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! As John Riccitiello (CEO of Unity) said some years ago , the VR market won’t be interesting enough until it will reach the 10 million users mark.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

We were all waiting for an Apple announcement, hoping that it could bring back some enthusiasm into the field, and it seems that the Vision Pro is having some beneficial effects , indeed. Apple showed investors that XR is not a fad, and even if it is still in its early stages, it is going to stay.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

But things on the consumers’ side may not be going as well: according to some data scrapped from Amazon, the Quest 2 outsold the Quest 3 by a factor of 3:1 in the last 30 days. This would show the level of polish of the upcoming Apple headset. If all the existing flatscreen Unity games could become VR-compatible, that would be huge.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Apple is working on some sort of metaverse, and its headset is entering mass production. It has been a week of interesting rumors about the upcoming Apple MR headset. So, forget about an Apple headset that is going to enter the mainstream , as I already sold in this previous article. Then, there are the data about sales numbers.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

These are the improvements it applied: Changes in prices will start with the next Unity 2023 LTS, so existing applications will not be affected, at least while the use previous Unity versions Unity Personal will still be free (now up to 200K of revenues) and applications made with it will be subject to no fee at all.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a very impressive fusion of hardware and software, but it's by no means perfect. Apple Vision Pro Specs, Features & Details Apple officially revealed the full Vision Pro specs when opening preorders today. And Apple did not send UploadVR a review unit, we bought our own. But does it deliver?

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The emulation tool can take these files, and spawn several rooms next to each other directly in the Unity editor. A custom tool built in Unity spawns several rooms side by side in an orthographic view, showing how a certain level in Laser Dance would look in different room layouts. Do You Need to Build Custom Tools?

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple. More info (Meta Quest+ gaming service) More info (Cross-buy available for Meta Quest+ games) Unity announces AI tools when Valve stops AI games This week has been an emotional rollercoaster for games (VR and not) made with the support of artificial intelligence.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

This tracker can be worn on the wrist, for a more accurate hand-tracking experience, or be installed on external props (e.g. New rumors on Apple and Meta devices. I know it may sound weird to you, but we have new rumors on Apple headsets and also about the future Meta Project Cambria and Quest 3. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

Apple glasses are coming in 2021–2022 and they are incredibly sleek. Apple glasses are coming. The glasses are expected to run a new operating system, rOS (or reality OS), and Apple is exploring touch panels, voice activation, and head gestures as a means of control. Apple is really good at selling stuff.

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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

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The “Applification” The Apple Vision Pro Since Meta is scared by Apple, I’m sure that Zuck will try to copy the same use cases Apple showed for its Vision Pro. Damn European Union, it doesn’t understand that Zuck wants our data just to care for them! Some new partnerships will be announced.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

So many developers could find themselves with the conundrum of what to offer and to which device : if the Quest 3 Lite will sell a lot of units, maybe developers will prefer to develop content that is compatible with hand tracking, shifting the current attention to games to something else.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 15, 2024

Since Apple’s VisionOS kit focuses on mixed reality, I’ll leave that solution out. Apple ARKit Apple’s ARKit is one of the most popular augmented reality kits available, particularly for developers focusing on mobile AR apps. Let’s dive into the options.

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Upload VR

MAY 4, 2024

Apple Vision Pro 2 reportedly targets a late 2026 launch, over 50% of Fortune 100 companies are using Vision Pro, Tilt Five is on sale, and Quest 3 is nearly tied with Valve Index on SteamVR. Originally built for Quest, it now supports "any platform capable of providing skeletal hand tracking data."

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Anyway, many people have called b t on this data, and among these people, there is sir Palmer Luckey. The fact that the Rift S has sold less than the Index seems absurd, since it costs less, it has grown more than Index on the Steam data, and it has never gone out of stock. So, take SuperData’s data with a grain of salt.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Although spatial technology has existed for some time, companies like Apple have spawned new interest. Data decoding: Spatial computing solutions need to understand our actions and decode the instructions we give through gestures, speech, and more. Some organizations focus heavily on hand tracking. billion by 2032.

