AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

The third major change came from Unity which recently announced that it will now be serving AR ads on mobile. Unity has one of the world’s largest mobile ad serving businesses and at the end of last year they partnered with Fossil to pilot this new ad format in mobile games. I call them the “Incarnations”.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The damn coronavirus continues to impact all our lives: the fact that many countries are applying restrictions on flights to and from Italy is, for example, creating various nuisances to my job. This is one of the weirdest rag-doll experiments in Unity. Coronavirus impacts headsets production and kills F8 and GDC. More info Buy it now!

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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). Or is it just a talk about glasses?

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

So let’s dive in: what are some of the best examples that you or your team has worked on in this type of role? So for example, if it cost $100,000 to be able to put [up] my hundred earrings, what is the uptick that you’re seeing in sales? There’s tons and tons of examples out there. Alan: Incredible.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

So let’s dive in: what are some of the best examples that you or your team has worked on in this type of role? So for example, if it cost $100,000 to be able to put [up] my hundred earrings, what is the uptick that you’re seeing in sales? There’s tons and tons of examples out there. Alan: Incredible.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The World Map in this world therefore isn’t a 2D street map like we have with Google Maps or Open Street Map, nor is it a 3D map with terrain and building volumes. Both Azure Spatial Anchors and Google Cloud Anchors are leveraging existing strengths in mapping towards the AR Cloud. Insane, yet companies are mapping it already.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Sure Quest 3 will dynamically adjust its exposure when you get near a bright light source, so that for example screens are temporarily visible, but Vision Pro doesn't have to. It's an example of how Apple Vision Pro was optimized for stationary seated use, not active movement. footage from Apple) The Shared Space is the default.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The New York Times distributes more than 1 million Google Cardboard phone VR viewers to subscribers with the launch of The Displaced , a 360-degree video project focusing on children driven from their homes by war. Eye-tracking startup Eyefluence, which raises $14 million this month, is acquired about a year later by Google.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. ” You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. And it was for me as well; I’ve been a Unity user forever. It’s amazing.” ” Paul: [laughs] Right.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. ” You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. And it was for me as well; I’ve been a Unity user forever. It’s amazing.” ” Paul: [laughs] Right.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. And it was for me as well; I've been a Unity user forever. Alan: And then they ask their tech teams and they're like, "does anybody know Unity?"

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2018

It is one of those places where people look for 3D models , alongside other marketplaces like the Unity Asset Store, Google Poly or Turbosquid. Not to mention how 3D technologies are being adopted and developed by major companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

So things like Uber or Google Maps and directions were native to the phone, that were kind of useless on the PC. It’s exactly the same use case as the IKEA couch example, but it’s a different industry, and the ROI is much, much faster. It really does make a difference. They basically got a skeleton application for that.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

So things like Uber or Google Maps and directions were native to the phone, that were kind of useless on the PC. It’s exactly the same use case as the IKEA couch example, but it’s a different industry, and the ROI is much, much faster. It really does make a difference. They basically got a skeleton application for that.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

So things like Uber or Google Maps and directions were native to the phone, that were kind of useless on the PC. It’s exactly the same use case as the IKEA couch example, but it’s a different industry, and the ROI is much, much faster. It really does make a difference. They basically got a skeleton application for that.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 12, 2019

So, I’ll give you a retail example and then a brand example. One other example would be on the brand side. You can build in Unity, it’s the same thing. I think that was one of the biggest challenges over the last few years, was… well, put it this way: Amazon has 1.5 Tracey: Yeah. Tracey: Yes.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 12, 2019

So, I’ll give you a retail example and then a brand example. One other example would be on the brand side. You can build in Unity, it’s the same thing. I think that was one of the biggest challenges over the last few years, was… well, put it this way: Amazon has 1.5 Tracey: Yeah. Tracey: Yes.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

They had some really interesting examples there. A big company like Apple, Google, really pushing the thing out and saying, “this is what it’s going to be,” and then making it part of everyday life. But although, at the moment, in Google — if you type in the words — you start to get those WebAR things.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

