The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

Meta delays its plans for AR glasses. Meta has not officially answered this report, but Andrew Bosworth, the CTO of the company, has indirectly commented on it: “ We’re going to ship wrist wearables and AR glasses that bring completely new tech?—?like Other relevant news. Image by Meta). like EMG?—?to This is anyway good news.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

My only fear is that they are promising a bit too much and so they will have to compromise on something when reality will hit (e.g. The new Unity Personal will also remove the famous Unity splash screen Successful games using Unity Pro or Enterprise can choose if paying per install or by a 2.5% of our revenues with Unity.

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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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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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The Ghost Howls

MAY 8, 2023

Zapbox features a 100° FOV and is going to launch with a Unity SDK to create content for it. While the concept of phone holders is dead for good in VR, there are a few companies that are trying to bring it to augmented reality, exploiting also the fact that true AR headsets (like Magic Leap 2 ) are very expensive and cost thousands of euros.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This may be one of the potential names for either the upcoming mixed reality headset that Samsung is developing with Google or the name of future AR glasses. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine. The Vision Pro seems to be sold with a margin over the components cost.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

More info (Samsung prototype headset leaked — Upload VR) More info (Samsung prototype headset leaked — XR Daily News) Other relevant news (Image by Meta Reality Labs) Meta’s first AR glasses will be just for internal use A new report by The Information talks about the AR glasses that Meta is building.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

More info A Universal Unity VR injector may be in the works, or maybe not Raicuparta has just added an old simple Universal Unity VR Mod tool to its Rai Pal tool. If all the existing flatscreen Unity games could become VR-compatible, that would be huge. But for now, we are not sure at all this is going to happen.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2023

More info John Riccitiello steps down from its role as Unity CEO The last chapter of the drama about Unity’s pricing change is that John Riccitiello has left his role of CEO at the company. It’s good that this company managed to successfully pivot and investors are giving it trust. I will leave you the link to do that below.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 15, 2023

DigiLens has unveiled its first AR headset. But now Congress has stopped the Army’s request for $400 million to buy as many as 6,900 more of the AR combat goggles this year , because of all the issues the hardware has, and probably also because of the many expenses due to the US’s support to Ukraine. Francesco Salizzoni.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 10, 2024

Remember that in those old days, every year was either “the year of VR” or “the year VR died”, and I, as a believer, was more of the first kind, so in 2024, I was already expecting lightweight AR glasses worn by people in the streets. There are also sometimes events that have unexpected consequences. licensing).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The device also features an RGB camera, so that to provide color passthrough AR. The great news from this week is that the company has brought Niantic Lightship VPS into its engine, so now it is possible to use VPS from a web AR application. The headset is also very small and lightweight thanks to the use of pancake lenses.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 28, 2021

It’s that time of the week where you can read about the most important news of the past week in AR and VR again! Are you ready? Before starting, my friends at FXG and at Leenzee Games are promoting the Chinese mystery VR game A.D. 2047 and are offering to my readers an exclusive giveaway of 3 keys! News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

If it is true, it confirms that Apple has no mainstream plans for this device, and it will bet on true AR glasses for the mainstream. Anyway, we’ll see… these are all speculations. Nano-tech wants to be the Nanite of Unity. See Unity running on Quest. Shopify’s internal prototype shows the power of diminished reality.

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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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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2023

Welcome to another roundup of AR/VR news of the week! Wishing you all a very positive and special year of the rabbit, I leave you with the most important news of the week in AR and VR! Wishing you all a very positive and special year of the rabbit, I leave you with the most important news of the week in AR and VR!

