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. This is a great deal, that lowers even more the barrier of cost to enter virtual reality. Google launches “Immersive Stream for AR”.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Image by Google). Google is reportedly working on an AR operating system. In some of my past newsletters, I warned you that we shouldn’t forget about Google/Alphabet in the race to our mixed reality future. Now we have finally an official confirmation of the fact that Google is working on an AR device. Tilt Brush).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

2023: Enter Google ARCore Google’s convenient and easy-to-access ARSDK facilitates the development of WebAR experiences for cross-platform delivery. Google now supports numerous Android smartphones such as Asus, Lenovo, LG, Moto, Motorola, OnePlus, Samsung, Sony, Vivo, Infinix, Tecno, Sharp, and Xiaomi.

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Upload VR

JUNE 6, 2023

Believers in virtual and augmented reality found themselves sleepless and stirring on the eve of Apple's keynote address at WWDC23. As the moment drew near for the 10 am Pacific keynote from Apple, people watched who had bet their livelihoods on the belief that one day we'll wear glasses that are personal computers. Validation.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

Educators are using virtual worlds, but not in the way they had used them in the past, and not in the same numbers. The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education conference is a good example that showcases this work. Those educators that remain in virtual worlds are leveraging them to create better experiences.

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ARVR

JULY 8, 2022

In January, 2015, amid a mounting wave of critical sentiment, Google withdrew Glass from the consumer market, with the promise of returning with a revamped product in 2017. One of the main reasons that Google Glass failed was that it fell into the ‘snob pricing’ category, and those who wore it were looked at as ostentatious pills.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 20, 2017

Some argue that AR will be the immersive tech that really takes off due to the fact that it adds elements to our daily lives and surroundings vs VR’s dependence on isolated virtual worlds. Early in the year, we got another glimpse at the potential of augmented shopping when Gap and Google collaborated for CES 2017.

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Steki Amusement

JUNE 13, 2022

Following Meta, Microsoft and Google’s entry into the metaverse, Apple, currently the world’s No.1 Recently, Apple demonstrated its Mixed Reality (MR) headset in testing to its board members. At the same time, Apple has accelerated the development of rOS (reality OS).

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Niantic flipped the mobile gaming world upside down back in 2016 when they launched their AR mobile app Pokémon GO and started a global craze that still maintains a loyal player base to this very day. LinkBuds have an odd donut shape that creates an incredible audio experience without shutting out the real world.

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Ryan Schultz

APRIL 6, 2023

And I do apologize to those of you who wish I would get back to writing more about social VR, virtual worlds, and the metaverse! I signed up for one year of unlimited Neeva searching, and I will be comparing search results between Google and Neeva throughout the next twelve months, and I’ll report back that I find.

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Ryan Schultz

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

HOUSEKEEPING NOTICE: Yes, I know this blogpost is somewhat off-topic for a blog about “news and views on social VR, virtual worlds, and the metaverse,” but hey, my blog, my rules. Accordingly, I have created a new blogpost category, called Apple Vision Pro. This ensures seamless access to your files across platforms.

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ARPost

JANUARY 29, 2020

Past attempts have been unsuccessful, such as Google Glass, due to reluctance and concerns over ethical issues such as privacy and security of AR glasses. Fast-forward a few years from the failing Google Glass, and now it turns out the popularity of smart-glasses has increased again, thanks to numerous new developments.

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ARVR

MARCH 15, 2022

Beyond the Physical State Last week, we looked at Niantic’s Lightship which surfaced a key concept: the real-world metaverse. Beyond fully online/virtual worlds, this involves geo-anchored data that enables AR devices to evoke relevant digital content. And Google is well-positioned , given existing assets.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The hype for the Apple Pro is starting to deflate and it is possible to see that from some cues: for instance, there are more critics of the headset and fewer articles are talking about it. So at the beginning of next year, we may have huge players like Apple, Google, and Meta battling for the high-end XR sector.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 25, 2023

What about Meta, Google and Apple? Google has scaled back its VR ambitions a couple of years ago, ending support for its Daydream platform in 2020. Apple still hasn’t released its long-awaited AR headset. Apple, Sony, Meta — they’re still pouring in the cash. million in 2022. million in 2022.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Google might not earn as much attention in the XR space as some other leading technology vendors, but it has already captured the attention of countless artists and educators with its unique virtual reality tools. This cloud environment could have an important part to play in the new era of virtual content streaming.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 1, 2021

To that end, one of AR’s battlegrounds will be in augmenting the world in location-relevant ways. That could be wayfinding with Google Live View , or visual search with Google Lens. As you can tell from these examples, Google will have a key stake in this Internet of Places. Turf Battle Google isn’t alone.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Google’s Most Experienced VR Studio Changes Leadership Andrew Eiche is taking over Job Simulator studio Owlchemy Labs. The long time operations head at the Google-owned VR development studio is taking over for Devin Reimer, who says he’s leaving “to focus on new opportunities outside the company” after 12 years with the studio.

