The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

In a future update, Meta will use the tracking cameras to track the full body of the user and provide a decent estimation of the pose of the torso, the elbows, and the arms, and a simulated pose for the legs. Yes, the Quest 3 will be able to provide some sort of very rough full-body tracking , which is great for social VR experiences.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2017

This week we can expect VR and even AR experiences from Marvel, The Tick, Blade Runner, Legion, Stranger Things, and The Black Eyed Peas. Mira – A mobile-first augmented reality company that makes premium AR experiences available to everyone. VR & AR Brand Experiences. VR CON @ COMIC-CON.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 16, 2024

Moreover, with the recent Quest 3 from Meta and XR Elite from HTC VIVE, the marketplace is adopting MR solutions within industry-wide product portfolios. VR headsets are at the heart of XR and spatial computing. A great example is Amazon EU Customer Fulfilment’s trial of VR-based soft skills training for newly hired managers last year.

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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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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 With mixed reality, it means that it should be able to do both AR and VR.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Image by Ars Technica). The HTC Vive Cosmos may release soon for €799. We all know that the Vive Cosmos should release very soon since HTC revealed me that the release date would have been in Q3 2019 and Q3 ends at the end of the month. Kura teases second-gen AR glasses, but…. It’s time for some amazing VR news, isn’t it?

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Tech Trends VR

DECEMBER 19, 2019

In fact, the device sold out at retailers such as Amazon, Walmart and Newegg. HTC Vive Retires. The HTC Vive was phased out in October, replaced by the Vive Cosmos , which was priced at $699. The “Dear Visitor” guided AR exhibit placed her own words, spoken in court, on the spot of the attack she suffered.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device. We don’t know what all of this means, but the most probable scenario is that the two companies are working together for the next generation of HoloLens AR glasses, probably the one that should target consumers. Epic Games releases Matrix Resurrections tie-in experience.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

In an interview on Protocol, the CEO of the AR company Peggy Johnson has announced that the new device, that will be dubbed “Magic Leap 2” will be half of the size, weigh 20% less, and have double the field of view than Magic Leap One. Image by HTC Vive). HTC Vive Air is a design concept for a fitness-focused VR headset.

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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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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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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 8, 2021

YouTuber Bradley Lynch (Sadly Its Bradley) did painstaking research, confirmed by Ars Technica using contacts at Valve, of a new Valve VR system referred to as “Deckard”. Amazon sold me a moulded nylon grip for an AR-15 airsoft rifle… it was time to start work building my first development “Mule”. Image by Rob Cole).

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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! A new forecast by IDC shows how 2020 will still be a transition year for AR and VR. This means that in 2020, AR and VR will still be used mostly in the enterprise sector, and mostly for training and maintenance.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Basically every VR experience will allow the user to feel as though they are in this simulated world and look around it, while more advanced systems allow for movement and interaction. Detailed instructions are available here. from Amazon. from Google. Sony Playstation VR.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

While I often discuss the long-term potential of AR & VR, in this article I'm reviewing Apple Vision Pro as it stands as a real product today. Hands-On: Meta’s Reprojection-Free Passthrough Prototype At SIGGRAPH 2023 we tried Flamera, Meta’s research prototype of reprojection-free passthrough AR. A product starting at $3500.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

A lot of what I do is try to take new and emerging technology -- obviously right now, VR/AR/XR; all that falls into it -- and using that to enhance messaging and storytelling, training, simulation, all of that type of stuff. There are two relatively new pieces of AR toolkits, called ARKit and ARCore for iOS and Android.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

A lot of what I do is try to take new and emerging technology -- obviously right now, VR/AR/XR; all that falls into it -- and using that to enhance messaging and storytelling, training, simulation, all of that type of stuff. There are two relatively new pieces of AR toolkits, called ARKit and ARCore for iOS and Android.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

We'll be talking about making an AR video with Will.i.am, creating art with Intel, and delivering on the promise of VR and AR with the San Francisco 49ers, San Jose Sharks, YouTube, and more. Alan: Well, what are some of the other things you've been working on? So we filmed some AR videos with Will.i.am. Alan: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

A sought-after authority on interactive media industry, Carter has presented at every event around the world, including Casual Connect, the LA Games Conference, and the VR/AR Global Summit. Carter: I’d say the main thing is augmented and mixed reality are growing fast, but mainly in the enterprise space. He was able to drive it.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

