AR Insider

MAY 17, 2021

This week, the Epic/Apple saga continues, HTC doubles down on enterprise AR Niantic enters the AR platform race, and Spatial leans in to NFTs. Let’s dive in… Apple – Epic Smackdown, part deux. As the trial drags on, Epic’s case against Apple may be losing its edge. What about Roblox? More from AR Insider….

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

And it’s not over on the content side: they are going to launch the Pico Video app with 600+ videos on day 1 , and are partnering to have immersive concerts with Wave. Doing its keynote on video, CEO Jensen Huang introduced the new RTX4080 and RTX4090 graphics cards, which are based on the new Ada Lovelace architecture.

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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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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Apple now lets add you add “buy” button to AR Quick Look. A piece of simple news, but a very important one, has hit the AR industry this week: Apple now lets companies add custom buttons (usually the “Buy” one) to AR Quick Look. More info (Acer ConceptD OJO canceled) More info (Acer still interested in exploring XR).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

This means having AR and VR on the same device ; A 5G modem ; 8K videos playback at 60fps; Accelerated AI so that to be able to perform objects recognition and other cool stuff on the camera feed. Is this really what Apple wants? (Thanks Robert Scoble for this news!). XR Europe will be awesome! Learn more. Some XR fun.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 29, 2022

Next year sounds already to be very interesting, with the expected release of PSVR 2 and maybe also of the Apple headset…. From the teaser video, it looks like a Cambria competitor, but we don’t have any info on it, yet. Two interesting experiments from Shopify and Unity. Other relevant news. Some news on the metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

If we talk about compatible devices, we all have a smartphone that can do AR, we all have watched on some social media short video selfies with some AR effects on. This commercial video about Google Glasses led me to immersive realities. Facebook and Apple will jumpstart the smartglasses ecosystem.

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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

MAY 30, 2022

Pico launches Neo 3 Link in Europe. More info (Pico Neo 3 Link now available in Europe) More info (Pico Neo 3 Link launched at Laval Virtual). Apple may unveil RealityOS at WWDC. At the upcoming WWDC, Apple may unveil its operating system for XR glasses, dubbed RealityOS. Other relevant news. Image by Pico).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

If this may interest to you, here you are the link for the form to be filled (note: I’ve provided you the link for Europe… if you’re from UK, just substitute “eu” with “uk” in the address; if you are from US, use “us”, etc…). Vive Trackers 2.0 now on sale.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

We started working really early on with the DK-1 from Kickstarter, testing, playing around with Unity, seeing what we could do, up to now where we're easily 200+ commercially funded, brand funded XR experiences. Alan: This sky slide that you built, if you want to see it, it's happyfinish.com, and there's a video there. I'm a cyclist.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

We started working really early on with the DK-1 from Kickstarter, testing, playing around with Unity, seeing what we could do, up to now where we're easily 200+ commercially funded, brand funded XR experiences. Alan: This sky slide that you built, if you want to see it, it's happyfinish.com, and there's a video there. I'm a cyclist.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

More info (Quest 2 Couch mode) More info (Vocal commands with “Hey Facebook”) More info (FAQ on Vocal Commands on Quest) More info (Virtuclear lenses) More info (Experimental 120Hz mode coming) More info (Video of Boz winking) More info (Quest 2 Pro teasing). SteamVR integrates full support for OpenXR 1.0.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

We started working really early on with the DK-1 from Kickstarter, testing, playing around with Unity, seeing what we could do, up to now where we're easily 200+ commercially funded, brand funded XR experiences. Alan: This sky slide that you built, if you want to see it, it's happyfinish.com, and there's a video there. I'm a cyclist.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Here you are the full video of the interview. Some of my toy projects… I did a ton of these toys joysticks that you plug into a television and have a bunch of video games built in. Yeah, I don’t know if you’ve seen any of the videos …yeah a lot of these features are already prototyped and we’re demonstrating them all.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

