The Ghost Howls

MAY 15, 2023

I’ve written a dedicated news roundup article dedicated to Google I/O today, so I won’t go deep into details here and I invite you to read that post (linked here below) if you want to have the details about the news. More info (Ultraleap teasing a new device) More info (Maybe a new sensor is coming) Has Palmer Luckey tried the Apple headset?

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

Image by Apple). Apple has not announced any glasses at WWDC. Every year, we have the same ritual: we wait for an event by Apple, hoping to hear some news about an upcoming XR device, then nothing happens in this sense, we are disappointed and so we hope for a new reveal next year. Top news of the week. Other relevant news.

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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. Concept of a future AR glass by Apple. Fairer competition.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2024

This is going to be the week of the Apple Vision Pro, with the first people who preordered it finally receiving the device at home! Apple released a new trailer for the headset. Finally, we will have some real impressions on the device not coming from scripted demos. There is even an app to send faxes!

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Apple headset will not be focused on gaming. A new report seems to suggest that the upcoming Apple headset won’t be focused on gaming at all. According to the rumors, In the beginning only Apple’s first part tools (like RealityKit) will be allowed to create content, and only after, Unity support will come. Other relevant news.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a very impressive fusion of hardware and software, but it's by no means perfect. Apple Vision Pro Specs, Features & Details Apple officially revealed the full Vision Pro specs when opening preorders today. And Apple did not send UploadVR a review unit, we bought our own. But does it deliver?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This would be a total pivot for Meta, which would so migrate away from the social importance of having eye and face tracking to compete directly with Apple in offering a consumer device totally dedicated to mixed reality. The device is available on Amazon for $379. This would show the fear that Meta has for its upcoming competitor.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

The same has happened with Apple, which is now offering bonuses to employees to keep them inside the company. Apple has performed very strategic acquisitions as well, and the news of the week is that Snap has acquired Compound Photonics to gain a key supplier of LCOS and Microled displays. Apple may have delays for its headset.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The tech industry is looking to replace the smartphone — and everybody is waiting to see what Apple comes up with. I n 2007, Apple unveiled the iPhone. Apple didn’t invent the smartphone — companies like Palm and Blackberry had been selling them for years. But Apple’s not the only company working on these products.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

Apple Announces Vision Pro Image courtesy Apple The News Apple announced is Vision Pro headset in June of 2023 marking the company’s first public step into the XR headset space. Apple also boldly announced the headset’s staggering $3,500 price, despite a launch date set for nearly a year later.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

But before leaving you to the best pieces of AR/VR news of the week, let me tease you that in the upcoming days I will publish an article I’m sure you will all love… it’s a hands-on preview on… you’ll discover it! Oculus Quest 2 has disappeared from all Amazon EU websites. Just be sure to keep an eye on your e-mail to not miss it….

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ARPost

DECEMBER 10, 2022

As this article was being written, Varjo further expanded its cloud with Unreal and Unity engine integrations. While almost all non-Apple mobile devices run Android, it is also the backbone of many XR headsets.). Likewise, AutoDesk offers its XR cloud services through a partnership with Amazon. CloudXR From NVIDIA.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

For Apple , it’s all about hardware and making its devices more attractive. For Amazon , it’s selling us stuff. We’ve examined evidence from each of the Big 5 in individual articles, a report , and a chapter in Charlie Fink’s book Convergence. Amazon meanwhile wants to be the commerce layer.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The Google Play Store is Google's Android app store that comes with most Android phones and tablets, with the notable exception of Amazon's Fire tablets and some Chinese brands. UploadVR reached out to Google to ask for any additional context that may be useful, and we'll update this article if we get a response.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

New leaks on Amazon and MediaMarkt have revealed that probably the headset will be available starting from October, 10th, 2023. I hope to be wrong, of course: maybe Valve has just accelerated to launch its device before Apple may finally release its one. Preorders are expected to start on the day of the Connect, so on September, 27th.

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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. More info Apple Vision Pro may have a very slow start The same Ming-Chi Kuo, who probably woke up with a lot of pessimism that day, has also expressed doubts about the widespread success of the Apple Vision Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

But things on the consumers’ side may not be going as well: according to some data scrapped from Amazon, the Quest 2 outsold the Quest 3 by a factor of 3:1 in the last 30 days. This would show the level of polish of the upcoming Apple headset. THREE TO ONE.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

” “Amazon coin,” or “MSFT Web 3.0 ” One included the Apple logo and offered the opportunity to invest in a fake “iMetaverse token.” ” Panelists in The Markup’s Citizen Browser project saw multiple pages dedicated to nonexistent “Amazon tokens.”

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Regarding the glasses, I have not big hopes for true AR glasses, but I think that thanks to Facebook and Apple, finally we’ll have some important smartglasses entering the market , making the mainstream think about wearing something on their face to enjoy notifications from the phone. Phone AR will be always more popular.

