The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

Developers continue to have fun with Oculus Quest hands tracking! A new week, a new sheer of demos exploiting Oculus Quest hands tracking! A demo made by the creator of Holoception, that mixes portals and hands tracking. I guess this technology may also have interesting applications for AR in the future.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

New leaks on Amazon and MediaMarkt have revealed that probably the headset will be available starting from October, 10th, 2023. update”, is already directed in that sense, since it brings support for hand tracking and colocation. Preorders are expected to start on the day of the Connect, so on September, 27th. Hope you enjoy!

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 15, 2023

The sentence with which they have started the tease is “Big things are in motion here at Ultraleap”, which makes me think about something big that moves… may it be a new device to perform body tracking? According to Upload VR, for instance, “in UK, it’s now available at GAME , Amazon UK , ShopTo , Currys , Argos and more.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

It features nice graphics, an interesting story, and a strong use of hand tracking through which you can cast spells. Imagine something like this running on an AR headset… Learn more News from partners (and friends) Discover Drakheir Drakheir is an indie Magic Adventure Roguelite VR game. Learn more Volumetrics secure $1.1M

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

More info Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon release open map dataset A group called the Overture Maps Foundation, which includes Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and TomTom, has released its first open map dataset, including 59 million “points of interest,” such as restaurants and landmarks. Learn more News from partners (and friends) Why WebXR?

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 8, 2018

Addressing an audience of over five thousand developers in Seattle’s Washington Convention Center, Nadella struck a soberly optimistic note; on the one hand insisting on the message he delivered last year about the great transformative power of technology, but also highlighting the monumental challenges that come with its rapid development.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 6, 2023

Unveiled at the Mobile World Congress 2023 , the new device includes a trove of innovative features such as a “retina-level” electrochromic adaptive display, lighting adjustment, Snapdragon Spaces tethering, and hand tracking, among others.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 19, 2024

The Meta Quest Pro has numerous optional accessories from Amazon, the Meta online store, and other vendors. The controllers have self-tracking technology and offer a full 360-degree range of motion. However, the company has announced its plans to update the hand-tracking and eye-tracking capabilities in the Pro going forward.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

As for specifications: 720p per eye, 110° total FOV, with all the objects that are seen in full focus every time , thanks to the patented special optics technology. Amazon announces Echo Frames smartglasses. It seems that also the Pimax 5K+ in some conditions can now run at 120Hz. I really hope that this will happen soon!

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VRScout

OCTOBER 5, 2019

Daniel O’Brien, General Manager for the Americas Region for HTC sat down with VRScout during their NYC Launch event at VR World and talked passionately about design saying, “We looked at it from three different levels, hardware and technology, software, and experience.”. Calling it now. Feature Image Credit: HTC.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

Another leak regarded the release date: an Amazon listing put the availability date of the Quest 3 starting from October, 10th. This has the double advantage of being able to support better people with glasses and also to maximize the FOV for people without glasses that can put the lenses very close to their eyes. in the reviews!

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Tim Cook always said he’s not interested in the M-world, but the only truth is that he doesn’t want to say that word , while actually he’s super interested in the technology, and this job listing proves that. Upload has gone hands-on with the relaxing Shores Of Loci. Snap and Amazon partner to offer AR preview of shopping items.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Iribe will lead the PC side, while Jon Thomason, who was formerly VP of Engineering at Qualcomm for five years and then VP of Mobile Shipping at Amazon before joining Oculus as Head of Software in August of this year, will head up the mobile division. We loved them in our review. If that’s not the case, you need to make a change.

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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. Just amazing.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Here’s everything we learned through our hands-on experiments with the device. Its futuristic eye, hand-tracking capabilities, incredible visuals, and breathtaking audio make it a true industry leader. Plus, the eye tracking is insanely good. We can see why it sold out so quickly.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

According to the company, “the case is just 35.8mm at its thinnest” thanks to the pancake lenses technology. Main visual features of the Pico 4 @PICOXR #VirtualReality #VR #technology pic.twitter.com/IrUv9SeKVY — TonyVT SkarredGhost (@SkarredGhost) September 22, 2022. This was a much awaited feature. Presentation.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

And all of this comes in a period when other partnerships between tech giants are happening: remember that some weeks ago, Microsoft closed its streaming service Mixer and allied with Facebook Gaming to fight the quasi-monopoly of (Amazon-owned) Twitch. When the position is correct, you can record it. Doooooooonate!

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

It is not on sale on US HP Store and will be on Amazon US next month. My review of Google Hand tracking library. Last week, Google has released an opensource library for hand tracking on mobile devices based on its MediaPipe framework. HP has also been good in apologyzing for all this mess. >> More info.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

That genius that answers the name of Daniel Beauchamp has used Quest Hands Tracking to make a miniature version of Beat Saber that you can play using your fingers. Discover (and buy) the book on Amazon. If you need an Oculus device, it is now the time to buy it! Enjoy a miniature version of Beat Saber!

