The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

A device with that price is likely a headset without cutting-edge features that ships without controllers , I would speculate. The only doubt I have is about what content it is going to offer: if the headset is without controllers, it means is dedicated mostly to social VR, media consumption, and/or virtual screen for the PC.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 24, 2024

This week, AR instructional solutions provider Taqtile announced official support for Microsoft’s Unity-based Mixed Reality Toolkit 3 (MRTK3) in a move to broaden the usability of its Manifest application ready for a “growing number” of OpenXR devices in 2024.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

In spite of the fact we’re joking around and playing Angry Birds on Magic Leap, the whole thing feels very grown up, in the sense that these guys are in this for the long haul, and so, they reckon, is the business of making Mixed Reality. We’ve been saying all along we want more players, more competition.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

Meta delays its plans for AR glasses. Meta has not officially answered this report, but Andrew Bosworth, the CTO of the company, has indirectly commented on it: “ We’re going to ship wrist wearables and AR glasses that bring completely new tech?—?like Other relevant news. Image by Meta). like EMG?—?to This is anyway good news.

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ARPost

JUNE 28, 2021

Spatial was on our list of AR remote work platforms. The company’s own co-founders, Anand Agarawala and Jinha Lee, have their own impressive pasts including working at Google, MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung. The platform works on just about any device, from HoloLens and Magic Leap to desktop and mobile, and even an Nreal beta.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

But for now, let me do a recap of the best news of the past week in AR and VR! This configuration is interesting because: 6 cameras in those positions allow for a very big tracking cone for the controllers ; The two front cameras are in the same position of the eyes and this will allow mixed reality applications using the SRWorks framework.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

If you want to read better predictions about AR, I advise you to follow Tom Emrich , since he usually writes great posts on the topic! AR is in a growth stage (Image from the web). I think that in 2022 we’ll mostly see in AR the growth of the same trends that we saw in the second half of 2021. GENERAL TRENDS.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

As it is a tradition of this blog , I have read everything I could about the AR and VR technologies showcased there, and I’ve condensed all the news in a single article , that you can skim fast until you find a topic you are interested in. If instead, you need a consultancy about AR/VR for your business, feel free to contact me.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

2021 is going to be an interesting year for AR. This won’t be the year of AR : exactly as I said for virtual reality, let’s not hype the technology and think that this is the year when mainstream adoption of wearable AR glasses is going to happen. Can this count as AR having become mainstream?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

So, are you ready? HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. The controller too is very comfortable and does its job very well.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

Microsoft Magic Leap Varjo HP Acer Samsung ASUS Dell Biel AjnaXR FYR Medical ESight Canon IrisVision VRgineers Zappar Lynx Valve Microsoft Microsoft has been increasing its focus on the extended reality landscape in recent years, with the production of solutions such as Microsoft Mesh, and a metaverse environment for Microsoft Teams.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

But now, it is the turn of some cool AR and VR news…. These numbers seem confirmed by a parallel analysis by AR Insider. More info (Statistics by Superdata) More info (Statistics by AR Insider) More info (Statistics on all headsets by AR Insider) More info (Palmer Luckey disagreeing on the data). Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

It is not that Meta is abandoning its goal of having its operating system (and so freeing itself from Android and iOS), it is that it realized that designing an operating system that is optimal both for AR and VR is not going to work. Magic Leap 2 has inside-out tracked controllers. More info (Meta’s Builder Bot?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

Magic Leap Currently focusing its attention on the enterprise landscape, Magic Leap produces AR and MR headsets designed to address the needs of various industries. Biel Concentrating on the emerging smart glasses landscape, Biel’s headsets are designed to improve mobility for visually impaired people.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device.

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Upload VR

JUNE 9, 2023

Yes, Google might still be resurgent with Android, powered by Owlchemy's insights and Samsung's hardware , and other companies might surprise with a novel strategy too. Analog Concerns Oculus Rift prototype demo with Xbox controller, 2012. Headsets are transporters. This is happening.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2021

Virtual CES is about to start and will feature AR and VR devices. And Lenovo has officially announced ThinkReality A3, its new AR glasses (that were leaked some weeks ago) for enterprise uses. More info (Digital CES and AR/VR) More info (Nolo VR headset) More info (Lenovo ThinkReality A3) More info (Lenovo ThinkReality A3 photos).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Image by Samsung). Anyway, officially, both Samsung and Oculus have continued at least to support it. But at the presentation of the latest Samsung Note 10, for the first time after the Note 4, Samsung has dropped support for Gear VR in its latest flagship device. And Samsung is not abandoning XR for sure.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Some of its features are: 2,160 × 2,160 resolution per eye 90Hz framerate 4-cameras inside-out tracking (like the Quest) Touch-like controllers with Knuckles-like finger-sensing Face tracking Hips tracking (for better orientation in games) Integration with SteamVR games Wireless add-on. So this is a market we should all keep an eye on.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! So many memories… who was there already in VR with me? We’ll see….

