ARPost

AUGUST 4, 2020

Are you ready to give VR meditation apps a go? Then here are our recommendations for you: 1. Devices: HTC VIVE, Oculus Rift. If you are interested in this practice, Tai Chi Trainer XR is the right choice for you. It features: Full Tai Chi training; Quick Qigong morning routine (5 minutes session); AR Tai Chi; VR Tai Chi.

Magic Leap 427

Magic Leap Iceland Machine Learning Samsung 427

Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Lenovo’s headset features some specs that are quickly becoming commonplace in the upcoming generation, namely a slim and light design thanks to the inclusion of pancake lenses, and color passthrough cameras for AR interactions. What are pancake optics? Pancake Optics (AKA Folded Optics). Image courtesy Lenovo.

Machine Learning 358

Machine Learning AR Asia Training 358

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

As it is a tradition of this blog , I have read everything I could about the AR and VR technologies showcased there, and I’ve condensed all the news in a single article , that you can skim fast until you find a topic you are interested in. If instead, you need a consultancy about AR/VR for your business, feel free to contact me.

AR 281

AR Eye Tracking Machine Learning Controllers 281

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2021

It’s that time of the week when you can read the best news about AR and VR! CES 2021 brought some interesting AR/VR news. All these pieces of news are cool, but they are mostly directed towards the future of AR and VR, and are not changing much of the consumer XR landscape. Top news of the week.

Data 507

Data AR HTC Training 507

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

This week has been the week of the Oculus Connect 6 , the biggest yearly event by Oculus where the VR company announces all its most important news, both on hardware and software sides. Oculus Link. You can even access to Oculus Home and Dash. Oculus Link will be available in beta in November 2019.

Oculus 339

Oculus Hand tracking Video AR 339

The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! Image by Oculus). The Oculus Quest is now one year old. We’ll see….

Oculus 259

Oculus Apple Hand tracking Magic Leap 259

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). This is the moment of the truth for Meta.

Trends 449

Trends Apple Google Unity 449

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2018

I expected a lot of AR/VR news from there, like the announcement of the price of the Vive Pro or the release of the Oculus Go by Xiaomi and Facebook… but actually I’ve been disappointed by everyone. It plans to train 10000 employees in VR with this framework this year. Samsung S9. tracking technology.

AR 153

AR Samsung Virtual Reality Latency 153

ARPost

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The money that very large companies are investing in this world makes me extremely bullish about the value that can be generated. Let me give you just a few very well-known examples: Meta bought Oculus VR for 2 billion dollars when there was still only a prototype headset. Just think of the use of virtual reality in training.

Hardware 376

Hardware Retail Augmented Reality Virtual Reality 376

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Image by Samsung). Everyone of us already knew that Gear VR was a platform almost abandoned when Oculus announced the Oculus Go. Anyway, officially, both Samsung and Oculus have continued at least to support it. This means that all new devices by Samsung won’t support Gear VR, that is so condemned to die.

Samsung 206

Samsung Survey Oculus AR 206

VRScout

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Some of the biggest names in the business are teaming up to secure the future of virtual reality. Google, Sony, Oculus, Samsung, Acer and HTC have combined their efforts in order to create a healthy and equal industry for virtual reality hardware and software to develop and expand.

Sony 150

Sony Industry Google Oculus 150

The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2021

In this game, you have to punch some targets very fast while dodging bars that attack you, for a very intense training experience. Together with this piece of news, Bloomberg also reported that PSVR 2 will feature an OLED display manufactured by Samsung. Oculus Quest introduces multi-tasking in Runtime v30. News worth a mention.

Sony 370

Sony Training Gaming Oculus 370

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2021

Virtual CES is about to start and will feature AR and VR devices. And Lenovo has officially announced ThinkReality A3, its new AR glasses (that were leaked some weeks ago) for enterprise uses. More info (Digital CES and AR/VR) More info (Nolo VR headset) More info (Lenovo ThinkReality A3) More info (Lenovo ThinkReality A3 photos).

