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

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

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. But for now, we are not sure at all this is going to happen. Lone Echo).

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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…. We won with our heart, the big heart of us Italians. Top news of the week.

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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

JANUARY 22, 2021

2021 is going to be an interesting year for AR. This won’t be the year of AR : exactly as I said for virtual reality, let’s not hype the technology and think that this is the year when mainstream adoption of wearable AR glasses is going to happen. Can this count as AR having become mainstream?

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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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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

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

MARCH 14, 2020

You never know when you won’t be able to go to the office anymore: usually, here the restrictions are being released during the evening for the morning after. So, keep a VR (and/or) AR headset at home so that you can keep working on XR software even during the lockdown. Well, mobile AR can be of great help in this sense.

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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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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

2020 has been a good year for the sales of VR devices : Half-Life Alyx and the launch of the Quest 2 have created a big spike in the sales of VR hardware and software. I expect all these trends to continue in 2021, for a year that will see the growth of the technology on all its sides (software and hardware).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

If you will be in Italy, please come visiting me! Here you are the Eventbrite page ) I can’t wait to see who will win the VR Awards tomorrow ! That is, all the software layer of Cardboard is public domain now. Is Apple partnering with Valve on AR? I really can’t wait to see what the community will create!

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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

APRIL 10, 2022

As a Unity developer, I am a bit envious of all of this. But given the fact that the most important features of this engine are not available for VR, yet, I don’t feel compelled to do the switch. Meta is keeping its update pace of the Oculus Quest software very high. Meta is working on Quest social home and better Air Link.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The fixed values may give problems to people with a value that is exactly in the middle between two of the allowed ones: for instance, the reviewer of Ars Technica found the Quest 2 barely usable until he moved the lenses in a position between two measures that was actually not allowed by the system but that was perfect for his eyes.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

But before leaving you to the best pieces of AR/VR news of the week, let me tease you that in the upcoming days I will publish an article I’m sure you will all love… it’s a hands-on preview on… you’ll discover it! It has created tools to improve geolocation, multiplayer, and also to deliver more realistic AR experiences (e.g.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 4, 2023

I expect them to have less accuracy in the tracking FOV periphery at launch, because when the hands are not in front of the user, hand tracking performances are worse, and most of the IR LED may be occluded. That’s why Quest Touch Pro controllers are better. The launch price is $499 for the 128GB version.

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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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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2020

While in Italy we get ready for the “Phase 2” of the lockdown, I write the best AR/VR news of the week just for you! This money includes all the revenues not related to the main business of Facebook (advertisement), but Facebook has clearly specified that this big increment is mostly related to Oculus hardware and software.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

It’s hot and the drought is creating some issues here in northern Italy. For instance, the piece video on China Daily where Tim Cook says “I am incredibly excited about AR […] stay tuned and you’ll see what we have to offer” has become viral and everyone is talking about it, while actually, it doesn’t convey any info. Image by Meta).

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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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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. Among the benefits of 360 virtual tours are high accessibility and ease of development since they can be deployed on any website and app. 3D Virtual Tour As the name suggests, this tour is presented through 3D models.

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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. So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Alan: We’re talking 20 years. Affordable.

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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. So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Alan: We’re talking 20 years. Affordable.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Today is a special day in Italy when families prepare the Christmas Tree, so I decided to publish a very special post that is a big gift to the whole XR community. As Valve makes its money from software sales, it’s possible the Index was covering its costs, but not particularly profitable as it didn’t actually need to be. .

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2018

This surprised me because, in Italy, the most important people of an IT startup must speak English, because they needs this language to connect with abroad customers and partners. Judao’s experiences are developed with Unity and work with SteamVR headsets like HTC Vive. My envy intensified.

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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. So you don't know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. So the traditional way to do it is to use Unreal or Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2018

The typical development environment that they use is Unity, but if the customer requires Unreal because wants a better graphical quality, they can develop using UE4, too. Kids are too little to truly learn a programming language, so visual programming is what they need to enter the development world. I really loved talking with him.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

This means that if you have developed your application using Unity XR and Unity XR Interaction Toolkit, you can port your application that already runs on Quest to Pico Neo in just a few hours. It is already available in the native SDK, and according to the company, it is coming to the Unity SDK soon. I felt honored.

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