The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Meta) Meta launched Quest 3 The main piece of news of the week is of course the launch of the Meta Quest 3 at the Meta Connect. The last big feature is of course mixed reality: Zuckerberg defined the Quest 3 as the first consumer mixed reality headset.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

This acquisition signs a new course for Facebook strategy in XR: after having just partnered with external studios for the development of its top-notch exclusive titles (e.g. The consumer spending will increase and the dominant form of media consumed will be games, of course. affiliate link) More info (Quest on Amazon?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated. This means that if you develop an experience using OpenXR, you can run it on Oculus, SteamVR, and Microsoft runtimes with no modification.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Of course, this doesn’t mean that VR is mainstream yet, because we have to verify what have been the actual sales numbers and also what will be the retention of these new users in 3–6 months. I am a bit sad no one gave an award to The Unity Cube , though… I would have loved to get a “Worst Application Award 2021” from Road To VR….

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). Of course, Microsoft and Amazon are observing the situation: in my opinion, Microsoft will wait a bit , considering its focus on AR enterprise with HoloLens, while Amazon could improve its already existing offering of glasses connected with Alexa. Sounded good.

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Robert Scoble

JANUARY 11, 2022

Apple and Unity aren’t going to continue making this mistake, because they have done the kinds of human factor research I have. Former Apple/Microsoft exec Linda Stone told me that was coming back when I worked at Microsoft 17 years ago. Of course I’m thinking of Apple, but others will try to compete for the home.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Of course, developers have not to abuse this feature, or it can become annoying in the long run. It looks more colorful and this is great, but of course, I would like to verify its usability. Oculus Quest 2 has disappeared from all Amazon EU websites. Or maybe Amazon and Facebook are negotiating about the revenue share?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has a very interesting working story, having worked for great companies like Microsoft and Fast Company. But of course, the technology is still not there: the Oculus Quest is still uncomfortable, we can’t read texts in it, and so on. Amazon and Tesla could be two outsider of the XR ecosystem instead.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents like Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft or Snap already own global social graphs, but perhaps looking to unseat them could be the multiplayer gaming behemoths like Sony, Activision Blizzard or EA, or 3D-specific ideas like Aura’s “avatar as a service”.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

This is of course an application I’m doing myself very soon because I want to create content for this device. Of course, Meta has plenty of stock of these components, but this means that it has already started the process to sunset the headset. This Apple-owned development device needs to be returned upon request.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

Every year since when I entered VR, someone says that “this will be the year of VR” and then of course this never happens. I was afraid that OpenXR could become an abandoned standard like Virtualink, but actually, in 2020 all the major brands have started adopting it , from Valve to Microsoft, not to mention Facebook.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

A series of announcements from Amazon, Crytek, Epic Games and Unity Technologies showcase an evolution among their respective game engines into VR world creation toolsets. In fact, developers using Unity and SteamVR start effectively standardizing this mixed reality capture method. March 2016. October 2016.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

And of course, what's coming up with Unreal Engine 5? So, of course, we use game engine technology to validate design, and to get a project that is greenlit; say, "Look at this beautiful car." And some of them are built on Unity, others are built on Unreal. It's a bunch of sourcing right now on Amazon, it doesn't cost us much.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

And of course, what's coming up with Unreal Engine 5? So, of course, we use game engine technology to validate design, and to get a project that is greenlit; say, "Look at this beautiful car." And some of them are built on Unity, others are built on Unreal. It's a bunch of sourcing right now on Amazon, it doesn't cost us much.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

The third major change came from Unity which recently announced that it will now be serving AR ads on mobile. Unity has one of the world’s largest mobile ad serving businesses and at the end of last year they partnered with Fossil to pilot this new ad format in mobile games. Virtual humans are getting more and more real.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

And of course, what's coming up with Unreal Engine 5? So, of course, we use game engine technology to validate design, and to get a project that is greenlit; say, "Look at this beautiful car." And some of them are built on Unity, others are built on Unreal. It's a bunch of sourcing right now on Amazon, it doesn't cost us much.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Microsoft ships HoloLens 2, nReal gets ready to do the same with its glasses. After a long wait, finally Microsoft is shipping its HoloLens 2 headset. Image from Amazon). The first one is called Almalence and is a Unity plug-in (already available on the store) that should improve the clarity of images inside the Vive Pro Eye.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

