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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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

Ben Lang has written a very interesting editorial on the topic, and for instance, he imagines that this may mean that all Sony-owned game studios will all start using Unreal Engine as their game engine , unifying the production processes among them all. Unreal Engine can now use your iPhone to record facial animations.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

Here are some of the VR vendors making waves in the industry as of 2024: RealWear Meta Apple Goertek Pimax Pico HP HTC Vive Samsung Varjo Lenovo Valve Index Vrgineers RealWear Exploring various aspects of the immersive technology landscape, RealWear produces sensors, apps, and hardware for the XR space.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Yes, it is less than the 5% of Unreal, but until yesterday we only paid per seat, not both per seat and per revenue sharing. Some developers I know are already switching to Godot or Unreal because they say that Unity can’t be trusted anymore. of our revenues with Unity. And this 2.5% As an entrepreneur, I understand.

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Road to VR

JULY 11, 2018

Kimball said that the Unity and Unreal engine integrations for Magic Leap do much of the core balancing optimizations (between the available A57 cores and Denver 2 core) for developers already. SEE ALSO Echoing Apple's iPhone Launch, Magic Leap Taps AT&T for Exclusive US Distribution.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This is the first public hint that Google is back on track working on a new AR device , most probably glasses that should compete with Facebook and Apple. It has a retro look that makes it very nerdy, and it should be able to offer passthrough AR and hands tracking via Ultraleap. Tilt Brush).

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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. This aligns it with the prices for competing solutions like the Apple Vision Pro and Microsoft HoloLens 2. However, they are more affordable than you might think.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

And it also makes me super-happy that no one is about Facebook and Apple… I was getting pretty bored in writing newsletters only about these two companies! The French startup headed by Stan Larroque is developing passthrough AR glasses with eye-tracking and hands tracking that can offer a new paradigm to augmented reality.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Facebook has showcased how thanks to the use of hand-tracking gloves, it has been able to let people touch-type in VR. With it, you can develop also Web AR experiences using a popular framework like MRTK, and also experiences that support hands tracking. Maybe there is hope for broken Rift CV1 cables.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Facebook has always had the problem of distribution of its hardware (Apple has its stores, for instance, Facebook has not), and with this partnership, it immediately has the opportunity to showcase this and its future devices in all glasses shops thanks to Luxottica. Apple Event is tomorrow 14th September. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

We have seen that hands tracking has enabled new kinds of experiences that we hadn’t even thought of before (think about the great experiments by Daniel Beauchamp ), and I’m sure that the same will happen with passthrough AR, too; Facebook is building a platform that will work for all future headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

OpenXR has arrived at the first version of the standard, and now it has been implemented by all the major vendors : Microsoft has implemented it for HoloLens and WMR; Oculus for Rift and Quest; Valve has implemented it in SteamVR; etc… Talking about game engines, Unreal Engine now already offers it, while Unity is still lagging behind.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Of course, Epic is completely against Apple and its vision of its own walled garden. Epic also announced a few interesting things, like a tool to record facial animations for MetaHumans that run on an iPhone; and Fab, the Unreal version of the Unity Asset Store, where the developers can find many tools and multimedia elements put on sale.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

We were all expecting this since AR and VR are a bit in a transitional moment and the biggest brands (like Facebook and Apple) have their events through which they’ll announce their new devices, but for me, this lack of news was worse than the expected. We had a few interesting news, but nothing truly disruptive.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2024

Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple announces the release date of the Apple Vision Pro During the last few days, the rumors about possible release dates for the Apple Vision Pro have intensified , and someone talked about January, 27 as the day of the launch. The headset will be available for purchase in the U.S.,

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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

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The hardware for hand tracking is already incorporated, though wasn’t activated at the time I started testing the system, coming soon as part of ongoing software updates. They feature a small joystick, X and Y buttons, Menu and Pimax buttons, side grip buttons, and frontal triggers.

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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. Regarding all the rumors about the use of tracked controllers, Mark Gurman stated this in his latest report: “ I’m told that Apple isn’t planning its own Vision Pro game controller, nor is it actively planning support for third-party VR accessories ”.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Apple is entering the XR field, and Facebook is currently dominating the VR market. Apple headset may be very lightweight. According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the upcoming Apple visor should weigh around 3–400g, which is much lighter than current headsets on the market, including the Quest 2.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 27, 2019

It is a bit like Android vs Apple : Android’s Plays Store is more open and cheaper, but the Apple Store offers better quality. On Unreal Engine, the Wave SDK for the Vive Focus has lots of issues. The Oculus Quest is like an Apple phone. You have to choose if you prefer quantity or quality. Extra features.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

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. For instance, the virtual hands will be able to grasp objects in a natural way. Spark AR updates.

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