The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2020

It is the final newsletter of the year, so… see you in 2021, a new year that I hope will be filled with many interesting news about immersive realities! Microsoft Flight Simulator releases VR patch. Asobo and Microsoft have worked hard for this and on 22nd, the VR patch has been released. Thanks to Chris M for the tip!).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 12, 2022

When talking about augmented reality, one company that is for sure at the forefront of innovation is Snap. I see this as a way to port the classic in-app-purchases system to augmented reality lenses: you pay and you have more features for your lens, or you get an NFT associated with it, for instance. Some news on content.

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CraneMorley

JANUARY 3, 2019

2019 looks like the year that virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality go mainstream as learning and on the job performance tools. Virtual Reality. Augmented Reality. Augmented Reality (AR) will follow suit for training on headsets and mobile devices. Mixed Reality.

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VRScout

AUGUST 27, 2019

These additions included 3D animated models accessible directly through Google Search, the ability to scan restaurant menus for additional information on recommended dishes, as well as automatic tip calculations. Hanging out with @VRDesignGuy translating all the things!

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Gravity Jack

JULY 16, 2021

Microsoft (wait, what?). No, it won’t be because their frames are better than the competition, but because of the increased presence of augmented reality technology. No, it won’t be because their frames are better than the competition, but because of the increased presence of augmented reality technology.

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Gravity Jack

JULY 16, 2021

Microsoft (wait, what?). No, it won’t be because their frames are better than the competition, but because of the increased presence of augmented reality technology. No, it won’t be because their frames are better than the competition, but because of the increased presence of augmented reality technology.

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Gravity Jack

JULY 16, 2021

Microsoft (wait, what?). No, it won’t be because their frames are better than the competition, but because of the increased presence of augmented reality technology. No, it won’t be because their frames are better than the competition, but because of the increased presence of augmented reality technology.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Microsoft announces Mesh, an XR collaboration platform. Alex Kipman promised us a Microsoft Ignite conference with an amazing level of immersion , and he kept his word. But since Microsoft owns one of those studios (and using it costs around $100K/day if I remember well!), You are all fantastic! Here you are my flower for you!

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 27, 2020

If not, well, let me make a recap: startup Lynx opened the preorders some months ago about a new standalone headset all focused on having both virtual reality and passthrough augmented reality , and featuring amazing capabilities like eye tracking, hand tracking, a new lens design, and 5G connectivity (through an add-on).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 8, 2019

nReal is a Chinese augmented reality company that is developing an augmented reality glass that is cheap, light and fashionable. For instance, the design of the temple tip was absolutely wrong for the shape of my head and my ear, so my ears had to stay folded most of the time. What is nReal?

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TechCrunch VR

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Varjo is not disclosing valuation, but data from PitchBook estimates that its last round in 2020 valued it at $146 million and Toikkanen (who used to lead all of Nokia mobile phones business before and after it was acquired by Microsoft) noted that the new valuation is “very positive.” Image Credits: Varjo.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 22, 2022

I love how they are jumping on the hype with humor, more companies should do that (Thanks Tom Ffiske for this tip) Decentralized technologies are great, but be careful that are scams, bots, and hackers also operating in this world. Microsoft IVAS program is not doing great. Microsoft IVAS program is not doing great. Other news.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2023

Thanks Ivan Aguilar for this tip!) More info News worth a mention (Image by Microsoft) Xbox executives are still not interested in XR Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty has reiterated the fact that Xbox is not interested in implementing VR because it’s too niche.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 14, 2016

This Concept Shows What Pokemon GO Might Be Like on the HoloLens Pokemon GO is on the tip of everyone’s tongues. But unfortunately, you won’t often hear people get particularly excited for its use of augmented reality technology for anything other than taking funny pictures.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Virtual reality offers a fantastic way to embed employees in rich simulated environments. Augmented reality can offer a cost-effective way to train employees in real time, wherever they are. They can provide feedback, answer questions, and offer tips as the learner explores.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

French startup Lynx has finally unveiled the R1, the first mixed reality standalone headset. While with other VR headsets like the Vive Focus Plus it is already possible to do some kind of augmented reality , this is the first standalone headset that can provide both good quality AR and VR on the same device. Great post.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft Teams to integrate Mesh in 2022. With a surprise move, Microsoft has announced that in 2022 it will integrate Microsoft Mesh, its framework to create shared XR experiences, inside Microsoft Teams. And if they have these features from Microsoft, they won’t need to get them from Meta.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

October was such an important month for the virtual reality and augmented reality industry. It was announcements and product launches galore with news coming from key players like Oculus, Sony, Microsoft and Google dominating the headlines almost every week. So what’s next? and many places worldwide. and Canada.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

