The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

This week in XR hasn’t had any explosive news, but it was interesting nonetheless: in particular we had cool info on AR glasses, with some news from Kura, Lynx, and Samsung. Samsung AR glasses concept has been leaked. Popular Twitter leaker WalkingCat has leaked two trailer videos about two AR glasses by Samsung.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

The headset should be operated through the use of hand tracking and eye tracking , exactly like the Vision Pro. We already knew that Meta should manufacture its first AR glasses, codenamed Orion, in 2014 , and that they should be built with high-end features and be manufactured in the US.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2023

Some rumors were already going around in the previous days, but now it is official: Chinese AR company Nreal has rebranded as XREAL. If you rotated your head, the smartphone screen image would still be glued in front of your eyes. Tracking was 0DOF. 3DOF tracking is not substituting the standard mirroring. .”

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Epic Games today released a new video featuring a demo for HoloLens 2 that aims to show off just what sort of graphics can be achieved on Microsoft’s latest standalone AR headset. Released in early September, Unreal Engine 4.23 We’ll update this article as soon as we hear back.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 11, 2023

Additionally, people can develop augmented reality (AR) experiences with the platform’s 3D viewing function. According to the tech giant, gaming firms can develop real-world models for AR-based immersive experiences. Developers can also design AR experiences for physical locations via its Geospatial Creator.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

In a recent live-stream, Lynx founder Stan Larroque shared progress on the company’s upcoming MR headset which is being designed with AR-passthrough and VR capabilities in mind. The headset was first revealed earlier this year and said to include Snapdragon XR2, eye-tracking, and novel optics. Image courtesy Lynx.

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ARPost

APRIL 10, 2023

The partnership’s goal is the development of “neos ” – a proposed device that would use eye-tracking technology for earlier diagnosis of brain disorders. “A rare window into the brain is possible with the Varjo Aero headset and we are proud to partner with machineMD to make this technology a reality.”

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Increasingly, the headsets used to navigate the digital space are evolving, becoming more lightweight, efficient, and feature-rich. We’re progressing towards a world where true-to-life holographic images in AR and MR are no longer a science-fiction concept. Hand-Eye Tracking.

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VRScout

MARCH 19, 2018

Edgar Martín-Blas, CEO of Virtual Voyagers , told VRScout he’s been excited about the capabilities of eye-tracking, hand-tracking, nine hand gesture recognition, and “the possibility of controlling the content with a mobile app.”. One developer we spoke with has been eagerly exploring the SDK to see what’s possible.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine. What is interesting for us is the last line “adoption and support of ARKit features and future VR features into Unreal Engine by their XR team”. Other relevant news. Image by Epic Games). Notice that Apple talks about “future VR features” that it is going to implement. This is huge.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 22, 2024

With eye-tracking solutions, software can be designed to effectively render the content users are viewing according to their specific needs, reducing bandwidth use and improving clarity. → Explore Ultraleap Tobii Focusing on the eye-tracking landscape, Tobii is on a mission to improve the way people interact with computing technology.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Ok, enough with football… let’s get back to AR and VR…. French startup Lynx announced some months ago a quite interesting headset featuring pass-through augmented reality , hands tracking, eye tracking, and an innovative lens design. AR users to reach 800M by the end of the year. Top news of the week. billion).

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Cats and VR

AUGUST 14, 2018

Featuring the most advanced optics, VR-optimized displays, integrated eye tracking, and vendor-agnostic tracking architecture, StarVR One is built from the ground up to support the most demanding use cases for both commercial and enterprise sectors. StarVR enables a wide variety of use case scenarios. “We

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

If these specs are confirmed, the Pico 5 sounds very cool to me: it has everything the Quest 3 is promising, for a price that is even slightly lower. All headsets feature OLED microdisplays and are focused on the productivity use case. of our revenues with Unity. And this 2.5% It’s good to see the price of pro headsets coming down!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2023

I wonder if this will have any consequences… More info News worth a mention (Image by Xiaomi) AR and VR were great at MWC XR analyst Anshel Sag wrote a great article highlighting all the most important hardware showcased at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. You can discover more on the dedicated Linkedin post that I’m sharing below.

