The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Today I perform a dive in my past and I review the Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2! Disclaimer: this review has been made in collaboration with VR Expert , which sells and lends XR devices in Europe and has sent me a unit for free, but it is not a paid article). Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 Video Review. Can I try it?”

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2023

In this Guest Article, studio head Denny Unger shares his thoughts on Apple’s entrance into the space. Guest Article by Denny Unger Denny Unger is CEO and CCO at Cloudhead Games. Whether or not to include controllers to support legacy VR titles. Whether or not to open the device up to VR studios and successful titles.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Image by Google). Google is reportedly working on an AR operating system. In some of my past newsletters, I warned you that we shouldn’t forget about Google/Alphabet in the race to our mixed reality future. Now we have finally an official confirmation of the fact that Google is working on an AR device. Tilt Brush).

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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? Various reports indicated it as the internal codename in Google for a project meant to build augmented reality glasses. It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

This is a period with many tech announcements: we had Meta telling about its Horizon OS, yesterday OpenAI unveiled the new GPT-4o, and today Google will hopefully unveil its Android XR operating system. Robust to handling objects: Hyperion offers superior hand tracking while holding an object in your hand, making it perfect for mixed reality.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Some of them have been brainstormed with Lorenzo Cappannari with whom I wrote an article a few months ago and who I thank for the collaboration ). The big players enter the field Google is back (Image by Samsung) One of the most encouraging signs of this new cycle is that all the big players are now in the immersive realities field.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2022

If you are not going, well, expect to read some articles on mine about the hardware that I will try there, so you will feel as if you have been there, too… and I will also eat and review some delicious pasteis de nata for you :D. A sentence contained in the article is an indicator of the status of the metaverse nowadays: “Mr.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

This week in XR has seen the launch of the first standalone MR headset, plus a lot of interesting news and articles about immersive realities. Let’s see how Apple and Google will answer. It is being very useful to let indie distribute little games and innovative experiences (like the ones employing hands tracking ) to Quest users.

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ARVR

JUNE 29, 2022

The 3 days of lectures has been recorded, and I will update this article after I watch all the recordings. This is something Google doesn`t yet have. New Software VisionLib : SDK with super impressive tracking on 3D objects (ready for Unity as well). link] New Hardware Pico Neo 2 eye : eye tracking, vr and ar, hand tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

OpenAR Thumb Controller. The first thing that he showed me was some kind of finger cap that you can put on your thumb to use as a controller. Do you recall the rumor in town about the upcoming Apple headset coming with a sort of tracking ring you can use to control the device? The OpenAR thumb controller.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 30, 2023

I’ve read a lot of articles and XR news this week, but actually, at the end of the day, nothing relevant has happened, except for the usual rumor about Apple… so you can close this roundup now… no ok, I’m kidding! And to select objects, you have just to look at them and then pinch with your hand. This doesn’t sound to me very “Apple”.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The hype for the Apple Pro is starting to deflate and it is possible to see that from some cues: for instance, there are more critics of the headset and fewer articles are talking about it. Honestly, I’m glad about that, I was getting bored from reading only articles about it.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 13, 2023

In February Samsung officially announced it was working on an XR headset, with Google handling the system software via a new variant of Android. This week Chinese news outlet Gyro Technology shared images and apparent specs of a prototype of the headset in an article covering the status of the project.

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Road to VR

JULY 31, 2023

Gaming in XR is considerably enhanced by fully immersive experiences and motion controllers, and Apple will probably start feeling the pressure of that demand from gamers and developers alike when it kicks off a consumer headset sometime down the road, causing them to relent (if only just).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

But unluckily, their tracking performance was bad, especially for what concerns controllers, the manufacturing quality was debatable, and especially Microsoft never invested enough into dedicated content. I found it a very inspiring article, very different from the others I usually read. Last week, people said January.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

For example, Project Cambria, the codename for Meta’s (previously Facebook) MR hardware, is continuously being classified as either AR, VR, or MR depending on the article or publication. Google’s real-time face and body tracking; Source: Google. Full-Body Tracking. The Metaverse. Cross-Application Content.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2023

More info (Twitter post that describes the excitement around this project) More info (Official launch blog post) Other relevant news (Image by Google) Chrome ships WebGPU Chrome , the most popular browser around, has just implemented WebGPU. This research, taken further, could bring many interesting innovations in the AR field.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

I hope that this way, even if you lost the announcements from CES, you can catch up with all the most important ones by just reading a single article. The headset features inside-out tracking via four cameras (similar to Quest, I guess), so its setup is much easier, requiring only one little USB cable from the headset to the PS5 console.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2023

