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. We have no answers and Video Games Deluxe is tightlipped on this.

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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. Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). Can this count as AR having become mainstream?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

A worker wearing HoloLens 2 (Image by Microsoft). Regarding big brands, I expect Apple and Facebook still to wait a bit before releasing something, while Magic Leap will have to make its move to come out from the quicksands. My duck-face while wearing Magic Leap One glasses. Standalone/All-in-two headsets.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Amazon wants AR for product visualization, pursuant to boosting e-commerce sales and reducing returns. Microsoft wants to double down on a longstanding position in enterprise productivity, and Facebook wants AR (and VR primarily) to boost social engagement and ad revenue. Facebook goes full Dark Knight at OC6 (video below).

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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. 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! APPLE AR GLASSES CONCEPT VIDEO from VRrOOm Info on Vimeo.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly live video show and podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst. The Touch controllers feel like little magical half-doughnuts and are smooth and intuitive. MAGIC LEAP’S CONTROVERSY. Now, the day is here, and the wait was… worth it?

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 30, 2020

” He also pointed out the development over at Amazon, where last month the company announced AWS Wavelength for ultra-low latency 5G computing at the edge, something that will have a direct impact on using and building the next generation of AR and VR headgear.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

Just to make you understand how much money this could mean, my reader Sir Gamedev has sent me a link where one of the previous Xbox executives has revealed that the initial undercost sales of the first Xbox units cost Microsoft between $5B and $7B. Magic Leap partners with AMD for its next-generation device.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It’s been called the AR Cloud by many, the Magicverse by Magic Leap, the Mirrorworld by Wired, the Cyberverse by Huawei, Planet-scale AR by Niantic and Spatial Computing by academics. Some recent acquisitions include AltspaceVR (Microsoft), and Escher (Niantic). Find out more details, dynamics and submission guidelines here. .

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Upload VR

JANUARY 18, 2024

Saudi Arabia-owned Magic Leap took $500+ million more from the "sovereign" investment arm of the state to continue developing its technologies for transparent optical AR. Microsoft formally killed its PC VR platform. A few researchers at Meta, and maybe Google or Amazon, are likely waiting for those exact same benchmarks.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

It will be possible to shoot 4K videos of the augmented applications, body tracking has been improved , and the system will be able to perform better environment understanding The new ARKit features will be used by a new tool provided by Apple for all its iPhone users: RoomPlan. I think the news is the final nail in the HoloLens coffin.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

Facebook has permanently cut down the price of the Oculus Go to $150 , the same price that made it sell incredibly well on Amazon during the Cyber Monday. Microsoft admits display problems on HoloLens 2. Microsoft negated the issue, but now, after continuous reporting from users, it has been forced to admit it. Image by nReal).

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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. Magic Leap Two is coming at the end of the year. Please someone come and help the VR ecosystem. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

And it has not been only Facebook this time: also companies like Microsoft and Epic started promoting the metaverse (Epic got $1B to develop it), and this has created a big tsunami in the tech world. Remember that almost no one that envisioned our future predicted the internet, the importance of video streaming, and social media.

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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. That’s why even Microsoft took Epic’s stances : Microsoft uses UE4 to develop some products also for Apple devices, and this decision hurts also its business.

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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. Quest 2 recalled from Amazon EU for skin irritation issue. Kudos to Snap for it.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2019

It has not been something that has happened on the E3 stage, but virtually with a one-hour video stream, but it has been great the same. Microsoft is working on addressing privacy concerns of the AR Cloud. HP is investigating and has announced that the device will be available on HP website, Amazon and other retailers in July.

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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. Valve could provide some audio-visual improvements, while Microsoft its WMR platform, with inside-out tracking of controllers. HP announces the Reverb G2.

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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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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Even if they are not general-purpose glasses like Hololens or Magic Leap, these glasses feature inside so many technological innovations that made all we of the tech communities fall in love with them, and with their creator Jeri Ellsworth. The future of VR 180 video format is uncertain. Minecraft Earth is close to its release.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

A new kind of noise cancelling, built on array microphones (early version of this is just arriving in the new iMacs) and a new kind of video and audio sharing network, so that we will be able to have all sorts of new “walkie talking like” features. Just get Amazon’s latest iPhone app. Why am I so confident?

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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. Volumetric capture can also create volumetric video that can be used in VR and AR experiences.

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Robert Scoble

OCTOBER 4, 2019

It isn’t alone, we know of many companies that are spending billions on same, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Sony, Magic Leap, Huawei, and others. Literally everyone in the industry other than Magic Leap and Apple uses Qualcomm’s spatial computing tech stack).

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

But its reputation as a video game engine can also be intimidating — especially to those who want to create AR software for enterprise. In 2013, after 10 years of creating video games, he joined Magic Leap where he was promoted to senior director, overseeing content and SDK teams. ” Paul: [laughs] Right.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

But its reputation as a video game engine can also be intimidating — especially to those who want to create AR software for enterprise. In 2013, after 10 years of creating video games, he joined Magic Leap where he was promoted to senior director, overseeing content and SDK teams. ” Paul: [laughs] Right.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

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. In the presentation video, there is clearly the mention of the fact that the future will be untethered. So in general the games will look much better, but don’t expect PC-like performances.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

But its reputation as a video game engine can also be intimidating -- especially to those who want to create AR software for enterprise. In 2013, after 10 years of creating video games, he joined Magic Leap where he was promoted to senior director, overseeing content and SDK teams. Yeah, well, that's for video games.".

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The New York Times distributes more than 1 million Google Cardboard phone VR viewers to subscribers with the launch of The Displaced , a 360-degree video project focusing on children driven from their homes by war. Magic Leap kicks off the month with the announcement of an enormous $794 million fundraising round, backed by Alibaba.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

So, when you say communications, are you meaning, I put on a pair of glasses and an avatar pops up and starts talking to me, or maybe a video screen? I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. And I think, if you look at education as a system, it’s competing with Hollywood movies and AAA video games.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

So, when you say communications, are you meaning, I put on a pair of glasses and an avatar pops up and starts talking to me, or maybe a video screen? I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. And I think, if you look at education as a system, it’s competing with Hollywood movies and AAA video games.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 24, 2019

It was like a 360 video, interactive experience. Alan: Are you seeing that 360 video is something that people are resonating with? Alan: Are you seeing that 360 video is something that people are resonating with? The 360 video, they get bored very quickly; 360 video is just TV in VR. And the third graders loved it.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 24, 2019

It was like a 360 video, interactive experience. Alan: Are you seeing that 360 video is something that people are resonating with? Alan: Are you seeing that 360 video is something that people are resonating with? The 360 video, they get bored very quickly; 360 video is just TV in VR. And the third graders loved it.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 24, 2019

It was like a 360 video, interactive experience. Alan: Are you seeing that 360 video is something that people are resonating with? Alan: Are you seeing that 360 video is something that people are resonating with? The 360 video, they get bored very quickly; 360 video is just TV in VR. And the third graders loved it.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

We’re part of Nielsen as of late 2018, and the original focus of the company was on digital games — video games, primarily. I’d say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. Which still has its uses!

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

We’re part of Nielsen as of late 2018, and the original focus of the company was on digital games — video games, primarily. I’d say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. So they’re… [chuckles].

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

We're part of Nielsen as of late 2018, and the original focus of the company was on digital games -- video games, primarily. I'd say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. So they're. Which still has its uses!

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