ARVR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Unity Game Engine ?? WebXR is a JavaScript application programming interface (API) that enables applications to interact with augmented reality and virtual reality devices, such as the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard or Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), in a web browser.?—?Wikipedia Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

With much surprise for us all, HTC has just announced the Vive Focus Plus , its first full 6 DOF standalone headset! In this article, I’m going to tell you everything I know about this new headset , plus I will give you my thorough hands-on review on its 6 DOF Controllers , that I have tried with the 6 DOF devkit. The Vive Focus Plus.

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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 ). with Xiaomi, Oppo, Samsung, etc…) to convince hardware manufacturers to create headsets powered by Android XR. And they are entering it to dominate it. Of course not.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

This is also confirmed by the Wired article, where the journalist states that he has been able to see the conference in preview before the general audience. Image by HTC). HTC is teasing the launch of a new hardware. With a tweet, HTC has just teased the upcoming launch of a new device. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2023

The newspaper describes the glasses as the hardware through which Tim Cook will leave his legacy because they are a new product line fully built under his management. There are some interesting pieces of information about the glasses inside the article. And that now t here is some pressure to release them.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The past week has been a pretty interesting one for the tech world: between Microsoft Ignite, Unity Unite, and the OpenAI drama, there has been a lot to follow. Unity 6 takes back the original way of specifying engine versions and abandons the confusing one that bound a new Unity version to the year it was released.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

I want to dedicate this newsletter article to my friend Mathew Olson, who at The Information kickstarted the “Reality Check”, a newsletter about XR which I received 3–4 times a week in my e-mail, and that was very well done. The same luck has not happened to employees at Niantic at Unity. Other relevant news. Image by Mojo Vision).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2020

Before starting, let’s make a recap of the previous article: what is SenseGlove? Inside the box you find: 1x SenseGlove right 1x SenseGlove left 1x SenseGlove linkbox 1x power cable 1x USB connector cable short (2m/ 6.5ft) 2x USB connector cable long (3m/ 10ft) 2x HTC tracker mounts including screws 1x manual. What is SenseGlove?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). Since Meta made the acquisition and took over Oculus, VRTUOLUO began to write original and in-depth articles on the XR industry.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2024

It was pretty cool using it inside a discotheque The tools we had were very limited: the Vive Focus had just a Snapdragon 835 processor, the image was black and white and low-resolution, we had to do everything at the Unity software level, and we had no environment understanding.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

You may think that so they want to launch the PSVR 2 before the PS5, and it may be, but actually, if this device truly wants to be next-gen, it can’t be compatible with the rather old hardware of PS4. Unity changes how it handles XR Plugins. So sad for me, considering the 5 years I’ve spent using Vuforia in Unity… so many memories….

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

This reminds me of a similar error HTC made in the past of mixing signals of a pro device and consumer content It has RGB passthrough cameras with three times the resolution of Quest 2 cameras. Even worse, Unity has lost -30% of its stock value. The Unity Asset Store works pretty well, so I see the value in this kind of initiative.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One-year price performance for AAPL as of 2/3/20 Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Google also offers ARCore , a developer tool for Android, iOS, Unreal, and Unity which help integrate AR elements into the real environment. DISCLAIMER : Do not base any investment decision on any materials found in this article.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Although Unity 3D is undoubtedly the most common and trained standards for developing and deploying augmented and virtual reality application for both beginner or expert developer, it is cannot be employed for developing content for some headsets. You also give 5% of net revenues per quarter although its free to use.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

The article ends with Facebook claiming that it cares about privacy, and wants to discuss the topics of privacy, security, and safety of this technology with all the community. Vive Facial Tracker works also with non-HTC headsets. This week I have read two interesting articles about XR storytelling experiences. Some XR fun.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

In this article, I’m going to tell you all the thoughts I had. The new “Autumn” of VR If you’ve read some of my articles this year, you know I’m defining this moment as an “Autumn” for virtual reality. None of them made XR to skyrocket.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Well, after that article, I discovered that the CTO of MeLeap , the company behind HADO, is one of my readers! :O What are the software and hardware platform used by HADO? Software-wise, we use Unity, Vuforia, and OpenCV. The Vive Pro Eye just launched by HTC at CES (Image by HTC).

