The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

There is no face or eye tracking. In the meanwhile, Microsoft is working on a 1.1 2023 and 2024 are crucial for this project, which may be shut down if soldiers won’t find benefit in the use of the device. These glasses are damn expensive (because they are rugged and customized). There is IPD adjustment.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

While with other VR headsets like the Vive Focus Plus it is already possible to do some kind of augmented reality , this is the first standalone headset that can provide both good quality AR and VR on the same device. These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest.

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APRIL 15, 2024

Today, Khronos updated its OpenXR API to optimise its support of cross-platform AR/VR/MR application development with its version 1.1 The OpenXR API is a core piece behind many XR headsets from vendors such as Acer, ByteDance, Canon, HTC, Magic Leap, Meta, Microsoft, Sony, XREAL, Qualcomm, Valve, and Varjo.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 27, 2023

The mura-free 2160 x 2160 LCD panels for each eye strengthen visual clarity, and the headset even includes 4 cameras built into the headset to reduce the need for external sensors. Developed in collaboration with other leading XR companies like Microsoft, the HP headset is compatible with a range of platforms.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2022

The AR gaming landscape is experiencing similar growth. While there are various XR vendors on the market today with powerful tools for those in the gaming landscape, some stand out as particularly innovative. Microsoft already stands as one of the biggest gaming companies in the world, thanks to the development of the Xbox ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Mothers and grandmothers are the best, and they care about us during the good and the hard times… their love is infinite. A big and warm hug to all of them And while we celebrate our mommies, let’s read some cool AR/VR news! Or eye tracking?). Investments in AR/VR companies are at 2013 level.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

Renowned for its ingenuity, Apple has continuously pushed the boundaries of what is possible with its rich tech ecosystem, namely amid increasing competition with Microsoft. Developed in collaboration with other leading XR companies like Microsoft, the HP headset is compatible with a range of platforms.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

The advantage of using 72 Hz is that everything appears smoother, plus the display becomes brighter and the colors warmer ; Fixed foveating : we all know what foveated rendering is and we all know that to be implemented it requires eye tracking. But we also know that when in VR, most people just look forward with their eyes.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

New info on Microsoft abandoning the Hololens 3. Last week we all heard the news about Microsoft abandoning the HoloLens 3, and the denial of it by Alex Kipman and Microsoft itself. It has huge potential, though Open Brush introduces passthrough AR so that you can draw in 3D in the space around you.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Kura promises to deliver lightweight AR glasses with astonishing features like 150° FOV, 8K resolution per eye, and outdoor use thanks to some breakthrough innovations they are working on. They could make AR enter a new immersive phase that leads towards mainstream adoption. It’s like 2 years (!!)

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

They teased a lot of interesting features and services of the device, and left the remaining technical details to some technical sheets on Microsoft website. But Microsoft, thanks to innovative 2K displays, has managed to keep the same high-quality pixel density of the HoloLens 1, that is 47 PPD (pixels per degree). Resolution.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

It is a set of very high-quality headphones that are able to offer truly immersive and spatial audio, with a unique feature that lets you blend the audio of the AR experience and of your real world in an optimized way. None of these features are particularly impressive or innovative (e.g. But with another name. But different.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

This one is the last AR/VR news roundup for this summer! References found in the Oculus Quest 2 firmware by users Reggy04 and Basti564 highlight how the Quest 2 Pro should have: Eyes tracking Facial expressions tracking Eye relief knob Granular IPD adjustment External charging station. It has 4.5DOF.

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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). Apple is throwing rocket fuel on the AR space, and we think this will spark meaningful competition. This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. The race has started.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Of course, after the announcement, a lot of questions started coming to my mind , especially regarding the use of these new graphics cards with regard to VR and AR. RTX games use the Microsoft DX12 DXR ray tracing API. Microsoft has already released an SDK for ray-tracing, supporting NVIDIA algorithms. What about Unity, instead?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

March has just started… I hope it will be an amazing day for you and for all the AR/VR ecosystem! All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated. Qualcomm announces AR Smart Viewer reference design.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

Then in 2012, the IKEA catalog app had AR in it. I think we were one of the first big companies in the world using marker based AR. That's how we've done AR so far, when it comes to older things. But every phone in the world now has the ability to show 3D, and now AR. We are looking at sound. Martin: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

Then in 2012, the IKEA catalog app had AR in it. I think we were one of the first big companies in the world using marker based AR. That's how we've done AR so far, when it comes to older things. But every phone in the world now has the ability to show 3D, and now AR. We are looking at sound. Martin: Yeah.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

Mirror Lake includes holographic lenses, reverse passthrough (people can see your eyes when you wear it), varifocal, and eye-tracking in a single very lightweight device. We already knew that Tim likes AR and “what we have to offer” may also be a potato with an Apple brand costing $400. Useless news.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

