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 ). Virtual worlds like Fortnite, Roblox, or also RecRoom, and VRChat are becoming every day more successful. Of course not.

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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. After Fortnite started the trend of virtual concerts in virtual worlds, always more platforms started implementing them.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2022

If the kid is very young, there is also the problem that he/she is not able to distinguish what is real and what is virtual, and this may create a lot of confusion in his mind. limiting the time spent in VR) and also offer them parental control tools. Two articles on the metaverse. I hope this is going to happen soon.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). Scanning objects, especially with LIDAR-powered phones, is slowly going to become a commodity : we just need to improve the tools and make the procedure to have a clean scan easier, and then everyone will be able to digitize every 3D object. AR games and experiences. Sounded good.

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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. from PC) to join its virtual worlds , too, so that to increment the user base. Let me quote the article: “We were giving away the hardware but making money on the data,” he said. When will the “Metaverse is dead” articles come out?

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 17, 2023

But while this is the main topic of the article, the report actually provides much more interesting information when speaking about Meta. I think this creates another level of blending of virtual and real, which will be typical of the metaverse. million monthly active players as of October 2022.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

The ecosystem is full of people that keep writing articles about “How we will study in the metaverse”, “How we will work in the metaverse”, and that make talks about how one day we will have a concert with 20,000 people all together in VR like if it was happening in real life. This meme says it all.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

11 min read At the Facebook Connect event in late October, Meta, along with its new name, unveiled Metaverse tools for both developers and users. With their help, it will be possible to create objects of virtual and augmented reality, as well as program their interaction with the “player”. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

New info on Microsoft abandoning the Hololens 3. Last week we all heard the news about Microsoft abandoning the HoloLens 3, and the denial of it by Alex Kipman and Microsoft itself. Some articles on the metaverse. More info (Leaks on RealityOS?—?Upload Upload VR) More info (Leaks on RealityOS?—?9to5Mac).

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ARVR

APRIL 27, 2022

As this area deserves a dedicated article, I’ve tried to briefly share some of the metaverse related blockchain applications at the end of the article. So, you will hop into the metaverse for a business meeting at 12pm and be able to catch up with an old friend for a virtual coffee chat right afterwards.

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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. Answer: no) Do we really need 50,000 people to stay together in the same shard of a virtual world?

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

It will be possible to shoot 4K videos of the augmented applications, body tracking has been improved , and the system will be able to perform better environment understanding The new ARKit features will be used by a new tool provided by Apple for all its iPhone users: RoomPlan. I think the news is the final nail in the HoloLens coffin.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

A report from Insider states that Microsoft may have canceled its plans for HoloLens 3. There is instead a rumored partnership with Samsung , where Samsung would actually build a new XR device and Microsoft offer the platform on top of which the headset may run. Two articles on the M-word. Some updates on Meta products.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

and you found this article for whatever reason, first of all, welcome to the club! Then, I link you here below some resources that may be useful to get you started with virtual reality and with Oculus Quest 2 in particular. and if you get your Quest for Christmas…. … I like this approach. Some shower of realisms on the Metaverse.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

For these and other reasons, it’s a great tool for Black History Month. Virbela is a creator of virtual worlds, typically for enterprise and education. Microsoft’s Immersive Museum. Microsoft also created a virtual museum for Black History Month. But, this isn’t a design and usability article.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

But you have hands and feet controllers to move in the virtual world, so according to the manufacturers, you have 1.5DOF more (whatever it means). VR animation tool Quill has proved to be an interesting tool for creators these years. Yes, you’ve read everything well. It has 4.5DOF. and just rotating your head.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Project Anywhere Epic Games has signaled its commitment to a real-world metaverse with the AR launch of Project Anywhere. In partnership with Nvidia, Microsoft, and Cesium, it offers a real-time 3D creation engine for producing immersive mapping and digital twins of real-world locations. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

The news of the week is that Meta is poaching talents from all the other companies : in particular, it has been able to “steal” 100 employees from the HoloLens team in Microsoft. Some weeks ago, I have published an article about VR and its “kids issue”. I think it’s an amazing article, and I advise every one of you to give it a look.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. Some recent acquisitions include AltspaceVR (Microsoft), and Escher (Niantic). Sensing the world around you will be essential for AR Cloud applications, both for mapping and localization and for detecting objects, environments or other people.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated. This means that if you develop an experience using OpenXR, you can run it on Oculus, SteamVR, and Microsoft runtimes with no modification. News worth a mention.