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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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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Let’s say that talking about a device the users put directly on their faces when your company is being challenged about the data it collects wouldn’t have been the smartest of the decisions. Of course, Epic is completely against Apple and its vision of its own walled garden.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

Then the wish to compete with Apple may not become a reality: when the Vision Pro was announced, Samsung didn’t expect such cool features from it, so it delayed the announcement of the headset to have the time to increase its capabilities. That’s fantastic news for all Unity XR developers!

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The data collection from XR headsets to offer targeted ads has to continue somehow. It will be introduced a new work-oriented login to be used alongside the consumer one , and with the work login, it will be possible to use VR apps without the same identity and data associated with the consumer user. Presence Platform. Cloud Backup.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Also because you have to consider that with 170M users using this camera-based app, it won’t be that difficult for Snap to gather data to build the AR Cloud. Unity details its MARS solution. transforming it in a lightweight browser for iOS that makes Apple users enjoy webpages implementing WebXR. Keep an eye on Snap.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The other part of the problem is due, as per my speculation, to Meta wanting absolutely to take this out before Apple could release its headse t, to have a first-mover advantage over it. I guess the announcement was made to give investors hope after the release of the very negative financial data of Meta Reality Labs. Other news.

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ARPost

JUNE 3, 2022

Meskill also discussed Magic Leap’s plan for their AR cloud generated by both the sensors on the headset itself as well as using data collected from other connected devices. You can do it with your hands behind your back. “We want to make it extremely easy for you to build and port experiences to Magic Leap 2.”. Jade Meskill.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

If we sum these features to the other ones added in the past, like hands tracking, Passthrough Shortcut, or the multiple windows in Oculus Browser , we start seeing the first signs of a mixed reality operating system, with which you can interact with the controllers or with the hands in a natural way. Why does this matter?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

Is this really what Apple wants? (Thanks Robert Scoble for this news!). Developers continue to have fun with Oculus Quest hands tracking! A new week, a new sheer of demos exploiting Oculus Quest hands tracking! A demo made by the creator of Holoception, that mixes portals and hands tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

All these data together make me a bit skeptical about the capabilities of this company: developing such kind of a high-quality headset requires a lot of expertise, while the company is very small and features no known expert in the field. Simple WebXR” aims at bringing WebXR to Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

I’m sure that after April, 20th, the Meta Quest ecosystem will appear even richer than it is now , creating a wider gap with other companies that may think about competing with the Quest, that is Pico, HTC, and even Apple. Unity talked about PlayStation VR 2 at GDC. Unity had a talk about developing for PlayStation VR 2 at GDC 2022.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

During all these months, I had the occasion of reading on Linkedin about all his cool prototypes and enterprise solutions that he and his colleagues have developed inside the company, ranging from 360 videos to hand-tracked training solutions with the Quest, not to mention XR entertainment solutions for airplane passengers.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

It is the console business model: selling the hardware undercost so that subsidize it with exclusive software, and your data in this case. You’re paying only $299 because you are not paying only with your money, but also with the data that Facebook will harvest from you to propose to you better ads. Accessories.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

It was potentially the big game changer for Crystal, with reported improvements to rendering performance and optical comfort, together with the supply of eye data for applications like VR Chat. It is also very useful in commercial and enterprise work, where it provides biometric data allowing for actionable insights into user behavior.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

And it also makes me super-happy that no one is about Facebook and Apple… I was getting pretty bored in writing newsletters only about these two companies! The French startup headed by Stan Larroque is developing passthrough AR glasses with eye-tracking and hands tracking that can offer a new paradigm to augmented reality.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

Zuck also didn’t address much the theme of privacy and how much data harvesting in VR could be dangerous. Probably the sentence “five years from now people will primarily think about us as a company harvesting data on the metaverse, rather than doing it on mobile phones” wouldn’t have sounded much sexy, so he avoided speaking about this.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

However, it’s important to remember this is a “dual function” device, with a small switch on the headset that allows the selection of the two modes: PCVR mode with 6DoF SLAM tracking. It sends tracking data back to the host PC running Steam VR, as well as eye-tracking, foveated rendering, wireless connectivity, and other functions.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

It has a dual camera system: one camera does inside-out tracking , so it just tracks your position around the table, so there’s no sensors that you have to put in the room; the other one is used for pure machine vision , we can do hand tracking , so you can reach into this virtual space and move stuff around.

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