The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Facebook and Apple will jumpstart the smartglasses ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2021

This Quest-Focus-Neo mix will be launched in China on May, 10th 2021. I’ve confirmed with the company that the launch will regard only China at the moment, with Western SKUs coming in the second half of the year. Is Google collecting the pieces for an XR headset?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Someone invokes saviors like Google and Amazon, but even if they managed to succeed, they are other data-harvesting companies , so in any case, we are f**ked. Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine. All Apple software, SDKs, APIs, and developer tools ?—?Pre-release Image by Epic Games).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

New leaks on Amazon and MediaMarkt have revealed that probably the headset will be available starting from October, 10th, 2023. I hope to be wrong, of course: maybe Valve has just accelerated to launch its device before Apple may finally release its one. Preorders are expected to start on the day of the Connect, so on September, 27th.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

In the end, it has not been Apple or Facebook, but Snap to make its first move in the AR glasses space. Google unveils Starline communication solution. At Google I/O, Google has announced Project Starline, an interesting project it has worked on for five years. Top news of the week. Image by Snap).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Xiaomi and Oculus are strong partners for the Oculus Go, that is being manufactured by Xiaomi and sold in the west by Oculus and in China by Xiaomi itself, with the name Mi VR. The fact that Xiaomi doesn’t believe in the project anymore, and that in China the device has not sold well are for sure not good news for Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 25, 2022

Interesting news arrives from China: a market analyst reports that Pico may launch its next-generation VR headset in September, aiming at beating Meta and its launch of Cambria. One of the biggest assets Apple has is its stores, and now Meta wants to copy it also about this feature. Image by Amazon). Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

Or better, I can imagine who can be the names and they are all the big monoliths: Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon , etc… Only companies of this size could afford selling a good headset under cost and at the same time attract enough developers to publish VR games on their own new stores. China will try to change gear.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Image by Google). Google completely opensources Cardboard. With a surprise move, Google has announced with a blog post that it ha opensourced completely Cardboard. Google affirms that Cardboard has been a huge success to introduce people into VR, and more than 15 million headsets have been distributed.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

Regarding big brands, I expect Apple and Facebook still to wait a bit before releasing something, while Magic Leap will have to make its move to come out from the quicksands. As for the big names, I expect that Facebook, Apple, and the others will still wait : reports talk about these companies releasing their headsets from 2021 on.

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VRWorld

JUNE 29, 2017

As you would expect from an expo focused on supercomputing, there were a lot of servers and server-related products presented to the public, but some of them, due to their size, were only shown as models, as was the case of the supercomputer installed in the National Supercomputing Center in Wuxi, China.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

More info (HTC teasing Vive Flow) More info (More teaser images of Vive Flow) More info (Launch event invitation / Western World) More info (Launch event invitation / China). Apple Maps are going AR. iOS 15 finally brings AR navigation instructions to Apple Maps , in a way similar to the one that Google is already offering.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 5, 2017

Sadly, we don’t know which company is really in the stronger position because their data comparisons are apples and oranges. More people build an Apple with Unity than anyone else. Ditto with Google and ditto with Microsoft.”. The game will expand into the West, China, and other markets soon.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

I’ve used Google search to find all the pages with references to Del Mar in the Oculus website, and all the docs are identical to the previous versions. Google will delay the release of Chrome 81 , the one that should have included WebAR. The time has come and finally Apple will implement a depth back camera in its upcoming iPad Pro.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 14, 2020

In countries like China, the camera on a smartphone isn't just for fun selfies -- it's an everyday practical device, for everything from banking to shopping. and Waze and Yelp and Google Maps. Stores in China are very experiential and sort of future-facing. Alan: Hey there, it's Alan Smithson with the XR for Business Podcast.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 14, 2020

In countries like China, the camera on a smartphone isn't just for fun selfies -- it's an everyday practical device, for everything from banking to shopping. and Waze and Yelp and Google Maps. Stores in China are very experiential and sort of future-facing. Alan: Hey there, it's Alan Smithson with the XR for Business Podcast.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 14, 2020

In countries like China, the camera on a smartphone isn't just for fun selfless -- it's an everyday practical device, for everything from banking to shopping. and Waze and Yelp and Google Maps. Stores in China are very experiential and sort of future-facing. Alan: Hey there, it's Alan Smithson with the XR for Business Podcast.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

