The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

As with every big event, I’m writing a post to try to summarize the most important news that have come out from the GDC 2018 … so that if you have lost something, you just need to read this post to get in par with the rest of the world. — Benjamin Lang (@benz145) March 23, 2018. So, are you ready? Let’s start!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 17, 2023

As companies continue to embrace the age of digital transformation, they’re looking for tools which can align seamlessly with the solutions they already rely on every day. As a result, the demand for “interoperability” in XR is increasing. Which Companies are Already Investing In Interoperability?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

” It has taken place in LA in October, 9-10th 2018 and has been attended by various believers, innovators, developers and journalists. — The Digital Acid (@thedigitalacid) October 11, 2018. This is for instance something that Microsoft lacks completely. — Magic Leap Developers (@magicleapdevs) October 10, 2018.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. In 2017, Apple released software called ARKit, which includes tools for software makers to determine how far away an object or wall is, if the phone is moving, or identify limbs in a human body, among other functions.

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2020

billion since its initial Series A financing in 2014, garnering cash from the likes of Google, Alibaba, Qualcomm, and Andreessen Horowitz over the years. And it probably won’t until it can at least replicate the success of Microsoft’s purely enterprise-focused HoloLens headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

Jokes apart, what has happened in AR in 2018… and what can you expect to happen in 2019? Augmented Reality in 2018. More or less AR in 2018 has gone as I predicted in 2017. On the contrary, Microsoft has worked a lot on the platform, to make it more appealing to enterprise customers. Leap Motion.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Morgan Mercer // Vantage Point (Los Angeles, CA) – immersive training tools for corporate HR departments who are aiming to effectively train their employees on how to prevent and solve workplace issues like sexual harassment. — Sarah Hill (@SarahMidMO) January 6, 2018. Thx @women_xr for the valuable feedback/connections.

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VRWorld

MAY 2, 2017

During its newly established EDU event, Microsoft announced Windows 10 S (S for Student, not for Superman ), a new Surface laptop and several partner PCs. Years ago, Microsoft dominated schools with affordable Windows PCs, taking a back seat when Apple rebuilt itself with the iMac and then MacBook. Let us find out. Surface Laptop.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Their first MR project used Google Tango and the Microsoft HoloLens to bring a rare digital tank from their game to a real-life exhibit at the Tank Museum at Bovington , UK. The kinds of filmic (linear and interactive) tools that can or have been built for the “virtual studio” is incredible. Upload (@UploadVR) August 21, 2018.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Some of the biggest names in social impact will be in attendance, including: Participant Media, Conservation International, the Rainforest Alliance, Connect for Climate/World Bank, and the Milken Institute, as well as tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Oculus.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Unlike the second version, the first iteration spent most of its early years in stealth mode, teasing its Magic Leap 1 headset in 2018. Now, as Microsoft and Qualcomm alumni, Chief Executive Peggy Johnson has advanced the company’s position as a top-tier enterprise product.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 7, 2018

it makes strategic sense that Pearson has partnered with Microsoft to develop content for the HoloLens Click To Tweet. The first five applications – in the form of licenced bundles – are already being sold to schools all over the world for the 2018-19 back to school season. FutureBook (@TheFutureBook) March 5, 2018. .

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Bernard Marr

JUNE 5, 2023

In January, Microsoft expanded its long-term partnership with Open AI and announced a multibillion-dollar investment to accelerate AI breakthroughs worldwide. GPT’s Major Milestones The journey of ChatGPT has been marked by continual advancements, each version building upon previous tools.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

This news comes one year later than a similar one regarding Virtual Reality : in a popular post of mine of 2018, I highlighted how in that year VR had disappeared from the Gartner Hype Cycle (the curve showing the current maturity status of all emerging technologies). This means that AR is taking foot in the enterprise.

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VRWorld

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Even though it is still in its early stages, augmented reality glasses and software are already being used as a tool to train workers on how to repair manufacturing equipment and to teach new surgeons how to best perform their jobs. Then, there are tech companies that embed AI tools in their own products to make them better.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 30, 2020

Together with Spatial’s last round, $8 million in October 2018 , the company has now raised $22 million. They’re taking us beyond everyday tools like Zoom and Slack and pointing the way towards what conferencing and collaboration can be like if they were invented today and I’m excited to support the journey.”.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Some weeks ago, the CFO and the executive John Gaeta have left the company, and now we learn that i n 2018 two high profile members like Sundar Pichai and Paul Jacobs have left its board as well. More info (Oculus Go being best-seller on Amazon) More info (Oculus Quest sold out) More info (Oculus Quest vs PSVR Google search stats).

