The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has also recently written together with Irena Cronin “The Infinite Retina” , a great book about the technologies of the future, like XR, AI, and autonomous vehicles. As John Riccitiello (CEO of Unity) said some years ago , the VR market won’t be interesting enough until it will reach the 10 million users mark.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

There’s a rumor going around that Nintendo is making a VR headset in partnership with Google. The rumor is still unconfirmed, but when the world’s oldest extant gaming company finally thinks it’s time to make a dedicated XR device, you know it’s going to be something special.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 1, 2023

Speaking on the upcoming Apple Reality Pro headset, he explained how Lucky Palmer, Founder, Oculus said Apple’s device was “excellent.” In his talks, the icon discussed the progress of the platform, citing examples from his book ‘Snow Crash.’

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

Luckily there is AR that is still strong, and we can hope to wear Google AR glasses soon… ah no, they are dead too. Check-ins with Apple experts for UI design and development guidance, and help refining your app. This Apple-owned development device needs to be returned upon request.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

It was too early for Unity, but they taught me about C++, C#, Java, OpenCV, OpenGL and other fancy development stuff. For who wasn’t doing AR at that time: Metaio had an amazing SDK for phone-based AR, but then it got acquired by Apple and it disappeared from the market. Since I loved gaming (who doesn’t love gaming?),

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The world received a gift three years ago, in the form of AR technology from the likes of Google and Apple - ARKit and ARCore. Google gave a grant to the DuSable Museum in Chicago, so they wanted to reboot the Mayor Harold Washington exhibit. It could have been a prospective student tour at Arizona State University.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The world received a gift three years ago, in the form of AR technology from the likes of Google and Apple - ARKit and ARCore. Google gave a grant to the DuSable Museum in Chicago, so they wanted to reboot the Mayor Harold Washington exhibit. It could have been a prospective student tour at Arizona State University.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

Is this really what Apple wants? (Thanks Robert Scoble for this news!). Do you want to read a good book on AR/VR? Blogger Tom Ffiske, that writes on Virtual Perceptions, has decided to write a very good book about AR and VR technologies and it is becoming pretty popular on Amazon. Facebook acquires Sanzaru Games. Learn more.

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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). They can’t look nerdy like Google Glass did.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The world received a gift three years ago, in the form of AR technology from the likes of Google and Apple - ARKit and ARCore. Google gave a grant to the DuSable Museum in Chicago, so they wanted to reboot the Mayor Harold Washington exhibit. It could have been a prospective student tour at Arizona State University.

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ARVR

APRIL 9, 2021

Let’s take the Disney coloring book. A few years ago, Disney created technology that projects coloring book characters in 3D. Disney is using augmented reality to bring coloring books to life The Weather Channel is now using technology to illustrate the weather and its effects. ARCore is a Google SDK. How to Use ARCore?

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

When you’re “wearing” in Vernor Vinge’s 2006 book Rainbow’s End, contact lenses and computers woven into clothing serve up an assortment of competing realities and overlays. The World Map in this world therefore isn’t a 2D street map like we have with Google Maps or Open Street Map, nor is it a 3D map with terrain and building volumes.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2018

This also let me write various articles about it, like this one on Vive Focus streaming , this one on Focus instant preview for Unity or this other one highlighting the updates of the v2 runtime. Unity development. And if you try looking for help on Google, you only find a rolling thimbleweed.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

Alan: Yeah I think… well, pretty much everybody… So I would say, Google is leading the way with this, with Google Lens being able to take your phone out, open the camera, point it at a pair of shoes, and it will tell you exactly where to buy those shoes instantly from your phone. Alan: So, I think Google’s leading.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

Alan: Yeah I think… well, pretty much everybody… So I would say, Google is leading the way with this, with Google Lens being able to take your phone out, open the camera, point it at a pair of shoes, and it will tell you exactly where to buy those shoes instantly from your phone. Alan: So, I think Google’s leading.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The XR field is now growing, and the long-term outlook is also great, with the upcoming release of the Apple mixed reality headset which is for sure going to re-ignite the hype for immersive realities again. I’ve co-organized a physical event about the metaverse , even co-written the chapter of a book about it.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

He’s the author of two augmented reality books, albeit they’re both in German, but you can get them. And he also contributed to Metaverse, the book by Forbes writer Charlie Fink. Dirk: That’s like the Apple strategy, right? Oh, I need 10 people with Unity skills. laughs] Alan: Exactly. Dirk: Exactly.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

