XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 14, 2023

Today, SyncReality, providers of XR design tools, announced a new application ready for Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest 3 devices ahead of each product’s release. ” SyncReality Home Design will soon debut on Apple’s Vision Pro headset and will be compatible with iPhones and iPads.

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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

MARCH 1, 2024

A new cycle of XR The Apple Vision Pro launch has been a disruptive moment for our industry (Image by Apple) As I said in a popular post a few months ago , I think we have entered a new cycle for immersive realities. Huawei and Pico are rumored to be working on an Apple Vision Pro competitor).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2023

There are some interesting pieces of information about the glasses inside the article. First of all, it seems that the headset is not a new product, but that Apple has been working on it for 7 years. It seems anyway that for the first time ever at Apple, Cook has this time now given priority to the operations team.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Going into 2019, the industry eagerly awaits HoloLens 2 and Glass Enterprise Edition 2, as rumors swirl around the possibility of AR glasses from Apple and/or Facebook in the near future. Just three months ago, the company revealed it’s putting 17,000 Oculus Go headsets in Walmart stores for employee training.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

As one of the better-known companies in the virtual reality space, HTC VIVE has already proven to be a valuable partner for countless companies transitioning into the XR space. The HTC Vive headset is a common choice for entertainment companies looking to bring unique gaming and competitive experiences to hybrid environments.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Training VR can also mitigate risk in training by simulating difficult and dangerous scenarios accurately and safely. This can help train people in high-risk industries like healthcare, manufacturing, and construction. Additionally, VR training environments can reduce the need for consumable training materials, reducing waste.

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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 - 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

MARCH 8, 2021

They could build together something that could seriously compete with Facebook and Apple: let’s keep an eye on them. Image by HTC). HTC is teasing the launch of a new hardware. With a tweet, HTC has just teased the upcoming launch of a new device. Bank Of America to use VR training. Other relevant news.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

See Also: Redefining the Future of Location-Based Entertainment With HTC VIVE Focus 3 and The Park Playground “Virtual reality is often perceived as being limited to the world of gaming. According to him, the technology can be used for training and delivering first-hand experiences to learners.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2018

Eye tracking is, in my opinion, a technology that will disrupt completely the VR ecosystem , exactly as room-scale did with the first HTC Vive. FOV: >110° (adapted to HTC Vive). Along with human history, eyes have always been used as a receiver, to receive information from the outside world. FPS: 100Hz/120Hz.

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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. Vive Facial Tracker works also with non-HTC headsets. More info (Volu official website) More info (The technology behind Volu). As long as it works….

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

There are quite a handful of platforms that allow you to develop virtual reality and augmented reality apps and content, but it is not easy to find an offline virtual reality school or academy with which to train for those interested in developing AR and VR apps.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

A Horizon game is coming for this new headset, and some rumors talk also about Half-Life: Alyx potentially be available in the future; HTC has announced the Vive Wrist Tracker, a 6 DOF tracker for the Vive Focus 3. Image by The Information). New rumors on Apple and Meta devices. Other relevant news. News worth a mention.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Smartglasses enable workers to access various applications to support a procedure, repair operation, or training exercise. With remote guidance AR technology, frontline workers can access real-time information about a machine or tool. Apple is already leveraging LiDAR to improve their apps’ light and detection range.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC is teasing a new headset. HTC is teasing a new piece of hardware again, and this time most probably it will be a VR headset. HTC loves playing with the words, so “get down to business” can be a reference to the fact that it is a “business headset”. Top news of the week. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 18, 2019

This would mean that it has sold more than Oculus Rift, Oculus Go, HTC Vive, and HTC Vive Focus all together. Apple may be working on an MR visor. The same Scoble warns us that Apple works every time on many internal projects, so this visor could never see the light. It has even sold more than PSVR in the same period.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

I would like to try it first, or at least hear the informed opinion of a competent journalist like Ben Lang of Road To VR. I wonder if Facebook has already taken the decision of leaving the enterprise market to HTC and Pico , while focusing on the much bigger piece of cake of the consumer market. Good luck to Lynx.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