Oculus 475

Oculus Las Vegas AR Magic Leap 475

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 14, 2016

And so startup STRIVR Labs has launched into a new enterprise VR training business, while still remaining in the sports VR training game. STRIVR is already working with a handful of Fortune 500 companies on comprehensive training programs utilizing VR. This training content works effectively if done the right way,” Belch said.

Training 100

Training 360 Video Washington Detroit 100

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The Vive Focus was most probably the best VR standalone on the market when Oculus last week announced what will be the first consumer 6DOF VR standalone headset. And so here we are again: Oculus vs HTC, America vs China, Hugo Barra vs Alvin Wang Graylin. And now the battle is on standalone headsets: Oculus Quest vs Vive Focus.

Oculus 279

Oculus China HTC Controllers 279

The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Apple has the huge advantage that it will be able to showcase its AR/VR products with amazing demos in its dedicated stores, and we know how it is important to make people try AR/VR to understand it. Oculus Quest Application SpaceWarp can give apps a +70% boost of performances. News worth a mention.

Microsoft 325

Microsoft Immersion AR Samsung 325

Road to VR

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Amazon today announced a new developer tool at its annual AWS re:Invent that aims to make creating web-based applications for VR/AR and traditional monitors even easier. ” The tool is entirely web-based which, just like the VR/AR applications it can generate, means there’s no extra software to install.

Tools 271

Tools Amazon AR Virtual Environment 271

EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

This year was going to be the year of augmented reality, but by the end of 2018 market analysts were pointing to 2020 or 2021 as the “golden year” of AR. Magic Leap finally dropped to mixed reviews and BrainXchange published its Definitive Guide to Adopting Wearables, AR and VR in Enterprise.

Magic Leap 58

Magic Leap Training Wearables Immersion 58

Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

I had a chance to walk the showroom floor of VRLA 2017 with Root where he took me on a guided tour through the history of VRLA, his thoughts on AR, using VR for film production, the future of privacy in AR/VR, as well as why he is interested in seeing where eSports in VR is headed. VR/AR expert and futurist Charlie Fink.

Los Angeles 177

Los Angeles AR Augmented Reality Microsoft 177

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 25, 2024

Recently, a big piece of news in the XR industry was the announcement that Samsung would enter the XR device marketplace. According to recent reports, the upcoming Samsung headset will have a microOLED display, eight tracking cameras, a ToF sensor, voice commands, eye tracking, and hand tracking features.

Data 94

Data Samsung Apple Technology 94

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

Every year, I cast some predictions for the new year in AR and VR. So, here you are how I envision this 2020 in virtual reality! (I’ll I’ll leave AR for another post, register to my newsletter to not miss it). Me wearing the Oculus Quest. Mostly they are about entertainment, marketing or training experiences.

Virtual Reality 458

Virtual Reality Oculus Trends AR 458

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.

Augmented Reality 190

Augmented Reality Apple Training Unreal 190

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

It’s that time of the week when I report to you the best news of the week in the AR/VR fields, so fasten your seatbelts and get ready! The same holds for a VR training happening in a dangerous scenario, where the sensors can be used to see how the user is able to stay calm and solve the situation using his cold mind. Image by HP).

AR 487

AR Oculus Google Tips 487

AR Insider

DECEMBER 11, 2020

You can point to Oculus of course, and many Facebook acquisitions that followed. And then there’s Apple’s many smaller acquisitions and acqui-hires as it continues to assemble its top-secret AR mystery box. You could say that Matt Miesnieks was an early mover in AR, given his work at Layar in the late 2000’s.

AR 226

AR Apple Training Technology 226

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.

AR 150

AR Filming Machine Learning Unreal 150

Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Written and directed by up-and-coming French VR Director Paul Mezier, Overview has been available since March on HTC Vive but now launched on Oculus Rift as well, Available on the Oculus Store, Viveport and Steam for $9,99. She also regularly writes for Fast Company, Ars Technica, Quartz, Wired and others.