They try PDF, they tried videos, but result was the same, they couldn’t fix the problem. Might think about things like GDPR we have in Europe, which you do not have. Dirk: That’s like the Apple strategy, right? Oh, I need 10 people with Unity skills. They don’t do that every day. “Wait.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

They try PDF, they tried videos, but result was the same, they couldn’t fix the problem. Might think about things like GDPR we have in Europe, which you do not have. Dirk: That’s like the Apple strategy, right? Oh, I need 10 people with Unity skills. They don’t do that every day. “Wait.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

They try PDF, they tried videos, but result was the same, they couldn't fix the problem. Might think about things like GDPR we have in Europe, which you do not have. Dirk: That's like the Apple strategy, right? Oh, I need 10 people with Unity skills. They don't do that every day. So we built an application. Alan: Exactly.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 24, 2022

I just got back from Lisbon, where I attended AWE Europe. Apple headset will not be focused on gaming. A new report seems to suggest that the upcoming Apple headset won’t be focused on gaming at all. In fact, at launch, it won’t even be possible to create Unity content for it. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 10, 2024

All the elusive XR analysts have almost guessed nothing, and they were not even able to predict the launch of the Apple Vision Pro until the date got pretty close. It’s the same with Apple ARKit, which took everyone by surprise and led to the democratization of AR on smartphones. licensing).

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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: Oh, yeah.

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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: Oh, yeah.

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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. But you also need to get the AR platforms.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

Apple featured it a whole bunch of times. We have all these videos during our user tests of people crawling on the ground, shooting zombies and jumping up and down. Just take 360 video, for example. So a company like a Macy's or a large retailer in Europe. We've been working with Unity's Reflect team.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

Apple featured it a whole bunch of times. We have all these videos during our user tests of people crawling on the ground, shooting zombies and jumping up and down. Just take 360 video, for example. So a company like a Macy's or a large retailer in Europe. We've been working with Unity's Reflect team.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

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. A big company like Apple, Google, really pushing the thing out and saying, “this is what it’s going to be,” and then making it part of everyday life. They can make videos.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

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. A big company like Apple, Google, really pushing the thing out and saying, “this is what it’s going to be,” and then making it part of everyday life. They can make videos.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

Apple featured it a whole bunch of times. We have all these videos during our user tests of people crawling on the ground, shooting zombies and jumping up and down. Just take 360 video, for example. So a company like a Macy's or a large retailer in Europe. We've been working with Unity's Reflect team.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2019

If YouTube is the world’s compendium of videos of cute cats and unboxings, then the Sketchfab platform is well on its way to becoming the equivalent cultural database of user-generated 3D objects. Either regards to presentations, or it could be to build video games. So maybe there’s three or four types of video files.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2019

If YouTube is the world's compendium of videos of cute cats and unboxings, then the Sketchfab platform is well on its way to becoming the equivalent cultural database of user-generated 3D objects. Either regards to presentations, or it could be to build video games. So maybe there's three or four types of video files.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2019

If YouTube is the world’s compendium of videos of cute cats and unboxings, then the Sketchfab platform is well on its way to becoming the equivalent cultural database of user-generated 3D objects. Either regards to presentations, or it could be to build video games. So maybe there’s three or four types of video files.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

In Europe, this marketing effort is just starting now, so the penetration is not that high, yet. In the USA, it is almost mainstream; in Europe, it is something for people that have some knowledge of gaming or technology; in South America, is very difficult to get a headset. It will also be a defensive move against Apple.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Nreal is one of the most popular companies in the field, having won over several well-known investors like Qualcomm, short video app Kuaishou, video streaming app iQiyi, and GP Capital. Designer, Director and Researcher, #Keiichi is best known for his dystopian video “ Hyper-reality.” 17- Helen Situ. 24- Keiichi Matsuda.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

90% of people getting a Quest for Christmas are new users for VR; Facebook has released 3 videos related to the 3 talks that it should have performed at GDC. Unity is offering 3 months of Free Learning so that you can sharp your development skills. It is another step towards the creation of a great AR ecosystem for Apple.

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