The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Oculus Quest 2 had a great Christmas. The sales of Oculus Quest 2 have been great during the holidays , and the Quest has been a Christmas gift very much appreciated by kids (but wasn’t there an age limit?). Many Rift users reported problems in using the Oculus Store on PC this week , in particular in downloading games.

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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. Top news of the week. Mechanical IPD is confirmed.

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ARVR

JANUARY 22, 2021

(Image courtesy Sony) Finally, while not exactly “consumer electronics”, Sony announced plans for a series of immersive, VR concerts this year, initially kicking off with a Madison Beer concert available later this year for Oculus, Playstation VR, and others. Don’t forget to give us your ?? !

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2023

The popular magazine is accepting pitches of news to talk about , so if you are making a VR game and want to promote it, try contacting them. I guess in my life I made the wrong job decisions… Learn more Praydog’s Universal Unreal VR Injector will automatically inject VR into many Unreal-based games. You have a big nose.

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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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 1, 2017

Robo Recall is the latest free release for Oculus Touch, this one a collaboration between Oculus Studios and Epic Games, the company behind the ubiquitous Unreal Engine, Gears of War, and Unreal Tournament. As a free title for Oculus Touch it is more than worthwhile to give the game a go. Final Score: 7.5/10

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ARVR

JUNE 22, 2021

So you can’t reload your weapons yourself, but suddenly feel completely ripped out of immersion while your arms wave around in front of you on their own and load a new magazine into your weapon with crazy show-off animations. Also what caused an outcry is that at launch, no other headsets are supported other than Oculus devices.

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

You probably have heard of well-known models such as the Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, Playstation VR, and HTC VIVE?—?these Another industry standard is Unreal Engine, however, it is widely considered to have a steeper learning curve than Unity. these are relatively pricey, starting at ~$200 CAD and going up to $1000 CAD.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

FB) Facebook is the owners of Oculus Quest , the current gold standard when it comes to VR headsets. In addition to releasing Oculus Quest 2, Facebook spent $150 million on content for the device (to bring you VR games from brands like Assassin’s Creed, Splinter Cell, Star Wars, Jurassic World, and Medal of Honor).

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ARVR

JANUARY 4, 2021

The Oculus headsets have the Oculus 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? In VR, there is an SDK for each VR headset. The HTC Vive headsets have its own SDK.

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ARVR

MARCH 16, 2021

Today it can work with Unity, C++ and C#, but will soon have support for Unreal, Babylon, and React Native. One of the great benefits of Mesh is the ability to create applications that work across iOS, Android, HoloLens, HP Reverb G2 and Oculus Quest 2. Don’t forget to give us your ?? !

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

His lab was even visited by Zuckerberg before he decided to acquire Oculus. An iconic image of Jeremy Bailenson wearing an Oculus Rift DK2 (Image taken from Medium). Or Unreal if that’s your language. I am always fascinated when I speak with someone that is here before the Oculus Kickstarter campaign.

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ARVR

JUNE 17, 2021

Software development engines like Unity and Unreal are becoming more elaborate , there are myriads of SDK libraries, countless knowledge exchange communities and free-for-use collaboration tools. Everyday is bringing us more news from the realm of Virtual Reality (VR).

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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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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

This week has been the week of the Oculus Connect 6 , the biggest yearly event by Oculus where the VR company announces all its most important news, both on hardware and software sides. Oculus Link. You can even access to Oculus Home and Dash. Oculus Link will be available in beta in November 2019.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

It is the first event of this kind organized by Magic Leap: we can say that LEAP Con is like the Oculus Connect of Magic Leap and will probably become always more important, year after year, exactly as it has happened to Oculus. PixelStrikeInc brace yourself…the memes are coming. pic.twitter.com/MbJZV8aOdf.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Oculus plans to introduce in-app purchases to App Lab experiences. Oculus App Lab has been introduced by Facebook to give a way to indie developers to publish their applications for Quest without the need of passing Facebook’s strong store curation. Plus, the Netflix app has been in VR since the times of Gear VR/Oculus Go.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 24, 2022

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. Being Adobe, you can use it only by paying a monthly subscription. Other news.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2019

video) More info (Unreal Engine with Octane Renderer) More info (Wi-fi is not enough for VR streaming). Microsoft has just released its OpenXR implementation, while other companies like Oculus and Epic Games are still working on theirs, and they will be released soon. Other relevant news. Image by HTC). has been released.

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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

JULY 25, 2020

The real question is: what about headsets that don’t rely on PC like the Oculus Quest or the Vive Focus Plus ? Interface to pair your Oculus Quest application to your bHaptics suit in VR. Here below, I’ll tell you something about these experiments, that happened both on my PC (+ HTC Vive) and my Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

It is a big showcase demo for its Unreal Engine 5, and I have to say it is pretty impressive. Business-oriented magazines are talking about the metaverse as a MULTI-TRILLION DOLLAR OPPORTUNITY (caps required to underline the bullsh*tting happening around) and so many people are coming to exploit this opportunity.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

Oculus Quest gets v29 update. This week Facebook has started rolling out the v29 runtime update for Oculus Quest , and it brings some interesting features like: Multi-user mode on the original Quest 1 A renewed UI of the “toolbar” of the device. Other relevant news. Image by Facebook). You can check it out now on Youtube! Learn more.

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