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). Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here.

Augmented Reality 398

Augmented Reality Magic Leap Leap Motion AR 398

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?

Google 487

Google Samsung Apple Virtual Reality 487

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. More info (Example n.1 Unity releases the XR Interaction Toolkit.

Oculus 208

Oculus Hand tracking AR Unity 208

AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents have an advantage with existing mapping such as Google Maps, Earth, Street View, Apple Maps and the Indoor Maps Program, and Bing Maps but there are also significant geographic data players such as Foursquare and OpenStreetMap. In another scenario, we may see game engines dominant, like Unity or Unreal.

Magic Leap 156

Magic Leap AR Microsoft Apple 156

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?

Training 78

Training San Jose Oculus AR 78

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?

Training 78

Training San Jose Oculus AR 78

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.

Training 60

Training San Jose Oculus AR 60