The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

During all these months, I had the occasion of reading on Linkedin about all his cool prototypes and enterprise solutions that he and his colleagues have developed inside the company, ranging from 360 videos to hand-tracked training solutions with the Quest, not to mention XR entertainment solutions for airplane passengers.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

It can also be an effective way to boost productivity during collaborative sessions, enhance the quality of training courses, and increase creativity. Of course, leveraging the power of virtual reality starts with choosing the right headset capable of transporting each user into a new digital landscape.

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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. 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.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 10, 2023

Although, an emerging presence in the development space is hand and eye tracking. 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.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

In the interview with me, he talked about many topics, like the rumors he heard on Apple Glasses, on the Oculus Quest 2 , the America vs China war, XR entrepreneurship, Tesla, and more! As John Riccitiello (CEO of Unity) said some years ago , the VR market won’t be interesting enough until it will reach the 10 million users mark.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 28, 2023

With the Varjo XR-4 series, the tech leader aims to offer a more affordable and diverse alternative to upcoming headsets like the Apple Vision Pro. According to the company, over 25% of Fortune 100 companies already use its headsets to train pilots and astronauts, create 3D visualizations, and power medical breakthroughs.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

And one of our current clients, Volkswagen, came to us and said, "Well, this training of impaired people, could you also do that with healthy people, so that they also can experience feeling in VR?" So what their two use cases that they're interested in, which one of them is the training of assembly personnel inside of your environment.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

And one of our current clients, Volkswagen, came to us and said, "Well, this training of impaired people, could you also do that with healthy people, so that they also can experience feeling in VR?" So what their two use cases that they're interested in, which one of them is the training of assembly personnel inside of your environment.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

And one of our current clients, Volkswagen, came to us and said, "Well, this training of impaired people, could you also do that with healthy people, so that they also can experience feeling in VR?" So what their two use cases that they're interested in, which one of them is the training of assembly personnel inside of your environment.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

This tracker can be worn on the wrist, for a more accurate hand-tracking experience, or be installed on external props (e.g. 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. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Regarding the glasses, I have not big hopes for true AR glasses, but I think that thanks to Facebook and Apple, finally we’ll have some important smartglasses entering the market , making the mainstream think about wearing something on their face to enjoy notifications from the phone. Phone AR will be always more popular.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

They found medical companies that were more interested in how precise those hand controllers could be, so they started doing demos, like a virtual catheter insertion and other kinds of medical training demos. ”H-A-P-T-X, the ones that have air– Dean: I’ve trained theirs, but I haven’t tried that particular demo.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

They found medical companies that were more interested in how precise those hand controllers could be, so they started doing demos, like a virtual catheter insertion and other kinds of medical training demos. ”H-A-P-T-X, the ones that have air– Dean: I’ve trained theirs, but I haven’t tried that particular demo.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

They found medical companies that were more interested in how precise those hand controllers could be, so they started doing demos, like a virtual catheter insertion and other kinds of medical training demos. Dean: I've trained theirs, but I haven't tried that particular demo. And that was with controllers. Alan: "HaptX."H-A-P-T-X,

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

They found medical companies that were more interested in how precise those hand controllers could be, so they started doing demos, like a virtual catheter insertion and other kinds of medical training demos. ”H-A-P-T-X, the ones that have air– Dean: I’ve trained theirs, but I haven’t tried that particular demo.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 11, 2022

To achieve their mission of delivering highly immersive, productive, and engaging experiences, Meta invests heavily in tracking technologies. Tools like the Oculus already come with hand tracking functionality, to help users interact with some software on a hands-free basis. Unity and Magic Leap.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Although spatial technology has existed for some time, companies like Apple have spawned new interest. Tools like the Apple Vision Pro, combined with a collaboration tool like Microsoft Teams, link the real world to digital content. Some organizations focus heavily on hand tracking. billion by 2032.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

If we sum these features to the other ones added in the past, like hands tracking, Passthrough Shortcut, or the multiple windows in Oculus Browser , we start seeing the first signs of a mixed reality operating system, with which you can interact with the controllers or with the hands in a natural way. Why does this matter?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Is Apple partnering with Valve on AR? A report by DigiTimes claims that Apple is partnering with Valve for the production of its AR glasses. The news would be incredible: Apple is a company that knows how to create something usable and cool to see, while Valve has a long expertise in experimenting with AR and VR.

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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. Unity talked about PlayStation VR 2 at GDC. Unity had a talk about developing for PlayStation VR 2 at GDC 2022.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Unity has built this nice demo using the Presence Platform. Unreal Engine support is coming next year Interaction SDK : a set of facilities to develop applications with hands-tracking, that provides out-of-the-box tools for interacting with the UI and with objects in the scene. Read more about this news: Project Nazare: [link].

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

For sure the announcement at FC and the release date in 2021 have been studied to put some pressure on Apple , which seems to be the only rival to Facebook for what concerns the AR future. Doesn’t this mean that bathroom can be tracked to get AR as well? And what about the ongoing training?

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