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…). I’m Chen, General Manager and Chief Editor of VRTUOLUO , also a senior media expert who has dug and studied deeply the XR industry since 2014.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

This leaves Oculus, Google and HTC to split about a million units. According to this report, HTC’s Vive edged out Facebook’s Rift selling “more than 400K at its $800 price point.” Samsung is the only company to have released actual numbers, saying 5 million Gear VR headsets have been sold so far.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! HTC announces Vive Pro Secure. It would be very intriguing….

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

This would also serve to fight Samsung, that is working on an AR/VR standalone headset ; Smartphone-connected AR/MR glasses : thanks to the new Qualcomm Snapdragon reference design, is quite easy to design light AR headsets that connect to your phone, like nReal. I also see Oculus finally announcing a wireless accessory for the Rift S.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Chinese manufacturers BOE and SeeYA may provide cheaper displays in higher quantities than Sony is doing now, while Samsung may be supplying the DRAM components. It’s interesting to see that Neurable is still around and kicking: a few years ago there was a bit of hype around it when it created an EEG-based “mind controller” for the HTC Vive.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

We were the first ones using pass through on the HTC Vive , using a portal to get in your scenario, we were the first ones with hand tracking on VR headsets where you could flip switches, turn knobs, and push buttons in a VR world overlay. It’s like creating your startup within a company. An Innovation center. No headphones were used.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

Everything appears carefully studied to be pleasant for the user when he/she opens the box. All has been studied so that you can feel wearing it on your face more natural. Comparison of the speakers solutions in the Oculus Quest (left) and HTC Vive Focus Plus (right). You can watch me unboxing it in this Youtube video.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The price is $599, but to work the glasses should be tethered to a smartphone from Samsung or OnePlus, so the overall price of the whole system is well beyond $1000. Image by HTC). On November, 30th, finally, Nreal has launched its Nreal light AR glasses in the US with the support of Verizon. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

” review of standalone headsets (you can find in other posts the ones related to Oculus Go and HTC Vive Focus ). it is bigger than the Oculus Go but smaller than the massive HTC Vive Focus. All the User Interface is wonderfully studied. Ready to get to know the Lenovo Mirage Solo as if you had it? Then, keep reading.

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 2, 2016

We compared commercially available virtual reality headsets (Google Cardboard, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear/VR and Oculus Rift) for ease and quality as well as virtual reality cameras — the (more expensive but expansive) GoPro and the (more affordable) Ricoh Theta S.

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AllThingsVR

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Its most recent study centers around likely sales figures for the major VR headsets. The organization found that, by the end of 2016, the Oculus Rift is projected to sell 355,088 units; the HTC Vive will sell 420,108 units; Google Daydream will sell 450,083 units; and the PS VR will sell 2,602,307 units.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

All the other major companies (Samsung, Huawei, etc…) are working on AR and Apple for sure can’t stop experimenting with if it doesn’t want to miss the next communication platform as Microsoft did with Windows Phone. Companies are studying foveated rendering for AR glasses. HTC has released some interesting statistics on the VR market.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The pictures only show one cow, while for a similar study many would be required. Furthermore, there is no university behind this research and no related scientific paper on this study. If you were always unsure if buying a headset or not, the time is now!

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VeeR VR

OCTOBER 11, 2018

But you can have high-quality VR gaming experiences on your Playstation VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive even on your IOS and Android phones. We rounded up different types of VR games that worth playing on PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive IOS and Android to give you the premium gaming experience. Platforms(s) : HTC Vive.

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2016

To help do that, I coordinate engineering efforts internal to Epic as well as well as manage relationships with other companies like Oculus, Valve and Samsung to make sure that UE4 lets people maximize the potential of the engine to the fullest and that it’s easy to use. How did you get here?

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The pilot, which used an iPad and HTC Vive powered by Marxent’s 3D Cloud Service, showed that VR increases average order value by 60%. In the virtual reality space, HTC targeted enterprise with the debut of the Vive Pro VR Kit intended for work applications like training and design.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

It’s one thing to study what it’s like to give somebody a reprimand. I’m not at a desk studying. I think the only one that really has eye tracking is the HTC Vive Pro Eye. Why do you want to run one study — that’s going to cost you an enormous amount of money — to learn one thing?”

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

It’s one thing to study what it’s like to give somebody a reprimand. I’m not at a desk studying. I think the only one that really has eye tracking is the HTC Vive Pro Eye. Why do you want to run one study — that’s going to cost you an enormous amount of money — to learn one thing?”

