The Ghost Howls

MARCH 22, 2018

During these days at GDC, Oculus has showcased the Oculus Go (that will be officially released during the F8 in May) and has provided some new insights on the Oculus Santa Cruz. Mister Potato while talking me about some rumors on Oculus headsets (Image by Disney). But are we sure that this is enough?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Oculus devices will require a Facebook login. The enormous piece of news of the week is tha t Facebook has communicated that from October, 20th, all people that want to use an Oculus device for personal use will have to use their personal Facebook account to log in. Top news of the week. Image by Tweakanalogy). The same on Twitter.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

There is no point if you have face tracking and it doesn’t work well… and the positional tracking alone is very difficult to provide well even for established companies (only Oculus’s one is very fluid) In the video they say confusing things like “R&D is cheap now” (really? Then why Magic Leap hasn’t delivered a solid product with 2B?)

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In an interview with a magazine (quoted by Upload VR), he said the following sentences: One of the things [Steam Deck] represents is the battery-capable, high-performance horsepower that eventually you could use in VR applications as well. Magic Leap 2 has inside-out tracked controllers. News worth a mention. Some XR fun.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Facebook has started today enforcing the “Facebook login” rule , asking Oculus users to merge their Facebook and Oculus accounts. The community is not happy with this news, but another piece of news spread this week by VR magazines has given us some hope. MRTK now supports Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

Further References Razer Quest Accessories (Road To VR) Magic Leap gets medical certification Me wearing Magic Leap 2 glasses Magic Leap announced at CES that its Magic Leap 2 glasses obtained IEC 60601-1 certification. And it seems that can also change your Oculus Quest 2 with a total of 2.5

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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 Wikipedia WebXR API Design Principles: ? A-Frame ? —?A SteamVR ? —?SteamVR

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2022

Another interesting thing is that Pico is not copying Meta or Magic Leap in proposing inside-out tracked controllers : these ones still have a tracking ring. You can now try games on the Oculus Store. After more than 6 years at Upload, the journalist Jamie Feltham is leaving the magazine to embark on a new adventure.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 17, 2019

Your first reaction maybe is the one of sharing it on VR communities, forums and magazines. Maybe you get featured on Road To VR, you get 200 likes on /r/Oculus. Attending VR events, getting likes on VR magazines is nice, for sure gives you reputation, and makes you create connections but doesn’t give you much advantage.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2018

Also, the controllers were the ones of Vive 1 and being used to my Oculus Touch , I felt back to the nineties. Oculus Rift CV1 vs HTC Vive Pro. Coming from the Oculus Rift CV1, the Vive Pro felt absolutely ???? Unluckily there were only SteamVR 1.0 HTC Vive 1.0 vs HTC Vive Pro. Targeted features for the professionals.

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

Apple seems to be cornering the popular entertainment industry, with the acquisition of NextVR, as industry rivals such as Magic Leap focus on enterprise solutions. You probably have heard of well-known models such as the Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, Playstation VR, and HTC VIVE?—?these Don’t forget to give us your ?? !

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2019

You may wonder who am I to write such a post, since I have never been featured on the front page of TIME magazine. The only sure purchase for me on day 1 among the above devices has been the Oculus Quest. I wrote a review on Magic Leap One because my friend (and ex partner ) Gianni made me try it. The reasons?

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

While on the topic of acquisitions Facebooks takeover of Oculus initially was somewhat hostile with internal disputes between Oculus founders and Zuckerberg and his leadership team. On the surface it would appear that VR / AR adoption is rising steadily. Don’t forget to give us your ?? ! link] Metaverse!

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 12, 2021

For instance, in the box I’ve found a cleaning cloth for an Oculus device… and I don’t think it actually comes with a Microsoft HoloLens! And do you remember that demo all magazines talked about, that you read a text and when you arrive at the bottom of it, the text scrolls automatically?

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2018

The interview has been super interesting for me, because thanks to it I’ve learned a lot about the 3D modeling market, that is something that usually VR magazines do not talk about. What do you think of 3D models creation inside VR, like Google Blocks or Oculus Medium? So fasten your seatbelt and start reading!

