The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

I thought it would have taken me a lot before I would be able to try the Magic Leap One , but luckily this has not been the case. At a certain point, I asked him: “oh, you said me that you have tried Magic Leap… how is it?” The three component of the Magic Leap One. I was amazed.

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Road to VR

JULY 11, 2018

Today during Magic Leap’s developer livestream the company offered the first details on the compute hardware that’s built into the device, confirming that an NVIDIA CPU/GPU module, and also showed a brief developer sample demonstrating world meshing and gesture input.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Magic Leap One, the company’s long-awaited AR headset, has been out for a month now. ” At this point, it’s clear multiplayer AR is still in its (very) early infancy, with Apple updating their ARKit software only recently to include multiuser AR at its core.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

See Also: The Future Is Now: 2023 Metaverse and XR Predictions Worth Looking Into Think how Microsoft revolutionized personal computers, or how Apple changed the mobile phone market forever. Magic Leap 2 Magic Leap jumped the starting gun and played their cards early. What Is Everyone Working On?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

In the interview with me, he talked about many topics, like the rumors he heard on Apple Glasses, on the Oculus Quest 2 , the America vs China war, XR entrepreneurship, Tesla, and more! 2022 may be the key year when they actually buy it, also thanks to Apple , an d finally, the market will reach the magic number of 10 million devices.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2024

This has been the week when the preorders of the Apple Vision Pro have been opened and s**t just started getting real! I’m very curious about what Apple’s headset is going to bring to our ecosystem… and you? Of course, some people from all over the world made some tricks to buy it anyway.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

A device with that price is likely a headset without cutting-edge features that ships without controllers , I would speculate. The only doubt I have is about what content it is going to offer: if the headset is without controllers, it means is dedicated mostly to social VR, media consumption, and/or virtual screen for the PC.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

Magic Leap. Me, wearing a Magic Leap One. The most important news has been for sure the launch of the Magic Leap One. Rear view of the Magic Leap One. Magic Leap. Magic Leap will work a lot in trying to have new compelling experiences on its marketplace.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2020

Reading the description, it is possible to see that the VR integration is a bit weird : there’s probably no integration for VR controllers (really??) Apple announces ARKit 4, amongst new rumors of XR headsets. More info (New rumors about Apple and XR) More info (Apple ARKit4). We all can’t wait. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

It has hand tracking, and the Pro model also has eye tracking, like Apple’s device. Quest 3 is better for gaming and has precision controllers. Then he ended the video by saying that Apple has a closed ecosystem model, while Meta is open, and sometimes an open model won, like in the PC case.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

The reason is the one I’ve already reported in this newsletter a few weeks ago: after the announcement of the Apple Vision Pro, Samsung has been caught a bit off guard by the announced features and it is now trying to power up its headset so that it will be able to properly compete with Apple’s device.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

We have lots of non-news about Apple’s XR efforts. The hype around Apple glasses is huge , and everything that gets shared about Apple and XR gets many views. We already knew that Tim likes AR and “what we have to offer” may also be a potato with an Apple brand costing $400. Other relevant news. Image by The Information).

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Upload VR

JUNE 9, 2023

A conversation could be coming to your home in the next five years and it is probably as unavoidable as those previous ones: Are you on a Meta Quest or do you have Apple Vision? But, right now, Apple just showed up to VR in a very big way and validated almost all the most forward - thinking work at its fastest-moving competitor.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

In spite of the fact we’re joking around and playing Angry Birds on Magic Leap, the whole thing feels very grown up, in the sense that these guys are in this for the long haul, and so, they reckon, is the business of making Mixed Reality.

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Upload VR

JUNE 6, 2023

Believers in virtual and augmented reality found themselves sleepless and stirring on the eve of Apple's keynote address at WWDC23. As the moment drew near for the 10 am Pacific keynote from Apple, people watched who had bet their livelihoods on the belief that one day we'll wear glasses that are personal computers. Apple Vision Pro.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

We’re a long ways off from that and it won’t happen with the first generation Apple Vision Pro. I can only begin to imagine the possibilities and Apple is currently feeding developers kits at $3,500 each to build what’s in their imaginations.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

Image by Apple). Apple has not announced any glasses at WWDC. Every year, we have the same ritual: we wait for an event by Apple, hoping to hear some news about an upcoming XR device, then nothing happens in this sense, we are disappointed and so we hope for a new reveal next year. Top news of the week. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

The rumors on the Apple Glasses are intensifying. It is not a secret that Apple is working on an XR device: the mystery is when it is going to release it and what it will actually be. The hype is rising, and Apple is playing with it. (My usual terrible image to wish you Happy Easter, if you celebrate it). Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Magic Leap has just organized its first developers’ event, dubbed “L.E.A.P.” It is the first event of this kind organized by Magic Leap: we can say that LEAP Con is like the Oculus Connect of Magic Leap and will probably become always more important, year after year, exactly as it has happened to Oculus.

