Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In the Unity and Unreal engines, which almost all VR apps are made with, Quest developers don't set the rendering resolution with pixel values. Even without updates from developers, almost all VR games run at higher resolution on Quest 3. Instead, they set it as a multipler relative to the default, ie.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

I’m trying to keep expectations in place not because I want to be negative about VR (I’m a strong believer in the tech), but because in the past I’ve already seen that trend of setting unrealistic expectations and then writing “VR is dead” the day after when the market of course haven’t reached those results.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Brad Lynch) Bloomberg got a preview of the Quest 3 Last week I predicted that Meta could have given us a glimpse of the Quest 3 during the Gaming Showcase on June, 1st, so that to create attention around its device before the announcement of the Apple headset.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2023

More info News worth a mention (Image by The Information) Let’s have realistic expectations on the Apple headset We are all very excited about Apple joining our industry, but we must have realistic expectations about the headset that is going to come. I totally agree with him (of course… can Carmack be wrong? Impossible!)

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

It can also be an effective way to boost productivity during collaborative sessions, enhance the quality of training courses, and increase creativity. Of course, leveraging the power of virtual reality starts with choosing the right headset capable of transporting each user into a new digital landscape.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Apple signals interest in location-relevant AR through its geo-anchors and Project Gobi. Of course, you could argue that’s what the internet already does, and you’d be right. So today’s metaverse-like fiefdoms we can point to as examples include MMOs Roblox and Fortnite, which is made using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine.

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AR Insider

JUNE 3, 2020

A great alternative to Unity is Epic’s Unreal Engine by the way. Even Apple is now offering a suite of tools to make the creation of 3D experiences more accessible. Apple, as we all have experienced it, is known for establishing its own standards and there is no exception when it comes to 3D file formats in the context of AR.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Through the master course Content Strategy at the FH Joanneum and the course on Web 3.0 Large companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, Valve, Epic Games, Roblox as well as smaller startups are working on creating products for the Metaverse as we speak. by Teodora Petkova, my interest in this topic was aroused.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

It wants to create an ecosystem , where most probably all the devices can work together (like it happens today with Apple devices); The report also claims that Facebook may be building its own operating system to encompass all these devices. Apple is working on Micro-OLED displays. Another week, another rumor about Apple’s XR efforts.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 9, 2023

Google, and Apple all have their own unique toolkits, designed to simplify the process of creating immersive content. Here are just some of the other major vendors innovating in this space: 1. Platform developers can import captures into an Unreal project, and begin presenting the digitised object immediately.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Unreal Engine 4 is also an industry standard although it has a steeper learning curve than Unity. Vuforia, a free to use development kit which supports many devices including Tango phones, EasyAR, ARKit for Apple devices; and ARCore from Google, Oculus and OpenVR, are also popular options these days. Both are free to download and try.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Apple’s Vision Pro triggered new discourse on the future of virutal, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR). Revealed at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), the Apple Vision Pro has sparked both praise and criticism from the global XR community. Apple is adept at proposing something you didn’t think you needed.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

It’s the Google version of the “ARKit” experience from Apple. The ARCore SDK is currently available for Android, Android NDK, Unity for Android, iOS, and Unity for iOS, Unreal, and iOS. Many courses and documentation options are available to help educate you on the solution too! How Does Google ARCore Work?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 28, 2023

With the Varjo XR-4 series, the tech leader aims to offer a more affordable and diverse alternative to upcoming headsets like the Apple Vision Pro. This aligns it with the prices for competing solutions like the Apple Vision Pro and Microsoft HoloLens 2.

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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. Probably you all recall the iconic Apple commercial inspired by the book 1984 that helped a lot the company in becoming popular. References to Apple RealityOS have been leaked. Leaks about Apple are intensifying over the weeks.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

Of course, its FOV was restricted because there are not in the market displays with so many pixels and such a big size For HDR there was Starburst, an HMD able to deliver 20,000 nits , much more than the 1,000 ones of a commercial HDR TV. We have lots of non-news about Apple’s XR efforts. Other relevant news. Useless news.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 17, 2023

The EU wants to focus on interoperability, which is one of the main topics that can enable the metaverse The EU wants to foster collaborations between European companies, which is of course necessary to create a healthy European XR ecosystem The EU wants to avoid a few players to dominate the market.

