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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Samsung has partnered with Google to make an XR headset, although the South Korean tech giant hasn’t tipped its hand on what to expect just yet. That’s a patently Apple recipe though that Samsung may not be able to easily replicate. The question is: what can Samsung bring to the table that Apple and Meta can’t?

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OCTOBER 2, 2017

Last week images of the Samsung Odyssey Windows VR headset leaked online, and although they seemed plenty legit, a new leak from Microsoft’s own website confirms the existence of the device and offers new details of this premium headset. What’s especially interesting about the Samsung Odyssey VR headset is its price.

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

Since Microsoft provided its list of OEMs the same reference design, all of the available headsets except Samsung Odyssey follow the basic specs below. Samsung HMD Odyssey. Samsung HMD Odyssey Pre-order. The post 5 Windows VR Headsets Now Available for Pre-Order Including Samsung Odyssey appeared first on Road to VR.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

Samsung confirms 5+ million Gear VR headsets are now in use worldwide, announced at their CES 2017 keynote. In his opening speech at CES 2017 this week, Samsung Electronics America president Tim Baxter announced that the company now has “more than 5 million” Gear VR virtual reality headsets in use.

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JANUARY 3, 2018

A mysterious handheld device showed up in an FCC test report recently that may just be the 3DoF controller coming alongside Oculus Go, the company’s upcoming $200 standalone VR headset. V DC current at 190 mA—the exact same power requirements as Oculus Touch. Image courtesy Oculus. controller. The device operates on a 1.5

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2020

These days we have had various leaks about a new upcoming Oculus Quest , with also renders and photos shared by the famous leaker Walking Cat. Oculus is going to release a new Oculus Quest. Various rumors and leaks in the past weeks hinted to an upcoming release of a new Oculus Quest headset. The comfort enigma.

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APRIL 30, 2018

In this article we compare three standalone VR devices which will be available worldwide this year: the Oculus Go, Lenovo Mirage Solo, and HTC Vive Focus. Oculus Go – Value Oriented. Image courtesy Oculus. At $200, the Oculus Go is set to be the most affordable device of the three by a significant margin.

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JANUARY 11, 2022

Further references. I’ve seen what companies are doing nowadays to use tracked props on the Oculus Quest: they have to add bulky mounts to install the even bulkier Touch controllers on them. Further references. Further references. Oculus Quest 2 ) to know the pose of the fingers. Further references.

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APRIL 20, 2018

With the impending launch of Oculus Go, the company’s first standalone headset, Oculus has shared with developers a handy cheat sheet for bringing Gear VR applications to the Go. OneSignal) when running on Oculus Go. OneSignal) when running on Oculus Go. HMD Touchpad: Oculus Go does not have a touchpad on the HMD.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The Samsung Gear VR headset is a collaboration between Samsung and Oculus, and is one of the best mobile VR headsets out there. However, the release of the device has seen several variations over time, each compatible with a different set of Samsung phones. Samsung Support for Gear VR (SM-R325). Galaxy S6 Edge.

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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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JULY 20, 2020

(Image by Oculus). Oculus could be starting the production of a new Quest at the end of July. Multiple reports seem to confirm that Oculus is actually starting the production of a new Oculus Quest headset, with an expected release date in 2021. Oculus improves development time for UE4 developers. Image by Pico).

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JUNE 12, 2019

The time for my Oculus Quest review has come. The Quest has a nice packaging , as all Oculus products. I really love opening Oculus products , since usually they are packaged really well, and the Quest is no exception. Oculus Quest box content (Image by Oculus). Front view of the Oculus Quest.

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OCTOBER 2, 2018

The Vive Focus was most probably the best VR standalone on the market when Oculus last week announced what will be the first consumer 6DOF VR standalone headset. And so here we are again: Oculus vs HTC, America vs China, Hugo Barra vs Alvin Wang Graylin. And now the battle is on standalone headsets: Oculus Quest vs Vive Focus.

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JUNE 4, 2017

Display specialists Kopin in partnership with Chinese company GoerTek have announced a new reference VR headset design that it claims is the smallest of its kind integrating the firm’s ‘Lightning’ OLED micro display panels sporting a substantial 2k x 2k resolution. Kopin claim are tackling this with a two-pronged approach.

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JANUARY 21, 2020

Me wearing the Oculus Quest. On the other side, PC gamers are appreciating the high-quality Valve Index (even if it has some reliability issues ), and casual gamers are loving the Oculus Quest. This year, I’m not going to make an exception, also because my predictions for 2019 performed pretty well.

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

When in 2015 I had my first Samsung Gear VR, I was amazed: finally, I could enjoy high-quality tether-less virtual reality. But now, these days are over and while the standalone headsets like Vive Focus and Oculus Go are rising, the mobile headsets are becoming always more something of the past. The first issue is content.

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

At Oculus Connect 5 , Oculus has announced Casting, an amazing feature that lets you stream the content of an Oculus Go to a smartphone. How to use Casting to stream Oculus Go content to your smartphone. Follow my guide on how to update your Oculus Go until you can select the “Cast” option).

