The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

It has created tools to improve geolocation, multiplayer, and also to deliver more realistic AR experiences (e.g. Giving great tools to creators is important to create a new ecosystem: see what has happened after creators had the opportunity of creating AR filters. Oculus Quest 2 has disappeared from all Amazon EU websites.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

I have been talking with hundreds of people across the industry and have discovered that the changes coming to Apple are deeper than just a VR/AR headset. This is the fourth paradigm shift for Apple. So, what is Apple getting ready to announce over the next year? A new set of tools for developers to build all of this.

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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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XR Today - Big XR News tag

MAY 19, 2023

Amidst rumours of Apple’s new headset, many firms are ramping up efforts, perhaps partly due to a looming sense of competition. Apple Trademarks XR Operating System Apple has filed a trademark for “ xrOS ” with the New Zealand Intellectual Property Office, further teasing its upcoming MR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2023

After having announced some of the features and the price just before the launch of the Apple Vision Pro, now the company formerly known as Facebook is already working towards the launch of the device. Thanks to Hexa, Amazon can so show the 3D model of the items it is selling , and also provide virtual try-on features.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2023

He also envisions that a first version of the Samsung MR device will still be made to enhance the smartphone experience, while the visor-based approach, like the one proposed by Apple with the Vision Pro, is more something for the long term. I mean, if Apple CEO finds this device useful, I think it’s a hell of an endorsement.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Employing a more rudimentary form of marker-based AR, codes on product packaging or shelves could activate pre-authored animations (think: product demos, celebrity endorsements), or text-based info. AR will be one technology in a constellation of next-normal retail tools, including lower-tech standbys like disinfectant. touchpads).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Horizon World is more or less what we all expect from it: a clone of RecRoom with intuitive and simple creation tools, that at the moment let you just add basic geometric shape and some logic. Apple is entering the XR field, and Facebook is currently dominating the VR market. Apple headset may be very lightweight.

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2023

This included adopters of the Omniverse such as Amazon, Deutsche Bahn, and others. He explained further, “Amazon is using Omniverse to visualise their warehouse, [a] giant robotic system, to help their workers [and] to simulate their fleet of AMRs. [We We are] creating a digital twin of the [Earth’s climate system].

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

And also some people of my family are now enjoying it since it is a great tool to escape the isolation we are forced into. Some of them talk about tools to organize virtual events or virtual meetings, and that can be very useful for your professional lives. It is another step towards the creation of a great AR ecosystem for Apple.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

Thanks to Snapchat and Instagram, and its new tools to create filters, like Spark AR, we’re seeing an explosion of the production of this kind of content, that are a new way for people to express their creativity. This is a rumor surrounding Apple, for instance. This shows how the technology is just slowly improving.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Just Dance VR is also part of a big focus on Fitness by Pico , with Pico Fitness already being part of the runtime and tracking the calories you burn while using the headset (clearly inspired by Oculus Move) and sharing them to Apple Health (like Oculus Move). Pico Worlds in-world creation tools (Image by Pico). Mixed Reality Capture.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 11, 2023

Varjo Backs NVIDIA Omniverse for Ray-Tracing XR Tools Varjo , the Finnish producer of the world’s most advanced headsets, announced on Tuesday it would back the use of NVIDIA’s Omniverse and CloudXR platforms to develop the industrial metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

This, together with 5G and Wi-fi 6, could help the spread of cloud rendering; Omniverse, the collaboration tool for artists, enters open beta. The author of the video has used a free app available on the Apple Store and with it, it was able to scan 3D objects with a quality and a speed never seen before. The demo is amazing, I hear.

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Building the Metaverse

JANUARY 18, 2023

But more recently, tools have helped dematerialize the experience and make it more easy to conduct your campaign online. Generative AI tools have also helped dungeon masters create imagery to share with their groups. Realtime ray tracing was a demo in 2018 that required a $60,000 PC. exaflops (10¹⁸) 1.5

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

So we would require many public demos about it… but well, there is a pandemic and so people can go out less, and even if they go out, it’s not safe wearing the headset that others have worn in a demo booth. But we all know that this is not enough: VR must be tried to be understood (and sold).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2024

Some of the instability that you felt the time that you got your demo, we were able to work that out of the system at multiple levels. View post on imgur.com Brad showing which parts slide to accommodate your foot Now there’s a tool to do that on this one [aims at the old model]. You had that cinched into a binding feel.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Going into 2019, the industry eagerly awaits HoloLens 2 and Glass Enterprise Edition 2, as rumors swirl around the possibility of AR glasses from Apple and/or Facebook in the near future. In November, the company launched Vive Focus, a standalone HMD for enterprise, as well as collaboration tool Sync.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

This is a very welcome feature for demos. For sure the announcement at FC and the release date in 2021 have been studied to put some pressure on Apple , which seems to be the only rival to Facebook for what concerns the AR future. Oculus Quest 2 will finally cast your games to PC (Image by Upload VR).

