The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

A new cycle of XR The Apple Vision Pro launch has been a disruptive moment for our industry (Image by Apple) As I said in a popular post a few months ago , I think we have entered a new cycle for immersive realities. Huawei and Pico are rumored to be working on an Apple Vision Pro competitor).

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TechPrior

APRIL 10, 2020

Apple has always been at the forefront for all kinds of augmented reality innovations and has always had ambitious plans for the future of AR and VR. As a part of its next promising venture, Apple is in the process of acquiring NextVR; a California based VR company. Apple is expected to acquire NextVR for around $100 million.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

I have been talking with hundreds of people across the industry and have discovered that the changes coming to Apple are deeper than just a VR/AR headset. This is the fourth paradigm shift for Apple. So, what is Apple getting ready to announce over the next year? Eventually, I hear, Apple will even bring 3D to 2D monitors.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 1, 2023

According to the CMA: “Microsoft already enjoys a powerful position and head start over other competitors in cloud gaming and this deal would strengthen that advantage giving it the ability to undermine new and innovative competitors.” So I wonder if this suspension could also change Microsoft’s future plans concerning the M-word.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

See Also: Redefining the Future of Location-Based Entertainment With HTC VIVE Focus 3 and The Park Playground “Virtual reality is often perceived as being limited to the world of gaming. More Widespread Use of VR for Location-Based Entertainment According to Vindevogel, VR technology will continue to evolve and become more widely adopted.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 27, 2021

I n 2006, I attended a launch event in San Francisco for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. But that’s a non-starter for anyone outside of the few million people that own VR hardware (much less the compatible HTC and Oculus hardware). Other potential apps include entertainment, auto-navigation and enterprise-facing tools.

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VRWorld

MAY 11, 2016

Available on Apple’s Mac OS, Linux and Microsoft Windows, we’re quite certain we’ll start to see hundreds if not thousands of videos and images of amazing graffiti being created in a virtual world.

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 15, 2019

Los Angeles-based AR studio ARwall has expanded with the addition of senior-level talent and entertainment industry advisors well known for their expertise in design, engineering, and XR. Mosco has held notable positions at Apple, Facebook, and Oculus.

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VRScout

JANUARY 4, 2019

You can also watch Crow: The Legend in a traditional 2D format on YouTube in case you don’t own an Oculus Rift, Oculus Go or Gear VR. The film takes you on an interactive VR adventure that tells the Native American story of how the crow came to be black.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2022

What’s more, the company is also responsible for one of the most powerful and affordable VR headsets available – the Oculus Quest. Microsoft already stands as one of the biggest gaming companies in the world, thanks to the development of the Xbox ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 2, 2021

If I had known people could like it, I would have not made it in 5 minutes with Microsoft Word, lol. Sony Interactive Entertainment, the only company revealing the numbers of its sold devices, has publicly announced that it has already sold more than 10M Playstation 5 consoles worldwide. Sony has sold 10M PS5 worldwide. Image by IGN).

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2019

This year, new standalone headsets from Oculus and Vive debuted. The conference will have topics on games, entertainment, healthcare, and more. As a result, companies like Apple, Google, Magic Leap, Microsoft, Oculus, and others will be in attendance with experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

Oculus has teased the OC6. Oculus has just announced the dates for the Oculus Connect 6. Oculus is going to announce something not only about VR but also about AR. For sure some surprises: we don’t know anything about the 2nd gen of XR that Oculus has in mind. Other relevant news. Image by Upload VR).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

And all of this comes in a period when other partnerships between tech giants are happening: remember that some weeks ago, Microsoft closed its streaming service Mixer and allied with Facebook Gaming to fight the quasi-monopoly of (Amazon-owned) Twitch. Foxconn puts lenses for Apple Glasses in “Trial Production” stage.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2017

” 2016 saw the arrival of 3 major consumer virtual reality headsets, the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR. Samsung confirmed at CES in January that its Oculus engineered Samsung Gear VR headset had passed an install base figure of 5 Million and more recently Google affirmed that it had shipped over 10 Million Cardboard viewers.

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AR Insider

APRIL 6, 2020

It also includes VR’s immersion and escapism (entertainment); and AR’s applications in workplace collaboration and home services (utility). Within VR, IDC projects the greatest growth for standalones like Oculus Quest and VIVE Focus. Microsoft committed 100,000 units to the U.S. Vantage Points.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 14, 2022

With innovative 3D and augmented reality advertising opportunities, as well as powerful VR experiences through Oculus, Meta can guide brands through a multitude of XR environments. The affordability of Oculus headsets even makes this technology more accessible to a wider range of smaller companies.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I have to say that this “leak” comes in a very timely fashion , by chance exactly at the moment when Facebook was building the hype for Oculus Quest 2 Pro , convincing so some people to wait for Valve’s moves before buying the new Oculus headset. Apple Maps are going AR. Facebook hires the first Oculus Ambassadors.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Here are just some of the tech stocks many are looking at right now (in no particular order): Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) For the people who brought you the Hololens 2, probably the most sophisticated pair of mixed reality smart glasses out there to date. One-year price performance for MSFT as of 2/3/20 Apple Inc.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 24, 2020

Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Snap and Qualcomm are all making significant investments.” ” As just one example, Facebook has increased its annual R&D spend by $10 billion between 2014, when it bought Oculus, to the present. Lots of that is likely going to AR & VR. Then there’s Magic Leap.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). The shape of the controllers is slightly different than the one of the Oculus Touch, though, and there is a ring that surrounds the wrist of the user. There is also “finger-tracking” a la Valve Index , but just for the thumb, index, and middle finger (so, it is more a la Oculus Touch).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the enormous influence in the XR industry, VRTUOLUO has set up dozens of industry communities (such as the Industry Executives Association, VR Game Developers Community, VR Education Community, Financing and Investment Community, Offline Entertainment Group, etc.) and covered more than 80% of the XR pioneers as communities members.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

To make you understand how these features are incredible, Qualcomm has stated that “the [XR2] reference design has 2x the CPU and GPU performance, 4x more video bandwidth, 6x higher resolution and 11x AI improvement compared to our current widely adopted XR platform [the Oculus Quest ]”. Image by Microsoft). News worth a mention.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

One thing’s for sure, if you’re a PC user wanting to indulge in a spot of immersive entertainment right now, the choice of operating systems on which you can do so are mostly limited to just one. ” SEE ALSO Platform Politics: Inside the Oculus and 'Revive' Dilemma.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

What an exciting week for technology, with the Facebook Connect, PS5 price announcement, Apple event and the release of RTX30 graphics cards! At Facebook Connect this week , Facebook has: Released the powerful Oculus Quest 2 , powered by Snapdragon XR2, and with a 4K display. Even Apple uses modified ARM chips.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

Furthermore, the comparison with Microsoft doesn’t hold well: Microsoft was a software company that just didn’t have high standards, so it made products with many bugs. 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.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 9, 2017

They aim to bring the awards back in 2018, skipping the 2017 season “in order to assess the changing landscape of immersive technology and entertainment,” according to a prepared statement. Apple’s eye-catching ARKit is on the verge of release alongside a series of Microsoft-backed VR headsets.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 29, 2017

In fact, it’s more likely than not that they’ll one day be one and the same; a true mixed reality headset that augments our real world but can also take us to completely new ones is the distant but logical last step for both Oculus with the Rift and Microsoft with the HoloLens. In fact, they’re already doing that.

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VRWorld

JANUARY 23, 2018

This came to the VR industry in a big way, when an intellectual property lawsuit saw Oculus on the hook for some $500M in damages in a February ruling. The latter did occur — with Oculus demoing a wireless prototype late in the year, and HTC announcing a wireless solution for their headset to start 2018. #5 9 – ZeniMax v.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

My favorite ones have been: Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed that the next PSVR headset will be called PSVR 2 and will feature 2K x 2K per eye, up to 120 Hz framerate, and 110° FOV. New rumors on Apple and Meta devices. This is why companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Meta are exploring similar technologies.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

But I hope you’ll enjoy this newsletter coming from the world of the undead anyway… Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple starts accepting applications for Vision Pro devkits Apple has started accepting applications from interested developers to get a Vision Pro to develop XR experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

It is the first event of this kind organized by Magic Leap: we can say that LEAP Con is like the Oculus Connect of Magic Leap and will probably become always more important, year after year, exactly as it has happened to Oculus. PixelStrikeInc brace yourself…the memes are coming. pic.twitter.com/MbJZV8aOdf.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2020

Apple announces ARKit 4, amongst new rumors of XR headsets. The story goes on telling that Apple VR headset had realistic visuals and sound, it was super-cool and probably we’ll see a release date of 2022/2023. More info (New rumors about Apple and XR) More info (Apple ARKit4). We all can’t wait. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

This lets you experience scenes that are a bit more complex than the ones that you can live on Microsoft’s device; The field of view is 40° Horizontal and 30° Vertical. The Oculus Quest touch controllers: this is how I want manual interface in XR. I haven’t found anything better yet (Image by Oculus).

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VRWorld

JUNE 8, 2016

Case in point is Microsoft’s HoloLens, where a development kit will set you back for $3000. Seebright supports both Apple iOS and Google’s Android, with the Seebright SDK featuring an emulator that works on both platforms. Apple or Google, it doesn’t matter as being platform agnostic is all that counts.”

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The tech giant has certainly seen some success in this era, producing some of the most affordable and popular devices for gaming and entertainment. This offering could be the key to helping the tech giant preserve its market share, as innovators like Apple , Microsoft, and Magic Leap all increase their focus in the business world.

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VRScout

JUNE 18, 2017

The leaders of tech juggernauts like Apple, Google, and Facebook have been making aggressive moves into the space while publicly endorsing the world-changing potential of AR. Apple CEO Tim Cook. This month, Apple launched ARKit , a new AR development kit that has already produced some interesting experiences.

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