The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

Valve Index and Oculus Quest were on sale again. This week the Valve Index and the Oculus Quest have been put back in stock. Oculus and Valve have probably taken out all the devices they had in the warehouses so that to ship them before Half-Life: Alyx and the sale has been a big success. Image by Oculus). Who knows….

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MARCH 1, 2017

Epic Games is using the Game Developers Conference (GDC) to give an advanced preview of the latest additions to its Unreal Engine VR Editor, which allows creatives to build worlds in a virtual reality environment using the full capabilities of the editor toolset combined with interaction models designed specifically for VR world building.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

In that period, the Oculus DK2 ordered by Gianni arrived, and he told me that I should go to his office to try that device, and my reaction at that time was like “Oculus what??” You can clearly see from the videos that we did our first demos inside the Oculus samples scenes. A random tutorial found on Youtube.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

From the advent of the Oculus Rift in 2012, we saw Oculus attend the show for the first time in 2013 to show off their pre-production Rift headset prototype ahead of the DK1 launch, following their wildly successful Kickstarter campaign. CES 2013 however gave us the first glimpse of Oculus VR operating as a company.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Epic also announced a few interesting things, like a tool to record facial animations for MetaHumans that run on an iPhone; and Fab, the Unreal version of the Unity Asset Store, where the developers can find many tools and multimedia elements put on sale. Of course, Epic is completely against Apple and its vision of its own walled garden.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 8, 2019

nReal has been sued by Epic Games for the name too similar to Unreal and by Magic Leap that claims that nReal CEO Chi Xu has stolen the technology of the American company while working there. For instance, the design of the temple tip was absolutely wrong for the shape of my head and my ear, so my ears had to stay folded most of the time.

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ARPost

APRIL 8, 2020

Laverde also pointed out that while VIVE’s hand tracking SDK works with a number of common platforms including Unity and Unreal, there can be complications for different hardware. Tips on Incorporating Hand Tracking. Facebook, owners of VR giant Oculus, held their online alternative to GDC over three days last month.

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

Bonus Tip : We recommend using OS X to scan faces and Android for object manipulation for the best results. #2: You probably have heard of well-known models such as the Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, Playstation VR, and HTC VIVE?—?these If you’re using a Galaxy Note, the scanner is available as a native app.

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2016

As the publisher of Unreal Engine 4, Epic Games is at the forefront of developers creating new worlds in VR, and we recently sat down with the man driving their VR efforts: Nick Whiting, Epic’s Technical Director of VR/AR. As part of that, I got to meet Nate Mitchell and Brendan Iribe who later became two founders of Oculus.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Its war-torn city wouldn’t be out of place in a Gears of War game (it’s built inside developer Epic’s Unreal Engine 4), and it’s quite unlike anything else the studio has made thus far. It went down “fantastically well”, according to Kibblewhite, and even a certain Oculus Rift inventor saw it and liked it.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

He’s worked on the tech since before the Oculus Rift was invented and, with his team, since released some of the best games for it. Cass Everitt (Oculus), Joe Ludwig (Valve), Nick Whiting (Epic Games), Devin Reimer (Owlchemy Labs), Yuval Boger (Sensics, Inc.), State Of Unreal: Epic Games’ Opening Session.

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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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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. I’ve got to try this thing called Vasco, which is a scent machine that mounts to the bottom of your VR headset that you can program — so, you program in Unity or Unreal. Oculus has sold a couple million. Amazon Sumerian.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. I’ve got to try this thing called Vasco, which is a scent machine that mounts to the bottom of your VR headset that you can program — so, you program in Unity or Unreal. Oculus has sold a couple million. Amazon Sumerian.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. I've got to try this thing called Vasco, which is a scent machine that mounts to the bottom of your VR headset that you can program -- so, you program in Unity or Unreal. Oculus has sold a couple million. there's just all these tools.

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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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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. From Unreal community plugin creator getnamo , NexusVR is a space between worlds, where you can move between different VR experiences. Build Chinese.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

A quick note: VR/AR is a rapidly emerging ecosystem, and many of the engine tools and features that we use to build our Unity and Unreal assets are constantly shifting. In this section, we’ll cover our community’s three most popular environments for deskop and VR/AR: Unity, Unreal, and JavaScript. Get started with Unreal.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 10, 2019

We prefer the Unreal Engine to build all of our expenses of this kind. You mentioned Unreal Engine. There’s Unreal, and then there’s Unity. We have been working in Unreal for a long time, and we’ve certainly built a team around that. Is there a cost difference between using Unity versus Unreal?

