The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2023

More info (Official statement by Mark Zuckerberg) More info (Meta to lay off 10,000 people — Road To VR) More info (Meta to lay off 10,000 people — Upload VR) More info (Meta focusing more on AI — Yahoo Finance) More info (Meta focusing more on AI — CNN) Other relevant news Google is discontinuing Glass It’s the end of an era. How ironic.

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ARPost

JULY 27, 2023

This is followed by Linux Foundation General Manager Royal O’Brien talking about “Inspiring Game Development Through Open Source.” Immediately following the panel discussion, Google’s Toshihiro Ohnuma takes the stage to discuss “Connecting Both Worlds – Google Maps and AR Core.”

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Augmented World Expo , AWE for short, returns to Santa Clara this year from May 31 to June 2, 2023. Last year, their augmented game board was the life of the expo floor drawing huge crowds – not just to interact with the product but to watch other people interact with the product. Let’s take a look.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

If the 10th is the wrong date, then all my bets are on the 19th of October because on that date by chance already two games are launching : The Wizards Dark Times Brotherhood and the 7th Guest. It’s strange that two games decided to launch on the same date, so there is a chance this is a magical date.

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Upload VR

MARCH 1, 2024

Google reportedly asked Meta to partner and "contribute to" its upcoming XR platform, but Meta said no. That same year, Lenovo launched a standalone headset running Daydream, Google's own VR OS that included its Google Play Services, Play Store, Google apps, and VR core technology on top of AOSP.

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Upload VR

JULY 4, 2023

Looking for upcoming VR games in 2023 and beyond? 2023 is becoming a pivotal year for VR. While the upcoming Apple Vision Pro isn't focused on gaming, PlayStation VR2 heralded big releases back in February, Quest 2 has numerous heavy hitters on the way and Meta Quest 3 is well positioned to continue to build on that success.

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2023

Google has announced an upcoming AR game, Space Invaders: World Defense , which is built as a showcase of the company’s latest AR tool. Over the last few years Google has been steadily working on its AR developer toolset, ARCore.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 22, 2019

billion in 2023. billion in 2023, an 81 percent compound annual growth rate. Visual search, a la Google Lens , identifies objects using the smartphone camera or AR glasses. Beyond search, other channels will develop as vehicles for AR advertising, such as gaming and email. Billion by 2023 appeared first on AR Insider.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2024

More info (Meta Quest app has been the most downloaded app) More info (Number of users of VR apps has increased) Other relevant news (Image by Epic Games) Praydog’s UEVR injector has been released! With the success of standalone headsets, all game studios are focused on Quest, and no one is investing any more in high-budget games for PC VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 17, 2023

More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Road To VR) More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Upload VR) More info (Roblox on Quest may increase scrutiny on the platform) Other relevant news (Image by WIRED) Mark Lucovsky has left Google Mark Lucovsky has just left Google. More info iVRy makes the PSVR2 work with SteamVR!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

However, the Menlo Park-based firm appears to be ramping up its Horizon service leading into Connect 2023. Moreover, Meta may enhance the feature as it heads towards Connect 2023. Meta Connect 2023 Speaking of Horizon Worlds, Meta is once again partially hosting its Connect showcase event on the Metaverse platform.

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VRScout

JANUARY 21, 2018

Google WorldSense technology lets you freely explore 2023 Los Angeles. Owners of the recently released Blu-ray edition of Blade Runner 2049 were treated to a special trailer announcing Blade Runner: Revelations , an upcoming VR experience for the soon-to-be-released Lenovo Mirage Solo headset and the Google Daydream platform.

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Upload VR

JULY 5, 2023

Google announced Space Invaders: World Defense this week, a new mobile AR game coming soon to Android and iOS devices. The announcement came via Google's AR & VR Twitter account, embedded below, which also featured a trailer with some gameplay. ?

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Upload VR

APRIL 4, 2023

The UploadVR Summer Showcase is returning in June and we’re looking for games to include! Over the last five years, developers and publishers behind some of VR’s biggest games have chosen the UploadVR Showcase as the place to premiere their most exciting work. When Is The Summer 2023 UploadVR Showcase?

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The popular VR social platform VRChat is launching the VRChat Entertainment Network in celebration of New Year’s 2023. Exclusively for #VRChat New Years 2023: Introducing the VRChat Entertainment Network! Submit it, and we'll play it during the New Years 2023 stream! (as Wanna make it on the BIG SCREEN?

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Going forward, we can expect to see it becoming an enabler of even more technologies, including virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR), the metaverse , cloud gaming, and even quantum computing. Multi-cloud is an increasingly popular strategy. The AI and ML-powered cloud.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 1, 2023

Industry conversation on the Metaverse and XR has also fuelled discussions across the Augmented World Expo (AWE) USA 2023. ” He explained that XR had become a thriving industry , transforming verticals such as healthcare, entertainment, education, and gaming. Such tools had “the potential to shape the future of humanity.”

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

With Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro on the horizon, developers that have invested the better part of a decade honing their expertise were left to promote themselves at Europe's largest gaming event last month. Heading into Gamescom 2023, I suspected that this year might be about on par with 2022 in terms of VR content on offer.

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ARPost

JANUARY 13, 2023

These accolades include being named a CES® 2023 Innovation Awards Honoree , one of TIME’s Best Innovations of 2022 , and winning the Fast Company 2022 Innovation by Design Award. According to Jiang, he noticed that in-person experiences, such as sports games, are vastly different when viewed on TV.

