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. What a time to be alive! It seems that most of the rumors are aligning on the launch of an Apple Vision Pro 2 in 2026–2027.

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ARVR

MARCH 31, 2021

That could be wayfinding with Google Live View , or visual search with Google Lens. As you can tell from the above examples, Google will have a key stake in this “Internet of Places.” Facebook is building “ Live Maps ,” and Snapchat is pushing Local Lenses. How else will geospatial AR materialize?

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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. Yesterday was Chinese Lanterns’ Festival… my best wishes to you all, especially a big hug to all people that are still in China and are living very hard times… ??! Do you want to discover them with me?

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AR Insider

JULY 7, 2020

Advantages include dynamism for AR’s serendipity and short sessions, versus the friction of app stores and downloads. Put another way, do you want to spend 90 seconds downloading an app for an experience that lasts 30 seconds? How many downloads do you get?” These are AR’s less proven, but still promising, next class.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 14, 2021

That day be sure to download it from SideQuest and please also make some noise on social media to support us indie VR developers! I’m very tired because yesterday I was ironing out bugs on HitMotion: Reloaded together with the game designer Max until 3.40 That said, let’s see what happened in AR and VR during this busy week…. I have no idea.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Concurrent Odometry and Mapping (COM) ?—?motion Trending AR VR Articles: 1. How To Use the ARLOOPA App: A Step-by-Step Guide (2020) 3. understanding the real world environment by detecting feature points and planes and using them as reference points to map the environment. I am sure you might find this useful too.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Quest has an enormous catalog of games with which a startup can’t compete, but Lynx could start dominating a particular niche for which this headset may be optimal. Facebook is investing billions for this on the Quest, how can Lynx do something similar? We won with our heart, the big heart of us Italians. Top news of the week.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

On the consumer side, the Vuzix Blade Companion App, which is available for download from the App Store or Google Play, connects the device to both Android or iOS devices. It offers content such as AR enhanced golf training by Oncore Golf, Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2018

A trained masseuse then proceeded to conduct one hell of a relaxing massage, which I was able to view from the third-person via a real-time heat map video captured by the Kinect camera. For more information on how to bring a VR massage to your next corporate event, visit Cutmod.com or reach out via info@cutmod.com. EXTREME MACHINE.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Things should be better after half of December, please be patient. This week I’ve anyway found the time to enjoy the artistic piece Finding Pandora X and to work on organizing my session at the Virtual Reality Day (more on this later on in this newsletter). I’ll keep doing whatever I can for the VR community! Top news of the week. Image by HP).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

I have been (and still are) on the other side of the fence, and I know how it is difficult to get the attention of journalists… and so everytime I can’t help them, I feel really bad. You may wonder why I took this choice: well, I’m a lot busy. You may wonder why I took this choice: well, I’m a lot busy.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

To make you understand how these features are incredible, Qualcomm has stated that “the [XR2] reference design has 2x the CPU and GPU performance, 4x more video bandwidth, 6x higher resolution and 11x AI improvement compared to our current widely adopted XR platform [the Oculus Quest ]”. Sorry for that! Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! So many memories… who was there already in VR with me? We’ll see….

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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. If Microsoft commits to building this platform and doesn’t abandon it (a la Google), it can become an incredible tool for us developers. Happy Women’s Day to all the women in XR !

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. Location-based games are already popular, with over a billion downloads of Pokemon Go in the three years since it launched, and over 20B kilometers walked playing the game. Insane, yet companies are mapping it already. Who Will Own the Metaverse?

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ARVR

JANUARY 21, 2022

Integrating this feature with ARKit allows for augmented reality experiences to be started up from anywhere without having to download additional software. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. How VR could bring transhumanism to the masses 2. How VR could bring transhumanism to the masses 2. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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ARVR

APRIL 8, 2021

Trending AR VR Articles: 1. How VR could bring transhumanism to the masses 2. How Augmented Reality (AR) is Reshaping the Food Service Industry 3. Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 3D assets are made up of polygons, that define the shape, and texture maps, that define the color, pattern or specific visual effects.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

What follows is not an exhaustive list of shopping destinations using the OpenSim hypergrid to go shopping for avatar appearance and environment objects — anything that isn’t related to how your avatar looks. Thanks for Shawnkmaloney and his Christmas 2016 list posted to the Hypergrid Destinations Google Plus group for this find.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

While I often discuss the long-term potential of AR & VR, in this article I'm reviewing Apple Vision Pro as it stands as a real product today. Apple Vision Pro Specs, Features & Details Apple officially revealed the full Vision Pro specs when opening preorders today. Read our specs breakdown and comparison to Quest 3 here.

