AR Insider

MARCH 20, 2020

Confidence signals include Brand spending on sponsored lenses and indicators for Apple’s eventual AR glasses. Despite confidence signals, consumer traction lags far behind the high-flying expectations of 2016-2017’s hype cycle. Apple’s AR Fate. Apple’s Quick Look is evolving in the same direction.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 7, 2020

After passing through the boom and bust cycle of 2016 and 2017, the last two years were more about measured optimism in the face of the sobering realities of industry shakeout and retraction. Brand spending on sponsored mobile AR lenses is a bright spot, as is Apple AR glasses rumors. Apple Glasses Don’t Arrive in 2020.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 8, 2023

The first one is that since the Gaming Showcase is happening on June, 1st, it seems positioned in a way to make Meta perform some announcements right before the Apple WWDC. Apple WWDC is where the Apple Reality headset may be announced, and it is taking place on June, 5th. The price is going to be very cheap: only £79.99.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 18, 2022

Founded in 2016, Rec Room was one of the earlier pioneers in the XR and metaverse space. When it comes to building games and applications in extended reality, few companies have the same impact as Unity. We cover everything from Unity’s amazing consulting services to the powerful Unity Distribution portal. The Sandbox.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

Feature comparison between ARCore, ARKit and the Unity Handheld AR SDK (Image by Unity). Apple glasses. Concept of a future AR glass by Apple (Image by iDropNews). In 2019 we’ll see more strategic acquisitions by Apple and more rumors about an incoming AR glass by Apple.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 9, 2017

In 2014, 2015 and 2016 The Proto Awards were held to recognize some of the groundbreaking efforts pushing forward the emerging medium of VR content. Apple’s eye-catching ARKit is on the verge of release alongside a series of Microsoft-backed VR headsets.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a very impressive fusion of hardware and software, but it's by no means perfect. Apple Vision Pro Specs, Features & Details Apple officially revealed the full Vision Pro specs when opening preorders today. And Apple did not send UploadVR a review unit, we bought our own. But does it deliver?

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

OCTOBER 13, 2023

However, Meta terminated the contract after it found Andre Elijah Immersive had been working with Apple, one of Meta’s most significant competitors. The company launched in 2015 and released its first product in 2016 – focusing on spatial analytic services.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

We have lots of non-news about Apple’s XR efforts. The hype around Apple glasses is huge , and everything that gets shared about Apple and XR gets many views. We already knew that Tim likes AR and “what we have to offer” may also be a potato with an Apple brand costing $400. Other relevant news. Image by The Information).

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VRScout

MAY 3, 2017

Demonstrated live on-stage during the Unity Vision Summit, you can already try it out for yourself in the Unity 2017 beta. The flying saucer shape of 2016 has been, somewhat regrettably, replaced with an all-seeing eye design for the x6 (6 cameras) and the x24 (you guessed it– 24 cameras).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

It was too early for Unity, but they taught me about C++, C#, Java, OpenCV, OpenGL and other fancy development stuff. For who wasn’t doing AR at that time: Metaio had an amazing SDK for phone-based AR, but then it got acquired by Apple and it disappeared from the market. Since I loved gaming (who doesn’t love gaming?),

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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. During this process of development the Northways learned Unity, a game creation toolset that alongside competitor Unreal Engine has been early to support VR.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). The fun thing is that since it is a publication very focused on the Chinese market, outside China almost no one knows them.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

First, HTC delays the Vive until April 2016, with plans to show an updated developer kit at CES in January. At the end of the month, Oculus officially delays the release of Touch controllers until the last half of 2016. January 2016. February 2016. March 2016. April 2016.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2021

It’s a good moment for VR: thanks to the strong sales of the Oculus Quest 2 and the rumors of Apple entering the space soon, there is much more confidence in the future of immersive technologies. Unity releases free guide on mobile development optimization. Investments in VR companies are on the rise. It is overly cool.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2018

I’ve not been able to test it in person, but looking around its users manual, the aGlass DK II seems quite easy to install and also easy to be used as a developer , thanks to its handy Unity and Unreal plugins. As you know, in the west, SMI (M&A by Apple) was an advanced eye-tracking company before. Yes, it is!

