The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2024

The time has finally come: on the last day of 2023, Praydog has released to the world his first version of UEVR, a universal VR mod for all games made with Unreal Engine. It means that you can take whatever game made in Unreal Engine for flatscreen, apply this universal mod, and immediately transform it into a VR game!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 29, 2024

The XR space has a lot to offer, and as more firms enter the industry as software or hardware solution providers, the use cases for XR will expand. 3D services are working hard to elevate the future of industry and work by profoundly understanding the world around us. Cook said: I am very confident in it (China). per cent to 9.7

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Google is reportedly working on an AR operating system. Google owns the best search engine (Google), all the data of the outdoor part of the world (Google Maps), the most used mobile operating system (Android), an AR framework (ARCore), and is strategically acquiring some startups that may be useful for building future AR glasses (North).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Well, now he has amazing hardware, a very good operating system, a profitable store, some of the best XR games, full control of the user accounts. I think his world domination plans are going as expected. Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine. Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine.

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Ryan Schultz

APRIL 28, 2024

Many people are already talking about the death of the Apple Vision Pro…what’s the real story? This report ignited no shortage of opinions on the matter, both pro and con, with some even going so far as to say that the Apple Vision Pro was “dead.” And the Apple Vision Pro memes were in abundance.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 6, 2023

Today, Chinese AR smart glasses manufacturer Xreal debuted Apple Macbook integration for its Nebula operating system (OS), significantly improving productivity opportunities for the firm’s Air and Light product lineup. Compatible with Intel and Apple platforms, we encourage all MacBook users to give it a go.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 10, 2022

XR hardware is on the move. The bigger your XR needs are, the larger your software needs are. So, more and more XR providers are providing cloud services in addition to their hardware and platform offerings. Remember that Android isn’t a hardware manufacturer, but an operating system. CloudXR From NVIDIA.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

XR devices are all over the headlines this month; the release of the Apple Vision Pro has brought spatial computing/mixed reality wearables to the forefront of emerging workplace and consumer-based digital solutions. Bingo Wu AR glasses offer immense potential across various B2B applications.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 18, 2023

Many brands leverage AR today to promote products to customers using interactive branded immersive content for smartphone applications like Instagram. Appetite Creative works with major brands such as Amazon, Lego, and Addias to develop AR labels for conventional products. Although, this is quickly changing.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 14, 2023

Today, SyncReality, providers of XR design tools, announced a new application ready for Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest 3 devices ahead of each product’s release. ” SyncReality Home Design will soon debut on Apple’s Vision Pro headset and will be compatible with iPhones and iPads.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2023

The newspaper describes the glasses as the hardware through which Tim Cook will leave his legacy because they are a new product line fully built under his management. First of all, it seems that the headset is not a new product, but that Apple has been working on it for 7 years.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 2, 2024

In contrast, Apple is establishing a walled garden ecosystem to support its spatial computing vision, which opposes Meta’s new open approach. It appears that Meta is trying to compete with Apple’s approach to its hardware ecosystem. Carmack stated: VR is held back more by software than hardware.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One-year price performance for MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL, SNE, and NVDA According to the latest report from Statista , the global augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) markets are rapidly growing and are forecast to reach a total of $72.8 One-year price performance for MSFT as of 2/3/20 Apple Inc.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Vindevogel adds that the growth of VR in the context of LBE is due in part to how VR and AR are capable of providing users with more exciting ways to bring their vision to life, making the technology suitable for visitor attractions. “It Thus, it’s likely that we’ll see more AR apps making use of AI tech in the future. “

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Unreal Engine and Photoshop), as it happens in Google Docs when many people edit the same document at the same time. The US Army is experimenting with AR goggles on dogs. It seems that after 3–4 weeks of training, the dog gets used to using AR. Google and Snapchat release features that aim at the AR Cloud.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 23, 2024

Meta’s open approach comes as Apple establishes a walled garden ecosystem to support its spatial computing vision. The intention appears straightforward, directly aiming at Apple’s approach to its hardware ecosystem. Cristiano Amon, President and CEO of Qualcomm Inc.,

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VRScout

MARCH 3, 2020

Castle Smurthenstein (Image Credit: Apple II Bits ). Modding is the act of modifying hardware, software, or virtually anything else to perform a function not originally conceived or intended by the designer. The post How Modding Communities Are Paving The Way For User-Generated VR & AR Content appeared first on VRScout.

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Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2017

Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) is here, and today’s keynote saw a number of VR-specific announcements including Apple’s first VR-ready computers to go along with the launch of the company’s newest macOS High Sierra. image courtesy Apple. A public beta is coming in June.

