XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Google’s got you covered, or rather, your cash: they’ve developed an AR app to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. Google’s got you covered, or rather, your cash: they’ve developed an AR app to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. (Because you’ll probably be waiting a while yet!)

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

By the end of 2019, it had been expected to reach $15.1 Equipped with tracking and sensory technologies and hand controllers, the virtual reality devices made playing games highly engaging and reciprocal. The leading producers of VR headsets like Sony, Oculus, Google, HTC, and Samsung, mainly focus on creating cost-effective devices.

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ARPost

AUGUST 2, 2019

Now in 2019 some functions of AR, that may have been only fantasy in the past, are quickly becoming our new reality. In the film, overruling aliens subconsciously control the humans on Earth through subliminal media messaging, encouraging them to consume, reproduce and obey. More specifically, Google Glass. Guest Post.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Microsoft, Google and Apple all have their own approaches to augmented reality and virtual reality, but the race for the face is particularly critical to Facebook and Amazon, because they have yet to establish computing gateways. Microsoft (enterprise) 4. Google (search). We view who is best-positioned in consumer AR: 1.

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Road to VR

JULY 31, 2023

Gaming in XR is considerably enhanced by fully immersive experiences and motion controllers, and Apple will probably start feeling the pressure of that demand from gamers and developers alike when it kicks off a consumer headset sometime down the road, causing them to relent (if only just).

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ARPost

JANUARY 29, 2020

Past attempts have been unsuccessful, such as Google Glass, due to reluctance and concerns over ethical issues such as privacy and security of AR glasses. See Also: AR and MR Headsets and Glasses 2019 and 2020 Overview. But, is there a market for them at the consumer level? Infotainment Trends.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

While the Google Daydream store may be lacking in content, the inclusion of “WorldSense” technology adds a considerable amount of immersion when compared to the Oculus Go’s 3DoF offerings. Image Credit: Baobab Studios / ILMxLAB / Oculus Facebook / Microsoft / Gap / Oculus Facebook. ENTERPRISE & TRAINING.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The headset has a very nice design and features these specifications: Standalone 6DOF headset 1600×1600 resolution per eye 90Hz refresh rate 90° FOV RGB AR passthrough Innovative lenses that make the headset more compact Integrated audio Controller-free hand-tracking Eye-tracking 6GB of RAM 128GB of storage WiFi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.0,

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And while this is anyway a good result for a startup (developing an AR headsets means spending billions in R&D), targeting the consumer market has been a suicide move , that let Microsoft get full control of the profitable enterprise market. More info (Camera Path and Google Drive backup) More info (Sketchfab exporting).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The coronavirus is also impacting the production of all the major VR headsets : we’re at the point that Valve’s customer service has no more left controllers to give to people for RMA. With a surprise move, Facebook has acquired Sanzaru Games, the company behind the best VR game of 2019, Asgard’s Wrath. Image by Microsoft).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

More info (Use Google Translate). When I interviewed Facebook’s Sean Liu , he told me that 2019 was an inflection point for VR, and the data around us seems to confirm this statement. Google Chrome now supports WebAR. More info (Google Chrome 81 supports AR) More info (Nicolò Carpignoli’s initiative). Image by Microsoft).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Also, new more ergonomic controllers, that solve the flaws of the current design, will be part of the package. These controllers should be compatible with the current Quest. SuperData has forecasted an XR market in 2020 that will be similar to the one of 2019, with no actual growth. Mechanical IPD is confirmed.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Doing that will disable the controllers, and you will be able to navigate in the menus just using your hands. Some developers have anyway already stated they plan to implement a controller-free interface in the next version of their applications. Google ARCore now adds depth detection. JanusVR and High Fidelity close.

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Peter Graham

JULY 25, 2019

Ever since the launch of Firefox Reality by Mozilla last year the company has been gradually scaling up the project by adding new features and support of devices like Microsoft’s HoloLens 2. In 2019 Mozilla plans on rolling out support for the WebXR specification, multi-window browsing, bookmarks sync and SteamVR.

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AR Insider

JULY 15, 2021

FWIW, Google had also partnered with Luxottica but never shipped a more fashionable version of Glass.]. 2022+: Privacy Controls. Facebook will add privacy controls for any glasses they ship with cameras or automatic audio recording. The goal is not to overly control us against our will. It’s all fairly innocuous, right?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Some of the most notable points are: 2 Controllers support. In the next months, Magic Leap will offer the possibility to buy an additional controller and pair it with the device, so that it will be possible to use two 6 DOF controllers inside the AR experiences. This is for instance something that Microsoft lacks completely.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Besides that, it is also hiring key figures to make this AR dream a reality : the operating system project will be supervised by Mark Lucovsky, a former Microsoft engineer who co-developed Windows NT. Honestly, this scares me a lot. More info (Report on TechCrunch) More info (Report on Upload).

