XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 31, 2022

After all, XR solutions are heavily dependent on the use of sensitive data. Here are some of the XR vendors taking privacy and security seriously in 2022. The company is dedicated to making its XR environments as safe as possible, with everything from built-in security features in the Oculus , to new standards for Metaverse ethics.

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AR Insider

APRIL 6, 2020

Data Point of the Week is AR Insider’s dive into the latest spatial computing figures. It includes data points, along with narrative insights and takeaways. For an indexed collection of data and reports, subscribe to ARtillery Pro. Microsoft committed 100,000 units to the U.S. Vantage Points.

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Upload VR

APRIL 3, 2023

That includes Microsoft Flight Simulator, iRacing, the open beta branch of DCS World, War Thunder (though not with EAC), the Steam version of Bonelab, Hubris, Everslaught, Contractors, The Light Brigade, and A Township Tale. To ensure eye tracking data is passed over Link, enable the setting in the Beta tab of the Oculus PC app.

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ARPost

APRIL 11, 2023

Increased Adoption of AR in E-Commerce According to a recent survey, 38% of marketers reported using AR in 2022. Companies like Google, Microsoft, Lenovo, and Vuzix are developing smart glasses to enhance the AR experience. Usage Analytics AI can also help analyze usage data and client feedback.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 9, 2022

The Digital Markets Act is a law that the European Parliament and Commission are discussing since 2020 and has the purpose of limiting the excessive power of the major tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta. Data privacy. We can expect so all big tech companies to comply with it in 2023.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Average prices per ad dropped 22 percent YoY but a jump of 18 percent YoY for 2022. Revenues for Q4 and 2022 totalled $32.17 billion for 2022. Meta currently has 86,482 employees across its workforce as of the end of 2022. It will also move to build its “next generation data center design.”

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. New info on Microsoft abandoning the Hololens 3. Last week we all heard the news about Microsoft abandoning the HoloLens 3, and the denial of it by Alex Kipman and Microsoft itself.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

— VR Nima (@NimaZeighami) January 5, 2022. Of course, the object must be in the FOV of the cameras of the headset to be tracked, even if HTC says that the tracking can somewhat continue also when this condition is not true (i guess using just IMU data). Oculus Quest 2 ) to know the pose of the fingers. Further references.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 2, 2021

If I had known people could like it, I would have not made it in 5 minutes with Microsoft Word, lol. It is very interesting that because of this recall, Facebook shared some data about how many facemasks were affected : it says 4M in the United States, around 170K in Canada. In Japan, the number is around 80K. News worth a mention.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 17, 2023

For instance: Meta: Meta’s Oculus devices not only work alongside a wide range of different hardware solutions, but they’re also designed to support countless different types of software too seamlessly. There’s full SDK access, support for integrating payment systems, and data statistics.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Reports from 2022 forecast that the business travel industry to set to grow to $1.7 billion meeting minutes in Microsoft Teams alone in one day. . Companies like High Fidelity and Microsoft are already working on environments that make this possible. . The Benefits of Virtual Reality for Replacing Business Travel .

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Meta Quest (@MetaQuestVR) October 12, 2022. Called App to App Travel API, Meta plans to distribute the update in late 2022, and it enables developers to design interoperable applications where users can quickly jump between immersive services. Meta is also developing its Fitness API Beta for Fall 2022. Interoperable Experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Through comprehensive media services (mainly including media coverage, expert consultation, data research, and event and public relation management), it helps entrepreneurs with idea incubation, financing, strategy consultation, and publicity. We are organizing the Future Business EcoLink Conference 2022 and the 7th Golden Gyro Award.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft Teams to integrate Mesh in 2022. With a surprise move, Microsoft has announced that in 2022 it will integrate Microsoft Mesh, its framework to create shared XR experiences, inside Microsoft Teams. I’ll let you travel with me…. Top news of the week. Other relevant news.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

According to Gajsek, “Anyone that decided to buy from the Oculus store or use Meta’s products essentially becomes a ’subscriber‘ in Meta’s user base. See Also: Metaverse Safety Week 2022 He goes on to say that these metaverse platforms will become open to asynchronous content, as not all users can be found online at the same time.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

A Fortnite data miner has found references to Oculus stuff in the latest update of Fortnite , Update 21.50. The guy, which goes under the nickname of HYPEX, is known to be a reliable leaker for Fortnite, so it is quite sure that there are now references to Oculus in the Fortnite code. What is less sure is what it does mean.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

What is interesting the most are not the features, that more or less are the same as most other headsets: integrated headphones, halo+headband, IPD adjustment, etc… It seems a mix of a Samsung Odyssey and an Oculus Rift S. Or that Microsoft is working on a new reference design that fixes the issues of the first one?

