The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

PSVR 2, Apple XR visor) and games, will be fundamental to understand its evolution and its potential. Body tracking leaked from Quest SDK documentation. Probably you all recall the iconic Apple commercial inspired by the book 1984 that helped a lot the company in becoming popular. References to Apple RealityOS have been leaked.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. An eye-tracking accessory built for Vive should work with Rift as well, and so on. Microsoft Flight Simulator is adding VR support, but….

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Apple’s Vision Pro triggered new discourse on the future of virutal, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR). Revealed at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), the Apple Vision Pro has sparked both praise and criticism from the global XR community. Apple is adept at proposing something you didn’t think you needed.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The headset has a very nice design and features these specifications: Standalone 6DOF headset 1600×1600 resolution per eye 90Hz refresh rate 90° FOV RGB AR passthrough Innovative lenses that make the headset more compact Integrated audio Controller-free hand-tracking Eye-tracking 6GB of RAM 128GB of storage WiFi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.0,

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

Mirror Lake includes holographic lenses, reverse passthrough (people can see your eyes when you wear it), varifocal, and eye-tracking in a single very lightweight device. We have lots of non-news about Apple’s XR efforts. For every one of the four main themes, a headset solving it has been shown in the video.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

References found in the Oculus Quest 2 firmware by users Reggy04 and Basti564 highlight how the Quest 2 Pro should have: Eyes tracking Facial expressions tracking Eye relief knob Granular IPD adjustment External charging station. Apple VR headset may feature a 3000PPI microOLED display. It has 4.5DOF.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The headset will use its eye tracking capabilities to scan the iris of the user and so understand what user has just put on the headset, unlocking itself and maybe also loading the personal preferences; Large scale mapping. This is for instance something that Microsoft lacks completely. Avatar Chat. This is good.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

These new features would include eye-tracking, dynamic foveated rendering, IPD auto-adjustment, and stand-alone mod e: these will be enabled through future software updates. There are also additional IPD “offset” adjustments available in the Pimax PC client, on a per-eye basis, to allow further fine-tuning.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

The advantage of using 72 Hz is that everything appears smoother, plus the display becomes brighter and the colors warmer ; Fixed foveating : we all know what foveated rendering is and we all know that to be implemented it requires eye tracking. But we also know that when in VR, most people just look forward with their eyes.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Will a little startup be able to beat the big behemoths like Apple and Facebook? We started talking with other professionals in the field, and they always kept saying to us “If Microsoft can’t do it, how can you do it?”. eye-tracking analysis to see if you have fallen asleep while driving).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated. This means that if you develop an experience using OpenXR, you can run it on Oculus, SteamVR, and Microsoft runtimes with no modification.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2019

video) More info (Unreal Engine with Octane Renderer) More info (Wi-fi is not enough for VR streaming). Microsoft has just released its OpenXR implementation, while other companies like Oculus and Epic Games are still working on theirs, and they will be released soon. Apple is working on AR/VR. Other relevant news.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. And then just recently now you might have read that we have made a new thing with the new Apple iPad, with the LiDAR stuff, adding functionality that wasn't possible before. And then Apple comes along and says, "No, here's a new format." Alan: True.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. And then just recently now you might have read that we have made a new thing with the new Apple iPad, with the LiDAR stuff, adding functionality that wasn't possible before. And then Apple comes along and says, "No, here's a new format.". Alan: True.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. And then just recently now you might have read that we have made a new thing with the new Apple iPad, with the LiDAR stuff, adding functionality that wasn't possible before. And then Apple comes along and says, "No, here's a new format.". Alan: True.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. And Apple also earlier this year acquired NextVR, which-- that company has all the licensing rights to real-time capture in 360 of NASCAR, and NBA, and all of the other sports. But then you look at Unreal. Golf, I think.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. And Apple also earlier this year acquired NextVR, which-- that company has all the licensing rights to real-time capture in 360 of NASCAR, and NBA, and all of the other sports. But then you look at Unreal. Golf, I think.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. And Apple also earlier this year acquired NextVR, which-- that company has all the licensing rights to real-time capture in 360 of NASCAR, and NBA, and all of the other sports. But then you look at Unreal. Golf, I think.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2020

Outside VR, the big news to keep an eye on is the dispute between Epic Games and Apple (and Google), which could lead to a complete change in how app stores are managed, even in VR. With this new method, the tracking of the facial expressions is less accurate, but it works well the same. Watch Microsoft Office in XR.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

And so when ARKit popped up from Apple and they said surprise, now everybody with an iPhone 6 and above and use augmented reality, it really changed the game. HP and Microsoft, they’re running huge departments in this, just because they were early and learned how to do it. The next step is for our eyes.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

And so when ARKit popped up from Apple and they said surprise, now everybody with an iPhone 6 and above and use augmented reality, it really changed the game. HP and Microsoft, they’re running huge departments in this, just because they were early and learned how to do it. The next step is for our eyes.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

And so when ARKit popped up from Apple and they said surprise, now everybody with an iPhone 6 and above and use augmented reality, it really changed the game. HP and Microsoft, they're running huge departments in this, just because they were early and learned how to do it. The next step is for our eyes. We do projects on the Go.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Zuckerberg unveiled that what was teased by all the rumors of these weeks, a headset with passthrough-AR, inside-out tracking controllers, more comfort, face, and eye-tracking, pancake optics, high display resolution, etc… is actually coming, but it won’t be a Quest, but a headset compatible with Quest content.

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