The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

And all of this comes in a period when other partnerships between tech giants are happening: remember that some weeks ago, Microsoft closed its streaming service Mixer and allied with Facebook Gaming to fight the quasi-monopoly of (Amazon-owned) Twitch. Unreal Engine can now use your iPhone to record facial animations.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Last week we had a first look at the controllers, while this week we had quite a confusing leak about its product line, which, if confirmed, would show an ambitious plan by the Chinese company. Yes, it is less than the 5% of Unreal, but until yesterday we only paid per seat, not both per seat and per revenue sharing. And this 2.5%

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

It doesn’t have controllers (you just use your hands), but you can buy external controllers by Finch to use with it. Amazon Lumberyard becomes opensource. Amazon has launched some years ago its 3D engine called Lumberyard, derived from Crytek’s Cryengine. AR users to reach 800M by the end of the year. billion).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2023

More info (1M downloads of Roblox on Quest — Road To VR) More info (My review of Roblox on Quest) FCC approvals unveil details about VR devices This week we had the FCC approving three VR gadgets: the Quest 3 headset, the Touch Plus controllers, and the Pico Neo 3 Link.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

It was the community creating and publishing, with almost no control, exactly as it happens today on SideQuest. I’m happy SideQuest is getting this money because it is helping standalone VR to have a creative open store , not directly controlled by the business owner Facebook. The reviews I am reading about it are all positive.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2024

UEVR is a universal VR mod, and it lets everyone easily convert every Unreal Engine-based PC game (including the AAA ones) into a VR experience. More info (Quest 3 on Steam Survey) More info (Me wondering why the Quest 2 is losing shares) Will hand-tracking substitute controllers?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Thanks to the vaccines and the pandemic that seemed more or less under control, this seemed a possible scenario, and in-person successful events like AWE 2021 confirmed this hypothesis. a $100 Amazon Card). CES 2022 is going to be less cool than expected. Some news on content. If you want to join it, click the link below. Some XR fun.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

The new VR headset enhances everything from resolution and field of view to tracking and input ; It will connect to PS5 with a single cord to simplify setup and improve ease-of-use while enabling a high-fidelity visual experience; It will feature controllers carefully studied for VR.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 6, 2023

For example, users can use hand gestures to control the cursor or their voice to dictate commands. Epic claimed that the two companies trademarks, “Nreal” and “Unreal,” were visually similar and could create confusion among customers. The Steam Deck is a handheld gaming console popular among AR users.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 27, 2019

Oculus Quest and controllers (Image by Oculus). USB should have OTG enabled; Battery : 3 hours nominal duration; Vive Focus Plus and controllers (Image by HTC). Both the controllers and the headset are unbalanced. Regarding the controllers, the Oculus Touch of the Rift CV 1 are the best I have ever tried until now.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash of 1992, the internet has been superseded by the Metaverse, a multi-person shared virtual reality with both human-controlled avatars and system “daemons”. In another scenario, we may see game engines dominant, like Unity or Unreal. Putting it All Together.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2019

I host a guest post by Rob Cole , that will show you his journey in making his Valve Index more ergonomic , modding both the headset and the controllers so that they can accommodate perfectly the shape of his head and hands. Index Facial interface Index Controllers Index Ear Speakers. Valve Index box (Image by Immersive Computing).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

So for instance, if you have developed an AR experience where you tap on the screen to make something happen, on PC you click on the screen to make that thing happen, and on VR headsets you point and press the trigger with your controllers. Universal mapping of gestures to handle input across devices including controllers and hand tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Epic Games releases Matrix Resurrections tie-in experience.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

In the meantime, the headset sends the pose of the headset and the controllers to the PC , so that the PC can render the frames and execute the logic of the game for the next frame. You will be able to start a game, or choose a movie to watch in VR without having to use a controller anymore!

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 16, 2020

It will be available on Amazon soon. In a book the keyword is “structure”, in visual art is “harmony”, in a film is “engagement”, in games is “control”, in VR the keyword is “emotion”. The tools that I usually use are Adobe Premier Pro, Adobe After Effects, Blender , Maya, Unity , Unreal. Why do you think it?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

If we sum the market share of the Oculus Rift CV1, Rift S, and the highlander DK2, we obtain that now Oculus controls 50% of the market on Steam. Unreal Engine is adding Vulkan support for Oculus Quest and Unity fill follow later on this year. Amazon thinks using AR for its delivery agents. UE4 adds Oculus Quest Vulkan support.

