ARPost

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The second annual AR/VR Policy Conference took place this Wednesday, September 14, in Washington D.C., As a proud media partner of the AR/VR Policy Conference, here’s the ARPost recap – though you can also watch the complete event on YouTube. AR/VR Policy Conference Panel Discussions.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Upload VR) More info (Apple renaming its MR operating sytem to xrOS?—?Yahoo!) This system could so be employed to have full body tracking inside experiences like VRChat. The good thing about such a system is that it is affordable and very comfortable: you just wear a few bracelets and you can have full-body VR. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Switching from VR to AR mode and viceversa. And they could even evolve in different ways: for instance, in AR it could be possible to make people train in front of a real boxing bag, with some augmented reality targets showing over it. In VR, it could evolve more by making the environment react properly to the game progress.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 2, 2017

Various events have sprung up as VR and AR continue to grow and conferences and showcases focused solely on the technologies are certainly needed, but it’s encouraging to see it break ground along with other industries.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 6, 2018

He is an awesome writer and regularly writes amazing posts on Forbes regarding AR and VR. I still remember some of his posts that I liked the most, like one on the coolest augmented reality startups of current time and one on location-based VR entertainment. So, most of the times, I skipped them.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

It’s Monday again, so it’s time for a new roundup of the coolest AR and VR news of the week! It is called Oxymore, and the tickets to enjoy it are free, but limited. Apple wants to be a huge player of the Metaverse, it is just not interested, like at all, in a social VR space.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

As everyone was expecting, this week HP has launched its new PC VR headset, the Reverb G2 , that is an evolution of the Reverb launched next year. They should guarantee better tracking both for the headset and the controllers; The controllers are smaller and seem a mix between the Oculus Touch and the WMR 1 controllers. Upload VR).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

The Tracker is one of the most successful products sold by HTC: it is mostly used by the VRChat community people to have full-body VR in their favorite social space, or by VR arcades to be able to track props in virtual reality. I think it’s very good because it can finally give full-body VR to many Quest and Vive XR Elite users.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2023

More info Other relevant news (Image by Upload) Upload VR Summer Showcase brought news about many games As usual, Upload VR had its Summer Showcase, in which it announced many pieces of news about many VR games. As usual when we are talking about these sensitive topics, there is no perfect answer.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 20, 2023

The automotive industry is transitioning with virutal, augmented, mixed, and extended reality (VR/AR/MR/XR) solutions. Nils Wollny, Co-Founder and Chief Executive, holoride We further pushed this topic — which was still new and unexplored at the time — within the company and developed the first prototype.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

VR traction over the past few years has been slower than many had anticipated. So the question is how well it’s landing with consumers today, and are those sentiments trending in the right direction? Known as VR Usage & Consumer Attitudes, Wave VI , it follows similar reports over the last few years. How satisfied are they?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

We will soon enter Autumn, exactly the season I think VR is in (I’ve just written an editorial about this if you are curious to read it…). I’m not so sure that this is the kind of content people are looking for. September is back! Who is as excited as me? Per se, this is a piece of news no one cares about.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Mixed Reality currently does not support the occlusion of virtual elements with real ones, but a new experimental API lets developers already experiment with it. But the Quest 3 is also a solid VR headset, so many VR games are being updated to exploit its new processing power. I truly hope this rumor is true.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

Another week closed at home, sending big hugs to all of you VR enthusiasts of the world. Many countries are locking down because of the coronavirus, so I hope you all stay safe, healthy and will be able to keep in touch with the people you love. Facebook has already refused the acquisition. Other relevant news. This is so sad.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! So many memories… who was there already in VR with me? We’ll see….

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

This is not a tweet, it is a #metaverse message… #VirtualReality #VR #AR pic.twitter.com/f9aDJ2mbc3 — TonyVT SkarredGhost (@SkarredGhost) July 25, 2021. Networking libraries, VR hardware, AR glasses, common standards… nothing is ready to build the metaverse in the short term. So… let’s start!

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Facebook Horizon – Facebook’s take on the OASIS from the film Ready Player One , Facebook Horizon is a social VR metaverse in which Oculus users can meet-up in a shared space where they can socialize, participate in activities and events, and even create their own games and environments.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

It’s time for some amazing VR news, isn’t it? Image by Ars Technica). Popular VR Youtuber Sebastian Ang has spotted two online stores (one from the Netherlands and the other from Germany) already listing the Vive Cosmos for €799. Kura teases second-gen AR glasses, but…. TiltFive is going to release its AR headset soon.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Last week saw the launch of the Global WebVR Hackathon run by Virtuleap , the online platform that is working to take the concept of the hackathon and scale it out for a mass targeted impact on the VR industry. What’s more challenging than applying VR to the world of finance? Tagged with: hackathon , ing bank , tony parisi.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 23, 2017