He’s the author of two augmented reality books, albeit they’re both in German, but you can get them. And he also contributed to Metaverse, the book by Forbes writer Charlie Fink. Dirk: That’s like the Apple strategy, right? Oh, I need 10 people with Unity skills. Alan: Exactly. Dirk: Exactly.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Unity details its MARS solution. In a blog post, Unity has detailed its MARS solution, that lets you create easily augmented reality experiences , even with little coding knowledge. transforming it in a lightweight browser for iOS that makes Apple users enjoy webpages implementing WebXR.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. ” You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. And it was for me as well; I’ve been a Unity user forever. It’s amazing.” ” Paul: [laughs] Right.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. ” You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. And it was for me as well; I’ve been a Unity user forever. It’s amazing.” ” Paul: [laughs] Right.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

He's the author of two augmented reality books, albeit they're both in German, but you can get them. And he also contributed to Metaverse, the book by Forbes writer Charlie Fink. Dirk: That's like the Apple strategy, right? Oh, I need 10 people with Unity skills. Alan: I live in Canada; we're a country of fast follow.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 3, 2017

It’s a bit like being caught up in a book or a movie. Movies are more immersive than books because the sound and images help pull you in quicker. You can get caught up in a book or movie, but you never feel as though you are in the same place as the characters. Everything else just fades away. Except more so.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. And it was for me as well; I've been a Unity user forever. Alan: And then they ask their tech teams and they're like, "does anybody know Unity?"

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 10, 2024

A few years ago I was interviewing Alvin Wang Graylin , the HTC Executive (or “Mister President” as I like to call him), and we were talking about the book Our Next Reality he’s written together with Louis Rosenberg. In the book they talk about XR and AI , and how they could impact our future, for the good and the bad.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. And Apple also earlier this year acquired NextVR, which-- that company has all the licensing rights to real-time capture in 360 of NASCAR, and NBA, and all of the other sports. Apple's a $1.7-trillion just, Google it.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. And Apple also earlier this year acquired NextVR, which-- that company has all the licensing rights to real-time capture in 360 of NASCAR, and NBA, and all of the other sports. Apple's a $1.7-trillion just, Google it.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 8, 2019

For example, if you’re in downtown San Francisco, and you’re calling an Uber, you’re going to have to manually place on the Google map where you are almost every time, because it’s going to be off by half a block or more as to where your real location is. Google, about a month ago, announced their AR navigation system.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 8, 2019

For example, if you’re in downtown San Francisco, and you’re calling an Uber, you’re going to have to manually place on the Google map where you are almost every time, because it’s going to be off by half a block or more as to where your real location is. Google, about a month ago, announced their AR navigation system.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. And Apple also earlier this year acquired NextVR, which-- that company has all the licensing rights to real-time capture in 360 of NASCAR, and NBA, and all of the other sports. Apple's a $1.7-trillion just, Google it.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

Is there a high book of value coming out of that?” The one thing that created that image now, in the streets, that I would have expected like XR to do; it’s those air pods from Apple. Seeing that Apple, of course, at one point bought… what was the company again? Alan: Somebody asked me why Apple bought them.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

Is there a high book of value coming out of that?” The one thing that created that image now, in the streets, that I would have expected like XR to do; it’s those air pods from Apple. Seeing that Apple, of course, at one point bought… what was the company again? Alan: Somebody asked me why Apple bought them.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 10, 2019

And I would think that Facebook, Snapchat, maybe Apple, those the main ones. In terms of who’s on the flip side of that marketplace, actually– we’re about to launch our first SDK and that’s– we think of it much more at a Unity level, than necessarily as an Apple or a Google level.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 10, 2019

And I would think that Facebook, Snapchat, maybe Apple, those the main ones. In terms of who’s on the flip side of that marketplace, actually– we’re about to launch our first SDK and that’s– we think of it much more at a Unity level, than necessarily as an Apple or a Google level.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 10, 2019

And I would think that Facebook, Snapchat, maybe Apple, those the main ones. In terms of who's on the flip side of that marketplace, actually-- we're about to launch our first SDK and that's-- we think of it much more at a Unity level, than necessarily as an Apple or a Google level. Dominic: Yes and no. Dominic: Oh, yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

She is an editor and contributor to Charlie Fink’s book “Convergence.” One day Apple will come out and say a new feature. And then Google came out with a new feature. And doing activations so we can import any Unity scene. Our booking agents are AEG, Live Nation, CODA, Paradigm. Anne: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

She is an editor and contributor to Charlie Fink’s book “Convergence.” One day Apple will come out and say a new feature. And then Google came out with a new feature. And doing activations so we can import any Unity scene. Our booking agents are AEG, Live Nation, CODA, Paradigm. Anne: Yeah.

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