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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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 15, 2023

Some selected developers have received the Apple headset. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who is considered a reliable reporter about Apple, claimed that “a small number of high-profile software developers” have already received the Apple mixed reality headset to start developing content for it. Other relevant news. Matias Nassi.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a very impressive fusion of hardware and software, but it's by no means perfect. Apple Vision Pro Specs, Features & Details Apple officially revealed the full Vision Pro specs when opening preorders today. And Apple did not send UploadVR a review unit, we bought our own. But does it deliver?

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 19, 2023

An example is shown below of a level that applies a uniform grid of swinging lasers across the room. An example of a pattern-based level, a uniform pattern of movement is applied to a grid of lasers, covering the entire room. The below example shows a pattern that creates a sequence of blinking laser walls between the buttons.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 15, 2023

The sentence with which they have started the tease is “Big things are in motion here at Ultraleap”, which makes me think about something big that moves… may it be a new device to perform body tracking? More info (Ultraleap teasing a new device) More info (Maybe a new sensor is coming) Has Palmer Luckey tried the Apple headset?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

Apple’s Vision Pro device is coming in under a year if predictions are correct. An infinite digital canvas is how Apple sees its immersive product. Apple invites users to leverage Vision Pro as a tool to enhance their personal or professional workflows. visionOS is the framework empowering Apple’s infinite canvas.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 15, 2024

Apple’s RealityKit and ARKit tools are probably the best-known examples. Since Apple’s VisionOS kit focuses on mixed reality, I’ll leave that solution out. Apple ARKit Apple’s ARKit is one of the most popular augmented reality kits available, particularly for developers focusing on mobile AR apps.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2023

Mark Gurman in his latest update confirmed that Apple will announce its Reality Pro headset in Spring , give more details about its development practices during WWDC, and then release the device during the autumn. The new report regards other devices in the work at Apple. But this is something that we already knew.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Some months ago, we all read that letter where Zuckerberg claimed wanting to get complete control of the hardware and software stack so that Facebook shouldn’t depend on external companies, like Google or Apple for the SO, or phone manufacturers for the hardware. Oculus releases hands tracking SDK, official Link cable for Quest and more.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 5, 2017

One of the amazing things about Apple’s new ARKit developer platform is that there’s no extra hardware required. Clay is looking to do the same with gesture tracking. It can recognize more than 30 gestures users make with their hands, allowing for controller-free navigation of experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Regarding the glasses, I have not big hopes for true AR glasses, but I think that thanks to Facebook and Apple, finally we’ll have some important smartglasses entering the market , making the mainstream think about wearing something on their face to enjoy notifications from the phone. Phone AR will be always more popular.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The damn coronavirus continues to impact all our lives: the fact that many countries are applying restrictions on flights to and from Italy is, for example, creating various nuisances to my job. Is this really what Apple wants? (Thanks Robert Scoble for this news!). Developers continue to have fun with Oculus Quest hands tracking!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

Some examples of this category of glasses: Intel Vaunt (project abandoned); North Focals; Vuzix Blade; Snap Spectacles v2 (they are just cameras to share videos); Bose AR glasses (these are not for visual, but for audio augmented reality). Both systems also track images, and so you can use ARKit and ARCore as you used Vuforia before.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

During all these months, I had the occasion of reading on Linkedin about all his cool prototypes and enterprise solutions that he and his colleagues have developed inside the company, ranging from 360 videos to hand-tracked training solutions with the Quest, not to mention XR entertainment solutions for airplane passengers.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Small startups can’t compete with big companies, so usually, startups produce expensive headsets at a smaller scale to survive : see VRgineers or Varjo as an example. Facebook has showcased how thanks to the use of hand-tracking gloves, it has been able to let people touch-type in VR. Learn more.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

But really, if you need to connect two plastic parts together or you need to drill inside a door panel, for example, that's where it starts to become complicated and the task that you need to train. Nowadays you just build a prototype, physical prototype, which is a very costly process and test your ergonomics, for example.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

But really, if you need to connect two plastic parts together or you need to drill inside a door panel, for example, that's where it starts to become complicated and the task that you need to train. Nowadays you just build a prototype, physical prototype, which is a very costly process and test your ergonomics, for example.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

But really, if you need to connect two plastic parts together or you need to drill inside a door panel, for example, that's where it starts to become complicated and the task that you need to train. Nowadays you just build a prototype, physical prototype, which is a very costly process and test your ergonomics, for example.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

This information can be used, for example, to determine how well a person can follow a stimulus, how they react to a scene, and their intent.” The benefits of eye tracking, according to Tobii, include a sense of realism, graphical clarity, fidelity across FoV, high and stable frame rate, comfort for extended use, and smooth rendering.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Some of the companies trying to go out too early — castAR is a good example of that. You see these companies… like Jaunt, for example. Here’s a prime example. Do you think Apple is going to come out with their glasses in the next five years? So, you think Apple Apple would do this?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Some of the companies trying to go out too early — castAR is a good example of that. You see these companies… like Jaunt, for example. Here’s a prime example. Do you think Apple is going to come out with their glasses in the next five years? So, you think Apple Apple would do this?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

It has a dual camera system: one camera does inside-out tracking , so it just tracks your position around the table, so there’s no sensors that you have to put in the room; the other one is used for pure machine vision , we can do hand tracking , so you can reach into this virtual space and move stuff around.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

John Riccitiello -- the CEO of Unity -- was one of the first to point out that there was going to be this great sort of gold rush of people who were going to overhype VR and its potential, and then we're going to see this gap of a disappointment where the early reality didn't match up with the hype and a lot of people were going to bail on it.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Some of the companies trying to go out too early — castAR is a good example of that. You see these companies… like Jaunt, for example. Here’s a prime example. Do you think Apple is going to come out with their glasses in the next five years? So, you think Apple Apple would do this?

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