The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2023

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. First of all, Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki has said that he thinks that PSVR 2 may sell more than the 5–6 million units that the original PSVR sold.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Extended reality, in the form of AR, VR, and MR, has shown significant potential for this landscape. We’ve already begun to see galleries and museums creating their own augmented reality and virtual reality experiences, designed to educate and enlighten people anywhere.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

On this special day, let’s all talk about AR and VR! The big news of the week is that the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the most important world fair about smartphones, has just been canceled. Apple now lets add you add “buy” button to AR Quick Look. Top news of the week. Image by Valve Corporation).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

March has just started… I hope it will be an amazing day for you and for all the AR/VR ecosystem! Image by Sony). Sony officially states it is going to launch the PSVR 2. Some people started to think that Sony could have abandoned VR. I will have probably something to announce soon, so stay tuned. Top news of the week.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 5, 2022

Even now, in a world where XR is becoming a tool for a multitude of professional tasks, gaming still stands as a major area. AR has opened a new door for games developers to combine the real and virtual worlds for immersive interactions. The good news is there’s still significant room for growth.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This up-and-coming technology seamlessly blends virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR), namely for enterprise use. These professionals use new devices to merge the physical and virtual worlds with creative, engaging immersive content. Here’s a closer look at each: Augmented Reality (AR). Virtual Reality (VR).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 22, 2022

All organisations are welcome to the forum via a Participating Agreement, where they can join prototyping, plugfests, open-source tooling, and hackathons, and other activities from July this year. The Metaverse Standards Forum has been formed to foster development of open standards to build the open metaverse. PHOTO: MSF.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

Another feature that has been praised by many is the RGB color AR passthrough, which has some warping and not the same depth as the Quest Pro’s one, but it features a very detailed resolution. Resolution and color are very good in VR, and also in passthrough AR. Many people were impressed by this.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 19, 2023

Progress of the Metaverse Standards Forum The Metaverse Standards Forum has aimed to rally members across the virtual, augmented, mixed, and extended reality (VR/AR/MR/XR) industry. The latter allows members to participate in hackathons, open-source tools, plugfests, and other events.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Mothers and grandmothers are the best, and they care about us during the good and the hard times… their love is infinite. A big and warm hug to all of them And while we celebrate our mommies, let’s read some cool AR/VR news! Investments in AR/VR companies are at 2013 level. Top news of the week. Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 12, 2022

At its Lensfest developer event this week, Snap announced that it now has more than 300,000 developers building AR products for its platform and that together, they’ve built more than 3 million lenses that have been viewed a staggering 5 trillion times. Population: One will launch early access for its sandbox creation tools on December 14th.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Promising a more effective way to immerse users in digital experiences, spatial audio brings positioning and direction to the sound in MR, AR, and VR apps. Already, many leading digital brands have begun to invest heavily in spatial solutions from Apple and Varjo, to Microsoft and Sony.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Samsung’s incubation program, called the C-lab, has backed developer education since 2012, and the C-lab program will be showcasing four of their prime VR/AR projects in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress this week (remember that now-iconic Dystopian photo of Mark Zuckerberg strolling through a crowd of oblivious VR headset-wearing journalists?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Interestingly, these controllers are nothing revolutionary, they are not implementing inside-out tracking like the Quest Pro, but they are refining instead the existing design, a bit like Sony did with the controllers of PSVR 2. These are good news… but even on this side, I hoped for some more hours of duration.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

It’s Monday again, so it’s time for a new roundup of the coolest AR and VR news of the week! It is called Oxymore, and the tickets to enjoy it are free, but limited. Image by Sony). While we were all considering a 2022 release as a given, when asked directly about the matter, Sony declined to answer. Other relevant news.

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ARPost

JUNE 6, 2023

The massive multi-user art exhibit includes everything from 2D photographs to 3D objects and virtual worlds. Zappar was also up for Auggie Awards in the categories of Best Creator & Authoring Tool, Best Developer Tool, Best Headworn Device, Best in Location-Based Entertainment, and Best Societal Impact.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

Luckily there is AR that is still strong, and we can hope to wear Google AR glasses soon… ah no, they are dead too. Meta is reported to launch a devkit of AR glasses, codenamed Orion, in 2024. In 2027, it should launch its first AR glasses for consumers, codenamed Artemis.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

More info (Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest 3 — CNET) More info (Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest 3 — Hand Tracking) Sony to make PSVR 2 compatible with PC To celebrate the first anniversary of PSVR 2 , Sony has written in blog post in which it talks about how it is improving the content catalog its users can access.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

