The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Tracking has been switched to inside-out , and Varjo now provides a set of controllers, manufactured by Razer, together with the headset. Some extras can also be bought: for instance, the faceplate for SteamVR tracking costs €1000. There is a lot of new to try in this device.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

AUGUST 18, 2023

Firms like Microsoft and PICO are refining their pre-existing MR offerings to cement their legacy in the device race. PICO Optimises MR and Hand-Tracking Features This week, PICO introduced an OS version 5.7 The likes of Apple and Meta are investing in MR to provide an accessible and feature-rich device.

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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 4, 2023

I need to rush out this newsletter episode because otherwise tomorrow Apple launches its headset and no one will read my articles: everyone will be too busy reading “The top 5 features of the Apple headset” or “The 7 reasons why the Apple headset can revolutionize peeling potatoes”. Its controllers have no ring and no onboard cameras.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Interhaptics is a Haptics software company specializing in tools for haptic design and rendering, and hand tracking interactions for digital platforms as Mobile, XR, and consoles. It supports an extensive list of XR controllers, hand tracking systems, and haptic devices. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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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. It is being very useful to let indie distribute little games and innovative experiences (like the ones employing hands tracking ) to Quest users. Do you want to discover them with me?

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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

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

After many years of waiting, and even a second iteration of the device scrapped away, Microsoft is finally going to announce the next generation of HoloLens. On stage, there will be Satya Nadella (CEO of Microsoft), Alex Kipman (the inventor of Kinect and HoloLens) and Julia White (Corporate Vice President). The time has come.

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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 ). Even here, the launch of the Apple Vision Pro, with its strong focus on MR and hand tracking, is changing a bit the rules of the market.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 18, 2023

The service also allows users to generate content such as stories and articles. For enterprises, Chat GPT is an avenue for teams to fulfil tasks using a machine learning service that can solve requests – firm must review each request with accompanying content quality control. Where does Microsoft Fit into the Mix?

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ARVR

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The Interaction Builder is an Interhaptics’ low code plugin for 3D engines allowing you to develop realistic hand interactions within 3 clicks. Best used for hand-tracking and UX. The 2-hand interactions have been introduced on the 6th of September with this blog post. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

In my opinion, Magic Leap 2 is a superior device to HoloLens 2 (see my hands-on here ), so I think that with these prices, it can have good success in the enterprise market, starting to gain shares with regard to Microsoft. Cambria is going to launch with controllers. Some articles on the metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 18, 2023

I was very curious to try this device since when I read its hands-on by Upload VR, in which David Heaney claimed it was the first wide FOV headset without peripheral distortions he had tried. It was not Microsoft’s one, but a professional simulator for pilots. And that’s it!

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

But before, please read (and share around) my latest article which is about a crazy experiment I did with mixed reality and generative AI… I’m sure you will love it! But the thing that surprised me the most in Gurman’s description is the controllers. In the meanwhile, Microsoft is working on a 1.1 So let’s dig into them.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Microsoft’s play for command of next generation personal computing can be seen today with the announcement of a series of Windows-powered VR headsets starting at $300. The headsets planned from HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, and Acer will use what’s known as “inside-out” position tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

They teased a lot of interesting features and services of the device, and left the remaining technical details to some technical sheets on Microsoft website. But Microsoft, thanks to innovative 2K displays, has managed to keep the same high-quality pixel density of the HoloLens 1, that is 47 PPD (pixels per degree). Resolution.

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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 11, 2023

The article talked about a headset shipping without controllers and aiming at the sweet price point of $200. Mark Gurman reiterated a similar rumor: he didn’t say that Meta will ship it without controllers, but just that it is evaluating also that option. The second is about interactions.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The project is carried on by Microsoft which was given the monster contract of $22B to create this device by modifying its HoloLens glasses. The next step is about trying to integrate the glasses with cloud services, something about which Microsoft is a worldwide leader thanks to Azure.

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Upload VR

JUNE 19, 2022

When it comes to hand tracking games on Quest, nothing really comes close to Unplugged. Developed by Anotherway and published by Vertigo Games in late 2021, Unplugged is an air guitar game, inspired by Guitar Hero and many others, that lets you shred in VR with a virtual guitar and your real hands. Controllers are great.’

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

I also have to say that when reading the various docs, many things I read reminded me of the times I developed an experience on the HoloLens 1 : I think that Apple took some inspiration from the work that Microsoft did when designing its SDK. Applications on Vision Pro do not use controllers, but just the hands. gaze + pinch).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 17, 2024

Moreover, the Vision Pro service allows medical learners to interact with Osso VR’s immersive learning procedures with the device’s integrated hand-tracking, eye-tracking, and voice control. Apple is also working to support typical workplace applications and enhance the 3D workflow for service providers and customers.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 11, 2020

It doesn’t contain 100% the information of the written article, but it’s a very good summary. Controller : Weight : 23g Tracking : 3DoF Connection : Bluetooth Controls : Touchpad, Click, Haptic feedback. Even the controller, with its nice rounded design, looks cute. Design-wise, they are very cool.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

It’s a good read , full of interesting anecdotes, like when it is written that Beat Saber became the testbench for the tracking of the Quest controllers , or that Asgard’s Wrath, in the beginning, was a tower defense game. All in all, I found the article a nice read, but I don’t like that it looks very corporate and bleached out.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

The console works in conjunction with the innovative DualSense controller. Late to the party after Oculus and Microsoft already released prototypical implementations, but finally Valve has implemented OpenXR into its runtime SteamVR. Tracking doesn’t work yet , though, neither the positional one nor the one of the controllers.

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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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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

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Rob is a big fan of PCVR (he even tried to design a new SteamVR controller , do you remember?) and recently he had the opportunity to go hands-on with the high-resolution Pimax Crystal headset. This would be my second test of hardware from Pimax, following last year’s Sword controllers.

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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

MARCH 4, 2019

Frontal view of the device (Image by Microsoft). The biggest news of the MWC for what concerns XR has been for sure the announcement of the HoloLens 2 by Microsoft. If you want to read more about the Hololens 2, I have written a long article about it and you can find it at this link. Image by Microsoft). HoloLens 2.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Today I host another great article by Rob Cole , who writes again about his experience with the Pimax Crystal headset. Here are my findings since the first article was published, starting with a subject close to my heart. If you want to read his previous post, you can find it here.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Zuck noticed that it is slowly losing control of the current technology platform and it is trying to switch to the new one, to dominate it even more. A report from Insider states that Microsoft may have canceled its plans for HoloLens 3. Two articles on the M-word. It makes totally sense. Some updates on Meta products.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

For me this is not a fortunate sentence: this is what Alex Kipman said about the HoloLens, a few weeks before the whole Microsoft Mixed Reality division was disbanded and he was fired from the company. The most interesting ones for me are related to hand tacking. Meta Quest will receive Hand Tracking 2.2,

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

(Image by Microsoft). According to Reuters, Microsoft’s executive vice president Harry Shum took the stage at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai and said that the HoloLens 2 will be released sometime in September of this year. Anyway, the classical problems of WMR headsets, like mediocre controllers, remain.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device.

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ARVR

JULY 7, 2020

One side is physical comfort (ergonomics) while using the headset, its controllers, and other utilities. In this article, I refer to VR UX design with regard to the soft side of the experience. In another article, I will explain the various possible roles that a UX designer can play to collaborate in creating a promising VR experience.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In my unboxing video, you may see that I’ve found an additional Leap Motion v1 controller + Leap Motion mount for RealMax + USB-C cable for Leap Motion. This is because the company sent me a special version of the device with already the necessary setup to use it with the Leap Motion Controller to exploit hands input.

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