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

With Ultraleap’s hand-tracking accessories, companies can rapidly add a 5 th -generation hand tracking system, complete with a unified neural network straight to their existing XR devices. Latest UltraLeap News Tobii Focusing on the eye-tracking landscape, Tobii is on a mission to improve the way people interact with computing technology.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 31, 2023

It maintains all of the critical features of the company’s leading MR device, including phenomenal eye tracking, positional tracking, connectivity, and field of view.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

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 Moreover, RT3D development services like Autodesk VRED, Blender, Godot, NVIDIA’s Omniverse, StereoKit, Unreal Engine, and Unity support OpenXR integration.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Over the last couple years, we have gained a lot of experience with them and their Unreal Engine. Using a physical car park, the company’s G87 M2 motor recreated a cutting-edge virtual race course, complete with coin-collecting activities as the physical vehicle drifted in the physical race track space.

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AIXR

MAY 6, 2022

What hardware developments are you most excited about? VR headsets will continue to improve but AR glasses will revolutionize the space. But AR glasses will have to become lighter and more powerful to enable mass-market adoption. The practical integration of eye tracking in VR headsets.

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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

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. Anyway, if you are in China and you want to look ??, More info (Mijia AR Glasses?—?Road Road To VR) More info (Mijia AR Glasses?—?Input Have fun with them.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

An eye-tracking accessory built for Vive should work with Rift as well, and so on. And it is not stopping here: OpenXR has just added new extensions for hands and eye tracking , and a company like UltraLeap has just released a beta implementation for its hands’ tracker. Niantic is not building its AR glasses.

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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

MARCH 27, 2023

Currently, Samsung is also in the process of expanding its XR roadmap , with plans to re-enter the XR space with AR smart glasses and new devices. Varjo Offering a selection of XR and VR solutions alongside software and cloud-based tools for immersive reality, Varjo assists companies in discovering a range of new opportunities.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Get in on the ground floor with this talk from Martz, who will tell you how to get to grips with the new platform including working with Google VR SDKs for Android, Unity, and Unreal. Applications of Eye Tracking in Virtual Reality. Smartphone AR, Tango, and You. November 3rd, 10:15am. Franciscan Ballroom, Level 3.

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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

JUNE 5, 2023

The use of eye, hand, and voice interactions make the interface with the headset natural and easy to be learned. The genius part has been mixing eye tracking with hand micro-gestures. But on AR glasses. Another interesting one was “Marvel Studio What If”, which looked like a storytelling experience in AR.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

The ThinkReality portfolio from Lenovo includes both a set of AR smart glasses and the ThinkReality VRX all-in-one headset. The Galaxy-compatible headsets provide users with instant access to a wide library of convenient apps and tools for work and play.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 20, 2023

Today, we’re looking at some of the leading vendors in the extended reality ecosystem, producing solutions targeted at the Arts and Entertainment market. Creal Exploring the possibilities of the AR and mixed reality landscape, Creal develops light-field display technology, to combine digital assets and content with the real world.

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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. The company was one of the first to make it easier for companies of all sizes to start creating entertaining experiences in AR.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

We spoke about AR and VR for 2 hours and we were having so much fun that we could have gone on for other 2 hours without problems! If you want to watch the video of the recording, you can find it here: And now, let’s start speaking about the best AR/VR news of the week! Top news of the week. Image by Facebook).

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XROM

JUNE 5, 2023

Unreal Engine, Epic's game development platform, is fast emerging as the leading tool for creating high-quality 3D content - including for virtual and augmented reality. Ensuring a robust and vibrant ecosystem of applications and experiences will be critical for Vision Pro to succeed.

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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. This is made through the filtering of some particular frequencies of the outside world, while letting pass other ones.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Integration with these popular AR tools could open up the headset to a massive community of independent creators who have flocked to the developer-friendly platforms. Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic Games, then took to the stage to say that Unreal Engine 4 support would also be arriving on the HoloLens 2. More immersive.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

There is no face or eye tracking. It has also announced a new feature for its XREAL Air glasses called Spatial Display, which will introduce 3DOF tracking to media consumption, and XREAL Beam to connect XREAL glasses to any electronic device. There is IPD adjustment.

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