The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

When I interviewed Kevin Williams , an expert in the LBVR market, he said that there are also some experiments with location-based augmented reality and he mentioned a Japanese arcade AR game called HADO. Go on reading, I bet you will enjoy this journey into the present and the future of location-based augmented reality entertainment.

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ARPost

JULY 26, 2023

As Space Invaders turns 45, TAITO teams up with Google and UNIT9 to give its players an elevated AR gaming experience with Google’s ARCore Geospatial API. TAITO and Google partnered with global production and innovation studio UNIT9 to transform Space Invaders into an immersive AR game in honor of its 45th anniversary.

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Next Reality AR

JANUARY 4, 2019

Although next week will mark the late David Bowie's 72nd birthday, his fans and admirers are the ones receiving a gift in the form of an augmented reality app that explores the artist's career Available for $7.99 The app is collaboration between the David Bowie Archive and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.,

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Road to VR

MAY 22, 2018

Ahead of SID Display Week, researchers have published details on Google and LG’s 18 Mpixel 4.3-in The researchers also developed a foveated pixel pipeline “appropriate for virtual reality and augmented reality applications, especially mobile systems.” Human Visual System vs. Google/LG’s Display.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Last Saturday, Psychic VR Lab debuted its Real Metaverse Project via the firm’s extended reality (XR) content creation and distribution platform STYLY. The new Metaverse experience enables global STYLY XR creators to place geotagged augmented reality (AR) art in a real-world environment. City × AR × NFT Project.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

As for apps, the AR glasses play bespoke content in pre-defined playspaces, all of which you can download from Google Play, such as Table Trenches , a 1v1 tabletop strategy game. Before its release in the US, Nreal has rolled out via telecoms in South Korea, Japan, Germany and Spain.

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ARVR

JANUARY 21, 2022

Augmented reality technology has proven to be one of the top innovations opening up new growth points for businesses around the world. Let’s take a look at some of the augmented reality trends driving innovation in 2022. How Augmented Reality (AR) is Reshaping the Food Service Industry 3. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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ARVR

JULY 1, 2020

Augmented reality (AR) is the future of Restaurant Menu? Augmented Reality will serve as a user interface for this new internet, stitching into our real world through mobile screens today and the AR-enabled glasses and lenses of tomorrow. The Spatial Web is Web 3.0, Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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ARVR

JANUARY 22, 2021

One of the most anticipated is Augmented Reality. Top 17 Augmented Reality Statistics, Facts and Trends for 2021 and Beyond 3. How Augmented Reality Will Improve Your Next Travel Experience 4. But they got acquired by Google, so they´re gone for now. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Focals, by North? —?a

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

THE STANDALONE MOBILE HEADSET THAT HTC IS KEEPING IN JAPAN. HTC has announced a mobile headset called Link — which will only be available in Japan, works with HTC’s new U11 smartphone, and is not affiliated with HTC Vive. AIRLINES TESTING AUGMENTED REALITY TO READ YOUR EMOTIONS. Apparently the $1.4B

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VRScout

AUGUST 24, 2016

The virtual and augmented reality industry is just starting to take off. According to research from the International Data Corporation (IDC), worldwide revenues for the augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) market is forecast to grow from $5.2 billion in 2016 to more than $162 billion in 2020.

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VRScout

JULY 29, 2020

Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Australia and Japan. You can download the free companion app via the Apple App Store and Google Play. FORM’s AR smart goggles are available now for $199 at formswim.com and on Amazon in the U.S., Image Credit: FORM.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 3, 2023

The augmented reality (AR) headset manufacturer gained $450 million from the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF). Additionally, significant technology and extended reality (XR) firms like Google and AT&T have provided Magic Leap funding since the company’s debut in 2010.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2016

The Google Maps-powered augmented reality experience has players tracking down digital monsters along the streets and walking paths in the real world. 5 highest-grossing iPhone game in Japan. Pokémon Go doesn’t top the Google Play Android app store. Most notably, Pokémon Go is only the No. Back in the U.S.,

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Learn about the m**averse in Japan. Mogura VR , one of the most important magazines about VR in Japan, has organized an event hosting a few important Japanese VR professionals to discuss the m**averse in Japan. Japan is a country always devoted to innovation, and at the forefront in some technological fields like robotics.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Unsurprisingly, the concept first originated in Japan, but over the past few years it has gained massive popularity around the world. Scriptum is currently available to download on Google play and iTunes for free, but there is no doubt that a very attractive commercial market for a product such as this exists.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Bytedance is trying to expand also in Japan , launching the Pico 4 with the support of many influencers. I discovered there is a website that records all the projects killed by Google. It has even created pop-up stalls to make people try the headset and eventually buy it. News worth a mention. Image by Nreal). Learn more. Some XR fun.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Nreal launches Nreal Light in Japan. Nreal Light is slated to cost ¥69,799 ( ~$663 USD) and can be bought online or in KDDI brick-and-mortar stores throughout Japan. This AR glass is one of the most interesting augmented reality devices on the market, and I’m a bit envious that my Japanese friends can already buy it.

