The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 30, 2023

I’ve read a lot of articles and XR news this week, but actually, at the end of the day, nothing relevant has happened, except for the usual rumor about Apple… so you can close this roundup now… no ok, I’m kidding! This doesn’t sound to me very “Apple”. And by the way, on the personal side, things are going well for me!

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 15, 2023

With the free-to-use DreamGrid software, anyone can easily create virtual worlds through a graphical interface and one-click install feature on their home computer. Download the recommended Firestorm viewer here and find out where to get content for your OpenSim world or region here.

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Hypergrid Business

MAY 15, 2023

Another option for people who want free OpenSim land is to use DreamGrid from OutWorldz, a version of OpenSim used by many people to create virtual worlds on personal computers, private company grids, or school grids. No wonder they’re the largest grid in OpenSim. Micro Technology Services owns both DreamGrid and OutWorldz.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

New rumors on Apple and Meta devices. I know it may sound weird to you, but we have new rumors on Apple headsets and also about the future Meta Project Cambria and Quest 3. Regarding Apple, the super-reliable analysts have stated that the headset may feature three displays because just two are for losers. Other relevant news.

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 22, 2022

It is a massively scaled and interoperable network of real-time, rendered, 3D virtual worlds that can be experienced synchronously and persistently by an effectively unlimited number of users, each with an individual sense of presence.”. Matthew Ball , Author, formerly Amazon AMZN -2.9%. Jensen Huang, Nvidia.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 10, 2022

With the potential to unlock the creative side of customers, by allowing the combination of the real and virtual worlds, AR felt like a natural solution for MADE.com and its advertising strategy. The company decided to try building an AR experience specifically for people using Apple iOS devices.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Apple signals interest in location-relevant AR through its geo-anchors and Project Gobi. Most of this is often discussed in light of its Unreal engine being used to create virtual worlds….much In other words, digital twins will overlay the physical world to enable AR devices to evoke relevant and geo-anchored digital content.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 23, 2023

Because the companies have figured out how to track a person’s body movement independently of the car’s motion, passengers and drivers will be able to wear VR headsets to simultaneously see the road and digital content or be totally immersed in a virtual world. I believe that putting virtual reality headsets in cars will kill people.

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Ryan Schultz

APRIL 6, 2023

And I do apologize to those of you who wish I would get back to writing more about social VR, virtual worlds, and the metaverse! I have been quite busy with various projects at my paying job as an academic librarian, and when I get home, I am often too tired to blog.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

Niantic has finally launched its VPS (Visual Positioning System), a solution that will allow developers to create AR applications that are persistent and shared in various locations in the world with centimeter accuracy. VPS is a technology that implements the AR Cloud and creates a bridge between the real and the virtual world.

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Hypergrid Business

APRIL 15, 2018

The greatest gainer of land this month was GreekLife grid with 1,035 new regions followed by OSgrid with 824 regions, Virtual Worlds Grid with an additional 533 regions. OpenSim is a free, open source virtual world platform that’s compatible with the Oculus Rift. Download the recommended Firestorm viewer here.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

Is this really what Apple wants? (Thanks Robert Scoble for this news!). And this time, you will finally be able to download one of them. The main reason is: if the glass is not connected to the phone, it needs a dedicated battery , and this means that it must be bigger. My favorite from this week? Facebook acquires Sanzaru Games.

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VRWorld

APRIL 11, 2017

PowerDVD 17 adds support for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets to bring virtual reality content front and center for users, along with groundbreaking innovations in 360 video playback. From Blu-ray and DVD discs to 4K, HD video files and ISO images, as well as downloaded and quality-enhanced YouTube videos.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

It has just announced that it will release a new tool to create virtual worlds for the platform based on Unity. So, for instance, you record a video of a person from a low position and then see how it looks from a higher position Apple has just published a patent about showing invisible things on mixed reality glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 15, 2024

I picked Unity as the game engine because it is one of the best ones out there, I’m good at using it, it has a great community that can support you in case of issues, and it is also the first engine to be compatible with XR headsets when they’re out: Apple itself talked about Unity during the announcement of the Vision Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

The Matrix Pro will also feature a front camera that will let people alternate between vision of the real and virtual world. VR satire website VRDizzy has just re-opened his online store featuring beautiful T-shirts inspired by virtual reality games. Sneak peek of the true Apple Glasses, courtesy of Chris Koomen.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

And its ads business is under a crossfire attack: on one front, Apple with its new data policy is limiting how much data the Facebook app can collect about its users, and on the other one, the EU is trying to enforce its regulation about European people’s data not allowed to be sent to Facebook’s US servers. Image by Apple).