If you’ve been following VR for a while then you’ll likely recognise Silicon Valley Virtual Reality (SVVR) as one of the original events designed to evangelise and promote the technology, starting out as a small meetup for enthusiasts and steadily growing into a massive conference that gathers industry figureheads under one roof.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

After the announcement was made, the game development community (including the VR one) didn’t just backlash, it totally rioted against this decision. We are all fighting this battle because many of us creators of games and VR apps are using Unity, and so a lot of the future of our ecosystem depends on this.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

As we’re almost at the one-year mark of release for the latest round of VR headsets, it’s no surprise that many of the topics at this year’s show revolve around virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality. Powering VR Worlds with Laughter. How is it more engaging in VR? Jason and Ted’s Excellent VR Panel.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

This year I’m still writing a very long and comprehensive post, but I’m going to skip some details, that anyway you can read in the other articles I’m linking to let you can go deeper on the topics. Quest Pro specifications (Road To VR) Quest Pro won’t ship with a depth sensor (Upload VR). Specifications.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

There is a lot of hype in the community about the rumored upcoming standalone Valve headset, codenamed Deckard, so everything that may hint at an upcoming release generates excitement in us VR enthusiasts. Border Bots VR, a game that got some praise in the previews, is coming to PSVR 2 and SteamVR on September 28th.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 9, 2017

But now we’re back and ready to stir up some important, thought-provoking, and potentially jimmy-rustling conversation around the VR, AR, and game industries that we love so much. But that being said, it feels like most of the best VR experiences are on PlayStation VR (PSVR,) Oculus Rift , and HTC Vive.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 22, 2017

Many wondered if Apple would officially step into the VR or AR markets with something exhibiting their usual simple yet luxurious design and, as Bloomberg reports , it looks like the Apple CEO Tim Cook believes the future of the company will be augmented. Their business is founded in the creation of AR-related camera software.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2019

I hoped that in this period all VR people were in vacation, so that I could relax a bit… instead this week there have been tons of interesting news and articles… even more than usual! Discover the hottest XR topics of the week in this roundup post…. The SIGGRAPH has shown some interesting AR/VR solutions. Image by ACM).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 22, 2016

User input is a hot topic across the virtual reality industry as different entities try to curve motion sickness and find ways to better immerse audiences in these dynamic experiences. VR itself was a visual leap forward and Neurable is attempting to make such a leap for input by allowing users to control objects with their mind.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2019

What has been announced there is astonishing and I want to discuss with you here what has been revealed, what I think about it and what are the possible future projections of this work for AR and VR. BCIs is a very fascinating topic, that I really love. BCIs are really in their early stages of development.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 31, 2017

Tom Emrich, a funding partner at Super Ventures, is the man bringing AR to reality through investment and community building. Augmented Reality is an exciting topic. And it sounds like these types of gadgets are going to be the next input & output game changer for AR. And I think that’s where we are with our AR.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 16, 2017

The Film and Interactive disciplines at SXSW are home to many VR experiences and they often intersect. As a matter of fact, the interactive nature of cinematic VR experiences is a quality that’s underestimated by those employing the efforts of production teams. Tagged with: Framestore , marketing , VR.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Officially he is a VR angel investor, but he is much more than this: he is also an immersive technologies enthusiast and an influencer that can really foster healthy debates about the main questions that we all have around these technologies. I’m here with Eduardo Siman, VR enthusiast, influencer and angel investor.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 4, 2017

The VRDC (Virtual Reality Developers Conference) welcomes experts on VR, AR, and mixed reality content to speak across a collection of disciplines including health care, journalism, film, and more. How to Be a Successful VR Game Studio. However, making it as an indie game studio making VR games is beyond challenging.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

.” The first words on the page also read “Enabling Machines To See” Helping robots to navigate spaces doesn’t sound like an area of immediate interest for Oculus, but Zurich Eye’s solutions may sound relevant to inside-out tracking, an important topic in the VR industry right now.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

That said, let me do a short recap of the past days in AR/VR. In last week’s newsletter, I told you that there was a tiny possibility that Valve could announce a new Half-Life VR… and actually it has happened! It has been made together with the development of the VR hardware, it can’t translate to mouse and keyboard.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 24, 2016

We’ve seen a steady stream of physical spaces devoted to virtual reality and augmented reality popping up recently — hubs where VR and AR developers can share resources, experiment, and network. It’s time to foster and federate talent, investors, and the Swiss audiovisual industry in order to promote a Swiss VR excellence.”

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Neos VR , the social VR platform, is celebrating a milestone with the release of its 0.8 Essentially Neos VR is a social platform of another stipe. Another important milestone: Neos VR now has its own in-world cryptocurrency, dubbed Neos Credits (NCR), which is currently in its initial coin offering (ICO).

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