The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! Apple Glasses may release in 2021 for $499. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

This year for sure we’ll have two headsets of this kind launching: Lynx R-1 and Meta Project Cambria, with the elephant in town being the possible release of the first Apple headset. And of course, if Apple releases something, it will create a tsunami in the whole ecosystem. Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

And its ads business is under a crossfire attack: on one front, Apple with its new data policy is limiting how much data the Facebook app can collect about its users, and on the other one, the EU is trying to enforce its regulation about European people’s data not allowed to be sent to Facebook’s US servers. Some updates on Meta products.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 8, 2020

AT&T Stadium recently featured 80ft holograms of the Dallas Cowboys which could be viewed both inside and outside the stadium through Samsung 5G-enabled phones. Microsoft used projection mapping to bring its NYC flagship windows to life, causing crowds to stop and watch. Source: Nexus Studios / Scape.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

A worker wearing HoloLens 2 (Image by Microsoft). 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. Let me be very honest: I’m not expecting that much from this year in augmented reality.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Just a few weeks ago, major forces collaborating on the WebVR Spec gathered in San Jose, CA for the W3C Workshop on Web & Virtual Reality , a two-day conference where the likes of Mozilla, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, Oculus, The Khronos Group, and many more hashed out the latest developments and directions for the WebVR ecosystem.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

When I first laid eyes (and hands) upon Samsung's new Galaxy S22 Ultra, I assure you it was not love at first sight. The "Ultra'' designation has typically been the go-to option for deep-pocketed Samsung fans who want the biggest and best display paired with the most (and best?) Turns out, Samsung was right and I'm eating crow.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

Microsoft admits display problems on HoloLens 2. Microsoft negated the issue, but now, after continuous reporting from users, it has been forced to admit it. That’s a great win for the XR community, also because after having acknowledged the issue, Microsoft will have to work in actively solving it. Some cool stuff to see.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT. ” After he gave his TED Talk on it, there’s interest from Apple, and Google ended up buying his company.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT. ” After he gave his TED Talk on it, there’s interest from Apple, and Google ended up buying his company.

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VRWorld

APRIL 30, 2017

link] (PDF Download). ” Sky is the limit but AR is now here, NASA sightings in Apple. “Apple is currently something of a sleeping giant in the immersive tech industry. While other major tech companies like Google , Facebook and Microsoft have raced into the VR/AR markets, Apple has been biding its time.”

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT. After he gave his TED Talk on it, there's interest from Apple, and Google ended up buying his company. Jacob, welcome to the show.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Besides that, it is also hiring key figures to make this AR dream a reality : the operating system project will be supervised by Mark Lucovsky, a former Microsoft engineer who co-developed Windows NT. A report on Next Reality highlights how AR mobile apps account for over half of the top 10 most downloaded apps for 2019.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

This would be a very good move to come to the market before Apple , that will likely announce its AR glasses from Q4 2019 on; The announcement of a new generation of VR devices that will also be capable of providing AR , a bit like the VRVANA headset (whose company has been acquired by Apple as well). I think it summarizes everything.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

In my opinion , the true error is with the Vive 1 , that will get a price that is higher than the one of all the competitors… and that will cost as much as a Samsung Odyssey, notwithstanding its far lower features. people walking around), so I don't have an apples-to-apples comparison against Santa Cruz.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Billion & mind you i haven't added the overall population of #asia.Ignore us at your own risk #facebook #microsoft & the curators of those lists. Previously she was one of the first employees at NextVR ( acquired by Apple ), a virtual reality company focused on live entertainment across music and sports. 17- Helen Situ.

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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. I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets — like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it — are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing. Alan: Got it.

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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. I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets — like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it — are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing. Alan: Got it.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

If I was Google and Apple, I would make some sort of Pokémon Go game that took you inside and made you kind of chase these things up and down the walls, and while they 3D map the whole interior space of everywhere. So if you look at the investments done by Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Facebook and a bunch of other, Lenovo, Valve[?].

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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. I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets -- like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it -- are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing. Alan: Got it.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

If I was Google and Apple, I would make some sort of Pokémon Go game that took you inside and made you kind of chase these things up and down the walls, and while they 3D map the whole interior space of everywhere. So if you look at the investments done by Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Facebook and a bunch of other, Lenovo, Valve[?].

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