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 10, 2019

We prefer the Unreal Engine to build all of our expenses of this kind. You mentioned Unreal Engine. There’s Unreal, and then there’s Unity. We have been working in Unreal for a long time, and we’ve certainly built a team around that. Is there a cost difference between using Unity versus Unreal?

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Lindero's VR content was designed for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, which is accessible to a niche audience able to afford headsets and additional hardware; VR's financial premises hence enter a tug-of-war with the general audience's desire to enjoy free content. Click on each item to expand their exclusive tips!

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

References found in the Oculus Quest 2 firmware by users Reggy04 and Basti564 highlight how the Quest 2 Pro should have: Eyes tracking Facial expressions tracking Eye relief knob Granular IPD adjustment External charging station. Top news of the week. Image by Facebook). References found in Quest 2 firmware hint to Quest Pro features.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

Unreal Engine 5 gets released in Early Access. After a lot of teasing of its upcoming fantastic features, Unreal Engine 5 is finally available for download. There is also a companion app (another thing copied from Oculus), through which you can buy the games (of course connected with Alipay and WeChat pay). Pa… Pa… Pa…treon!

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

Mobile virtual reality on a headset like an Oculus Go, which is $200. I don’t ask this — I’m going to start asking this is a regular question — when do you think that tipping point is going to be? Alan: When you say “tipping point,” what does that actually mean? Alan: All right. Five years.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

Mobile virtual reality on a headset like an Oculus Go, which is $200. I don’t ask this — I’m going to start asking this is a regular question — when do you think that tipping point is going to be? Alan: When you say “tipping point,” what does that actually mean? Alan: All right. Five years.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

We can put our champagnes back in the fridge (Thanks Ilja Z for this tip, you are great!). The Rec Room community is growing pretty steadily, also thanks to the great sales of the Oculus Quest. All of this running thanks to the power of the Azure cloud. News worth a mention. Image by Rec Room).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. Huawei has upgraded its sleek VR glasses and now they support 6DOF movement and 6DOF controllers that are very similar to the Oculus Touch. Notwithstanding all this hate, the Oculus Quest 2 is selling very well. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Thanks to Ivan for the tip!). Then, he donned an Oculus Quest 2, put a controller on the bike, and rode the bike while doing the VR game, with the real track mapped perfectly with the virtual track. Thanks Mathew Olson for the tip). Meta provides tips to optimize content for Quest by using the Showdown app as a showcase.

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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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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Then it could update them very fast and make them as powerful and successful as the Oculus Quest. More info (Oculus Quest with keyboard and mouse) More info (120Hz refresh rate on Quest 2) More info (Facebook and BCIs) More info (Rumor on Facebook smartwatch). People at Oculus do not know how to count. Learn more. Some XR fun.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest. Considering that this number doesn’t count the Quest users connected via Oculus Link, the actual number of VR users on Steam is even higher. and USB Type-C connectivity 2 hours of “active use” battery life.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

And since Epic has violated the rules of the App Store, Apple had all the rights to kick Fortnite out of it, and even to suspend the support in the integration of iOS inside of Unreal Engine. Oculus has a similar practice too, and developers are forced to use its payment system for all IAP, about which Facebook takes a 30% cut.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

This week we had no big news from Facebook, but in the communities, the theme of the Facebook login for the Oculus Quest 2 remains pretty hot. Some people have already abandoned the Oculus ship, but many have still bought the Quest 2, that in fact is already backordered by several weeks in some countries (e.g. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2023

I hope that we can arrive together to the 400th episode in two years… let’s see If you want to give me a tip for all these hard years at work, you can join my Patreon. 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.

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ARVR

JUNE 22, 2021

And this is just the tip of the iceberg. Also what caused an outcry is that at launch, no other headsets are supported other than Oculus devices. This is especially true for users who use a headset other than a Quest, Quest 2, or Oculus Rift S. New bugs are being discorvered daily by the playerbase.

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Digitalnauts

MARCH 23, 2022

Charles Seguin, Co-Founder and CEO at Digitalnauts, answers a few questions on the representation of the XR industry at SXSW 2022 and gives us his top tips. Paper Birds” an interactive VR story from Oculus (best story). GoliathVR and their schizophrenia experience (best interactive experience on Oculus Quest 2).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

Ben Lang has written a very interesting editorial on the topic, and for instance, he imagines that this may mean that all Sony-owned game studios will all start using Unreal Engine as their game engine , unifying the production processes among them all. Thanks Gianluigi Perrone for the tip!). Peggy Johnson is the new CEO of Magic Leap.

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