VRScout

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

This week South Korean-based television and radio network Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation released a clip from their special documentary I Met You showing how the company used VR and haptic feedback technology to reunite Jang Ji-sung with her seven-year-old daughter, Nayeon, who passed away as a result of a rare incurable disease back in 2016.

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VRScout

AUGUST 16, 2020

Since the pandemic started, many of us have been relying on video calls to stay connected with colleagues. Lorraine Underwood, author of the book Save the World with Code and one of the hosts of the YouTube series Element 14 Presents , points out how during a video call with multiple people you sometimes can’t tell who is looking at who.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 25, 2021

For Hunting, who is a filmmaker in the real world, the film was about finding real people who turned to VRChat to satisfy their social needs. He ultimately discovered a community of users who genuinely cared for each other and who wanted to give back to the technology that brought them all together. He has not.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 22, 2023

She gave me a very interesting presentation about the status of VR in China and the difficulties of launching a VR game there. The CEO, Anjie Cao, impressed me not only for her kindness but also for her passion for gaming and VR. Cao showed me the slide about the Chinese virtual reality market , I had a little shock.

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Road to VR

MARCH 30, 2022

The experiences and relationships I had there saved me from a dark place and set me on a mission to do the same for others. Very Real Help has built a clinical research platform called Help Club to explore how social virtual reality environments can be used to deliver transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral peer support.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 1, 2022

That’s why there’s quite a concerted effort to try and make sure that this new industry is inclusive, and it’s equitable, and diverse in the people who are making the stories as well as those who are distributing it. For me, that’s also what inclusion is about. We set up this masterclass.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2022

Today I have a cool announcement to make… but before let me wish all the women in XR a fantastic International Women’s Day! So today I want to thank all the women that are part of the XR ecosystem for what they have taught me and for how they enriched my (and our) lives. I love about this community that is very inclusive.

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VRScout

APRIL 29, 2021

It’s the perfect homage to any OG techie who grew up during that time. Real Commodore 64 – Virtually is actually based off an earlier version that Gomberg built for the Oculus Go back in 2020, which itslef was based on a Commodore 64 project by Jonas Minnberg called Machineroom. He then offered to send me the Unity Project files!

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VRScout

MARCH 30, 2020

Those on the other end of the call see the user in their virtual environment; meanwhile, VR users are offered both a mirror of their desktop as well as a smaller floating one they can move around. They can then set the video messaging app of their choice to full screen and chat with those on the call like they would in real life.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2023

In his video, which got pretty popular, Brad teased that the device and called it “Flowcus” because it looks like a Vive Flow with the controllers of the Vive Focus. I asked him some more proof and he pointed me to the Google cache of the website showing the same thing, so the image has not been manipulated.

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ARPost

JUNE 19, 2023

We also wanted to give people the opportunity to join remotely, but not just through a video call.” Virbela in the Browser As someone who has been covering Virbela and its events for a number of years, something about this experience excited me that might not register with some of the people joining the virtual Cannes Lions.

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VRScout

MAY 15, 2022

Able is also a well-known musician with an international following who attracts over 71K listens a month on Spotify. Able’s creative perspective has even caught the attention of Forbes Magazine calling her a “ Pioneer in XR Art as a multidisciplinary artist who breaks genres within the field of art”.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 17, 2023

South by SouthWest (SXSW) is coming to an end, but for me, it is already over. I’m currently at the Schipol airport in Amsterdam, waiting for the connecting flight that will take me back to Italy. The number of attendees seemed higher to me, so maybe there was less energy, but more people to meet. This is so South-By.

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Upload VR

APRIL 28, 2024

It was then brought to our attention that, while we may have meant well, this created trouble for students attending the career fair, as well as the staff who were in charge of organizing the event. To me, Oculus VR seemed like my one shot at validation, at doing my thing and making new technology happen as a result. But not Oculus.

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VRScout

JUNE 29, 2022

Harvard alumnus Sean West, who happens to sit on the advisory board of Mesmerise, organized an event that saw 90 Harvard alumni from 28 countries come together for a digital party. Once there, they were greeted by Gulati who then split them into two separate groups of 45 and spent half an hour with them.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 6, 2023

Let’s see what it is about and let me tell you how to implement it. Let me tell you what we did, so that you can go straight to the solution , doing only the “trial” without the “error” Where is the user reporting tool? Yes, trust me, it is really that easy. OnComplete(message => { if (!

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VRScout

JUNE 11, 2022

You and your friends could hang out at your home or in a 360-degree video, draw and play games using your Oculus Touch controllers, broadcast live streams on your Facebook feed and even make video calls , all in VR. Honnold was amazed by the experience, saying, “This is quite an experience for me, this is kinda blowing my mind.”

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VRScout

MARCH 10, 2023

Calling all Dance Dance Revolution fans… The 2023 Game Developer Conference (GDC) is just around the corner and we’re already seeing exciting announcements from companies big and small. Dance Dash will be available to try at GDC booth #N3230 from March 20th to March 25th.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This space was designed and developed by the Japanese company Ambr , which has its own “metaverse platform” called xambr. So trust me, this article will be the usual honest feedback of mine about the experience and nothing more) If you want to have a look at the experience… this is my wandering around it!

