The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

But hey, let me play this game anyway, so here you are my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 based on the trends and the anticipations that we had at the end of 2020! I expect all these trends to continue in 2021, for a year that will see the growth of the technology on all its sides (software and hardware).

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VRScout

JUNE 8, 2021

His experience hosting events in AltspaceVR and some talent with Unity were really valuable to Render, “Without him, we wouldn’t be where we are today.”. Thankfully, that trend has started to change as more performers turned to VR as a way to connect with fans. Image Credit: Failed to Render. Most VR shows had the audience muted.

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The Ghost Howls

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. In 2020 this trend will continue, and the more content will get released, the more people will start entering VR.

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ARVR

MARCH 30, 2021

This runs like any other unity build, and will connect to the headset plugged in automatically when you open up Oculus link on your quest. You will probably notice when playing the build that the framerate is a lot better than when you were testing it in Unity! Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Enter The Monarchy 3.

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ARPost

JULY 15, 2021

Between the Metaverse ETF, the Glimpse Group IPO (initial public offering), and other big trends, XR might be finally coming of age. Curated by the analyst, writer, and venture capitalist Mathew Ball and partners, the index includes companies like Cloudflare, Nvidia, Qualcomm, and Unity. You Can Now Invest In the Metaverse.

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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

AUGUST 23, 2021

What I’ve not enjoyed is that SideQuest has removed The Unity Cube from its listing, stating that there were too many cubes there. Every year, the Oculus Connect, later (sadly) renamed as Facebook Connect, is the biggest event about XR from Facebook. You can now invite your Oculus friends to play with a web link.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

I think that from the results of this battle, which will happen most probably in 2022, we will understand the trends that will drive the VR gaming market in all the upcoming years. Oculus has also partnered with Virtuclear to offer prescription lenses for the Quest 2 for $80. You can now use consumer devices inside Oculus For Business.

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ARPost

MAY 5, 2021

However, we teased out some session trends and highlights in case you missed this year’s event. In the same discussion (and other discussions throughout the day) Facebook’s ownership of Oculus also came up as a privacy concern. Unfortunately, Oculus is currently the most affordable VR headset, particularly for educational institutions.

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ARPost

MARCH 26, 2020

All last week Oculus announced their VR news through the Facebook Game Developers Showcase. See Also: VR Headset Comparison of Vive Cosmos vs. Oculus Rift S. Another difference between VIVE’s digital GDC offering and that of Oculus is a surprise. The talk will cover how and why to roll out hand tracking affordances with Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 10, 2020

Valve Index and Oculus Quest gain PC VR market shares. The latest Steam Hardware Survey showed some interesting trends happening in the PC VR market (at least the Steam VR market, since we have no info on the Oculus Store market). Oculus explains the logic behind its store curation policy. Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

JULY 13, 2016

Unity Technologies has announced a $181 million Series C investment led by DFJ Growth, a venture capital firm with the likes of Twitter and Tesla in their portfolio, in order to continue their dominance of the game engine market. See Also: Unreal Engine and Unity to get NVIDIA’s New VR Rendering Tech. billion, thanks to over 5.5

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AR Insider

JANUARY 30, 2020

This category is best exemplified by its market-sare leader, Unity. Oculus pricing ) will lower enterprise VR adoption barriers. We raise that fairly obvious point to differentiate it from other enterprise software spending that isn’t as tied to headsets on a one-to-one basis. Availability and economics of that hardware (e.g.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Going on the stage at an investor event, Qualcomm CEO and President Cristiano Amon has revealed that Oculus Quest 2 (now Meta Quest 2) has sold 10 million units worldwide. Roblox CEO has said in the past that he was intrigued by the Oculus Quest, and now it seems that the whole company is betting more on virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Another big trend that is going on is virtual clothes. Digital fashion is a big trend on the rise, and if you are interested in fashion, you MUST have a look at it. Oculus is selling refurbished Quest for $199. This week, on 25th, I am co-organizing an event about Digital Fashion together with Cecilia Lascialfari.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 9, 2021

In an unhinged rant worthy of Rudy Guiliani, Cramer explained the metaverse is made by Unity, before correcting himself and crediting Nvidia instead. Billion in its latest round of financing, is available on PC, PS4/PS5, Xbox Series X/S, iOS, and Oculus Quest. Rec Room Launches Android App. The social VR site, valued at $1.25

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2020

VR events are one of the big trends of virtual reality of the last 3 months. There are lots of tests that must be done on VRChat to see what is feasible because in VRChat you can develop using Unity, but you can’t write C# scripts and this kills completely lots of possibilities for us developers. You should see it.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Unity Game Engine ?? 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 Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Given that our technological advancements, consumer behavior, and tech trends continue to evolve at breakneck speed, being aware of metaverse and XR predictions can help you better prepare for the future. Recent technological advancements have pushed the envelope of what modern technologies are capable of.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

