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My (emotional) interview with Tommaso Di Bartolo, the Web3 expert who made me start my blog

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

I’m a two times author, and the most recent book is Navigating the Metaverse , which I’m humbled that Wiley published in May this year, which is within the top one, two, three books globally about the metaverse. Why have you decided to enter this metaverse field with both a startup and a book? Yes, it’s fun.

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How you (a VR professional) can go through the coronavirus lockdown

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 14, 2020

If you don’t have enough of this stuff, Amazon is your friend. Scrum’s strategies, like having a standup every morning help a lot in being coordinated. So, my piece of advice is not to book any hotels and flights until you’re really sure that the event is going to happen. Yes, it is a book for kids.

Italy

Italy AR Virtual Reality China

The XR Week Peek (2020.03.02): XR2 shows the future of standalones, F8 and GDC canceled and much more!

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The only company not much affected by it is HTC, that manufacturers its headsets in Taiwan and not in Mainland China. HTC Vive releases Cosmos Elite, two models of Vive Pro Eye and creates some confusion. Do you want to read a good book on AR/VR? base stations and a 20m fiber cable. Very cool, actually.

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How to be a good VR startupper – Part 1

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2019

For instance, there are lots of new headsets being released by hardware companies: just in the last year, there have been the Oculus Quest & Rift S , HTC Vive Focus Plus , HP Reverb , Valve Index , Acer OJO 500, and HoloLens 2 … just to mention the most popular ones. Is it necessary to own all of them? Prioritize your expenses.

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Oculus Quest 2 review: entering mainstream Virtual Reality

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2020

In the box you can find: The headset Two controllers A charger A charging cable (USB-C to USB-C) Two AA batteries (already inserted into the controllers) A glass spacer An instruction manual A (super useless) health and safety book. People in China wanting to use the Quest can buy it from Amazon US or from various resellers on Taobao.

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Best VR Apps You Must Have in 2018

VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

It offers tons of premium content covering over 500 million km² on earth, including the mysterious Amazon river basin, the bustling Manhattan, the grand canyon and the Swiss Alps. You can either browse, walk around or even fly to visit these tourist attractions on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Relax in VR with your HTC Vive or Gear VR.

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Getting the ROI out of XR, with Sector 5 Digital's Cameron Ayres

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Cameron Ayres from Sector 5 Digital discusses strategies for maximizing that ROI. His primary role is developing the strategy and implementation of emerging technology, to best enhance digital projects. I mean, I was making notes, here. Time is the ultimate measurement of ROI.". Cameron: Absolutely. This is a monumental shift.

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Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Technology Training

Getting the ROI out of XR, with Sector 5 Digital's Cameron Ayres

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Cameron Ayres from Sector 5 Digital discusses strategies for maximizing that ROI. His primary role is developing the strategy and implementation of emerging technology, to best enhance digital projects. I mean, I was making notes, here. Time is the ultimate measurement of ROI.". Cameron: Absolutely. This is a monumental shift.

Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Technology Training

Getting the ROI out of XR, with Sector 5 Digital's Cameron Ayres

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Cameron Ayres from Sector 5 Digital discusses strategies for maximizing that ROI. His primary role is developing the strategy and implementation of emerging technology, to best enhance digital projects. I mean, I was making notes, here. Time is the ultimate measurement of ROI.". Cameron: Absolutely. This is a monumental shift.

Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Technology Training

Getting the ROI out of XR, with Sector 5 Digital's Cameron Ayres

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Cameron Ayres from Sector 5 Digital discusses strategies for maximizing that ROI. His primary role is developing the strategy and implementation of emerging technology, to best enhance digital projects. I mean, I was making notes, here. Time is the ultimate measurement of ROI.". Cameron: Absolutely. This is a monumental shift.

Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Technology Training

Staking Claim to a Digital Plot in AR, with SuperWorld’s Hrish Lotlikar

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2019

And we have a big data strategy at SuperWorld. So we’ve launched Crowe: The Drowned Armory on Oculus and HTC. HTC is also one of our investors. Alan: Yeah, it was the Amazon Prime show, Jack Something Or Other. I double-booked myself. And then the third part of SuperWorld is Monopoly. Hrish: Sure. Alan: Yeah.

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Staking Claim to a Digital Plot in AR, with SuperWorld’s Hrish Lotlikar

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2019

And we have a big data strategy at SuperWorld. So we’ve launched Crowe: The Drowned Armory on Oculus and HTC. HTC is also one of our investors. Alan: Yeah, it was the Amazon Prime show, Jack Something Or Other. I double-booked myself. And then the third part of SuperWorld is Monopoly. Hrish: Sure. Alan: Yeah.

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AR Real Estate Entertainment Ukraine

Staking Claim to a Digital Plot in AR, with SuperWorld's Hrish Lotlikar

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2019

And we have a big data strategy at SuperWorld. So we've launched Crowe: The Drowned Armory on Oculus and HTC. HTC is also one of our investors. Alan: Yeah, it was the Amazon Prime show, Jack Something Or Other. I double-booked myself. And then the third part of SuperWorld is Monopoly. Hrish: Sure. It was nuts.

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Put the Car of Your Dreams in Your Living Room, with ZeroLight’s Barry Hoffman

XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

Barry is the chief strategy officer of ZeroLight, a leading real-time visualization company in the automotive industry. Is there a high book of value coming out of that?” HTC did something with Batman; that Game of Thrones thing; some of the demos that Magic Leap had really. Is there a good engagement? Alan: Yeah? How was it?

