XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 19, 2024

In this XReal Air 2 Ultra review, we’re taking a closer look at the specs, design, and features of a set of spatial computing glasses eager to give Apple a run for its money. Plus, it helps position XReal as a direct competitor to companies like Apple and Meta. Hand tracking and head tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Brad Lynch) Bloomberg got a preview of the Quest 3 Last week I predicted that Meta could have given us a glimpse of the Quest 3 during the Gaming Showcase on June, 1st, so that to create attention around its device before the announcement of the Apple headset. But that’s just a speculation of mine.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2023

In total, I counted something like 32 games, which is ok to start with, but then Sony should be fast in collecting more content to not make the PSVR2 players get bored fast for the lack of playable games. But still, the fact that all the PSVR 1 content won’t be available for the new headset gives Sony a good challenge on the content side.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

Apple Glasses may release in 2021 for $499. In the end, technologist Jon Prosser has revealed the main details he knows about the Apple Glasses. Well, on another website, I’ve been able to find someone that reading some Apple’s documents has found pictures of strange colored circular tags that may act as QR Codes for Apple devices.

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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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VRScout

JANUARY 2, 2022

The standalone VR headset, developed by Meta (formerly Facebook), was one of, if not the hottest item of the holiday season, with the Oculus companion app becoming the #1 download on the Apple App Store. My personal favorite is Dreams VR , a game creation tool that allows you to craft your own interactice experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 1, 2023

And of course, they are going to appeal this decision… More info PSVR 2 to be sold in retail stores Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that “soon”, PSVR 2 will be sold in dedicated retail store locations. And this will be beneficial for everyone in the field. I hope for this second scenario, of course.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Following Mark Zuckerberg's claims that Quest 3 is better than Apple Vision Pro and our in-depth Apple Vision Pro review , we learned Meta's planning to rework some of Quest's core UI infrastructure. As for VR gaming, we reflected on PSVR 2's debut year as Sony announced Little Cities: Bigger!

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

Previously, commercial XR devices like the Meta Quest had experimented with hand-tracking features which improved as the device matured. Although, with more recent commercial headsets like the Meta Quest Pro and Sony’s PSVR 2, the technology is finding a home in affordable immersive products.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 10, 2023

AR/VR/MR headsets are increasingly equipped with hand and eye tracking technology. Previously, commercial XR devices like the Meta Quest had experimented with hand-tracking features which improved as the device matured. How has eye and hand-tracking tracking technology advanced in 2022 and 2023?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2023

Hands-tracking is also supported. From a first hands-on someone was able to have with the device, seems that the prototype is solid, but the battery life is a bit short (30 minutes). One of its problems is that developers lack the tools to easily develop with it. And it also released the code as fully open source.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

But I hope you’ll enjoy this newsletter coming from the world of the undead anyway… Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple starts accepting applications for Vision Pro devkits Apple has started accepting applications from interested developers to get a Vision Pro to develop XR experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Interestingly, these controllers are nothing revolutionary, they are not implementing inside-out tracking like the Quest Pro, but they are refining instead the existing design, a bit like Sony did with the controllers of PSVR 2. Pico Worlds in-world creation tools (Image by Pico). This was a much awaited feature.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

It unites the power of white-labeled versions of ENGAGE, VRChat, Museum Of Other Realities, Virbela, and of the own Vive Sync to offer a complete suite of tools that lets companies organize VR gatherings of every kind , from concerts to work meetings, not to mention workshops. Sony will give PS4 camera adapters for PS5 for free.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

My favorite ones have been: Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed that the next PSVR headset will be called PSVR 2 and will feature 2K x 2K per eye, up to 120 Hz framerate, and 110° FOV. 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.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment) PlayStation VR 2 has been launched This has been the week of PSVR2. Sony Interactive Entertainment has started shipping the headset , and many people in the community started sharing pictures of them using this new device. appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

PlayStation VR 2 Logo (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). 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). Now let’s dig into the best news! Road To VR.

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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. PSVR 2 may have inside-out tracking. This week Sony has showcased the new DualShock controller for the PS5, dubbed DualSens.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

And its ads business is under a crossfire attack: on one front, Apple with its new data policy is limiting how much data the Facebook app can collect about its users, and on the other one, the EU is trying to enforce its regulation about European people’s data not allowed to be sent to Facebook’s US servers. Image by Apple).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2020

Mozilla Hubs is an opensource online VR meeting tool, that lets you meet other people using whatever device by just clicking on a single link. At the same time, Apple having always mediocre graphics cards on its laptops and its closed ecosystem have not helped much either in keeping this VR support alive. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

For now, good results are being achieved on the Pimax Crystal by using smart technology like dynamic foveated rendering , a specially developed OpenXR run time, and third-party tools like Quad View rendering. Also, be aware that DFR (and eye tracking) requires a PC client, so it’s not something you can use in standalone mode.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2022

This openness reflects also on the hardware side, where Pico has just announced a partnership with Ultraleap to bring its hand-tracking device to Pico via an adapter. Meta starts offering monetization tools in Horizon Worlds, but with a big toll. Meta starts offering monetization tools in Horizon Worlds, but with a big toll.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple. More info (Meta Quest+ gaming service) More info (Cross-buy available for Meta Quest+ games) Unity announces AI tools when Valve stops AI games This week has been an emotional rollercoaster for games (VR and not) made with the support of artificial intelligence.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

I’m sure that after April, 20th, the Meta Quest ecosystem will appear even richer than it is now , creating a wider gap with other companies that may think about competing with the Quest, that is Pico, HTC, and even Apple. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Other relevant news. Image by Mojo Vision). News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Horizon World is more or less what we all expect from it: a clone of RecRoom with intuitive and simple creation tools, that at the moment let you just add basic geometric shape and some logic. Apple is entering the XR field, and Facebook is currently dominating the VR market. Apple headset may be very lightweight.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Sony is reported to launch a mobile VR headset. According to Xperia Blog, Sony is going to launch a mobile VR headset working out of Sony phones. It sounds kinda absurd and it makes me feel like in 2016 again, but there must be a reason if Sony plans to do such a revival. Ultraleap releases Gemini hands-tracking runtime.

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