General trends. 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. Oculus has been the king of standalones , because it is selling devices at very low prices that offer great content. You just turn them on and they work.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

You’ll be instrumental in coordinating various teams, understanding market trends, and driving the overall vision to ensure that we stay on the cutting edge of the VR industry. Senior Unity Developer Join our Unity team and be at the forefront of innovation in the global VR video streaming ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 19, 2021

This is confirmed also by a previous prediction by the CEO of Unity, which foresees that in 2030 VR headsets will be as popular as gaming console: that is mainstream, but still not as TV, for instance. But don’t let the numbers fool yourself: as Mathew Olson from The Information highlights, “[PwC data] translates to a projected $6.9

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

The Rec Room community is growing pretty steadily, also thanks to the great sales of the Oculus Quest. It is very rough and limited, but the vocal chat, the use of the “monke” trend, and the original locomotion mechanic where you throw yourself with your arms make it a very fun game. News worth a mention. Image by Rec Room).

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 20, 2023

At the same time, adoption for both technology solutions is notably slow, following an initial boom thanks to a low-price Quest VR headset which may have slowed following new tech trends and an expensive Pro device. Moreover, trusted gaming engines like Unreal and Unity are gaining new usage as RT3D engines.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

I personally agree with what he says: notwithstanding the positive trend of VR, the ecosystem has still to grow before it enters the mainstream with the same power of a flat-screen console. More info (New features of OpenXR) More info (OpenXR in Unity) More info (OpenXR in Microsoft products). Will it be this year? We believe that.

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AR Insider

APRIL 12, 2021

The Unity Cube is an experiment from developer Tony “SkarredGhost” Vitillo to test the limits of what Oculus will allow into the App Lab program. Vitillo submitted a fully functional application which simply presents the user with a cube in a blank environment—and Oculus accepted it.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

JUNE 20, 2023

With a combination of VR, AR, and MR tools, businesses can unify staff like never before, enhance company culture, and even accelerate production processes. Today, we’re looking at some of the most significant trends influencing the rise of the immersive collaboration landscape in 2023.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 30, 2021

After the free September 9th update, the VR game will expand to allow 2 players wearing Oculus Quest 2 VR Headsets to freely roam in 100 square feet of shared playspace. The fund’s top five holdings are Nvidia (8.93%), Microsoft (4.91%), Roblox (4.85%), Tencent, majority shareholder of Epic Games (4.80%) and Unity (3.99%).

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AR Insider

MARCH 1, 2021

The PSVR tethered headset remains the market leader, and will not go quietly into the night when challenged by the Oculus Quest 2. The product allows users to create 3D content on top of CAD models without a game engine like Unity. Let’s dive in… Sony Confirms New Playstation VR2 for PS5 with New Controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

To make you understand how these features are incredible, Qualcomm has stated that “the [XR2] reference design has 2x the CPU and GPU performance, 4x more video bandwidth, 6x higher resolution and 11x AI improvement compared to our current widely adopted XR platform [the Oculus Quest ]”. 20 AR trends to follow in 2020.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

The shape of the controllers is slightly different than the one of the Oculus Touch, though, and there is a ring that surrounds the wrist of the user. There is also “finger-tracking” a la Valve Index , but just for the thumb, index, and middle finger (so, it is more a la Oculus Touch). We have the first reviews on the DecaMove.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

This is how we learn to do proper content for what is going to be the next trend in XR. Then the Vision Pro beta for the Unity game engine has not been distributed yet, so many Unity developers can’t build applications for the Vision Pro, yet. The startup just raised $1.6 million as pre-seed to build virtual characters (e.g.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2021

This means that at the moment you can not use NextMind with the Oculus Quest standalone (you can use it with Quest + Link, of course). BCI is one of the big trends of the future, and understanding what they can do and what not is important for many IT professionals; I guess that in the future its runtime could be updated to do more.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 2, 2020

ARtillery Briefs is a video series that outlines the top trends we’re tracking, including takeaways from recent reports and market forecasts. But those wheels are slowly turning and are accelerated by things like Oculus Quest. See the most recent episode below, including narrative takeaways and embedded video. million by 2023.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). Since Meta made the acquisition and took over Oculus, VRTUOLUO began to write original and in-depth articles on the XR industry.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 4, 2019

ARtillery Briefs is a video series that outlines the top trends we’re tracking, including takeaways from recent reports and market forecasts. But those wheels are slowly turning and are accelerated by things like Oculus Quest. See the most recent episode below, including narrative takeaways and embedded video. million by 2023.

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ARVR

MARCH 8, 2021

For my first VR project, I decided to create a bowling game using the Unity game engine for an Oculus quest. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. OVR Grabbable: From the free oculus integration in the asset store, the ovr grabbable script was already pre-made, allowing user interactiveness. Oculus Integration: The Hierarchy!

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