The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2023

After having announced some of the features and the price just before the launch of the Apple Vision Pro, now the company formerly known as Facebook is already working towards the launch of the device. If you are a Unity developer like me, don’t forget to subscribe to the Unity 2022 Beta dedicated to Vision OS.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

As I said a few months ago , we are in the middle of a paradigm change: the cycle that started with the Quest is arriving at an end, and a new cycle driven by new technologies (mixed reality headsets) and new players (Apple, Google) is starting. They are Apple AR glasses!” I have this impression for a few reasons.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

More info (Samsung prototype headset leaked — Upload VR) More info (Samsung prototype headset leaked — XR Daily News) Other relevant news (Image by Meta Reality Labs) Meta’s first AR glasses will be just for internal use A new report by The Information talks about the AR glasses that Meta is building.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JULY 26, 2023

The Apple Vision Pro has made sensational headlines across global media outlets, leading to renewed interest in virtual, augmented, mixed, and extended reality (VR/AR/MR/XR) technologies. Doing so will also provide greater interoperability with additional platforms such as Unity and Xcode, among others.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

More info Apple Vision Pro may have a very slow start The same Ming-Chi Kuo, who probably woke up with a lot of pessimism that day, has also expressed doubts about the widespread success of the Apple Vision Pro. This would mean that Apple’s XR offering should rely for 3 years on a very expensive headset with very low sales.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

As pointed out in one of the Unity Developers’ blog posts , aside from the exponential rise of development businesses, we’re also seeing more developer tools, such as the Unity and Unreal engines, becoming more accessible. This, he thinks, will prompt the growth of the number of VR consumers.

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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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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 14, 2021

This week we had another report from supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, that is said to very reliable in rumors about Apple (even if he only made wrong predictions about Apple Glasses, but this is none of my business). More info (Report by Kuo) More info (Report about Apple Glasses). Apple announces minor XR news at WWDC 2021.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 9, 2023

Google, and Apple all have their own unique toolkits, designed to simplify the process of creating immersive content. Here are just some of the other major vendors innovating in this space: 1. Additionally, brands and entertainment groups can leverage the technology stack to develop immersive sales and marketing experiences. 5.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 27, 2023

Also, some hire their own Unity or Unreal Engine developers or licenced out those software developer kits (SDKs). When we entered the market, we explained that we could migrate all of the content using our Unity SDK, as most of the content is Unity-based. Secondly, companies can build or import content straight on the platform.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 9, 2023

There is a lot of hype around the Apple Vision Pro. Video review I made a video of mine where I show you my full hands-on experience with the Quest Pro application that emulates the Apple Vision Pro menu and then give you my detailed opinion on it, highlighting the pros and cons. Eeeeh… not exactly. Let’s see why.

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

Apple seems to be cornering the popular entertainment industry, with the acquisition of NextVR, as industry rivals such as Magic Leap focus on enterprise solutions. With the Starboard UI and Apple Glasses release anticipated for Q4 2020/Q1 2021, the world is eagerly awaiting the next generation of extended reality (XR) standards.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

One of the first to enter this business is the Metaverse Group, which operates a virtual world called Decentraland. Late last year, a report surfaced that the parent company of the Metaverse Group announced that “a site in the heart of Decentraland’s Fashion Street district” has been sold for a record $2.5 CryptoVoxels?—?This

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Image by Khronos Group). Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. These may be upcoming features or possible features Oculus is experimenting with a selected group of beta testers.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

Image by The Information). We have lots of non-news about Apple’s XR efforts. The hype around Apple glasses is huge , and everything that gets shared about Apple and XR gets many views. We already knew that Tim likes AR and “what we have to offer” may also be a potato with an Apple brand costing $400. Useless news.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

Facebook has acquired Ctrl+Labs some years ago, and now it is using its expertise to create a wristband that can sense the motion information that your brain is sending to your hands. One is Adventure Lab, which lets a group of people have fun in VR (and non) from home, living a funny adventure together. Some XR fun.

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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

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The startup is pretty new, in fact, and its owner group is Megadodo, another unknown company that is working on an MMO game about which is difficult to find any information. Simple WebXR” aims at bringing WebXR to Unity. It looks very interesting, and as a Unity developer, I want to experiment with it. Learn more.