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ARVR

AUGUST 5, 2021

Also, AR apps need the user to go through the app stores to download them. Another disadvantage of apps is managing updates because users have to download the latest version of the app, and it’s usually problematic. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. How VR could bring transhumanism to the masses 2. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2019

I find this situation a bit sad, and that’s why I was very intrigued when I found on New World Notes an article about Kim Nevelsteen, a researcher that is exactly working in creating a connected Metaverse. I wanted to interview Kim to ask him how he got to such a cool result, and here you are his answers on the topic.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The new data aims to educate lawmakers, public policy experts, and industry regulators on how numerous XR technologies operate along with potential data privacy risks. RESOURCE: Download FPF’s interactive visual guide to smart city technologies and data flows, Shedding Light on Smart City Privacy. Breakdown of Infographic Analysis.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

Listen as Matt and Alan discuss how the tech and the vision are starting to line up today, with the help of groundbreaking cloud mapping technology. Alan: Today’s guest is Matt Miesnieks, the CEO at 6D.ai. And Layar, he was the worldwide head of customer development; Layar sold to Blippar back in the day. Alan: Thanks Matt.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

Listen as Matt and Alan discuss how the tech and the vision are starting to line up today, with the help of groundbreaking cloud mapping technology. Alan: Today’s guest is Matt Miesnieks, the CEO at 6D.ai. And Layar, he was the worldwide head of customer development; Layar sold to Blippar back in the day. Alan: Thanks Matt.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

He regularly advises Fortune 500 brands and Triple-A game publishers on how to succeed in the interactive media space. If you need well-researched info on the trends and changing tides of emerging tech to feel confident dipping your toes into the XR sea, SuperData’s Carter Rogers has you covered. I want to welcome Carter to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

He regularly advises Fortune 500 brands and Triple-A game publishers on how to succeed in the interactive media space. If you need well-researched info on the trends and changing tides of emerging tech to feel confident dipping your toes into the XR sea, SuperData’s Carter Rogers has you covered. I want to welcome Carter to the show.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 23, 2019

But it is very interesting , because it will touch a lot of hot topics, like: Data visualization in XR; Magic Leap; Being a woman working in XR; How is XR in Asia. I suggest you to follow her as well!). The interview is quite long, that’s why I split it in half. and many other interesting stuff! I’m sure you will love Suzie!

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

He regularly advises Fortune 500 brands and Triple-A game publishers on how to succeed in the interactive media space. If you need well-researched info on the trends and changing tides of emerging tech to feel confident dipping your toes into the XR sea, SuperData's Carter Rogers has you covered. I want to welcome Carter to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

Listen as Matt and Alan discuss how the tech and the vision are starting to line up today, with the help of groundbreaking cloud mapping technology. Alan: Today’s guest is Matt Miesnieks, the CEO at 6D.ai. And Layar, he was the worldwide head of customer development; Layar sold to Blippar back in the day. Alan: Thanks Matt.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Maybe can you just give us your first AR experience, and how did you get into this? And how did you get involved? Regular listeners have heard plenty of stories from Alan’s numerous adventures at Augmented World Expo. Alan: Welcome to the XR for Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Ori, welcome to the show, my friend.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Maybe can you just give us your first AR experience, and how did you get into this? And how did you get involved? Regular listeners have heard plenty of stories from Alan’s numerous adventures at Augmented World Expo. Alan: Welcome to the XR for Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Ori, welcome to the show, my friend.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Alan chats with Julie, and VP of Marketing Alex Colgan, about all the biggest changes the XR sector saw this year in our 150th broadcast. Alex: That's one way to start a podcast. And wow, what a year. All I can say is, yeah, cheers to everybody who made it through this year unscathed. We're all in this together. So I want to just start with that.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Alan chats with Julie, and VP of Marketing Alex Colgan, about all the biggest changes the XR sector saw this year in our 150th broadcast. Alex: That's one way to start a podcast. And wow, what a year. All I can say is, yeah, cheers to everybody who made it through this year unscathed. We're all in this together. So I want to just start with that.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Alan chats with Julie, and VP of Marketing Alex Colgan, about all the biggest changes the XR sector saw this year in our 150th broadcast. Alex: That's one way to start a podcast. And wow, what a year. All I can say is, yeah, cheers to everybody who made it through this year unscathed. We're all in this together. So I want to just start with that.

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Building the Metaverse

APRIL 12, 2022

That is the subject of this article: composability in the metaverse. I will explain how the real-time internet will harnesses the creative potential in each and every one of us. benefit from composability How to create systems that favors composability This is part two in a series about interoperability.

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Hypergrid Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

(Image courtesy Google.). If you are a 360-degree photographer, or want to become one, then working with Google Street View and becoming one of their Trusted Photographers will definitely help establish credibility in the industry. In fact, Google actually helps their contributors get hired to create virtual tours.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 8, 2018

I’m very interested in this device, that’s why I dedicated various articles to it, like the tutorial on how to get started with Go on Unity , how to stream the headset content to an external screen and my comparison with the Vive Focus. So, where is the truth?

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