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MARCH 1, 2018

Poker VR for the Oculus-Powered Samsung Gear VR is a free to play VR title. It’s also the highest grossing game in that category on any Oculus device according to the company. explained that his title, Poker VR is the “highest grossing” free-to-play experience on the entire Oculus store.

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JULY 2, 2018

The monthly Steam hardware survey is out again, and while June hasn’t revealed any major upsets in the balances of usership between HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, the survey shows that Windows “Mixed Reality” VR headsets are making slow, but steady headway on the platform. Windows also hosts WMR-only games on the Microsoft Store.

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DECEMBER 13, 2017

Besides coming from the big names in tech, Microsoft’s line of VR headsets have the ability to hook into the OpenVR API and play a large selection of room-scale games found on Steam, the same you’d play with Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, making it an incredible opportunity for anyone looking for the cheapest entry point into PC VR.

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OCTOBER 25, 2017

Pimax, the company building ‘8K’ and ‘5K’ VR headsets offering a similarly wide FOV, recently passed the $2 million crowdfunding mark on their ongoing Kickstarter campaign—nearly as much as the original Oculus Kickstarter—signaling the public’s clear interest in high FOV headsets. “VR

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OCTOBER 17, 2017

Setting them apart from other PC VR headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, Windows VR headsets (confusingly named “Mixed Reality”) include inside-out tracking thanks to the on-board vision processing sensors, meaning there’s no need for external sensors or base stations—a truly ‘plug and play’ experience.

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

Samsung, in partnership with Microsoft, today announced the Samsung HMD Odyssey —a Windows VR headset expected to have some impressive specs. According to Samsung, the Odyssey VR headset rocks dual 3.5-inch The Samsung Odyssey is unlike typical headsets, you don’t need to install any extra motions sensors.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Windows VR headsets have only been out a few months, and come from a variety of manufacturers including Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Samsung. All the headsets but one, Samsung’s Odyssey headset, are based on the same reference design provided by Microsoft, so they’re more or less the same outside of the obvious styling differences.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

So at least the collaboration with Valve is true, but notice that it has not been on the headset, so they got no reference design from Valve, it has just been on the software integration. While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. We’re excited to try this headset when it becomes available.

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JULY 27, 2017

You’ll of course need a VR headset and controller to go along with your new phone though, but for now there’s only a few choices on the market despite Google sharing the reference design with other OEMs, leaving you with the Google-produced Daydream View ($79) and the slightly cheaper BoboVR Z5 to choose from. The S8 has a 5.8

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

This year we saw the launch of: Oculus Go ; Lenovo Mirage Solo ; Vive Focus ; Pico Neo / G2 ; S hadow VR; and the announcement of the Oculus Quest. Samsung has also teased to be interested in releasing a new AR/VR standalone device. Oculus Quest and controllers inside a stand. You just turn them on and they work.

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VRScout

JANUARY 25, 2018

In addition to inside-out tracking, these same devices are also referred to as “standalone” headsets. For mobile VR headsets like the Samsung Gear VR or Google Daydream View, a compatible mobile phone must be inserted into the headset. It also features two 6DoF controllers resembling the Oculus Touch.

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APRIL 12, 2018

Marcos has since left Mozilla in order to work on the Supermedium WebVR browser, which creates a desktop VR browser designed for the Vive or Oculus to easily go in and out of viewing WebVR content as a seamless VR experience. spec include Firefox Release 55, Oculus Browser, Samsung Internet, & Microsoft Edge.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

It turns out that beams of light have an ‘orientation’ which is referred to as polarization. The company is also known for a number of VR and AR headsets since it began in 2016 with the launch of a Windows Mixed Reality headset, which was released alongside other top OEMs, such as HP, Samsung, Dell, and Acer. Polarization is the key.

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MAY 22, 2019

Multiple budget-friendly headset options, compatibility with a massive library of experiences offered by SteamVR (and Oculus via LibreVR’s Revive app), the list goes on. Next to the Oculus Go, the HP Reverb is the most comfortable VR headset available at the moment. Where the HP Reverb truly shines is in its comfortability.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

Oculus Go price cut down to $150. Facebook has permanently cut down the price of the Oculus Go to $150 , the same price that made it sell incredibly well on Amazon during the Cyber Monday. More info (Oculus Go price cut) More info (Xiaomi laying off the team dedicated to Go). Top news of the week. Image by Engadget). Let’s see….

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

I’ve been an iPhone owner since the first generation, but over the last few years I’ve purchased Samsung phones for VR too. Google is releasing Pixel alongside the Daydream View reference VR headset that will offer experiences to compete with Samsung’s Gear VR. Just how embedded am I with Apple?

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AUGUST 30, 2021

Someone compared this news to the acquisition of Oculus by Facebook , and I agree: Pico is a very smart startup, like Oculus was, and Bytedance is a very rich company that controls one of the most popular social networks, like Facebook. As it has happened with Oculus, this news is good and bad for Pico and VR in general.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. with Xiaomi, Oppo, Samsung, etc…) to convince hardware manufacturers to create headsets powered by Android XR.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

HTC and Valve do this with their Vive controllers that are super low latency and extremely accurate and Oculus does this with their touch controllers and their extremely natural ergonomics. These three announcements are very closely intertwined and show where mobile VR and more specifically standalone VR is going.

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