ARVR

JANUARY 22, 2021

The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) wisely switched to a virtual format this year, and while the event organizers did an excellent job, I knew that some of my favorite aspects of the CES experience would be missing. Top 17 Augmented Reality Statistics, Facts and Trends for 2021 and Beyond 3. New Show, Who Dis?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Then it could update them very fast and make them as powerful and successful as the Oculus Quest. More info (Oculus Quest with keyboard and mouse) More info (120Hz refresh rate on Quest 2) More info (Facebook and BCIs) More info (Rumor on Facebook smartwatch). More info (Official website) More info (The event on AltspaceVR).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The French startup headed by Stan Larroque is developing passthrough AR glasses with eye-tracking and hands tracking that can offer a new paradigm to augmented reality. For instance, Rebecca Minkoff, a very famous stylist, has decided to showcase her new creations in augmented reality. Try the MetaHumans in VR and more.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Due to the response from the Hollywood and Silicon Valley communities, this year’s event will require double the sound stage capacity to hold our group and the demonstrations,” said Jim Chabin, President of the Advanced Imaging and VR Societies, in a statement. LIFE VR, Unity, Unreal Engine, VRC and DTS (an Xperi company).

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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. Oculus plans to introduce in-app purchases to App Lab experiences. Plus, the Netflix app has been in VR since the times of Gear VR/Oculus Go.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

Unreal Engine 5 may change the rules of game development. Out of nowhere, Epic Games has teased the next version of Unreal Engine, Unreal Engine 5, due to be released in 2021. It means that you can take whatever model, even with billions of polygons, and put it in your Unreal Engine project. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2023

The event about digital fashion and web3 has taken place in Decentraland, Spatial.io, and Over the Reality. It was an event probably more interesting than last year, and that spanned across multiple digital worlds. But the overall event had far fewer visits than last year , most probably because the metaverse hype has deflated.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

More info At SIGGRAPH there was much attention toward VR and AI SIGGRAPH has always been a very relevant event for all of us in the 3D space, and this year VR and AI were among the most relevant technologies showcased there. virtual dogs) that can engage with the users in mixed reality. The startup just raised $1.6

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. In its upcoming 5-year development plan, there should be measures to favor the growth and the spread of Immersive Realities. Notwithstanding all this hate, the Oculus Quest 2 is selling very well. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Facebook has started today enforcing the “Facebook login” rule , asking Oculus users to merge their Facebook and Oculus accounts. So I imagine a Quest 2 where you can avoid having a Facebook account, but you can’t use the Oculus Store, or all the most important apps and games , and so you are de facto forced to use it.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One-year price performance for MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL, SNE, and NVDA According to the latest report from Statista , the global augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) markets are rapidly growing and are forecast to reach a total of $72.8 How Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) can transform Education 3.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

VR will be huge for events, as soon as some issues will be ironed out (e.g. If you want my help in organizing your VR event, please reach out to me … Waiting to meet you in VR, let’s talk about some news…. It is 6DOF and lets you enjoy both virtual reality and passthrough augmented reality. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Image by Oculus). Facebook is working on a new version of the Oculus Quest. According to a report by Bloomberg, Oculus is working on a new Oculus Quest model, and it has already done prototypes that are lighter and more powerful than the current device. Top news of the week. Mechanical IPD is confirmed.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 5, 2020

Digital Catapult and Arts Council England launched CreativeXR back in 2018 to provide funds, tools and other assistance for those working on virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) projects. The programme has proven to be a success , returning for the third year with new contributors. .

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ARVR

JANUARY 4, 2021

Optimizing 3D models for Augmented Reality 3. Augmented Reality VR i.e Virtual Reality MR i.e Mixed Reality Here is a course from the University of Michigan. The Oculus headsets have the Oculus SDK. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. How AR/VR Are Transforming the Real Estate Industry 2.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. The Superbowl is the most important sports event of the year in the United States, and airing an ad during the match is super-expensive, but also super-effective. Meta is hosting an event about AI.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Magic Leap has just organized its first developers’ event, dubbed “L.E.A.P.” It is the first event of this kind organized by Magic Leap: we can say that LEAP Con is like the Oculus Connect of Magic Leap and will probably become always more important, year after year, exactly as it has happened to Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 5, 2023

And the video trailer showed a guy playing with a gamepad and the Apple headset , like people playing with the Oculus CV1 at launch. And the other problem is that it is solitary media consumption : if you want to watch Netflix with your friends, you can do it in front of a laptop, but not with a Reality Pro. What year is it?

