The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Someone invokes saviors like Google and Amazon, but even if they managed to succeed, they are other data-harvesting companies , so in any case, we are f**ked. All Apple software, SDKs, APIs, and developer tools ?—?Pre-release More info (Apple threatens Epic) More info (Microsoft files an official support for Epic).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Microsoft has officially stated that Minecraft Earth , that has been in beta for Android and iOS in carefully selected worldwide locations in the past months, is now ready for its launch. I hope that at least they will keep the software infrastructure alive even if the officially dedicated hardware has been abandoned. YUR gets $1.1M

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EON Reality

JUNE 18, 2019

The breakfast tech panel discussed everything from eye-tracking in VR and biosensor or haptic inputs to predictive analytics within AR applications. Essentially, we’re turning KPMG into a software company by building our own assets and products.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The devices that will be based on this reference design will have amazing specifications like: 2K x 2K display resolution per each eye ; Have up to 7 cameras used simultaneously, including the ones for tracking, mixed reality and eye-tracking; High-quality passthrough augmented reality with high resolution and framerate.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This is a huge problem for Meta, which subsidizes hardware with software sales. In the month of October, companies will be able to use Mesh inside Microsoft Teams, so members of a company can meet in a 3D space (in VR or flatscreen) and interact together. The Crystal-Sim has the option to use 72 Hz, as well as 90 Hz and 120 Hz.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

More info (Best Black Friday deals) More info (Cyber Monday VR deals) More info (Sales on Oculus Quest games) More info (Other sales on Oculus Quest games) More info (Rift S discounted on Amazon?—?affiliate affiliate link) More info (Quest on Amazon? affiliate link) More info (Quest on Amazon?—?affiliate affiliate link).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

A piece of very interesting news about this headset, which has been reported by few people, is that the Chinese company 7Invensun has already developed an eye-tracking module for it, making Vive Flow even more interesting for enterprise uses. Amazon Glow is a video projector for kids. Other relevant news. Image by Magic Leap).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 1, 2023

We’re already seeing aspects of spatial computing emerge in everything from collaborative platforms like Microsoft Teams to smartphones. Advancements in Hardware and Wearables Spatial computing solutions rely on a combination of intuitive hardware and powerful software. With a projected value of $544.6

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

We’re already seeing aspects of spatial computing emerge in everything from collaborative platforms like Microsoft Teams to smartphones. Advancements in Hardware and Wearables Spatial computing solutions rely on a combination of intuitive hardware and powerful software. With a projected value of $544.6

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

2020 has been a good year for the sales of VR devices : Half-Life Alyx and the launch of the Quest 2 have created a big spike in the sales of VR hardware and software. I expect all these trends to continue in 2021, for a year that will see the growth of the technology on all its sides (software and hardware).

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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

APRIL 26, 2021

Johnson has worked at Microsoft and Qualcomm before, and she is a very respected executive. Yes, it will be hard against Microsoft, which is well poised in the field, but the market is so new and growing that there is the place for more than one single company. Amazon is opening its AR Beauty Salon. I’m here waiting for them.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

The same day of the launch of Half-Life: Alyx, Hewlett-Packard has announced its new virtual reality headset, the Reverb G2 , made in collaboration with Microsoft and Valve. The old Reverb was already a great headset, with a 2K per eye resolution that was above all the other headsets on the market (with the exception of Pimax, of course).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

While the first version was an all-in-one with diffractive waveguides like Microsoft HoloLens, the new one is an all-in-two light device that connects to your smartphone and uses birdbath optics. This is the first device that integrates EEG, EMG, EDA, PPG, and eye-tracking into a single headset.” What a weird decision…).

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

But there’s gonna be the makers of the of the actual hardware, but then there’s going to be solutions providers, like companies like Upscale, where they’re actually providing kind of the software back-end and other companies– Charlie: They are Reflect. Charlie: Yeah it’s it’s a series on Amazon.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

But there’s gonna be the makers of the of the actual hardware, but then there’s going to be solutions providers, like companies like Upscale, where they’re actually providing kind of the software back-end and other companies– Charlie: They are Reflect. Charlie: Yeah it’s it’s a series on Amazon.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Some time ago, it had already released the public specifications for the headset , and so many 3rd party vendors had been able to design and sell their viewers, but now even all the software has been released on GitHub. That is, all the software layer of Cardboard is public domain now. Image from Amazon). The hype is rising….

