The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2024

More info (UEVR official website) More info (The announcement of the launch on Twitter) More info (Gamertag commenting on UEVR’s ease of use) A look back at this year in augmented reality AR expert Tom Emrich has written one of his amazing roundup posts in which he summarized how his 23 predictions for 2023 turned out to be.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2023

More info (Official statement by Mark Zuckerberg) More info (Meta to lay off 10,000 people — Road To VR) More info (Meta to lay off 10,000 people — Upload VR) More info (Meta focusing more on AI — Yahoo Finance) More info (Meta focusing more on AI — CNN) Other relevant news Google is discontinuing Glass It’s the end of an era.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 17, 2023

More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Road To VR) More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Upload VR) More info (Roblox on Quest may increase scrutiny on the platform) Other relevant news (Image by WIRED) Mark Lucovsky has left Google Mark Lucovsky has just left Google. More info iVRy makes the PSVR2 work with SteamVR!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2024

It became pretty viral the news that Apple does not want developers to define their apps as AR, VR, or MR, but just as “spatial” when writing the store definitions. The most affected by this “restructuring operation” is the “1P AR Hardware” team, the one working on augmented reality devices.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2022

Qualcomm has released its latest reference design for AR glasses and it features an important new feature. I think this news is pretty important because it improves a lot the usability of smartphone-connected AR glasses. More info (Qualcomm AR reference design / Road To VR) More info (Qualcomm AR reference design / Upload VR).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 22, 2022

It was even featured on Google News. Image by Google). Google acquires micro-LED startup Raxium. This week Google has performed another strategic move towards the development of its future XR glasses. It has acquired the startup Raxium, whose expertise is manufacturing micro-LED for AR/VR devices.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Google may be working on a bracelet and a ring for its glasses. According to some rumors, Google is experimenting with the user interface for its future AR glasses and it is currently studying two solutions: a bracelet, and a ring controller. Viture One glasses are one of best inventions of 2022 according to TIME.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Just the time to eat some homemade pasta and I got a cold, which mixed with the jet lag of the trip from China, means that I’m truly having some great days But nothing can stop me from writing the roundup of the best AR/VR news of the week for you, my lovely readers! But now some data about it is starting to be found.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2023

I’m a bit skeptical about this, though Hideo Kojima has been seen around Cupertino last week , so someone is speculating that either he’s porting Death Stranding to iOS, or he’s building a mixed-reality experience for the new headset A report by Bloomberg states that the headset is a compromised version of what Apple would have liked to do.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2023

You may wonder why this system is relevant for us XR people: well, Meta itself talks about AR applications for this system in the launch post. AR glasses may separate the various objects that compose an image they see with their cameras and so be able to detect what the user has around him/her. Impossible!)

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2022

The heat hasn’t killed me yet, so this week I can still write a new roundup of interesting news about AR and VR. Google starts testing its AR glasses in the wild. Google has announced that it is going to start to test the prototypes of its AR glasses in the wild. More info (Google testing AR glasses?—?Official

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The reasons behind the layoffs are well-known: the competition with TikTok hurting Meta’s revenues; Apple’s new privacy rules on iOS have reduced the effectiveness of the ads business; the conflict in Ukraine and the inflation have led to bad economic conditions. Red6 made Charlie Fink try AR on a plane. Learn more. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

T he use of the Exynos chips makes me think even more that this is an old device : Samsung has recently announced that it is going to build its headset with Google and Qualcomm, so it is impossible that the to-be-released device doesn’t have a Qualcomm chip. The road toward widespread AR glasses is still very long and complicated.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2023

This is its description that I lazily copy-pasted: AR/VR creators, this survey is for you. Which tools and platforms are you using to build mind-bending creations? The survey takes about 15 minutes and covers VR, AR, and mixed reality sectors. Just pick a language you’re most comfortable with.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2022

But enough talking about me… let’s dig into the best AR/VR news of the week! Meta Quest 3 leaks show a lightweight mixed reality headset. The serial leaker Brad Lynch has shared on his Youtube channel what he claims are CAD renders of the upcoming Quest 3. Top news of the week. Image by Brad Lynch). Discover Raindance Immersive.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

It’s been another interesting week in immersive realities, so let’s see what happened in our field in the past few days! Top news of the week (Image by Google) Samsung XR headset may have been delayed The new rumor in town is that Samsung has delayed its upcoming headset that it is building in partnership with Google and Qualcomm.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2022

This week, Xiaomi actual unveiled the real hardware that should make that vision become real: dubbed Mijia AR Glasses , these glasses have a nice set of features. So more or less they are delivering what they promised. There is only one big problem: the form factor is terrible , they look super-dork, even worse than Google Glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

According to the Financial Times, “In June, AR, VR, and mixed reality start-ups in the US raised $208 million, almost as much as the previous three months combined ”. The purpose of the group is of course the one of fighting the duopoly of Apple Maps/Google Maps. Learn more News from partners (and friends) Why WebXR?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2023

