The AR Show

JULY 30, 2019

Earlier in his career, Mike was one of Silicon Valley's first tech reporters focused on the internet as a staff reporter for Forbes magazine starting in 2000. And we discuss Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Snap, trying to guess where they might be going based on their motivations and past behavior.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

I have to admit that at least Zuck tried to do this in the best way possible : he has taken full responsibility for the problems in a video call where he announced the layoffs and has offered a good severance package for people going away. All the YouTubers and VR magazines talked about it, and it seems that the game is very fun.

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Ryan Schultz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

John Hermann, in a recent article for New York magazine titled The AI Magic Show ( original ; archived version ), wrote: In 2022, artificial-intelligence firms produced an overwhelming spectacle, a rolling carnival of new demonstrations. Similar generators for video, music, and 3-D models are in development, and demos trickled out.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 2, 2019

The Go is mostly to watch 360 photos/videos and play simple games, the Quest is a more complete gaming machine. Look at this video that shows the process for the Rift S (it is almost the same for Quest). Oculus Video, Oculus 33. Skybox VR Video Player, Source Technology Inc 41. Tilt Brush, Google 47.

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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. Intel Labs can now transform a video in a 3D scene. More info (VirtuosityTech wanting to port old VR games) More info (Gameplay video of Dactyl Nightmare).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Some magazines talked about thousands of people laid off, but Bytedance refuted that the scale of the operation was that big. More info Google may still be working at Project Iris Some months ago a rumor claimed that Google had stopped working on Project Iris, its project devoted to the creation of augmented reality glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2020

After one month from its official announcement, Facebook has released the Oculus Quest 2, that from the 13th of this month can be purchased online on the Oculus Store or on official resellers (like Amazon) or offline on partner stores (like Best Buy). VR magazines have published this week many pieces of advice for new Quest 2 owners.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

If we talk about compatible devices, we all have a smartphone that can do AR, we all have watched on some social media short video selfies with some AR effects on. This commercial video about Google Glasses led me to immersive realities. Can this count as AR having become mainstream? Or is it just a talk about glasses?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

A new week has passed by, and it has been a quite good one for me: I’ve been featured again on Authority Magazine and I’ve launched a new series of videos on my Youtube channel where I answer the questions of the community. Amazon acquires Umbra. Amazon has just acquired the Finnish company Umbra. More info.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Palmer Luckey is a tinkerer,” is how Time Magazine described the creator of the Oculus VR headset back in August of 2015. When watching Vermeulen’s videos, you can see that in some of his experiments he is using VR controllers in an AR environment. Lee Vermeulen is breaking new ground with his experimental AR prototypes. .

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. ARCore   — ARCore is an AR SDK released by Google in 2018 for building augmented reality experiences. Google recently launched Immersive view in Google maps to augment virtual content over map data.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2021

The stocks of the headset are becoming empty on its main stores (Oculus website, Lenovo online store, Amazon US, etc…) and Facebook has stated that “it won’t replenish them”. Is Google collecting the pieces for an XR headset? The Rift S was already “a dead headset walking”, but now it is officially dead.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

It’s been 2 hours full of cool insights and you can watch all of them in the video here below: if you have the time, I assure you you won’t regret watching it! If you don’t have 2 hours, don’t worry, here below I have extracted the most interesting tidbits of the videos for you to enjoy!

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ARVR

DECEMBER 6, 2021

While there is no single definition of the metaverse, it is loosely defined as a combination of multiple immersive technologies such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and video. It will be a coming together of our current physical reality and the digital universe to create seamless and immersive experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

It is also the time when all magazines create a list of “best of” the year and give awards to the best content and hardware … about which there is always someone that doesn’t agree. a $100 Amazon Card). But it is anyway great news and makes us hope for a great 2022 for the whole XR ecosystem. A look back at 2021. Some XR fun.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Some magazines reported this news as a sign of the failure of Meta’s strategy about the metaverse. A redditor has prepared a guide on how to record SteamVR games in SBS video format, that is in 180 VR, so that the gameplay can be replayed in VR. The previous one went great on Amazon, and I’m sure this will be a great read, too.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2018

It is one of those places where people look for 3D models , alongside other marketplaces like the Unity Asset Store, Google Poly or Turbosquid. The interview has been super interesting for me, because thanks to it I’ve learned a lot about the 3D modeling market, that is something that usually VR magazines do not talk about.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Radiant Images hopes to do the same with an investment in 360 video production, and VP Michael Mansouri drops in to explain how. It was newspaper, magazines, and television. So something like an Oculus Go, for example, allows you to look around and be inside of a video. What was it? It was a television.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Radiant Images hopes to do the same with an investment in 360 video production, and VP Michael Mansouri drops in to explain how. It was newspaper, magazines, and television. So something like an Oculus Go, for example, allows you to look around and be inside of a video. What was it? It was a television.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Radiant Images hopes to do the same with an investment in 360 video production, and VP Michael Mansouri drops in to explain how. It was newspaper, magazines, and television. So something like an Oculus Go, for example, allows you to look around and be inside of a video. What was it? It was a television.

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ARVR

JUNE 30, 2020

Companies fined to date include Google (€50M euros) in relation to transparency and a lack of valid consent. Facial Recognition Technology, image source: CPO Magazine When talking about privacy and WebAR, it’s important to understand the difference between facial recognition (above) and facial tracking (below)?—?the

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2019

I’m trying to solve this issue appealing to Google, but more than ever consider donating money on Patreon to sustain this blog , that takes me a lot of time and various expenses, to keep it alive. Thanks to the popular VR magazine Upload VR, that has organized the E3 VR Showcase, Virtual Reality has had its glorious moment at E3 2019.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

Another big kudos comes from the fact that Snap is clearly showing all the limitations of the device in its communication : in all photos and videos, you can spot the limited FOV of the device, something that instead all the other AR companies try to hide. Google unveils Starline communication solution. Kudos to Snap for it.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2019

If YouTube is the world’s compendium of videos of cute cats and unboxings, then the Sketchfab platform is well on its way to becoming the equivalent cultural database of user-generated 3D objects. Either regards to presentations, or it could be to build video games. So maybe there’s three or four types of video files.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2019

If YouTube is the world's compendium of videos of cute cats and unboxings, then the Sketchfab platform is well on its way to becoming the equivalent cultural database of user-generated 3D objects. Either regards to presentations, or it could be to build video games. So maybe there's three or four types of video files.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2019

If YouTube is the world’s compendium of videos of cute cats and unboxings, then the Sketchfab platform is well on its way to becoming the equivalent cultural database of user-generated 3D objects. Either regards to presentations, or it could be to build video games. So maybe there’s three or four types of video files.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Before starting, I remind you that if you find what I do useful, you can donate to my magazine on Patreon to express your appreciation. I was pretty shocked to see the video of The Walking Dead on Upload VR and not being able to spot many differences between the two versions. And now, let’s go. Oculus Quest 2.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

The one that I link to you here is from a general gaming magazine and it awards HL-A a 9/10 mark. I’ve used Google search to find all the pages with references to Del Mar in the Oculus website, and all the docs are identical to the previous versions. Google will delay the release of Chrome 81 , the one that should have included WebAR.

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