The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

Today in Italy it should be the day when we go pic-nicking… but given the fact that we are in lockdown, I’ll just eat a lot at home While I send you a lot of good vibes, let’s see together what have been the best pieces of AR/VR news of this week, that has been incredibly interesting! (My The rumors on the Apple Glasses are intensifying.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

This will be a newsletter written on the road: I’ve prepared the material in Italy, I’m currently writing these words from the Frankfurt airport (Germany), I will keep writing on the plane across the ocean and I will finalize everything in Sunnyvale (California, USA). Meta really wants to fight Apple on his own territory.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2023

Exactly one week ago, Apple announced the Apple Vision Pro, its first XR headset. It will be a shorter and maybe not-so-exciting newsletter, but I will be happy of having shed some light on other interesting pieces of news from this week in XR Stay tuned for my roundup about the Apple Vision Pro coming in the next few days!

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VRScout

JULY 29, 2020

Pair your Garmin or Apple smartwatches for additional GPS functionality. FORM’s AR-enhanced swim goggles received a free firmware update today introducing support for Garmin and Apple smartwatches, allowing wearers to track a wide range of metrics, such as their GPS location and heart rate, while swimming outdoors in open water.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2023

We all joked about Samsung waiting for the Apple Vision Pro announcement to copy it, but according to some rumors, this is exactly what is happening. Learn more (Join The Survey) Listen to me and Gian Gianluigi Perrone invited me to his MindCathedral Youtube channel to speak about the Apple Vision Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

Apple has killed its AR glasses project… maybe. A piece of unexpected news has shaken the XR communities this week: according to a report on Digitimes Taiwan, Apple has abandoned its AR/VR glasses project and all the members of the team have been re-allocated in other teams. AR is still alive, Apple will still release its AR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

After a few days where we thought we were all living in a big oven, here in Italy we’re having the first taste of Autumn, with the temperatures going down and a lot of rain falling from the sky. Since MRTK was used especially for AR applications, it is natural that these three giants of augmented reality are interested in keeping it alive.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple Vision Pro may be out in January According to the latest report on Bloomberg, Apple is still on track to release the Apple Vision Pro at the beginning of this year. I hope we will meet there and have fun together! Outstanding move. Good luck with that.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

I’m back to Italy after my trip to Helsinki! 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.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2023

After having announced some of the features and the price just before the launch of the Apple Vision Pro, now the company formerly known as Facebook is already working towards the launch of the device. Best Buy has already published the page about Quest 3, marked as “Coming Soon”. appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2023

I’m back in Italy! A pretty useless one, like all the rumors about Apple and its glasses. And instead… electronic components… wow, only geniuses at Apple could think about it. My time at SXSW has been great, but now it’s time to be back to the usual routine. And luckily for you, I have one. Such great news!

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

If you were wondering, we in Italy do not celebrate Thanksgiving, but I would love one year to participate in its celebration hosted by an American family. Apple XR headset may have great processing power. This week I’m so desperate that there is no news to write about that I’m even sharing a rumor about the Apple headset.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2022

Image by Apple). Apple WWDC is back in June. Apple has announced that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will be held in an online format from June 6 through 10 , free for all developers to attend. News worth a mention. News from partners (and friends). Join the On|Metaverse summit.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine. According to an evidence presented by Epic Games, Apple has not only removed Fortnite from the Apple Store, but it has also revoked the status of developer to Epic Games. All Apple software, SDKs, APIs, and developer tools ?—?Pre-release Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

Inflation here in Italy is ramping up, and the impression I have is that we are entering into a recession phase. Of course for some ad-based tech companies, the current economic situation is not the only problem, but there is another big one which is Apple and its new privacy features embedded into iOS. Some news on content.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 6, 2022

The hype for the Apple visor is very high, and everyone is waiting for it as a kid waits for Christmas. Poised to arrive around January 2023, it is considered by many the savior of XR, the hardware that will show the real possibilities of immersive realities and make finally VR mainstream.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 17, 2023

More info News worth a mention (Image by Meta) Meta CTO talks about the Quest 3 launch Andrew Bosworth has spoken about the launch of the Quest 3, stating that actually, Meta has not changed its plans for the launch because of the upcoming announcement of the Apple Vision Pro. I will leave you the link to donate for these two causes below.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 2, 2021

What a fun thing, this is the power of the intern… no, sorry, of the metaverse. (And if you were wondering, yes, I’m very happy about the two amazing gold medals that Italy won yesterday at the Olympics!). Facebook Reality Labs creates a group focused on working on the “metaverse”. Top news of the week. Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

French startup Lynx has finally unveiled the R1, the first mixed reality standalone headset. 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. Learn more.

