The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

A comment from HTC , just saying that it was up to compete with Oculus has had on Twitter something like 12K likes , and I think that HTC’s social media manager had never seen that number in his whole life. What other devices are so cheap, have the best games, a continuous stream of updates? The same on Twitter. Other relevant news.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Side-by-side comparison of the HTC Vive Pro (left) and Varjo VR-1 (right) / Image Credit: Varjo. Varjo is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in VR fidelity,” spoke Timoni West, Director of XR Research at Unity Technologies. Side-by-side comparison of the HTC Vive Pro (left) and Varjo VR-1 (right) / Image Credit: Varjo.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Announced as “The Official Blancpain GT Series Game” , the sim brings many technology upgrades over Assetto Corsa (2014) , thanks in part to the move to Unreal Engine 4. Unreal Engine’s comprehensive VR support could benefit the new sim in these areas. Assetto Corsa supports Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

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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. HTC Vive 1.0 vs HTC Vive Pro. It has just been an “ok, good” moment. The wonderful Vive Pro. First of all, the Vive Pro has a nice design.

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ARPost

JULY 23, 2021

Thus, participants will be able to interact with each other and with the innovative devices and technologies on display. A large adoption rate for augmented and virtual reality in 2020 has broadened the audience and age groups interested in the latest technologies. This year will be special for the XR industry. ICHVR 2021.

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Road to VR

JUNE 6, 2017

Standing in a green screen setup to facilitate a mixed reality presentation, Lauren used HTC Vive hardware connected to a new 27-inch Retina iMac to illustrate the performance of Apple’s VR-capable hardware and native VR support in High Sierra, the next major version of macOS.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Company CTO Idan Beck says its Sandbox SDK will have capabilities like “high-performance inverse kinematics, rigging, and motion capture capabilities,” and will include support for Unreal Engine, Unity, and Native. Sandbox says however that developers can create using more modest setups such as an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive.

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ARPost

APRIL 8, 2020

Hand Tracking in VR Technology – It’s Come a Long Way. While doing demos, people new to VR technology would repeatedly put both controllers into one hand to reach out and try to touch digital artefacts. The VR technology behind these SDKs allows eye and lip tracking, pass through cameras, and hand tracking.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Unreal Engine eXtended Reality (XR) Technology Platforms | Source: [link] How to Select Extended Reality (XR) Toolkit? ? SteamVR is the ultimate tool for experiencing VR content on the hardware of your choice like HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality headset, or any other supported VR headset and controllers. ?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

I had the pleasure to sit down with Conor Russomanno, the CEO , and talk with him about the new product they’re building, dubbed Galea, that is being marketed not only as a disruptive innovation for BCIs but also as a product that has been specifically designed to work with XR technologies. What are the expected price and release date?

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Recent technological advancements have pushed the envelope of what modern technologies are capable of. Furthermore, these innovations have greatly changed the way users interact with such technologies. Unfortunately, such beliefs stem from a misunderstanding of the technology and how it works.

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VRScout

APRIL 17, 2018

According to HTC, the SDK breaks down into three primary modules that allow developers to focus solely on their content: a depth module, see-through module, and a 3D reconstruction module. The SDK also supports native development with plugins for both Unity as well as Unreal Engine 4.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

We had at the same time the Game Developer Conference (the GDC) and the GPU Technology Conference (GTC) by NVIDIA, so we had lots of announcements about 3D technology in general and also about XR. There have been companies that have tried to compete with HTC in this market, but they all had their big share of trouble in doing that.

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2018

Image courtesy HTC. HTC have finally revealed the price and release date of the anticipated Vive Pro , opening preorders globally at Vive.com and other retailers. The company is still heavily involved with VR development however, and are expected to present some new technology with Google at Display Week 2018 in May. Nvidia RTX.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 6, 2017

The experience was built in 1:1 scale within Unreal Engine. You can check out a short behind the scenes below: Trying the experience for himself, astronaut Tim Peake reflects: “Exploring space is something that motivates a lot of young people to enter careers in science and technology.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 28, 2024

On that note, leading into 2025, the XR market is looking to shift, with interest shifting towards emerging technologies such as AR and MR, with accessible products debuting from firms like Meta and Apple. WEART looks to join this XR product shift with its wearable haptic product.

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VRScout

APRIL 21, 2021

It’s about the technology that connects film with XR, enhancing partnerships and fostering business opportunities,” explained Esmoil, adding, “There will be conference sessions about distribution, filming, and virtual production, also covering the creation of synthetic content, game engines, and even digital humans.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 24, 2022

No grey zones like HTC did in the past. Unity should anyway be the first engine partner, something that doesn’t surprise me considering the litigation between Apple and Epic Games, the company behind Unreal Engine. VR looks incredibly stunning with Unreal Engine 5 features like Nanite and Lumen. Other news. Learn more.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 20, 2023

The years following Connect 2021 were transformative for Meta as the company transitioned from a social media company to a serious technology firm. Although, in reality, these technologies co-exist. Mover, popular VR gaming solutions from HTC VIVE and Valve attracted more consumers to the emerging space.

