The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

More info Apple Vision Pro may have a very slow start The same Ming-Chi Kuo, who probably woke up with a lot of pessimism that day, has also expressed doubts about the widespread success of the Apple Vision Pro. This would mean that Apple’s XR offering should rely for 3 years on a very expensive headset with very low sales.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

And all of this comes in a period when other partnerships between tech giants are happening: remember that some weeks ago, Microsoft closed its streaming service Mixer and allied with Facebook Gaming to fight the quasi-monopoly of (Amazon-owned) Twitch. We have no answers and Video Games Deluxe is tightlipped on this. Noire: The V.R.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 19, 2024

Even Apple seems to focus on the business world with its pricey Apple Vision Pro. Remember, alternatives like the Apple Vision Pro are set to cost almost four times as much ($3,499). Plus, the attachable stylus tips are excellent for precision in complex activities.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2023

After having announced some of the features and the price just before the launch of the Apple Vision Pro, now the company formerly known as Facebook is already working towards the launch of the device. Thanks Ivan Aguilar for this tip!) A very interesting video explains why the Quest Pro has actually more resolution than Quest 2.

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ARPost

JANUARY 29, 2020

Many major tech organizations such as Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are currently working on different types of smart glasses or headsets which are more affordable and widely available to consumers, which will eventually change how we view and interact with the world around us. Future Developments for AR Glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

And these experiments about wireless headsets make us think that Valve is investigating the possibility of making the Index wireless (or even better, standalone), a feature that many users have asked for. (Thanks Ilja Z for the tip!). Image by Microsoft). Volu lets you take volumetric videos with your smartphone.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Microsoft announces Mesh, an XR collaboration platform. Alex Kipman promised us a Microsoft Ignite conference with an amazing level of immersion , and he kept his word. Especially the first feature made most people go in awe : volumetric videos are very expensive, so they’re typically not used during XR events. Image by OceanX).

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Gravity Jack

JULY 16, 2021

We’re all familiar with the top eyewear brands — Ray-Ban, Burberry, Oakley, Apple (huh?), Microsoft (wait, what?). That’s right, in the not-so-distant future, we envision a world where consumers are getting their next pair of glasses from Apple’s Genius Bar or delivered to their doorstep by Snapchat.

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Gravity Jack

JULY 16, 2021

We’re all familiar with the top eyewear brands — Ray-Ban, Burberry, Oakley, Apple (huh?), Microsoft (wait, what?). That’s right, in the not-so-distant future, we envision a world where consumers are getting their next pair of glasses from Apple’s Genius Bar or delivered to their doorstep by Snapchat.

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Ryan Schultz

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Also, this is the first of what I suspect will be many blogposts about the Apple Vision Pro spatial computing headset, which I am eager to get my hands on as soon as I can! Accordingly, I have created a new blogpost category, called Apple Vision Pro. I have a second blog post on that project, which I hope to publish very soon.

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Gravity Jack

JULY 16, 2021

We’re all familiar with the top eyewear brands — Ray-Ban, Burberry, Oakley, Apple (huh?), Microsoft (wait, what?). That’s right, in the not-so-distant future, we envision a world where consumers are getting their next pair of glasses from Apple’s Genius Bar or delivered to their doorstep by Snapchat.

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CraneMorley

JANUARY 3, 2019

Virtual Reality (VR) will become another media tool in the toolbox, especially 360 VR Video delivered on headsets and mobile devices at a similar cost to linear video. CraneMorley VR Project, Click on Image for Video. The post XR has hit its tipping point – Are Your Ready to Put It to Work? Virtual Reality. Mixed Reality.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft Teams to integrate Mesh in 2022. With a surprise move, Microsoft has announced that in 2022 it will integrate Microsoft Mesh, its framework to create shared XR experiences, inside Microsoft Teams. And if they have these features from Microsoft, they won’t need to get them from Meta.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

With a lot of sadness, I’m here watching the photos and the videos of WCVRI , the big Chinese conference about VR that is held every year in Nanchang. Tips & Tricks for the Quest 2! Facebook and Microsoft publish two interesting research projects for VR. Upload VR) More info (Microsoft’s haptic research).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Youtuber Brad Lynch of the channel “Sadly It’s Bradley” has discovered, thanks to “a tip”, some references to a device codenamed “Deckard” inside some SteamVR firmware files. Apple Maps are going AR. iOS 15 finally brings AR navigation instructions to Apple Maps , in a way similar to the one that Google is already offering.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

A new week has passed by, and it has been a quite good one for me: I’ve been featured again on Authority Magazine and I’ve launched a new series of videos on my Youtube channel where I answer the questions of the community. Apple way be working on a VR headset. Happy Monday everyone! Other relevant news. Image by Martin Hajek).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

More info (Lynx R1 Launch post on Road To VR) More info (Lynx R1 Launch post on Upload VR) More info (Some more info on its special lenses) More info (Launch keynote) More info (Video that explains this kind of lenses) More info (Feedback on this kind of lenses) More info (Stan Larroque talking about the success of the sales).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Apple is having delays in the manufacturing of its XR headset. According to new ultra-reliable rumors (#sarcasm), the AR/VR headset that Apple is working on has a too complex design (whatever it means), so it will have production delays. (Image leaked from Oculus runtime). Enjoy some interesting hands-on!