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VRWorld

APRIL 30, 2017

” Sky is the limit but AR is now here, NASA sightings in Apple. “Apple is currently something of a sleeping giant in the immersive tech industry. While other major tech companies like Google , Facebook and Microsoft have raced into the VR/AR markets, Apple has been biding its time.” link] a-hire/.

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ARVR

JUNE 30, 2022

there are plenty of new articles every single day somehow related to XR. I saw new articles about it just popped out every second back then. no comments needed Amazon has its own “mystery project” and hiring VR specialists Apple plans to release its own headset by the end of 2023 if not earlier. And that’s great!

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 22, 2022

The Chorus headphones for Quest 2 are currently available for pre-order from Amazon and Logitech for $100 with a release date planned for September 2nd. Apple releases new interesting research on Nerf. There is a lot of hype on Apple’s research on Neural Radiance Fields, and their ability to reconstruct 3D scenes. Upload VR).

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 1, 2019

This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. Why Facebook and Amazon have joined the race to bring computing to your face. — Facebook and Amazon each discussed computer glasses at launch events this week. Facebook and Amazon executives were 850 miles apart on Wednesday.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

The ecosystem is full of people that keep writing articles about “How we will study in the metaverse”, “How we will work in the metaverse”, and that make talks about how one day we will have a concert with 20,000 people all together in VR like if it was happening in real life. Apple could announce its headset.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 24, 2021

Bloomberg was first to report that Biden has plans this Wednesday to meet with the CEO’s from Apple, Microsoft and Amazon to… Read more. After over a year where the U.S. faced slews of cyberattacks hitting hospitals , banks , and just about everything else , President Joe Biden is turning to tech’s top players for some advice.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In this article I’ll describe the 6 most important AR trends to watch in 2020. Big names such as Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Google are rapidly developing the technology, making it accessible to many industries. Apple and Google played big roles in this. Apple recently introduced ARKit 4.0 Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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ARVR

MAY 11, 2022

Apple is similarly planting seeds for geo-local AR including its Geo-Anchors, visual navigation in Apple Maps and its Project Gobi for AR based point-of-sale engagement at retail partners. These are all orbiting parts of Apple’s AR glasses master plan. Moves & Motivations Of course, Google isn’t alone.

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ARVR

JUNE 29, 2020

In this article, I will explain why I think the AR glasses are coming back and they are staying this time. The Smart-Accessory Revolution A Pew Research Center survey conducted at the beginning of 2013 showed that only 51% of adults in the United States owned a smartphone, 6 years after the launch of the 1st-generation Apple iPhone.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Apple headset may be very lightweight.

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ARVR

APRIL 5, 2021

Trending AR VR Articles: 1. The thought is that devices like Apple Watch and AirPods could condition consumers to wear sensors on their bodies, and thus acclimate to the cultural shift that will be required for AR glasses. That includes smartwatches and “ hearables ” such as Apple AirPods and its equivalents. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

This article features the latest episode of The AR Show. Boland and McDowall run through each of these players — Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft — to compare and contrast their AR ambitions. For example, Apple has the most amount of AR speculation surrounding it, including potential AR glasses.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 9, 2020

We know we are only a few years off from seeing some amazing augmented reality products from Apple and Facebook. This year Apple took it up a notch and introduced LIDAR depth sensors to the lineup which will bring more robust AR experiences. The new phone is starting at $949 [link] Trending AR VR Articles: 1. New Smart Phones?—?iPhone

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2022

We often talk about Apple and Meta, but we should not forget that Google is still in the match, and that in the AR Cloud race, it has still many cards to play, like the mapping of all the world already made with Google Maps. If you want to read all his insights, you can buy his book on Amazon, which has very positive reviews.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 25, 2022

Today is a bit of a special day for this newsletter because this article you are reading is the 250th roundup about XR news I’ve written! One of the biggest assets Apple has is its stores, and now Meta wants to copy it also about this feature. Image by Amazon). Amazon may be working on an XR device. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Anyway, I will keep you posted about that in a dedicated article! And i ts 2021+ timeline for XR makes me wonder if Huawei plans to release its headset around that date … that is more or less the same that we predict for Apple glasses. Valve publishes a deep dive article on the speakers of Valve Index. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Someone from a major company (Amazon, Apple, Microsoft), with pockets big enough to be able to compete with the rich Facebook, giving users an alternative and stimulating Facebook in doing even better. Apple rumored to release a VR headset worth $3000. Another week, another rumor about Apple’s XR plans.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 28, 2022

Maybe an Amazon Fire tablet would be a good fit? We took the time and read through reviews and articles to find the best tablet for just about anyone. It generally comes down to a choice of four — Apple, Android, Windows, or Fire. Fire is Amazon device specific, so you'll get Alexa and other Amazon features.

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