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. Venice Film Festival is featuring a rich VR section. exits beta stage.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Apart from the hardware, Somnium is moving well also on the software side: the graphics of the virtual world is improving over time, and soon will be released the first game built on top of Somnium. Everything they have announced is realistic , and it gives the company the impression of being reliable. I like this approach.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In his 1984 classic Neuromancer, characters entered a virtual reality world called “the matrix” (inspiration for the 1999 film of the same name by the Wachowskis). Augmented vision is commonplace in futuristic films, from Minority Report to Iron Man.

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AIXR

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The story came to greater prominence when it was adapted into a 2018 film directed by Steven Spielberg. In Cline’s incarnation, the Metaverse is an oasis, a seamless blend of real life and virtual life, achieving a kind of utopia. This is the idea behind the Metaverses that have begun to spring up over the last couple of years.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Augmented Reality is being a great tool for e-commerce: AR tools have increased the user’s likelihood of purchase by 11 times; Build.com found that the return rate after selecting items in AR has decreased by 22%. Image by Microsoft). More info (News on filming) More info (A shot recorded by a fan). News worth a mention.

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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. Learn more.

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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. The statement by Second Life according to which now people in the US have to start paying taxes on the transactions happening in its world.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2022

For the past two years, it featured a virtual world made in VRChat by us of VRrOOm, and this year, the virtual world was still there in parallel with the physical one. I’ve personally met and had a chat with people from Unity and Epic Games, Roblox, The Sandbox, HTC Vive, Microsoft, Rec Room.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And while this is anyway a good result for a startup (developing an AR headsets means spending billions in R&D), targeting the consumer market has been a suicide move , that let Microsoft get full control of the profitable enterprise market. This is so sad.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 9, 2022

So this is just another speculative virtual world; The minting was so successful that it disrupted the whole Ethereum blockchain. The Cannes Film Festival will have an installation inside Fortnite, built by its sponsor partner Brut. Thanks to this solution, it is also possible to play Fortnite on Android and Apple phones.

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AllThingsVR

JUNE 17, 2017

A Florida university is making Quidditch a (virtual) reality I hold in my hands what looks and feels like a wand from a Harry Potter film. Already, this blended approach is being embraced by industry players like Microsoft. “We The difference is that the screens actually put you into that world.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2020

La Biennale di Venezia , the commitee behind the Venice Film Festival, has just organized its important workshop of the Biennale College inside the VRrOOm social XR platform for which I’m a developer. It couldn’t take place in Venice due to the virus, so it was held all in VR. HoloLens 2 is now being used by the Army.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. Also, while converging the physical and virtual worlds is inevitable, it won’t be through massive ski goggles on your face. Apple’s approach was not to get everyone into virtual worlds right away, but it was a great way to meet audiences halfway.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

For many, that’s been the general reaction to the metaverse , an all-encompassing virtual world that big tech CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg really want people to inhabit using virtual or augmented reality headsets. Just film performances and release them online instead.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Metastage is the first US partner for the Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Software, and their soundstage is located in Culver City, California. Volumetric capture — thanks to the Microsoft system, I think — is finally really ready to be used in a major way in all these projects. So, we’re getting a ton of data.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Metastage is the first US partner for the Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Software, and their soundstage is located in Culver City, California. Volumetric capture — thanks to the Microsoft system, I think — is finally really ready to be used in a major way in all these projects. So, we’re getting a ton of data.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 11, 2023

It showcased dozens of speakers and major global enterprises across industry verticals in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC), extended reality (XR) and technology, film and media production, and many others. For software, they were working with startup companies like Microsoft and Adobe.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Metastage is the first US partner for the Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Software, and their soundstage is located in Culver City, California. Volumetric capture -- thanks to the Microsoft system, I think -- is finally really ready to be used in a major way in all these projects. So, we're getting a ton of data.

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Robert Scoble

JUNE 1, 2019

Soon we won’t be able to imagine living life without devices that not just correct our vision but add new virtual and augmented reality capabilities to them. A similar win will happen as we move to an augmented world that Spatial Computing brings. We can’t imagine living life without our glasses.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

” Kent: Well, first of all, virtual and augmented reality as a medium is a new paradigm of computing: spatial computing. Alan: Well, that speaks to exactly what you were saying; design work and collaboration and higher level work collaboration in augmented reality.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

Kent: Well, first of all, virtual and augmented reality as a medium is a new paradigm of computing: spatial computing. Alan: Well, that speaks to exactly what you were saying; design work and collaboration and higher level work collaboration in augmented reality. And I think we're still very early in that era.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

” Kent: Well, first of all, virtual and augmented reality as a medium is a new paradigm of computing: spatial computing. Alan: Well, that speaks to exactly what you were saying; design work and collaboration and higher level work collaboration in augmented reality.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

We saw a world go into lockdown. And we're not going back to the old world, the way it was. So the virtual worlds that we know are now serving us in ways of gaming, which they always have. And all these concerts are being built on Epic, and Epic's filming Hollywood movies now, because people can't go to sound stages.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

We saw a world go into lockdown. And we're not going back to the old world, the way it was. So the virtual worlds that we know are now serving us in ways of gaming, which they always have. And all these concerts are being built on Epic, and Epic's filming Hollywood movies now, because people can't go to sound stages.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

We saw a world go into lockdown. And we're not going back to the old world, the way it was. So the virtual worlds that we know are now serving us in ways of gaming, which they always have. And all these concerts are being built on Epic, and Epic's filming Hollywood movies now, because people can't go to sound stages.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

She has broad experience in traditional film, TV, digital media, augmented reality, virtual reality and video games. of content development and strategic partnerships for the worldwide business development for Microsoft Studios. It’s my absolute pleasure to welcome Jenna to the show. Welcome, Jenna.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

She has broad experience in traditional film, TV, digital media, augmented reality, virtual reality and video games. of content development and strategic partnerships for the worldwide business development for Microsoft Studios. It’s my absolute pleasure to welcome Jenna to the show. Welcome, Jenna.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

She has broad experience in traditional film, TV, digital media, augmented reality, virtual reality and video games. of content development and strategic partnerships for the worldwide business development for Microsoft Studios. It's my absolute pleasure to welcome Jenna to the show. Welcome, Jenna.

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