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The XR Week Peek (2021.05.24): Snap releases new Spectacles AR glasses, Quest releases runtime v29, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Welcome to my weekly appointment with the best AR VR news! There I am going to talk about some use cases for AR and VR! In the end, it has not been Apple or Facebook, but Snap to make its first move in the AR glasses space. I know that last time we had some technical issues, but this time will be much better, I promise!

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The XR Week Peek (2021.11.15): Vive Focus 3 aims at LBEVR market, Niantic and Qualcomm launch AR SDKs, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Niantic has just launched its Lightship SDK to offer every developer the same toolset Niantic is using to build its geolocalized AR experiences like Pokemon Go. It is basically an SDK to build outdoor shared experiences that exploit the AR Cloud. So if you are not successful, you don’t have to pay. Qualcomm has announced Spaces.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.10.24): Pico 4 Enterprise launched, Meta under criticism, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I’m curious to see how this will compete with the Quest Pro, because every one of these devices has its own strong points : for instance, Pico 4 Enterprise is more affordable, but Meta Quest Pro has a much better passthrough AR. As usual, these are all speculations, so let’s see what will actually happen. Other relevant news.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.12.27): a great Christmas for Quest 2, Rec Room is worth $3.5B, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

The second one is a device that should be presented at CES: the OWO haptic suit. For instance, with it, you can feel as if you are being stabbed, with the blade (and also the pain) going from your chest and coming out from your back. More info (Lick It Up TV) More info (Owo haptic suit). a $100 Amazon Card). Some XR fun.

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The Direct from Imagination Era Has Begun

Building the Metaverse

For people who couldn’t realize their creativity in a sandbox or walled-garden — platforms like Unreal and Unity enable the creation of real-time, immersive worlds that simulate reality. Image from Unreal Engine 5.1 is a good example of something that probably never would have been funded by a traditional game publisher.

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All you need to know on Oculus Connect 6: the most important news in one single article!

The Ghost Howls

According to Ars Technica , the frames don’t get sent as a whole, but in little horizonal slices there are continuously streamed, so that to reduce a lot the perceived latency. The external area of the frame is getting huge compression (Image by Ars Technica). All of this is fantastic.

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From Racing Games to Impaired Driver Simulators in VR, with Talon Simulations’ Brandon Naids

XR for Business Podcast

And for our training products, they are a little bit more customized for each project. Or we sell just the simulators to different integrators, and they're able to take our SDK and create their own experiences within Unreal or Unity. So haptic gloves are getting-- they're getting the notice. Brandon: They are.