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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. Being the lens transparent, you can see through it both the real and virtual world. Having been used to the amazing management tools offered by HoloLens, I was pretty much turned down by this.

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Bernard Marr

JUNE 1, 2023

Virtual worlds like Fortnite and Roblox have already become popular among Gen Z customers, who are increasingly spending money on digital goods like skins and accessories. This trend presents a significant opportunity for businesses to create virtual experiences and products that can engage customers and drive sales.

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AIXR

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The marketing world is abuzz with the sound of the Metaverse, leaving brands and developers to wonder if they should be investing in the Metaverse, and where it fits in with their marketing campaigns. In Cline’s incarnation, the Metaverse is an oasis, a seamless blend of real life and virtual life, achieving a kind of utopia.

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 22, 2022

“The metaverse is here, and it’s not only transforming how we see the world but how we participate in it – from the factory floor to the meeting room.”. Satya Nadella , Microsoft MSFT -1.4%. Microsoft’s CEO understands that the metaverse concept will impact every part of the way we do business. Eric Schmidt , Google.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 31, 2022

While Meta focuses on creating virtual reality environments, companies like Microsoft and Nvidia are developing metaverse environments for collaborating and working on digital projects. Another use of metaverse technology in the corporate world will be conducting training, onboarding, and other tasks. The Corporate Metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2022

Last month, we got to know that (according to a rumor) Samsung is working together with Microsoft on new AR glasses, most probably powered by a Qualcomm chipset. It is official news instead that Pico is partnering with Qualcomm on “XR hardware, software, developer tools, and technology road maps”. Some articles on the metaverse.

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ARVR

JANUARY 11, 2021

Virtual Reality is an immersive simulation of reality in which the surrounding world is completely replaced with a computer generated world. This is achieved using a headset that completely fills the users field of view in combination with body tracking to map the players body into the virtual world.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

In this article, we will discuss on augmented reality. It enables users to interact with virtual objects in the real-world environment. Microsoft Hololens is a key player in the MR market. Applications of AR Data Visualization  — Being able to visualize data is an important tool to make important decisions.

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Bernard Marr

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

I've written several articles already attempting to lay out the fundamentals and contain useful information. To Mark Zuckerberg, it's mostly about virtual reality (VR) – imagine a VR version of Facebook where you meet friends and chat, share information, socialize and work collaboratively with them in an immersive 3D space.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

Some articles on the metaverse. Doing marketing in virtual worlds can be valuable. The SteamVR version is expected for May Cloudhead Games teases that modding is coming to Pistol Whip World creation tool for architecture and engineering Arkio is coming to the official Quest store. It also features a free version.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

It’s Chinese Single Day and I wish the best to all the single people that are reading this article: I hope you are all on Taobao or Aliexpress buying super-discounted items! Microsoft ships HoloLens 2, nReal gets ready to do the same with its glasses. After a long wait, finally Microsoft is shipping its HoloLens 2 headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 15, 2024

There is so much to say that I could probably write a book about it, but for today I will just put the most important takeaways in a very long article (let’s say a small book). My answer has always been “No”, because I knew building a proprietary platform would have been very expensive and complicated. That’s it.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

I have also noticed that actually there is still something AR-related in the hype cycle, and it is the AR cloud , the system to create a complete worldwide mapping between the real and the virtual world. Considering that companies like 6d.ai mesh reconstruction of an environment from multiple cell phones.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 28, 2017

In the middle of August 2012 I wrote my first article about Oculus. Those experts helped break down the basics of VR, pointing out much of the technology needed to make it possible was already in millions of homes with accessories like Microsoft’s Kinect sensor. A few months later, I got my first demo.

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Ryan Schultz

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

I expect some more announcements of integrations with products like Microsoft Office and Zoom, but I’m not expecting anything that is going to make corporate bean-counters sit up and say, “hey, we gotta buy a fleet of headsets, immediately! He also talked about tools for business, citing productivity and work apps.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 31, 2022

And giants of the world of office and productivity software – Microsoft and Adobe, for example – talk of the “ enterprise metaverse.”. If this is the case, its very likely we will look towards environments that engage more fully with our senses and make our time in virtual worlds more stimulating and exciting.

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Road to VR

MARCH 24, 2017

Ridding our headsets of the cable would mean deeper immersion and physical freedom within the virtual world. This article is designed to give a broad overview of proposed solutions, and understand how each technology is being positioned. We will adopt future H.265 Sven Mesecke, Co-founder.

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