The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

More info At SIGGRAPH there was much attention toward VR and AI SIGGRAPH has always been a very relevant event for all of us in the 3D space, and this year VR and AI were among the most relevant technologies showcased there. The road toward widespread AR glasses is still very long and complicated.

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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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 6, 2017

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney thinks Apple’s upcoming iOS 11 update, arriving this fall, will be a huge boost to the emerging AR industry. It’s the most definitive event marking the move to high-end technology that will power a new generation of world-class experiences transcending games and storytelling.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 25, 2024

Last week, NVIDIA used its yearly GTC event to showcase many innovative workplace solutions. Enterprise customers would develop VR training with Unity or design an application with Unreal; we’re able to ship these XR services fast for our users – but they are missing a deployment platform, and that’s how we got incorporated.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Soon, Meta will host its Connect 2023 event, whereby the firm will announce innovations in its XR product portfolio. Peter Vindevoge, speaking on the entry of Meta Platforms, Apple, and many others, could lead to a trend of greater VR gaming adoption. Gears are turning as the mid-year crossover is in full effect.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2023

I’m having fun, listening to interesting talks, meeting new people… basically everything I always do at these events! The last days of AltspaceVR have seen many events happening in the platform where people said farewell not only to the platform, but also to the communities and the groups they were part of.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 26, 2023

Googles solutions allow developers to quickly optimize their augmented reality experiences for android devices, with a convenient Software Development Kit (SDK). Unity Software company, Unity, provides developers and innovators in the creative world with tools capable of building a wide variety of different ads and marketing campaigns.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 10, 2022

“Varjo Reality Cloud is our platform that will allow the ultimate science fiction dream – photo-realistic teleportation – to come true,” CTO Urho Konttori said in a launch event last summer. As this article was being written, Varjo further expanded its cloud with Unreal and Unity engine integrations.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 9, 2023

Google, and Apple all have their own unique toolkits, designed to simplify the process of creating immersive content. Here are just some of the other major vendors innovating in this space: 1. Platform developers can import captures into an Unreal project, and begin presenting the digitised object immediately.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One-year price performance for MSFT as of 2/3/20 Apple Inc. AAPL) As we previously detailed in depth, Apple has been discreetly working on a number of AR/VR products for several years now and is planning to release its own AR smart glass and AR/VR hybrid headset.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

PSVR 2, Apple XR visor) and games, will be fundamental to understand its evolution and its potential. A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. References to Apple RealityOS have been leaked. Leaks about Apple are intensifying over the weeks.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Apple’s Vision Pro triggered new discourse on the future of virutal, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR). Revealed at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), the Apple Vision Pro has sparked both praise and criticism from the global XR community. Apple is adept at proposing something you didn’t think you needed.

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VRScout

MARCH 3, 2020

Castle Smurthenstein (Image Credit: Apple II Bits ). AltspaceVR’s Daily Spotlight Event (Image Credit: AltspaceVR). In a similar fashion as to what Unreal Engine offers to round up users, these above-mentioned platforms are free to use but come at the cost of royalties or in-game purchases. Image Credit: Twitch Inc.).

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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! This week, on 25th, I am co-organizing an event about Digital Fashion together with Cecilia Lascialfari. Among the top 5 news I have chosen, only 1 is about VR.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

More info (My summary of the event) More info (HTC’s 2-minutes video of the event) More info (HTC’s vision of the office of the future) More info (Actual prototype of the office of the future) More info (Qualcomm teasing new XR2 standalone headsets). Simple WebXR” aims at bringing WebXR to Unity. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Unreal Engine and Photoshop), as it happens in Google Docs when many people edit the same document at the same time. The author of the video has used a free app available on the Apple Store and with it, it was able to scan 3D objects with a quality and a speed never seen before. Someone has made a WebAR exporter for Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

The typical summer week has passed by, with some interesting XR news, but mostly no amazing event to talk about. And I’m not so sure that there will be the build-once-run-everywhere mechanism because every headset has its own Unity plugin with some features that are very vendor-specific.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

It was too early for Unity, but they taught me about C++, C#, Java, OpenCV, OpenGL and other fancy development stuff. For who wasn’t doing AR at that time: Metaio had an amazing SDK for phone-based AR, but then it got acquired by Apple and it disappeared from the market. Since I loved gaming (who doesn’t love gaming?),