What surprised me in the features list is the presence of a heart rate sensor , which is not exactly clear how it is installed on the device (is it in the handles of the controllers? The AR content may be: The actual experience meant to be seen, and in this case, the smartphone acts just as a “controller” of the AR experience.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The design of Oculus Quest 2 Pro and controllers has been leaked. The images show that the headset and the controllers follow exactly the same specifications suggested by the rumors of some weeks ago. Aero still features an impressive resolution and pixel density, and also integrated eye-tracking. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

Inside, the content has no special arrangement : there is just the headset, plus a little box that contains some accessories: an instructions book, the charger, USB-C cable, earphones, a marvelously useless warranty & safety little book and of course the controller. Right view: here you control the audio of your experience.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

French startup Lynx announced some months ago a quite interesting headset featuring pass-through augmented reality , hands tracking, eye tracking, and an innovative lens design. It doesn’t have controllers (you just use your hands), but you can buy external controllers by Finch to use with it. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2020

If this was not enough to prevent people from buying the game, the first review articles I have read about the game are not enthusiastic: IGN and Road To VR highlight many bugs and a not-so-smart AI for the enemies, while Upload says that the multiplayer mode feels a bit shallow because it has no ranking system. Google shuts down Google Poly.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

The headset, a mixed reality device that’s centered around AR, notably excludes any kind of motion controller—the staple input method for every major XR headset on the market today. At $1,000 for the headset (not including controllers or tracking beacons), the headset is firmly geared toward hardcore VR users.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 25, 2022

Today is a bit of a special day for this newsletter because this article you are reading is the 250th roundup about XR news I’ve written! Meta releases hands tracking 2.0 Meta has just released the v2 of its hand tracking system for Quest. Even a boxing game like Liteboxer is now possible without controllers!

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

The console works in conjunction with the innovative DualSense controller. At the current stage of the project, he’s been able to make the Rift (both CV1 and S) to work as a 3DOF headset , and he’s also been able to connect with the controllers. The specs, that were already announced, are: GPU: 10.3 SSD (8–9 GB/s). Image by HP).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Another week has just passed by and it was a cool one with many news and articles to talk about! This way the Official Store remains curated like a console, but sharing unapproved apps become much easier than having to use Sidequest and sideloading in general (and also gives Facebook more control on unofficial apps).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Don’t misunderstand me, the headset has also its good sides, like great lenses and amazing controllers. For this reason, I’ve written an article in which I somewhat defend Meta (yeah, it sounds strange to me too…) from all the clickbait b t that there is around and can hurt us all. Enjoy Quest Halloween sale. Other news. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

It is also working on creating its own hardware : a previous report highlighted that it could build its own chips in the future, and this article shows how the company is working also in acquiring hardware parts markers. Oculus releases hands tracking SDK, official Link cable for Quest and more. Honestly, this scares me a lot.

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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. The most interesting ones for me are related to hand tacking. Meta Quest will receive Hand Tracking 2.2, Meta Quest will receive Hand Tracking 2.2,

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

There are three very interesting tidbits from this article: Somnium is going to open source the algorithm used for eye-tracking The headset will let developers have access to the raw streams of the passthrough cameras. update”, is already directed in that sense, since it brings support for hand tracking and colocation.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Samsung XR headset may have been delayed The new rumor in town is that Samsung has delayed its upcoming headset that it is building in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. It’s been another interesting week in immersive realities, so let’s see what happened in our field in the past few days!

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

You can read some of my hands-on articles on my blog (e.g. Spaces offers functionalities in: Image tracking Object tracking Hand tracking Spatial mapping Environment understanding and meshing Plane detection Real/virtual world occlusion …and more. Spatialized UI ?—?Automatic Interaction Mapping ?—?Universal

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

I have read countless of his articles, and reading that he’s without a job makes me sad. So, forget about an Apple headset that is going to enter the mainstream , as I already sold in this previous article. Pimax Portal is a handheld console with detachable controllers , exactly like the Switch. Some news on the metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 26, 2021

But they can also stand up from the desk and join a whiteboard (actually a blackboard) where they can write stuff with their controllers or import some images to do brainstorming around some ideas. And especially how many of them have the willingness of doing it instead of just sending a link with Google Meet for which you need ONE CLICK?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

You have to buy base stations and controllers separately from HTC or Valve. And the new delay with controllers is not helping with that, either. It is a set of AR glasses strictly focused on tabletop gaming that works together with a 6 DOF controller and a special board made with retro-reflective materials. The time is coming!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The coronavirus is also impacting the production of all the major VR headsets : we’re at the point that Valve’s customer service has no more left controllers to give to people for RMA. Developers continue to have fun with Oculus Quest hands tracking! A new week, a new sheer of demos exploiting Oculus Quest hands tracking!

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