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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…). For specific information please check out the website. and covered more than 80% of the XR pioneers as communities members.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 11, 2017

Fantastic Contraption’s developers are part of an exclusive group of VR creators who have successfully generated in excess of $1 million. I appreciate the team sharing this information exclusively with me. “We decided it would work and it would be amazing,” Moore recalls.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

It was too early for Unity, but they taught me about C++, C#, Java, OpenCV, OpenGL and other fancy development stuff. For who wasn’t doing AR at that time: Metaio had an amazing SDK for phone-based AR, but then it got acquired by Apple and it disappeared from the market. Since I loved gaming (who doesn’t love gaming?),

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

In 2015 my girlfriend came with a Cardboard and with no experience with Unity I created my first 360 photo which I’ve shown to my manger. How do you imagine the Apple Glasses? Let me know in the comments! (… and don’t forget to donate on my Patreon page to keep me writing these informative posts!).

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

There were four groups of two and one group of three students. Each group was assigned with three unique devices. My group members were:- 1. Apple IPhone X 3. Ambient sound to inform player when and where rifts open. link] Apple IPhone X: 1. Networking implementation using Photon Unity Networking.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

What virtual avatars, creatures, information layers or interactive components are here. The incumbents have an advantage with existing mapping such as Google Maps, Earth, Street View, Apple Maps and the Indoor Maps Program, and Bing Maps but there are also significant geographic data players such as Foursquare and OpenStreetMap.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

So, yeah, with this belief, we started off in 2015 from a robotics group at the University of Delft -- Technical University of Delft -- here in the Netherlands. We pivoted from a research group that was searching for a quest where their technology could be used in VR, to a company called SenseGlove. And that was kind of the start.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

So, yeah, with this belief, we started off in 2015 from a robotics group at the University of Delft -- Technical University of Delft -- here in the Netherlands. We pivoted from a research group that was searching for a quest where their technology could be used in VR, to a company called SenseGlove. And that was kind of the start.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

So, yeah, with this belief, we started off in 2015 from a robotics group at the University of Delft -- Technical University of Delft -- here in the Netherlands. We pivoted from a research group that was searching for a quest where their technology could be used in VR, to a company called SenseGlove. And that was kind of the start.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

And as you may know, the military, a lot of the technologies we use today have evolved from there, so for example, the Internet, GPS, even Siri for your iPhone originally came from SRI, which is right down the road from us in Princeton, developed there and Apple bought it off them. We have a Unity SDK. We have an Unreal engine SDK.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

And as you may know, the military, a lot of the technologies we use today have evolved from there, so for example, the Internet, GPS, even Siri for your iPhone originally came from SRI, which is right down the road from us in Princeton, developed there and Apple bought it off them. We have a Unity SDK. We have an Unreal engine SDK.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

And as you may know, the military, a lot of the technologies we use today have evolved from there, so for example, the Internet, GPS, even Siri for your iPhone originally came from SRI, which is right down the road from us in Princeton, developed there and Apple bought it off them. We have a Unity SDK. We have an Unreal engine SDK.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 6, 2017

There are many VR events, conferences, expos and film festivals worth attending, and we've handpicked the best ones with agenda & venue, as well as social media information attached. FIVARS is a presentation of VRTO – Toronto’s virtual reality meetup group and think tank. Give this a read and pick out your favorite ones to visit!

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

And this is second hand information; I joined Happy Finish about six, six and a half years ago. We started working really early on with the DK-1 from Kickstarter, testing, playing around with Unity, seeing what we could do, up to now where we're easily 200+ commercially funded, brand funded XR experiences. I'm a cyclist.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

And this is second hand information; I joined Happy Finish about six, six and a half years ago. We started working really early on with the DK-1 from Kickstarter, testing, playing around with Unity, seeing what we could do, up to now where we're easily 200+ commercially funded, brand funded XR experiences. I'm a cyclist.

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Hypergrid Business

JUNE 1, 2020

With 8agora, companies, groups, and individuals can host events virtually. Pricing: We contacted the company for pricing information but, as of deadline, there was no response. With AltSpace, companies, groups, and individuals can host virtual events where participants can use avatars to attend. Image courtesy 8Agora.).

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

And this is second hand information; I joined Happy Finish about six, six and a half years ago. We started working really early on with the DK-1 from Kickstarter, testing, playing around with Unity, seeing what we could do, up to now where we're easily 200+ commercially funded, brand funded XR experiences. I'm a cyclist.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

[link] Pimax Play updates Over the course of several months, my Crystal received a number of software updates, after undergoing testing by the Pimax Crystal Beta testers (a group of early adopters). This information can be used, for example, to determine how well a person can follow a stimulus, how they react to a scene, and their intent.”

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

Moreover, Apple recently made a huge splash in the XR market with the Vision Pro, an XR device which leverages eye and hand tracking for its spatial computing input system. The device does not use controllers at all, instead, Apple believes that with the XR revolution comes increased usability and accessibility via hand/eye-based inputs.

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