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VRScout

MARCH 23, 2018

Now, after a grueling 5-month wait , true fans of the show will finally have the chance to step into the show themselves via a brand new VR experience for the HTC Vive. However, it’s the experience’s use of ‘forward rendering’ technology that steals the show.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2017

Survios’ stunning VR action game Raw Data , currently in Early Access for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, will launch in September on PlayStation VR. The PC version will soon receive a summer update that introduces a PvP mode, along with a joystick locomotion option, new maps, and a new playable hero. Photo courtesy Survios.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 24, 2017

The game is due to launch for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift in early 2018. Sci-fi shooter Evasion from VR studio Archiact has been revealed, said to feature ‘next generation’ VR locomotion and ‘high intensity’ co-op multiplayer combat for up to 4 players. The game’s ‘Swarm A.I’

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VRScout

JULY 3, 2018

Using a combination of flexible, high-quality silicon and proprietary sensor technology, the company promises a comfortable experience with tracking capable of 0.01 There are also murmurs of force feedback technology supposedly being implemented into a future model. Compatibility: Unity, Unreal Engine, C++, C#, Python.

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Road to VR

MARCH 22, 2018

Qualcomm’s latest reference headset supports Vive Wave, HTC Vive Focus international launch, Oculus talks about their 2018 ecosystem, announces ‘Positional Timewarp’, reveals new Oculus Go details, and Unreal Engine’s real-time ray-tracing demo. Unreal Engine’s real-time ray-tracing live demo.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2019

I have been various times in their offices (they’ve become friend to me in the end ) and I have been able to try a lot of products of them, always appreciating their quality of work and their ability to adapt their eye-tracking technology to all the XR devices possible (tethered and standalone headsets, HoloLens 1, etc…).

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Virtual reality has figured prominently at the event in recent years of course, quickly rising to become one of the shows hottest technologies. The demonstration included the now familar Unreal Engine 3 powered citadel area, one which would become the setting for one of the most famous early VR applications of all time, Rift Coaster.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Today I am very happy to host on my blog Kura Technologies , one of the most interesting augmented reality startups out there. One of the first public renders of Kura AR glasses (Image by Kura Technologies). We evaluated various components, like different display technologies (OLED, LCOS, DLPs, lasers, etc…).

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

Development is divided evenly across the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift platforms, each accounting for 31% of projects created, with other major VR platforms such as Samsung Gear VR, OSVR, and Daydream rounding out the bottom numbers. We invite all industry technology providers and stakeholders to join us in this meaningful program.”.

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VRScout

MAY 1, 2017

That’s why Mozilla, the makers of the popular FireFox web browser, are advocating their open source JavaScript API WebVR platform and HTML framework A-Frame to make it easier to design internet-based VR apps that run within cheap smartphone headsets or the more powerful Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. WebVR is one of these technologies.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 10, 2022

HTC is set to reveal its new VIVE Mars CamTrack solution at the SIGGRAPH 2022 in Vancouver, Canada, where it will showcase the immersive production tool with Departure Lounge and Arcturus, it was revealed on Tuesday. HTC VIVE (@htcvive) August 8, 2022. One-click origin reset and simple calibration tools for cameras.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Thanks to this new imaging technology, which is made by a stack of holographic elements, the user is able to see a very high-quality representation of virtual elements, that also have real depth (like in lightfields). This technology is still at a prototype stage, and in fact, its field of view is just a ridiculous 11.7

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 12, 2024

This might be part of the reason why the haptic technology market is expected to reach a value of $5 billion by 2028. These gloves are fitted with technology that delivers various forms of feedback to users wearing an extended reality headset. However, haptic technologies have the potential to support various use cases.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2018

So he proposed to HTC to live 30 days in VR in a way that in these 30 days he could develop very cool things like AI bots and VR locomotion systems while being inside virtual reality with other people helping him remotely… and then share everything developed there to the community as open source software. Isn’t it cool?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Immersive solutions manufacturer HTC VIVE teased its audiences on Wednesday with a photo of an upcoming headset on Twitter. HTC VIVE (@htcvive) October 6, 2022. HTC VIVE Metaverse Solutions, Ambitions. HTC VIVE Expands XR Interoperability, Use Cases. Go small or go home. pic.twitter.com/PUqqKn4V5E. — ”

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2017

If you don’t already know Cliff Bleszinski from his involvement with the Unreal Tournament and Gears of War franchises, you may remember him from Oculus’ 2012 Kickstarter video. Bleszinski indeed believes in the technology.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The event, hosted by AIXR, aims to recognize outstanding achievements in VR technology. Their site also posts educational and informative articles relating to the world of MR, AR, and VR technology. The VR Awards recognize innovations in VR technology through twelve categories. What Is AIXR? VR Marketing.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2023

This means that the glasses may be shipped even if the technology is not ready to make them perfect from a design standpoint. It seems anyway that for the first time ever at Apple, Cook has this time now given priority to the operations team.

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