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SXSW Reviews vol. 2: Hands-on with AmazeVR, Beatday, and The Sick Rose

The Ghost Howls

I still remember when Amaze was a distribution platform for 360 videos … I loved the high quality of its videos and I also loved the team working there. Then the startup pivoted to VR concerts when it understood that the market for 360 videos wasn’t going to explode.

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Oculus Connect 3 Registration Now Open, Early Bird Passes from $199

Road to VR

This year’s conference, held at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center , aims to gather together the worlds VR developers to share the latest technologies and techniques with them. Explore the endless possibilities for VR across 360 video, film, art, and education.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.07.20): Oculus ready to manufacture the Quest S, Pico doubles-down on 3DOF, and more!

The Ghost Howls

This new standard evolves the previous H265 compression format for videos, reducing data requirement up to 50% while providing visually the same quality. The standard will prove especially efficient for 4K and 8K video and it works with high dynamic range video and omnidirectional 360° video. More info.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.13): Magic Leap exploring a sale, events are going virtual and more!

The Ghost Howls

And while this is anyway a good result for a startup (developing an AR headsets means spending billions in R&D), targeting the consumer market has been a suicide move , that let Microsoft get full control of the profitable enterprise market. Unity High Definition Rendering Pipeline is now compatible with Virtual Reality projects.

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Gianluigi Perrone: “To make a VR film you need to know the DNA of VR”

The Ghost Howls

I tell you that a traditional cinematographer should have a really open-minded approach to understand 360 videos because the first rule is to ignore the frame. In a book the keyword is “structure”, in visual art is “harmony”, in a film is “engagement”, in games is “control”, in VR the keyword is “emotion”.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.02.22): Samsung AR glasses leaked, Kura price revealed, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

More info (Both videos in this Twitter thread). Image by Kura Technologies). In an interview with the fantastic blog The Ghost Howls (I don’t know if you have ever heard of it), Kura Technologies’s CEO/CTO Kelly Peng has revealed some interesting info about their upcoming AR glasses. Other relevant news.

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All you need to know on Oculus Connect 6: the most important news in one single article!

The Ghost Howls

In the meantime, the headset sends the pose of the headset and the controllers to the PC , so that the PC can render the frames and execute the logic of the game for the next frame. You will be able to start a game, or choose a movie to watch in VR without having to use a controller anymore!

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