The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2022

On Reddit, I have also been able to watch the video of an indie developer showcasing its game Cradle Of Sins made with UE5, and another developer publishing a tutorial on how to get started with UE5 for PCVR. It is working on some form of virtual currency, that has been internally named “Zuck Buck” (I love this name, actually).

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 24, 2024

Moreover, Microsoft explains that end users can host large-scale events on the immersive platform, with added visual elements such as banners, videos, and presentation content. Microsoft Mesh empowers us to create custom virtual experiences that perfectly capture the spaces that represent our operating model, corporate philosophy, and values.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 2, 2024

In contrast, Apple is establishing a walled garden ecosystem to support its spatial computing vision, which opposes Meta’s new open approach. It appears that Meta is trying to compete with Apple’s approach to its hardware ecosystem. Carmack stated: VR is held back more by software than hardware. Unquestionably.

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VRScout

JULY 10, 2017

Apple’s ARKit combined HTC Vive shows us the future of mixed reality. Apple’s recently released ARKit platform is absolutely killing it right now. We recently covered some of the cooler creations made using the intuitive software in a previous post. However, it now appears as though that list may have been premature.

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Ryan Schultz

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

HOUSEKEEPING NOTICE: Yes, I know this blogpost is somewhat off-topic for a blog about “news and views on social VR, virtual worlds, and the metaverse,” but hey, my blog, my rules. Accordingly, I have created a new blogpost category, called Apple Vision Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Virtual Desktop Guy Godin commented on the news saying that he is not worried much by Steam Link, since his software offers many more functionalities , and it also works with the Meta PC runtime games (e.g. This would show the level of polish of the upcoming Apple headset. Lone Echo).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Meta’s Oculus team have already partnered with leading companies like Sony Music to give fans an immersive way to explore music videos and unique content. Meta’s new digital landscape is sure to pave the way for endless new virtual concerts and online experiences in the years to come.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 23, 2024

The Apple Vision Pro brought expected eyes to the technology, and late last year, Meta launched its Quest 3, which introduced its brand of MR at an affordable price following its Quest Pro launch. MR headsets are facing increased interest this year. However, MR has room to grow.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Next week, on 25th and 26th, Oculus will hold its main yearly event , and as always, it will talk about the milestones reached by the company and then it will show future hardware and software. But Facebook has a big problem and that big problem is called Apple. Concept of a future AR glass by Apple (Image by iDropNews).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The following paragraph is directly quoted from one of these job descriptions: Our team is building the software components that control and manage the hardware on our Augmented Reality (AR) products. These are the software components that run on the AR devices and are the closest to the hardware. Tilt Brush).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

PSVR 2, Apple XR visor) and games, will be fundamental to understand its evolution and its potential. It’s not clear on what platforms this functionality will be working on, but if I had to guess, I would say Project Cambria, since its body tracking was already revealed in a video some months ago. Other relevant news.

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Hypergrid Business

MAY 15, 2023

Another option for people who want free OpenSim land is to use DreamGrid from OutWorldz, a version of OpenSim used by many people to create virtual worlds on personal computers, private company grids, or school grids. No wonder they’re the largest grid in OpenSim. Micro Technology Services owns both DreamGrid and OutWorldz.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The industry has been experiencing a boom in recent years with hundreds of startups and heavy investment from tech giants including Google, Apple, Samsung, and Facebook. The long-range goal for AR/VR is full immersion—the ability to deliver a user from the real to the virtual world without sensory interruption.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2022

It also shows that at the moment the idea of subsidizing the cost of the hardware with the software sold in the store is not working, so probably the Quest ecosystem is less healthy than we initially thought. Some people switched to other virtual worlds like Neos. Upload VR). Other relevant news. Learn more. Deo VR is hiring.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

To continue providing users with seamless software experiences and improved productivity and collaboration capabilities, Microsoft and Meta have teamed up to bring Mesh for Teams to Meta Quest headsets. The Park Playground’s Vindevogel adds that virtual reality will increasingly grow to become a part of our daily lives. “

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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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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

We see evidence of augmented experiences on social media through 360-degree photos and videos. Defining Google ARCore Google ARCore is a software development kit (SDK) for Android’s operating system (OS). It’s the Google version of the “ARKit” experience from Apple.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Today, we are taking the spatial computing industry to yet another level as we announce the availability of the full 6DoF developer kit for the Vive Wave open ecosystem, and a host of new 6DoF content and technologies to more easily bring users into fully immersive virtual worlds. Screenshot of the above video. Very nice.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Apple signals interest in location-relevant AR through its geo-anchors and Project Gobi. Most of this is often discussed in light of its Unreal engine being used to create virtual worlds….much In other words, digital twins will overlay the physical world to enable AR devices to evoke relevant and geo-anchored digital content.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This week, though, Apple CEO Tim Cook showed he still “thinks different” by telling us what it isn’t – “the future.”. The success of Fortnite and Roblox points to a future heavily influenced by the mechanics and aesthetics of video games. My own take on what the metaverse will be – or in fact, is – is quite simple.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 21, 2022

These professionals use new devices to merge the physical and virtual worlds with creative, engaging immersive content. XR blends the physical and virtual worlds with digital overlays that interact in real-time with real-life objects. According to Precedence Research, the global XR market reached $35.14 Defining XR.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

For every one of the four main themes, a headset solving it has been shown in the video. Without HDR, you are conscious that you are seeing the world through a screen, while with actual HDR, you can feel the proper lighting of a scene, and it immediately becomes real and immersive. We have lots of non-news about Apple’s XR efforts.

