The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

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. This would mean that Apple’s XR offering should rely for 3 years on a very expensive headset with very low sales.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Varjo XR-4 is on sale for enterprises, but the company has also opened up a waiting list for interested consumers (especially simulator fans, I guess). 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.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 16, 2024

The head-mounted display/headset marketplace may be approaching a broad shift as Apple unveils its Vision Pro headset next month, with the device promising to advance screen-based productivity into a third dimension, leveraging traditional MR technologies to achieve a spatial computing future.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 11, 2024

XR solutions for transportation are equally growing with new investments – the industry’s relationship with XR and simulation technology is booming. ” XR solutions can also help boost pre-existing training procedures, from classroom learning to simulation training.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Following Mark Zuckerberg's claims that Quest 3 is better than Apple Vision Pro and our in-depth Apple Vision Pro review , we learned Meta's planning to rework some of Quest's core UI infrastructure. Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery VR on Steam can be claimed as a free game for Amazon Prime members until February 28.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

Tech giant Apple has even helped to generate new demand for spatial technology with its new Vision Pro headset. For instance, headsets like the new Apple Vision Pro allow users to interact more effectively using eye-tracking sensors with a scalable content interface. Amazon: Amazon is also highly invested in spatial systems.

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ARVR

JUNE 29, 2020

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. Another survey conducted mid-June 2019, 4 years since the debut of the Apple Watch, showed that roughly 1-in-5 U.S.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 13, 2017

Mallinson spoke about ‘natural language understanding’, which he compared to voice operated platforms like Apple’s Siri, Amazon Echo. He also spoke about VR displays, and the importance of integrating focus variation to simulate our real world vision. Mallinson isn’t ruling out hardware upgrades though.

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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

JULY 24, 2023

But I hope you’ll enjoy this newsletter coming from the world of the undead anyway… Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple starts accepting applications for Vision Pro devkits Apple has started accepting applications from interested developers to get a Vision Pro to develop XR experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Apple AR glasses may be released in 2022–2023. Apple remains committed to AR, it still believes it is the technology that will supersede smartphones , but the technology is not ready to create something that is worth the Apple logo now. More info (Apple glasses delayed to 2022) More info (Apple glasses delay).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

Apple way be working on a VR headset. According to Bloomberg, next year Apple is going to release a VR headset with limited passthrough AR functionalities. The HMD should be targeted to prosumers and Apple expects sales in the order of magnitude of one Apple headset per day, per store. Amazon acquires Umbra.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Throughout the course of human history, we’ve shared stories to connect, simulate alternative realities and find deep meanings. Recently, Apple announced they were going to be leveraging this technology in a big way. Over the last century, this was the role the entertainment industry took upon itself.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 11, 2023

However, companies like Amazon, Deutsche Bank, Ericsson, and BYD leveraged the platform to develop digital twins, virtual simulations, and other systems to utilise the groundbreaking platform fully.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

More info Some news about Apple Vision Pro The news and rumors about Vision Pro never end. In these two weeks, we got to discover that Apple is planning to organize demo sessions of Vision Pro inside the Apple Store venues and that in the beginning, the only way to buy a Vision Pro will be going to an Apple Store.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Read More : République VR Review: Simple Sneaking Quest Store Bigscreen You can watch Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Twitch, and YouTube with others using Bigscreen. The remote desktop app lets you share and use your desktop in VR while a video player brings in your own files.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Apple and Sony have brilliant scientists talking and working with open-minded product and designer teams. This approach brings to the fragmentation shown in the next figure Adding on this, no haptics technology can solve the haptics perceptual problem, which means perfectly simulating reality.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2023

For him, such industries would benefit ‘enormously’ from digital transformations via digital twinning, simulation, and computer-aided design (CAD). This included adopters of the Omniverse such as Amazon, Deutsche Bahn, and others. We are] creating a digital twin of the [Earth’s climate system].

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

ARKit  — ARKit is one of the powerful AR SDK released by Apple on 2017 to build AR solutions using iOS devices. Amazon Sumerian   — Amazon Sumerian enables users to create and run virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and 3D applications quickly without requiring any specialized programming expertise.

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CraneMorley

AUGUST 1, 2023

Simulation: The industrial metaverse can be used to simulate industrial processes. Simulation: The industrial metaverse can be used to create virtual simulations of physical systems, which can be used to test and optimize designs, troubleshoot problems, and train workers. Apple’s Plan How Will Apple Compete?

