Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2023

So let’s get the obvious over first; Apple Vision Pro is Apple’s first generation attempt at AR glasses using a Mixed Reality VR headset. Make no mistake, this no compromise MR device appears to get many things right for AR at a premium cost. No doubt (and if rumors are true) there were many debates at Apple HQ about VR.

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Road to VR

MAY 24, 2018

Today at its Vive Ecosystem Conference 2018 in China, HTC said that the 3DOF Vive Focus controller will see a 6DOF mode, and further said that the headset will soon include controller-less hand-tracking for gesture input. SEE ALSO After Management Shuffle, HTC Says VR/AR More Important Than Ever to Its Future.

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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

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Speaking with the journalist Alex Heath, Boz claimed that Meta will unveil a very expensive prototype for AR glasses already in 2024. Considering that many companies are working on XR devices, saying that Meta is going to show the most advanced thing created by humankind is pretty bold. All of this sounds very… futuristic.

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VRScout

AUGUST 12, 2020

Nreal’s smartphone-powered consumer AR headset finally arrive this month in Korea. Available now for pre-order, the Nreal Light AR smart glasses connect with compatible Android smartphones to bring your favorite apps, such as Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and Google Chrome, to life in augmented reality. Image Credit: Nreal.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Oculus Quest gets hand tracking. But, most importantly, now the Quest features hands tracking. If you update the Quest until its latest runtime, you can now activate hands tracking in its experimental features. Google ARCore now adds depth detection. Other relevant news. Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. Huawei and Pico are rumored to be working on an Apple Vision Pro competitor).

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2017

Google launched the Daydream View headset late last year, the company’s first virtual reality hardware product. A slew of recent job postings however suggest significant new AR/VR hardware in the works from Google. A slew of recent job postings however suggest significant new AR/VR hardware in the works from Google.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

First of all, Google has to keep the work on the headset very secret also internally , because Samsung is afraid that Google will steal its expertise to build a competing product. Google is working in parallel to build the Android XR operating system for this headset and a Micro XR operating system for AR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! Hands tracking for Vive Pro. The last two ones are the one that I like the most.

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XROM

MARCH 4, 2024

In a groundbreaking announcement at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024, Samsung, in collaboration with Google and Qualcomm, revealed their highly anticipated XR headset set to release in 2025. Aptly named "XR" for now, the device promises to revolutionize the world of augmented, virtual, and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR) experiences.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Today at MWC 2024, Samsung unveiled an upcoming XR headset the firm created alongside partners Google and Qualcomm, with a scheduled release window coming in 2025. However, the name could tell us that Samsung may not be going down the spatial computing moniker; instead, it is sticking to the classic AR/VR/MR name. Details are slim.

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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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VRScout

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

As VR and AR continue to become more mainstream, the expectations of users are also on the rise. The last big breakthrough we saw in ease-of-use interactivity was the launch of hand tracking and gesture recognition on enterprise and consumer VAR devices. And that’s definitely something that we’ve seen.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

We’ve seen various flavors over the years such as Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D , and of course Google Earth and Street View. Speaking of Google Earth, its VR edition is an immersive dive into 3D cities around the world. In fact, Realworld could use that data for location-relevant AR experiences. Winning Bet.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

If 2016 was the birth of modern VR/AR technology, than 2018 was its elementary school graduation. Major hardware releases, vast improvements to software, and various other integral advancements have quietly solidified VR & AR as viable, long-term technological platforms for years to come.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2024

This week, VR and MR device vendor Goertek partnered with hand-tracking experts Ultraleap to announce a VR/MR headset reference design that follows from Qualcomm’s XR2+ Gen 2 chipset revealment yesterday – where Qualcomm also revealed the new reference design. It’s an unbeatable combination.

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ARPost

JULY 21, 2023

However, Almeida said that he had been waiting for something like an Apple headset for even longer than that – ever since he was, like so many others, disenchanted by the Google Glass device that launched in 2013. It’s currently the dominant approach in lighter-weight, lower-cost AR 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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VRScout

MARCH 21, 2020

The Verge has also retrieved information from a Google cache of developer portal pages which add additional details. . While it’s possible the headset could feature a redesigned physical controller, the term “Jedi” could be indicating the use of hand-tracking technology à la the Force.