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents have an advantage with existing mapping such as Google Maps, Earth, Street View, Apple Maps and the Indoor Maps Program, and Bing Maps but there are also significant geographic data players such as Foursquare and OpenStreetMap. In another scenario, we may see game engines dominant, like Unity or Unreal.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. In 2016, Paul moved to Portland, Oregon, where he founded Torch to address this very problem. ” You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. Paul, welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. In 2016, Paul moved to Portland, Oregon, where he founded Torch to address this very problem. ” You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. Paul, welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. In 2016, Paul moved to Portland, Oregon, where he founded Torch to address this very problem. You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. To learn more about Torch, you can visit torch.app.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

And this case with VR, starting in 2016, everybody thought it would be games again. Do you think Apple is going to come out with their glasses in the next five years? So, you think Apple Apple would do this? But I think first that is sort of talking about what’s happened. Let’s look out five years.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

And this case with VR, starting in 2016, everybody thought it would be games again. Do you think Apple is going to come out with their glasses in the next five years? So, you think Apple Apple would do this? But I think first that is sort of talking about what’s happened. Let’s look out five years.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

John Riccitiello -- the CEO of Unity -- was one of the first to point out that there was going to be this great sort of gold rush of people who were going to overhype VR and its potential, and then we're going to see this gap of a disappointment where the early reality didn't match up with the hype and a lot of people were going to bail on it.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

In the end, I still believe in the old predictions of Unity CEO John Riccitiello: Look at this graph shown by Mr. Riccitiello in 2017: the purple line is the one of the analysts, while the white one is the one forecasted by him. It’s a 3-year timespan indeed. Me wearing the Huawei VR glasses. Blurring of the line between AR and VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

And this case with VR, starting in 2016, everybody thought it would be games again. Do you think Apple is going to come out with their glasses in the next five years? So, you think Apple Apple would do this? But I think first that is sort of talking about what’s happened. Let’s look out five years.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 24, 2023

Imagine an internet where only Apple computers can connect to the web. Unity has also joined in on the industrial metaverse to deliver tangible results. billion between the US Federal Trade Commission and European Union for data privacy violations. This has triggered immense demand among telecoms.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. And Apple also earlier this year acquired NextVR, which-- that company has all the licensing rights to real-time capture in 360 of NASCAR, and NBA, and all of the other sports. Golf, I think. everything. That was a year ago.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. And Apple also earlier this year acquired NextVR, which-- that company has all the licensing rights to real-time capture in 360 of NASCAR, and NBA, and all of the other sports. Golf, I think. everything. That was a year ago.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

Marc: I used to run the Majenta division of Autodesk, so I was building the legacy -- not real time -- tools for visualization in the film and TV industry, and I joined Epic in 2016. And some of them are built on Unity, others are built on Unreal. At the time, for me it was like, "Oh my God, they're going to make it."

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

Marc: I used to run the Majenta division of Autodesk, so I was building the legacy -- not real time -- tools for visualization in the film and TV industry, and I joined Epic in 2016. And some of them are built on Unity, others are built on Unreal. At the time, for me it was like, "Oh my God, they're going to make it."

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VRScout

MARCH 6, 2017

In the fall of 2016, Microsoft announced a partnership with a handful of hardware manufacturers to make developer headsets implementing the inside-out tracking technology seen on the HoloLens. LOTS OF BIG UNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS AT GDC. DOES APPLE HAVE 1000+ ENGINEERS WORKING ON AR IN ISRAEL? WHEN WILL WIRELESS VR GET HERE?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. And Apple also earlier this year acquired NextVR, which-- that company has all the licensing rights to real-time capture in 360 of NASCAR, and NBA, and all of the other sports. Golf, I think. everything. That was a year ago.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2018

It is one of those places where people look for 3D models , alongside other marketplaces like the Unity Asset Store, Google Poly or Turbosquid. Not to mention how 3D technologies are being adopted and developed by major companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple. Back in 2016, we posted an infographic about 3D models and VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

Marc: I used to run the Majenta division of Autodesk, so I was building the legacy -- not real time -- tools for visualization in the film and TV industry, and I joined Epic in 2016. And some of them are built on Unity, others are built on Unreal. At the time, for me it was like, "Oh my God, they're going to make it."

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

There is a small tab (visible in the image above) that starts a simple Unity-based application, with a series of white and green dots that must be followed by the user. In comparison, the Valve Index’s older BOE panels have a native resolution of 1440 x 1600 with SteamVR reporting 100% resolution as 2016 x 2240 per eye.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

And kind of around 2016, 17, 18 we built a game for ARKit, called Zombie Gunship Revenant. Apple featured it a whole bunch of times. We've been working with Unity's Reflect team. Alan: It's interesting you say that, because everybody in the world was moving towards glTF, until Apple said, "Oh yeah, we got our own one!"

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

And kind of around 2016, 17, 18 we built a game for ARKit, called Zombie Gunship Revenant. Apple featured it a whole bunch of times. We've been working with Unity's Reflect team. Alan: It's interesting you say that, because everybody in the world was moving towards glTF, until Apple said, "Oh yeah, we got our own one!".

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Gaming Magic Leap Industry Retail 78