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

At Magic Leap, Paul recognized the lack of accessible tools for non-game developers that was hindering widespread adoption of immersive and spatial computing technologies. But what happened over the past few years is, it’s become kind of the de facto interactive 3D tool. Alan: So it’s really a prototyping tool then.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

At Magic Leap, Paul recognized the lack of accessible tools for non-game developers that was hindering widespread adoption of immersive and spatial computing technologies. But what happened over the past few years is, it’s become kind of the de facto interactive 3D tool. Alan: So it’s really a prototyping tool then.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

Facebook has permanently cut down the price of the Oculus Go to $150 , the same price that made it sell incredibly well on Amazon during the Cyber Monday. At CES, the company has just provided some very simple demos. (Image by Engadget). Oculus Go price cut down to $150. How big is the FOV of the Valve Index?

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

So where this lower layer of software comes as a bunch of tools. Alan: So one of the things that you guys just released is a video showing the new PlayStation 5 running the Unreal Engine, and the demo was -- and I'll quote -- there's billions of polygons running. You put new tools in place. It's not science fiction.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

So where this lower layer of software comes as a bunch of tools. Alan: So one of the things that you guys just released is a video showing the new PlayStation 5 running the Unreal Engine, and the demo was -- and I'll quote -- there's billions of polygons running. You put new tools in place. It's not science fiction.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

At Magic Leap, Paul recognized the lack of accessible tools for non-game developers that was hindering widespread adoption of immersive and spatial computing technologies. But what happened over the past few years is, it's become kind of the de facto interactive 3D tool. Alan: So it's really a prototyping tool then.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

” And I guess he sent it to me on Amazon. People have become a lot more creative, they’re starting to make things and author things, and being able to create tools that allow anybody to make AR or VR simply, I think will unlock the true potential of it. It’s just a matter of the tool manufacturer.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

” And I guess he sent it to me on Amazon. People have become a lot more creative, they’re starting to make things and author things, and being able to create tools that allow anybody to make AR or VR simply, I think will unlock the true potential of it. It’s just a matter of the tool manufacturer.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

So where this lower layer of software comes as a bunch of tools. Alan: So one of the things that you guys just released is a video showing the new PlayStation 5 running the Unreal Engine, and the demo was -- and I'll quote -- there's billions of polygons running. You put new tools in place. It's not science fiction.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2019

And my co-founder and CTO, Cedric, had been a 3D programmer in the gaming industry for 15 years, was hired by Mozilla to make one of the very first demos of WebGL for the launch of Firefox 4. And it, over the last, I guess 24 months, it seems like you’ve morphed into a more business tool applications. Alban: Yes.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

HTC did something with Batman; that Game of Thrones thing; some of the demos that Magic Leap had really. I got invited to this DJ at it with my emulator board, and it was Robert Scoble and I; we both went into the little tent, and there was this guy showing these VR demos. I thought, “that’s a nice marketing tool.”

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

HTC did something with Batman; that Game of Thrones thing; some of the demos that Magic Leap had really. I got invited to this DJ at it with my emulator board, and it was Robert Scoble and I; we both went into the little tent, and there was this guy showing these VR demos. I thought, “that’s a nice marketing tool.”

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2019

And my co-founder and CTO, Cedric, had been a 3D programmer in the gaming industry for 15 years, was hired by Mozilla to make one of the very first demos of WebGL for the launch of Firefox 4. And it, over the last, I guess 24 months, it seems like you've morphed into a more business tool applications. Alban: Yes. I mean, it depends.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

And I think you’re right, in the last few years, we’ve seen significant maturity of both the products, whether it’s smart glasses or tools that are available, not just on glasses, but also on mobile devices. So that was kind of a very slow process leading us to where we are today. Alan: [chuckles] I agree. Ori: To do a lot.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2019

And my co-founder and CTO, Cedric, had been a 3D programmer in the gaming industry for 15 years, was hired by Mozilla to make one of the very first demos of WebGL for the launch of Firefox 4. And it, over the last, I guess 24 months, it seems like you’ve morphed into a more business tool applications. Alban: Yes.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

With all sorts of amazing future tech demos, PTC’s Executive VP of AR Products Mike Campbell understands how businesses might want to implement the most far-out features of XR technology right away. And it’s a collection of all of these tools that are serving this customer. So let’s just take John Deere for a second.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

With all sorts of amazing future tech demos, PTC’s Executive VP of AR Products Mike Campbell understands how businesses might want to implement the most far-out features of XR technology right away. And it’s a collection of all of these tools that are serving this customer. So let’s just take John Deere for a second.

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