The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

On the server-side, it is being integrated with Microsoft Azure, and it is also coming in the future for Google Cloud and Tencent Cloud. Omniverse doesn’t only care about the synchronization (a bit like if it were a visual Git), but it also provides services like AI and physical simulations.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

This year alone, we’ve seen major announcements from Google and Firefox , as well as the continued growth of independent WebVR communities, such as JanusVR: This is just the beginning; there will be much, much more from here. Google , Oculus and Samsung Internet also published their WebVR and open-source developer resources. .

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And while this is anyway a good result for a startup (developing an AR headsets means spending billions in R&D), targeting the consumer market has been a suicide move , that let Microsoft get full control of the profitable enterprise market. More info (Camera Path and Google Drive backup) More info (Sketchfab exporting).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

It is a terrible moment for tech companies: after Meta and Unity, also Snap stock has lost -30% of its value after the CEO has announced that the company won’t be able to reach its estimated earnings goals. The “metaverse” was not a key topic inside “Microsoft Build”. Snap shares lose -30% of its stock value. Other news.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

This is why companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Meta are exploring similar technologies. For others, they might be a way of selling ads, Dr. Bautista said. […] In 2018, Intel shut down the Vaunt project, before selling many of its patents to North, the start-up acquired by Google. Microsoft Maquette gets discontinued.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 12, 2022

The tool would also simulate muscle movements and lifelike hair textures. Numerous companies such as Adobe, Dell, Epic Games, Microsoft, and Amazon Web Services trialled the Omniverse at the event. The company’s Audio2Face will also build hyperrealistic avatars from just one photo, apply textures, and create 3D meshes with AI.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

Industry-leading companies sponsoring this year’s expo include Intel, Dell, Qualcomm, VIVEPORT, Microsoft, Neurogaming and OptiTrack, as well as a full lineup of innovative companies shaping the future of immersive tech. Katie Kelly, Head of Engagement, AltspaceVR / Microsoft.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Although Unity 3D is undoubtedly the most common and trained standards for developing and deploying augmented and virtual reality application for both beginner or expert developer, it is cannot be employed for developing content for some headsets. Google VR SDK is popular for building virtual reality applications for Android and iOS.

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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. Learn more.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. Microsoft Hololens is a key player in the MR market. It has the ability to create a cross platform code where users can create their projects in either JavaScript, Unity, Xamarin, and Cordova.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Image by MegaDodo Simulation Games). Viveport is improving a lot, and now HTC is also launching the Vive XR Suite , which will be distributed thanks to the support of a strong network of partners like HP, NVIDIA, Baidu (the Chinese Google), and Accenture. Facebook and Microsoft publish two interesting research projects for VR.

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Voices of VR

JULY 13, 2023

Liz Hyman President and the CEO of the XR Association (XRA), which is a non-profit, industry trade association representing 47 XR companies including major players like Meta, Google, Microsoft, HTC, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Unity, and HTC.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In 2022, the Immerse Global Summit featured speakers from some of the world’s best-known brands, including Amazon, Meta, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and Unity, and demonstrations of some of the most exciting metaverse technologies. Unity shared how digital twins were helping its customers unlock new levels of innovation.

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

To make matters murkier, there’s also the recently-announced partnership between Google and HTC Vive to create new standalone mobile headsets for all Google Daydream-ready Android phones. Air New Zealand is one airlines provider that is testing how the Microsoft Hololens can help improve in-flight customer service.

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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. Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Considering that Quest supports multitasking for 2D apps, this is great to use the Quest as a tool to work: you could have Slack in one Window, and Google Doc in another, and work on a document together with your team. Unity has built this nice demo using the Presence Platform. Read more about this news: Project Nazare: [link].

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Attendees learned and experienced the firm’s technologies and the growing number of use cases for simulations, collaboration, engagement, and visualisation. People can also view YouTube 360 videos, Google Street View, as well as the enterprise’s bespoke 360 web browser. We’d love to host you.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Or we can put on device on our head (a head-mounted display or HMD) that completely occludes us from the real world allowing us to enter a completely simulated environment which we can walk around and interact in because the computer is sensing our physical actions: this is Virtual Reality or VR.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MAY 28, 2024

It’s similar to many of the extended reality developer kits available from companies like Meta, Google, and more. You’ll gain a development environment where you can build applications for visionOS using Xcode IDE, Xcode previews, and a visionOS simulator. It also allows developers to import 3D compositions into Xcode.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