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VRWorld

APRIL 11, 2017

CyberLink is one of first software companies coming out of Taiwan that succeeded in becoming a major international player. From the dawn of multi-media and first DVD-ROM drives, PowerDVD software was there to play the content (and yes, we’ll never forget the ability to change the regional lock through software).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Reddit user Samulia has been able to find in the runtime of Quest 2 some video tutorials for the user (shared on Twitter by Basti564), and in them, it is clearly visible a device that is not the Quest 1 or Quest 2, but a much better device, most probably the Quest 2 Pro. Enjoy some interesting hands-on! (Image leaked from Oculus runtime).

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ARVR

MARCH 9, 2022

A great example of augmented reality is Pokemon Go, where pokemon were hidden like Easter eggs for users to find in the real world. As for Virtual Reality (VR), it’s a complete immersion into a virtual world, shutting off the physical world entirely through special VR devices like HTC Vive, Google Cardboard, and Oculus Rift.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

in software, serving 55mm–71mm IPD Refresh Rate ?—?75Hz But while playing the Youtube video, I’ve noticed that the CR-blabla is actually the North Star headset that that Genius of Noah Zerkin is manufacturing in Shenzhen. Here you are the full list of specs (courtesy Road To VR): CPU ?—?Qualcomm Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Display ?—?3,840

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

But this game engine is good for more than just the next top video game experience. They're probably playing a video game built on their development engine. A game engine is a piece of software, it does a lot of things in real time. I mean, a game is everything about a simulated world and a story mixed together.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

But this game engine is good for more than just the next top video game experience. They're probably playing a video game built on their development engine. A game engine is a piece of software, it does a lot of things in real time. I mean, a game is everything about a simulated world and a story mixed together.

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VRWorld

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Even though it is still in its early stages, augmented reality glasses and software are already being used as a tool to train workers on how to repair manufacturing equipment and to teach new surgeons how to best perform their jobs. Take AR for example. There are plenty of companies pivoting to this growing AR market.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 3, 2017

Eight year ago, when I first launched Hypergrid Business , virtual worlds offered a unique set of compelling features. There was presence, and immersion, and the ability to create your own virtual environments. At that time, virtual worlds were the only visible path to an interconnected metaverse of virtual environments.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

Niantic has finally launched its VPS (Visual Positioning System), a solution that will allow developers to create AR applications that are persistent and shared in various locations in the world with centimeter accuracy. VPS is a technology that implements the AR Cloud and creates a bridge between the real and the virtual world.

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Bernard Marr

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

However, many proto-metaverses and metaverse-related applications, such as the digital game platform Roblox or the virtual worlds Sandbox and Decentraland, don’t yet involve VR. Once it is a part of our lives, it’s possible that we won’t even call it the metaverse at all – just as no one really uses the term "worldwide web" anymore.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

But this game engine is good for more than just the next top video game experience. They're probably playing a video game built on their development engine. A game engine is a piece of software, it does a lot of things in real time. I mean, a game is everything about a simulated world and a story mixed together.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

This means having AR and VR on the same device ; A 5G modem ; 8K videos playback at 60fps; Accelerated AI so that to be able to perform objects recognition and other cool stuff on the camera feed. Is this really what Apple wants? (Thanks Robert Scoble for this news!). iPhone 12 may feature a special connection for AR glasses.

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Ryan Schultz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

to stay away from what seems to be an unending litany of bad news lately, but last night I slipped up and opened the Apple News app on my trusty iPad, which promptly spit up the article which is the topic of today’s cranky editorial. (It’s How the Crypto Crash—and Meta’s Missteps—Are Souring the General Public on the Metaverse.

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Building the Metaverse

JANUARY 18, 2023

Let’s look at a couple of the ways that generative artificial intelligence taps into your creativity: ChatGPT as a Virtual Engine There are a number of ways to conceptualize a large language model like ChatGPT; but one is that it is actually a virtual world engine. It had persistent, virtual worlds called campaigns.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Avalon is a global, remotely-operated gaming studio staffed by some of the world’s top video game industry executives. This also includes Amazon Polly, Mixamo, Apple’s ARKit, and many more. Many of them have worked with Diablo, God of War, Assassin’s Creed, Elden Ring, Call of Duty, EverQuest, and many others.

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