On the server-side, it is being integrated with Microsoft Azure, and it is also coming in the future for Google Cloud and Tencent Cloud. This means that cloud rendering could become a reality for always more headsets, and using always more cloud services. CloudXR SDK, NVIDIA’s service to offer cloud rendering, will update to v2.1.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2021

We all know that Microsoft too is waiting before introducing VR for the Xbox because the VR market is too little for them, and Sony seems to follow a similar strategy, not investing too much until next year. The bad news is that tracking seems devoted to external modules like Nolo… (Thanks David @spatialpixels for the tip!).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

And all of this comes in a period when other partnerships between tech giants are happening: remember that some weeks ago, Microsoft closed its streaming service Mixer and allied with Facebook Gaming to fight the quasi-monopoly of (Amazon-owned) Twitch. Thanks Gianluigi Perrone for the tip!).

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Augmented Reality will soon be more than cartoony Pokemon and Snapchat Filters (and Facebook’s coming Camera Effects Platform). The epic success of “Sleep No More” in New York represents a tipping point for Immersive Entertainment. Lucasfilm Ltd. It will soon feature realistic holograms of people, too.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

And these experiments about wireless headsets make us think that Valve is investigating the possibility of making the Index wireless (or even better, standalone), a feature that many users have asked for. (Thanks Ilja Z for the tip!). Image by Microsoft). Nreal Light is on sale in Germany. News worth a mention.

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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. A very subtle nerd joke about all the mess made by the Unity CEO this week (Thanks Mati for the tip!).

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AIXR

APRIL 1, 2022

Journalist and Podcaster Kent Bye has produced over 1000 episodes of insightful interviews featuring pioneering artists, storytellers and technologists driving the resurgence of virtual & augmented reality. Between Realities. Field of View.

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Digitalnauts

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

XR, or Extended Reality, is an umbrella term for a variety of immersive technologies including VR (Virtual Reality), MR (Mixed Reality) and AR (Augmented Reality). VR (VIRTUAL REALITY). AR (AUGMENTED REALITY). Augmented Reality displays an image over real-life object and spaces.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 24, 2020

Imagine knowing the answer to the question on the tip of your brain the moment you touch your phone. “Because augmented reality smart glasses represent the next transformational shift in personal computing. Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Snap and Qualcomm are all making significant investments.”

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Tips & Tricks for the Quest 2! New tips and tricks for Quest 2 are being published for Quest 2: Quest 2 doesn’t work well outdoor, even in conditions when the tracking of the Quest 1 worked. Facebook and Microsoft publish two interesting research projects for VR. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The video shows a pretty clunky device, and the website seems made in Microsoft Word… but this does not mean that the underline technology can’t be interesting.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

I hope that a future rumor clarifies a bit more what is Facebook’s strategy. (Thanks Alessio Palumbo for the tip!). And the results are incredible, according to what the company says: “Across four sites, we use augmented reality to complete spacecraft manufacturing activities in 90% less time than with traditional methods.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

15 Experts weigh in on why we’re reaching a tipping point in spatial computing. Unity’s Latest Trends Report Declares 2020 will be a Breakthrough Year for XR. This looks to be the year where we move beyond tentative experimentation into scalable deployment of immersive tech in the workplace.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

More info Jim Ryan hints at a possible PlayStation metaverse The court documents related to the FTC vs Microsoft trial related to the acquisition of Activision contain a very interesting piece of information related to what Sony may be working on. This would be great for having a more natural interaction on Quest 3.

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Tech Trends VR

JUNE 5, 2020

You will be able to talk to new virtual beings who will know more about your world than any single human does and you will literally talk to and touch the computing that will be all around you, either within complete virtual environments or within new forms of augmented reality. But this is just the tip of the iceberg.

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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. Two creative XR things worth watching.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 21, 2020

Today I host a guest post by Ryan, Senior Writer at AR/VR Tips , an online company that showcases the latest augmented reality apps and virtual reality products. With the power to bring digital information to you in real time, augmented reality is showing great potential. What Are AR Glasses? Ghost Pacer.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

you should consider upgrading to this new one. (Thanks Rob Cole for the tip!). Microsoft finally enables Research Mode on HoloLens 2. Yes, the price is higher than the cheap Leap Motion 1, but this is also a far better device. If you are experimenting with Leap Motion devices (Noah Zerkin, I’m talking with you!) News worth a mention.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

For larger companies looking to connect their entire team with HoloLens 2 headsets, Microsoft is offering a package that includes Dynamic 365 Remote Assist on each MR headset at the cost of $125 per user – per month. If you’re a developer working on your own, Microsoft offers the HoloLens 2 Development Edition.

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