AR Insider

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Edward Miller and team have built a highly specialized technology in a technically-advanced area (see video below) that would take Facebook much more time to build. Google isn’t as acquisitive for AR cloud endeavors (“ Internet of Places “), which build from existing Google Images and Street View data.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

The good news of the week is that I’ve been selected as one of the speakers at AWE USA 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.

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ARPost

JUNE 9, 2020

You can look forward to representatives from Google, Facebook, Intel, HP, Microsoft, and more. They selected their 10 projects from the 2020 Tribeca Immersive programming. You can, for example, view 2D live video streams of conferences, project presentations, as well as pitching sessions. Cannes XR Virtual Formats.

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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. High-end iPhones released in 2020 include advanced Lidar sensors embedded in their camera. Google was the first major technology company to release a head-worn computer when it introduced Google Glass in 2013.

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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. — Rony Abovitz (@rabovitz) March 12, 2020. Other options reportedly under consideration are potential partnerships and a stake sale. " (Douglas Adams).

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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. See Also: How Will AR and VR Change Industries in 2020. But, is there a market for them at the consumer level?

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AR Insider

MAY 27, 2020

According to Business of Apps , Zoom had 10 million meeting participants in December 2019, exploding to around 300M in April 2020. Google Trends indicates a smaller impact for the term “Augmented Reality,” while “Remote Support” shows much stronger relevance. Both categories use video calls but solve different problems.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

More info (Lynx R1 Launch post on Road To VR) More info (Lynx R1 Launch post on Upload VR) More info (Some more info on its special lenses) More info (Launch keynote) More info (Video that explains this kind of lenses) More info (Feedback on this kind of lenses) More info (Stan Larroque talking about the success of the sales).

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Google VR SDK is popular for building virtual reality applications for Android and iOS. WebVR is also becoming a formidable force for those who love HTC Vive, Oculus Rift or Google Cardboard, in a web browser. You basically start completing tasks such as watching online videos, readings, and practice exercises.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

On the contrary, Microsoft has worked a lot on the platform, to make it more appealing to enterprise customers. It has released experiences like Microsoft Remote Assist, that let different teams in a company work together to solve maintenance problems. The video regarding the UX attached to the hands has become viral pretty fast.

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AR Insider

MAY 3, 2021

In 2020, CES (the consumer everything show set a record with 170,000 attendees from 164 countries. The new Looking Glass Portrait allows users to use their phone to take Portrait mode photos, videos, or 3D models and then display them as a hologram. So far, about 25% of exhibitors have committed to returning. Lumeto Inc.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Per se, this is not a surprising news (all companies are working on next iterations of their devices), but what is surprising is the timing that the report suggests: a new Oculus Quest should have been announced at the end of 2020, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, it will come in 2021. Investments in AR/VR companies are at 2013 level.

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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. As a medium of expression, it is comparable to video, which it surpasses with its third spatial dimension.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 31, 2021

You may be thinking to yourself, “Why the hell did LinkedIn, the purgatory of social media, rip off the Stories format?” LinkedIn has asked itself the same question less than a year after doing so and apparently concluded there is no good reason for it to have shamelessly followed every other app with the launch of … Read more.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

billion and in 2020 it has been predicted to achieve $22.9 The leading producers of VR headsets like Sony, Oculus, Google, HTC, and Samsung, mainly focus on creating cost-effective devices. Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft are expected to reduce the prices for their game products in the coming years. billion, followed by $5.8

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ARVR

JUNE 9, 2021

billion in 2020 and is expected to reach USD 7.96 Microsoft Microsoft is one of the few companies that has approached augmented reality wearables more successfully. We expect to see Microsoft still at work for a long time in this area and we think it can succeed where it has failed with mobile devices.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Adopting a multi-cloud infrastructure means moving away from potentially damaging business strategies such as building applications and processes solely around one particular cloud platform, e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure. Low-code and no-code cloud services.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

A patent filed by Valve in 2020 and granted some days ago shows the work that Valve is doing towards wireless/standalone headsets. Image by Microsoft). After the news went viral, Microsoft has clarified that it was just “a translation bug” and that Xbox is not adding VR support at the moment. News worth a mention.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 18, 2021

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea can be experienced with a PC VR headset by downloading a.exe of the VR app [with VR and non-VR capabilities] or through YouTube’s 360 degree video feature. The company is currently developing an email service to compete with Google and Microsoft. The company’s valuation is currently at $29.5

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The second version (Pro 3-C) boasts a 5MP RGB camera with a USB type C plug that easily connects to any smart device that renders video via a display port. The Pro 3 C connects and displays images in 2D and 3D on most Android phones and tablets, iPads, MacBook’s, and Microsoft’s Surface Book 2. More info (Use Google Translate).

