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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But what was it like kind of going through these growing pains of going from a million dollar simulator — millions of dollars simulator — to now we can buy an Oculus Quest for 500 bucks? So this was before Oculus. So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. And very much VR has been like AI.

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JANUARY 20, 2020

But what was it like kind of going through these growing pains of going from a million dollar simulator — millions of dollars simulator — to now we can buy an Oculus Quest for 500 bucks? So this was before Oculus. So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. And very much VR has been like AI.

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JANUARY 20, 2020

But what was it like kind of going through these growing pains of going from a million dollar simulator -- millions of dollars simulator -- to now we can buy an Oculus Quest for 500 bucks? So this was before Oculus. So you don't know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. There's one, you need to get data in somehow, right?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 21, 2017

It is our live-action world recorded as data and then all that data processed into a volume. These are realistic places you can explore in your Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. You can either get immersive stuff by building on top of Unity or Unreal, but you’re stuck in a videogame world.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

His lab was even visited by Zuckerberg before he decided to acquire Oculus. An iconic image of Jeremy Bailenson wearing an Oculus Rift DK2 (Image taken from Medium). We were using something called Visa, which was a very low-level library language, very different from what Unity is right now. I learned how to do the coding.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2019

There’s the stabilization at the capture level, which is essentially just using the gyro and the data to stabilize that in capture. You see Facebook with Oculus. Alan: Yeah, 360’s too hard. I’ve spent a week just exporting this video. Alan: Yeah. You see Adobe. You see Google. Michael: Yeah.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2019

There’s the stabilization at the capture level, which is essentially just using the gyro and the data to stabilize that in capture. You see Facebook with Oculus. Alan: Yeah, 360’s too hard. I’ve spent a week just exporting this video. Alan: Yeah. You see Adobe. You see Google. Michael: Yeah.

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JUNE 18, 2019

And the results on that, in terms of engagement, drive to purchase, we did some data research recently with SuperData, which is part of Nielsen now, on the increase of likelihood to purchase through mobile augmented reality — even virtual reality. Mobile virtual reality on a headset like an Oculus Go, which is $200.

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JUNE 18, 2019

And the results on that, in terms of engagement, drive to purchase, we did some data research recently with SuperData, which is part of Nielsen now, on the increase of likelihood to purchase through mobile augmented reality — even virtual reality. Mobile virtual reality on a headset like an Oculus Go, which is $200.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2019

There's the stabilization at the capture level, which is essentially just using the gyro and the data to stabilize that in capture. You see Facebook with Oculus. Alan: Yeah, 360's too hard. I've spent a week just exporting this video. Michael: There are two types of stabilization happening in this small little camera.

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APRIL 21, 2020

And we later did a project called Zombie Guns Raptor with Oculus and Oculus Go, Gear VR. They have to know that everything they put into that building is actually based on facts, or based off a photograph, or based off satellite data. Just take 360 video, for example. And looking at how do we get that data?

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APRIL 21, 2020

And we later did a project called Zombie Guns Raptor with Oculus and Oculus Go, Gear VR. They have to know that everything they put into that building is actually based on facts, or based off a photograph, or based off satellite data. Just take 360 video, for example. And looking at how do we get that data?

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AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller. But it's so important that it's done in a tasteful and high-quality way.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller. But it's so important that it's done in a tasteful and high-quality way.

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APRIL 21, 2020

And we later did a project called Zombie Guns Raptor with Oculus and Oculus Go, Gear VR. They have to know that everything they put into that building is actually based on facts, or based off a photograph, or based off satellite data. Just take 360 video, for example. And looking at how do we get that data?

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AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller. But it's so important that it's done in a tasteful and high-quality way.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller. But it's so important that it's done in a tasteful and high-quality way.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

As it is tradition of this little blog, I will write a full round-up of the Oculus Connect 5 , the very important Oculus event that has been held in San Jose on 26th and 27th of September (2018). Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest has been the rockstar of this event. Specifications. There is also a 3.5mm jack for earphones.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

This week has been the week of the Oculus Connect 6 , the biggest yearly event by Oculus where the VR company announces all its most important news, both on hardware and software sides. Oculus Link. You can even access to Oculus Home and Dash. Oculus Link will be available in beta in November 2019.

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AUGUST 14, 2019

And now, the data coming back is way better than anybody could have ever imagined. Michael: And this is why I’ve been working on starting this dojo, or this VR maker space; because the tools for building — there’s VRTK for Unity… there’s just all these tools. Unity is always my top one.

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AUGUST 14, 2019

And now, the data coming back is way better than anybody could have ever imagined. Michael: And this is why I’ve been working on starting this dojo, or this VR maker space; because the tools for building — there’s VRTK for Unity… there’s just all these tools. Unity is always my top one.

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AUGUST 14, 2019

And now, the data coming back is way better than anybody could have ever imagined. Michael: And this is why I've been working on starting this dojo, or this VR maker space; because the tools for building -- there's VRTK for Unity. You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

systems, engineering, data center engineering, information security, network and cellular IP development, ERP business engineering, and Healthcare Solutions Development Budget leads opportunities for his customers and partners to utilize exciting and intense compute power in the immersive technology and XR landscape.

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JULY 28, 2019

systems, engineering, data center engineering, information security, network and cellular IP development, ERP business engineering, and Healthcare Solutions Development Budget leads opportunities for his customers and partners to utilize exciting and intense compute power in the immersive technology and XR landscape.

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JULY 28, 2019

systems, engineering, data center engineering, information security, network and cellular IP development, ERP business engineering, and Healthcare Solutions Development Budget leads opportunities for his customers and partners to utilize exciting and intense compute power in the immersive technology and XR landscape.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They’re a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences. Like, “Unity 101: here’s how to make a model.” From this journey, Circuit Stream’s 10-week online course emerged. Alan: So how did you begin?

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They’re a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences. Like, “Unity 101: here’s how to make a model.” From this journey, Circuit Stream’s 10-week online course emerged. Alan: So how did you begin?

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They're a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences. Like, "Unity 101: here's how to make a model." From this journey, Circuit Stream's 10-week online course emerged. Their education platform has reached over 25,000 students.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They're a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences. Like, "Unity 101: here's how to make a model." From this journey, Circuit Stream's 10-week online course emerged. Their education platform has reached over 25,000 students.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Oculus Quest 2. The biggest announcement of the event has been for sure the Oculus Quest 2, that Facebook has not only revealed but also launched. Oculus Quest 2 is a great piece of technology. Then Oculus will move the whole experience to 90Hz. The magic of the Oculus Quest 2 (Image by Facebook). Specifications.

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