HTC Vive Wrist Tracker. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker (Image by HTC). HTC has made an announcement at this CES and it has been a pretty cool one. To showcase its functionality, HTC showed some videos of the tracker in use to improve the performances of hands tracking and also with the tracker installed on external props.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Augmented reality is a technology that allows us to superimpose digital information into the real-world environment. Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. It has applications in training and educational use cases.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

One of the consequences of the launch of Unity 6 is that Unity also finally released to the public the Unity beta package to develop for VisionOS, so that finally all of us Unity developers can start developing for the Apple Vision Pro, trying our prototypes on the emulator. Great job, Vuzix.

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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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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Here below I’m posting for you the best offers I’ve found: for instance, HTC is discounting basically every piece of hardware (including Vive Trackers that can be useful for all the VRChat fans out there), while Pico is offering one of the best deals with €100-worth-of-content given for free with every purchased Pico 4.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The information on price and launch date are the only ones we are not sure about, yet, so it will be the only thing it will be interesting to discover. The main UI of the Vive Focus Plus, which also included the PC VR games you could play through the headset (Image by HTC Vive). Mixed Reality software. Zuck, surprise us!

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2024

As the Meta Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, HTC VIVE XR Elite, Pico 4 Enterprise, Lenovo VRX, and, most recently, the Varjo XR-4 walk the extended reality (XR) runway, a gradual but measurable uptick in renewed consumer interest in all things immersive builds momentum. 2024: The Year of XR Learning? billion USD uptick.

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Hypergrid Business

JUNE 1, 2020

But over the past couple of months some virtual reality meetup, event and training spaces have reported huge earnings from sale of virtual land during coronavirus pandemic, and Second Life, once thought to be the fore-runner of the virtual metaverse, has run out of land due to high demand. Image courtesy 8Agora.).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

Mostly they are about entertainment, marketing or training experiences. There are also just companies asking me information because they want to explore the technology. I forecast a big growth in the enterprise usage of VR headsets, both 3DOF (mostly for marketing and education) and 6DOF ones (for prototyping, training, etc…).

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 10, 2023

For example, if a user tries to pick up an object in an immersive training environment, hand-tracking technology allows users to pick up and interact with objects in real time by detecting user hand movements. For more information regarding hand and eye tracking companies, take at look at XR Today’s recent market map.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

Morton Helig’s 1962 patent describes a system that delivers a realistic simulation for potential work and military training purposes: There are increasing demands today for ways and means to teach and train individuals without actually subjecting the individuals to possible hazards of particular situations.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

But we’ve got some amazing people this year, both in the enterprise side — so talking about training — we’ve got a whole defense and government sector that’s happening at the event this year, a couple hours of that. Anne-Marie: So they have taken their training globally into VR and AR with their staff.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

But we’ve got some amazing people this year, both in the enterprise side — so talking about training — we’ve got a whole defense and government sector that’s happening at the event this year, a couple hours of that. Anne-Marie: So they have taken their training globally into VR and AR with their staff.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

But we’ve got some amazing people this year, both in the enterprise side — so talking about training — we’ve got a whole defense and government sector that’s happening at the event this year, a couple hours of that. Anne-Marie: So they have taken their training globally into VR and AR with their staff.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Co-founder Marco Salerno told me that the current prototype is capable of pushing back with two newtons (about the force of two apples resting on your hand), though they could feasibly push upward of 15 newtons with some different design tradeoffs. By 2020 the company had built the tech into accessories for the arms, hands, and a VR headset.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

For the people listening, I want them to walk away knowing more about the industry and know where they can find more information. If you look at someone like Apple, they aren’t about to put their logo on something like the current developer-focused headsets out there. So, what is SuperData? Which still has its uses!

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

For the people listening, I want them to walk away knowing more about the industry and know where they can find more information. If you look at someone like Apple, they aren’t about to put their logo on something like the current developer-focused headsets out there. So, what is SuperData? Which still has its uses!

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