The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

XTAL is an enterprise headset with incredible specifications, like for instance: 5120 x 1440 display resolution (2560 x 1440 per eye); OLED display Custom non-Fresnel lenses 180° diagonal FOV Spatial 3D sound from a built-in sound card Embedded microphone Embedded eye tracking Auto-IPD adjustment Embedded Leap motion v2 sensor.

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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. According to an evidence presented by Epic Games, Apple has not only removed Fortnite from the Apple Store, but it has also revoked the status of developer to Epic Games.

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Bernard Marr

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The headset is expected to be an evolution, rather than a revolution, of the current Quest, lacking technology such as eye-tracking, which is expected to be present in the next generation of higher-end headsets. It also integrates with Google and Amazon Echo devices meaning it can be fully voice-controlled.

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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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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

So while the technology is amazing, it’s important we also tune our expectations: this is a vision of the future, not of the present of XR. These glasses come at a time when Amazon is having problems in making Alexa stay relevant: new generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT are in fact taking its place.

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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. With spatial computing, all the world’s an ad. The Evolution of Brand Identity.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The battery tether feels ever-present, and because it's so short it's much more annoying than the long tether of PC VR headsets or PlayStation VR2. When you first put it on you’re told to hold the top button, and you feel (and see a visualization of) the lenses moving horizontally to align with your eyes. I've snagged the cable.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

The Oculus Gaming Showcase presented some updates about Quest and Rift games. Amazon is opening its AR Beauty Salon. Amazon is keeping its experimentation on next-generation retail stores, and its new center will be an innovative Beauty Salon in London. I’m here waiting for them.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

You could make motions with your hand and it would detect your muscle movements and you could control computers, music, do presentation control. And then, the one thing that I tried to use on stage last year -- but it just wasn't quite ready -- was the ability to see your presentation notes. So this kind of went on your upper forearm.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

You could make motions with your hand and it would detect your muscle movements and you could control computers, music, do presentation control. And then, the one thing that I tried to use on stage last year -- but it just wasn't quite ready -- was the ability to see your presentation notes. So this kind of went on your upper forearm.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

And that’s it for the news about the present. All the features of the proposed AR glasses are very similar to the ones already present in the market, like Nreal glasses. They are standard Quests , the ones you can buy on Amazon, BUT they have a business licensing. Let’s talk about the future instead.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

You could make motions with your hand and it would detect your muscle movements and you could control computers, music, do presentation control. And then, the one thing that I tried to use on stage last year -- but it just wasn't quite ready -- was the ability to see your presentation notes. So this kind of went on your upper forearm.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

Vividly presented images showed their striking new design with huge tracking rings and fabric hand straps, finished with a special blue coating advertised as being resistant to environmental contaminants. Pimax headset listed on Amazon (Image by Amazon, provided by Rob Cole). Google searches are very revealing.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

Of course it also has telepresence, so you could be virtually present in a place like Egypt – not in real time, but in space and simulation. It fully includes the world and creates a new reality in which you can be present. Charlie: Yeah it’s it’s a series on Amazon. That is its most powerful use.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

Of course it also has telepresence, so you could be virtually present in a place like Egypt – not in real time, but in space and simulation. It fully includes the world and creates a new reality in which you can be present. Charlie: Yeah it’s it’s a series on Amazon. That is its most powerful use.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

Or better, I can imagine who can be the names and they are all the big monoliths: Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon , etc… Only companies of this size could afford selling a good headset under cost and at the same time attract enough developers to publish VR games on their own new stores. 5G will be the future, but not the present.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 2, 2023

We present the @Lumus manufacturing partnerships with more detail than… pic.twitter.com/uAsdreYBCX — Lumus (@LumusVision) March 30, 2023 Furthermore, the company has collaborated on OLED, microOLED , and digital light processing (DLP) technologies, using device-agnostic manufacturing to “work with any micro-display.”

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2018

There it has presented a lot of news regarding all Facebook companies (Messenger, Instagram, Facebook, etc…) and of course, among these pieces of news, we had some AR and VR ones. On May 1st-2nd, Facebook has had its annual F8 conference. ” Actually, Go immediately became available during the conference.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Alan: It’s so interesting you say that because for the last three years, I feel like we had to start every presentation with, “OK, hat is the difference between AR and VR? 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

Alan: It’s so interesting you say that because for the last three years, I feel like we had to start every presentation with, “OK, hat is the difference between AR and VR? 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

JANUARY 29, 2020

We’ve got AR platforms being hosted by Amazon, by Facebook, by Snapchat, where you can develop your own AR lenses. The technology is amazing, but there’s a certain amount of cultural shift that you have to have in order to really commit to being immersed and present within a virtual experience. Alan: Yeah. Kent: 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. The technology is amazing, but there's a certain amount of cultural shift that you have to have in order to really commit to being immersed and present within a virtual experience. Anybody can do this, not just developers.

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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. The technology is amazing, but there’s a certain amount of cultural shift that you have to have in order to really commit to being immersed and present within a virtual experience. Alan: Yeah. Kent: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

” And I guess he sent it to me on Amazon. But man, your book has really opened my eyes to how everything around us will not only have the data available, but it’ll be in context to our personal needs. If you’re in your home and you have a large screen available, maybe it will be presented or projected based on that.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

” And I guess he sent it to me on Amazon. But man, your book has really opened my eyes to how everything around us will not only have the data available, but it’ll be in context to our personal needs. If you’re in your home and you have a large screen available, maybe it will be presented or projected based on that.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

A frame of the presentation where Oculus explained the compression method of the Oculus Link. Then he said that while the future is bright and there is a lot of work happening in Facebook Reality Labs, the present is devices like the Quest. The external area of the frame is getting huge compression (Image by Ars Technica).

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

And the more they start to present their findings, the more it becomes a no-brainer for this technology. We’re gonna need consortiums, whether that’s in the form of an Amazon type company or Google or Facebook stepping in. We have sub-millimeter accuracy head tracking and eye tracking. Emily: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

And the more they start to present their findings, the more it becomes a no-brainer for this technology. We’re gonna need consortiums, whether that’s in the form of an Amazon type company or Google or Facebook stepping in. We have sub-millimeter accuracy head tracking and eye tracking. Emily: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

And the more they start to present their findings, the more it becomes a no-brainer for this technology. We're gonna need consortiums, whether that's in the form of an Amazon type company or Google or Facebook stepping in. We have sub-millimeter accuracy head tracking and eye tracking. Alan: It's interesting.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

In the presentation video, there is clearly the mention of the fact that the future will be untethered. This device looks like a big pair of glasses (it reminds me the Bose Rondo) and it has installed on a lot of sensors: 2 IR external cameras, 2 IR internal cameras (for eye tracking), 1 RGB camera, 7 microphones, 2 IMUs.

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