XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 3, 2024

Apple Vision Pro’s latest update optimises the device’s persona remote immersive communication feature, further boosting the device’s potential of bringing immersive conferencing features to the productivity-focused device. Apple first noted the Avatar system would upgrade during its Vision Pro 1.1 In version 1.1,

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Most of us are already familiar with haptics from playing video games, where rumble and vibration are creatively used to create a connection between the action on the screen and the gamer. This is the idea that Apple piloted in its AR[T] walks, where digital works of art were placed around cities such as Tokyo, San Francisco and New York.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 30, 2023

I’ve read a lot of articles and XR news this week, but actually, at the end of the day, nothing relevant has happened, except for the usual rumor about Apple… so you can close this roundup now… no ok, I’m kidding! This doesn’t sound to me very “Apple”. And by the way, on the personal side, things are going well for me!

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2. In the end, the rumors were correct and HTC launched two headsets at VIVECON: the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. But this device got also some criticism: first of all , HTC has not released new controllers and still sells it with the old Wands.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC is teasing a new headset. HTC is teasing a new piece of hardware again, and this time most probably it will be a VR headset. HTC loves playing with the words, so “get down to business” can be a reference to the fact that it is a “business headset”. Top news of the week. Not much, honestly.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

They could build together something that could seriously compete with Facebook and Apple: let’s keep an eye on them. Image by HTC). HTC is teasing the launch of a new hardware. With a tweet, HTC has just teased the upcoming launch of a new device. Maybe the release of the Quest 2 has forced them to level up the game.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

This week, we look at Apple’s moves across the spatial spectrum, Magic Leap 2, And Oculus Quest game sales among other items. Let’s dive in… Apple VR rumors mounting up. We predicted in 2018 that the Apple XR device would probably be focused on media consumption – at first.

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AR Insider

APRIL 12, 2021

This week, Apple and Epic continue to exchange blows, Tom Brady leans into NFTs and Vuzix forms partnership with TechSee. Let’s dive in… Apple says Epic’s Fortnite lawsuit is a marketing stunt to revive ‘flagging interest’ in the game. W elcome back to Spatial Beats. That’s right, baby.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 20, 2023

With the company’s innovative approach to entertainment, people are enjoying the passenger seat with a library of hit gaming titles. Additionally, holoride has created a name for itself by significantly reducing motion sickness while gaming as a car passenger. What are its strengths and weaknesses?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

More info Some news about Apple Vision Pro The news and rumors about Vision Pro never end. In these two weeks, we got to discover that Apple is planning to organize demo sessions of Vision Pro inside the Apple Store venues and that in the beginning, the only way to buy a Vision Pro will be going to an Apple Store.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The project also leveraged a partnership with Xreps that provided immersive learning experiences to enable engaging maths games. The conference will allow educational institutions to obtain a headset, and any unclaimed HTC VIVE VR devices will be distributed to the appropriate schools.

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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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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2023

Microsoft released the first-gen Zune in 2006, an MP3 player that looked to compete with Apple’s largely dominant line of iPods. Apple wasn’t the first to make a portable MP3 player, although it was the first to make one everyone wanted. Zooming out, Zune’s ultimate defeat belies a larger pattern of behavior.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Most of us are already familiar with haptics from playing video games, where rumble and vibration are creatively used to create a connection between the action on the screen and the gamer. This is the idea that Apple piloted in its AR[T] walks, where digital works of art were placed around cities such as Tokyo, San Francisco and New York.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 10, 2024

A few years ago I was interviewing Alvin Wang Graylin , the HTC Executive (or “Mister President” as I like to call him), and we were talking about the book Our Next Reality he’s written together with Louis Rosenberg. In the book they talk about XR and AI , and how they could impact our future, for the good and the bad.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 31, 2023

A media report has come out swinging against Apple’s Vision Pro headset, stating it has failed to innovate the mixed reality (MR) market. The author wrote, “But as with generative AI, Apple is not exactly the first to the game. And don’t just burden them with this massive price.”

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2023

Exactly one week ago, Apple announced the Apple Vision Pro, its first XR headset. It will be a shorter and maybe not-so-exciting newsletter, but I will be happy of having shed some light on other interesting pieces of news from this week in XR Stay tuned for my roundup about the Apple Vision Pro coming in the next few days!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

A Horizon game is coming for this new headset, and some rumors talk also about Half-Life: Alyx potentially be available in the future; HTC has announced the Vive Wrist Tracker, a 6 DOF tracker for the Vive Focus 3. New rumors on Apple and Meta devices. I’ve already started seeing this trend for the M-word.

