The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Welcome to this new edition of the XR Week Peek, which this week will be a bit special because I will summarize here what happened during the Meta Connect, the event during which Mark Zuckerberg launched the Quest 3, the Ray-Ban Meta smartglasses, and new techniques for data harvest… cough cough I mean, new AI services.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2023

Making some calculations, it is possible to estimate that the per-eye resolution is around 2064×2208, a value that was leaked a few months ago from some data miner (Samulia). AR Foundation is typically used for AR devices, e.g. smartphones, and it’s the first time to my knowledge that is employed with a VR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

and so I’m here writing you this roundup of the best AR and VR news to keep you informed about what is happening in our ecosystem. If you make some calculations using these data, the result is that Meta has probably sold 9–10M Quest 2 units until now. I’m exhausted after two weeks of overworking, but I’m keeping thriving. Upload VR).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The event will showcase the future of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR), blockchain, the internet of things (IoT), and the Metaverse with a series of keynote speeches, workshops, product demos, and many others. See you in Miami, Dec 5-7 [link] #IGS pic.twitter.com/cXVNb0JvoE.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

And in fact, some weeks ago Sony has made everyone understand that it has delayed the launch of the PSVR 2 because the market is not there yet. I think that all the new VR headsets in 2021 will have passthrough AR/MR functionalities. I can’t imagine what company can steal Facebook’s thunder.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. Authors’ opinions are their own. It’s been called the AR Cloud by many, the Magicverse by Magic Leap, the Mirrorworld by Wired, the Cyberverse by Huawei, Planet-scale AR by Niantic and Spatial Computing by academics. Who will profit?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

This is not a tweet, it is a #metaverse message… #VirtualReality #VR #AR pic.twitter.com/f9aDJ2mbc3 — TonyVT SkarredGhost (@SkarredGhost) July 25, 2021. Networking libraries, VR hardware, AR glasses, common standards… nothing is ready to build the metaverse in the short term. So… let’s start!

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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! If you make the calculation, it means that it is almost 5 years that every damn weekend I collect the best news of the week in AR and VR (and the “mmmmmmmetaverse”) and I organize them for you!

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Going forward, we can expect to see it becoming an enabler of even more technologies, including virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR), the metaverse , cloud gaming, and even quantum computing. Instead, cloud service providers make it available "as-a-service," running on their own servers and data centers.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

This week has not been very important for AR and VR: no major event has happened. BUT today is the day of the WWDC, and who knows if Apple will tease something about AR glasses. I think that in the end, Facebook, between AR and VR, will lose a similar amount of money. NOLO and Arpara brings new headsets from China.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 25, 2023

The news comes as the US Government cracks down on Big Tech companies such as Meta Platforms, Amazon, and Apple, among others. Other firms such as Amazon, Meta Platforms, and Microsoft have ordered redundancies across their workforces at 18,000, 11,000, and 12,000, respectively. billion USD deal.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

This roundup of the most important AR/VR news of the past week comes out with a little delay since I’ve been very busy with my development job, and I’ve also a damn cold that doesn’t make me feel very well (but it’s no coronavirus, don’t worry :D). iPhone 12 may feature a special connection for AR glasses. Sorry for that!

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2019

Researchers are already experimenting with 6G. We are all dreaming about the 5G and the potentialities that it has together with AR and VR, but actually, researchers are already working on 6G. Microsoft is working on addressing privacy concerns of the AR Cloud. New interesting patents by Sony comes to light.

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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. First thing you need to know is the changes coming are WAY deeper than just a VR/AR headset, which would be important enough on its own. There are many.

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VRGames

DECEMBER 19, 2019

It reminds this author of Sony’s efforts on the PlayStation 3 with the Home project. A much delayed and oft-derided free service provided by Sony, Home was originally touted as a new way of interacting online with other gamers and was promising everything under the sun before it landed with a thud. What do you think?

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VRGames

DECEMBER 19, 2019

It reminds this author of Sony’s efforts on the PlayStation 3 with the Home project. A much delayed and oft-derided free service provided by Sony, Home was originally touted as a new way of interacting online with other gamers and was promising everything under the sun before it landed with a thud. What do you think?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

New PlayStation and Xbox consoles are still very thin on the ground, whilst the PC graphics card shortage has no end in sight, with gamers still suffering overinflated prices on Nvidia and AMD products. It wasn’t even possible to buy another Tundra HDK, and months later they are still showing out of stock.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

In April, we opened the doors to the first Upload Collective in San Francisco, a hub for VR and AR startups, development, co-working, education, meetups and even live broadcasting. UploadVR.com also expanded its editorial coverage throughout the year to deliver the very latest news, reviews, features and editorials covering VR and AR.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Welcome back to The VR Week Peek, the place where you can find the most interesting AR/VR news of the week! It is also a defensive, move that makes it avoid the loss of its partners, as it has happened with Insomniac Studio that has just been acquired by Sony. affiliate link) More info (Quest on Amazon?

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

And looking to the applications that can be built with 5G, quite a lot of them are actually going to be enabled by XR technologies. So you can think about a myriad of applications where XR, AR, and VR are going to be important and that are going to be leveraging 5G to actually get brought to the market and delivered to customers.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

And looking to the applications that can be built with 5G, quite a lot of them are actually going to be enabled by XR technologies. So you can think about a myriad of applications where XR, AR, and VR are going to be important and that are going to be leveraging 5G to actually get brought to the market and delivered to customers.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

I think we start with, what's a "polygon" and why is that important to be able to push so much data? And what Unreal Engine 5 is about is you will be able to use the data that you actually have available, without preparing it. We call this process data prep. And some are video games, some are car renderings.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

I think we start with, what's a "polygon" and why is that important to be able to push so much data? And what Unreal Engine 5 is about is you will be able to use the data that you actually have available, without preparing it. We call this process data prep. And some are video games, some are car renderings.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

And looking to the applications that can be built with 5G, quite a lot of them are actually going to be enabled by XR technologies. So you can think about a myriad of applications where XR, AR, and VR are going to be important and that are going to be leveraging 5G to actually get brought to the market and delivered to customers.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

I think we start with, what's a "polygon" and why is that important to be able to push so much data? And what Unreal Engine 5 is about is you will be able to use the data that you actually have available, without preparing it. We call this process data prep. And some are video games, some are car renderings.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

He’s worked with a variety of global clients, including Adidas, Samsung, Ernst and Young, Save the Children, Sony, IKEA, KPMG, Nokia, and the list goes on. And then a lot of companies — a lot, a lot of companies — are experimenting with VR and AR now. So a lot of headsets are floating around.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

He's worked with a variety of global clients, including Adidas, Samsung, Ernst and Young, Save the Children, Sony, IKEA, KPMG, Nokia, and the list goes on. And then a lot of companies -- a lot, a lot of companies -- are experimenting with VR and AR now. So a lot of headsets are floating around. Christophe: No.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

He’s worked with a variety of global clients, including Adidas, Samsung, Ernst and Young, Save the Children, Sony, IKEA, KPMG, Nokia, and the list goes on. And then a lot of companies — a lot, a lot of companies — are experimenting with VR and AR now. So a lot of headsets are floating around.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

He’s worked with a variety of global clients, including Adidas, Samsung, Ernst and Young, Save the Children, Sony, IKEA, KPMG, Nokia, and the list goes on. And then a lot of companies — a lot, a lot of companies — are experimenting with VR and AR now. So a lot of headsets are floating around.

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