ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Image credits SCAND Blog Virtual Reality (VR)  — It teleports the user into a completely immersive world that replaces the physical world. Pokemon Go is the best example for an augmented reality game. Pokemon Go is a popular example that uses location-based AR. Users can use their smart phones to experience AR.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Microsoft has also announced a partnership with Niantic , and they even showcased a “Prototype of Pokemon Go with HoloLens 2”. This “prototype” actually was just a video with 2 people and 2 Pokemon in AR, and we don’t even know how much was faked and how much was real… but the important thing is the partnership here. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 31, 2020

It will be another clone of Pokemon Go; Tower Tag is free to play this weekend; We have a new trailer of the upcoming horror game Wraith: The Oblivion. It’s a bit too early to judge Horizo n: let’s see how it will evolve in the upcoming months to understand it can become a hit or a miss. Let’s have fun with e-sports in VR!

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2022

It’s interesting that Chris Pruett also stressed that “there are apps on App Lab today that have generated over a million dollars in revenue” : I guess Gorilla Tag is one of them. Palmer Luckey has published a blog post on his own website to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Oculus, the company he founded. Road To VR). Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

Honestly, the second part instead doesn’t surprise me: every few months I remark how Niantic is trying to replicate the success of Pokemon Go with clone games that have no appeal and then get shut down. The first part of the news hurts me, and I’m sorry for the people laid off. This is just the pattern repeating again and again.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

You can read some of my hands-on articles on my blog (e.g. Together with the area update, this means for instance that two teams of four people can play inside a warehouse a laser tag game in VR. I’m still here in the US for some days after having attended AWE, planning to meet some interesting people before heading back to Italy.

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