The Ghost Howls
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
The price is incredibly low: $299; Announced that in 2021 it will release a pair of smartglasses made in collaboration with Ray-Ban; Teased the work it is doing in AR; Revealed that is working with Ubisoft for two AAA VR games developed around the IPs of Splinter Cell and Assassin’s Creed; Discontinued the Rift.
The Ghost Howls
OCTOBER 31, 2021
Facebook Connect, the most awaited VR event of 2021, happened, and it was not as we expected it to be. Of course, he’s not going to abandon ads, so Meta will still also be about data collection. Yes, something like Gear VR, but in 2021. More info (Alphabet Q3 2021 Earnings Call) More info (Jigsaw Trainer). 20,000 times!
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The Ghost Howls
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Stay tuned on this blog, because in some days I will publish an EXTRAORDINARY interview related to one of the most awaited VR games of 2021! When I tried the Looxid Labs add-on for the Vive I’ve found it interesting, but its data were pretty noisy, and some community members defined it as “another random numbers generator”.
The Ghost Howls
JULY 14, 2019
Probably not this year, but next one or in 2021… but it will happen. In all of this, someone has created the design for a Leap Motion mount for the Index that exploits the frunk. Yes, there are some biased data telling that HTC is the best brand ever… but I think that is part of the game. So, don’t panic. More info.
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. Location is at the heart of the AR Cloud.
The Ghost Howls
MAY 24, 2021
The technology behind it is pretty cool: you have some cameras (I guess RGB + depth) that scan yourself live in 3D , compress the data with a special Google algorithm, send it to the other peer, where it gets decompressed and reconstructed in real-time on a light field display. Shipping should come as early as August 2021.
XR for Business Podcast
MARCH 17, 2020
And we actually tried to tackle this problem with the help of major headset manufacturers – Oculus, HTC, Leap Motion, Intel — and they supported us to create VR/AR labs around the world. But when we look ahead — 2020 and 2021 — what I see personally is the startups are usually creating platforms as a service.
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