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Road to VR

JULY 18, 2018

adds supports for Apple’s ARKit 2.0 and Google’s ARCore 1.2, As with the Oculus Runtime, Apple and Google have since updated their ARKit and ARCore SDK—the foundation for building AR applications on those platforms—and the newest versions are now available with UE 4.20: ARKit 2.0. On the AR front, UE 4.20

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2022

Google starts testing its AR glasses in the wild. Google has announced that it is going to start to test the prototypes of its AR glasses in the wild. What is relevant about this piece of news is that Google has just confirmed its strong commitment to augmented reality. More info (Google testing AR glasses?—?Official

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ARVR

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Synthesizing these factors, one of AR’s battlegrounds will be in augmenting the world in location-relevant ways. That could be wayfinding with Google Live View , or visual search with Google Lens. As you can tell from the above examples, Google will have a key stake in this “Internet of Places.” But it’s not alone.

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VRScout

JULY 11, 2017

Google wants you to play with Blocks, this smartphone wants you to get rid of your headset, a new marketplace connecting content creators with funding, the price of the Oculus Rift is slashed, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. GOOGLE WANTS YOU TO PLAY WITH BLOCKS. APPLE IS HIRING FOR VR/AR POSITIONS.

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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

JANUARY 2, 2019

A lot of startups have started working on the so-called “ARCloud”, that is a persistent and shared virtual world that is coherent with the real one. This means that it is possible to create AR experiences that are persistent in whatever place of the world and that are shared among all people of the world.

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Upload VR

JUNE 2, 2023

One portion of the video appears to show environment relighting, a feature already present in mobile AR platforms like Apple's ARKit, Google's ARCore, and Snapchat's Lenses. Yet another part shows how miniature games can be anchored to your desk for other surfaces for seated mixed reality content.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

One of the largest industry events in North America, the Vancouver-based conference will spotlight how tech giants and startups are creating new ways to visualize and interact with virtual worlds. Peoples’ eyes are popping out, but these guys are going up against Apple and Microsoft, hoping to develop a third way.

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VRScout

MARCH 12, 2018

“Between 360 video, virtual reality, and augmented reality, I think augmented reality has much bigger opportunities,” Asher said. It’s a great hybrid between the real world and the virtual world.”. Adobe also debuted Project Dali last year , a VR painting app built in the vein of Google Tilt Brush.

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CraneMorley

JUNE 27, 2023

” Published in 1994 the article details MR “as a particular subset of Virtual Reality (VR) related technologies that involve the merging of real and virtual worlds somewhere along the “virtuality continuum” which connects completely real environments to completely virtual ones.”

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Apple’s Vision Pro triggered new discourse on the future of virutal, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR). Revealed at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), the Apple Vision Pro has sparked both praise and criticism from the global XR community. Apple is adept at proposing something you didn’t think you needed.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The industry has been experiencing a boom in recent years with hundreds of startups and heavy investment from tech giants including Google, Apple, Samsung, and Facebook. The long-range goal for AR/VR is full immersion—the ability to deliver a user from the real to the virtual world without sensory interruption.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 1, 2022

Perhaps the most well-known instance of the decentralized metaverse is Decentraland , a decentralized virtual world that runs on the Ethereum blockchain and is governed by a DAO whose policies may be altered by voting. The human interface layer. The infrastructure layer. Closing thoughts.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 18, 2016

The easiest place to peak into this new world of volumetric photography is in the latest version of mapping apps created by Google and Apple. These three-dimensional cartographies cease to resemble maps on a page and begin to look more like virtual worlds from video games.

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 22, 2022

It is a massively scaled and interoperable network of real-time, rendered, 3D virtual worlds that can be experienced synchronously and persistently by an effectively unlimited number of users, each with an individual sense of presence.”. Eric Schmidt , Google. Matthew Ball , Author, formerly Amazon AMZN -2.9%.

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Ryan Schultz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

You can listen to this podcast via The Wall Street Journal website for the podcast The Journal ( here’s a link to the first episode ), or via your favourite podcast service, such as Apple , Spotify , or Google. I will definitely be listening in!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

New rumors on Apple and Meta devices. I know it may sound weird to you, but we have new rumors on Apple headsets and also about the future Meta Project Cambria and Quest 3. Regarding Apple, the super-reliable analysts have stated that the headset may feature three displays because just two are for losers. Other relevant news.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 31, 2022

At the same time, those who believe the future of the internet is decentralized and built on blockchain are experimenting with non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to enable ownership of digital assets and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) designed to bring digital democracy to the virtual worlds we inhabit. The Corporate Metaverse.

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