The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

We all love to make speculations on the technology and I am no exception. Not because I am a genius, but because the technology is still evolving very slowly and so it is very predictable. Magic Leap. Me, wearing a Magic Leap One. The most important news has been for sure the launch of the Magic Leap One.

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VRScout

MARCH 25, 2022

Snap Inc’s AR Spectacles glasses are nothing short of black magic. First announced back in 2016, Snap Inc.’s Unlike existing AR headsets such as the Magic Leap 2 or Microsoft HoloLens, the Spectacles feature a discrete, light-weight design more akin to glasses than a headset.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

We don’t know too many of the details around the device as of yet, but one thing is for sure, Microsoft’s next iteration of AR headset technology is definitely on the way. and with AR technology shrinking, it seems that Microsoft is taking that technology advancement and making it a big part of their AR glasses.

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VRWorld

APRIL 28, 2017

Since Magic Leap’s inception in 2011, there has been great innovation in the technology sector focused in the virtual reality (VR)/augmented reality (AR)/mixed reality (MR) space with Magic Leap trying to create a new hardware interface designs. What Lead to VR/AR/MR.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 30, 2017

With 2015 breaking previous records, industry observers entered 2016 wondering if VR/AR funding would be able to keep pace. In 2016, venture funding of VR/AR companies reached $1.8 While total venture funding for VR/AR showed major gains in 2016, VR/AR still only holds 1% of total venture funding. Dollars and Deals.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 21, 2022

. “Google is best positioned along the key players in this market to effectively address the burgeoning consumer AR market by matching its existing and acclaimed digital services and products to next generation optics, displays and sensors technologies, providing a seamless and unparalleled experience to the user,” said Kress.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

I guess they will steal some ideas from Magic Leap and provide a more comfortable headset (more cushions) and more customization options (more accessories to fit it on your nose, support for prescription lenses, etc…). Tracking technology. So, in HoloLens 2, we can expect to have a FOV up to 70°. View post on imgur.com.

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Upload VR

APRIL 26, 2024

It's unclear whether Kalinowski's comment refers to the original Oculus Rift developer kit, which over 10 years ago showed that relatively wide field of view VR was possible with affordable and mass-producible hardware, or the first consumer Rift which launched in 2016.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Road to VR ‘s Michael Glombicki caught up with two VR/AR investors to get their insight into the opportunities available in the immersive technology space and the strategies they’re employing to capitalise on them. With HoloLens and Magic Leap we’ve seen a broadening of the conference to include augmented reality as well.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 1, 2018

According to a Bloomberg article, Microsoft HoloLens technology will be used to increase the lethality of soldiers by enhancing their ability to detect, decide, and engage the enemy. When the HoloLens first hit the market in 2016, the AR device received positive reviews among AR/VR industry experts, as well as leaders from other industries.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2017

.” Lets be honest, the last few years have seen some pretty wild speculation from industry analysts whilst the excitement and hype surrounding the most recent renaissance in immersive technology has ridden high. ” 2016 saw the arrival of 3 major consumer virtual reality headsets, the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 29, 2017

The term Dogmented Reality was first coined for a 2016 April Fools gag from Meta, but now it’s very much a real thing for some smartphone users. any sufficiently advanced doggo technology is indistinguishable from magic. A very good, 11/10 app may soon be heading to an iPhone or iPad near you. coming soon.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 7, 2023

Innovation happens in sprints In life as in technology (Image by LizAndMollie) While I was thinking about what to write in this article, I remembered something I studied at University about innovation. When I entered VR in 2014, I was expecting the market to enter the mainstream in 2016, with the release of Oculus CV1.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

” The technology served as a visually rich shorthand for dystopian cyberpunk fears in an age of rapidly accelerating technology. For decades, the technology has felt ahead of its time, beginning with Sensorama in 1962. Sutherland, who is still around today at 85, contributed important technological innovations for decades.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The problem in analyzing the “AR market” is that augmented reality currently means three different technologies : Smartphone AR Passthrough AR on VR headsets AR glasses. AR glasses are instead the moonshot and the technology upon which all the other ones will converge.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Despite the fact that a mere 6% of Americans will own a VR headset in 2016, future-looking venture capital firms have invested $500M in the VR/AR industry in Q3 of 2016 , with an average investment of $9.3M. to invest in early stage companies in emerging technologies, including VR/AR.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2022

The report (via 9to5Mac ) details some anecdotes reaching back as far as 2016, when the company allegedly first showed off a number of AR and VR prototypes to industry leaders and Apple elite. Ive has since departed the company in 2019 to pursue his own design company, LoveFrom.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Microsoft initially launched HoloLens as a dev kit in early 2016 and later that year made it available in a ‘Commercial Suite’ edition that was positioned toward enterprises. With HoloLens now more than 2.5

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

I’ve been a big fan of the cute little Samsung Gear 360 camera since its first unveiling in the spring of 2016, and always recommend it to people inquiring about the best consumer-friendly 360 cameras out there. The cost is lower than the 2016 version with a pricetag of $229 and you can record in up to 4K resolution. Apparently the $1.4B

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Meta , makers of the Meta 2, a tethered AR headset dev kit with a notably wide field of view, last raised $50 million in Series B funding back in mid 2016. President Trump says the goal of the tariffs on Chinese goods is to stop the “unfair transfers of American technology and intellectual property to China” and protect US jobs.