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2021

I have found no way of using the UI with just my hands : Pico mentioned it was working on hand tracking, and I think that it should implement that pretty fast because the ability to use your hands is great in enterprise settings so people do not have to mess with controllers. object detection). Price and availability.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Now they’re pivoting the technology to suit more training-based use cases, and CEO Brandon Naids is on the show to explain how. And gaming technologies, so couldn't have picked a better spot. But there's actually some things you can buy on Amazon, and so those you can get for a couple of thousand, but it's not a full motion simulator.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Now they’re pivoting the technology to suit more training-based use cases, and CEO Brandon Naids is on the show to explain how. And gaming technologies, so couldn't have picked a better spot. But there's actually some things you can buy on Amazon, and so those you can get for a couple of thousand, but it's not a full motion simulator.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

The most interesting ones for me are related to hand tacking. Meta Quest will receive Hand Tracking 2.2, which makes the hand tracking more responsive to fast movements of hands : the system can so track the hands also when the user is playing fitness games like FitXR (or HitMotion: Reloaded).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Now it’s time to make some forecasts about its companion technology, that is augmented reality! This won’t be the year of AR : exactly as I said for virtual reality, let’s not hype the technology and think that this is the year when mainstream adoption of wearable AR glasses is going to happen. Sounded good.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Vive Flow is a 6DOF headset that works with your Android phone as a 3DOF controller (hands tracking is coming in the future). Oddly, the company has chosen to increase the vertical field of view more than the horizontal one , and we don’t know if it has been a design choice or it has been something forced by the chosen technology.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Now they’re pivoting the technology to suit more training-based use cases, and CEO Brandon Naids is on the show to explain how. And gaming technologies, so couldn't have picked a better spot. But there's actually some things you can buy on Amazon, and so those you can get for a couple of thousand, but it's not a full motion simulator.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has also recently written together with Irena Cronin “The Infinite Retina” , a great book about the technologies of the future, like XR, AI, and autonomous vehicles. 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. Not now, but soon.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

I also doubt that a startup can carry many innovations, given the high costs of R&D in immersive technologies, but I would be happy to be surprised! Amazon promises “single-digit latency” XR streaming. Devs are doing very interesting things with hands tracking for Quest. It’s very experimental and niche , yeah.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2022

If you want to read all his insights, you can buy his book on Amazon, which has very positive reviews. DeoVR has just announced two interesting pieces of news: the popular video player now supports hands tracking and it has also been ported to Pico. Learn more (DeoVR on Pico Store) Learn more (DeoVR supports hands tracking).

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

Everybody talks about the dizzying ROIs that are out there to get, and all the wonderful things and advantages that this technology brings. The ROI was there their technology could save millions of dollars, yet it wasn’t getting traction. Frustrated with the lack of companies deploying augmented reality at scale.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

Everybody talks about the dizzying ROIs that are out there to get, and all the wonderful things and advantages that this technology brings. The ROI was there their technology could save millions of dollars, yet it wasn’t getting traction. Frustrated with the lack of companies deploying augmented reality at scale.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

Because of ongoing Covid lockdowns in China, Pimax were unsure if the controllers would ship with batteries (held at another warehouse location), so advised me to purchase them on Amazon and provided a link. Pimax Technology (Shanghai) Co., Company Name: Pimax Technology (Shanghai) Co., Who is Pimax? From the China.cn

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

It’s the money his company is spending to become the leader in the next technological platform , and if he succeeds, it’s actually money very well spent. Zuck noticed that it is slowly losing control of the current technology platform and it is trying to switch to the new one, to dominate it even more. It makes totally sense.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Both tools offer virtual reality experiences, with powerful graphics and immersive solutions like hand tracking. You can purchase them directly through the Meta website or through a partner retailer, such as Amazon. Both solutions feature hand-tracking capabilities for hands-free functionality.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 1, 2023

This allows users to create more advanced spatial experiences for the augmented reality landscape, with hand gesture recognition and spatial audio. Foremost cloud leaders like AWS and Microsoft offer access to spatial computing solutions, such as Amazon Sumerian, for 3D scene creation.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

Everybody talks about the dizzying ROIs that are out there to get, and all the wonderful things and advantages that this technology brings. The ROI was there their technology could save millions of dollars, yet it wasn't getting traction. They -- B -- they are generally looking for new technology and new ways to train their workforce.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

This allows users to create more advanced spatial experiences for the augmented reality landscape, with hand gesture recognition and spatial audio. Foremost cloud leaders like AWS and Microsoft offer access to spatial computing solutions, such as Amazon Sumerian, for 3D scene creation.

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