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

8th Wall recently partnered with Amazon Sumerian on a WebAR ad experience where, with just a click of a banner ad, an AR experience placed a 3D Spiderman into your space for you to interact with directly in your mobile browser. In fact MeetinVR boasts a 25% higher attention span in its software compared to traditional video conferencing.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Eye-tracking startup Eyefluence, which raises $14 million this month, is acquired about a year later by Google. 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. December 2015. March 2016. November 2016.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 2, 2023

This is due to several “false starts” with Google Glass , Microsoft HoloLens2, and Magic Leap, although the companies remain potential customers. With DeepOptics, Lumus integrated eye-tracking with transparent, liquid crystal displays that “rotate the molecules in real-time.”

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

We tested things with eye tracking for a variety of reasons. So you can actually use Amazon, Alexa to help you with stuff. You've got Microsoft -- who's invested billions of dollars in Hololens 2 -- and they're even struggling with some color banding issues. The product people use them to develop software.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

We tested things with eye tracking for a variety of reasons. So you can actually use Amazon, Alexa to help you with stuff. You've got Microsoft -- who's invested billions of dollars in Hololens 2 -- and they're even struggling with some color banding issues. The product people use them to develop software.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

The software suffers because the budget is taken from that. We're not talking, "we designed it better with a new software." Cameron: So, I'll start with the software side of it. We've been approached by some of the bigger headset manufacturers -- Microsoft, Hololens and Magic Leap -- to build exclusively for them.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

The software suffers because the budget is taken from that. We're not talking, "we designed it better with a new software." Cameron: So, I'll start with the software side of it. We've been approached by some of the bigger headset manufacturers -- Microsoft, Hololens and Magic Leap -- to build exclusively for them.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

We tested things with eye tracking for a variety of reasons. So you can actually use Amazon, Alexa to help you with stuff. You've got Microsoft -- who's invested billions of dollars in Hololens 2 -- and they're even struggling with some color banding issues. The product people use them to develop software.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

The software suffers because the budget is taken from that. We're not talking, "we designed it better with a new software." Cameron: So, I'll start with the software side of it. We've been approached by some of the bigger headset manufacturers -- Microsoft, Hololens and Magic Leap -- to build exclusively for them.

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Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Technology Training 60

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

The software suffers because the budget is taken from that. We're not talking, "we designed it better with a new software." Cameron: So, I'll start with the software side of it. We've been approached by some of the bigger headset manufacturers -- Microsoft, Hololens and Magic Leap -- to build exclusively for them.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

They come to the show to actually buy software and hardware because they really understand the need and understand what it can do, at least to a certain degree. I think there’s an inherent risk of collecting eye tracking data, and positional head tracking data, and more data about individuals.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

They come to the show to actually buy software and hardware because they really understand the need and understand what it can do, at least to a certain degree. I think there’s an inherent risk of collecting eye tracking data, and positional head tracking data, and more data about individuals.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Mr. Mike Powell, he is the head of the Microsoft Garage and the author of “Age of Smart Information,” a new book about how artificial intelligence and spatial computing will transform the way we communicate forever. ” And I guess he sent it to me on Amazon. Today’s guest is somebody absolutely spectacular.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Mr. Mike Powell, he is the head of the Microsoft Garage and the author of “Age of Smart Information,” a new book about how artificial intelligence and spatial computing will transform the way we communicate forever. ” And I guess he sent it to me on Amazon. Today’s guest is somebody absolutely spectacular.

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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. Kent: It reminds me of– I have gone to Microsoft Build for the last three years, and that’s a good place to kind of see some of the AR demos that are there in terms of the partners with Microsoft.

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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. Kent: It reminds me of-- I have gone to Microsoft Build for the last three years, and that's a good place to kind of see some of the AR demos that are there in terms of the partners with Microsoft. Alan: 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. Kent: It reminds me of– I have gone to Microsoft Build for the last three years, and that’s a good place to kind of see some of the AR demos that are there in terms of the partners with Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Someone from a major company (Amazon, Apple, Microsoft), with pockets big enough to be able to compete with the rich Facebook, giving users an alternative and stimulating Facebook in doing even better. Last week we talked about Microsoft HoloLens Industrial Edition , and this week we have some new info about it.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Then you needed software, and the software didn’t exist yet, so you had to make it. Amazon Sumerian. And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking. We’re not tied to Microsoft. We’re not tied to Magic Leap.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Then you needed software, and the software didn’t exist yet, so you had to make it. Amazon Sumerian. And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking. We’re not tied to Microsoft. We’re not tied to Magic Leap.

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