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Location-based games are already popular, with over a billion downloads of Pokemon Go in the three years since it launched, and over 20B kilometers walked playing the game. An Apple AR headset has been a mainstay of the rumor mills for several years, and we expect Facebook to be creating an AR Oculus device.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

I like to say, if it's too dangerous, too difficult, or too expensive to do the training in the real world, why wouldn't you do it in a virtual world? If it's really too dangerous to do that training in the real world, why wouldn't you create it in a virtual world? So technology once again had improved.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

I like to say, if it's too dangerous, too difficult, or too expensive to do the training in the real world, why wouldn't you do it in a virtual world? If it's really too dangerous to do that training in the real world, why wouldn't you create it in a virtual world? So technology once again had improved.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

I like to say, if it's too dangerous, too difficult, or too expensive to do the training in the real world, why wouldn't you do it in a virtual world? If it's really too dangerous to do that training in the real world, why wouldn't you create it in a virtual world? So technology once again had improved.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

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. The news would be incredible: Apple is a company that knows how to create something usable and cool to see, while Valve has a long expertise in experimenting with AR and VR.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

This has not been the most interesting week in AR, VR, but I think that in the next times we’ll see some shots fired: in some days there will be the F8, the official shipment of the Vive Pro 2, then the Apple WWDC conference! After a lot of teasing of its upcoming fantastic features, Unreal Engine 5 is finally available for download.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2018

I guess that in the far future, this will lead to a vocal assistant inside the Focus, as we have Siri on Apple device and Cortana on Windows ones (but this is a speculation of mine). In this, the Mirage Solo is better. Anyway, for standard usage, it works really well.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

This year, the dream of developing once, build once, and deploy everywhere can become reality. …unless Apple arrives and creates its own standard again…. Anything World makes you create virtual worlds with your voice. You know that I like talking with you about cool XR experiments, and Anything World is one of them.

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Gravity Jack

MARCH 17, 2021

These unique experiences skip downloads at the App Store and jump right into the action — making augmented reality more accessible than ever! . At its core, WebAR does the same thing as standard augmented reality: provide an immersive experience by blending the physical and virtual world. Getting Started.

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Gravity Jack

MARCH 17, 2021

These unique experiences skip downloads at the App Store and jump right into the action — making augmented reality more accessible than ever! . At its core, WebAR does the same thing as standard augmented reality: provide an immersive experience by blending the physical and virtual world. Getting Started.

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Gravity Jack

MARCH 17, 2021

These unique experiences skip downloads at the App Store and jump right into the action — making augmented reality more accessible than ever! . At its core, WebAR does the same thing as standard augmented reality: provide an immersive experience by blending the physical and virtual world. Getting Started.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2022

I’ve already talked about this in my previous newsletter: Quest 2 has been a popular Christmas gift, especially in the US , and according to some analysts, during the Christmas vacations there have been around 650,000 new downloads of the Oculus app , meaning that probably there have been around half a million headsets gifted.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

We saw a world go into lockdown. And we're not going back to the old world, the way it was. So the virtual worlds that we know are now serving us in ways of gaming, which they always have. And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. Golf, I think.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

We saw a world go into lockdown. And we're not going back to the old world, the way it was. So the virtual worlds that we know are now serving us in ways of gaming, which they always have. And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. Golf, I think.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

Full immersion: Digitized by a laser, Kevin Flynn is downloaded into cyberspace with full presence due to his absence from the real world. Head mounted display: Fitting the mold of a headset that Apple would produce, Johnny dons a sleek chrome arc that covers from forehead to nose. Brainstorm (1983). The Cell (2000).

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

We saw a world go into lockdown. And we're not going back to the old world, the way it was. So the virtual worlds that we know are now serving us in ways of gaming, which they always have. And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. Golf, I think.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2018

Not to mention how 3D technologies are being adopted and developed by major companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple. What are the kinds of 3D models that AR/VR developers are interested in buying/downloading? On the other hand, the threshold for anyone to develop a small project (a short movie or video, a game, etc.)

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Alan: Being able to create a digital version of the real world. If I was Google and Apple, I would make some sort of Pokémon Go game that took you inside and made you kind of chase these things up and down the walls, and while they 3D map the whole interior space of everywhere. I think that’s gonna be amazing.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Alan: Being able to create a digital version of the real world. If I was Google and Apple, I would make some sort of Pokémon Go game that took you inside and made you kind of chase these things up and down the walls, and while they 3D map the whole interior space of everywhere. I think that’s gonna be amazing.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 6, 2020

It has now an agreement with Plessey, a company working on MicroLED displays, and that was previously one of the acquisition goals of the competitor Apple. Apple strikes deal for indoor maps and buys NextVR. This has been a great week for competition in the AR space since also Apple has performed some interesting moves.

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