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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

JANUARY 16, 2023

The Quest Pro only continued this trend ; the high-end headset brings a range of impressive improvements to the hardware along with new sensing capabilities, but its new features are significantly hampered by an undercooked software offering. On the other hand, some real competition from the likes of Pico and HTC may be on the way.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Based on interviews and surveys of more than 750 XR professionals, the report is an in-depth analysis of the state of the global XR market today and seeks to distil emerging XR trends into a clear narrative to determine the sector’s future direction. in the VR for enterprise segment. said the same for AR/MR.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

HTC released a video showing off its vision of the metaverse, a reflection of what the company thinks virtual spaces will look like in the near future. HTC’s most recent concept video isn’t at fault for shooting for the stars. To think, HTC and Oculus were once competitors back in the early days of consumer VR.

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Tech Trends VR

APRIL 9, 2018

Gaming remains the primary reason for sales of VR devices and this is unlikely to change over the next few years Click To Tweet. Gaming remains the primary reason for sales of VR devices and this is unlikely to change over the next few years. In 2022, a total of 121 million units will be sold, with a value of $9.9 billion in 2022.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 9, 2017

Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games and creator of Unreal Engine, has a unique position in the virtual reality industry. As an active supporter of VR and head of one of gaming’s most important VR-compatible game engines, when Sweeney speaks, we tend to listen. HTC Vive is a completely open platform.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

This week I have been pretty busy working on our mixed reality fitness game that is very close to launch and in preparing some amazing articles for next week (I will publish a review of the Valve Index and a super-amazing interview to Jeri Ellsworth, the creator of TiltFive augmented reality glasses!) HTC has a new CEO: Yves Maitre.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2022

XR has rapidly emerged as one of the most powerful new trends in the gaming landscape. Attracting players all over the world to a new kind of immersive experience, XR allows game developers to connect with users on a different level. Already the, virtual reality in gaming market is expected to grow to a value of $53.44

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The hardware to be launched at the event had already been totally leaked We had no unexpected major VR game announced , nor news on GTA or Assassin’s Creed VR Most pieces of news were already been announced o r were not that relevant. Meta has already invested in VR gaming and VR fitness. Microsoft 365 is coming to Quest Pro!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

But hey, let me play this game anyway, so here you are my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 based on the trends and the anticipations that we had at the end of 2020! I expect all these trends to continue in 2021, for a year that will see the growth of the technology on all its sides (software and hardware).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

As always in January I like to play the speculation game and make my personal predictions for augmented and virtual reality for the new year (2022, in this case). GENERAL TRENDS. I think the metaverse will follow a similar trend. From a VR headset for gaming is now an MR headset for entertainment and productivity.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC is probably going to announce Vive Flow. With a surprise move, HTC Vive has started teasing the launch of a new product. The company has set up a virtual event on the platform ENGAGE (of which HTC is an investor) for October, 14th 2021 at 8 am PDT. Send me hugs while I’m still human! More info.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

Apple has killed its AR glasses project… maybe. A piece of unexpected news has shaken the XR communities this week: according to a report on Digitimes Taiwan, Apple has abandoned its AR/VR glasses project and all the members of the team have been re-allocated in other teams. AR is still alive, Apple will still release its AR glasses.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 16, 2024

The head-mounted display/headset marketplace may be approaching a broad shift as Apple unveils its Vision Pro headset next month, with the device promising to advance screen-based productivity into a third dimension, leveraging traditional MR technologies to achieve a spatial computing future.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). VRTUOLUO is a vertical industry media that is subordinate to TUOLUO Tech, which is incubated by the Game industry media YOUXITUOLUO.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

And this year, we’ll see further growth of this trend, which has still a big untapped potential: many new items to try-before-you-buy, new features available for filters, new popular ecosystems (like WeChat) that are going to adopt it properly. What will see a decreasing trend is everything that is about people going outside.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The XR field is now growing, and the long-term outlook is also great, with the upcoming release of the Apple mixed reality headset which is for sure going to re-ignite the hype for immersive realities again. I’ve published with my team a fitness game which got very good feedback, and that we are thinking about expanding.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

In my opinion, these are the trends to keep an eye on: The continuous growth of the market Establishment of VR in enterprise settings Incremental technical evolution of devices Blurring of the line between AR and VR High-quality content (especially gaming) 5G over-hype Standardization given by OpenXR Others (LBVR, WebVR, SocialXR).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

And in this newsletter, you will also find some cool freebies: the keys to get a cool VR game for free, and a huge discount (… and maybe even more) to go to the Immersive Tech Week in Rotterdam! Unity 6 brings a lot of innovations from the previous version, giving new and better tools to game developers. Great job, Vuzix.

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