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ARVR

JULY 29, 2021

On the other hand, developers only have to write the code once and it will work on all devices (Oculus, Vive, HTC, Google Cardboard, etc.) Trending AR VR Articles: 1.How WebXR Examples WebXR Room I recently created this simple application using the WebXR Device API developed by Mozilla on the Unity video game engine.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2021

As usual, I have also created a video version of this article, and in it, I describe to you all the main features of this headset , from the visuals to the comfort, not to mention the headset and controllers’ tracking. Can it really compete with the Quest? Pico Neo 3 Pro Video Review. Production quality. Weeeeeird stuff.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2022

Let me explain everything you need to know in this article! It has become one of the headset manufacturers with the biggest worldwide market, and the market leader (together with HTC) in the B2B virtual reality sector. Pico enters consumer VR. People playing with Pico headsets (Image by Pico).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2018

HTC Vive Focus is one of the most famous standalone VR headsets. I have always been intrigued by this device, since the first time I’ve read about its reveal at an HTC event : I don’t know why, maybe because of the azure color that is my favorite, maybe because it looks so informal. It was funny. Upper view of the device.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

All in all, I found the article a nice read, but I don’t like that it looks very corporate and bleached out. They may be AR glasses or smartglasses, but what is sure is that Niantic is working to support AR hardware within its platform. And I’m not only talking about the hardware, but also the software.

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

January saw HTC Vive hold its first developer jam in five years, created in collaboration with Admix, Corsair and VRFocus. The jam saw 11 teams compete for prizes by utilising the latest virtual reality (VR) hardware, coming up with fun, innovative solutions over an intense weekend. .

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

But before leaving you to the best pieces of AR/VR news of the week, let me tease you that in the upcoming days I will publish an article I’m sure you will all love… it’s a hands-on preview on… you’ll discover it! Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2. Then, the price is a bit high , and this is very HTC.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

If you already know the headset very well, and just want to read my considerations, go straight to the final part of this article. Below the device are clearly visible the hardware IPD adjustment slider and the volume adjustment buttons. It also provides hardware IPD adjustment and a system to accommodate people with glasses.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 26, 2016

A Rift from Facebook-owned Oculus or a Vive from HTC can track your head throughout a room, but these “outside-in” systems require careful placement, or mounting, of sensors around the perimeter of the room for a full experience. An example of the Windows Holographic user interface. Microsoft, however, may be one step ahead.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2021

This week has been pretty crazy: It all started with Facebook approving my silly The Unity Cube application (an application with just a cube) on App Lab. Image by HTC Vive). HTC is teasing a new headset. HTC is teasing a new piece of hardware again, and this time most probably it will be a VR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2018

Eye tracking is, in my opinion, a technology that will disrupt completely the VR ecosystem , exactly as room-scale did with the first HTC Vive. FOV: >110° (adapted to HTC Vive). 7Invensun logo (Image by 7Invensun). And if you have an NVIDIA graphics card, it can already offer foveated rendering out of the box! Yes, it is!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. But, as Road To VR has stated, maybe HTC should have clarified that in all its marketing material.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

” review of standalone headsets (you can find in other posts the ones related to Oculus Go and HTC Vive Focus ). it is bigger than the Oculus Go but smaller than the massive HTC Vive Focus. I already dedicated an article about how the tracking technology of Google is awesome. Unity Development. Then, keep reading.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Today I host another amazing article by the VR ergonomics expert Rob Cole , which has already written on this blog amazing posts, like the series about the ergonomics of the Valve Index or the viral article about the amazing Caliper VR controllers he worked on by himself. Disclaimer: HTC provided three of their Vive Tracker 3.0

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Cats and VR

MARCH 26, 2018

Sure Oculus and HTC get articles written about them but that is mostly for the hardware side. During the Unity GDC party, Electronauts Audio Engineer showed the party potential of the VR software while mixed along side a scratch DJ. The experience of mixing was satisfying and one that is shareable in many ways.

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Upload VR

JUNE 23, 2022

Valve employees hinting toward the Future of VR hardware. For those who do not know, Steam VR has used the same method to allow players to play flat screen games in VR since the HTC Vive released in 2016. It ran on Unity. Articles like this will continue to be published. Well again: they do have plans for that.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

If this happens , Facebook is going to disrupt completely the market, because it would be a headset offering so much for so little price, destroying the competition with Pico and HTC. HTC ecosystem conference brings news in eye-tracking and positional tracking solutions. But this is just a speculation at this time. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2021

HTC is probably going to announce a new standalone headset this week. We all know that HTC is hosting an event inside the social VR platform ENGAGE and that it is going to announce a new product. According to the rumors, it will be called Vive Flow and it is a hardware product. Are they connected to a phone or a standalone?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Mark Zuckerberg, but also Unity CEO John Riccitiello) that should mark the beginning of the serious adoption of new technology. Sometimes Meta publishes interesting posts about its research work, and this week it has released an article detailing its project about building haptic gloves. Meta shows its work on haptic gloves.

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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. A Horizon game is coming for this new headset, and some rumors talk also about Half-Life: Alyx potentially be available in the future; HTC has announced the Vive Wrist Tracker, a 6 DOF tracker for the Vive Focus 3.

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