the HoloLens 2, Microsoft has also announced a new version of the Kinect, called Kinect Azure. HTC 5G streaming.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Perhaps the go-to solution for mixed reality innovation in the construction space, Microsoft provides businesses with a unique opportunity to combine real and virtual landscapes. The flexibility of the Microsoft Mesh platform for designing MR experiences makes it easier for businesses to implement the design tools they’re already using.

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JANUARY 29, 2017

For every Nintendo there is a Sega and for every Apple there is a Microsoft. There are a handful of major players already cutting their teeth in VR including Google, Sony and Samsung; but the two titans sitting at the top of the heap are Oculus and HTC. HTC/Microsoft . The technology world is always a game of rivals.

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VRScout

AUGUST 9, 2018

Microsoft just announced new tools to make it easier for users to build and share their own virtual spaces. The two new world-building kits are based on Altspace’s most popular environments: Campfire and Alien World / Origin but Microsoft says they’re aiming to release more kits soon, as well as allwing for more customization options.

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ARPost

AUGUST 8, 2022

No one ever gets tired of board games, especially those that involve a strategy and collaboration between teams to win. Catan VR is available for Meta Quest, Rift, Go, Samsung Gear VR, Valve Index, HTC Vive, and Microsoft Mixed Reality. Work in Progress: All On Board! VR Platform. All On Board!

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Old Enemies – HTC. While both Oculus’ Rift and HTC’s Vive hit the market right around the same time in 2016, the Vive was the first system with motion controllers and room-scale. SEE ALSO How Google's Latest VR Moves Are a Major Blow to Oculus' Mobile Strategy. New Foes – Microsoft & Co.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2025

And the latest game by Owlchemy Labs, Dimensional Double Shift, which is free to play, just reached 500K downloads as a testament that this strategy works. Fast Travel Games just made Mannequin free to play. There are anyway a couple of considerations that I want to add to Metas statement.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

That’s the direction we’re going in right now and companies are laying their cards on the table in a bid to be the dominant force driving us forward through their own varying strategies. HTC HTC is about to release its offering in the form of the VIVE XR Elite with a release date of February 25 and an entry-level price of $1,099.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 22, 2024

Google, Qualcomm, and Samsung announcing a partnership to build an XR headset (Image by Samsung) Google in a few days would have most probably announced at Google I/O its operating system for XR, nicknamed “Android XR” (we don’t know the official name), to kickstart this strategy.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 28, 2025

Though various vendors offer enterprise-focused solutions, from HTC VIVE to PICO and beyond, Metas Quest ecosystem is arguably the most popular and versatile option for many companies. The Quest 3S even supports Microsoft office apps. Price: Starting at $299.99 Price: Starting at $299.99

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 28, 2025

Beyond that, Metas headsets support: Wireless, standalone capabilities Unlike other companies such as Varjo and HTC VIVE, which primarily offer tethered devices, Meta focuses on convenient, standalone functionality. However, you can also access apps like Zoom, and Microsoft Teams for immersive meetings.

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JANUARY 30, 2023

Interestingly, the runner-up is the as-yet-unreleased PlayStation VR 2 with 18%, followed by the HTC VIVE ecosystem at 15%. Microsoft/Minecraft” came in a distant third place with 7% of respondents choosing them as the model metaverse. A further 12% responded with Apple’s ARKit , and another 9% responded with Android’s ARCore.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

According to Vinay Narayan VP, Platform Strategy and Developer Community HTC VIVE, this upcoming year will present the most robust ecosystem of innovations yet. Technological innovations will make XR experiences a widely accessible tool for industrial enterprises of any scope and size,” he says.

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APRIL 28, 2017

One of Microsoft’s newest leaders in mixed reality, Mark Bolas, took the stage for a few minutes at Acer’s press conference this week and put into human terms the company’s goals with the technology. Now he is helping define the company’s strategy and vision moving forward into the new medium.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

That’s why even Microsoft took Epic’s stances : Microsoft uses UE4 to develop some products also for Apple devices, and this decision hurts also its business. More info (Apple threatens Epic) More info (Microsoft files an official support for Epic). The same on Twitter. Other relevant news.

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JANUARY 8, 2017

Microsoft’s $300 partner headsets were on display (although no one was allowed to actually turn them on) and companies like Intel and Qualcomm were showing off impressive reference designs that could mean big things for the future. That company was HTC. HTC’s opposite number right now is Facebook.

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JULY 24, 2017

The first version of Valve’s SteamVR platform provided us with superior 360 degree room-scale tracking and position-tracked hand input at the hefty price of $799 via HTC’s Vive. Will HTC cut Vive’s price? One of the most interesting VR narratives of 2017 so far has been the pricing strategy of Facebook’s Rift.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). Of course, Microsoft and Amazon are observing the situation: in my opinion, Microsoft will wait a bit , considering its focus on AR enterprise with HoloLens, while Amazon could improve its already existing offering of glasses connected with Alexa. Sounded good.