More info — Use Google Translate! It’s good that this company managed to successfully pivot and investors are giving it trust. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine. I truly hope this rumor is true. I will leave you the link to do that below. appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Digging more into details, I discovered that “metaverse” here is used kinda improperly because, with that word, it is meant “deployment of predictive maintenance on installations”, which is actually a mix of AI and digital twin for predictions and AR for visualization of maintenance information. I will leave you the link to do that below.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

IVAS is meant to increase the capabilities of the soldiers deployed on the field thanks to the support of augmented reality glasses. This headset should feature pancake lenses, mixed reality capabilities, and micro-LED displays by Raxium , a startup owned by Google. I will leave you the link to do that below.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The use case is similar to other systems that are becoming popular now: give the user a big virtual display in front of him. More info Google may still be working at Project Iris Some months ago a rumor claimed that Google had stopped working on Project Iris, its project devoted to the creation of augmented reality glasses.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2019

He’s also the co-founder of SuperWorld — superworldapp.com — which is Foursquare meets Pokemon Go meets Monopoly in the real world, building a community in AR, powered by the blockchain. Hrish: The VR/AR Conference? Alan: Yeah.The VR/AR Association Conference. You do a lot in this space. Hrish: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2019

He’s also the co-founder of SuperWorld — superworldapp.com — which is Foursquare meets Pokemon Go meets Monopoly in the real world, building a community in AR, powered by the blockchain. Hrish: The VR/AR Conference? Alan: Yeah.The VR/AR Association Conference. You do a lot in this space. Hrish: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 18, 2020

Geenee is an AR content company granting the wishes of their clients by creating new ways to market to their audiences, from interactive book covers, to hosting live concerts digitally. And so we have years of proprietary image recognition technology and also tech IP and AR for Web browsers. Alan: Hey, everybody, Alan Smithson here.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 18, 2020

Geenee is an AR content company granting the wishes of their clients by creating new ways to market to their audiences, from interactive book covers, to hosting live concerts digitally. And so we have years of proprietary image recognition technology and also tech IP and AR for Web browsers. Alan: Hey, everybody, Alan Smithson here.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2019

He's also the co-founder of SuperWorld -- superworldapp.com -- which is Foursquare meets Pokemon Go meets Monopoly in the real world, building a community in AR, powered by the blockchain. Hrish: The VR/AR Conference? Alan: Yeah.The VR/AR Association Conference. You do a lot in this space. Let's start with the one that's Rogue.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 18, 2020

Geenee is an AR content company granting the wishes of their clients by creating new ways to market to their audiences, from interactive book covers, to hosting live concerts digitally. And so we have years of proprietary image recognition technology and also tech IP and AR for Web browsers. Alan: Hey, everybody, Alan Smithson here.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Last week I shared with you a post highlighting how the tools to analyze user behavior on a PC or mobile (like Google Analytics) are totally inappropriate for XR, and so we need dedicated tools for that. According to the market research institute, in the Red Country have been shipped 500,000 AR/VR headsets in the first half of 2022.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

But the release of the Apple Vision Pro has completely shaken up the industry and now many players are focusing on launching a competitor of Apple’s headset. We already know that Google, Samsung, and Qualcomm are working on a competitor of the Vision Pro, which should be based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR Gen2+ and cost around $2000.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I’m sorry about that, but it’s still a miracle I’ve managed to write it… Top news of the week (Leaked image from Samsung video) Samsung is back to XR with Google and Qualcomm The big news of the week is that Samsung is back to XR. What is even more interesting is that this device will be built in partnership with Google and Qualcomm.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The device also features an RGB camera, so that to provide color passthrough AR. The great news from this week is that the company has brought Niantic Lightship VPS into its engine, so now it is possible to use VPS from a web AR application. This opens up lots of possibilities because you can augment a particular place (e.g.

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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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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 14, 2022

It was able to provide an SDK and various templates to make companies create easily robust AR experiences that ran directly from the web, without forcing the user to download an app, as it happens for AR applications made with ARCore/ARKit. Google and Waymo evolve NERF to cope with cities. It is less sexy, but more reliable.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This may be one of the potential names for either the upcoming mixed reality headset that Samsung is developing with Google or the name of future AR glasses. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine. The Vision Pro seems to be sold with a margin over the components cost.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 30, 2023

Furthermore, there is a physical crown to switch from VR to passthrough AR , but it is not clear to me why you would need a crown for that. More info Ben Lang wrote his impressions on AntVR’s optics Road To VR’s Ben Lang (my “review hero”) has finally written his hands-on article about AntVR’s optics that can switch between AR and VR modes.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

Luckily there is AR that is still strong, and we can hope to wear Google AR glasses soon… ah no, they are dead too. Meta is reported to launch a devkit of AR glasses, codenamed Orion, in 2024. In 2027, it should launch its first AR glasses for consumers, codenamed Artemis.

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