The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Ok, of course, I’m kidding, but, you know, the possibility of saying the wrong name is so high that my proposal actually starts making sense… Top news of the week (Image by HTC Vive) HTC reveals inside-out-tracked Tracker With a totally unexpected move, HTC has revealed a new kind of Tracker.

Razer 320

Razer HTC Apple Ukraine 320

The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

Of course, there would be privacy concerns in enabling the passthrough to everyone, and yes, the current world vision is mediocre (black&white and distorted). Of course, Oculus Connect 7 is the one that interests us the most. Mozilla updates its Unity WebVR exporter. Why does this matter? This is massive.

Oculus 224

Oculus AR Unity Augmented Reality 224

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

With the Oculus Quest headset, Aptiv has been able to reduce in-person training times significantly, with most courses now only taking between 4 hours and 2 days. Microsoft HoloLens and GE. Unity and the University of Miami. To get the project off the ground, the learning facility turned to Unity.

Case Study 86

Case Study Education Study Magic Leap 86

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Although, the US Army hit a roadblock in August when it slashed funding towards developing a Microsoft-powered XR training solution. Other options include: Unreal MegaGrants: Epic Games have its funding initiative designed to support developers in the technology world. During 2022 the media giant already experimented with XR content.

Virtual Reality 97

Virtual Reality Unity Education Immersion 97

XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 27, 2023

It can also be an effective way to boost productivity during collaborative sessions, enhance the quality of training courses, and increase creativity. Of course, leveraging the power of virtual reality starts with choosing the right headset capable of transporting each user into a new digital landscape.

Virtual Reality 241

Virtual Reality Tools Software Hardware 241

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated. This means that if you develop an experience using OpenXR, you can run it on Oculus, SteamVR, and Microsoft runtimes with no modification.

Sony 385

Sony Oculus Unity AR 385

XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

It can also be an effective way to boost productivity during collaborative sessions, enhance the quality of training courses, and increase creativity. Of course, leveraging the power of virtual reality starts with choosing the right headset capable of transporting each user into a new digital landscape.

Virtual Reality 130

Virtual Reality Samsung Tools Apple 130

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

I’m trying to keep expectations in place not because I want to be negative about VR (I’m a strong believer in the tech), but because in the past I’ve already seen that trend of setting unrealistic expectations and then writing “VR is dead” the day after when the market of course haven’t reached those results.

Apple 353

Apple Unreal Hand tracking Ukraine 353

AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents like Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft or Snap already own global social graphs, but perhaps looking to unseat them could be the multiplayer gaming behemoths like Sony, Activision Blizzard or EA, or 3D-specific ideas like Aura’s “avatar as a service”.

Magic Leap 156

Magic Leap AR Microsoft Apple 156

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. New info on Microsoft abandoning the Hololens 3. Last week we all heard the news about Microsoft abandoning the HoloLens 3, and the denial of it by Alex Kipman and Microsoft itself. Learn more.

Virtual Reality 309

Virtual Reality Microsoft Haptic Apple 309

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2020

What is worrisome the most is that it is unclear what will happen to all the other amazing XR projects that Mozilla was managing like the WebXR framework A-frame or the WebXR exporter for Unity. After having read this post, I think that people at Unity and Unreal Engine should do something to fix this issue.

Sony 356

Sony Eye Tracking HTC Unity 356

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. Microsoft Flight Simulator is adding VR support, but…. Microsoft Flight Simulator is launching on August, 18th, without support for virtual reality.

Oculus 313

Oculus Eye Tracking Hardware Las Vegas 313

AllThingsVR

JUNE 17, 2017

The game—and the wand—were developed by Pat Starace , director of the digital fabrication course at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida. Already, this blended approach is being embraced by industry players like Microsoft. “We And once I put on a HoloLens headset, it’s incredibly effective against the hordes of advancing dementors.

Florida 70

Florida Machine Learning Virtual Reality Unreal 70

The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

Of course, its FOV was restricted because there are not in the market displays with so many pixels and such a big size For HDR there was Starburst, an HMD able to deliver 20,000 nits , much more than the 1,000 ones of a commercial HDR TV. These scholarships will be offered by XR Bootcamp, which already offers high-quality courses about XR.

Apple 331

Apple Ukraine Eye Tracking Groups 331

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 22, 2018

In the entertainment area of Gamescom, NVIDIA has put some RTX graphics cards on the desks of some booth of partner companies , like ASUS and Microsoft. While at Microsoft booth there was a premium RTX 2080 Ti , that I’ve been able to take in my hands so to make a video where you can see it from all angles.

Video 167

Video Haptic Virtual Reality Gaming 167

The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Zuckerberg has basically made a pitch for the press and the investors about Facebook’s new course. Of course, also the price will follow suit, but we don’t know what is the possible range. Unity has built this nice demo using the Presence Platform. Cambria is expected to ship next year. Presence Platform. Cloud Backup.

Oculus 471

Oculus AR Tools Unity 471

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 28, 2023

This aligns it with the prices for competing solutions like the Apple Vision Pro and Microsoft HoloLens 2. Of course, companies looking to leverage the most advanced passthrough features will need to pay a little more. Users can access over 100 third-party applications and engines, including Unreal Engine and Unity.

