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HTC announces XR Suite and teases the future of collaboration and workplace

The Ghost Howls

This night I woke up at 3am to participate in HTC Vive’s event on ENGAGE because I read that it was an “HTC VIVE LAUNCH EVENT” and I was super-confident in the launch of the Cosmos XR or at least of the Cosmos Play. Some of these key players, like ENGAGE, are companies in which HTC already invests into.

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Developer Uses VR To Build AR Experiences That Mimic Real-World Physics

VRScout

Lee Vermeulen is breaking new ground with his experimental AR prototypes. . However, where as Palmer Luckey explored the possibilities with VR technology, Vermeulen explores the possibilities of augmented reality, and how AR experiences grounded in real-world physics can co-exist with reality.

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Glossary: The Metaverse and its Key Components

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Efforts to construct and expand the Metaverse were sparked by Meta Platform’s major pivot in October, which saw Microsoft, NVIDIA, HTC VIVE, Qualcomm, Google, Varjo, and dozens of other tech giants enter the race for prime positioning to build the virtual and connected world. Decentraland. Immersive Media. vs Metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.09.16): Cosmos released, iOS 13 has support for AR glasses, DAQRI fails and much more!

The Ghost Howls

HTC has launched a new headset, we have another confirmation of Apple glasses, we read about the first hands-on on Kura glasses, and many other things have happened! Image by HTC). HTC launches the Cosmos at $699. HTC has finally launched the HTC Vive Cosmos , its new flagship headset. Top news of the week.

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A brief history of VR and AR

TechCrunch VR

At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, David Em made strides in the creation of explorable virtual landscapes, while the Ames Research Center iterated on VIEW (Virtual Interactive Environment Workstation). Google revealed Glass the same year the first Oculus prototype hit the scene. They were slick, they were robust.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.05.14): New rumors on the Vision Pro 2, Ultraleap Hyperion, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

This is a period with many tech announcements: we had Meta telling about its Horizon OS, yesterday OpenAI unveiled the new GPT-4o, and today Google will hopefully unveil its Android XR operating system. But it is thanks to research projects like this that in the next years, we will arrive at having AR glasses we can wear every day.

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Why are Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality the Perfect XR Pair?

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Blending VR and AI in the New World For example, the travel, tourism, and healthcare sectors have leveraged AI virtual assistants to guide people in virtual environments. Dubai’s Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) began including virtual and real assistants on its metaverse healthcare portal.