They had some really interesting examples there. A big company like Apple, Google, really pushing the thing out and saying, “this is what it’s going to be,” and then making it part of everyday life. But although, at the moment, in Google — if you type in the words — you start to get those WebAR things.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 25, 2020

Alan: Everybody was frustrated, because the kids are like, “Well, we’re on Google Docs over here for everything else, and you’re using this thing.” University of Michigan, for example, they have something like 200 courses available for free online now. Alan: –into Siri, Google, whatever, Amazon. It was crazy.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 25, 2020

Alan: Everybody was frustrated, because the kids are like, “Well, we’re on Google Docs over here for everything else, and you’re using this thing.” University of Michigan, for example, they have something like 200 courses available for free online now. Alan: –into Siri, Google, whatever, Amazon. It was crazy.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

It includes the examples above in that various enterprises are using AR tools to build things for their customers. ARaaS is a broad category as the examples provided above indicate. But to provide color on how it’s shaping up, let’s look at a few representative examples. Other creation tools include Amazon Sumerian.

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AR Insider

JULY 21, 2020

Examples include Unity, Adobe Aero and 8th Wall. This not only achieves democratization but does so in a way that’s analogous to one of the biggest democratization tools the tech world has ever seen: Amazon Web Services (AWS). They were built to support the applications of Amazon and Google.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 25, 2020

Alan: Everybody was frustrated, because the kids are like, “Well, we’re on Google Docs over here for everything else, and you’re using this thing.” University of Michigan, for example, they have something like 200 courses available for free online now. Alan: –into Siri, Google, whatever, Amazon. It was crazy.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 26, 2019

For example, in a warehouse, instead of a pick-and-pack worker looking at a nine-digit code on their screen and trying to find that box in space, you can actually just have a marker right on the box itself. For example, the most traditional use is you have a number of sensors on something, let’s say an engine in a car.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 26, 2019

For example, in a warehouse, instead of a pick-and-pack worker looking at a nine-digit code on their screen and trying to find that box in space, you can actually just have a marker right on the box itself. For example, the most traditional use is you have a number of sensors on something, let’s say an engine in a car.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 26, 2019

For example, in a warehouse, instead of a pick-and-pack worker looking at a nine-digit code on their screen and trying to find that box in space, you can actually just have a marker right on the box itself. For example, the most traditional use is you have a number of sensors on something, let's say an engine in a car. All of the--.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Unreal Engine is adding Vulkan support for Oculus Quest and Unity fill follow later on this year. Amazon thinks using AR for its delivery agents. Google launches AR Live View for Maps. Finally, Google will release the AR features of Google Maps for all the Android and iOS smartphones that support ARCore or ARKit.

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Building the Metaverse

APRIL 12, 2022

In this article, I will cover: What composability means, with examples of composability in nature, art and technology Why we are are the forefront of a new era of the internet in which all aspects of the metaverse value-chain ?—?from essentially a “Unity Asset Store” for the metaverse?—?designed But fire retains no information.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Give us some examples of some of the ways people are using VR to exercise. One example is retail employees. Michael: And this is why I’ve been working on starting this dojo, or this VR maker space; because the tools for building — there’s VRTK for Unity… there’s just all these tools. Is it training?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Give us some examples of some of the ways people are using VR to exercise. One example is retail employees. Michael: And this is why I’ve been working on starting this dojo, or this VR maker space; because the tools for building — there’s VRTK for Unity… there’s just all these tools. Is it training?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Give us some examples of some of the ways people are using VR to exercise. There's a lot of, for example, architectural firms in town, and they aren't as flashy as a virtual sports or something, but they're all using VR for showing the buildings, or going to a client and saying, "hey, would you like this room moved over here?

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2019

There are other customer-facing use cases, like advertising or social media, for example. So for example, I have a chair — and let’s just use the chair for an example — and it comes in 10 different colors. Let’s just take it, for example, in comparison to YouTube. What do I do with that?

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