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AR Insider

JULY 15, 2021

But it’s not like video chat, which is also imperfect. Expect to see some fusion of Portal and VR with video and avatars mixed. The tipping point for mental privacy comes when we can start typing with FB’s technology and then realize what we just accidentally typed our innermost thoughts. I worked at Microsoft from 2008-2012.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

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. Regarding Apple, the super-reliable analysts have stated that the headset may feature three displays because just two are for losers. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Furthermore, Microsoft 365 apps such as Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint, will be connected with Omniverse Project Mellon has been unveiled. Of course, Epic is completely against Apple and its vision of its own walled garden. I think it’s very good because it can finally give full-body VR to many Quest and Vive XR Elite users.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 23, 2024

There’s going to be a ton of apps available on Vision Pro day one, with more than one million iOS and iPad apps working in compatibility mode on Apple’s first mixed reality headset. Play: Save Videos Watch Later Loop Apps LTDA $2.99 GIF & Video Maker: Blue Cap Co William Richards $2.99 Illumineering $4.99

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

We may know the field of view of Apple AR headset. Of course, since he has not an Apple HMD, the only thing he could obtain was the screen splitting in two on his phone, showing that view that we XR developers know very well. It is now sure that Apple is going to release an AR headset , the questions are just when and what.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The company has not posted real photos or footage from the glasses, just a promo video with an accompanying blog post detailed some of their characteristics. Apple VR headset may feature a 3000PPI microOLED display. This week we had a new rumor about the XR headset Apple is working on. Apple Event was not about AR, like, at all.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

BUT today is the day of the WWDC, and who knows if Apple will tease something about AR glasses. A decent budget for Microsoft and Facebook… but something impossible for companies like HTC or Magic Leap (do you remember when we all thought that $2.5B The company is investigating the matter. (Thanks Rob Cole for the tip!).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Besides that, it is also hiring key figures to make this AR dream a reality : the operating system project will be supervised by Mark Lucovsky, a former Microsoft engineer who co-developed Windows NT. More info (TESTED video on Half-Life: Alyx) More info (Summary of most important points of the video by Upload).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

The same day of the launch of Half-Life: Alyx, Hewlett-Packard has announced its new virtual reality headset, the Reverb G2 , made in collaboration with Microsoft and Valve. Valve could provide some audio-visual improvements, while Microsoft its WMR platform, with inside-out tracking of controllers. thanks Alessio for the tip!).

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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”. How is Apple going to sell this headset?

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

It seems that it is more complicated than they initially thought (I wonder if the problems are only technical or also privacy-related), and so it is being delayed; A video on a dev blog article released by Facebook shows what seems to be a redesign of the toolbar of the Quest interface. Apple is working on a whole spatial ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Late to the party after Oculus and Microsoft already released prototypical implementations, but finally Valve has implemented OpenXR into its runtime SteamVR. Thanks Davy Demeyer for the tip). They don’t want VR because they can’t understand the potential from just videos from inside and outside. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2019

video) More info (Unreal Engine with Octane Renderer) More info (Wi-fi is not enough for VR streaming). Microsoft has just released its OpenXR implementation, while other companies like Oculus and Epic Games are still working on theirs, and they will be released soon. Apple is working on AR/VR. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Here you are the full video of the interview. Some of my toy projects… I did a ton of these toys joysticks that you plug into a television and have a bunch of video games built in. Yeah, I don’t know if you’ve seen any of the videos …yeah a lot of these features are already prototyped and we’re demonstrating them all.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

You won't really notice it in practice as you swap from watching videos to browsing web pages to scrolling through your TikTok feed. It works as it should: YouTube video playback is super fast and smooth as is simply navigating through your phone's menus and app drawer. SEE ALSO: Love organization? Picture (almost) perfect.

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NVidia VR

MARCH 18, 2024

Accelerated computing has reached the tipping point — general purpose computing has run out of steam,” Huang told more than 11,000 GTC attendees gathered in-person — and many tens of thousands more online — for his keynote address at Silicon Valley’s cavernous SAP Center arena. The Blackwell platform is built to meet this challenge.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 28, 2019

And they’re expensive bricks, because Apple didn’t train him how to use his iPhone; they trained him to use the iPad. And they’re expensive bricks, because Apple didn’t train him how to use his iPhone; they trained him to use the iPad. We said going in, video communications versus VR. and facilitate.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 28, 2019

And they’re expensive bricks, because Apple didn’t train him how to use his iPhone; they trained him to use the iPad. And they’re expensive bricks, because Apple didn’t train him how to use his iPhone; they trained him to use the iPad. We said going in, video communications versus VR. and facilitate.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 28, 2019

If people aren't great at doing video calls, or a face-to-face -- they're both learned skills -- this can be an easier way to get everyone in and breaking down those cultural divides to say, “right, different opinions drive sustainability of business,” and making sure that everyone has the ability to actually have an equal way of saying that.

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