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Road to VR

MARCH 6, 2019

The Labo VR Kit will also work with the Toy-Con Garage feature that offers “basic programming tools for players to experiment with,” which suggests the Switch VR content will be customizable to some extent. Image courtesy Nintendo.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 28, 2020

This column previously covered the 2018 BETT show and how VR was immerging as a possible EdTech trend – but with BETT 2020 the event cemented this movement, with a vast array of new developments and applications for this technology, and growth of previous early adopters. Image credit: KWP. Image credit: KWP.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Augmented Reality is being a great tool for e-commerce: AR tools have increased the user’s likelihood of purchase by 11 times; Build.com found that the return rate after selecting items in AR has decreased by 22%. More info (Use Google Translate). Google Chrome now supports WebAR. Image by Microsoft).

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AIXR

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The story came to greater prominence when it was adapted into a 2018 film directed by Steven Spielberg. Meta SEO With Meta (formerly Facebook) committing to the Metaverse, all eyes are on fellow digital juggernauts such as Google, Bing, and Microsoft to see which – if any – becomes the next to buy into the Metaverse in a big way.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Inside that set of tools lurked data files for what appeared to be two different headsets, codenamed Franc and Luck. All of which matches up with the thought that Apple is planning a small, lightweight product—one that lives up to the term “wearable” by being more like smart glasses instead of an unwieldy Microsoft HoloLens.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

On the other side, this is massive for Apple, that mixing the data of Apple Maps together with all these point clouds detected by the rear cameras when in use, will be able to create an AR Cloud ecosystem probably even before Facebook, Microsoft, and Google. Let’s see if Facebook will be a worthier opponent than Google.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

There’s a whole range of services, and GPS is getting better now that it’s being married to computer vision, so you can get highly-localized Google directions – really accurate, down to a couple of feet. But, you know, companies should select the right tool for the job. Is this a job for Google Glass?

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

There’s a whole range of services, and GPS is getting better now that it’s being married to computer vision, so you can get highly-localized Google directions – really accurate, down to a couple of feet. But, you know, companies should select the right tool for the job. Is this a job for Google Glass?

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

The first change was with Snapchat itself with the introduction of AR programmatic advertising in 2018 which dramatically reduced the price of augmented reality advertising to the same price as regular Snap ads. While not swapping anything out, Google is attempting to make the world an ad through its visual search app–Google Lens.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

A volumetric captured Corgan soars through Tilt Brush and Blocks by Google created VR art. As the song progresses, it’s this black background that we see shift to a variety of animated environments, all created entirely using VR tools Tilt Brush and Blocks. It will be available to the public in early 2018.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. Microsoft Hololens is a key player in the MR market. ARCore   — ARCore is an AR SDK released by Google in 2018 for building augmented reality experiences. onto the actual camera view.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

This is why companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Meta are exploring similar technologies. For others, they might be a way of selling ads, Dr. Bautista said. […] In 2018, Intel shut down the Vaunt project, before selling many of its patents to North, the start-up acquired by Google.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

We captured the transition from a couple companies shipping development tools to hobbyists into a fast-moving industry driven by some of the world’s largest tech companies, each of which is selling increasingly sophisticated systems directly to consumers. Google transitions Clay Bavor into a position as head of VR. November 2015.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

Until now, this graph has been realistic during all the XR over-hyping and the depressions: it forecasted the winter of VR in 2017-2018, and the new growth in 2019-2020, so I keep trusting it and I think you should do that, too. I can’t imagine what company can steal Facebook’s thunder. There will be at least another big game.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Bob: Well, actually, what was interesting for me being at Laval is, I put on a — for the first time — a VR architecture event… actually, over a year ago, now; this was January 2018. One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. We had good participation.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Bob: Well, actually, what was interesting for me being at Laval is, I put on a — for the first time — a VR architecture event… actually, over a year ago, now; this was January 2018. One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. We had good participation.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

actually, over a year ago, now; this was January 2018. One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. Alan: Microsoft with their Hololens 2, they've actually moved their Hololens from the devices division of the company to Azure, which is their cloud computing.

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ARVR

JANUARY 29, 2021

Apple has been discreetly working on a number of AR/VR products for several years now, and has acquired a number of companies in this space in the past, including Metaio in 2015, Flyby Media in 2016, Vrvana in 2017, Akonia Holographics in 2018 and NextVR and Spaces in 2020.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

We’re part of Nielsen as of late 2018, and the original focus of the company was on digital games — video games, primarily. BlackBerry started off kind of as an enterprise tool, as well. And being immersed in a 360 video, for example, makes a wonderful training tool. Is that what we’re seeing here?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

We’re part of Nielsen as of late 2018, and the original focus of the company was on digital games — video games, primarily. BlackBerry started off kind of as an enterprise tool, as well. And being immersed in a 360 video, for example, makes a wonderful training tool. Is that what we’re seeing here?

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