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VRScout

JUNE 27, 2017

GOOGLE’S 180 DEGREE CAMERA. Partnering with LG, Lenovo and YI Technology, Google is making a new category of point-and-shoot 180 degree cameras. If you’ve ever been defeated by a diet, perhaps this experimental prototype from Japan could help you: the “Meta Cookie” project. CAN AUGMENTED REALITY SAVE OUR JOBS FROM THE ROBOTS?

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2023

More info Quest Gift Cards are now available in more countries Quest Gift Cards, which let you gift friends some credit for the Quest Store, are now also in the UK, Canada, Ireland, Germany, France, and Japan. I think they are great for simple gifts to friends and for giveaways from us content creators, so I’m happy they are expanding.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 25, 2021

According to The Verge, the top executives from Facebook are working on a rebrand of the company, most probably to create a parent company that owns all the various businesses controlled by Facebook … something similar to what Google made when it created Alphabet. Snap and Google Partner to Bring “Quick Tap to Snap” to Pixel 6.

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VRWorld

MAY 20, 2016

With the dawn of digital realities overlapping the real world, there are more and more artistic and industrial concepts on how the future is going to look like. Japan is often seen on the forefront of new technologies, regardless of are we talking about weblogs or blogs, phones with cameras, gaming consoles or public transportation system.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 28, 2017

A lot of people believe that when things are all said and done that augmented reality (AR) will be the dominant technology over the likes of virtual reality (VR.) Google’s Tilt Brush is often one of the very first VR apps people try. In fact, it’s already being used to make Pokemon GO even better.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

Otherwise, now the situation is more or less like before, with the exception of some places where there are still some Oculus devices in stock (for instance in Japan and Taiwan). More info (Camera Path and Google Drive backup) More info (Sketchfab exporting). Google MediaPipe can now track 3D objects.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 23, 2017

Presence Capital — one of the earliest venture capital firms to focus on virtual reality and augmented reality startups — is today announcing that it has made 33 investments. While at Zynga, he co-created the hugely popular game FarmVille and served as the CTO of Zynga Japan.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The console can also be inserted in a special case (a much improved version of Google Daydream View) to become a VR headset. The famous journalist Charlie Fink has had an amazing experience trying Augmented Reality on a small combat plane. If you want to watch an amazing ad about VR, watch this one by Meta Japan!

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Viveport is improving a lot, and now HTC is also launching the Vive XR Suite , which will be distributed thanks to the support of a strong network of partners like HP, NVIDIA, Baidu (the Chinese Google), and Accenture. More info (PSVR bundles in Japan) More info (PS Camera adapter will be given for free).

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

Ideas on the ground and on board: The airport industry first began toying with wearable technology with the release of the original Google Glass in 2013. More recently, the use of wearable augmented and virtual reality devices by airport and airline technicians to train, perform maintenance, and receive remote support has gained traction.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We already know that Google, Samsung, and Qualcomm are working on a competitor of the Vision Pro, which should be based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR Gen2+ and cost around $2000. So at the beginning of next year, we may have huge players like Apple, Google, and Meta battling for the high-end XR sector.

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AllThingsVR

MAY 25, 2016

The reality of augmented and virtual reality venture capital Chatting with VC and corporate friends in Sand Hill Road, Hollywood, London, China, Japan and South Korea, a taxonomy emerged for AR/VR investors: Yes: Dedicated AR/VR funds (mainly angel, seed and Series A). Maybe: Mainline VC firms.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Google I/O Date: May 1-2, 2018 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA There are two types of tickets for Google I/O, whether for drawing applicants or invitees: General Admission: $1,150 Academic Admission: $375 Follow this event on social media: You can also check for updates on Google Developers blog.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Image by Google). Google completely opensources Cardboard. With a surprise move, Google has announced with a blog post that it ha opensourced completely Cardboard. Google affirms that Cardboard has been a huge success to introduce people into VR, and more than 15 million headsets have been distributed.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Once computers understand space, we can use these informed computers to edit our real world by placing digital objects and information in it and view this all through a transparent digital screen like smart glasses or even our smartphone: this is Augmented Reality or AR. Augmented Reality ads are not new. Source: Ikea.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

He is an amazing global world-trotter, travelling around the world promoting virtual and augmented reality for education. And in addition, they enjoy an augmented reality teaching experience. So again, you’ll see this element of reality. Labster is great, and also supported by Google.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

He is an amazing global world-trotter, travelling around the world promoting virtual and augmented reality for education. And in addition, they enjoy an augmented reality teaching experience. So again, you’ll see this element of reality. Labster is great, and also supported by Google.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

He is an amazing global world-trotter, travelling around the world promoting virtual and augmented reality for education. And I can't help but notice that the difference from auto-stereoscopic 3D, VR was a technology and an ecosystem that is joined by a lot of leading global brands such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Huawei, etc.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Google makes Tilt Brush opensource. Google has just announced that the VR painting program Tilt Brush has been put opensource on GitHub. The bad news is that this means that Google has abandoned it. Google is becoming well-known for abandoning the interesting project it creates. This is both bad and good news.

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