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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. Using eyes to control things for a long time is not natural and comfortable for most of the situations. Yes, it is!

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Unreal Engine and Photoshop), as it happens in Google Docs when many people edit the same document at the same time. There are also two simple 6DOF controllers through which you can interact with the augmentations. The change made by one user in its program (e.g. ZapBox is like a Cardboard for AR, that for only $40 lets you enjoy AR.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2020

The procedure to activate it is a bit different, though: since you can’t have a runtime controlling the pairing and all the rest on a standalone headset (I mean, it would be not that useful), the pairing of the hardware must be directly embedded into the application that provides the haptics sensations. Price and availability.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

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. And we're utilizing basic controls that simulate the different interfaces that you would have. And for our training products, they are a little bit more customized for each project.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

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. And we're utilizing basic controls that simulate the different interfaces that you would have. And for our training products, they are a little bit more customized for each project.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

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. And we're utilizing basic controls that simulate the different interfaces that you would have. And for our training products, they are a little bit more customized for each project.

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Building the Metaverse

APRIL 12, 2022

Whether we create something in Roblox, Unity or Unreal; architect an immersive space in VR; or build a decentralized application?—?we In these environments, it is systems of control that are more important than systems of creative emancipation. This is what composability is all about: creativity?—?with

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

The reason the company was started was because, like I said, all these use cases were so obvious, especially after being in the space for a long time, that I saw all this amazing commercial potential that was only being unrealized because the technology wasn’t good enough. He drives all the displays off of a sample controller.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

The reason the company was started was because, like I said, all these use cases were so obvious, especially after being in the space for a long time, that I saw all this amazing commercial potential that was only being unrealized because the technology wasn’t good enough. He drives all the displays off of a sample controller.

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AR Technology Industry Augmented Reality 78

XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

The reason the company was started was because, like I said, all these use cases were so obvious, especially after being in the space for a long time, that I saw all this amazing commercial potential that was only being unrealized because the technology wasn’t good enough. He drives all the displays off of a sample controller.

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AR Technology Industry Augmented Reality 60

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

And while I don’t think the use cases are really there for consumers yet, and the devices aren’t quite there– although I was really impressed with Unreal’s mixed reality glasses. We’re gonna need consortiums, whether that’s in the form of an Amazon type company or Google or Facebook stepping in.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

And while I don’t think the use cases are really there for consumers yet, and the devices aren’t quite there– although I was really impressed with Unreal’s mixed reality glasses. We’re gonna need consortiums, whether that’s in the form of an Amazon type company or Google or Facebook stepping in.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

We’ve got AR platforms being hosted by Amazon, by Facebook, by Snapchat, where you can develop your own AR lenses. And you’ve got these 6DOF controllers. I mean, the introduction of ARKit and ARCore probably put 200 startups out of business. And we’re seeing these kind of rapid advances in technology.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

And while I don't think the use cases are really there for consumers yet, and the devices aren't quite there-- although I was really impressed with Unreal's mixed reality glasses. We're gonna need consortiums, whether that's in the form of an Amazon type company or Google or Facebook stepping in. Time really is money in business.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

We've got AR platforms being hosted by Amazon, by Facebook, by Snapchat, where you can develop your own AR lenses. And you've got these 6DOF controllers. I mean, the introduction of ARKit and ARCore probably put 200 startups out of business. And we're seeing these kind of rapid advances in technology. Alan: It's really exciting.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

” So, in our world, Unity — and let’s not just pick on Unity all the time, you know, there’s Unreal. And they actually built an Unreal engine-based app to publish news content to go on with their news. There’s these other engines– Alan: Improbable. Paul: Yeah. So, it’s coming. Paul: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

” So, in our world, Unity — and let’s not just pick on Unity all the time, you know, there’s Unreal. And they actually built an Unreal engine-based app to publish news content to go on with their news. There’s these other engines– Alan: Improbable. Paul: Yeah. So, it’s coming. Paul: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

We’ve got AR platforms being hosted by Amazon, by Facebook, by Snapchat, where you can develop your own AR lenses. And you’ve got these 6DOF controllers. I mean, the introduction of ARKit and ARCore probably put 200 startups out of business. And we’re seeing these kind of rapid advances in technology.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

So, in our world, Unity -- and let's not just pick on Unity all the time, you know, there's Unreal. And they actually built an Unreal engine-based app to publish news content to go on with their news. Everything is super optimized, and they can actually do these things because they're in control of the hardware. Paul: Yeah.

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