This year, the dream of developing once, build once, and deploy everywhere can become reality. …unless Apple arrives and creates its own standard again…. They are standard Quests , the ones you can buy on Amazon, BUT they have a business licensing. Qualcomm announces AR Smart Viewer reference design. The Verge).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The only company not much affected by it is HTC, that manufacturers its headsets in Taiwan and not in Mainland China. On the software side, HTC has just launched in China Vive Sync , a solution for remote meetings in VR that may help a lot the Chinese people that are forced to work from home. Facebook acquires Sanzaru Games.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Getting started in AR marketing and virtual try-ons can be tricky for enterprise, especially if — like Walmart or Amazon — you’ve got hundreds of thousands of products to model and host. We traveled all through China together, pitching to rooms full of Chinese investors. We had a great time in China.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Getting started in AR marketing and virtual try-ons can be tricky for enterprise, especially if — like Walmart or Amazon — you’ve got hundreds of thousands of products to model and host. We traveled all through China together, pitching to rooms full of Chinese investors. We had a great time in China.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Getting started in AR marketing and virtual try-ons can be tricky for enterprise, especially if -- like Walmart or Amazon -- you've got hundreds of thousands of products to model and host. We traveled all through China together, pitching to rooms full of Chinese investors. We had a great time in China. Jon: Thanks so much, Alan.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Getting started in AR marketing and virtual try-ons can be tricky for enterprise, especially if — like Walmart or Amazon — you’ve got hundreds of thousands of products to model and host. We traveled all through China together, pitching to rooms full of Chinese investors. We had a great time in China.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

If you look at someone like Apple, they aren’t about to put their logo on something like the current developer-focused headsets out there. We tried to making a Google Cardboard thing,” and they made a little marketing kitschy thing. It’s frustrating to have companies say, you know, “we tried VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

If you look at someone like Apple, they aren’t about to put their logo on something like the current developer-focused headsets out there. We tried to making a Google Cardboard thing,” and they made a little marketing kitschy thing. It’s frustrating to have companies say, you know, “we tried VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

If you look at someone like Apple, they aren't about to put their logo on something like the current developer-focused headsets out there. We tried to making a Google Cardboard thing," and they made a little marketing kitschy thing. Carter: [also laughs] Companies are definitely trying to make it more palatable to consumers.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

I mean, we have access to the world’s information — I can Google pretty much any details — but it just gives me the information. I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. And in China, the number one job was astronaut. It’s not in context to my world.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

I mean, we have access to the world’s information — I can Google pretty much any details — but it just gives me the information. I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. And in China, the number one job was astronaut. It’s not in context to my world.

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Robert Scoble

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Here is our first analysis (located at: [url]) on why we should all be paying attention to what is happening in humanoid robots and consumer electronics, which include autonomous vehicles that are now arriving to people’s garages and, soon, Augmented Reality devices from Apple and others. The robot brings other robots.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

We’re also seeing in warehousing smart glasses being used for the pickers, the people who are actually going and getting those items that you’ve ordered on Amazon from the warehouse and loading it into a cart to be shipped off. ” I’m Googling right now. See, Google? Alan: I was Googling the same thing.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

” And I guess he sent it to me on Amazon. Alan: You know, I read a quote yesterday and it was, “It’s no longer about what you know, because everybody has access to Google, and Google knows everything. And it’s almost like an Amazon model where we take a small percentage and and go from there.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

” And I guess he sent it to me on Amazon. Alan: You know, I read a quote yesterday and it was, “It’s no longer about what you know, because everybody has access to Google, and Google knows everything. And it’s almost like an Amazon model where we take a small percentage and and go from there.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

” We went to China, we had ChinaJoy, and I said, “let’s do one side of the thing with the DK1.” The one thing that created that image now, in the streets, that I would have expected like XR to do; it’s those air pods from Apple. Alan: Somebody asked me why Apple bought them.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

” We went to China, we had ChinaJoy, and I said, “let’s do one side of the thing with the DK1.” The one thing that created that image now, in the streets, that I would have expected like XR to do; it’s those air pods from Apple. Alan: Somebody asked me why Apple bought them.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

We’re also seeing in warehousing smart glasses being used for the pickers, the people who are actually going and getting those items that you’ve ordered on Amazon from the warehouse and loading it into a cart to be shipped off. ” I’m Googling right now. See, Google? Alan: I was Googling the same thing.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

We're also seeing in warehousing smart glasses being used for the pickers, the people who are actually going and getting those items that you've ordered on Amazon from the warehouse and loading it into a cart to be shipped off. I'm Googling right now. See, Google? Alan: I was Googling the same thing.

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