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The XR Week Peek (2020.08.24): Facebook login gets imposed on Quest and the community riots, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Someone invokes saviors like Google and Amazon, but even if they managed to succeed, they are other data-harvesting companies , so in any case, we are f**ked. Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine. All Apple software, SDKs, APIs, and developer tools ?—?Pre-release Image by Epic Games). This is huge.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.09.26): Pico 4 announced, RTX40 cards revealed, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Google). Meta and Google announce layoffs. This week we had the announcement of both Meta and Google laying off people. More info (Google NeRF algorithm) More info (Quest 2 full body tracking) More info (Meta research on video points of view) More info (Apple patent for mixed reality).

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How I got started with virtual reality (and you can, too)

The Ghost Howls

Years later, in 2014, my previous classmate Gianni Rosa Gallina called me because he wanted to create a startup about all the fancy things we were discussing in that period, in particular Google Glasses and my obsession about seeing virtual objects on top of the real world. From it, ARKit has born, I guess. A random tutorial found on Youtube.

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Navigating the New Frontier of Extended Reality with Accenture’s Rori DuBoff

XR for Business Podcast

Alan: Yeah I think… well, pretty much everybody… So I would say, Google is leading the way with this, with Google Lens being able to take your phone out, open the camera, point it at a pair of shoes, and it will tell you exactly where to buy those shoes instantly from your phone. Alan: So, I think Google’s leading.

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Navigating the New Frontier of Extended Reality with Accenture’s Rori DuBoff

XR for Business Podcast

Alan: Yeah I think… well, pretty much everybody… So I would say, Google is leading the way with this, with Google Lens being able to take your phone out, open the camera, point it at a pair of shoes, and it will tell you exactly where to buy those shoes instantly from your phone. Alan: So, I think Google’s leading.

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Augmented Reality Software: ARKit vs ARCore vs Vuforia vs AR Foundation in 2021

ARVR

Recent studies indicate that buyers give higher value to products and brands with AR. It is available at the Apple Developer website under the Applications tab. ARCore is a Google SDK. It is an answer to Apple’s ARKit. Just like ARKit, ARCore can work with Java/OpenGL, Unity, and Unreal. How to Use ARCore?

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Kelly Peng reveals Kura 150° FOV AR glasses expected price and release date

The Ghost Howls

Will a little startup be able to beat the big behemoths like Apple and Facebook? I’ve studied at important universities like UC Berkeley, and I’ve worked on many technical projects (for work or personal interest) in electronics, optics, brain-machine interface , natural language processing, etc…. Hello Kelly! for fitness).

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