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

ABBA, the Swedish pop group behind massive hits such as “Dancing Queen,” “Take a Chance On Me,” and “Mamma Mia” (you know that every part of that song is a hook!) ABBA returns after 40 years with new music and a unique concert experience featuring their de-aged 3D ABBAtars.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Each of these offer participants several options for how to proceed after encountering a potentially dangerous individual, from asking the individual to lower their weapon to calling for backup. Officers who’ve participated in the training have responded with positive feedback. This lets you do that.”.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 5, 2023

Partnership : Who’s onboard with Apple in this journey? I totally love how they implemented what we tech guys called “reverse passthrough” but they renamed it as the fancier EyeSight. The problem is that… honestly speaking, all the other things about this device do not look pretty to me. This is great.

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ARVR

JANUARY 2, 2023

I’ve also ideated and strategized MR (mixed reality) healthcare training apps, including a project called HoloScenarios that was named the Best Invention of 2022 by Time Magazine. In my line of work, I meet plenty of people who think XR (Extended Reality) tech is all flash, no substance. DM me on LinkedIn and we can chat!

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ARVR

AUGUST 18, 2022

Depending on how much you chat, this could go as far back as a year or two (obviously, barely grazed 6 months for SweetPea and me ?? ). link] Then we call this function and store the response as we’ll need the playlist ID for the playlist it creates. All things being equal, you should receive a 201 response from the call.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The keynote of Meta Connect 2023 finished a few instants ago, and if you follow me on social media, you know that I’ve not been enthusiastic about it, to say the least. Soon there will be tools to let people who don’t know how to code train their AI models. So you will have Meta AI on Facebook.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 6, 2022

I had the pleasure of collaborating again with Nikk Mitchell, the fantastic CEO of FXG who is loved by the whole VR community. Thanks for connecting with me from the distant China. Nikk: These projects have been really meaningful for me on a deep emotional level. a Rafflecopter giveaway. FXG Interview – Video Version.

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VRScout

AUGUST 9, 2020

Kai Frazier is a woman on a mission who wants to know why we aren’t building technology for children. For as long as she can remember, Frazier has wanted to work with children, calling herself a “forever teacher.” Kai XR offers students a unique look into their futures.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 29, 2023

When I was at AWE Europe in Lisbon at the end of 2022, I had the opportunity of meeting with ONTOP ‘s CEO Nuno Folhadela and try its very interesting solution, called ARcade Sports, which showed me that multiplayer mobile AR can be fun. The experience anyway has remained mostly the same, so this review still applies.

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Road to VR

JUNE 18, 2020

Jarre, who helped define the electronic music genre starting in the mid-70s, will premiere his so-called ‘Alone Together’ concert on June 21st at 9:15 PM CET ( local time here ). Pioneering French musician Jean-Michel Jarre is performing live on a virtual stage in social VR platform VRChat this weekend.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

But at least I have some good Italian ice cream which always makes me happy. It seems that it has been a bit rushed out, and the fact that Zuckerberg mentioned it during its quarterly call with the investors, makes me think that it has been rushed out to announce it exactly to investors.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

It’s a month that I always find a bit sad because it marks the end of the summer (at least on my hemisphere), but on the tech side, this Autumn and this Winter are going to be pretty hot, so the techie that is in me is actually happy. Apple headset may be called “Reality”. This is great for those who need to build their VR rigs.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2024

According to the first people who have used it, it is incredibly easy to use, and in a few minutes, you can port to VR all your favorite PC games (provided that they are made with Unreal Engine). This is the best thing that has happened to the PCVR community in the last 2 years. And another hug to whoever supported me on Patreon.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Although it takes cues from stealth games like Hitman and Assassin’s Creed , Vampire: The Masquerade – Justice— let’s just call it Justice for short—takes a decidedly more linear approach to missions than I thought it might from our initial preview. Instead, it all feels a little hemmed in. Some cool AR glasses maybe?

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 29, 2022

It’s been the first time I worked on such an ambitious conference , so let me tell you something more about it and about the lessons I’ve learned in the process … especially for what concerns the differences between organizing physical and digital/VR events ! Similarities between real and virtual events.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The 60-second ad spot will center around a group of estranged animatronic friends who reunite using the power of the Quest 2 and Horizon Worlds , the company’s VR metaverse. DF+CK: “ The commercial takes place in a made up, 90s style arcade and restaurant called Questy’s.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 15, 2021

August, 15th is a special day in Italy: it is called “Ferragosto”, and people go out with their friends and families and grill some BBQ in the parks, have picnics, or just chill together. I had no idea of how long I would have kept doing it, and I was pretty sure no one was going to read me.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2020

The event will be called “Alone Together” exactly because it will let people meet virtually even if they are actually at home alone, maybe during the lockdown. Me and Louis Cacciuttolo of VRrOOm at Stereopsia. He always shines of his passion for arts, creativity and live events.

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