Road to VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Owning both the platform and the key apps means deep control over an ecosystem, and Zuckerberg wants that power in Facebook’s hands rather than its competitors. Further into the email, Zuckerberg says that he was “supportive of acquiring Unity,” one of the leading game engines for both non-VR and VR gaming content.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

The unboxing shows that the device has a very simple packaging, which includes both the headset and the controllers. This confirms that the headset is going to ship with controllers and that there is no charging station in the original box. That’s fantastic news for all Unity XR developers! in the reviews!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

Apple AR headset may have been delayed to 2025. Now he accurately picked another number from his cylinder, and said they’re coming in 2025 , because “Apple has no AR glasses prototypes” at the moment. You will be able to control it with a ring on your finger, about which Apple has actually filed some patents.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The article talked about a headset shipping without controllers and aiming at the sweet price point of $200. Mark Gurman reiterated a similar rumor: he didn’t say that Meta will ship it without controllers, but just that it is evaluating also that option. The second is about interactions.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

It doesn’t have controllers (you just use your hands), but you can buy external controllers by Finch to use with it. Now, in what seems a desperate move to become relevant in a field dominated by Unity and Unreal Engine, it has made this engine opensource with the name Open 3D Engine. billion by 2025.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 1, 2024

AI reconstruction of how the launch of the Deckard may happen The controllers are an optimized version of Valve Index Controllers , smaller and more reliable, even if I’m told that the headset can also track the hands thanks to an integrated Leap Motion controller. I think it’s a very smart idea.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 19, 2021

A brain-controlled keyboard that should have worked without having any kind of sensors installed into the brain, so that to be completely non-invasive. billion in content revenue by 2025?—? to understand if you are relaxed or stressed) and nothing more because the skull acts as a filter for the signals of your brain.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). The Oculus Quest 2 and its controllers Quest coming to the market has been a milestone for the global VR industry.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 26, 2023

With its reduced military contract, Microsoft aims to secure trust in Congress to continue IVAS development into 2025. Microsoft recently debuted Windows Holographic version 23H1 , which improves XR device management and control. Following the IVAS debut, the testing programme and the wider HoloLens team faced significant roadblocks.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

Oculus Quest and controllers inside a stand. The Odyssey has anyway the problem of the non-optimal tracking of controllers. In May of 2017, Unity CEO John Riccitiello forecasted two things : That harsh times with people saying that VR is a fad would have come. It also features a very nice anti-SDE display that everyone loves.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The new DRIVE Thor superchip aimed at autonomous vehicles, which companies will be able to use from 2025 Omniverse Cloud , which lets companies use Omniverse completely via cloud rendering even on non-powerful machines A connector to let you use Omniverse with Unity. Rec Room announces Rec Room Studio.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Human beings are being filmed and rendered in engines like Unity with full 3D clarity. Instead of passively watching, we will now be able to control where we look. But with cinematic VR, we’re in control. Presence within the narrative is just one way that VR cinema is breaking the mold. Hey, we can hope.)

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Later during testing, I received the SteamVR “lighthouse” faceplate , letting me enjoy the precision of sub-mm room-scale tracking, whilst enabling the use of Valve Index, HTC Vive, and Pimax Sword controllers, as well as Vive and Tundra trackers. Within minutes, I was happily drawing squiggles. My three 2.0

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

One of the best is do ERP integration if it's constantly changing, or we can do one time integrations or get it from your e-commerce system, or we can give you more full control over that if you want to have some way of customizing that and controlling that yourself. So Unreal and Unity do have abilities to go on the web.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

One of the best is do ERP integration if it's constantly changing, or we can do one time integrations or get it from your e-commerce system, or we can give you more full control over that if you want to have some way of customizing that and controlling that yourself. So Unreal and Unity do have abilities to go on the web.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

One of the best is do ERP integration if it's constantly changing, or we can do one time integrations or get it from your e-commerce system, or we can give you more full control over that if you want to have some way of customizing that and controlling that yourself. So Unreal and Unity do have abilities to go on the web.

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ARVR

APRIL 9, 2021

billion for the augmented reality market by 2025. Just recently Weather Channel drove a virtual car through the studio to show how vehicles lose control on snowy or icy roads. Just like ARKit, ARCore can work with Java/OpenGL, Unity, and Unreal. If you are using Unity3D, you’ll need to install ARCore Unity SDK.

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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. Pico Neo Eye 2 and controllers. Yes, it’s a lot of time, but these are realistic projections.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2021

Some days ago, PwC has said that VR is the fast-growing media in revenue terms , with a 30% year-over-year growth expected from 2020 to 2025. They crave security and tend to be more anxious, and instead of wading into the sea of random chance open to what may come, they remain fixated on controlling the situation, on seeking a specific goal.

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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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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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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

I’ll mention a bunch more: Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Qualcomm, Intel, Unity — you’re looking at these massive companies now, and they’re all betting big on VR and AR. That’s where you’re right, making that plan for 2025, pushing for that thing.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

I’ll mention a bunch more: Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Qualcomm, Intel, Unity — you’re looking at these massive companies now, and they’re all betting big on VR and AR. That’s where you’re right, making that plan for 2025, pushing for that thing.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

This has been on one side amazing to increase the size of the VR market, but on the other side, it is becoming concerning, because Meta has now a de-facto monopoly, controlling all the standalone VR market, and more than 60% of the PCVR market. Pico Neo 3 Pro headset and controllers. When it will launch, it will make a difference.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

This week’s episode goes all the way back to last year’s Curiosity Camp, when Alan shared a ride with Unity Lab’s Timoni West and Vapor IO CEO Cole Crawford, recording a podcast along the way. Timoni: Director of XR in Unity Labs. Alan: Director of XR at Unity Labs, and Cole Crawford, CEO of Vapor IO. Cole: Exactly. Cole: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

This week’s episode goes all the way back to last year’s Curiosity Camp, when Alan shared a ride with Unity Lab’s Timoni West and Vapor IO CEO Cole Crawford, recording a podcast along the way. Timoni: Director of XR in Unity Labs. Alan: Director of XR at Unity Labs, and Cole Crawford, CEO of Vapor IO. Intermission]. Cole: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

This week’s episode goes all the way back to last year’s Curiosity Camp, when Alan shared a ride with Unity Lab’s Timoni West and Vapor IO CEO Cole Crawford, recording a podcast along the way. Timoni: Director of XR in Unity Labs. Alan: Director of XR at Unity Labs, and Cole Crawford, CEO of Vapor IO. Intermission]. Cole: Yeah.

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