The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

(Some of them have been brainstormed with Lorenzo Cappannari with whom I wrote an article a few months ago and who I thank for the collaboration ). Huawei and Pico are rumored to be working on an Apple Vision Pro competitor).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 15, 2022

As you’ve read in my other article written today , this is a special day for this blog… but it is also Monday, so I won’t skip writing a new amazing roundup of AR/VR news So, wishing you a happy Ferragosto (the name of today’s holiday in Italy), I leave you to the best XR news of the week! Apple MR headset may cost $2000+.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

I have read countless of his articles, and reading that he’s without a job makes me sad. Apple is working on some sort of metaverse, and its headset is entering mass production. It has been a week of interesting rumors about the upcoming Apple MR headset. This is clearly the beginning of Apple’s entrance into the Metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 15, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google announces important AI and XR news at Google I/O This Google I/O has seen immersive realities back to the menu. More info (Ultraleap teasing a new device) More info (Maybe a new sensor is coming) Has Palmer Luckey tried the Apple headset?

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 14, 2023

This has been revealed months ago, and in particular, it is well known that Google should work on the operating system (an immersive version of Android), Qualcomm on the chipset, and Samsung on the device itself. The idea of the project is to make remote meetings more realistic, natural, immersive, and break the dullness of Zoom meetings.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 28, 2023

Today I want to take you on a journey on one of the coolest prototypes I’ve ever worked on, which is about creating Unity applications that can dynamically modify their logic at runtime depending on the user’s needs thanks to generative artificial intelligence. Cubes are easy to do. It got thousands of downloads.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

More info Apple Vision Pro offers an incredible hand segmentation A leaked screenshot from an Apple Vision Pro devkit shows how the Vision Pro is able to show almost perfectly the hand of the user above virtual content. This would show the level of polish of the upcoming Apple headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

Image by Apple). Apple has not announced any glasses at WWDC. Every year, we have the same ritual: we wait for an event by Apple, hoping to hear some news about an upcoming XR device, then nothing happens in this sense, we are disappointed and so we hope for a new reveal next year. Top news of the week. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The past week has been a pretty interesting one for the tech world: between Microsoft Ignite, Unity Unite, and the OpenAI drama, there has been a lot to follow. Unity 6 takes back the original way of specifying engine versions and abandons the confusing one that bound a new Unity version to the year it was released.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

In this article, I’m going to tell you all the thoughts I had. The new “Autumn” of VR If you’ve read some of my articles this year, you know I’m defining this moment as an “Autumn” for virtual reality. They are Apple AR glasses!” I have this impression for a few reasons.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2023

There are some interesting pieces of information about the glasses inside the article. First of all, it seems that the headset is not a new product, but that Apple has been working on it for 7 years. It seems anyway that for the first time ever at Apple, Cook has this time now given priority to the operations team.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

This is an enormous number: this means that now 15–20% of the total Facebook workforce is on immersive technologies, even if XR is currently a very little revenue stream for the social media giant. Apple AR headset may have been delayed to 2025. Yes, we have rumors about Apple XR devices even this week. It’s believable.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

The rumors on the Apple Glasses are intensifying. It is not a secret that Apple is working on an XR device: the mystery is when it is going to release it and what it will actually be. The hype is rising, and Apple is playing with it. (My usual terrible image to wish you Happy Easter, if you celebrate it). Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

Reading the article excited me a bit, because when an experienced VR journalist says that something impressed him, well, I know that thing is super cool for real Vicon , which is a leading company in mocap systems, showcased for the first time its markerless mocap tool.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

This year, AWE is partnering with Rooom for a much more immersive virtual AWE. How “immersive” immersive media really is has been up for debate as most of these experiences have failed to replicate fine motor use. Day two of the conference opens with Unity’s keynote. Unity is “just a game engine” like XR is “just a game.”

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

I want to dedicate this newsletter article to my friend Mathew Olson, who at The Information kickstarted the “Reality Check”, a newsletter about XR which I received 3–4 times a week in my e-mail, and that was very well done. The same luck has not happened to employees at Niantic at Unity. Other relevant news. Image by Mojo Vision).

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Here's what you may have missed: To call this VR's biggest week since Rift launched might be an understatement thanks to Apple Vision Pro. As for Apple Vision Pro games , we learned about Synth Riders , Puzzling Places , Game Room , Soul Spire and more. The Events At Unity Farm is now available on Viveport.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 12, 2024

Right as CES 2024 got underway, Apple told the world to " get ready " after confirming the Apple Vision Pro release date. Awards , five VR games have been nominated for the "Immersive Reality Technical Achievement" award. Looking for more VR updates? Here's a few more updates: D.I.C.E.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 23, 2023

After this update, Cix Liv and other VR people (like the usual Brad) said that the rumor in town is actually not that Bytedance is closing Pico, but that Pico will focus mostly on MR to chase Apple with its Vision Pro and will shut down its VR business. The price for the treadmill and the accompanying Pico headset is $2,595.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 26, 2020

I virtually know Alan since some years, and I have always admired his ability to combine his entrepreneurial skills with his passion for immersive realities so that to be successful by doing the things that he loves the most. Unity and Unreal are both incredible game engines and both require specialized training and/or teams to develop for.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

PSVR 2, Apple XR visor) and games, will be fundamental to understand its evolution and its potential. A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. References to Apple RealityOS have been leaked. Leaks about Apple are intensifying over the weeks.