Then in 2012, the IKEA catalog app had AR in it. I think we were one of the first big companies in the world using marker based AR. That's how we've done AR so far, when it comes to older things. But every phone in the world now has the ability to show 3D, and now AR. We are looking at sound. Martin: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

He’s formerly held top product leadership positions at Microsoft and Nokia. At Nokia, Niko led a product program team in 2006-2007, and together with researchers from Nokia Research Center, his team developed the basis for the optical technology that later became the Microsoft Hololens. Today we have Niko Eiden, CEO of Varjo.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

He’s formerly held top product leadership positions at Microsoft and Nokia. At Nokia, Niko led a product program team in 2006-2007, and together with researchers from Nokia Research Center, his team developed the basis for the optical technology that later became the Microsoft Hololens. Today we have Niko Eiden, CEO of Varjo.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2019

The SIGGRAPH has shown some interesting AR/VR solutions. Some of the most important AR/VR showcases have been: NVIDIA showing a solution for AR foveated rendering. Some of the most important AR/VR showcases have been: NVIDIA showing a solution for AR foveated rendering.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

He's formerly held top product leadership positions at Microsoft and Nokia. At Nokia, Niko led a product program team in 2006-2007, and together with researchers from Nokia Research Center, his team developed the basis for the optical technology that later became the Microsoft Hololens. Today we have Niko Eiden, CEO of Varjo.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Qualcomm announced this year they're XR1 chip, which is a chip that will power all the new kind of AR glasses and VR headsets. And it's a super powerful chip that will allow you to have AI built in for facial tracking and object recognition in these types of things, but also allow you to have-- I think it's up to seven cameras.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Qualcomm announced this year they're XR1 chip, which is a chip that will power all the new kind of AR glasses and VR headsets. And it's a super powerful chip that will allow you to have AI built in for facial tracking and object recognition in these types of things, but also allow you to have-- I think it's up to seven cameras.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Qualcomm announced this year they're XR1 chip, which is a chip that will power all the new kind of AR glasses and VR headsets. And it's a super powerful chip that will allow you to have AI built in for facial tracking and object recognition in these types of things, but also allow you to have-- I think it's up to seven cameras.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2020

The second one is a study to make codec avatars work with standard headsets : it makes the avatar move their faces by just using an eye tracking sensor and a microphone. With this new method, the tracking of the facial expressions is less accurate, but it works well the same. Watch Microsoft Office in XR.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

I’d also throw out there, that there’s supposed AR frames. Kent: And I expect people going to be wearing like these sunglasses that are kind of shooting spatial audio into your ears, but being able to tie with your phone, getting GPS, and being able to — basically — detect which direction you’re looking at.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

I'd also throw out there, that there's supposed AR frames. Kent: And I expect people going to be wearing like these sunglasses that are kind of shooting spatial audio into your ears, but being able to tie with your phone, getting GPS, and being able to -- basically -- detect which direction you're looking at. Kent: Yeah. Alan: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

I’d also throw out there, that there’s supposed AR frames. Kent: And I expect people going to be wearing like these sunglasses that are kind of shooting spatial audio into your ears, but being able to tie with your phone, getting GPS, and being able to — basically — detect which direction you’re looking at.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

I mean, you built the AR Porsche visualizer where you could drop a Porsche right in your living room and I actually have a photo of a Porsche in my living room from your app. And I’ve noticed that a lot of the people that were just building demos and stuff like that, now are running huge companies. John, welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

I mean, you built the AR Porsche visualizer where you could drop a Porsche right in your living room and I actually have a photo of a Porsche in my living room from your app. And I’ve noticed that a lot of the people that were just building demos and stuff like that, now are running huge companies. John, welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

I mean, you built the AR Porsche visualizer where you could drop a Porsche right in your living room and I actually have a photo of a Porsche in my living room from your app. And I've noticed that a lot of the people that were just building demos and stuff like that, now are running huge companies. John, welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Was the best virtual reality or a AR experience is what is the best thing that you have done? There’s a lot of talent here, and I have heard from other people that even places like Kansas City actually have quite a bit of VR happening — and I say VR, I mean XR, AR; all of it. The tools are here. Michael: Yes.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Was the best virtual reality or a AR experience is what is the best thing that you have done? There’s a lot of talent here, and I have heard from other people that even places like Kansas City actually have quite a bit of VR happening — and I say VR, I mean XR, AR; all of it. The tools are here. Michael: Yes.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Was the best virtual reality or a AR experience is what is the best thing that you have done? And as much as I'm very happy that the coasts are innovating as much as they are, I think there's a huge opportunity here in the Midwest. It's really interesting, what those guys are doing. The tools are here.

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