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 11, 2017

Some weeks later they held a game jam (an event where teams rapidly create games) and partnered with Valve which brought some early Vive kits for groups to test their projects. They showed the demo to someone at Valve and, after the event was over, were told they could keep the headsets. ” Accepting The Possibility Of Failure.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In the meanwhile, if you want, you can attend an Awe Nite event about gaming on 30th September I have been invited to speak at. Apple VR headset may feature a 3000PPI microOLED display. This week we had a new rumor about the XR headset Apple is working on. Apple Event was not about AR, like, at all.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

95% of the content is about the vision of the future “metaverse” in which we all are always in XR , we work, we connect with other people physically distant away, we attend events, we play multiplayer games, etc… all in XR. Luckily there is 5% of information there that I’ve actually found interesting. I mean, we all already knew this, Mark.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The annual GTC event for NVIDIA has been a blast. The new DRIVE Thor superchip aimed at autonomous vehicles, which companies will be able to use from 2025 Omniverse Cloud , which lets companies use Omniverse completely via cloud rendering even on non-powerful machines A connector to let you use Omniverse with Unity. Image by NVIDIA).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

As with every big event, I’m writing a post to try to summarize the most important news that have come out from the GDC 2018 … so that if you have lost something, you just need to read this post to get in par with the rest of the world. people walking around), so I don't have an apples-to-apples comparison against Santa Cruz.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Thanks to this, it is possible to make XR experiences that easily react to natural vocal commands As you can see, it has been a great event for the convergence of cutting-edge technologies like 5G, XR, and AI! Of course, Epic is completely against Apple and its vision of its own walled garden.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

I think the battle with Apple has just begun. Because of the damn coronavirus, always more events will be held online. Apart from the AWE that has become an online event, as I’ve highlighted in my intro, also Oculus Connect 7 and Gamescom will transition to a fully digital version for 2020. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Especially the first feature made most people go in awe : volumetric videos are very expensive, so they’re typically not used during XR events. The result was the one of having Alex Kipman as if he was really in front of you , a fantastic immersive feature for an XR event. they had no problems in using it. Learn more. Some XR fun.

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

During the launch, the following details were laid out by Jio: Focus on collaboration Product weight of 75 grams ‘Personalized’ audio features Support for over 25 applications A few other details emerged during the course of the event too. What about Apple Glass? I was very critical of this approach with the Apple Watch?—?it

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

I think that the new generation of talent — say if you were studying right now — creative developer, understanding… I mean, these don’t necessarily all require Unity or Unreal, which are the software programs — the game engines — that often power a lot of this interactivity and experience. Rori: Oh yes.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

I think that the new generation of talent — say if you were studying right now — creative developer, understanding… I mean, these don’t necessarily all require Unity or Unreal, which are the software programs — the game engines — that often power a lot of this interactivity and experience. Rori: Oh yes.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The event also kicked off a series of stellar keynote speeches, workshops, product demos, and other feature presentations for the global tech industry. He stated rooom also aimed to offer products across verticals, rather than salespeople showcasing devices at physical events.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Apple headset will not be focused on gaming. A new report seems to suggest that the upcoming Apple headset won’t be focused on gaming at all. In fact, at launch, it won’t even be possible to create Unity content for it. VR looks incredibly stunning with Unreal Engine 5 features like Nanite and Lumen. Other relevant news.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So anybody who had a reasonable platform for video conferencing and events and things like this skyrocketed. And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. So now Apple has the rights to 360 stream or VR stream sports, so that's pretty cool. But then you look at Unreal.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So anybody who had a reasonable platform for video conferencing and events and things like this skyrocketed. And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. So now Apple has the rights to 360 stream or VR stream sports, so that's pretty cool. But then you look at Unreal.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So anybody who had a reasonable platform for video conferencing and events and things like this skyrocketed. And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. So now Apple has the rights to 360 stream or VR stream sports, so that's pretty cool. But then you look at Unreal.

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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

AUGUST 16, 2020

Outside VR, the big news to keep an eye on is the dispute between Epic Games and Apple (and Google), which could lead to a complete change in how app stores are managed, even in VR. After having read this post, I think that people at Unity and Unreal Engine should do something to fix this issue. Watch Microsoft Office in XR.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Apple headset may be very lightweight. Top news of the week.

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