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AR Insider

JULY 16, 2021

The thought is that its levels of immersion can engender high engagement with various flavors of display ads. VR advertising’s opportunity goes back to factors noted above: potentially high ad engagement given inherent levels of immersion. These include video, social media, mobile apps, and games (just ask Unity).

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This follows investments in mobile hardware capability, interest in immersive virtual experiences with the metaverse, and rising industry competition. Although mobile AR may not be the most powerful or immersive, it certainly has the potential to be very profitable and is one of the most important augmented reality trends to keep track of.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The author of the video has used a free app available on the Apple Store and with it, it was able to scan 3D objects with a quality and a speed never seen before. More info (Kickstarter page) More info (Article on Upload VR). More info (Read the article plus the comments to my tweet). Someone has made a WebAR exporter for Unity.

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ARVR

AUGUST 28, 2020

Startups like Osso VR, make it possible to train doctors on highly realistic, immersive VR platforms with hand based interactions. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. If you want to get started with some VR programming the best place to start would be to get familiar with a gaming engine like Unity. Don’t forget to give us your ?? !

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Although Unity 3D is undoubtedly the most common and trained standards for developing and deploying augmented and virtual reality application for both beginner or expert developer, it is cannot be employed for developing content for some headsets. You also give 5% of net revenues per quarter although its free to use.

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

Apple seems to be cornering the popular entertainment industry, with the acquisition of NextVR, as industry rivals such as Magic Leap focus on enterprise solutions. With the Starboard UI and Apple Glasses release anticipated for Q4 2020/Q1 2021, the world is eagerly awaiting the next generation of extended reality (XR) standards.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

We’re looking for a Unity dev for a freelance gig lasting 1–2 months, ideally from Italy or a nearby country (for easier management). It is in Italian, but basically it says that we’re looking for a Unity dev with preferred experience with VR and/or multiplayer games. I’ll leave here the articles that guide you on how to use them.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

And while Portland is by no means a backwater, it’s still not a major tech or immersive content hub like LA or San Francisco either. Although they haven’t deployed on Magic Leap yet, they’re hopeful that because every platform out there is investing in enabling Unity compatibility which enables them to develop cross-platform more easily.

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JUNE 1, 2023

Numerous executives and officials have rallied the global tech community to sustain the momentum of a renaissance of immersive technologies. The article received a groundswell of support from the global tech industry, backing the new discourse. ” Timing for the device’s release was also “perfect,” he continued.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

The most viral XR article of the week has been an interview that Mark Zuckerberg had with The Verge. The claim reshared by many people from the article is that “five years from now […] people will primarily think about us as a metaverse company, rather than a mobile internet company”. Top news of the week. Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In its upcoming 5-year development plan, there should be measures to favor the growth and the spread of Immersive Realities. David Heaney has also published a very interesting article on how the Quest 2 is more powerful than a Quest 1 and how it compares to a VR-ready PC. Simple WebXR” aims at bringing WebXR to Unity.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a very impressive fusion of hardware and software, but it's by no means perfect. Apple Vision Pro Specs, Features & Details Apple officially revealed the full Vision Pro specs when opening preorders today. And Apple did not send UploadVR a review unit, we bought our own. But does it deliver?

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

Without HDR, you are conscious that you are seeing the world through a screen, while with actual HDR, you can feel the proper lighting of a scene, and it immediately becomes real and immersive. We have lots of non-news about Apple’s XR efforts. This is the story of my life for half of the posts I read about Apple. Useless news.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). Since Meta made the acquisition and took over Oculus, VRTUOLUO began to write original and in-depth articles on the XR industry.

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ARPost

JUNE 3, 2022

Demos on the AWE floor included more intimate recordings and video calls with loved ones, as well as a game built for 2D but ported in through a Unity SDK. We’re trying to bring that 3D immersive content to familiar devices,” founder and CEO, David Fattal, told ARPost. We see that as a necessary stepping stone to the metaverse.”.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

But I hope you’ll enjoy this newsletter coming from the world of the undead anyway… Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple starts accepting applications for Vision Pro devkits Apple has started accepting applications from interested developers to get a Vision Pro to develop XR experiences.

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