The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The Apple Vision Pro is the device of the moment: since the preorders have been opened on January, 19th, my social media feed is full of posts that just talk about this device. And this is for a good reason: Apple entering the field is for sure a defining moment for the immersive reality space. But is it a good idea?

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The tech industry is looking to replace the smartphone — and everybody is waiting to see what Apple comes up with. I n 2007, Apple unveiled the iPhone. Apple didn’t invent the smartphone — companies like Palm and Blackberry had been selling them for years. Triangulating Clues in Apple’s AR Roadmap.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 11, 2017

It released with the launch of the HTC Vive in early 2016 and Facebook’s Oculus Touch controllers for Rift late in the year. They recall demos of Owlchemy’s Job Simulator, Google’s Tilt Brush and Valve’s early robot demo, each of which made excellent use of those hand controls.

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HaptX

JANUARY 9, 2018

I was in that headspace when I first held a vibrating video game controller—this was around 1999—and I’d been deeply immersed in the writings of media theorist Marshall McLuhan, who wrote a lot about touch. So we conceptualized ‘haptic media’ fairly broadly, enough that it includes devices like Apple Watch along with Q*bert arcade cabinets.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2019

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