XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 27, 2023

Demand for virtual reality is expanding at an incredible rate. Users are discovering that virtual reality isn’t just a powerful tool for entertainment. HP In recent years, the computer and software company HP has also begun branching out into the virtual reality landscape.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

Demand for virtual reality is expanding at an incredible rate. Users are discovering that virtual reality isn’t just a powerful tool for entertainment. The flagship solution offered by the company is the Samsung Gear VR with built-in Bluetooth connectivity and adjustable IPD for user comfort.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

You can access it at this link: [link] ) Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft kills Windows Mixed Reality Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on the Windows Mixed Reality platform , the one of the WMR headsets by Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung which were the first to introduce inside-out tracking in the VR ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Oculus releases hands tracking SDK, official Link cable for Quest and more. First of all, Oculus has finally released the hands tracking SDK for Oculus Quest , letting all developers create hands-tracked application for this popular standalone headset. I hate this. The possible applications are endless.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

During all these months, I had the occasion of reading on Linkedin about all his cool prototypes and enterprise solutions that he and his colleagues have developed inside the company, ranging from 360 videos to hand-tracked training solutions with the Quest, not to mention XR entertainment solutions for airplane passengers.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

This made sure investors gained some trust for immersive reality startups again, something that will be beneficial for our whole industry. I think that the upcoming release of Quest 3, and the increasing rumors about Samsung are going to improve our situation even more. Let’s all hope so. Great job, Magnopus!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

Today, we’re looking at some of the top MR headset manufacturers in the industry, to help business leaders track down the right endpoints for their technology stack. The solution turns tracking inside out to reduce setup time, and loosens the hardware restrictions of other devices.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

The Varjo headset includes Ultraleap hand-tracking to monitor natural hand movements and true-to-life MR passthrough with 12-megapixel video. Plus, users can unlock depth awareness capabilities powered by LiDAR and Inside-out tracking capabilities for more immersive experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Upload has gone hands-on with the relaxing Shores Of Loci. Maestro , the VR game that makes you impersonate a conductor, makes great use of hands tracking, and some videos on Reddit show that. Samsung is still working on AR glasses and its new internal prototype seems to be called SM-I120. Learn more. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

I mean, all UE developers, we Unity developers felt like being in a party where everyone is making out and you’re just there sipping a coke. All together will let you stream a very complex virtual reality application from an edge server to a standalone VR headset via 5G. Samsung terminates its XR services.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Facebook has showcased how thanks to the use of hand-tracking gloves, it has been able to let people touch-type in VR. People could see a virtual keyboard, while in the real world there was just a hard surface like a table. Stanford and Samsung create a super-high-resolution display.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

Rob Cole has published on this blog a great guest post on the importance of ergonomics in virtual reality and this headset clearly showed me why ergonomics are so fundamental: if a headset feels uncomfortable, no user can love it completely. Unity Development. Unity Development for the Mirage Solo is not difficult.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

This gives you the dimension of what AAA studios think about immersive realities… and having talked with Ubisoft, some months ago, I can confirm that this is exactly their vision. Unity now supports Vulkan for Oculus Quest. Unity has finally implemented Vulkan support for the Oculus Quest, in Unity 2019.3.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2018

A commercial war that has given us lots of high-quality virtual reality products for always decreasing prices (ehm, cough cough Vive Pro excluded… cough cough). According to some reviewers, the display may also be the same one made by Samsung. The Focus has a gesture tracking in beta , close to release.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Two days ago, I’ve given you my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 (read it, in case you missed it). Now it’s time to make some forecasts about its companion technology, that is augmented reality! Some will also feature tracked controllers. 2021 is going to be an interesting year for AR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

This CES has been very good for augmented and virtual reality, but it has not been exciting. Learn more on: Babel Tech Reviews (What is VRSS + hands-on) Upload VR (What is VRSS + Supported games) Upload VR (How to activate VRSS). Samsung AR glasses. Ok Samsung, you have our attention. That said, let’s start!

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

Let’s see: Google is still working with Qualcomm and Samsung on a mixed-reality headset. At first, we had good news: Unity finally revealed its first two AI tools: Muse, which lets you create assets (textures, animations, code) directly in the editor using textual queries. Muse looks a lot like ChatGPT integrated inside Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

The new update for Oculus Quest brings with it some interesting features, like the tracking of the Apple Magic Keyboard, some updates to the UI, and a new menu for hand tracking. Samsung Exynos 2200 introduces ray tracing on mobile. Meta releases runtime v37 for Quest. Thanks Marco Giammetti for the tip).

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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

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

And as any year, Oculus has really amazed us: for sure you have already read my short recap published after the first keynote of OC6 where I told you about amazing stuff like Oculus Link, Facebook Horizon and Hands Tracking. Hand tracking on Quest. Hands tracking will guarantee 25 tracked points for each hand.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 8, 2018

I’m very interested in this device, that’s why I dedicated various articles to it, like the tutorial on how to get started with Go on Unity , how to stream the headset content to an external screen and my comparison with the Vive Focus. It has no positional tracking, no mixed reality possibilities, no hands tracking, nothing.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

We are at the same level of Vive Focus or Vive Pro… probably the display is the same made by Samsung. This is the same chip of the Samsung S8 and it is not the latest available for VR: Qualcomm has already released the 845 VR reference design. For instance, in Unity, the Oculus Utilities plugin is the same for PC, Go and GearVR.

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