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Hypergrid Business

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

Apple has lagged behind in the virtual and augmented reality race so far. ” Apple software and services could gain $9 billion in revenue by 2020 as a result of operations related to augmented reality because there will be about 3.6 ” Apple itself featured four AR applications in its annoucement.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

If you are wondering why we should listen to the words of Avi Bar-Zeev, well… he helped in shaping the HoloLens, recently worked on XR glasses prototypes at Apple… and also Facebook wanted to hire him to lead its AR program. Of course, there are also some concerns. He’s someone that knows well what XR is. News worth a mention.

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VRScout

JULY 11, 2017

Of course, you still need a robust PC to power your new virtual world (and the current cost of graphics cards is not cheap—thanks cryptocoin miners!), APPLE IS HIRING FOR VR/AR POSITIONS. If you’ve been debating with yourself about getting a sweet VR rig, this might be the time to hop off the fence and into the Rift.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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Ryan Schultz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Question: how hard is it to move from Unity to, say, Unreal, or Godot? Unity is a part of so much software development work (it’s even said to be a part of the upcoming Apple Vision Pro VR/AR headset !), And, of course, the only people guaranteed to make money off this are the lawyers, so expect to see the lawsuits fly!

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

And it also makes me super-happy that no one is about Facebook and Apple… I was getting pretty bored in writing newsletters only about these two companies! Of course, it doesn’t exist in the real world, but your ownership is certified by the blockchain and you can make with it many social posts that will amaze your followers.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 14, 2020

And while Unreal Engine already supports OpenXR, Unity is a bit lagging, but support is coming in 2021. And it could finally make us reach a point where an app built for a device will work on all devices , making the life of us developers easier… …until Apple arrives with a competing standard, of course. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 8, 2019

nReal has been sued by Epic Games for the name too similar to Unreal and by Magic Leap that claims that nReal CEO Chi Xu has stolen the technology of the American company while working there. Of course, they appear a bit bigger than regular sunglasses , since they have to contain all the electronics and the lenses for the optics.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This is the first public hint that Google is back on track working on a new AR device , most probably glasses that should compete with Facebook and Apple. Google is a very smart company, but lately, it has lost a lot of its previous innovation touch, and many of its projects have been quickly abandoned (e.g. Tilt Brush).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Unreal Engine and Photoshop), as it happens in Google Docs when many people edit the same document at the same time. The news of course has attracted a lot of funny comments, like “these dogs have better hardware than me”, or the invention of new terms like “Dogmented Reality”, or “AR Doggles”. I love the internet.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Ok, of course, I’m kidding, but, you know, the possibility of saying the wrong name is so high that my proposal actually starts making sense… Top news of the week (Image by HTC Vive) HTC reveals inside-out-tracked Tracker With a totally unexpected move, HTC has revealed a new kind of Tracker.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Facebook has always had the problem of distribution of its hardware (Apple has its stores, for instance, Facebook has not), and with this partnership, it immediately has the opportunity to showcase this and its future devices in all glasses shops thanks to Luxottica. Apple Event is tomorrow 14th September. ac Wi-fi, Bluetooth 5.0

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

And once you decide to sell a premium product, of course, the price becomes super-high and unaffordable for all normal people. people walking around), so I don't have an apples-to-apples comparison against Santa Cruz. Of course, indies won’t be super-happy of this decision, but unluckily this is how business works.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2023

Long story short, using it, passthrough is not distorted anymore, it has a very high perceived resolution, and of course features all colors. For instance, he underlines how the traffic in Apple Stores will be increased by people that enter because they are curious to try the Vision Pro, leading to more sales of Apple devices.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

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. Some people think that to get started in AR and VR, you should follow an expensive course that teaches you everything, that leads you to know VR. If in doubt, choose Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

I’m a man, so of course, I don’t cry, but “a friend of mine” had his eyes become very wet while watching it. I’m of course referring to the Dead and Buried demo showcased at OC5. Let’s see how Apple and Google will answer. In both cases, Oculus has basically given no answer. And Facebook has just made its first move.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

So with this LiDAR that Apple is pushing pretty hard -- I'm pretty sure Google is going to follow suit pretty quickly, probably one year behind, and then they're going to have LiDAR on their top end phones, probably coming to Samsung -- but try-on is going to be made really possible, try-on of suits. "By Alan: Oh, how cool is that.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

So with this LiDAR that Apple is pushing pretty hard -- I'm pretty sure Google is going to follow suit pretty quickly, probably one year behind, and then they're going to have LiDAR on their top end phones, probably coming to Samsung -- but try-on is going to be made really possible, try-on of suits. "By Alan: Oh, how cool is that.

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