The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

Welcome to my weekly appointment with the best AR VR news! There I am going to talk about some use cases for AR and VR! In the end, it has not been Apple or Facebook, but Snap to make its first move in the AR glasses space. I know that last time we had some technical issues, but this time will be much better, I promise!

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

There are quite a handful of platforms that allow you to develop virtual reality and augmented reality apps and content, but it is not easy to find an offline virtual reality school or academy with which to train for those interested in developing AR and VR apps. Both are free to download and try.

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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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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2017

Apple finally talks about VR while taking a (very solid) swing at AR, Walmart will use virtual reality to train employees, you can grow better weed with AR + AI, and Q1 VR headset sales…. Apple, humble as always, announced that their ARKit made iOS the largest AR platform in the world…overnight. APPLE ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google killed its AR glasses Project Iris Do you remember the name Project Iris? It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple. It seems that more than 300 people worked on the project, which was headed by Clay Bavor, the head of AR/VR efforts at Google.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Although we are undeniably in the early adoption stages, the latest numbers from the International Data Corp. project worldwide VR/AR industry revenues to be $162B by 2020. Investors are certainly chasing after that future revenue. In the first half of 2016, the VR/AR industry saw $1.3B HTC FUNDS STEEL WOOL, SOLO.

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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. Let’s start! Vive Pro price and release date.

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2016

As the publisher of Unreal Engine 4, Epic Games is at the forefront of developers creating new worlds in VR, and we recently sat down with the man driving their VR efforts: Nick Whiting, Epic’s Technical Director of VR/AR. VRSCOUT: Who are you and what do you do? . I oversee all things VR and AR for Epic Games.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

AIXR – “The Academy of International Extended Reality” – is an independent non-profit dedicated to promoting MR, AR, and VR tech. Their site also posts educational and informative articles relating to the world of MR, AR, and VR technology. Anybody can make nominations, which are then judged by a massive panel.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device. We don’t know what all of this means, but the most probable scenario is that the two companies are working together for the next generation of HoloLens AR glasses, probably the one that should target consumers. Epic Games releases Matrix Resurrections tie-in experience.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 19, 2024

Osso Health simulates medical training workflows to suit two standard orthopaedic procedure use cases, such as carpal tunnel release and total knee replacement. Microsoft Teams for Mobile Gains AR Features The Microsoft Teams mobile application receives new XR features via AR instructional annotations this week.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Oculus” name was a problem because AR/VR is so huge that its related product should have fallen under the main brand of the company, to make it clear whose are those products. And for price parity, companies were usually working with Pico and HTC that have always had a better approach in the B2B sector. And so it happened.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

The AR startup is in big troubles : after having overhyped its device for years and having collected billions of investments, it just delivered a HoloLens clone. The VR route is instead being pursued by HTC (with its VEC event happening soon) and IEEE. invested in AR and VR companies. Who knows….

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Peter Graham

JULY 15, 2019

There are a number of ways to create your own virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) app/videogame. The most popular tend to be videogame engines such as Unity and Unreal Engine which have been fine-tuned over many years.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 22, 2024

So, which companies are paving the way for the next generation of tracking? Here are just some of the vendors worth watching. The company’s Maestro EP solution is a multi-force haptic enterprise system, for simulation VR applications. The tracking-system agnostic technology can also integrate with virtually any setup.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

What’s more, the company can also manage training sessions from afar, ensuring team members can continue to develop their knowledge and skills regardless of where they are in the world. HTC Vive and Penn State. Now, pilots can train in an environment where physical simulators, live aircrafts, and computer modelling are all combined.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

So, which companies are paving the way for the next generation of tracking? Here are just some of the vendors worth watching. The company’s Maestro EP solution is a multi-force haptic enterprise system, for simulation VR applications. The tracking-system agnostic technology can also integrate with virtually any setup.

