The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

With much surprise for us all, HTC has just announced the Vive Focus Plus , its first full 6 DOF standalone headset! The Vive Focus Plus, in all its majesty (Image by HTC). Internal view of the Vive Focus Plus (Image by HTC). Do you want to know more? Well, you are in the right place. The Vive Focus Plus.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Typically it takes five to seven years to design a helicopter, according to a case study published by Bell and HTC. Using an HTC Vive, engineers were able to work from the start with a full scale virtual model to pass off to the test pilots. Thanks to VR, the FCX-001 ended up taking less than six-months to create, Bell says.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 8, 2016

HTC selects Lifeliqe as educational VR content partner Positioning itself as a self-described, “Visual learning platform incorporating interactive 3D, virtual reality and augmented reality programs,” Lifeliqe’s custom educational offerings bring students front and center with the subjects they are studying.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The Brighton, UK-based firm will also allow immersive content creators to analyse their projects across gaming engines, devices, and content, the company explained, adding its Unity-based plugin had launched with further support for Unreal Engine and 8th Wall over the next few months. XR Study on Key Analytics.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Ok, of course, I’m kidding, but, you know, the possibility of saying the wrong name is so high that my proposal actually starts making sense… Top news of the week (Image by HTC Vive) HTC reveals inside-out-tracked Tracker With a totally unexpected move, HTC has revealed a new kind of Tracker.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

The report, titled “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: 2016 Mobile and VR Games Year in Review,” is a compilation of information Super Data and Unity Technologies, though we clarified with Unity that they did not contribute to the estimates for VR headset data in the report. The report estimates 4.5

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

It has been on the cover of Vanity Fair, with a very carefully studied picture. Meta never had a true competitor after the HTC Vive, so it will be interesting to see how the company will react to this situation. Let me try to tell you everything I’ve learned, organized properly.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2021

UltraLeap Unity SDK. Playing around with Leap Motion/Ultraleap SDK in Unity is pretty easy. The UltraLeap Unity SDK is the same SDK we have always appreciated all these years. There are already many prefabs and scripts that make the building blocks to create hands-tracking applications.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

While in all past years the answer had always been “HTC Vive”, now the king is Oculus, with both the Rift S and the Oculus Quest getting the majority of answers (especially the Quest). Unity changes how it handles XR Plugins. There will be an XR plugins manager, and some of them will be managed by Unity together with its partners (e.g.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Disclaimer: HTC provided three of their Vive Tracker 3.0 What is an HTC Vive Tracker? Whilst the first part of this article looked at the history of the HTC Vive Tracker and its three different versions, the second part will focus on some practical experiments with the latest HTC Vive Tracker 3.0. HTC Vive Tracker 3.0

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2020

Inside the box you find: 1x SenseGlove right 1x SenseGlove left 1x SenseGlove linkbox 1x power cable 1x USB connector cable short (2m/ 6.5ft) 2x USB connector cable long (3m/ 10ft) 2x HTC tracker mounts including screws 1x manual. This way your gloves are powered and can communicate with your PC; Setup of the HTC Vive system.

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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…). 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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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 7, 2020

It is easily accessible in the Unity SDK as a standard WebcamTexture, so if you like hacking things, I guess you can have a lot of fun developing things for it! The Pico SDK can be easily accessed from the Pico website : it is available for Unity, UE4 and also for the native Android platform. User Interface.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Today, we’re looking a little more closely at the benefits of XR in the construction industry, by exploring some of the most innovative case studies published by market-leading vendors. HTC VIVE and CannonDesign. Unity and DPR Construction. What’s more, these tools can also pave the way for safer operations in the AEC space.

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AllThingsVR

JUNE 20, 2017

Tobii Pro brings eye-tracking research to VR The eye tracking company is integrating its technology into the HTC Vive business edition headset for commercial and academic research. The SDK supports millisecond synchronization, enabling researchers to extract the data from the eye tracker and analyze it on a Unity-compatible software platform.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Mark Zuckerberg, but also Unity CEO John Riccitiello) that should mark the beginning of the serious adoption of new technology. Now the design has been used also by other companies, like HTC that has just launched its Vive Flow headset. Plus Huawei headset is compatible only with Huawei phones, while HTC is more open.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

We’re going to be at the show and will have plenty to report on, but in the meantime there’s a busy schedule of talks and workshops for you to study. As with most other VR headsets, the HTC Vive is primarily considered as a gaming peripheral right now, but the rise of experiential pieces is quickly changing that perception.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 8, 2022

It differs from VR, which is more of an independent, one-on-one self study type of experience. Several of the world’s biggest tech giants, including Meta Platforms, Sony, Agora, HTC VIVE, Unity Technologies, Qualcomm, Magic Leap, Lenovo, and many others joined the event.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

I’ve studied at important universities like UC Berkeley, and I’ve worked on many technical projects (for work or personal interest) in electronics, optics, brain-machine interface , natural language processing, etc…. But we were motivated, so we started studying the problem. Hello Kelly! Can you introduce yourself?

