The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 31, 2020

Apple acquires startup SPACES. What is sure is that Apple continues to slowly build its AR and VR technology, so that one day it could come out with something amazing. What is sure is that Apple continues to slowly build its AR and VR technology, so that one day it could come out with something amazing.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

In the end, it has not been Apple or Facebook, but Snap to make its first move in the AR glasses space. Google unveils Starline communication solution. At Google I/O, Google has announced Project Starline, an interesting project it has worked on for five years. Top news of the week. Image by Snap).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

It seems cool, but I would like to try it to believe in it: all the times that someone promised me some kind of sensory magic, it never turned out so good as they told me (like with the phantom touch sensation that Leap Motion told me about ). Google halves its revenues on the Play Store.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Google is still into XR. Even if Google is quite silent about AR and VR lately , the company is still into immersive technologies. Ultraleap (formerly Leap Motion) has just released the fifth version of its hands-tracking engine. Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify. Learn more. Some XR fun.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 19, 2017

Above: David Holz, founder of Leap Motion, shows off hand-tracking in VR. The headset used sensors to detect my fingers, using software from Leap Motion. Macknick’s talk made an impression on Noah Falstein, chief game designer at Google. “I Image Credit: Dean Takahashi. This is an enormous undertaking.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

In these 2 days (October, 19-20th), in Nanchang, China, it is held the first edition of the World Conference on VR Industry (WCVRI) , a very important event to talk about virtual and augmented reality. The city is full of references to Virtual Reality, and so it is like a paradise for us VR enthusiasts.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Some months ago, we all read that letter where Zuckerberg claimed wanting to get complete control of the hardware and software stack so that Facebook shouldn’t depend on external companies, like Google or Apple for the SO, or phone manufacturers for the hardware.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

We did a project just using Google's hand tracking library. They're not thinking of the full tech stack that's required for real pervasive augmented reality in the world. Then you've got glasses like the North glasses, which just give you a little heads up display, like your Apple Watch display. Alan: We actually did it.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

We did a project just using Google's hand tracking library. They're not thinking of the full tech stack that's required for real pervasive augmented reality in the world. Then you've got glasses like the North glasses, which just give you a little heads up display, like your Apple Watch display. Alan: We actually did it.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

We did a project just using Google's hand tracking library. They're not thinking of the full tech stack that's required for real pervasive augmented reality in the world. Then you've got glasses like the North glasses, which just give you a little heads up display, like your Apple Watch display. Alan: We actually did it.

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