XR Today - VR Headsets tag

OCTOBER 31, 2023

AWE 2023: Meta Quest for Bussiness to Launch this Year This month is proving pivotal for Meta’s current wave of XR hardware. Sahni also highlighted how new workplace applications are coming to Quest 3, including Microsoft Mesh, Windows 365, and Adobe High Five. ” Another firm understanding of this trend is DigiLens.

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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. I am a bit sad no one gave an award to The Unity Cube , though… I would have loved to get a “Worst Application Award 2021” from Road To VR….

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The headset didn’t come with many surprises and these have been the specifications : Resolution (per-eye) : 2064 x 2208 Display Type : LCD Refresh Rate: 120Hz Lens type: Pancake Processor : Snapdragon XR2 Gen2 RAM : 8GB Battery Life : 2–3 hours Field of View : 110° horizontal, 96° vertical IPD Adjust : hardware-based.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

If these Facebook features proved to be popular, more developers would use them, and finally, Facebook could have more power on the VR development tools , after the failed acquisition of Unity. affiliate link) More info (Quest on Amazon? affiliate link) More info (Quest on Amazon?—?affiliate affiliate link). I really hope so….

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). Of course, Microsoft and Amazon are observing the situation: in my opinion, Microsoft will wait a bit , considering its focus on AR enterprise with HoloLens, while Amazon could improve its already existing offering of glasses connected with Alexa. Sounded good.

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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. It’s not just wearable hardware that’s evolving, either.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

Before leaving you to the best news of the week, I would like to highlight two notable things about my work: My crazy trolling game “The Unity Cube” has been featured in a video by Upload VR! Johnson has worked at Microsoft and Qualcomm before, and she is a very respected executive. Amazon is opening its AR Beauty Salon.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has a very interesting working story, having worked for great companies like Microsoft and Fast Company. As John Riccitiello (CEO of Unity) said some years ago , the VR market won’t be interesting enough until it will reach the 10 million users mark. They control all their ecosystem : software, hardware, chips.

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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. It’s not just wearable hardware that’s evolving, either.

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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

MAY 17, 2021

Oculus Quest 2 has disappeared from all Amazon EU websites. Kudos to Shachar Weis for discovering this: he told me about this news, and I have verified that it has disappeared completely from Amazon Italy and Amazon France, while some Redditors confirmed that the same holds for Amazon UK. This could be The Unity Cube 2.0.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents like Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft or Snap already own global social graphs, but perhaps looking to unseat them could be the multiplayer gaming behemoths like Sony, Activision Blizzard or EA, or 3D-specific ideas like Aura’s “avatar as a service”.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Microsoft Hololens is a key player in the MR market. It has the ability to create a cross platform code where users can create their projects in either JavaScript, Unity, Xamarin, and Cordova. It can run on AR/VR hardwares. It has applications for creating digital advertisements, visualization etc.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

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. In fact, developers using Unity and SteamVR start effectively standardizing this mixed reality capture method. March 2016.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. ” You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. And it was for me as well; I’ve been a Unity user forever. It’s amazing.” ” Paul: [laughs] Right.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. ” You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. And it was for me as well; I’ve been a Unity user forever. It’s amazing.” ” Paul: [laughs] Right.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. And it was for me as well; I've been a Unity user forever. Alan: And then they ask their tech teams and they're like, "does anybody know Unity?"

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

No special hardware needed; just wave your phone around, and it builds that 3D model. Matt: The other one — this sort of thing is the stuff that isn’t obvious to people — but the other big one that I think is a big deal is the Microsoft Dynamics 365 apps. Aside from the improvements of the actual hardware itself.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

No special hardware needed; just wave your phone around, and it builds that 3D model. Matt: The other one — this sort of thing is the stuff that isn’t obvious to people — but the other big one that I think is a big deal is the Microsoft Dynamics 365 apps. Aside from the improvements of the actual hardware itself.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Cameron: I've noticed that -- and this is a bit of a sideways way to look at it -- I've noticed that, with companies that come in and they're looking to dip their toe into virtual reality or augmented reality, that sometimes they fall into the trap of investing so much into the hardware. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Cameron: I've noticed that -- and this is a bit of a sideways way to look at it -- I've noticed that, with companies that come in and they're looking to dip their toe into virtual reality or augmented reality, that sometimes they fall into the trap of investing so much into the hardware. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

No special hardware needed; just wave your phone around, and it builds that 3D model. Matt: The other one — this sort of thing is the stuff that isn’t obvious to people — but the other big one that I think is a big deal is the Microsoft Dynamics 365 apps. Aside from the improvements of the actual hardware itself.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Cameron: I've noticed that -- and this is a bit of a sideways way to look at it -- I've noticed that, with companies that come in and they're looking to dip their toe into virtual reality or augmented reality, that sometimes they fall into the trap of investing so much into the hardware. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Cameron: I've noticed that -- and this is a bit of a sideways way to look at it -- I've noticed that, with companies that come in and they're looking to dip their toe into virtual reality or augmented reality, that sometimes they fall into the trap of investing so much into the hardware. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Recently, Valve announced delays to their new Steam Deck handheld, whilst Megadodo Games announced a delayed, limited production run of their DecaGear before leaving the hardware market completely. It wasn’t even possible to buy another Tundra HDK, and months later they are still showing out of stock. Image provided by Rob Cole).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device.

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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.

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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

JANUARY 25, 2022

Networking libraries, VR hardware, AR glasses, common standards… nothing is ready to build the metaverse in the short term. If developers of PC games want to invest more time to create a VR version of them (like it happened for No Man’s Sky, or Microsoft Flight Simulator, for instance), this could help a lot the PCVR market.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

It is the console business model: selling the hardware undercost so that subsidize it with exclusive software, and your data in this case. Thanks to all these hardware, Aria can see and hear the surroundings, but can also see and hear the user. You’re part of the product being sold. Accessories.

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