XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 2, 2022

According to IDC data, VR headset shipments are expected to increase 42.88 percent year-on-year, with augmented reality (AR) peaking 94.1 Affected companies include Meta Platforms, Amazon, and the global cryptocurrency community. percent YoY for 2023. How To Prepare for Enterprise VR.

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Cats and VR

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Unity announced that it has hired Dr. Danny Lange as VP of AI and Machine Learning. As head of machine learning, Lange will lead Unity’s efforts around AI (Artificial Intelligence) and Machine Learning. Previously, Lange was General Manager of Amazon Machine Learning -- an AWS product that offers Machine Learning as a Cloud Service.

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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. If all the existing flatscreen Unity games could become VR-compatible, that would be huge. But for now, we are not sure at all this is going to happen.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Considering the leaks on Amazon and MediaMarkt, the device will probably be available starting from October, 10th, 2023. It will transform the PC software into just a lightweight runtime to: Make the Quest work with the Link on SteamVR Use old content bought on the Rift Store Make developers debug the apps they are making in Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 26, 2020

Today I feature a great interview with one of the most important people in the AR space: Alan Smithson. The demand for easy-to-use 3D creation tools is growing rapidly as demonstrated by a report by Hired that showed demand for VR/AR engineers grew by 1400% in 2019. What features are supported? MetaVRse logo (Image by MetaVRse).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 27, 2023

Here’s a deep dive into the IoB implications for virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) as well as the Metaverse in the mission to learn how humans behave in 3D experiences with six degrees of freedom (6DoF). IoB is a protocol that uses sensors to collect behavioural data from devices.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

According to the Financial Times, “In June, AR, VR, and mixed reality start-ups in the US raised $208 million, almost as much as the previous three months combined ”. There will be a new launcher, improved graphics, improved in-game camera, production-ready Unity SDK for the creators, improved full-body VR, and much more.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Ok, enough with football… let’s get back to AR and VR…. The standalone headset still features passthrough AR/MR, XR2 chipset, dual 1600×1600 LCD panels running at 90Hz, Ultraleap hands tracking. It is a very useful collection of articles for people that are new to this world and want to understand all the facets of the topic very fast.

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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

AUGUST 24, 2020

Facebook already had full control of my Oculus and Facebook accounts, so it had already my XR data. And I remember clearly a post from some years ago where some professional hackers explained that these big corporates have so much data that if they wished, they could even identify you no matter your fake accounts or your in-private browsing.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

Another leak regarded the release date: an Amazon listing put the availability date of the Quest 3 starting from October, 10th. Google is working in parallel to build the Android XR operating system for this headset and a Micro XR operating system for AR glasses. That’s fantastic news for all Unity XR developers!

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Then, there are the data about sales numbers. All the units are also sold undercost, with an estimated loss of 1000 RMB (around €130) for every headset, so even the sales haven’t led to true revenues. Red6 made Charlie Fink try AR on a plane. Snap and Amazon partner to offer AR preview of shopping items.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Produced by the VR/AR Association , the Immerse Global Summit is one of the world’s most exciting technology conference series. Hosting virtual and in-person conferences across the United States and Europe, the event encapsulates the VR/AR Association’s quest to facilitate innovation in the immersive technology space.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

It has become viable that even businesses and corporates are using it to increase sales, and transform the way humans interact with computers and visualize contents. The first AR experience was developed in 1968 at Harvard when a computer scientist named Ivan Sutherland created a special head-mounted AR display system.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. Authors’ opinions are their own. . Like the waves of web, mobile and social before it (SoLoMo anyone), spatial computing: AR and VR will provide new opportunities for brands and marketers to reach, engage and understand consumers.

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Bernard Marr

JULY 4, 2022

This astronomical valuation is predicated on the idea that the metaverse is the name we are currently using for what will eventually become the “next level” of the internet. Today, we might log into Amazon, Facebook, or Slack for shopping, socializing, or working online. VR/ AR Development. Data Skills.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The use case is similar to other systems that are becoming popular now: give the user a big virtual display in front of him. But a new data mining revealed that new strings mentioning Iris have appeared in Android. The book is coming in March, 2024, but can already be preordered on Amazon. SteamVR 2.0 is now live for everyone.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

He says that Apple AR glasses will come in 2021 and that he has seen them. Is it for a future AR/VR headset? There are two things you must be aware of: Apple is surely making various prototypes , so we don’t know what Jon has actually seen. He has defined them “sleek as hell”, and has also commented positively on their UX.