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

You’ve done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. And I just found that was really the point of inflection in my life where I studied musical theater in college, I went to UCLA. and one of my friends who I just made by being nerdy, worked for a company called HTC. Michael: Glad you liked it.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

You’ve done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. And I just found that was really the point of inflection in my life where I studied musical theater in college, I went to UCLA. and one of my friends who I just made by being nerdy, worked for a company called HTC. Michael: Glad you liked it.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

And also, yeah, the Samsungs get a bit melted. Alan: We actually melted one of the Samsung Gear VRs back in the day. Alex: On the last burn, we actually had to put two Samsungs in and one Fusion. And we pulled the Samsungs out at different times just to make sure we had a cause of the fire, up until it gets too dark.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

And also, yeah, the Samsungs get a bit melted. Alan: We actually melted one of the Samsung Gear VRs back in the day. Alex: On the last burn, we actually had to put two Samsungs in and one Fusion. And we pulled the Samsungs out at different times just to make sure we had a cause of the fire, up until it gets too dark.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 11, 2020

We're going to be discussing going from PoCs, pilots, and case studies to full scale deployments. And one of my co-founders bought an early innovators edition of Samsung Gear VR. We're going to be discussing going from PoCs, pilots, and case studies to full scale deployments. All that and more, on the XR for Business podcast.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 11, 2020

We're going to be discussing going from PoCs, pilots, and case studies to full scale deployments. And one of my co-founders bought an early innovators edition of Samsung Gear VR. We're going to be discussing going from PoCs, pilots, and case studies to full scale deployments. All that and more, on the XR for Business podcast.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

And also, yeah, the Samsungs get a bit melted. Alan: We actually melted one of the Samsung Gear VRs back in the day. Alan: We actually melted one of the Samsung Gear VRs back in the day. Alex: On the last burn, we actually had to put two Samsungs in and one Fusion. Alan: [Laughs]Yes! Alex: Yeah. Alan: Yeah. Alex: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

It's one thing to study what it's like to give somebody a reprimand. I'm not at a desk studying. Alan: Yeah, I saw something, somebody had taken the Gear VR -- which is Samsung, you slot your phone in and put it on your head -- and it was a meditation app that used the Samsung Gear Watch to keep your pulse rate.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

You've done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. And I just found that was really the point of inflection in my life where I studied musical theater in college, I went to UCLA. and one of my friends who I just made by being nerdy, worked for a company called HTC. What an amazing piece of technology.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 11, 2020

We're going to be discussing going from PoCs, pilots, and case studies to full scale deployments. And one of my co-founders bought an early innovators edition of Samsung Gear VR. We're going to be discussing going from PoCs, pilots, and case studies to full scale deployments. All that and more, on the XR for Business podcast.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 20, 2021

This remind me of the initial choice that HTC took when it released the 6DOF tracking add-on for the Vive Focus : in the end, it was never released and the company just launched the new Vive Focus Plus. A genius idea that makes you understand how the design of all the parts has been carefully studied. The importance of Huawei.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Samsung, Nokia entered with their OZO, Jaunt — which recently just got sold to Verizon — they had their Jaunt One camera. And so that this is kind of like a universal case study as well that’s coming out right now. There’s been a ton of companies try to come to market with a 360 camera.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Samsung, Nokia entered with their OZO, Jaunt — which recently just got sold to Verizon — they had their Jaunt One camera. And so that this is kind of like a universal case study as well that’s coming out right now. There’s been a ton of companies try to come to market with a 360 camera.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2019

So we’ve got an update from HTC and Oculus on what’s the state of the hardware. And those kind of case study examples where, “Well, this is what we tried. ” When you look at something like the Samsung store in New York and their building kind of all over, you can’t even buy things in the store.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Samsung, Nokia entered with their OZO, Jaunt -- which recently just got sold to Verizon -- they had their Jaunt One camera. And Crystal View allows us to play 8K videos -- or higher, now -- in a non-8K device and that's available in iOS, Android devices, their smartphones, your tablets, and headsets like Oculus Go and HTC Vive.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2019

So we’ve got an update from HTC and Oculus on what’s the state of the hardware. And those kind of case study examples where, “Well, this is what we tried. ” When you look at something like the Samsung store in New York and their building kind of all over, you can’t even buy things in the store.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

HTC discounts its headsets. HTC has started a good discount on its headsets that will last until the end of the month. Samsung Exynos 2200 introduces ray tracing on mobile. Samsung has just announced its new Exynos 2200 mobile chipset , powered by AMD RDNA 2 architecture. Read about the design of Stormland.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This week has seen its fair share of tricks and treats ahead of the Halloween season, where companies like Warpin Reality, HTC VIVE, Google, Shopify, and Apple, among others, have offered a powerhouse of insights to XR Today on their latest innovations. Here are the top stories from this week’s news stories.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You can download VeeR VR in your Oculus , Samsung Gear VR , HTC Vive , Windows Mixed Reality , Google Daydream , Steam VR and Lenovo Mirage Solo to watch amazing VR content. AR & VR World is an event meant to showcase today's technology, supported by case studies from key brands in the industry. AR & VR World.

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