XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Nick: Definitely. And as you may know, the military, a lot of the technologies we use today have evolved from there, so for example, the Internet, GPS, even Siri for your iPhone originally came from SRI, which is right down the road from us in Princeton, developed there and Apple bought it off them. We have a Unity SDK.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Nick: Definitely. And as you may know, the military, a lot of the technologies we use today have evolved from there, so for example, the Internet, GPS, even Siri for your iPhone originally came from SRI, which is right down the road from us in Princeton, developed there and Apple bought it off them. We have a Unity SDK.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Nick: Definitely. And as you may know, the military, a lot of the technologies we use today have evolved from there, so for example, the Internet, GPS, even Siri for your iPhone originally came from SRI, which is right down the road from us in Princeton, developed there and Apple bought it off them. We have a Unity SDK.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Microsoft Hololens. AD: Yes, definitely, not only Tango but all phones with dual cameras; every phone manufacturer is working on those. Apple is going to release something around that — Windows just released a phone with native 3D capture. We are integrated with the Unity asset store for example. by Virtual Studio.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Apple VR headset may feature a 3000PPI microOLED display. This week we had a new rumor about the XR headset Apple is working on. According to Korean publication The Elec, Apple has requested a sample of a display component for OLED displays that can arrive up to 3000PPI. Apple Event was not about AR, like, at all.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 2, 2019

So Microsoft, as you know, we support ARKit- and ARCore-enabled devices. Microsoft launched their Azure Spatial Anchors, we could support Azure Spatial Anchors as well, and take their augmented reality to the next level. They definitely have a very amazing map and they have done a lot in this space. Yes, exactly.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 2, 2019

So Microsoft, as you know, we support ARKit- and ARCore-enabled devices. Microsoft launched their Azure Spatial Anchors, we could support Azure Spatial Anchors as well, and take their augmented reality to the next level. They definitely have a very amazing map and they have done a lot in this space. Yes, exactly.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 2, 2019

And things like Microsoft introducing-- or announcing the world of Minecraft and augmented reality, meaning anywhere in the world, you can start building Minecraft blocks and it will stay there, positionally tracked, so the next person that comes along and-- basically what you're doing is that level, but made for industry and enterprise.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 4, 2023

I need to rush out this newsletter episode because otherwise tomorrow Apple launches its headset and no one will read my articles: everyone will be too busy reading “The top 5 features of the Apple headset” or “The 7 reasons why the Apple headset can revolutionize peeling potatoes”. How is Apple going to sell this headset?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

At GDC, HTC has announced that this great device will come for sure to the rest of the world and that this will happen “later this year” I know, this is not a very definite time, but it is better than nothing: before the GDC we weren’t even sure if it would ever come here. Can’t wait to buy a Santa Cruz!

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

An article by Microsoft Design details how some designers have created an AR cube with very natural interactions. This could be The Unity Cube 2.0. More info (Intel research) More info (Animated pictures research) More info (Microsoft Design’s cube). Apple is working on a whole spatial ecosystem. Learn more. Some XR fun.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 24, 2023

Instead, he has concentrated his journalistic efforts on a stereotypical dystopia of avatars and social media white elephants from a caricatured Meta, Microsoft AltSpaceVR, and Decentraland. Imagine an internet where only Apple computers can connect to the web.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

From time to time, I like to look at the adoption graph of XR shown by John Riccitiello (the CEO of Unity) in 2017 , where you can see that the real acceleration of immersive technologies should start around 2022-2023. Yes, it’s a lot of time, but these are realistic projections. PlayStation believes in VR. Will it be this year?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It’s not your drab, beige Windows building, or Microsoft Word. It’s just neat how they built a subculture within the Microsoft culture. So, you think Apple Apple would do this?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It’s not your drab, beige Windows building, or Microsoft Word. It’s just neat how they built a subculture within the Microsoft culture. So, you think Apple Apple would do this?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

John Riccitiello -- the CEO of Unity -- was one of the first to point out that there was going to be this great sort of gold rush of people who were going to overhype VR and its potential, and then we're going to see this gap of a disappointment where the early reality didn't match up with the hype and a lot of people were going to bail on it.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It’s not your drab, beige Windows building, or Microsoft Word. It’s just neat how they built a subculture within the Microsoft culture. So, you think Apple Apple would do this?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But the COVID-19 pandemic and the year's other trials have definitely left their mark on the Metaverse (and MetaVRse), for good and ill. It's yeah, it's been a hell of a year, definitely the sort of year that could drive one to drink. And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But the COVID-19 pandemic and the year's other trials have definitely left their mark on the Metaverse (and MetaVRse), for good and ill. It's yeah, it's been a hell of a year, definitely the sort of year that could drive one to drink. And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year.

