The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 26, 2020

With the One App, creators have access to the full power of ARCore and ARKit for the best possible AR experiences. ( Apple Store ) ( Play Store ). The Marketplace will launch in 2021. With other game engines already available, both on standalone (Unity, UE4) and web (Sumerian), why did you feel the need to create a new one?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Apple headset may be very lightweight. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Apple AR glasses may be released in 2022–2023. Apple remains committed to AR, it still believes it is the technology that will supersede smartphones , but the technology is not ready to create something that is worth the Apple logo now. More info (Apple glasses delayed to 2022) More info (Apple glasses delay).

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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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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

that should be released around 2021 should add support for VR devices. And i ts 2021+ timeline for XR makes me wonder if Huawei plans to release its headset around that date … that is more or less the same that we predict for Apple glasses. Apple moves top executive to AR glasses team. Thanks David for the tip).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The author of the video has used a free app available on the Apple Store and with it, it was able to scan 3D objects with a quality and a speed never seen before. Someone has made a WebAR exporter for Unity. This means that, even with many limitations, you’ll be able to create WebAR experiences from within Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

I think that we’ll have more info at OC7, with maybe a launch in 2021/2022. Unity is offering 3 months of Free Learning so that you can sharp your development skills. The time has come and finally Apple will implement a depth back camera in its upcoming iPad Pro. Oculus has made its GDC announcements. Yes, Android, Google.

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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. ” You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. And it was for me as well; I’ve been a Unity user forever. It’s amazing.” ” Paul: [laughs] Right.

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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. ” You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. And it was for me as well; I’ve been a Unity user forever. It’s amazing.” ” Paul: [laughs] Right.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2021

This week has been pretty crazy: It all started with Facebook approving my silly The Unity Cube application (an application with just a cube) on App Lab. This Quest-Focus-Neo mix will be launched in China on May, 10th 2021. The Rift S was already “a dead headset walking”, but now it is officially dead.

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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. You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. And it was for me as well; I've been a Unity user forever. Alan: And then they ask their tech teams and they're like, "does anybody know Unity?"

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Upload hypothesizes that maybe a 2-year partnership with Lenovo forces them to do so until May 2021. Facebook is going to launch a pair of smartglasses in 2021. This long partnership will start with the first product, that will be shipped in 2021: a pair of fashionable smart glasses under the Ray-Ban brand.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

Is this really what Apple wants? (Thanks Robert Scoble for this news!). This reinforces my belief that Microsoft in 2021–2022 will add VR support to it , to fight the PSVR when the market will be riper. This is one of the weirdest rag-doll experiments in Unity. Developers continue to have fun with Oculus Quest hands tracking!

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