Razer 86

Razer Industry Real Estate Leap Motion 86

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2018

We can deploy to a vast of platforms using game engines like Unity, Unreal Engine, the more recent Godot engine or any of the other engines out there, which have all started to add VR features”. But that’s just how Unity works, and this post isn’t about Unity, so let’s move on. You may be saying “Come on!

How To 176

How To Unity Data Oculus 176

XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

Gaming 78

Gaming Unreal Data Machine Learning 78

XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

Gaming 78

Gaming Unreal Data Machine Learning 78

XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

Unreal 60

Unreal Data Machine Learning Tools 60

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. The reveal that Apple will be using Unity to bring 3D applications and games to Vision Pro was exciting. Their partnership with Unity will get them there quickly. Apple will use Unity to bring 3D applications and games to Vision Pro.

Industry 85

Industry Apple Unity North America 85

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

And once you decide to sell a premium product, of course, the price becomes super-high and unaffordable for all normal people. Of course, indies won’t be super-happy of this decision, but unluckily this is how business works. The SDK offers native APIs, but also supports popular game engines like Unity and Unreal 4.

AR 165

AR Magic Leap Oculus Virtual Reality 165

HaptX

MARCH 6, 2018

“I’ve known people in the game industry who have backgrounds in ethnomusicology, physics, history, and of course, geography. When one finds out that she worked at Microsoft in the early days of Encarta Encyclopedia and World Atlas , it starts to make sense. Her time working at Microsoft led her to the IGDA.

Haptic 52

Haptic Data Gaming Industry 52

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

He wanted to write on my blog his opinion on this device to inform the community and of course I accepted, because I’m more than happy to host another one of his super-detailed articles. You can take very long flights in Microsoft Flight Simulator or some very long driving sessions when racing “24 Heures du Mans”.

Eye Tracking 340

Eye Tracking Controllers Software Hardware 340

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Of course, all the community is interested in them, because they could mean a revolution in augmented reality, that is currently based on devices that have a tiny FOV window, or that have a wide FOV but unsatisfying quality of the visuals. But we were motivated, so we started studying the problem. The official computational unit runs Android.

AR 537

AR China Augmented Reality Technology 537

Ryan Schultz

AUGUST 23, 2022

In chapter 5 (Networking), Ball uses popular games such as Microsoft Flight Simulator to explain concepts such as network bandwidth and latency, and how game and metaverse companies work around such limitations. Chapter 8 addresses the thorny issue of metaverse interoperability and standards (i.e.,

Motion Capture 78

Motion Capture Strategy Virtual World Examples 78

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. It is connected to your phone via USB-C Smartphones have become processing powerhouses.

Augmented Reality 130

Augmented Reality Wearables Hardware AR 130

XR for Business Podcast

JULY 2, 2019

It’s a simple SDK that integrates with Unity as a content creator, or you can drag and drop product placement within your experience. But of course, it’s not adapted to VR. We’re giving an SDK – this Unity plugin — to our developers. So that’s really what we’ve built. They can create this inventory.

AR 78

AR Unity San Francisco Examples 78

XR for Business Podcast

JULY 2, 2019

It’s a simple SDK that integrates with Unity as a content creator, or you can drag and drop product placement within your experience. But of course, it’s not adapted to VR. We’re giving an SDK – this Unity plugin — to our developers. So that’s really what we’ve built. They can create this inventory.

AR 78

AR Unity San Francisco Examples 78

XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Alan: So how do you then get people to learn how to do Unreal and Unity without teaching them? And then, of course, you need to manage. So the traditional way to do it is to use Unreal or Unity. It stands for effortless. Affordable.

AR 78

AR Machine Learning Government Virtual Reality 78

XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Alan: So how do you then get people to learn how to do Unreal and Unity without teaching them? And then, of course, you need to manage. So the traditional way to do it is to use Unreal or Unity. It stands for effortless. Affordable.

AR 78

AR Machine Learning Government Virtual Reality 78

XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

So you don't know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Alan: So how do you then get people to learn how to do Unreal and Unity without teaching them? And then, of course, you need to manage. So the traditional way to do it is to use Unreal or Unity. It stands for effortless. So that's the first one.

AR 60

AR Machine Learning Government Virtual Reality 60

XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

HP and Microsoft, they’re running huge departments in this, just because they were early and learned how to do it. You watch it change again completely with mobile, and then of course with social. No offence to Microsoft, but we’re not living in Windows anymore. You need somebody who understands Unreal or Unity.

Technology 78

Technology Machine Learning Industry Training 78

XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

HP and Microsoft, they’re running huge departments in this, just because they were early and learned how to do it. You watch it change again completely with mobile, and then of course with social. No offence to Microsoft, but we’re not living in Windows anymore. You need somebody who understands Unreal or Unity.

Technology 78

Technology Machine Learning Industry Training 78

XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

And then, of course, a lot of kitchen brochures and such are 3D. Of course, moving 3D data between different applications has always been hard. And the nice thing about Khronos -- now I'm in there, so of course I'm a little bit partial in this -- but it's a group where anyone can join and everybody has an equal vote.

AR 78

AR Eye Tracking Tools Apple 78

XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

And then, of course, a lot of kitchen brochures and such are 3D. Of course, moving 3D data between different applications has always been hard. And the nice thing about Khronos -- now I'm in there, so of course I'm a little bit partial in this -- but it's a group where anyone can join and everybody has an equal vote.

AR 78

AR Eye Tracking Tools Apple 78