XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 1, 2022

Sony may launch it in 1Q23, depending on the development schedule of PS VR2 game titles. Genius also provides aspherical lenses for the PSVR 2 device, and Ming-Chi Kuo states that Genius is working with other extended reality (XR) clients, including Apple. Haptic motors. units shipments in 2H22. pic.twitter.com/NIqFgg4Kjl. — ???

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

And he for sure would never have forgotten them in a hotel room… a hotel where totally by chance works a guy who owns a channel about gaming and is active on VR forums. VR modder Praydog has just announced a “Universal VR injector” for Unreal Engine. I mean, this story smells. VR Modding reaches a new milestone. Some news on content.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

Here are some of the VR vendors making waves in the industry as of 2024: RealWear Meta Apple Goertek Pimax Pico HP HTC Vive Samsung Varjo Lenovo Valve Index Vrgineers RealWear Exploring various aspects of the immersive technology landscape, RealWear produces sensors, apps, and hardware for the XR space.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

I’ll be there to talk about HitMotion: Reloaded and how to properly design a VR fitness game (using the precious lessons that our game designer Max Ariani has taught me). In the meanwhile, if you want, you can attend an Awe Nite event about gaming on 30th September I have been invited to speak at. It has 4.5DOF.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

PSVR 2, Apple XR visor) and games, will be fundamental to understand its evolution and its potential. For instance, since I work on a VR fitness game , I’m thinking about all the new training experiences that will become now possible. References to Apple RealityOS have been leaked. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

95% of the content is about the vision of the future “metaverse” in which we all are always in XR , we work, we connect with other people physically distant away, we attend events, we play multiplayer games, etc… all in XR. Luckily there is 5% of information there that I’ve actually found interesting. I mean, we all already knew this, Mark.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Pico is also going to have its first exclusive title: Just Dance VR, a popular game good for all ages. I invite you all to see the video I’m linking below to see how this can be cool to give a new life to many old games. The game will also be released on Steam so that to please the current PCVR fanbase of Stress Level Zero.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

In the end, it has not been Apple or Facebook, but Snap to make its first move in the AR glasses space. Apple new interface for the Apple Watch may be a glimpse of future XR interactions. Tilt Five is an amazing startup building AR glasses to play tabletop games. You can now touch a virtual cat with full haptics.

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Building the Metaverse

JANUARY 18, 2023

When I was a kid, I wanted to build a holodeck — the immersive 3D simulation system from Star Trek, so I started making games, beginning with online multiplayer games for bulletin board systems. Eventually, I even got to make a massively multiplayer mobile game based on Star Trek that a few million people played.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

This has not been the most interesting week in AR, VR, but I think that in the next times we’ll see some shots fired: in some days there will be the F8, the official shipment of the Vive Pro 2, then the Apple WWDC conference! Image by Epic Games). Unreal Engine 5 gets released in Early Access. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

In the meantime, Valve has given a complete overhaul to the UI of SteamVR , changing the interface both of the desktop menus and the VR menu, that is now curved and more suitable to select games in an easier way with VR controllers. Let’s see how Apple and Google will answer. Sony closes its game studio in Manchester.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Image by MegaDodo Simulation Games). Some of its features are: 2,160 × 2,160 resolution per eye 90Hz framerate 4-cameras inside-out tracking (like the Quest) Touch-like controllers with Knuckles-like finger-sensing Face tracking Hips tracking (for better orientation in games) Integration with SteamVR games Wireless add-on.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

We were all expecting this since AR and VR are a bit in a transitional moment and the biggest brands (like Facebook and Apple) have their events through which they’ll announce their new devices, but for me, this lack of news was worse than the expected. We had a few interesting news, but nothing truly disruptive. Senseglove Nova.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

OpenXR has arrived at the first version of the standard, and now it has been implemented by all the major vendors : Microsoft has implemented it for HoloLens and WMR; Oculus for Rift and Quest; Valve has implemented it in SteamVR; etc… Talking about game engines, Unreal Engine now already offers it, while Unity is still lagging behind.

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VRScout

JULY 11, 2017

Out of 11 companies, there are 3 VR/AR-related: Ambidio (immersive sound), Epic Games (creator of Unreal Engine and several VR titles), and The VOID (fully immersive location-based VR entertainment—they did the Ghostbusters activation in Times Square in NY). APPLE IS HIRING FOR VR/AR POSITIONS. GO SKYDIVING SAFELY… AND INDOORS!

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

I think the battle with Apple has just begun. Because most VR developers know well Unity or Unreal, and WebVR languages like A-frame are based on Javascript, that is very different from the usual programming flow of the game engines. Half-Life modding continues and now you can play the game with mouse and keyboard!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

At GDC 2017 LG showcased a virtual reality headset that was SteamVR compatible: it was a game-changing moment since for the first time a new non-Vive headset would have been compatible with SteamVR tracking and ecosystem. people walking around), so I don't have an apples-to-apples comparison against Santa Cruz.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

It's funny, because Helen Papagiannis -- author of Augmented Human -- she's got this game, "Augmented Reality Or Real?" And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. And the equivalent from an iOS phone is used Apple's version of USD, that Pixar has defined. Alan: I haven't read about that.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

It's funny, because Helen Papagiannis -- author of Augmented Human -- she's got this game, "Augmented Reality Or Real?" And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. And the equivalent from an iOS phone is used Apple's version of USD, that Pixar has defined. Alan: I haven't read about that.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

It's funny, because Helen Papagiannis -- author of Augmented Human -- she's got this game, "Augmented Reality Or Real?" And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. And the equivalent from an iOS phone is used Apple's version of USD, that Pixar has defined. Alan: I haven't read about that.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

The Venture Reality Fund has looked at over 5,000 startups in the space and invested in 40, including Beat Games, acquired by Facebook, and Rec Room, the first VR software Unicorn. While at Zynga, he co-created the game FarmVille and served as the CTO of Zynga Japan. Learn more about what it means to be a creative in the VC world.

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