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VRScout

APRIL 29, 2019

Benzing then moved on to create Hilda , which “ had its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2017 and was distributed to Amazon, ” and Diptych , which “ had its world premiere at Lincoln Center’s Dance on Camera (2018), ” as is stated on her personal blog. We’re working with Unity on this project.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 18, 2023

Max Bickley Digital twins operate in tandem with XR hardware and software by leveraging immersive visualization, real-time data integration, remote collaboration, and simulation capabilities. Data Integration : XR service providers integrate real-time data from digital twins into XR experiences.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Last week, Augmented World Expo EU (AWE) 2023 hosted its yearly event highlighting recent innovations in enterprise-grade AR/VR/MR solutions, as well as related emerging technology such as genAI, digital twins, and geospatial tech. He cited ARtillery data, highlighting how, in 2023, XR will become a “$38 billion” industry.

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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

JANUARY 22, 2021

2021 is going to be an interesting year for AR. This won’t be the year of AR : exactly as I said for virtual reality, let’s not hype the technology and think that this is the year when mainstream adoption of wearable AR glasses is going to happen. Can this count as AR having become mainstream?

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2018

I’ve not been able to test it in person, but looking around its users manual, the aGlass DK II seems quite easy to install and also easy to be used as a developer , thanks to its handy Unity and Unreal plugins. Yes, we do agree: VR will change the UX in VR/AR and many things. Isn’t it a cool device? Yes, it is!

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

First of all, let me wish a nice rest to anyone who has participated in the Global Game Jam, especially the ones that have proposed some AR/VR games! A final stats: AR/MR headset hardware and consumer software are set to earn a combined $6.7B So, take SuperData’s data with a grain of salt. Top news of the week.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 5, 2019

Data Point of the Week is AR Insider’s dive into the latest spatial computing figures. It includes data points, along with narrative insights and takeaways. For an indexed collection of data and reports, subscribe to ARtillery Pro. It includes Unity , Amazon Sumerian and Adobe Aero. billion by 2023.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2021

It is anyway unknown how will be the future iterations of its headsets : Pico has been recently bought by Bytedance, which is another company that works heavily with data analysis like Facebook, so we don’t know how Pico privacy policies will evolve. Also sometimes there are some clear orthographic errors in the docs.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Image by Ars Technica). Kura teases second-gen AR glasses, but…. Kura is a little startup in California that is working on a pair of lightweight AR glasses. The first AR glass by Kura is dubbed Kura Gallium and it features stunning specifications like: 150° FOV; Resolution in the range 4K-8K; Very transparent screen.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

March has just started… I hope it will be an amazing day for you and for all the AR/VR ecosystem! This means that while you have the Quest on, your microphone data will be always listened by the device, and you can imagine my profound happiness in knowing this. Qualcomm announces AR Smart Viewer reference design. Image by Sony).

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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! I told in my analysis that Pico could kickstart the consumer VR ecosystem in China , and the first data may point in that sense.

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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! If these Facebook features proved to be popular, more developers would use them, and finally, Facebook could have more power on the VR development tools , after the failed acquisition of Unity. affiliate link).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

On one side, it has been negative, because it is causing an economic recession/depression, and people and companies have less money to spend in AR and VR experimental gadgets. As John Riccitiello (CEO of Unity) said some years ago , the VR market won’t be interesting enough until it will reach the 10 million users mark.

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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

OCTOBER 5, 2020

For this reason, NVIDIA has released two new graphics cards: NVIDIA RTX A6000 dedicated to prosumers and enterprises that want to work with very complex scenes to render on their workstations NVIDIA A40 dedicated to Data Centers that wants to exploit it for remote renderings and AI computations. Max Power Consumption 300 W Form Factor 4.4″

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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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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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