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My predictions for virtual reality in 2021

The Ghost Howls

But hey, let me play this game anyway, so here you are my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 based on the trends and the anticipations that we had at the end of 2020! Also, the awareness has grown , because every gamer knew about Alyx, and so about virtual reality.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.07.13): Lynx now aims at the consumer market, App Lab to enable DLCs, and more!

The Ghost Howls

French startup Lynx announced some months ago a quite interesting headset featuring pass-through augmented reality , hands tracking, eye tracking, and an innovative lens design. Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual has been released on the Oculus Quest. Amazon Lumberyard becomes opensource.

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What the EU Digital Markets Act may mean for XR

The Ghost Howls

The Digital Markets Act is a law that the European Parliament and Commission are discussing since 2020 and has the purpose of limiting the excessive power of the major tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta. And the same holds for Google, which is applying similar restrictions.

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AR & AI Storytelling Innovations in ‘TendAR’ from Studio Tender Claws

Road to VR

Tender Claws , the creators of the award-winning interactive VR narrative Virtual Virtual Reality , premiered a new, site-specific, interactive AR narrative experience at the Sundance New Frontier called TendAR.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.07.25): Google to test AR glasses in the wild, Pico 4 spotted, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Google starts testing its AR glasses in the wild. Google has announced that it is going to start to test the prototypes of its AR glasses in the wild. What is relevant about this piece of news is that Google has just confirmed its strong commitment to augmented reality. More info (Google testing AR glasses?—?Official

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What is Spatial Computing in simple terms?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Instead of using keyboards and buttons to control processes, we use gestures, eye movement, and voice commands detected by sensors. Without spatial technology, a virtual reality environment would be something you could see and walk around, but never touch or interact with.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.09.12). Quest 3 fully leaked, new Rumors on Valve, and more!

The Ghost Howls

New leaks on Amazon and MediaMarkt have revealed that probably the headset will be available starting from October, 10th, 2023. This is important to do experiments not only with mixed reality but also with AI and object recognition Soon people will be able to “reserve” a headset for free , without leaving any kind of deposit.