Road to VR

MARCH 17, 2021

A message uncovered by IGN Italy when plugging in a pair of wireless headphones into an Xbox Series X/S caused a stir in the VR community, as it seemingly alluded to some level of VR support baked into Xbox consoles. In English, we use ‘headset’ interchangeably with VR, AR and audio, but that’s not the case in Italian.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Working with Stephanie Greenall, who has an extensive background in VR, AR, marketing, and technology, the two set out to recruit the best and most unique projects for FIVARS. This year FIVARS will include films by artists from France, Romania, Netherlands, Italy, Thailand, the US, and many more.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 15, 2022

As you’ve read in my other article written today , this is a special day for this blog… but it is also Monday, so I won’t skip writing a new amazing roundup of AR/VR news So, wishing you a happy Ferragosto (the name of today’s holiday in Italy), I leave you to the best XR news of the week! XRAI and Nreal offer AR for deaf people.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2023

But there’s even more: Unity has already published a page about how it is possible to build for the Quest 3 using not only the XR Interaction Toolkit, but also AR Foundation. AR Foundation is typically used for AR devices, e.g. smartphones, and it’s the first time to my knowledge that is employed with a VR headset.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 13, 2022

Magic Leap has announced on Tuesday the release window for its sophomore augmented reality (AR) headset. Hardware distributor Insight is handling the release of the Magic Leap 2 and in September, the device will drop globally in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Saudi Arabia.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

If you were wondering, we in Italy do not celebrate Thanksgiving, but I would love one year to participate in its celebration hosted by an American family. It is building the reference design of AR glasses and has a valid SDK for building outdoor AR experiences. More info (Niantic receiving an investment) More info (Fold AR).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Probably I should tell you that I was busy with VR projects, but the truth is that I have been celebrating a lot lately, especially the recent victory of Italy in the Euro 2020 soccer championship. Ok, enough with football… let’s get back to AR and VR…. AR users to reach 800M by the end of the year. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

I’m back in Italy! Just the time to eat some homemade pasta and I got a cold, which mixed with the jet lag of the trip from China, means that I’m truly having some great days But nothing can stop me from writing the roundup of the best AR/VR news of the week for you, my lovely readers! A Kickstarter about this system is coming soon.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

As a software developer, this makes me wonder what is the real business value of releasing an XR app on the Vision Pro: a market of 150K units is breadcrumbs, is more than 10 times smaller than the one of PCVR, so it is almost impossible for a studio that develops an XR experience for the Vision Pro to be profitable.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

These ’20s are really harsh years: a long pandemic, a terrible war, and a drought in some parts of the world have all exhausted us. And all these problems are also creating unfavorable economic conditions. Inflation here in Italy is ramping up, and the impression I have is that we are entering into a recession phase.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

In particular, it envisions: XR headsets (especially AR ones) being tethered to the smartphone now; XR headsets wirelessly connected to the smartphone (via Wi-fi or similar technologies) in 1–4 years; Fully standalone lightweight XR headsets, connected via 5G, in 5–10 years. Here you are the full list of specs (courtesy Road To VR): CPU ?—?Qualcomm

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

Today in Italy it should be the day when we go pic-nicking… but given the fact that we are in lockdown, I’ll just eat a lot at home While I send you a lot of good vibes, let’s see together what have been the best pieces of AR/VR news of this week, that has been incredibly interesting! (My

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EON Reality

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The UN representatives were exposed to a variety of different technologies and case studies on how AR and VR technologies are capable of assisting with such nuanced and complicated problems. EON Reality is the world leader in Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) based knowledge transfer for industry and education.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

It is amazing how Sony has decided to offer high-quality controllers to its users, and it is also great that it is following current VR standards so that to not disrupt the software that is already on the market. Facebook reveals its work on the UX of AR of the future. Other relevant news. Image by Facebook Reality Labs).

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EON Reality

MARCH 27, 2019

At this month’s EON Experience Fest 2019 in Bologna, Italy, EON Reality and Toyota Material Handling Italia will demonstrate the first beta product and better outline the partnership’s ultimate goals. EON Reality is the world leader in Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) based knowledge transfer for industry and education.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 3, 2023

The augmented reality (AR) headset manufacturer gained $450 million from the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF). Magic Leap is developing an AR industrial hardware solution that projects immersive imagery on real-world locations to assist end clients with various tasks.

