ARVR

JULY 9, 2020

Augmented Reality Trends (Part 2) Brief history Some important AR facts: 60s : Engineer Ivan Sutherland, created the SketchPad project, a system based on what is now known as computer graphics, and created a see-through to present 3D graphics (Krevelen, 2010)(Jaimini, 2016). Evolution of Augmented Reality (Craig, 2013) by fernanda rodríguez.

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Tech Trends VR

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Most of us are lucky enough not to have experienced urban conflict first-hand, but VR can give us a sense of what that looks – and feels – like for people on the ground who have to actually live that reality. Virtual Reality has been used many times to show the dreadful consequences of the Syrian conflict.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 1, 2021

“Metaverse is an embodied Internet where you don’t just look at content, you’re inside it and experience it directly via virtual reality”?—?Mark Photo by Patrick Schneider on Unsplash Virtual reality , as the name suggests, allows users to immerse themselves in an artificially created world that appears real.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

LONDON, September 15, 2019 — VR Intelligence, a leader in senior level conferences and content for the extended reality (XR) industry, announced today the release of the XR Industry Insight Report 2019-2020. Virtual Reality Intelligence is a trading name of FC Business Intelligence Ltd. Kathryn Bloxham. VR Intelligence / VRX.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

In the middle of this, of course, the Apple Vision Pro was also an iPhone moment, without forgetting Half-Life: Alyx in the mix. So let’s make a big online survey, a classic Google Form, and let’s agree on what to hype next so that we can pretend to be experts in time.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

If I had to choose the most common question I’ve received in these 4 years on the blog, social media, and Quora, I would surely pick “How do I get started with virtual reality?” How I got started with virtual reality. This is how I got started with Virtual Reality development.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 2, 2024

April’s hardware survey of VR headsets on Steam. And in the end, the beginning of June is a good opportunity to answer whatever Google had announced mid May at Google I/O and at the same time to put pressure on Apple for the WWDC conference in mid-June.

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ARVR

MARCH 14, 2022

Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality 2. Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Snapchat and Instagram filters turning the human face into funny characters is nothing but the integration of AR. The trend of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality is marking rapid growth and is nowhere to go in the near future.

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Haptical

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

VR Intelligence, a network of the leading decision makers in virtual, augmented and mixed realities recently released an industry report titled as XR Industry Insight Report 2019–2020.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Apple MR headset may feature iris detection and legs tracking. A new week, a new set of rumors about the Apple headset. Ahah I love the nonsense of the rumors about Apple! More info (Report about Apple visor?—?Mac Mac Rumors) More info (Report about Apple visor?—?Upload Google Starline starts real-world testing.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

Luckily there is AR that is still strong, and we can hope to wear Google AR glasses soon… ah no, they are dead too. Check-ins with Apple experts for UI design and development guidance, and help refining your app. This Apple-owned development device needs to be returned upon request.

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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

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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AR Insider

MAY 27, 2020

We see this development in technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Blockchain. An MIT study about embracing digital technology reports that 63 percent of surveyed managers said the pace of technological change in their workplaces is too slow, primarily due to a “lack of urgency.”

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

In Korea, a TV documentary has used virtual reality to make a mother meet again her daughter Nayeon , who died of blood cancer some months before. New Steam hardware survey highlights that the number of VR headsets has grown again, and now according to Road To VR there are 1.6M Let’s see how Apple and Google will answer.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

The same has happened with Apple, which is now offering bonuses to employees to keep them inside the company. Apple has performed very strategic acquisitions as well, and the news of the week is that Snap has acquired Compound Photonics to gain a key supplier of LCOS and Microled displays. Apple may have delays for its headset.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 5, 2017

Sadly, we don’t know which company is really in the stronger position because their data comparisons are apples and oranges. He said that 59 percent of virtual reality developers are using Unity, according to a survey by VisionMobile. More people build an Apple with Unity than anyone else.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Apple acquires IKinema. Another acquisition got my attention this week: Apple buying IKinema. As when Apple bought Metaio and Faceshift, a great service is not available anymore for all the devs of the world because of an acquisition by Apple. As has happened with previous acquisitions, we have just to wait and see.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 19, 2021

More info (PwC research) More info (Steam Hardware Survey) More info (Counterpoint Research) More info (Moss and Gorn selling more than 1M units). Or of a hybrid AR/VR headset like the Lynx or like the rumored Apple visor? This proves once again that it is not easy, but it is possible to be profitable in the VR market.