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

The same luck has not happened to employees at Niantic at Unity. Unity, instead, is firing 4% of its employees, and this may seem weird considering that in the last months it has proceeded to hundred-millions-dollars acquisitions. Niantic announces a new AR game, this time with NBA. Other relevant news. Image by Mojo Vision).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 29, 2022

Chinese AR company Nreal has finally launched its products in its mother country. The two companies will collaborate to bring augmented reality to the fashion industry, and I’m dreaming of Gentle Monster designing beautiful AR glasses that people will want to wear in the streets. Two interesting experiments from Shopify and Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The reasons behind the layoffs are well-known: the competition with TikTok hurting Meta’s revenues; Apple’s new privacy rules on iOS have reduced the effectiveness of the ads business; the conflict in Ukraine and the inflation have led to bad economic conditions. Red6 made Charlie Fink try AR on a plane. Learn more. Learn 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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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

VR First , the global initiative to seed academic institutions with VR/AR hardware and software, today announced that it’s nearly doubling the number of its VR labs in universities and science parks across the globe by the end of 2017. image courtesy VR First. image courtesy VR First. VR First Institutions (including new openings).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

And Ars Technica evaluated its use to replace a TV : unsurprisingly, the result of the analysis is that Vision Pro can be a good replacement for some TV setups (but with a few caveats). They also talk about the current difficulties of using Unity to develop for the Vision Pro. A must-read article. appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 14, 2022

It was able to provide an SDK and various templates to make companies create easily robust AR experiences that ran directly from the web, without forcing the user to download an app, as it happens for AR applications made with ARCore/ARKit. Shape XR is working on anchoring 3D elements to real objects in passthrough AR.

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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. Unity talked about PlayStation VR 2 at GDC. Unity had a talk about developing for PlayStation VR 2 at GDC 2022. More info (Foveated Tracking boost inside PSVR 2) More info (Full Unity talk at GDC). Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

Google is working in parallel to build the Android XR operating system for this headset and a Micro XR operating system for AR glasses. Since MRTK was used especially for AR applications, it is natural that these three giants of augmented reality are interested in keeping it alive. in the reviews!

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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

MAY 15, 2023

During the keynote, CEO Sundar Pichai and his collaborators announced interesting features both for AR and VR. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine. All without leaving your editor. I will leave you the link to do that below. appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2023

This is its description that I lazily copy-pasted: AR/VR creators, this survey is for you. Which tools and platforms are you using to build mind-bending creations? The survey takes about 15 minutes and covers VR, AR, and mixed reality sectors. Just pick a language you’re most comfortable with.

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ARVR

AUGUST 16, 2021

Trending AR VR Articles: 1. How Augmented Reality (AR) is Reshaping the Food Service Industry 3. Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 Additional Factors That Affect the Game Development Costs Pre-production processes? Multiplayer games will be more expensive since there are additional requirements they need to fulfill.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 22, 2022

It has acquired the startup Raxium, whose expertise is manufacturing micro-LED for AR/VR devices. Micro-LEDs are an important technology, especially for building AR glasses. Qualcomm has just set up a fund to support the creation of interesting AR/VR content. News worth a mention. Image by Qualcomm). Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

According to the Financial Times, “In June, AR, VR, and mixed reality start-ups in the US raised $208 million, almost as much as the previous three months combined ”. There will be a new launcher, improved graphics, improved in-game camera, production-ready Unity SDK for the creators, improved full-body VR, and much more.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

Niantic has finally launched its VPS (Visual Positioning System), a solution that will allow developers to create AR applications that are persistent and shared in various locations in the world with centimeter accuracy. VPS is a technology that implements the AR Cloud and creates a bridge between the real and the virtual world.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

So many exciting things are happening and I’m thankful to you all for the support you are giving me. Ars Technica) More info (Meta Quest Pro review?—?Redditor In particular, it investigates how it is possible to build an informative AR experience that can accompany an article. Enjoy Quest Halloween sale.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2022

And also confirms that Meta is going to invest 20% of its budget on Reality Labs, so on XR technologies, and that 50% of this money will be invested into the development of AR glasses. The meaning is quite clear: Meta is still committed to XR and its end goal is developing the AR glasses that all people will wear all day. Matias Nassi.

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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. Lumus announces two new optical systems for AR glasses based on reflective waveguides. Other news. Learn more. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2022

StandableVR is a plugin developed by a young dev to offer full-body VR via IK in Unity. Bobby Carlton writes a few pieces of advice to follow if you want to have your AR tattoo. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine. Quest Hand Tracking v2.1 Learn more. It looks very promising.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Epic also announced a few interesting things, like a tool to record facial animations for MetaHumans that run on an iPhone; and Fab, the Unreal version of the Unity Asset Store, where the developers can find many tools and multimedia elements put on sale. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine.

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