The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Last Monday, there has been some hype in some of the XR groups I’m in for the Kura glasses. Kura is a little startup in California that is working on a pair of lightweight AR glasses. They aim at revolutionize tabletop gaming, offering to these games a new kind of realism thanks to augmented elements. Other relevant news.

AR 197

AR Oculus Virtual Reality Survey 197

TechCrunch VR

DECEMBER 8, 2020

He believed China would have its own augmented and virtual reality giants, just as how the domestic smartphone industry birthed global leaders like Huawei, Oppo and Xiaomi that rival Apple today. The young generation is well-versed in both worlds, with work experience in Silicon Valley and often an Ivy League degree. .’

China 74

China AR Magic Leap San Jose 74

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2023

This connected the world’s largest “design, computer-aided design (CAD), and simulation tool ecosystems such as Autodesk, Siemens, Adobe, PTC, and Epic Games.” SIGGRAPH 2023 is taking place in Los Angeles, California from 6 to 10 August.

Los Angeles 70

Los Angeles Industry Tools Simulation 70

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The market is at best 50% reopening , and we have seen the continued shutdown of California. The other free-roam LBE VR operations have all had to reinvent their business plan , such as SPACES moving into VR conferencing (and being acquired by Apple), or Dreamscape moving ahead earlier than planned with their edutainment platform.

Entertainment 544

Entertainment Asia UAE Industry 544

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2019

I gave a presentation of the first idea of a videodisc of the “ Plastico ” at a private conference held at Apple Computer in 1986 (my talk was published in 1998 here ). By the summer of 2018, we were ready to unveil our work to the general public through the stores of Apple, Microsoft, Oculus, and Vive. Where is that?

Virtual Reality 259

Virtual Reality Study Education Oculus 259

XROM

JULY 18, 2021

The Venture Reality Fund has looked at over 5,000 startups in the space and invested in 40, including Beat Games, acquired by Facebook, and Rec Room, the first VR software Unicorn. While at Zynga, he co-created the game FarmVille and served as the CTO of Zynga Japan. Learn more about what it means to be a creative in the VC world.

Augmented Reality 52

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality India Asia 52

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So the virtual worlds that we know are now serving us in ways of gaming, which they always have. But now expanding that, that whole gaming idea and bringing it into retail. So a group called SPACES -- out of LA -- and they had locations all over the world. And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. Alex: Mm-hm.

Machine Learning 78

Machine Learning Education Apple Technology 78

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So the virtual worlds that we know are now serving us in ways of gaming, which they always have. But now expanding that, that whole gaming idea and bringing it into retail. So a group called SPACES -- out of LA -- and they had locations all over the world. And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. Alex: Mm-hm.

Machine Learning 78

Machine Learning Education Apple Technology 78

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Today's guest is Kevin Kunze , an award-winning interactive filmmaker based out of Berkeley, California. And we put this kind of like Apple-esque music over it, and made this cute little commercial and it never saw the light of day. Alan: Hey, everyone, this is Alan from the XR for Business Podcast. And Will.i.am We all have iPhones.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco San Jose Filming California 60

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So the virtual worlds that we know are now serving us in ways of gaming, which they always have. But now expanding that, that whole gaming idea and bringing it into retail. So a group called SPACES -- out of LA -- and they had locations all over the world. And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. Alex: Mm-hm.

Machine Learning 60

Machine Learning Education Apple Technology 60

XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

I was working a school group here known as GESS -- which is the acronym for Jumeirah English Speaking School -- also broadly referred to as GESS Dubai now. He'd also chaired the Independent Digital Strategy Group for eight years there. I do a lot with Apple technology. And what are you doing now?

Education 60

Education UAE Virtual Reality Technology 60

XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

I was working a school group here known as GESS -- which is the acronym for Jumeirah English Speaking School -- also broadly referred to as GESS Dubai now. He'd also chaired the Independent Digital Strategy Group for eight years there. I do a lot with Apple technology. And what are you doing now?

Education 78

Education UAE Technology Virtual Reality 78

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Yim has also been featured in Apple's first TV show, "Planet of the Apps," and won two LA Auto Show award design challenges back to back, with his partners at Honda Advanced Design. Jason: A lot of it comes from innovation groups, so it's a different budget. That's why a lot of design studios are actually in California because of--.

AR 60

AR Denmark Guinea Magic Leap 60

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Yim has also been featured in Apple’s first TV show, “Planet of the Apps,” and won two LA Auto Show award design challenges back to back, with his partners at Honda Advanced Design. Jason: A lot of it comes from innovation groups, so it’s a different budget. What does that typically look like?

AR 78

AR Denmark Guinea Magic Leap 78

XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

I was working a school group here known as GESS -- which is the acronym for Jumeirah English Speaking School -- also broadly referred to as GESS Dubai now. He'd also chaired the Independent Digital Strategy Group for eight years there. I do a lot with Apple technology. And what are you doing now?

Education 60

Education UAE Technology Virtual Reality 60

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Yim has also been featured in Apple’s first TV show, “Planet of the Apps,” and won two LA Auto Show award design challenges back to back, with his partners at Honda Advanced Design. Jason: A lot of it comes from innovation groups, so it’s a different budget. What does that typically look like?

AR 60

AR Denmark Guinea Magic Leap 60

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

” After he gave his TED Talk on it, there’s interest from Apple, and Google ended up buying his company. Alan: That, to me, for marketing companies, is going to be a game-changer. Or in some other instances, that location that I see around me in the virtual space may have some real relevance to the task at hand.

AR 78

AR Microsoft Samsung Magic Leap 78

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

” After he gave his TED Talk on it, there’s interest from Apple, and Google ended up buying his company. Alan: That, to me, for marketing companies, is going to be a game-changer. Or in some other instances, that location that I see around me in the virtual space may have some real relevance to the task at hand.

AR 78

AR Microsoft Samsung Magic Leap 78

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

After he gave his TED Talk on it, there's interest from Apple, and Google ended up buying his company. Alan: That, to me, for marketing companies, is going to be a game-changer. Then what happened was some of these Microsoft Office tools came out -- like PowerPoint -- and they embedded within certain groups of people.

AR 60

AR Microsoft Samsung Magic Leap 60