This move resembles the one that Google had with TiltBrush: instead of killing the program, it is returning it back to the community, and this is for sure a good decision. Yes, you’ve read everything well. Watch a Quest 2 getting watercooled. Last Call has been released. Last Call / Release) More info (Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy Edge?—?Last

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Image by Megadodo Simulation Games). Thanks to Sebastian Ang of MRTV (one of my favorite VR YouTubers), everyone can now watch the CEO and CTO of MegaDodo Simulation Games (the company behind the project) talk about this new device, their company, and even showing a prototype. More info (Using Google Translate).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The New York Times distributes more than 1 million Google Cardboard phone VR viewers to subscribers with the launch of The Displaced , a 360-degree video project focusing on children driven from their homes by war. Eye-tracking startup Eyefluence, which raises $14 million this month, is acquired about a year later by Google.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

Luckily there is AR that is still strong, and we can hope to wear Google AR glasses soon… ah no, they are dead too. For me this is not a fortunate sentence: this is what Alex Kipman said about the HoloLens, a few weeks before the whole Microsoft Mixed Reality division was disbanded and he was fired from the company.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 5, 2023

Teachers in the academic world can create powerful educational experiences based on realistic simulations. Moth&Flame’s “Create” tool also empowers organizations to create comprehensive simulations, with quick deployment opportunities. The challenge for most buyers is in finding the right XR solution.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Collectively, these people have shipped Island 359 , Job Simulator , and Fantastic Contraption , some of the most well-known titles out today. Alon Or-bach (Samsung Electronics), Kaye Mason (Google). Stefan Walker (Google), Luca Prasso (Google). Alex Lee (Google). Experiments in Social VR. Room 3009, West Hall.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The firm’s first XR headset is due soon, and with it comes a spatial computing ambition that draws similarities and differences to Lenovo, Microsoft, Meta, HTC VIVE, and other XR headset vendors. Now there’s a step change in my ability to develop in the simulator, write quality code, and design good user experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Late to the party after Oculus and Microsoft already released prototypical implementations, but finally Valve has implemented OpenXR into its runtime SteamVR. Unity details its MARS solution. If you want to help them, there is a dedicated Google Form where you can apply. Other relevant news. Image from Khronos Group).

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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.

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Hypergrid Business

JUNE 1, 2020

Acadicus is a tool for medical simulations and for training, and works both with or without a virtual reality headset. The Microsoft-owned company is now compatible with Vive, Oculus headsets, and Gear VR, and users can also access it without a VR headset via a desktop app. Oxford Medical Simulation.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

I think that, after a year, its specifications don’t sound exceptional anymore and maybe it is better that LG jumps directly to a second generation or that enters the standalone market (as it seems, since there are some rumors about a new revolutionary headset screen developed by Google and LG). Google AR apps.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Greg has been designing and driving the development of immersive digital simulation for architecture, engineering, and construction markets for the last 20 years. I mean, a lot of people just– anything you can get into Unity, you can basically get into VR or mixed reality experience, unless they’re like custom one-off apps.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Greg has been designing and driving the development of immersive digital simulation for architecture, engineering, and construction markets for the last 20 years. I mean, a lot of people just– anything you can get into Unity, you can basically get into VR or mixed reality experience, unless they’re like custom one-off apps.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Greg has been designing and driving the development of immersive digital simulation for architecture, engineering, and construction markets for the last 20 years. He's been pushing the envelope of this technology and software for the Microsoft Hololens, and recently built an app for the global launch event of the next generation Hololens 2.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

Dan: In my past, I used to work with simulators — big aircraft simulators, etc. But obviously these people couldn’t afford a $50-million simulator. 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?

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

Dan: In my past, I used to work with simulators — big aircraft simulators, etc. But obviously these people couldn’t afford a $50-million simulator. 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?

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

Dan: In my past, I used to work with simulators -- big aircraft simulators, etc. -- and I got really excited about seeing the effect it has on pilots and soldiers, and I always thought that it would be useful to do the same, but for normal people, nurses, etc. But obviously these people couldn't afford a $50-million simulator.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

A lot of what I do is try to take new and emerging technology -- obviously right now, VR/AR/XR; all that falls into it -- and using that to enhance messaging and storytelling, training, simulation, all of that type of stuff. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller. It's not something that every company will do.

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