The Ghost Howls
skarredghost.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2017
The Ghost Howls is a blog on virtual and augmented reality, covering headsets, AR glasses, haptics and industry news.
What HN saysHN commenters link it for specifics such as Quest sales figures, business headset pricing, Azure Kinect details and AR glasses hardware.
22HN people shared it
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Most-shared posts
- 1Kelly Peng reveals Kura 150° FOV AR glasses expected price and release date2 people · 4 points · first shared 2021 · 1 comments on HN
- 2SenseGlove is working on a “low-cost” force-feedback glove for VR2 people · 1 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 3Jeri Ellsworth details the tech behind her Tilt Five AR glasses2 people · 1 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 4Xpanceo smart contact lenses hands-on1 people · 49 points · first shared 2024 · 20 comments on HN
- 5HTC Announces New Virtual Reality Headsets Vive Cosmos and Vive Pro Eye at CES1 people · 20 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 6Android XR will allow camera access like on the phone1 people · 14 points · first shared 2025 · 3 comments on HN
- 7Make your chair rotate in VR1 people · 14 points · first shared 2025 · 11 comments on HN
- 8What VR headset should you buy? Some rules of thumb can help you1 people · 12 points · first shared 2017 · 1 comments on HN
- 9Gixel comes out of stealth with a new type of AR optical engine1 people · 10 points · first shared 2025 · 1 comments on HN
- 10Simula One aims at becoming your portable Linux VR computer1 people · 4 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 11Meta Bad, Metaverse Bad1 people · 4 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 12OpenBCI: Games using brain-interfaces are coming in 3 years1 people · 3 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 13How to build your passthrough AR app for Oculus Quest in Unity1 people · 3 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 14Some predictions for virtual reality in 20181 people · 3 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 15Magic Leap One’s field of view: making assumptions from the emulator1 people · 3 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
Confiks · 2020-08-02
Would anyone have any direction on what kind of projectors North was using for this product? I have no idea where to start searching.
In the same way, I would also be very interested in any further info on Ellsworth's Tilt Five projectors, bottom right-right of [1] (full text of interview [2]). Interesting video with info on the (retroreflective) optics system here [3].
[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20200722042213im_/https://i0.wp.com/skarre… presumably shows three generations of the product. From left to right board, camera and projector.
[2] https://skarredghost.com/2019/09/24/interview-jeri-ellsworth-tilt-five…
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB4NjMWKV0s
istorical · 2020-07-20
The language barrier is really making it difficult to see progress in China even for people interested in a particular space.
For example, in just the VR space, if I follow the most popular VR related subreddits and podcasts I often miss important Chinese VR hardware and software. And sometimes the hardware is better than anything available in the US.
I only found out about these cutting edge haptic gloves called Dexmo because I happened upon a review of an American product on an expert blog and the review compared them to a Chinese version.
https://skarredghost.com/2020/04/07/senseglove-vr-haptics-gloves/
notfried · 2024-01-22
The 20M figure includes Quest 1, 2, and Pro, and spans several years [0].
[0: https://skarredghost.com/2023/03/03/quest-20-million-mainstream/]
ptom · 2021-09-28
Oof - $999, worse than I thought:
> Every Oculus Quest for business costs $999.
https://skarredghost.com/2020/05/22/oculus-business-vr-price-availabil…
corysama · 2019-02-26
Lots of details: https://skarredghost.com/2019/02/25/all-need-know-azure-kinect/