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Road to VR

JULY 16, 2016

One of the highlight experiences of a packed VR-laden show that was VRDC / GDC in March, ILMxLabs, the immersive technology wing of Lucasfilm, Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine is the groups most promising VR experiment yet. If ILMxLab has their way, it sees likely we will get just that.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

The numbers are good if we compare the Quest to other VR headsets (probably the Rift has sold 1M units since 2016… so 400,000 units in few months is a good number), but are bad in the grand scheme of things : the Nintendo Switch, which Oculus compares the Quest to, has sold over 36M consoles since launch. Steam launches Remote Play Together.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It’s been called the AR Cloud by many, the Magicverse by Magic Leap, the Mirrorworld by Wired, the Cyberverse by Huawei, Planet-scale AR by Niantic and Spatial Computing by academics. We’ve also seen smartphones with depth cameras, for instance from Lenovo and Asus with Google’s pre-ARCore Tango technology. by Marko Balabanovic.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 22, 2020

The was a lot going at CES 2020 this month when it came to virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) technologies, with Spatial ‘s collaboration tool of particular note. While available on the HoloLens store and Magic Leap World, Spatial has yet to officially launch. to create an account.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 6, 2018

The New Frontier program is a curated collection of independent and experimental media works that festival organizers say “leverage[s] new technologies, visual aesthetics, social media cultures, immersive designs, game theory, transmedia activism and shifts in the boundaries of authorship.” Lead Artist : Matt Pyke. VR Cinema.

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Peter Graham

AUGUST 30, 2019

Immersive technology can be a powerful medium when used correctly to draw attention to particular issues, such as when the United Nations (UN) and Here Be Dragons created Ground Beneath Her. At the installations, guests will be able to wear Magic Leap headsets to view imagery on the cube as they walk around it.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

So, what exactly can users expect from this anticipated follow-up to the original 2016 device? Eye-tracking technology was an important feature for Microsoft as they wanted to ensure the headset offered users a fluid hands-free experience. No doubt the HoloLens 2 has raised the bar for mixed reality technology.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2021

and also why the $2+B investment in Magic Leap was not enough to bring it to success. 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. And this confidence also regards investors.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Virtual and augmented reality technology is being used to help people who are blessed with perfect vision – and lots of interesting solutions are out there. The notoriously secretive mixed reality company Magic Leap has acquired parts of Dacuda , a B2B computer vision software company. LETS COUNT THE WAYS.

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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. Magic Leap glasses. We could turn Central Park in a museum of Medieval Art.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 6, 2018

New Frontier’s long history of identifying, curating and showcasing the most exciting new media projects has drawn more and more artists to work with the emerging technology. Showing 5,000+ intelligent human behaviors, this powerful VR experience is made possible by advanced graphics technology. Esperpento / U.S.A.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 28, 2016

Zuckerberg Claims Future of AR is in Smartphones, Not Glasses Augmented reality technology has its first bona fide hit with the release of Pokemon GO this month. This could be a reference to the various mixed reality headsets that are in the works, such as Microsoft’s HoloLens and Magic Leap, though Zuckerberg didn’t mention these by name.

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Road to VR

JUNE 15, 2016

The money comes from investors Horizons Ventures Limited, Banyan Capital, Comcast Ventures, GQY and Tencent and represents a significant show of faith in the company and its products: it’s competitors, namely Microsoft’s Hololens and Google-backed Magic Leap , are already well-funded, to say the least.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

“When you change the way you see the world, you change the world you see, and this is what has happened with the HoloLens,” said Satya Nadella as he kicked off the much-anticipated launch, over 3 years after the device was first launched in 2016. Let’s be honest, 2016 seems like a very long time ago now.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

That’s the fun in early-stage sectors that are being shaped by the people and technologies that inhabit them. “Back in 2015 and 2016, headsets came online… and ‘everybody’s gonna get rich on VR.’ Why aren’t we using the same technology to give kids better education and better learning?”

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Back in 2016, designer and filmmaker Keiichi Matsuda released Hyper-Reality, a concept film that imagined an augmented reality future where physical and virtual realities have merged, resulting in a "city saturated in media." The film was heavily circulated, covered extensively across media and news outlets when it released.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 19, 2022

First launched in 2016, the HoloLens became one of the early entrants in the mixed reality (MR) headsets segment and the first to run the Windows MR platform. The HoloLens 2 offers see-through holographic lenses with waveguide technology. Most current headsets such as the Magic Leap 2 and Meta Quest Pro sport up to 256 GB of storage.

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