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OCTOBER 10, 2022

One day before Meta Connect HTC appears to be teasing a consumer Vive standalone headset. Last week HTC teased a new “small” headset on Twitter, sharing a dark image of the corner of what is presumably the visor. — HTC VIVE (@htcvive) October 10, 2022. — HTC VIVE (@htcvive) October 10, 2022.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Microsoft’s play for command of next generation personal computing can be seen today with the announcement of a series of Windows-powered VR headsets starting at $300. This is not the case with the headsets on the way from Microsoft’s partners. “The strategy has become clear.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 20, 2018

Recently unveiled updates to Microsoft’s social VR platform will allow anyone to build customizable VR spaces. The two new world-building kits are based on Altspace’s most popular environments: Campfire and Alien World / Origin but Microsoft says they’re aiming to release more kits soon, as well as allowing for more customization options.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). For example, we invited senior executives from HUAWEI, JBD, HTC, Alibaba, iQIYI, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and so on.

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MAY 14, 2017

Microsoft is partnering with manufacturers like Acer, Lenovo, and HP to create a new line of virtual reality headsets. These devices will be competitively priced, at around $300-$400 each or less, but comparatively, as capable as the highest quality headsets on paper: the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. What do you think?

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VRScout

APRIL 27, 2017

In honor of Easter, AfterNow and FLARB put on an MR egg hunt via Microsoft HoloLens. ROM Extraction displayed gameplay using MR to show audiences exactly the kind of strategy-oriented shooter players were going through. Hado, by Meleap , let audiences digitally duke it out with friends and strangers. Google + Tilt Brush. CyberPowerPC.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

I think Meta hopes to reinvigorate the sales with the new headset… let’s see if this strategy is going to pay off. More info News worth a mention Information leaks on Vive’s inside-out Tracker There is a new leak about the inside-out tracked Vive Tracker that HTC teased a few months ago.

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MAY 21, 2017

At Google I/O 2017 developer conference this week, the company announced a standalone Daydream VR headset in partnership with Qualcomm , with Lenovo and HTC slated to release commercial versions later this year. Like Microsoft , Google is facing an uphill battle in VR.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

Reverb G2 leverages Microsoft’s ‘Windows Mixed Reality’ PC VR platform. The Microsoft store has only a handful of VR games and apps, and Microsoft published even its own PC VR content on Steam. But statements from Microsoft and HP don’t give strength to the idea it has much of a future.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The only company not much affected by it is HTC, that manufacturers its headsets in Taiwan and not in Mainland China. HTC Vive releases Cosmos Elite, two models of Vive Pro Eye and creates some confusion. Image by Microsoft). It is clear that the company is aiming at giving it to players before the launch of Half-Life: Alyx.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 12, 2025

Our research found that companies struggle with initial expenses and onboarding strategies, but in the long term, they benefit from quicker, more effective, and less costly training initiatives. In engineering, firms like Intel use HTC VIVE headsets to train team members on reducing electrical accidents within corporate environments.

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ARPost

JUNE 5, 2023

The “Building Open Standards for the Metaverse” panel moderated by Moor Insights and Strategy Senior Analyst Anshel Sag brought together XR Safety Initiative (XRSI) founder and CEO Kavya Pearlman, XRSI Advisor Elizabeth Rothman, and Khronos Group President Neil Trevett.

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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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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2020

While the company had originally collaborated with HTC to create the Vive, this time around Valve opted to handle everything on their own. But it’s also made for an awkward relationship between Valve and HTC who are now positioned more as competitors than partners. Image courtesy HTC. Image courtesy Valve. Vive Cosmos.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

More info (Apple AR headsets FOV) More info (Apple patent on retinal projection) More info (Robert Scoble’s thoughts on Apple’s strategy). HTC has a new CEO: Yves Maitre. HTC, one of the most important companies in the VR landscape, has now a new boss: Yves Maitre. The Oculus Connect 6 is coming!

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Although Microsoft hasn’t shown much of an investment in the entertainment and arts sector as of yet, it has a lot of potential to offer with the HoloLens ecosystem. Microsoft’s technology could easily be the basis behind a number of mixed-reality and unique event experiences in the entertainment world going forward.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2025

This means that the Republic of Korea Navy is leveraging RT3D workflows for management and strategy development, leveraging insights from emerging technology to optimise the naval base’s resilience, efficiency, adaptability, and autonomy.

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TechCrunch VR

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The most valuable companies in the world own the metal on which their software applications run: Apple and Microsoft have had their fingers in the hardware pie for years, and even Google was able to build a robust OS business with Android. Could this really be the time for VR? The “metaverse” already exists in Fortnite and Roblox.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 28, 2023

While still in Italy, I verified that Microsoft Teams, Unity, and Github were accessible from China. And I have to say that this strategy is paying off. My piece of advice is, if you have to travel here for a short time, to buy or borrow a Pico 4 (or an HTC device) to use for work , because Quest may be more difficult to use.

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