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All the most important AR and VR news from the GDC 2018

The Ghost Howls

As with every big event, I’m writing a post to try to summarize the most important news that have come out from the GDC 2018 … so that if you have lost something, you just need to read this post to get in par with the rest of the world. — Benjamin Lang (@benz145) March 23, 2018. So, are you ready? Let’s start!

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Gamescom 2018 Day 2: NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti video, Ubisoft believes in VR and much more

The Ghost Howls

In the entertainment area of Gamescom, NVIDIA has put some RTX graphics cards on the desks of some booth of partner companies , like ASUS and Microsoft. While at Microsoft booth there was a premium RTX 2080 Ti , that I’ve been able to take in my hands so to make a video where you can see it from all angles.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.03.13): AltspaceVR shuts down, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

I’ve very limited time, but luckily this week has not been very relevant for the ecosystem, so I’m managing to write this newsletter anyway Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) AltspaceVR shuts down In one of the saddest moments of the latest years in VR, AltspaceVR has closed its doors.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.07.13): Sony invests in Epic, Rockstar is working on an AAA VR game, and more!

The Ghost Howls

And all of this comes in a period when other partnerships between tech giants are happening: remember that some weeks ago, Microsoft closed its streaming service Mixer and allied with Facebook Gaming to fight the quasi-monopoly of (Amazon-owned) Twitch. I can’t wait to read it. Linden Research to be acquired. Linden Research a.k.a.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.06.27): Meta shows its R&D prototypes, Apple shows nothing as usual, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

The Metaverse Standards Forum has already gathered many important players of the XR sector like Unity, Unreal Engine, Meta, Microsoft, Lamina 1, NVIDIA, and even other relevant companies like IKEA and Adobe. NVIDIA Blog). Some others, like Niantic, will probably join soon. Fingers crossed. More info (Metaverse Standards Forum?—?Road

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Book Review: The Metaverse, and How It Will Revolutionize Everything, by Matthew Ball

Ryan Schultz

I am on holidays this week, and today I decided to set aside a couple of days to read through—and write a review of—a recently published book by the venture capitalist Matthew Ball, author of the Metaverse Primer and lead creator of the Ball Metaverse Index (whom I have written about before on this blog ).

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HR in XR, with BrainXchange’s Emily Friedman

XR for Business Podcast

She’s Head of Content and the lead writer at BrainXchange, lead journalist and senior editor at Enterprisewear Blog, and head of marketing and communications for Augmented World Expo USA and AWE EU. I think 2018 was a little disappointing, in terms of the solutions themselves. Emily: It’s a shame, kind of. Alan: I agree.