A sought-after authority on interactive media industry, Carter has presented at every event around the world, including Casual Connect, the LA Games Conference, and the VR/AR Global Summit. Carter: I’d say the main thing is augmented and mixed reality are growing fast, but mainly in the enterprise space. He was able to drive it.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

Using cameras and the AR cloud to map and replicate an object in three-dimensional space, volumetric capture has lots of practical use cases – Raj and Alan talk about a bunch of them. There was a division of the Coast Guard that was doing training on search-and-rescue simulations. To learn more about Intel, visit Intel.com.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

Using cameras and the AR cloud to map and replicate an object in three-dimensional space, volumetric capture has lots of practical use cases – Raj and Alan talk about a bunch of them. There was a division of the Coast Guard that was doing training on search-and-rescue simulations. To learn more about Intel, visit Intel.com.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

A sought-after authority on interactive media industry, Carter has presented at every event around the world, including Casual Connect, the LA Games Conference, and the VR/AR Global Summit. Carter: I'd say the main thing is augmented and mixed reality are growing fast, but mainly in the enterprise space. Where is this market going?

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

They’ve taken virtual and augmented reality for the automobile industry to the next level; from AR apps where you can see cars in your living room, to full VR simulators where you can drive the cars and see what they interact like. ” I said, “have you ever played a real simulation race game?”

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

They’ve taken virtual and augmented reality for the automobile industry to the next level; from AR apps where you can see cars in your living room, to full VR simulators where you can drive the cars and see what they interact like. ” I said, “have you ever played a real simulation race game?”

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

A lot of what I do is try to take new and emerging technology -- obviously right now, VR/AR/XR; all that falls into it -- and using that to enhance messaging and storytelling, training, simulation, all of that type of stuff. There are two relatively new pieces of AR toolkits, called ARKit and ARCore for iOS and Android.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

A lot of what I do is try to take new and emerging technology -- obviously right now, VR/AR/XR; all that falls into it -- and using that to enhance messaging and storytelling, training, simulation, all of that type of stuff. There are two relatively new pieces of AR toolkits, called ARKit and ARCore for iOS and Android.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

I mean, that’s where the money has to be made, both for end users and the AR/VR companies themselves. AR/VR happens to offer a solution to a lot of their pain points. Alan: We’re seeing– starting to see some some new technologies, like VR and AR, that are starting to bridge that gap. Pretty impressive.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

I mean, that’s where the money has to be made, both for end users and the AR/VR companies themselves. AR/VR happens to offer a solution to a lot of their pain points. Alan: We’re seeing– starting to see some some new technologies, like VR and AR, that are starting to bridge that gap. Pretty impressive.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 4, 2019

Cathy has worked with You Are Here Labs, HTC VIVE, as a virtual reality evangelist during the launch of their latest headset, the VIVE Pro, and during the company’s partnership with Warner Brothers blockbuster, Ready Player One. Coachella just used AR, and Game of Thrones…where do we start? Alan: Oh My God.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 4, 2019

Cathy has worked with You Are Here Labs, HTC VIVE, as a virtual reality evangelist during the launch of their latest headset, the VIVE Pro, and during the company’s partnership with Warner Brothers blockbuster, Ready Player One. Coachella just used AR, and Game of Thrones…where do we start? Alan: Oh My God.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

Using cameras and the AR cloud to map and replicate an object in three-dimensional space, volumetric capture has lots of practical use cases - Raj and Alan talk about a bunch of them. Being able to simulate hazardous environments without putting anybody in harm's way during a training scenario or training exercise is the ideal situation.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

I mean, that's where the money has to be made, both for end users and the AR/VR companies themselves. AR/VR happens to offer a solution to a lot of their pain points. Alan: We're seeing-- starting to see some some new technologies, like VR and AR, that are starting to bridge that gap. And we listen to their pain points.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

In this half, the two VR podcast hosts discuss the ethics of XR, building a strong economic ecosystem for emerging technologies, the AR Cloud, and more. And I published a podcast with the managing director of Open AR Cloud, and one of the other founding members. Kent: Yeah. Kent: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

In this half, the two VR podcast hosts discuss the ethics of XR, building a strong economic ecosystem for emerging technologies, the AR Cloud, and more. And I published a podcast with the managing director of Open AR Cloud, and one of the other founding members. Kent: Yeah. Kent: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

In this half, the two VR podcast hosts discuss the ethics of XR, building a strong economic ecosystem for emerging technologies, the AR Cloud, and more. And I published a podcast with the managing director of Open AR Cloud, and one of the other founding members. Kent: Yeah. Kent: Yeah.

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