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Road to VR

JUNE 28, 2023

Provided the report is true, it appears Google will now need to rely on Samsung to compete with Meta and Apple in XR. Headed by Bavor, the company looked to replicate Samsung/Meta’s strategy of certifying smartphones to work with a dedicated Daydream View headset shell and controller. It’s still early days for MR headsets.

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Upload VR

JUNE 6, 2023

We went hands on with Apple Vision Pro at Apple Park in California during WWDC23 and were blown away by the best headset demo ever made. Personas are what Apple calls human scans performed by the Vision Pro headset that are locked to the scanned individual to prevent others from wearing them. When it comes to everything else?

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 8, 2019

nReal has been sued by Epic Games for the name too similar to Unreal and by Magic Leap that claims that nReal CEO Chi Xu has stolen the technology of the American company while working there. No one from Magic Leap or nReal is authorized to talk about this topic, so I won’t address it here. Controller.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

February 2024 is here, and this month marked the end of a long, long wait for Apple’s Vision Pro. Apple has already sold 200,000 devices in the first week, which is impressive. This funding will support Magic Leap’s “Chapter 3” roadmap of delivering enterprise-grade XR solutions.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Regarding the glasses, I have not big hopes for true AR glasses, but I think that thanks to Facebook and Apple, finally we’ll have some important smartglasses entering the market , making the mainstream think about wearing something on their face to enjoy notifications from the phone. Phone AR will be always more popular.

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VRWorld

APRIL 28, 2017

Since Magic Leap’s inception in 2011, there has been great innovation in the technology sector focused in the virtual reality (VR)/augmented reality (AR)/mixed reality (MR) space with Magic Leap trying to create a new hardware interface designs. Enter Magic Leap.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Apple is gearing up for the Vision Pro debut. However, a key difference and benefit that Apple has over some of its competition is the already-established iOS ecosystem of products and software. On the other hand, Apple is not the only XR firm pushing for interoperability and cross-pollination of hardware and software.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2023

Meta bought Luxecel, Apple Limbak. It is obvious that this product was ideal to build AR glasses. Meta’s competitor Apple has instead acquired Limbak (even if the acquisition has not been officially confirmed). More info (Meta acquires Luxecel) More info (Limbak got acquired) More info (Probably Apple acquired Limbak).

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TechCrunch VR

MARCH 13, 2022

Remember Magic Leap? This week, I spent an hour or so playing around with the unreleased next-generation Magic Leap headset, all while discussing the augmented reality company’s wild ride with Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson and other members of their executive team. So, let’s talk about it.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JULY 26, 2023

The Apple Vision Pro has made sensational headlines across global media outlets, leading to renewed interest in virtual, augmented, mixed, and extended reality (VR/AR/MR/XR) technologies. This ranged from user interfaces (UIs), filming, controls, and hardware optimisation. ’ However, in reality, none of the headsets are sexy.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 24, 2024

The firm also states that as several new headsets are emerging on the market this year, from Apple’s confirmed Vision Pro to rumoured devices from Samsung, the move to support MRTK3 prepares taqtile for an increased range of end-users. The toolkit also supports XR experiences delivered on traditional 2D monitors for personal computers.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 10, 2022

While almost all non-Apple mobile devices run Android, it is also the backbone of many XR headsets.). The solution allows IT specialists to “easily control and manage their entire RealWear device fleet from one easy-to-use interface.” For example, Magic Leap has had a partnership with Google Cloud for the past year now.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

Peggy Johnson is the new CEO of Magic Leap. Magic Leap has finally a new CEO: Peggy Johnson. Johnson will have the not easy task of deciding a clear route for Magic Leap, making the company become profitable in the enterprise market after so many failures in the consumer one. News worth a mention.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 Style Crimes Going deeper on lite AR, it eschews the world-immersive (SLAM) properties of AR seen in devices like Microsoft Hololens 2 and Magic Leap One. As we’ve examined in light of Apple Glass, smart sunglasses or corrective eyewear compete more in larger markets?—?around

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JULY 21, 2022

Arvizio’s enhanced workflow mechanisms give dispersed employees control over documentation from the draft stage to publishing, including admin tools. the company announced that the SaaS platform is debuting on the upcoming Magic Leap 2 headset, ready for the device’s general availability in September this year.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

Apple Glasses may release in 2021 for $499. In the end, technologist Jon Prosser has revealed the main details he knows about the Apple Glasses. Well, on another website, I’ve been able to find someone that reading some Apple’s documents has found pictures of strange colored circular tags that may act as QR Codes for Apple devices.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

There is no official confirmation on this, and I hope to be wrong because having to use earphones would be a big hit to its comfort Release date and price : of course the release date (will it come before or after an Apple headset?) Magic Leap 2 has inside-out tracked controllers. This is cool. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

The unboxing shows that the device has a very simple packaging, which includes both the headset and the controllers. This confirms that the headset is going to ship with controllers and that there is no charging station in the original box. The video was later republished by “VR Panda” on Twitter.

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