This has not been the most interesting week in AR, VR, but I think that in the next times we’ll see some shots fired: in some days there will be the F8, the official shipment of the Vive Pro 2, then the Apple WWDC conference! Lumus Maximums shows an impressive AR prototype. I hope for some juicy news… and you? Other relevant news.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

So what a game engine do, they can provide you with real time simulated worlds and/or stories. But at the end of the day, you can be and interact with the virtual world. And I think that's all XR is about, is empowering and connecting the virtual and the real. You put new tools in place.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

So what a game engine do, they can provide you with real time simulated worlds and/or stories. But at the end of the day, you can be and interact with the virtual world. And I think that's all XR is about, is empowering and connecting the virtual and the real. You put new tools in place.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In the future, users will access the Metaverse, a unified space integrating multiple virtual worlds on an interoperable platform. Regarding technologies, the Metaverse will incorporate artificial intelligence (AI), virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR), the internet of things (IoT), and hand and eye tracking tools.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

So what a game engine do, they can provide you with real time simulated worlds and/or stories. But at the end of the day, you can be and interact with the virtual world. And I think that's all XR is about, is empowering and connecting the virtual and the real. You put new tools in place.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Didimo’s Popul8 tool allows world-building firms to create hundreds of unique characters in a fraction of the time and cost needed to do so. However, with the power of generative AI, many companies like Didimo are offering gaming studios the tools they need to circumvent costly content generation demands.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2022

Last month, we got to know that (according to a rumor) Samsung is working together with Microsoft on new AR glasses, most probably powered by a Qualcomm chipset. According to the Korean magazine Electronic Times, the device should be an AR glass and it should use one of Samsung’s Exynos chips. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment).

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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. It’s a transitional moment for Meta, with the company trying to switch technology going all-in with AR and VR. Sony acquires Bungie and thinks about Capcom. I hope you’ll appreciate that! Upload VR).

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. Authors’ opinions are their own. It’s been called the AR Cloud by many, the Magicverse by Magic Leap, the Mirrorworld by Wired, the Cyberverse by Huawei, Planet-scale AR by Niantic and Spatial Computing by academics. Who will profit?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

So for today’s article, let me focus mainly on the non-CES-related news about AR and VR. CES brought some interesting news about AR and VR. My favorite ones have been: Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed that the next PSVR headset will be called PSVR 2 and will feature 2K x 2K per eye, up to 120 Hz framerate, and 110° FOV.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Ready Player Me and Hiber will also launch new clothing designs for avatar clothes using the Hiber Head icon, allowing users to expand their avatars with new virtual fashion. Comments on Partnership. Further Ready Player Me Collaborations.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 23, 2022

Ready Player Me will “build avatar content creation tools to enable developers, brands and individual artists to create and sell avatar customization assets that work across thousands of virtual worlds,” wrote Ready Player Me Co-Founder and CEO Timmu Tõke in an emailed answer to UploadVR.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Lessons Learned From A Thousand Virtual Worlds. What to Pack: Exploring VR & AR With Daydream and Tango. Tom Bruckbock (SIEA), Seth Luisi (Impulse Gear), Greg Koreman (Impulse Gear), Richard Marks (Sony Interactive Entertainment). Windows Holographic Rendering: One SDK to target VR and AR ecosystems.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2022

In a piece of separate news, Pico’s parent company Bytedance has also announced the public beta of Effect House, the AR filters editor for TikTok. Thanks to this, creatives from all over the world can finally create filters for TikTok, exactly like they already do for Snap or Instagram. Meta plans AR glasses for 2024.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

But at first, let’s get serious and read the relevant news of the week in AR and VR. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). This shows that the blockchain may be hacked, and actually, crypto hacks are on the rise recently; The Nike Metaverse Store on Roblox has been visited 7 Million times. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 6, 2020

A piece of unexpected news hit the augmented reality world this week: Niantic has acquired 6d.ai, one of the most interesting startups in the AR Cloud landscape, for an undisclosed amount of money. All these data could let Niantic already create the digital replica of the world before other companies that lack these data for now (e.g.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

In particular, the company has identified “productivity” as the third vertical where to push virtual reality, after gaming and fitness. Productivity for Meta means in particular making the job done, that is giving the tools to professionals to do work on the headset. Adobe and Autodesk.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

This is not a tweet, it is a #metaverse message… #VirtualReality #VR #AR pic.twitter.com/f9aDJ2mbc3 — TonyVT SkarredGhost (@SkarredGhost) July 25, 2021. Everyone dreams about features that are not going to happen in the short term. So… let’s start! GENERAL TRENDS. The metaverse hype will cold down.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Most people know Xu due to his dispute with American virtual reality company Magic Leap. 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. However, in June 2020, a U.S.

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