Road to VR

JANUARY 20, 2022

Meta is rolling out update v37 for Oculus Quest and Quest 2 bringing quality-of-life improvements like interface tweaks and tracking support for the Apple Magic Keyboard. The feature definitely reminds of us some excellent hand-tracking interaction concepts shared with us by Leap Motion (now Ultraleap) back in 2018.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

After many months of teasing them, Unity has finally launched the MARS tools, a suite of tools to build easily Augmented Reality experiences in Unity without knowing how to code. More info (Tower Tag launched on Steam) More info (Latest update on printable guns) More info (How to get a free copy of Tower Tag). Cool, isn’t it?

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 4, 2023

I need to rush out this newsletter episode because otherwise tomorrow Apple launches its headset and no one will read my articles: everyone will be too busy reading “The top 5 features of the Apple headset” or “The 7 reasons why the Apple headset can revolutionize peeling potatoes”. But the big question is the “how”.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 31, 2020

But at the same time, some people that have tried it are enjoying their time there , and everyone praises the creation tools that let you create nice interactive worlds with ease and without knowing how to code. Apple acquires startup SPACES. More info (Apple acquires Spaces) More info (Editorial on VentureBeat).

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Do you think Apple is going to come out with their glasses in the next five years? So, you think Apple Apple would do this? And I think, if watching Apple’s previous releases is an indication, they’re going to build the ecosystem with ARKit and let people develop on the phones. Let’s look out five years.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Do you think Apple is going to come out with their glasses in the next five years? So, you think Apple Apple would do this? And I think, if watching Apple’s previous releases is an indication, they’re going to build the ecosystem with ARKit and let people develop on the phones. Let’s look out five years.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Do you think Apple is going to come out with their glasses in the next five years? So, you think Apple Apple would do this? And I think, if watching Apple's previous releases is an indication, they're going to build the ecosystem with ARKit and let people develop on the phones. If they're going to spend.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Do you think Apple is going to come out with their glasses in the next five years? So, you think Apple Apple would do this? And I think, if watching Apple’s previous releases is an indication, they’re going to build the ecosystem with ARKit and let people develop on the phones. Let’s look out five years.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Then, as usual, John Carmack made his amazing unscripted talk where he detailed how building the “metaverse” is not a matter of doing some kind of high-level dream, but it is a very practical problem of understanding how to actually implement the building blocks of it by optimizing and overcoming the limitations of current technology.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

In the end, it has not been Apple or Facebook, but Snap to make its first move in the AR glasses space. The Verge) More info (How to get Snapchat Spectacles 4) More info (Snap acquires WaveOptics). Apple new interface for the Apple Watch may be a glimpse of future XR interactions. Top news of the week. Image by Snap).

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

He's always looking at how to scale teams to build the products to solve tomorrow's problems. Previously she was one of the first employees at NextVR ( acquired by Apple ), a virtual reality company focused on live entertainment across music and sports. 17- Helen Situ. Helen Situ is currently working on a new company.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

More info (How to pre-load Half-Life: Alyx) More info (Leaked review of Half-Life: Alyx) More info (Suggestions on how to stream the game) More info (Valve Index on top of Steam charts) More info (Oculus Rift S soldout) More info (Vive Cosmos Elite gives Alyx for free) More info (Vive Cosmos Elite review) More info (Gabe Newell talks BCI).

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