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EON Reality

JANUARY 23, 2020

The launches will begin in early February with locations in Sweden, Morocco, Italy, India, Singapore, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, and Laos before spreading across six continents over the next several months. Classroom 3.0, and Industry 4.0 movements currently shaping the world.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

All Apple software, SDKs, APIs, and developer tools ?—?Pre-release And the mention of VR is the first confirmation we have about Apple working on XR , and on Apple also working on VR and not only AR (we all know that the two technologies will merge in the end). Image by Snap, from AR Post). Snapchat adds full body AR effects.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 2, 2021

What a fun thing, this is the power of the intern… no, sorry, of the metaverse. (And if you were wondering, yes, I’m very happy about the two amazing gold medals that Italy won yesterday at the Olympics!). It sounds like a group that has to work on social AR/VR and experiment with different solutions. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

After a few days where we thought we were all living in a big oven, here in Italy we’re having the first taste of Autumn, with the temperatures going down and a lot of rain falling from the sky. 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 26, 2020

Coronavirus is back in Italy and from yesterday we’re having new restrictions like a night curfew, some kind of shops closed, etc… I hope that you and the people you love are safe. While HTC is struggling on the hardware side, I think that it is moving very well to create a good software ecosystem, at least in China.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

And if this CES has been a bit of a disappointment in general, this holds even more for AR and VR, for which we have no crucial announcement. It is a perfect recreation of visual reality, and of course, it solves all the issues that current AR/VR headsets may have (like the vergence-accommodation problem). Senseglove Nova.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

This roundup of the most important AR/VR news of the past week comes out with a little delay since I’ve been very busy with my development job, and I’ve also a damn cold that doesn’t make me feel very well (but it’s no coronavirus, don’t worry :D). iPhone 12 may feature a special connection for AR glasses. Sorry for that!

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Peter Graham

MARCH 19, 2020

Where possible, companies are trying to implement a work from home strategy so that employees aren’t all bunched together on a commute or close proximity in an office. This has lead to a greater interest in remote collaboration, something virtual reality (VR) and augmented/ mixed reality (AR/MR) is particularly good at.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

I’m back to Italy after my trip to Helsinki! Virtual Desktop Guy Godin commented on the news saying that he is not worried much by Steam Link, since his software offers many more functionalities , and it also works with the Meta PC runtime games (e.g. Lone Echo).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2022

Meta is keeping its update pace of the Oculus Quest software very high. Lumus announces two new optical systems for AR glasses based on reflective waveguides. I am in the team organizing On|Metaverse Summit 2022, the first international B2B summit on metaverse and virtual transformation in Italy. Other news. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2023

I’m back in Italy! But Google has already made clear that is working on AR glasses, so probably it is planning to launch a new pair of smart glasses and so is discontinuing the old model. My time at SXSW has been great, but now it’s time to be back to the usual routine. What will happen after that is not clear, yet.

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EON Reality

AUGUST 29, 2019

EON Reality and University of Bologna Announce Prestigious, World-First New Masters Degree in VR, AR and Innovation. EON Reality is the world leader in Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) based knowledge transfer for industry and education. IRVINE, CA, August 27, 2019 – EON Reality Inc., About EON Reality.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2018

actually, he was in my city (Turin, Italy) because here there is an epic guy that is living 30 days inside virtual reality! And he loves VR, he loves experimenting and he also loves opensource and free software. We’re very supportive of this project and we’re providing hardware, software, small financial support.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The damn coronavirus has arrived in my city in northern Italy, but I’m still alive and kicking, reporting you the most interesting XR news of the week! The cool stuff of all of this is that all these Cosmos have the same base unit and just ship with a different faceplate on , and these faceplates are also on sale for $200.

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EON Reality

AUGUST 6, 2019

This agreement will make it possible to develop — exclusively for Italy — the use of advanced technologies in the private and environmental AEC * field. About EON Reality: EON Reality is the world leader in Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) based knowledge transfer for industry and education.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

Most people know VR and AR as if kind of something in the last five years. We’ve just done one in Bologna in Italy. I don’t know if you realize, 82 percent of universities have tried VR and AR. It seems like more of a non-starting issues with all of 3D, not just VR and AR, but even just putting something.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

Most people know VR and AR as if kind of something in the last five years. We’ve just done one in Bologna in Italy. I don’t know if you realize, 82 percent of universities have tried VR and AR. It seems like more of a non-starting issues with all of 3D, not just VR and AR, but even just putting something.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

This experience can happen at any time and anywhere, as long as you have access to the necessary hardware and software. Essentially, it feels like you are standing in this location and taking in the views. However, if you choose to create a 3D experience presented through software, you can expect to spend weeks to months working on it.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

Most people know VR and AR as if kind of something in the last five years. We've just done one in Bologna in Italy. I don't know if you realize, 82 percent of universities have tried VR and AR. It seems like more of a non-starting issues with all of 3D, not just VR and AR, but even just putting something. Alan: It's true.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2018

Kids are too little to truly learn a programming language, so visual programming is what they need to enter the development world. He said that he’s not afraid at all, because: There are few valid educational AR/VR startups in China , so at the moment there is room for everyone. I asked him about the competition.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2022

Of course, there are many safety concerns in wearing an electronic device in a sensitive area like the eyes, so inside Mojo Vision, there are not only people that work on the technology side of the lenses, like in all hardware companies (e.g. Mojo Vision Component Details. Let me list (i.e. Ultra Precise Eye Tracking.

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