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VRScout

MARCH 28, 2023

Credit: Rokid The Rokid app available on the Google Play Store allows you to browse the web and access content from various streaming services directly from the glasses. You can even play games on your own personal cinema-sized screen anytime, anywhere.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 11, 2023

Meta Platforms is expected to release its Meta Quest 3 in 2023, social media reports confirmed last week. Brad Lynch (@SadlyItsBradley) January 6, 2023. According to the YouTuber, Meta began its subsequent phases of device testing, with third-party developers shipping developer kits in the second quarter (Q1) of 2023.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In February 2023, NVIDIA updated its NeRF solution to include new scene builder tools, which allow users to create a complete VR environment from a series of 2D photos with increased time and financial efficiency. Google uses the RawNeRF platform and data to power its immersive maps and 3D street view services.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 18, 2020

We finally have an idea of when the DOJ’s antitrust suit against Google will actually head to trial, and it’s. going to be a bit of a wait. Read more.

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VRScout

APRIL 3, 2023

The popular VR golf game GOLF+ is adding AI caddies powered by the same technology behind ChatGPT. Even VR developers are finding new and unique ways to incorporate AI into their games and apps. This includes GolfScope Inc., who this week announced a new AI golf caddy coming to GOLF+ on Meta Quest VR headsets.

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Voices of VR

JANUARY 23, 2024

I interviewed Natalie’s Trifecta creator Natalie Paneng at IDFA DocLab 2023. Here are my 19 interviews that I conducted at IDFA DocLab 2023: This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality I interviewed Natalie's Trifecta creator Natalie Paneng at IDFA DocLab 2023.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 21, 2023

After months of tinkering and testing, Project Iris, Google’s latest AR innovation, appears to be another “Google Glass Failure.” For years, Google has been toying with the idea of becoming a real competitor in the extended reality market. But for all its innovation and resources, Google’s AR ideas never really seem to pan out.

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Full Dive Gaming

DECEMBER 25, 2023

We answer YOUR Quest 3 and Christmas Questions, Talk about our top VR Games of 2023 and MORE 0:00 Podcast Intro 1:25 Q&A Section 1:37 Where Jay gets those Quest cat ears 3:04 How long does it take to edit a video? Each week, we release NEW EPISODES on all Your Favorite major platforms: Spotify, Apple, Google.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Looking at the cached page on Google of its Quest 3 listing, it is possible to see that they have written all the specs on their website. We often complain about the potato quality of Quest games, and I want to see how big will be the jump in visuals with this headset. Top view of Quest 2 (left) and Quest 3 (right).

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Full Dive Gaming

AUGUST 31, 2022

11:22 Games to help get friends BACK into VR 13:35 Onward VR, Is It FUN? 27:50 PSVR2 Launching "EARLY 2023" 32:00 We Let Meta SCREW Up The Industry 33:28 Meta Accounts Go. Brrrrrrrrrrr 38:00 NEW Logitech Chorus Quest 2 Speakers 43:35 VR Games Section 43:58 Red Matter 2 GRAPHICS 47:28 Be a Pirate VR? 6:42 PSVR2 Gestures?

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 8, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Meta) Meta Quest Gaming Showcase is back on June, 1st The Meta Quest Gaming Showcase is back! The first one is that since the Gaming Showcase is happening on June, 1st, it seems positioned in a way to make Meta perform some announcements right before the Apple WWDC.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

The last cycle before this one was the Quest one, which started to make virtual reality known to the mainstream audience for what concerns games and fitness. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2024

More info (HTC Face Tracking add-on — Road To VR) More info (HTC Face Tracking add-on — Upload VR) Google lays off people in the AR Hardware division Like many tech companies lately, Google is performing a round of layoffs in its hardware teams. This does not mean that Google is not still committed to AR, though.

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Upload VR

APRIL 18, 2023

You can see this in action below: “Monster Hunter Now is a new and unprecedented Monster Hunter game that entices players to go out with their Palico and encounter incredible monsters in the real world,” claims series producer Ryozo Tsujimoto.

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Full Dive Gaming

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

VR Fun that is NOT GAMING, PSVR 2 Talk, Squid Games coming to VR and SO MUCH MORE on this week's VR Podcast! 14:04 HAPTIC SHIRTS 18:00 NON Gaming Uses for VR 24:11 Who do we DESPISE?? 25:10 VR News Section 25:47 Will Quest 3 come 2023? 25:10 VR News Section 25:47 Will Quest 3 come 2023?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2023

Let’s start this 2023 with a leak! I asked him some more proof and he pointed me to the Google cache of the website showing the same thing, so the image has not been manipulated. pic.twitter.com/e0uUx38Qm3 — Inscothen (@inscothen) January 1, 2023. The headset is so really called Vive XR Elite.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 31, 2022

With the metaverse concept predicted to add $5 trillion to the value of the global economy by 2030, there’s everything to play for, and 2023 is likely to be a key year for defining the direction it will take. 2023 is likely to bring further interesting developments in this clash of digital cultures. Virtual and augmented reality.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

WSJ only posted snippets of the memo, entitled ‘Horizon 2023 Goals and Strategy’, which was allegedly written by Meta Vice President of Horizon Gabriel Aul. The memo is said to outline the team’s objectives for the first half of 2023. Meta’s Quest 2 headset is technically only available to users aged 13 and up.

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