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

I mean, a game is everything about a simulated world and a story mixed together. So what a game engine do, they can provide you with real time simulated worlds and/or stories. Again, think of it of a simulated world. They do hundreds of simulation for a year, just to solve some very basic problem. What is a game?

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

I mean, a game is everything about a simulated world and a story mixed together. So what a game engine do, they can provide you with real time simulated worlds and/or stories. Again, think of it of a simulated world. They do hundreds of simulation for a year, just to solve some very basic problem. What is a game?

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Building the Metaverse

JANUARY 18, 2023

When I was a kid, I wanted to build a holodeck — the immersive 3D simulation system from Star Trek, so I started making games, beginning with online multiplayer games for bulletin board systems. Physics and realistic light simulation (ray tracing) You’d need a way to have a persistent world with data, continuity, rules, systems.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 1, 2023

While spatial computing isn’t an entirely new concept, major market leaders like Apple believe it will shape the future of our digital interactions. This includes the development of more comfortable, lightweight, and powerful wearable headsets, like the impeding Apple Vision Pro.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 6, 2021

With tech giants such as Facebook, Apple, Google, Amazon and others betting big money on it, every company needs to get a move on and decide how they are going to use the metaverse. The metaverse could lead to advanced simulations that train users in dangerous scenarios, which could be inaccessible in real life.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

While spatial computing isn’t an entirely new concept, major market leaders like Apple believe it will shape the future of our digital interactions. This includes the development of more comfortable, lightweight, and powerful wearable headsets, like the impeding Apple Vision Pro.

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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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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

I mean, a game is everything about a simulated world and a story mixed together. So what a game engine do, they can provide you with real time simulated worlds and/or stories. Again, think of it of a simulated world. They do hundreds of simulation for a year, just to solve some very basic problem. What is a game?

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

They’ve already got, you know, in your Apple phone, RF detection is already built in. Charlie: VR has a lot of fantastic applications in training and simulation. Of course it also has telepresence, so you could be virtually present in a place like Egypt – not in real time, but in space and simulation. Alan: Amazing.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

They’ve already got, you know, in your Apple phone, RF detection is already built in. Charlie: VR has a lot of fantastic applications in training and simulation. Of course it also has telepresence, so you could be virtually present in a place like Egypt – not in real time, but in space and simulation. Alan: Amazing.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Amazon promises “single-digit latency” XR streaming. Amazon has announced some weeks ago “Wavelength”, a new offering of its AWS services, that should provide “single-digit latency” over 5G networks. Secret Oops is a nice AR game for Apple Arcade (and it is made by Mixed Bag, a studio from my city!)

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NVidia VR

MARCH 18, 2024

And bringing AI into the physical world, Huang introduced Omniverse Cloud APIs to deliver advanced simulation capabilities. The cloud platform — available now — enables interactive, high-resolution simulation to accelerate climate and weather prediction. Their goal in life is to generate revenues, in this case, intelligence.”

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Do you remember that Facebook is working on hyper-realistic avatars , that not only have an appearance very similar to the one of the user, but that can also simulate exactly his/her facial expressions? Internal iOS 13 code seems to point at Apple AR glasses. What we don’t know is what Apple is creating and when it will be released.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

We had, for DuPont Corian — which is a client of ours — we had an experience that showed bathroom vanities that you’re able to look at and place inside of your own space, similar to what IKEA is doing, and Amazon. I mean, they don’t know either specifically, but what are your thoughts around Apple Glasses?

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

We had, for DuPont Corian — which is a client of ours — we had an experience that showed bathroom vanities that you’re able to look at and place inside of your own space, similar to what IKEA is doing, and Amazon. I mean, they don’t know either specifically, but what are your thoughts around Apple Glasses?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

This year, the dream of developing once, build once, and deploy everywhere can become reality. …unless Apple arrives and creates its own standard again…. They are standard Quests , the ones you can buy on Amazon, BUT they have a business licensing. Qualcomm announces AR Smart Viewer reference design. Learn more.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

We plan to go online with it on Amazon or Netflix and present it like that, and then have it be an additional thing that maybe Netflix or Amazon has on their platform in the Oculus or HTC. And we put this kind of like Apple-esque music over it, and made this cute little commercial and it never saw the light of day. Alan: Yeah.

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