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

The Oculus Quest 2 continues its march towards mainstream adoption. It wouldn’t be a normal week without some news about Facebook and/or the Oculus Quest. The first one is that the Quest 2 has now sold in some months more than all the other Oculus headsets (with the exclusion of Gear VR) combined in all these years.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 18, 2021

You’re going to need them in the new normal and, hopefully, at CES back in the real world, 2022. The experience will debut this winter on PSVR and Oculus. The company is currently developing an email service to compete with Google and Microsoft. Snap acquires Streetcred, a location data startup.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

GDC 2022 featured many VR companies, but few announcements. I guess we have to wait a bit more for all the big announcements we are waiting for this 2022. It can train a model 6–7x faster than the previous data center GPU. I hope this season will bring you joy, happiness, and love! Top news of the week. Image by GDC).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has a very interesting working story, having worked for great companies like Microsoft and Fast Company. In the interview with me, he talked about many topics, like the rumors he heard on Apple Glasses, on the Oculus Quest 2 , the America vs China war, XR entrepreneurship, Tesla, and more! 2022 could be the key year for XR.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Apple has been prototyping headsets for years, and recent reports from The Information and Bloomberg suggest that Apple could release a headset as early as 2022 that could cost as much as $3,000. All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. Where is Spatial Computing in its Lifecycle?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 4, 2024

It’s been ten years since Meta – then Facebook – bought emerging VR start-up Oculus and, in turn, formed its Reality Labs division. Since the Oculus purchase in 2014, the firm has released numerous headsets, most notably the Quest range, which now includes mixed and virtual reality products. But the race is on.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

To make you understand how these features are incredible, Qualcomm has stated that “the [XR2] reference design has 2x the CPU and GPU performance, 4x more video bandwidth, 6x higher resolution and 11x AI improvement compared to our current widely adopted XR platform [the Oculus Quest ]”. Image by Microsoft). What a time to be alive.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

In September, the new Facebook Avatars will come and substitute the current Oculus avatars. This has of course nothing to do with gathering data from the biggest number possible of people. Read about Microsoft’s Ignite conference. How it does feel publishing on Oculus App Lab Funny link. Absolutely Not. It’s believable.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

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. Image by Microsoft). This module can be installed on a board with connected various SteamVR sensors so that to get all the data from the sensors and communicate them to your runtime.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 3, 2023

The technology enables a local engineer in an extremely harsh and perhaps hazardous environment, such as adverse weather conditions, high locations, or at sea, to send IoT data in real-time to an expert located anywhere. Jon Arnold : The Metaverse was the tech buzzword of 2022. aR is the technology that underpins industrial wearables.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Before leaving you to the news of the week, let me just tell you two things that may interest you: If you missed them, don’t forget to read my predictions about augmented reality and virtual reality in 2022; This Thursday at 5 pm CET AWE Nite Florence comes back! It’s basically a monopoly. But there is also bad news to talk about.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

Arrives in 2022, with glasses to follow sometime before 2025). When I worked at Microsoft I got in trouble with the lawyers over patents so they made me sleep with a lawyer (true story, that was my punishment). So developers can leave data literally on any surface or, even, the air around you. New 3D experiences for inside cars.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 26, 2023

The Meta team is exploring augmented reality solutions designed to work with smartphones and smart glasses, as well as virtual reality environments compatible with a range of Oculus headsets. The Virbela ecosystem can support everything from file and data sharing to audio and chat, and it works across multiple devices.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

HTC advertises it as a headset for relaxation and productivity because it wants to position it as a different product than a gaming machine like Oculus Quest 2. The device will be sold exclusively as an enterprise device, starting from 2022. At the event, it should just tease the new device, to then announce it formally at CES 2022.

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Robert Scoble

JUNE 4, 2019

The Apple Privacy Wall/Strategy Analysis of How Apple will Come at Oculus Next Year. Irena and I are hearing that one of the devices, er, AR/VR head-mounted displays, Apple is considering launching next year could go directly after Oculus Quest and the rest of the VR space. Go after Oculus Quest as “not capable enough.”

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

According to Youtuber Sadly It’s Bradley, Project Cambria should come half of this year (Q2 2022) and have MiniLED screens and pancake lenses. More info (Apple XR headset to feature three displays) More info (Quest 3 and Project Cambria leaks) More info (Social Oculus Home is coming) More info (Meta to unify its social VR experiences).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

From time to time, I like to look at the adoption graph of XR shown by John Riccitiello (the CEO of Unity) in 2017 , where you can see that the real acceleration of immersive technologies should start around 2022-2023. Not to mention the millions spent on marketing , especially in the US (Oculus was one of the sponsors of NBA, for instance).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). I expect the smartglasses from Facebook, first of all, to be Facebook-branded (so, goodbye Oculus), to be very stylish (remember that Luxottica is the leading company for glasses and sunglasses), and to be able to connect to the smartphone without a tether. Sounded good.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2021

The most interesting insight of the week comes from analyst Mark Mahaney, that, among other things has analyzed Facebook’s Virtual Reality business, and has reported very interesting data. The first interesting forecast is about the number of sold Oculus Quest 2 headsets. Image by Microsoft). Judge James E.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

I think that from the results of this battle, which will happen most probably in 2022, we will understand the trends that will drive the VR gaming market in all the upcoming years. This means that while you have the Quest on, your microphone data will be always listened by the device, and you can imagine my profound happiness in knowing this.

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