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Road to VR

JULY 31, 2023

Like many, Apple is investing in AR today because the headsets and glasses of tomorrow have a good chance of supplanting smartphones and becoming the dominant mobile computing platform of the future. There’s no such limit for AR apps, putting VR more or less into a virtual corner. What is Vision Pro?

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

ManoMotion, a computer-vision and machine learning company, today announced they’re integrated their company’s smartphone-based gesture control with Apple’s augmented reality developer tool ARKit , making it possible to bring basic hand-tracking into AR with only the use of the smartphone’s onboard processors and camera.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Lenovo and NuEyes to launch AR glasses in 2021. In the four leaked pictures, it is possible to speculate that these glasses are connected to a computing unit like the Nreal glasses , but they feature waveguide optics , that offer better visuals than the birdbath design used by the Chinese company. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2023

Dual Render Fusion Dual Render Fusion is a new feature of Snapdragon Spaces that lets smartphone applications treat the AR glasses connected to the phone as an additional viewing display. The application is still 2D on the smartphone screen, but it can show in parallel something else in AR. Easy and efficient.

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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.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Happy Holidays , my dear AR/VR community! Even if these should be holidays, my will to inform you is not in vacation, so here you are my roundup of the best AR/VR news for this week. The Lynx R1 is a mixed reality headset we are all curious about. Meet Tooz, a new AR glass. Top news of the week.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

We’ve seen various flavors over the years such as Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D , and of course Google Earth and Street View. Speaking of Google Earth, its VR edition is an immersive dive into 3D cities around the world. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. How Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) can transform Education 3.

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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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Upload VR

APRIL 15, 2024

Firefox Reality is a web browser for standalone VR and AR headsets, a project of the XR division of Mozilla Labs. But Igalia has now made a new version of Wolvic available for sideloading that uses Google's Chromium browser engine, and it offers significantly better performance for WebGL content, the rendering API for WebXR experiences.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 29, 2023

Google is currently working with Samsung to create an XR headset that directly competes with upcoming Apple’s Vision Pro, leading to a “weird bureaucratic mess,” an employee told Insider. Another employee commented: At Google, there is a great fear that when Apple releases new products, it shifts the landscape.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 15, 2018

SEE ALSO Google & LG Detail Next-Gen 1,443 PPI OLED VR Display, 'especially ideal for standalone AR/VR'. Regarding controllers, Abrash stood by his predictions of Touch-like controllers remaining the primary input device in the near future (alongside hand tracking). Image courtesy Oculus. Image courtesy Oculus.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

As the embodied XR technologies (VR, AR, and MR) have emerged out of their infancy over the past few years, the corresponding terminology and its correct application has become bewildering for many. It wouldn’t be too outlandish to predict that eventually, AR will become a redundant term for describing how a smartphone can track a room.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 6, 2023

Chinese electronics manufacturer Xiaomi has debuted its Wireless AR Glass Discovery Edition, leading to the company’s first-ever wireless augmented reality (AR) smart glasses. Furthermore, Xiaomi’s Wireless AR Glass Discovery Edition smart glasses integrate numerous social media apps like TikTok and YouTube.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

It will explore new interactive social experiences "by focusing on hand tracking and voice communication with both friends and NPCs." Google’s Most Experienced VR Studio Changes Leadership Andrew Eiche is taking over Job Simulator studio Owlchemy Labs. In 2017, Google acquired Owlchemy Labs.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 17, 2017

VR and AR headsets are heading to market from Microsoft, Google, Facebook and others that have a wide range of capabilities. Just last week we learned about Facebook’s plan for a $200 headset that occupies the low end of the market while Google continues work on a six degrees of freedom standalone headset.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Qualcomm Technologies has remained at the forefront of developing top-tier solutions for the global virtual, augmented, mixed, and extended reality (VR/AR/MR/XR) industry, with its latest solution designed for AR devices. XR Today: Qualcomm recently debuted its Snapdragon AR devices platform.

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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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