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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. Everyone was looking at him like a weird guy, it was very funny.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 19, 2021

It’s a nice summer day here in Italy, and I hope things for all of you are going well. Or of a hybrid AR/VR headset like the Lynx or like the rumored Apple visor? It can be very useful if you have to evaluate which framework to use in your augmented reality project. Top news of the week. I guess only time will tell us….

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

Apple way be working on a VR headset. According to Bloomberg, next year Apple is going to release a VR headset with limited passthrough AR functionalities. The HMD should be targeted to prosumers and Apple expects sales in the order of magnitude of one Apple headset per day, per store. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

It’s hot and the drought is creating some issues here in northern Italy. We have lots of non-news about Apple’s XR efforts. The hype around Apple glasses is huge , and everything that gets shared about Apple and XR gets many views. 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

MARCH 21, 2021

The mystery of Virtual Reality support on Xbox continues with a new chapter of the saga. When a journalist of IGN Italy was trying to install the new Xbox Wireless Headset on the platform, he was greeted with an Italian message saying “The VR goggle must be updated”. (Image by Microsoft). Xbox VR support has been leaked, or maybe not.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

After many months of teasing them, Unity has finally launched the MARS tools, a suite of tools to build easily Augmented Reality experiences in Unity without knowing how to code. I’ve established a friendship with a company here in Italy that distributes HoloLens 2 , preferably in Italy but also worldwide. Contact me.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Now the Metaverse is gaining newfound traction from enterprise clients, companies like Meta, Microsoft, and Apple are reinforcing XR as a serious technology for various use cases. A paradigm-shifting XR moment is inbound, but which firms will lead the immersive space race? The future is now the T-7, powered with ATARS.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

Another busy week has passed by, and here in Italy we just got the news that lockdown measures will start to loosen from next week, but the road to go out as we wish is still long. 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).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The devices that will be based on this reference design will have amazing specifications like: 2K x 2K display resolution per each eye ; Have up to 7 cameras used simultaneously, including the ones for tracking, mixed reality and eye-tracking; High-quality passthrough augmented reality with high resolution and framerate.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Italy won the Tennis Davis Cup, and that was pretty cool to see (the match between Sinner and Djokovic was just incredible). More info Rokid is now a unicorn Chinese manufacturer Rokid , who produces augmented reality glasses, just received a huge investment round of $112M to help the development of its XR products.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Coronavirus is back in Italy and from yesterday we’re having new restrictions like a night curfew, some kind of shops closed, etc… I hope that you and the people you love are safe. My friend Nicolas Esposito of Enter Reality has released Project Rigel, his solution to provide full-body tracking and motion capture for Unreal Engine.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

I think I’ll miss the joys of summer (and all the trophies that Italy has won), but at least I’ll be able to enjoy again some delicious hot chocolate Before leaving you to the news of the week, I’m happy to announce to you that I’ve been selected as a speaker for AWE US 2021 ! Apple VR headset may feature a 3000PPI microOLED display.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 29, 2021

It’s a sunny lockdown day here in Italy, the sun is shining and the trees are blossoming. Apple XR headset may weight less than 150g. You know how I love rumors on the Apple XR headset (#sarcasm), and so with much joy, I announce to you that the super Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has another fantastic news to share with us.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

Well, if the rumor becomes reality, this would mean that all next Apple devices will have both front and back depth cameras, for high-precision Augmented Reality and 3D reconstruction. Well played Apple. If Google and Apple are working on AR maps here in the west, the giant Huawei is doing in the same in China.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 2, 2023

Augmented Reality (AR) technology is set to become one of the fastest-growing and most promising technologies among extended reality. As industry verticals like healthcare, military, remote guidance, warehouse picking, automotive , and others, augmented reality has a promising future among XR devices.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2020

While in Italy we get ready for the “Phase 2” of the lockdown, I write the best AR/VR news of the week just for you! At the same time, Apple having always mediocre graphics cards on its laptops and its closed ecosystem have not helped much either in keeping this VR support alive. Top news of the week. Image by Road To VR).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

If you will be in Italy, please come visiting me! Is Apple partnering with Valve on AR? A report by DigiTimes claims that Apple is partnering with Valve for the production of its AR glasses. More info (Apple and Valve partnering) More info (Road To VR’s skeptical editorial on the news). Image by Eurogamer).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

We were all expecting this since AR and VR are a bit in a transitional moment and the biggest brands (like Facebook and Apple) have their events through which they’ll announce their new devices, but for me, this lack of news was worse than the expected. We had a few interesting news, but nothing truly disruptive. Lenovo ThinkReality A3.

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