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 14, 2018

We all know that in AR and VR we don’t have the perfect device yet, so we have always to make compromises when choosing what device to use in our projects and DreamGlass is no exception. It is a solid plastic device with 90° FOV (far more than a lot of AR headsets out there), 2.5K That’s an enormous limitation. 3.5mm jack.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2019

The connection to the PC should happen with a VirtualLink connector: according to Ars Technica , “HTC has since confirmed that the Cosmos headset will require a USB Type-C connection to its source system “ To work, it needs a gaming PC, but in the future, it may also work with less powerful PCs , thanks to some black magic by HTC.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

This is where the next chapter for AR and VR begins. “This is where the next chapter for AR and VR begins” is the only sure information that we have about the event. Here the key words are “next chapter” and “AR” A screenshot of Oculus website. Or better… of XR DEVICES.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Side note that AR will be much bigger than VR, in both the diversity of use cases and market size (analysts predict $30B for VR versus $90B for AR by 2020), but I still believe that most homes will have a dedicated VR space for total immersion. Control options. Our future VR setups won’t need controllers. Body movement.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

For example, Microsoft is gearing up for a 2024 industrial Metaverse roadmap, which sees the firm working with groups like Magic Leap and Qualcomm to provide immersive workplace solutions that operate alongside pre-existing technology stacks. Already, Apple iPhone and iPad products come with many AR features.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

In April, we opened the doors to the first Upload Collective in San Francisco, a hub for VR and AR startups, development, co-working, education, meetups and even live broadcasting. UploadVR.com also expanded its editorial coverage throughout the year to deliver the very latest news, reviews, features and editorials covering VR and AR.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Oculus has announced its first 6 DOF standalone headset with 6 DOF controllers and its name is Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest and controllers inside a stand (Image by Ars Technica). On the front there are the four cameras used to track the position of the device and the controllers. Close view of the Quest controller.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

Michael was previously director of IBM’s Watson’s Developer Lab for a AR and VR, among some other career stops. I was flying from Toronto to San Francisco, and I just happened to sit beside a guy who we started talking about AR and I pulled out the North Glasses. The QC35-IIs that are the most popular ones.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

Michael was previously director of IBM’s Watson’s Developer Lab for a AR and VR, among some other career stops. I was flying from Toronto to San Francisco, and I just happened to sit beside a guy who we started talking about AR and I pulled out the North Glasses. The QC35-IIs that are the most popular ones.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2018

The volume control on the left ear and the mute button on the right ear work very good and are pretty useful. Also, the controllers were the ones of Vive 1 and being used to my Oculus Touch , I felt back to the nineties. The moment when I tried the Vive Pro has not been one of this wow moments. HTC Vive 1.0 vs HTC Vive Pro.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

And the company predicts that AR will be a $90 billion market by 2020. I talked about this great promise of AR on a panel at CES with Jeri Ellsworth, cofounder of CastAR , and Nick Beliaeff, vice president of production at Spin Master Studios , a toy company that recently launched its Air Hogs Connect: Mission Drone game.

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Immersive Authority

JUNE 30, 2016

Samsung Gear VR, Google Cardboard and Oculus Rift are popular solutions that enable this form of immersive experience (in conjunction with a number of controllers and sensors). It’s the immersion of a user into a fully virtual environment, by means of a VR headset. This is one of the cons of the solution.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

Michael was previously director of IBM's Watson's Developer Lab for a AR and VR, among some other career stops. I was flying from Toronto to San Francisco, and I just happened to sit beside a guy who we started talking about AR and I pulled out the North Glasses. You've done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

CEO Matt Miesnieks has been in the AR game since the beginning, and he says the best in the industry have always known the best, native use cases for the technology; the problem was for the technology to catch up to the use cases. He’s also the co-founder and CEO of 6D.ai, the leading AR cloud platform, which is his third AR startup.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

CEO Matt Miesnieks has been in the AR game since the beginning, and he says the best in the industry have always known the best, native use cases for the technology; the problem was for the technology to catch up to the use cases. He’s also the co-founder and CEO of 6D.ai, the leading AR cloud platform, which is his third AR startup.

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

Additionally, the growing popularity of AR and VR in architecture, engineering and construction has implications for the future of airport renovations and new airport design. Around the same time, Vueling, Iberia, and Air Berlin launched smartwatch boarding passes for early Pebble and Samsung smartwatches. to make decisions.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

So you basically control the content. I've seen some of the-- Huawei come up with a pair of glasses and Samsung, they're all kind of teasing at these. Joonmo: You mean something like the Nreal AR glasses, or something like that? Joonmo: You mean something like the Nreal AR glasses, or something like that?

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