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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. A qualified safety engineer supervised the entire experience, which leverages hand and eye tracking to simulate the virtual, parallel racing space. With Epic, we have found the best possible partner.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 14, 2023

SyncReality’s AR-powered consumer application, Home Design, gives soon-to-be Vision Pro and Quest 3 users access to tools for placing RT3D AR items on top of their real-life homes. The firm later debuted a beta version with an additional Unreal Engine plug-in integration.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this week’s VRScout Report, we discuss Oculus Story Studio’s Henry Emmy win, NASA training astronauts with virtual reality gloves, Snapchat flirting with augmented reality, HTC Vive trying to go wireless, and iPhone laying potential plans for VR/AR. HOLLYWOOD LOVES HENRY.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

Of course, its FOV was restricted because there are not in the market displays with so many pixels and such a big size For HDR there was Starburst, an HMD able to deliver 20,000 nits , much more than the 1,000 ones of a commercial HDR TV. Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Flow Business Edition. Useless news. NVIDIA Blog).

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Hypergrid Business

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Vinci created realistic aircraft models for airmen to train on, and also “built a platform that allows instructors to go in and directly edit training simulations or create their own procedures around our 3D model,” said Eagle Wu, CEO and founder of Vinci VR. Image courtesy Vinci VR.).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. Niantic is not building its AR glasses. AI, CGI, and AR will give people and companies automated photo studios. LG may be working on AR glasses.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Extended Reality, in the form of VR headsets , AR applications, and MR tools, are quickly emerging as a critical solution. These innovations allow teachers to immerse students in learning experiences wherever they are, without the risks associated with in-person training. Exploring New Opportunities in Education.

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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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Rikard Steiber (HTC), Joel Breton (HTC). As President of Viveport and Head of Vive Studios respectively, Rikard Steiber and Joel Breton are two of the most senior figures working on the HTC Vive today. What can be done to simplify VR development now that there are so many headsets out there? Room 2011, West Hall.

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AllThingsVR

MAY 23, 2017

Weekly Funding & People Roundup: Google acquires Owlchemy Labs VR game studio, Improbable grabs $502M, Vivid Vision raises $2.2M, Oculus’s first employee just left 1) Google has acquired the VR game studio behind such popular gaming titles as Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality. Read more here. Read more here.

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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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VRWorld

JUNE 22, 2016

As an industry, we need immersive experiences that will show what VR brings to the table and so far, there are two experiences one should go through: WeVR’s “theBlu” for HTC Vive and Crytek’s “The Climb” for Oculus Rift. For VR engines, we have CryEngine, Unity Engine and Unreal Engine.

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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. With Vision Pro, Apple is now in the AR race, everyone gets to compete. The race has started.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

In June 2019, Magic Leap accused Xu of stealing AR glasses technology when he was an engineer working at the firm. He has a special interest and focus on emerging technologies including #VR #AR #MR #AI. He also Hosts XROM the 1st of its kind AR/VR focussed #Podcast from India. However, in June 2020, a U.S. 7- Alvin Graylin.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

I mean, that’s where the money has to be made, both for end users and the AR/VR companies themselves. AR/VR happens to offer a solution to a lot of their pain points. Alan: We’re seeing– starting to see some some new technologies, like VR and AR, that are starting to bridge that gap. Pretty impressive.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

I mean, that’s where the money has to be made, both for end users and the AR/VR companies themselves. AR/VR happens to offer a solution to a lot of their pain points. Alan: We’re seeing– starting to see some some new technologies, like VR and AR, that are starting to bridge that gap. Pretty impressive.

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VRGuy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

OSVR (Open Source Virtual Reality) aims to create an open and universal standard for the discovery, configuration, and operation of VR/AR devices. Specifically, I am aware of plans and work in progress to support Intel Realsense, Tobii eye trackers, NOD devices, Leap Motion camera, HTC Vive and others. and numerous hardware devices.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 6, 2020

Today we are speaking with Brian Kane from Magic Leap, about how the 3 billion dollar company plans to expand their offerings to the enterprise. We'll also talk about how VR and AR are being used in enterprise, and some exciting announcements. It was developed on the Unreal 4 engine and built by our studios team.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

So I feel like there’s so much of a mirroring of what’s happening in these virtual worlds that the training applications are just incredible, in terms of whether it’s a surgical simulation or Walmart’s using it to train for different employees. So there must be something to it. Kent: Yeah. Alan: Yeah.

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