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ARVR

JANUARY 4, 2021

The HTC Vive headsets have its own SDK. This course from the University of Michigan focuses mainly on developing XR apps with WebXR, Unity & Unreal — Developing AR/VR/MR/XR Apps with WebXR, Unity & Unreal Skill 5?—?Machine The Oculus headsets have the Oculus SDK.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

We’re looking for a Unity dev for a freelance gig lasting 1–2 months, ideally from Italy or a nearby country (for easier management). It is in Italian, but basically it says that we’re looking for a Unity dev with preferred experience with VR and/or multiplayer games. Unity Reflect its a great XR tool for enterprise customers.

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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. Unity Development. Unity Development for the Mirage Solo is not difficult.

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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

OCTOBER 2, 2023

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. It is also possible to create your custom spaces to use in Mesh either with a no-code editor or by using Unity to create more personalized and complex scenes.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

In 2015 my girlfriend came with a Cardboard and with no experience with Unity I created my first 360 photo which I’ve shown to my manger. In 2018 we did a case study where people were invited to use virtual reality in a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) fashion. This was such a game-changer that she asked me what we could do with that.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Vive Focus 3 has an expensive cooling system that can keep the Snapdragon XR2 cold enough to perform its operations at the best temperatures (Image by HTC Vive). This is great news for us developers, because it means we can develop a VR app for Quest, Pico, and Focus using exactly the same SDK provided by Unity! Production quality.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2021

This week has been pretty crazy: It all started with Facebook approving my silly The Unity Cube application (an application with just a cube) on App Lab. Image by HTC Vive). HTC is teasing a new headset. HTC is teasing a new piece of hardware again, and this time most probably it will be a VR headset. Not much, honestly.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

There is a lot at stakes, because if these two companies won’t settle (and I think that they are just firing big shots before finding an agreement), Unreal Engine developers won’t be able to develop properly for Apple XR devices, and they will have all to migrate to Unity. The same on Twitter. Other relevant news. Image by Epic Games).

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AIXR

AUGUST 26, 2022

Using an HTC Vive and a gaming PC, the viewer enters Nick’s studio, where he explains why he feels that those around him do not understand him. During the project, a switch was made from Unity to Unreal for production. — Read another case study by 4DR Studios on Future Static: Future Static: No Show Without an Artist.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2022

I’ve personally met and had a chat with people from Unity and Epic Games, Roblox, The Sandbox, HTC Vive, Microsoft, Rec Room. During the event, I was able to see (in streaming) Mark Zuckerberg live for the first time. There was a keynote by Neal Stephenson. I saw that there were people from Sony Interactive Entertainment.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

We studied theoretical physics in Tyrol. And as a theoretical study -- especially on physics -- also, the study is extremely theoretical. You've have case studies that show we saved X amount of time or X amount of money, or made those things? You can simply integrate the stylus as it is in every other Unity application.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

We studied theoretical physics in Tyrol. And as a theoretical study -- especially on physics -- also, the study is extremely theoretical. You've have case studies that show we saved X amount of time or X amount of money, or made those things? You can simply integrate the stylus as it is in every other Unity application.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 24, 2023

Uniting the Industry Multiple companies, from Meta Platforms, Qualcomm, NVIDIA, Microsoft, HTC VIVE, ByteDance, Sony and even massive telecoms like Nokia and T-Mobile are chipping in to increase adoption rates for spatial technologies. Unity has also joined in on the industrial metaverse to deliver tangible results.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 23, 2016

“We conducted many studies where test subjects performed tasks using Vive controller or Dexmo. In June 2016, we finished multiple Unity Demos to demonstrate what Dexmo is capable of. We built some Unity plugins that is somewhat similar to the Vive. Arguably, that next advance will probably involve input.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 28, 2018

Me trying the XCOL application with an HTC Vive Pro, while Sam is using a tablet and another employee a smartphone. I made this to simulate the case study that Sam was talking about: using VR Waibao to make people in a company discuss a 3D prototype without having to print it.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

Cubism is a great case study for hand tracking UX. I mean… HTC controls five other social VR experiences in its XR Suite, it is weird that now it is partnering with a competitor company. I really hope that this is going to happen. And kudos to Kevin Williams to have predicted it some months ago ). Learn more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Allen discussed the benefits of immersive learning platforms, citing a company study on the return on investment (ROI) for clients via VR training. ” Companies developing solutions similar to HTC VIVE’s lip-tracking tools would deepen immersion and lead to greater levels of realism for avatar development.

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