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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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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

Ideas on the ground and on board: The airport industry first began toying with wearable technology with the release of the original Google Glass in 2013. More recently, the use of wearable augmented and virtual reality devices by airport and airline technicians to train, perform maintenance, and receive remote support has gained traction.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Before leaving you to the news of the week, let me just tell you two things that may interest you: If you missed them, don’t forget to read my predictions about augmented reality and virtual reality in 2022; This Thursday at 5 pm CET AWE Nite Florence comes back! The first one is that Reality Labs had $10B of losses in 2021.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

Well, if the rumor becomes reality, this would mean that all next Apple devices will have both front and back depth cameras, for high-precision Augmented Reality and 3D reconstruction. Well played Apple. Let’s see if Facebook will be a worthier opponent than Google. Other relevant news. Image by Acer).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Apple VR headset may feature a 3000PPI microOLED display. This week we had a new rumor about the XR headset Apple is working on. According to Korean publication The Elec, Apple has requested a sample of a display component for OLED displays that can arrive up to 3000PPI. Apple Event was not about AR, like, at all.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

More info (Sebastian’s Tweet) More info (Sebastian’s Tweet with answer by GermanRifter) More info (Google Cache for Bestware shop page for Cosmos). Internal iOS 13 code seems to point at Apple AR glasses. It is not a secret that Apple is working on a pair of AR glasses (even if someone still thinks that the project has been abandoned).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The problem is that the same Hamilton has said that the more you get close to the portals and the robots, the more the illusion vanishes away and you see all the imperfections of the blending of the virtual and the real. Survey and Medical Image Visualization. The enterprise apps are: Brainlab. Location based entertainment.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

There’s a whole range of services, and GPS is getting better now that it’s being married to computer vision, so you can get highly-localized Google directions – really accurate, down to a couple of feet. They’ve already got, you know, in your Apple phone, RF detection is already built in. What did it enable?

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

There’s a whole range of services, and GPS is getting better now that it’s being married to computer vision, so you can get highly-localized Google directions – really accurate, down to a couple of feet. They’ve already got, you know, in your Apple phone, RF detection is already built in. What did it enable?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

If you look at someone like Apple, they aren’t about to put their logo on something like the current developer-focused headsets out there. And actually, one of the companies we just invested in, they do virtual reality training for heavy machinery. I think the more specialized the training is, the better fit it is for PC.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

If you look at someone like Apple, they aren’t about to put their logo on something like the current developer-focused headsets out there. And actually, one of the companies we just invested in, they do virtual reality training for heavy machinery. I think the more specialized the training is, the better fit it is for PC.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

If you look at someone like Apple, they aren't about to put their logo on something like the current developer-focused headsets out there. And actually, one of the companies we just invested in, they do virtual reality training for heavy machinery. I think the more specialized the training is, the better fit it is for PC.

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ARVR

APRIL 29, 2022

Looking to fill that gap, AR Insider’s research arm ARtillery Intelligence has completed Wave V of its annual consumer survey report. Working with consumer survey specialist Thrive Analytics , it wrote questions to be fielded to 102,000+ U.S. That leaves two formats seen in these survey results?—?one

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

The newest Steam Hardware Survey shows how Rift S has now more or less 8% of the market. Strategy Analytics highlights in his survey that mobile headsets like Daydream, Gear VR and Cardboard are continuously losing importance and revenue shares. In the end, XRDC has made a very interesting survey among XR devs.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The fact that the studio behind such a popular game has decided to have a VR port is the sign that Virtual Reality has started to become interesting for famous indie studios. And the fact that there will be a VR version of this important game will give virtual reality even more awareness and popularity inside the gaming community.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

The age of high-end, commercially available virtual reality began on March 28 with the launch of the Oculus Rift. Since then the HTC Vive , PlayStation VR and Google Daydream View have all entered the arena. The Apple iPhone , for example, sold only 1.39 million units when it released in 2007 before skyrocketing to 11.63

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

How will the “Google Analytics” of the metaverse be? Valve has fixed its hardware survey, showing that VR lately has actually grown very slowly. Upload VR explains why Meta may have acquired Lofelt: more than the haptics engine, the reason may have been the SDK and the ability to convert from audio waves to haptics. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Someone from a major company (Amazon, Apple, Microsoft), with pockets big enough to be able to compete with the rich Facebook, giving users an alternative and stimulating Facebook in doing even better. Road To VR) More info (Steam Hardware Survey?—?Upload Apple rumored to release a VR headset worth $3000.

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