Because people go, “of course, that’s the way it’s supposed to work. Of course, my rabbit should hide behind the couch.” Matt: The other one — this sort of thing is the stuff that isn’t obvious to people — but the other big one that I think is a big deal is the Microsoft Dynamics 365 apps.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

Because people go, “of course, that’s the way it’s supposed to work. Of course, my rabbit should hide behind the couch.” Matt: The other one — this sort of thing is the stuff that isn’t obvious to people — but the other big one that I think is a big deal is the Microsoft Dynamics 365 apps.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

Because people go, “of course, that’s the way it’s supposed to work. Of course, my rabbit should hide behind the couch.” Matt: The other one — this sort of thing is the stuff that isn’t obvious to people — but the other big one that I think is a big deal is the Microsoft Dynamics 365 apps.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

You're not paying for a hotel, you're not paying for flights to get someone to come down for a day when, instead they can spend three-to-four hours together with each other each day over the course of a week, and never get out of their office. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller. They're starting to do proof of concepts.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

You're not paying for a hotel, you're not paying for flights to get someone to come down for a day when, instead they can spend three-to-four hours together with each other each day over the course of a week, and never get out of their office. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller. They're starting to do proof of concepts.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

You're not paying for a hotel, you're not paying for flights to get someone to come down for a day when, instead they can spend three-to-four hours together with each other each day over the course of a week, and never get out of their office. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller. They're starting to do proof of concepts.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

You're not paying for a hotel, you're not paying for flights to get someone to come down for a day when, instead they can spend three-to-four hours together with each other each day over the course of a week, and never get out of their office. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller. They're starting to do proof of concepts.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 28, 2019

If you are a Unity/UE developer, you may have issues with Quest developing at this moment after the update , because when you build the app, you may see only one controller, or the controllers behaving in a weird way. Amazon Prime Video comes to Oculus mobile devices. Amazon streaming services come to VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 26, 2019

This, of course, became the World Wide Web. Of course, I think a lot of us would like to see global markers for health beyond mere economic numbers, but that certainly would help. And even the ability to just do an Amazon Go-like transaction is actually a spatial transaction. This, of course, became the World Wide Web.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 26, 2019

This, of course, became the World Wide Web. Of course, I think a lot of us would like to see global markers for health beyond mere economic numbers, but that certainly would help. And even the ability to just do an Amazon Go-like transaction is actually a spatial transaction. This, of course, became the World Wide Web.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 26, 2019

This, of course, became the World Wide Web. Of course, I think a lot of us would like to see global markers for health beyond mere economic numbers, but that certainly would help. And even the ability to just do an Amazon Go-like transaction is actually a spatial transaction. This, of course, became the World Wide Web.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

But over the course of a year, I can’t even imagine what the savings are for almost any-sized company. Michael: And this is why I’ve been working on starting this dojo, or this VR maker space; because the tools for building — there’s VRTK for Unity… there’s just all these tools. Amazon Sumerian.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

But over the course of a year, I can’t even imagine what the savings are for almost any-sized company. Michael: And this is why I’ve been working on starting this dojo, or this VR maker space; because the tools for building — there’s VRTK for Unity… there’s just all these tools. Amazon Sumerian.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

But over the course of a year, I can't even imagine what the savings are for almost any-sized company. Michael: And this is why I've been working on starting this dojo, or this VR maker space; because the tools for building -- there's VRTK for Unity. Amazon Sumerian. Unity is always my top one. Is it marketing?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Even the big players like Sony, Apple, and Microsoft have substantially reduced their production estimates for 2022, whilst processor manufacturers talk of delays into 2024. This training course cost about $3,000 and was mandatory for anyone wanting to use SteamVR. Image provided by Rob Cole). Tundra HDK RMA. The tracked object.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

Of course, the device that is reaching (or has already reached) this magical number is the Oculus Quest 2 , which has literally taken VR out of its quicksands, becoming the first mainstream device. Epic has implemented it, and Unity is doing that too. I am a Unity developer, and I can tell you that now Unity.XR

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Of course, there are also some shortcomings: LCD means less deep blacks , the lenses have some god rays, and the single panel display makes IPD adjustment less efficient. If you lose your Facebook account, you also lose all your games and content you have there, of course. Then Oculus will move the whole experience to 90Hz.

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