Automotive

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Put the Car of Your Dreams in Your Living Room, with ZeroLight’s Barry Hoffman

XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

Barry is the chief strategy officer of ZeroLight, a leading real-time visualization company in the automotive industry. Is there a high book of value coming out of that?” HTC did something with Batman; that Game of Thrones thing; some of the demos that Magic Leap had really. Is there a good engagement? Alan: Yeah? How was it?

Automotive

Automotive Magic Leap Course Industry

Practicing Soft Skills by Firing Barry in VR, with Talespin's Kyle Jackson

XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 27, 2020

There is some core strategy retention that you can measure, just like you could in any sort of skill or knowledge transfer application. We're often classroom based, to like, "Hey, let's put 10 headsets in twelve cities, and just let people book time." Kyle: Yeah, it was booked time. Amazon did $750-million. Kyle: Yeah.

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Practicing Soft Skills by Firing Barry in VR, with Talespin’s Kyle Jackson

XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 27, 2020

There is some core strategy retention that you can measure, just like you could in any sort of skill or knowledge transfer application. We’re often classroom based, to like, “Hey, let’s put 10 headsets in twelve cities, and just let people book time.” Kyle: Yeah, it was booked time. Kyle: Yeah.

Training

Training Industry Survey Technology

Practicing Soft Skills by Firing Barry in VR, with Talespin’s Kyle Jackson

XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 27, 2020

There is some core strategy retention that you can measure, just like you could in any sort of skill or knowledge transfer application. We’re often classroom based, to like, “Hey, let’s put 10 headsets in twelve cities, and just let people book time.” Kyle: Yeah, it was booked time. Kyle: Yeah.

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Training Industry Survey Technology

The Down-Low on What You Need to Know (To Be Competitive in XR), with SuperData’s Carter Rogers

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

They’re much more distributable than the standard Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which has to be hooked up to a PC. We’ve got furniture stores or any sort of eCommerce shop — Amazon, Wayfair — offering the ability to view items, to see how they’ll look in your home. Carter: Yeah, it’s interesting.

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The Down-Low on What You Need to Know (To Be Competitive in XR), with SuperData’s Carter Rogers

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

They’re much more distributable than the standard Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which has to be hooked up to a PC. We’ve got furniture stores or any sort of eCommerce shop — Amazon, Wayfair — offering the ability to view items, to see how they’ll look in your home. Carter: Yeah, it’s interesting.

Training

Training AR Data Augmented Reality

The Down-Low on What You Need to Know (to be competitive in the XR field), with SuperData's Carter Rogers.

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

They're much more distributable than the standard Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which has to be hooked up to a PC. We've got furniture stores or any sort of eCommerce shop -- Amazon, Wayfair -- offering the ability to view items, to see how they'll look in your home. They inform businesses on their go-to-market strategies.

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Getting Fit with a VR Toolkit, and Other XR Tips with VRd?j?’s Michael Eichenseer

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Amazon Sumerian. “Here’s the airplanes of the future, and here’s what we’re gonna do, and here’s the first class cabin,” you book your ticket. So I think it’s important to also understand that different studios do different things, and you really need to focus on a strategy.

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Getting Fit with a VR Toolkit, and Other XR Tips with VRd?j?’s Michael Eichenseer

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Amazon Sumerian. “Here’s the airplanes of the future, and here’s what we’re gonna do, and here’s the first class cabin,” you book your ticket. So I think it’s important to also understand that different studios do different things, and you really need to focus on a strategy.

Tips

Tips Training Augmented Reality Exercises

Getting Fit with a VR Toolkit, and Other XR Tips with VRd?j?'s Michael Eichenseer

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Amazon Sumerian. Here's the airplanes of the future, and here's what we're gonna do, and here's the first class cabin," you book your ticket. So I think it's important to also understand that different studios do different things, and you really need to focus on a strategy. HTC VIVE sold a couple million. million sold.

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My (emotional) interview with Tommaso Di Bartolo, the Web3 expert who made me start my blog

How you (a VR professional) can go through the coronavirus lockdown

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The XR Week Peek (2020.03.02): XR2 shows the future of standalones, F8 and GDC canceled and much more!

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Getting the ROI out of XR, with Sector 5 Digital's Cameron Ayres

Getting the ROI out of XR, with Sector 5 Digital's Cameron Ayres

Getting the ROI out of XR, with Sector 5 Digital's Cameron Ayres

Getting the ROI out of XR, with Sector 5 Digital's Cameron Ayres

Staking Claim to a Digital Plot in AR, with SuperWorld’s Hrish Lotlikar

Staking Claim to a Digital Plot in AR, with SuperWorld’s Hrish Lotlikar

Staking Claim to a Digital Plot in AR, with SuperWorld's Hrish Lotlikar

Put the Car of Your Dreams in Your Living Room, with ZeroLight’s Barry Hoffman

Put the Car of Your Dreams in Your Living Room, with ZeroLight’s Barry Hoffman

Practicing Soft Skills by Firing Barry in VR, with Talespin's Kyle Jackson

Practicing Soft Skills by Firing Barry in VR, with Talespin’s Kyle Jackson

Practicing Soft Skills by Firing Barry in VR, with Talespin’s Kyle Jackson

The Down-Low on What You Need to Know (To Be Competitive in XR), with SuperData’s Carter Rogers

The Down-Low on What You Need to Know (To Be Competitive in XR), with SuperData’s Carter Rogers

The Down-Low on What You Need to Know (to be competitive in the XR field), with SuperData's Carter Rogers.

Getting Fit with a VR Toolkit, and Other XR Tips with VRd?j?’s Michael Eichenseer

Getting Fit with a VR Toolkit, and Other XR Tips with VRd?j?’s Michael Eichenseer

Getting Fit with a VR Toolkit, and Other XR Tips with VRd?j?'s Michael Eichenseer

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