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

95% of the content is about the vision of the future “metaverse” in which we all are always in XR , we work, we connect with other people physically distant away, we attend events, we play multiplayer games, etc… all in XR. Luckily there is 5% of information there that I’ve actually found interesting. I mean, we all already knew this, Mark.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

Last Oculus Quest update shows hints of an Oculus MR ecosystem. Facebook is continuously updating the Oculus Quest , its most successful device, and this week it has rolled out the runtime v16. I think that this update, together with the last ones, marks the beginning of a mixed reality ecosystem that is being built by Oculus.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 26, 2023

The Meta team is exploring augmented reality solutions designed to work with smartphones and smart glasses, as well as virtual reality environments compatible with a range of Oculus headsets. Currently, the company is investing in a variety of tools to unlock the metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

As with every big event, I’m writing a post to try to summarize the most important news that have come out from the GDC 2018 … so that if you have lost something, you just need to read this post to get in par with the rest of the world. Oculus Go showcased. The Oculus Go (Image by Oculus). So, are you ready?

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 25, 2022

To make it accessible to game developers and content creators, Refract’s software suite is compatible with platforms like OpenVR, OpenXR, Unity and Unreal engines, and existing VR systems and applications. AXIS can also work with popular VR headsets like the Oculus Quest 2, Chng said.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

I didn’t know that the name of that thing was “augmented reality”, but it impressed me a lot. In that period, the Oculus DK2 ordered by Gianni arrived, and he told me that I should go to his office to try that device, and my reaction at that time was like “Oculus what??” Virtual events.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

(Image by Oculus). Oculus could be starting the production of a new Quest at the end of July. Multiple reports seem to confirm that Oculus is actually starting the production of a new Oculus Quest headset, with an expected release date in 2021. Oculus improves development time for UE4 developers. Image by Pico).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In the meanwhile, if you want, you can attend an Awe Nite event about gaming on 30th September I have been invited to speak at. Notice anyway that references found in the firmware doesn’t equate to sure features, but they at least show that Oculus is working on these things. Apple Event was not about AR, like, at all.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

Unreal Engine 5 gets released in Early Access. After a lot of teasing of its upcoming fantastic features, Unreal Engine 5 is finally available for download. There is also a companion app (another thing copied from Oculus), through which you can buy the games (of course connected with Alipay and WeChat pay).

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

The AR/VR track covers experiences built on tethered HMDs like the Oculus Rift, while the Open track covers desktop, hardware hacks, and the Internet of Things. Our Core Assets for Unity now feature: Full Oculus 0.7 Quick Switch to swipe between virtual and augmented reality. Infrared video passthrough.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Apple Event is tomorrow 14th September. Apple has organized another Apple Event for tomorrow, September, 14th , and in it, some interesting news for AR are to be expected. Apple has announced the event with an AR easter egg in the invite to the event, and it shows how it cares about AR, a technology in which Tim Cook believes a lot.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

Digital events are still less intriguing than physical ones, and this is especially true for CES, an event that is usually all about journalists going around enormous venues interviewing people and especially trying and reviewing new and innovative devices. We had a few interesting news, but nothing truly disruptive.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Especially the first feature made most people go in awe : volumetric videos are very expensive, so they’re typically not used during XR events. The result was the one of having Alex Kipman as if he was really in front of you , a fantastic immersive feature for an XR event. they had no problems in using it. News worth a mention.

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VRWorld

JUNE 7, 2016

TH: As a company, we started two years ago, and most of people thought the idea of Virtual Reality was crazy. We started development using Oculus Development Kits (DK1), and our breakthrough came when we started to show our code on DK2’s with different business leads. It doesn’t matter if you have HTC Vive or an Oculus Rift.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. From Unreal community plugin creator getnamo , NexusVR is a space between worlds, where you can move between different VR experiences. Build Chinese.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Oculus Quest 2 had a great Christmas. The sales of Oculus Quest 2 have been great during the holidays , and the Quest has been a Christmas gift very much appreciated by kids (but wasn’t there an age limit?). Many Rift users reported problems in using the Oculus Store on PC this week , in particular in downloading games.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

And extended reality is the term that we are using at Accenture, and I think across the industry others are also using this term “XR” to include virtual reality, augmented reality, 3D experiences; all different types of experiences that blend the digital and physical worlds, and work on extending your reality.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

And extended reality is the term that we are using at Accenture, and I think across the industry others are also using this term “XR” to include virtual reality, augmented reality, 3D experiences; all different types of experiences that blend the digital and physical worlds, and work on extending your reality.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2022

On the occasion of the upcoming GTC, I had the opportunity of speaking with two very important people that work every day at innovating XR at NVIDIA: David Weinstein , Director of Virtual and Augmented Reality, and Gregory Jones , Director of Global Business Development/Product Management. RTX 3080 TI graphics card (Image by NVIDIA).

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