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VRScout

AUGUST 29, 2017

AR is happening. When Apple first introduced ARKit back in June at WWDC , we were blown away. Apple’s massive leap into augmented reality with no additional sensors or hardware, only the phone in your pocket, seemingly opened up the largest AR platform in the world overnight. So what’s possible with ARCore?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 16, 2023

Moreover, the potential product uses the same font and house style as seen on Nreal branded hardware. Furthermore, Amazon Germany listings display an “Xreal Air Adapter”, which could be a successor to Nreal’s Apple Adapter, which the firm released last year, selling out in 24 hours !

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2017

Apple finally talks about VR while taking a (very solid) swing at AR, Walmart will use virtual reality to train employees, you can grow better weed with AR + AI, and Q1 VR headset sales…. APPLE ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT VR. APPLE TAKES A (VERY SOLID) SWING AT AUGMENTED REALITY.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Last week, at NYSE , Jon Li, Head of Sales at Xreal, a leading AR smart glasses company, acknowledged the transformative effects of AI across various enterprise sectors. Moreover, speaking on Xreal hardware, Jon Li added: We want to bring augmented reality to everybody, something everyone can afford.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2023

You may wonder why this system is relevant for us XR people: well, Meta itself talks about AR applications for this system in the launch post. AR glasses may separate the various objects that compose an image they see with their cameras and so be able to detect what the user has around him/her.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

The long-term results of these partnerships are unforeseeable, but we can still play the speculation game. Epic is not only Unreal Engine, but it is also Fortnite , that at this point will for sure be optimized for PlayStation 5; and Epic Store , even if it is highly improbable that it will ever reach PlayStation. Image by Niantic).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

And answering an AMA on Instagram, Andrew “Boz” Bosworth (basically the head of AR/VR at FRL) answered with a thumbs-up to a question of a user about a future update implementing 120Hz framerate of the Quest 2. Apple is working on Micro-OLED displays. Another week, another rumor about Apple’s XR efforts.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

Here are some of the VR vendors making waves in the industry as of 2024: RealWear Meta Apple Goertek Pimax Pico HP HTC Vive Samsung Varjo Lenovo Valve Index Vrgineers RealWear Exploring various aspects of the immersive technology landscape, RealWear produces sensors, apps, and hardware for the XR space.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 22, 2023

GenAI is already incredibly common on the developer side of XR hardware and software. RT3D developmental engines such as Unreal, Unity, and Omniverse also leverage genAI to optimize developmental workflows, notably for budding XR content creators.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 15, 2024

Today, Khronos updated its OpenXR API to optimise its support of cross-platform AR/VR/MR application development with its version 1.1 Moreover, RT3D development services like Autodesk VRED, Blender, Godot, NVIDIA’s Omniverse, StereoKit, Unreal Engine, and Unity support OpenXR integration. OPPO also uses OpenXR 1.1

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Brad Lynch) Bloomberg got a preview of the Quest 3 Last week I predicted that Meta could have given us a glimpse of the Quest 3 during the Gaming Showcase on June, 1st, so that to create attention around its device before the announcement of the Apple headset.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 26, 2023

The With Google AR and VR technologies, companies can create immersive experiences designed to rapidly convert customers, and enhance brand loyalty. The ARCore solution from Google supports developers in creating simple but effective AR applications, which customers can download from the Google Play store and access on any Android device.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

There are quite a handful of platforms that allow you to develop virtual reality and augmented reality apps and content, but it is not easy to find an offline virtual reality school or academy with which to train for those interested in developing AR and VR apps. Both are free to download and try.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

Basically, they are: Hyper-optimization : since this is a standalone headset, Oculus has been able to optimize the hardware and software for VR usage. I’ve read a lot of hands-on reviews of the Oculus Go and they are all very positive : you can read for instance the ones of Upload VR , Road To VR and Ars Technica.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Apple’s Vision Pro triggered new discourse on the future of virutal, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR). Revealed at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), the Apple Vision Pro has sparked both praise and criticism from the global XR community. Apple is adept at proposing something you didn’t think you needed.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

We spoke about AR and VR for 2 hours and we were having so much fun that we could have gone on for other 2 hours without problems! If you want to watch the video of the recording, you can find it here: And now, let’s start speaking about the best AR/VR news of the week! Top news of the week. Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

T his standard, dubbed OpenXR, was about the interoperability of different VR hardware and software together. All hardware and software should be able to work also with products of other vendors. We are at a point that Oculus is now accepting submissions of applications implementing OpenXR on its store.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

While with other VR headsets like the Vive Focus Plus it is already possible to do some kind of augmented reality , this is the first standalone headset that can provide both good quality AR and VR on the same device. These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Of course, while Upload’s Ian Hamilton was amazed by the possibility of meeting people in AR like if they were in real life, the journalist of a more mainstream media like Wired complained about the current difficulties of setting up an XR system. HTC is teasing the launch of a new hardware. We know, XR is still not there.

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