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Mashable VR

MAY 5, 2022

After an extended absence , Fortnite is back on Apple devices, and Epic Games has Microsoft to thank. But Fortnite arrives alongside a major change in the way the service operates, with Microsoft removing the subscription requirement for free-to-play games (like Fortnite ). Microsoft has valid reasons to counter Apple.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

With a lot of sadness, I’m here watching the photos and the videos of WCVRI , the big Chinese conference about VR that is held every year in Nanchang. Facebook and Microsoft publish two interesting research projects for VR. This week, Facebook and Microsoft have released two interesting works from their R&D department.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

For example, we invited senior executives from HUAWEI, JBD, HTC, Alibaba, iQIYI, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and so on. We have video live streaming or VR live streaming for each summit. Due to Covid-19, in early 2020, the offline market was battered in some way. A screenshot with part of the speakers that will be part of the event.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

This means having AR and VR on the same device ; A 5G modem ; 8K videos playback at 60fps; Accelerated AI so that to be able to perform objects recognition and other cool stuff on the camera feed. There is not much to say, but there is a lot to see… so click on the below links, watch the videos and let them inspire you!

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Bernard Marr

MARCH 27, 2023

It is behind the rise of companies like Google and Facebook, which match users to products and services using AI and analytics. The value of global e-commerce was estimated to be around $10 trillion in 2020 and is expected to grow to $27 trillion by 2027.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The NextVR app is free and available on Gear VR, Google Daydream, Microsoft VR headsets, PSVR, Oculus Go, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Oculus Quest. NBA League Pass games will also be able to watch all standard 2D streaming content with NextVR’s Screening Room, a VR theater room in the NextVR app. NextVR + NBA 2019-20 Schedule.

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JULY 6, 2022

There are anthropological questions that we should get ahead of and start to have conversations about” She added she saw a future with wearable technologies, where people would move away from “our phones into glasses” to view data, volumetric video, and other immersive content. What and Who Will Lead the Charge?

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! This is the 150th Week Peek! We’ll see…. Other relevant news. Image by Oculus).

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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-3 was a huge leap forward in June 2020. Microsoft is in the process of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language understanding into its core products.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Some Automotive firms have leveraged XR much earlier than other consumer-facing brands – Like BMW, which first employed XR in 2020 to promote the Concept i4 electric car. Following its success in 2020, BMW leveraged XR again to showcase many of its upcoming vehicles.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

This means having AR and VR on the same device ; Feature a 5G modem ; Play 8K videos at 60fps; Have accelerated AI so that to be able to perform objects recognition and other cool stuff on the camera feed. He has tweeted “I’m very excited about our upcoming announcements next week, and all that we have planned for 2020–2024”.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

’… So if we count from the June 2017 launch of ARkit, three years from there is June 2020. Boland and McDowall run through each of these players — Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft — to compare and contrast their AR ambitions. The big question that follows is what will those killer apps be.

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AR Insider

JULY 31, 2019

’… So if we count from the June 2017 launch of ARkit, three years from there is June 2020. Boland and McDowall run through each of these players — Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft — to compare and contrast their AR ambitions. Header Image Credit: Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

HP has fixed many of the visual problems of the headse t, and Microsoft has just released a patch on Windows 10 that aims at solving many visual issues of all WMR headsets (like Chromatic aberration). But honestly, I expected a bit more … it’s a bit weird that Microsoft hasn’t solved its biggest pain point yet.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

More info (Use Google Translate). Google Chrome now supports WebAR. More info (Google Chrome 81 supports AR) More info (Nicolò Carpignoli’s initiative). Image by Microsoft). Magic Leap plans dev days and dev programs. News worth a mention. Consoles will probably evolve their VR offerings next year. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

It will be available on all major headsets through Steam on March 2020, with preorders already open now. South-Africa startup Eden Labs has created an interesting design for VR headsets needed in public installations to show 360 videos. Google announces The Relightables. I love him.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

In December, finally Pimax will start shipping also most of the accessories that it has promised during the Kickstarter campaign: Hand-Tracking: $170; Eye-tracking: $300; Modular Audio Strap: $120; Vision comfort kit: $50; 10-meter cable: $100; If you don’t see mention of the new Sword controllers is because they are delayed again until March 2020.

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