The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2022

New reports highlight some episodes of the life of Apple XR glasses. This week The Information has written a long report about the history of Apple XR glasses. Google launches “Immersive Stream for AR”. Chinese giant Baidu (The Google of China) has announced its XiRang platform aimed at building the metaverse. Learn more.

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Upload VR

JUNE 7, 2023

Apple explained the three ways to enter text in Vision Pro. In February Meta released an "experimental" feature called Direct Touch , letting Quest users directly tap the interface, including the virtual keyboard, with their hands. So visionOS also supports two other text entry methods: Apple's Magic Keyboard , and voice entry.

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VRScout

MARCH 20, 2021

Developers have explored potential solutions in the past, such as Google Daydream’s ultra-fun Drum Keys or Logitech’s VR compatible keyboards. Similar to the Apple Watch or Fitbit, TapID is worn around the users wrist. There’s always voice-to-text, but that can be frustrating on a completely different level.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This time we will talk about haptics in XR with some celebrities in the field like Guido Gioioso from Weart, Ashley Huffman from TitanHaptics, and Joe Michaels from HaptX. Apple is working on some sort of metaverse, and its headset is entering mass production. This is clearly the beginning of Apple’s entrance into the Metaverse.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

Apple Announces Vision Pro Image courtesy Apple The News Apple announced is Vision Pro headset in June of 2023 marking the company’s first public step into the XR headset space. Apple also boldly announced the headset’s staggering $3,500 price, despite a launch date set for nearly a year later.

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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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Full Dive Gaming

AUGUST 30, 2022

22:03 Hand Tracking? 27:16 Jay's CONTROVERSIAL Opinion 29:26 Haptics are Important 31:14 Revisit it Tipsy? Each week, we release NEW EPISODES on all Your Favorite major platforms: Spotify, Apple, Google. 22:03 Hand Tracking? 24:18 In Game Music? 26:43 What Do You Want People to Know?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 14, 2023

According to the now-deleted article from Gyro Technology, the upcoming headset will leverage four tracking cameras, a pancake lens, two RGB outward-facing cameras, a depth sensor, eye-tracking, hand-tracking, OLED microdisplays, and Samsung’s Exynos 2200 chipset.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Viveport is improving a lot, and now HTC is also launching the Vive XR Suite , which will be distributed thanks to the support of a strong network of partners like HP, NVIDIA, Baidu (the Chinese Google), and Accenture. Facebook has showcased how thanks to the use of hand-tracking gloves, it has been able to let people touch-type in VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

It will be the first consumer headset with eye-tracking and foveated rendering, and also the first one to feature haptics directly on the headset. This tracker can be worn on the wrist, for a more accurate hand-tracking experience, or be installed on external props (e.g. New rumors on Apple and Meta devices.

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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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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

We may know the field of view of Apple AR headset. Of course, since he has not an Apple HMD, the only thing he could obtain was the screen splitting in two on his phone, showing that view that we XR developers know very well. It is now sure that Apple is going to release an AR headset , the questions are just when and what.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

Of course, the object must be in the FOV of the cameras of the headset to be tracked, even if HTC says that the tracking can somewhat continue also when this condition is not true (i guess using just IMU data). Haptic technologies were represented at CES very well especially by two companies: OWO and bHaptics. Shiftall MeganeX.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 19, 2017

Above: David Holz, founder of Leap Motion, shows off hand-tracking in VR. The headset didn’t incorporate any touch, or haptics, technology. As soon as we get finger detection, we want haptics. He showed how a deaf person could “hear” by feeling the haptic feedback on the torso. Image Credit: Dean Takahashi.

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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. Google AR Cloud Streaming. Senseglove Nova. The evolution of CREAL glasses.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

For example, when somebody coughs, their adam's apple moves up. The most important elements of interaction right now are precise hand tracking, object tracking, and tactile feedback. HAND TRACKING BY ON-HEADSET CAMERAS is a resource-intensive process, and it’s not yet nearly as effective.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The other part of the problem is due, as per my speculation, to Meta wanting absolutely to take this out before Apple could release its headse t, to have a first-mover advantage over it. HaptX announces the new generation of its haptic gloves. Road To VR) More info (Meta confirms Quest 3 for 2023- Upload VR). Other news. Learn more.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

This technology could be in the form of a head mounted display, motion tracking, haptic systems in gloves or suits, locomotion, consoles or image capture. Bodysuit: Skin tight body suits are worn to both provide tracking of the arms and legs as well as relay touch sensations via haptic technology. TRON (1982).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 15, 2024

Augmented reality kits seem to be everywhere, from well-known options like Apple’s ARKit and Google ARCore to Apple’s new collection of AR development tools. Since Apple’s VisionOS kit focuses on mixed reality, I’ll leave that solution out. The simple reason is that demand for AR is growing at an incredible pace.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Varag: So Clay is a software company, we're specializing in hand tracking and gesture recognition, mostly in the AR and VR space. We did a project just using Google's hand tracking library. And hand tracking needs to be there. But let's get back to hand tracking, because this is a vital part.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Varag: So Clay is a software company, we're specializing in hand tracking and gesture recognition, mostly in the AR and VR space. We did a project just using Google's hand tracking library. And hand tracking needs to be there. But let's get back to hand tracking, because this is a vital part.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

If we sum these features to the other ones added in the past, like hands tracking, Passthrough Shortcut, or the multiple windows in Oculus Browser , we start seeing the first signs of a mixed reality operating system, with which you can interact with the controllers or with the hands in a natural way.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Varag: So Clay is a software company, we're specializing in hand tracking and gesture recognition, mostly in the AR and VR space. We did a project just using Google's hand tracking library. And hand tracking needs to be there. But let's get back to hand tracking, because this is a vital part.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google killed its AR glasses Project Iris Do you remember the name Project Iris? Various reports indicated it as the internal codename in Google for a project meant to build augmented reality glasses. It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

2010, we had wearable technologies like the Fitbits, the Apple Watch, so forth and so on. When you walk into a Best Buy’s or you walk into any retailer, they’re selling you the Amazon Echo and they’re selling you the Google Home, where you ask a question, it plays a video. And in the 90s we had the laptops.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

2010, we had wearable technologies like the Fitbits, the Apple Watch, so forth and so on. When you walk into a Best Buy's or you walk into any retailer, they're selling you the Amazon Echo and they're selling you the Google Home, where you ask a question, it plays a video. Alan: The Quest is now doing hand tracking.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

2010, we had wearable technologies like the Fitbits, the Apple Watch, so forth and so on. When you walk into a Best Buy’s or you walk into any retailer, they’re selling you the Amazon Echo and they’re selling you the Google Home, where you ask a question, it plays a video. And in the 90s we had the laptops.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 25, 2022

Meta releases hands tracking 2.0 Meta has just released the v2 of its hand tracking system for Quest. But the applications won’t use it automatically, but they have to change a little flag to enable the use of this new hand tracking algorithm. I’ll keep you posted about my findings. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

thanks to a better tracking algorithm that allows for less power consumption on the IR LEDs of the controllers (thanks TESTED for having pointed this out). The haptic feedback of these controllers has been improved , and they can provide much stronger vibrations than the one of the original Quest.

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