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 3, 2019

— xSnow (@__int32) September 20, 2019. 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. “It’s more than Microsoft can be said to be doing.”

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. The controller too is very comfortable and does its job very well. So, are you ready? Let’s start!

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ARVR

MARCH 5, 2021

Furthermore, my involvement is primarily confined to one particular social VR platform, AltspaceVR, owned by Microsoft, making most of my experience the product of a niche within a niche within a niche. Microsoft has been very active in this area for years and their video on the history of flight simulation is a good introduction.

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ARVR

JANUARY 11, 2021

This can be done with a headset that allows you to see through or a modified pair of glasses, such as Google Glass, or Microsoft Hololens. In 2014 the number of virtual reality users worldwide was in the hundreds of thousands, but that number soared to over 280 million users in 2019.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Even with the organizers of the event, I have to speak mostly in Chinese (hence my headache) and use a lot of Baidu Fanyi (the Chinese counterpart of Google Translate). This signs seems to say: 2019 World Conference on NO VR INDUSTRY. I can’t say anything on the controllers because I have not tried them.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

But AR/VR solutions are not limited to Google Glass, mobile apps for trying on shoes or accessories, and AR-based games. At the same time, personal voice assistants developed by tech giants — Alexa from Amazon, Siri from Apple, and Google Assistant — are standing at the forefront of the audio augmented reality market.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

On the surface, yes, it’s neat to draw a square using a motion controller and have something resembling a big TV show up in your field of view, even if the wall is totally empty in real life. At $299, a Quest 2 costs more than the 4K TV I bought for around $250 in 2019. Microsoft, too, has some fancy hologram stuff in the works.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). Sounded good.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The total revenues on the Quest Store alone had been $1B since its foundation in 2019, and this shows that many people are enjoying Quest games. Zuck noticed that it is slowly losing control of the current technology platform and it is trying to switch to the new one, to dominate it even more. Reality Labs had $2.3B

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

These advanced haptics make us dream of PSVR 2 controllers with best-in-class immersive haptics … but we have to still wait various months before discovering if this is the truth. More info (New features of OpenXR) More info (OpenXR in Unity) More info (OpenXR in Microsoft products). All the reviewers are amazed.

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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. Pico Neo Eye 2 and controllers. Me trying Huawei VR glasses at WCVRI 2019.

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VeeR VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

After its 2007 release of google Street View, in 2010, google introduced stereoscopic 3D mode for Street View. 2017 is also the year that Microsoft entered the VR industry. . In 2001, SAS Cube created the first PC based cubic room that then led to the development of Virtools VR pack, a library pack add-on.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 21, 2020

HoloLens 2 AR glasses (Image by Microsoft). You can also use voice commands to control your Raptor glasses hands-free. You can buy an external controller for your handlebars and an Rx adapter for corrective lenses separately or part of a package deal as well. What Are AR Glasses? Solos retails for $499. EyeRide HUD.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

We started talking with other professionals in the field, and they always kept saying to us “If Microsoft can’t do it, how can you do it?”. High-precision 6DOF tracking, eye tracking, gesture inputs, with dedicated input controllers The SDK will support Unity , with Unreal coming Soon. The official computational unit runs Android.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 29, 2019

You can Google “5G” along with any other hot technology in the same query and you can find someone telling you that somehow and at some point 5G is going to revolutionize that thing. Image courtesy Microsoft. Continued on Page 2: Telepresence and Remote Control ». Cloud-rendered VR and AR Gaming.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

It took nearly 20 years, but 2019 is the year when digital advertising will overtake spend on traditional media (billboards, newspapers, TV etc.). While not swapping anything out, Google is attempting to make the world an ad through its visual search app–Google Lens. The Evolution of Out of Home and Product Placement.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Alan: Slicing fruit in VR is magical, and the fact that they have the haptic feedback to the controller is just… [implied Chef Kiss]. One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. You’re right, it is a magical experience. A lot of companies focusing on it.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Alan: Slicing fruit in VR is magical, and the fact that they have the haptic feedback to the controller is just… [implied Chef Kiss]. One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. You’re right, it is a magical experience. A lot of companies focusing on it.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Alan: Slicing fruit in VR is magical, and the fact that they have the haptic feedback to the controller is just. One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. Bob: I got to tell you, 2019 is turning out to be an extremely exciting year, from a hardware perspective.

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

Reliance Jio’s foray into mixed reality started in 2019 when they acquired majority stake in deep-tech startup Tesseract which has a few hardware products in XR space. We’re looking at you, Google Glass. You can see it in action below: [link] Why build on Android?

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