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

This week has mostly been in the sign of Oculus, with many news and updates from the brand controlled by Facebook. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap 2 is coming in Q1 2022. Even if most of this roundup will be about Oculus, I have decided to put another brand on top of it and it is Magic Leap.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Image by Oculus). Facebook is working on a new version of the Oculus Quest. According to a report by Bloomberg, Oculus is working on a new Oculus Quest model, and it has already done prototypes that are lighter and more powerful than the current device. Image by Magic Leap). Top news of the week.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously.

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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. And there have been countless interviews with Facebook executives (especially on the online magazine Protocol), and every one of them has shared very interesting pieces of information.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

In 2011, Bob launched the only printed magazine covering social media, The Social Media Monthly. I finally — finally, after a year and a half — I got to try out the Magic Leap in Laval, and it was a good experience. And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void. Alan: What do you try it? Alan: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

In 2011, Bob launched the only printed magazine covering social media, The Social Media Monthly. I finally — finally, after a year and a half — I got to try out the Magic Leap in Laval, and it was a good experience. And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void. Alan: What do you try it? Alan: Yeah.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Many journalists of important tech magazines (TechCrunch, Business Insider, etc…) are all playing a common sport now: targeting Meta and Mark Zuckerberg. Do you remember when everyone was criticizing Magic leap because it got $2.5B So, Magic Leap was even cheap in comparison.

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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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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

I literally was looking through — I am old, and I still read Time Magazine, in the paper version of it all, I don’t read it digitally — and there was an ad from the Postal Service with a generic VR headset. So when I see it in a Time Magazine, you’re like, “wait a minute, is that real?”

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

I literally was looking through — I am old, and I still read Time Magazine, in the paper version of it all, I don’t read it digitally — and there was an ad from the Postal Service with a generic VR headset. So when I see it in a Time Magazine, you’re like, “wait a minute, is that real?”

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

Let’s take an example from our ecosystem: Magic Leap. What you have to do to shoot with the pistol is: eject the old magazine with the B key, then take a new magazine from the shoulder, put it into the gun, then press the A key to load the bullet, then shoot. Has it created hype?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

In 2011, Bob launched the only printed magazine covering social media, The Social Media Monthly. I finally -- finally, after a year and a half -- I got to try out the Magic Leap in Laval, and it was a good experience. Personally, I have some concerns about the cost of the Hololens and the Magic Leap devices at this time.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

I literally was looking through -- I am old, and I still read Time Magazine, in the paper version of it all, I don't read it digitally -- and there was an ad from the Postal Service with a generic VR headset. So when I see it in a Time Magazine, you're like, "wait a minute, is that real?" You can do it with an Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 29, 2020

Original image by Oculus). Oculus kills the Go and opens to content on Quest. In the end, the time of the Oculus Go has come. Devices like Oculus Quest , Pico Neo 2 , and Vive Focus Plus have proven that 6DOF VR is more interesting and has far more retention. Top news of the week.

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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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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2020

This has been the week of the launch of the Oculus Quest 2, and this event has been so big that basically, it will take half of this roundup to describe. Facebook releases the Oculus Quest 2. Even if with the Quest 1 was possible to play Oculus Go games, this support has been abandoned on the Quest 2. Top news of the week.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

It was newspaper, magazines, and television. These are like the Microsoft Hololens, Magic Leaps. So something like an Oculus Go, for example, allows you to look around and be inside of a video. What was it? It was a television. How many television stations do we have? But you can’t move around in it.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

Yes, the biggest companies were not there with a booth (Oculus will probably target the OC6, HTC the VEC, etc…), but it is the first time that I read the XR news from CES and I dont’ remain surprised. Nothing that will shake the ecosystem. Someone wonders if this may be the Quest killer, and my answer is no.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 9, 2021

I’m overly happy to announce to you that today we of New Technology Walkers have launched our VR fitness game HitMotion: Reloaded on Oculus App Lab ! Regarding the controllers, we know that they are similar to the Oculus Touch but with force-feedback triggers and more nuanced haptic sensations. Is Oculus Quest killing PCVR?

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