Trends 267

Trends San Francisco Virtual Reality Guinea 267

VRScout

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

However unlike conventional VR & AR development, some companies don’t necessarily believe the creation of these immersive sites should be reserved to just industry professionals or proficient coders. With Amazon Sumerian, it is now possible for any developer to create a realistic, interactive VR or AR application in a few hours.”.

Tools 174

Tools Amazon AR Samsung 174

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?

Augmented Reality 497

Augmented Reality Magic Leap AR Apple 497

VRScout

JANUARY 25, 2018

A staff member must be trained on launching the software, debugging possible issues with software or hardware issues. For mobile VR headsets like the Samsung Gear VR or Google Daydream View, a compatible mobile phone must be inserted into the headset. Prices for the Mirage Solo are expected to start under $400.

Hardware 332

Hardware Software HTC Controllers 332

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

I can’t guarantee that these predictions will come out to be true (I always joke about the fact that I miss many of the predictions about Meta/Oculus), but I think they will be worth reading anyway to understand what can be the trends to look for in this new year. Me wearing my branded Oculus Quest 2. So… let’s start!

Virtual Reality 503

Virtual Reality Eye Tracking Apple Government 503

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

and so I’m here writing you this roundup of the best AR and VR news to keep you informed about what is happening in our ecosystem. These are huge numbers for VR: if you look at the most recent SteamVR survey, you get that Oculus headsets are now at 67% of the whole PCVR market. I hope you’ll appreciate that!

Virtual Reality 374

Virtual Reality Microsoft Data Machine Learning 374

VRScout

JUNE 21, 2017

Mario Kart comes to VR, E3’s VR news, Intel’s new VR eSports league AND wireless VR solution, Samsung buys their way into social, the investment & funding wrapup, and more…. Book your flights now, because the lines are undoubtedly going to be long at the upcoming VR Zone Shinjuku in Tokyo. SAMSUNG BUYS A SOCIAL VR CARD.

Los Angeles 188

Los Angeles 360 Video Samsung Virtual Reality 188

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

Some companies have failed or abandoned VR : this year, IMAX has closed all its VR centers because they were not profitable; the StarVR consortium is in big troubles; Jaunt has abandoned VR to focus on AR; Upload has shut down its coworking spaces. Samsung has also teased to be interested in releasing a new AR/VR standalone device.

Virtual Reality 328

Virtual Reality Oculus China Samsung 328

VRScout

APRIL 13, 2018

The world’s largest VR & AR conference is back again May 4-5 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. VR/AR expert and futurist Charlie Fink. Other experiences to look forward to include Red Frog Digital’s Zombie Holomaze, which will offer a terrifying AR experience for attendees to explore while wearing a Microsoft HoloLens.

Los Angeles 199

Los Angeles Conference Augmented Reality Motion Capture 199

The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Oculus Quest 2 gets a huge update. Oculus has just started rolling out the update to the Quest runtime v23 , that introduces a lot of new features and improvements to this device: All the applications in the headset can now run at 90 Hz (including the passthrough vision); Oculus Link upgrades to 90Hz as well and finally exits from beta.

Virtual Reality 370

Virtual Reality Haptic Oculus Japan 370

AllThingsVR

JUNE 29, 2016

10 Things Twitter Should Do With Its New VR and AR Team 1. You are up against big names there and you just don’t have the time or resources or expertise. It’s time to have their work bear some major fruit and figure out how to train the system to build new kinds of filters. Stay out of hardware. Don’t bother me with crap.

AR 70

AR Strategy Samsung Video 70

InstaVR

OCTOBER 17, 2019

After a relatively quiet summer — outside of the Oculus Quest release ! First off, some of the early major players like Google, Apple, and Samsung seem to be taking a step back. Speaking of Oculus, a lot of headset news coming from their offices (more on that below). — we have a slew of news to start the Fall.

Virtual Reality 84

Virtual Reality Google Samsung Oculus 84