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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

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But the COVID-19 pandemic and the year's other trials have definitely left their mark on the Metaverse (and MetaVRse), for good and ill. It's yeah, it's been a hell of a year, definitely the sort of year that could drive one to drink. And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year.

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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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Hypergrid Business

JUNE 1, 2020

8agora provides creative teams, individuals, and groups with customizable virtual reality avatars that they can use to attend meetings and events, three-dimension high definition graphics, instant chat, simultaneous translation from any language, and many other business-oriented tools. (Image courtesy 8Agora.). Image courtesy MeetingRoom.).

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. And then just recently now you might have read that we have made a new thing with the new Apple iPad, with the LiDAR stuff, adding functionality that wasn't possible before. Martin: Yes, definitely. And we could switch, and so we didn't need the app.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. And then just recently now you might have read that we have made a new thing with the new Apple iPad, with the LiDAR stuff, adding functionality that wasn't possible before. Martin: Yes, definitely. And we could switch, and so we didn't need the app.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. And then just recently now you might have read that we have made a new thing with the new Apple iPad, with the LiDAR stuff, adding functionality that wasn't possible before. Martin: Yes, definitely. And we could switch, and so we didn't need the app.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

Apple featured it a whole bunch of times. And that was definitely a new way to to consume media. We've been working with Unity's Reflect team. We saw some cool stuff coming out of Microsoft with that, the Apollo demo and things like that. laughs] Alan: [laughs] "By the way, we're Apple. Does it come from CAD?

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

Apple featured it a whole bunch of times. And that was definitely a new way to to consume media. We've been working with Unity's Reflect team. We saw some cool stuff coming out of Microsoft with that, the Apollo demo and things like that. laughs] Alan: [laughs] "By the way, we're Apple. Does it come from CAD?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 12, 2019

Definitely. You can build in Unity, it’s the same thing. So standardizing the 3D models that everybody uses; There’s OBJ, there’s glTF, there’s FDX, there’s now USDZ with Apple. We finally got WebAR working, and then Apple shut down the cameras, and I was like, “what?”

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 12, 2019

Definitely. You can build in Unity, it’s the same thing. So standardizing the 3D models that everybody uses; There’s OBJ, there’s glTF, there’s FDX, there’s now USDZ with Apple. We finally got WebAR working, and then Apple shut down the cameras, and I was like, “what?”

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

Apple featured it a whole bunch of times. And that was definitely a new way to to consume media. We've been working with Unity's Reflect team. We saw some cool stuff coming out of Microsoft with that, the Apollo demo and things like that. laughs] Alan: [laughs] "By the way, we're Apple. Does it come from CAD?

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

And so when ARKit popped up from Apple and they said surprise, now everybody with an iPhone 6 and above and use augmented reality, it really changed the game. HP and Microsoft, they’re running huge departments in this, just because they were early and learned how to do it. The next step is for our eyes.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

And so when ARKit popped up from Apple and they said surprise, now everybody with an iPhone 6 and above and use augmented reality, it really changed the game. HP and Microsoft, they’re running huge departments in this, just because they were early and learned how to do it. The next step is for our eyes.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

And so when ARKit popped up from Apple and they said surprise, now everybody with an iPhone 6 and above and use augmented reality, it really changed the game. HP and Microsoft, they're running huge departments in this, just because they were early and learned how to do it. The next step is for our eyes.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Even the big players like Sony, Apple, and Microsoft have substantially reduced their production estimates for 2022, whilst processor manufacturers talk of delays into 2024. The name was of course inspired by “The Unity Cube” application (Image by Rob Cole). Image provided by Rob Cole). The Guncube.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

VR in 2022-2023 will definitely enter the mainstream market , and I wonder if it will just be because of Quest or there will be some other devices. It will also be a defensive move against Apple. Apple could announce its headset. Apple could announce its headset.

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