XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 19, 2023

Conversely, artificial intelligence backs the creation of technological advancements that can analyse, respond, and create based on data sources. Additionally, Microsoft has included AI-powered avatars for people using its Teams platforms, enabling people’s real-time interactions in meetings.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

This week there’s been a new AMA from Andrew Bosworth (I guess AMA now stands for Andrew’s Massive Answers), this time together with her data majesty Mark Zuckerberg. A decent budget for Microsoft and Facebook… but something impossible for companies like HTC or Magic Leap (do you remember when we all thought that $2.5B

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

You can imagine that after it has been released through two official blog posts, an enormous backlash from the community started to happen. Facebook already had full control of my Oculus and Facebook accounts, so it had already my XR data. Sideloading will still be permitted in all cases because it is an Android feature.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

More info (Announcement link) More info (News on my blog) More info (Error in one of the screenshots). Magic Leap plans dev days and dev programs. We all know that Magic Leap is in big trouble, and it seems that one of the paths it is trying to follow to exit the quicksands is trying to get more developers onboard.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Stay tuned on my blog for more articles about my Chinese experience in the upcoming days! More info (Statistics by Superdata) More info (Statistics by AR Insider) More info (Statistics on all headsets by AR Insider) More info (Palmer Luckey disagreeing on the data). Image by Microsoft). for breakfast a lot! Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

Stay tuned on my blog for updates about this new adventure of mine. Magic Leap is suing nReal. Magic Leap has sued Chi Xu, the founder of nReal. According to Magic Leap, the company has been able to create these intriguing devices so fast only because Chi Xu was a former Magic Leap employee.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 4, 2017

Magic Leap. For a secretive company, we can learn a lot about Magic Leap from their patent filings and acquisitions, namely that they launched without a clear path to executing their vision. In April of last year Abovitz landed himself on the cover of Wired magazine with what was dubbed the Magic Leap “photonic chip.”

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

As pointed out in one of the Unity Developers’ blog posts , aside from the exponential rise of development businesses, we’re also seeing more developer tools, such as the Unity and Unreal engines, becoming more accessible. We’re already seeing key metaverse players coming together in the collaboration between Meta and Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

More info (Ready At Dawn shuts down Echo VR) More info (Meta CTO on Echo VR shutdown decision) More info (John Carmack comments the news) More info (An editorial from a Echo VR community manager) Meta’s financials are improving, but at what cost… Meta has released its financial data for its past quarters and the situation is slowly getting better.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Stay tuned on this blog, because in some days I will publish an EXTRAORDINARY interview related to one of the most awaited VR games of 2021! When I tried the Looxid Labs add-on for the Vive I’ve found it interesting, but its data were pretty noisy, and some community members defined it as “another random numbers generator”.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

These are all great news for the ecosystem, but someone in the communities pointed out that we should beware of companies claiming vague data about sales without absolute numbers (for instance, it may also be that previous headsets sold worse than we thought). Microsoft signs a $22B deal with the US Army. Well played, Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2024

There is even Microsoft Word! I would be curious to hear the opinions of other creators, so if you have any data to share about your success on PSVR2 please reach out to me and let me know. If an indie studio says that it was able to sell 10K units of its game in a month on PSVR 2, it means that as a platform it is not that bad.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

When Magic Leap One was revealed, Rony Abovitz stated he was already working on Magic Leap Two and Three, for instance; Facebook believes a lot in having avatars that truly represent ourselves in XR , and it is a field in which they will invest a lot. Read about Microsoft’s Ignite conference. Absolutely Not.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2021

The most interesting insight of the week comes from analyst Mark Mahaney, that, among other things has analyzed Facebook’s Virtual Reality business, and has reported very interesting data. and also why the $2+B investment in Magic Leap was not enough to bring it to success. Image by Microsoft). News worth a mention.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Zuckerberg has been under fire for many months as has Facebook about the data mining activities of the company, and to some extent the new branding and launch of Meta was seen as shadowing the allegations the company is currently facing in the courts. Microsoft has done well in the mixed reality space as it relates to enterprise adoption.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Countless companies, like Microsoft, Meta, and Qualcomm, are investing in the future of VR. Many firms, such as Microsoft, are investing in VR defence solutions. Following Covid, many companies had to rely on video conferencing software like Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Improved Communications.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

It is possible to read very interesting data on AR/VR from the latest SuperData report on Gaming. If the Reverb will actually switch to 4 cameras, it may be that either Microsoft is going to release a new reference design featuring 4 tracking cameras, or that HP is going to its own route because WMR has died. Funny link. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

All these data together make me a bit skeptical about the capabilities of this company: developing such kind of a high-quality headset requires a lot of expertise, while the company is very small and features no known expert in the field. Facebook and Microsoft publish two interesting research projects for VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2019

I’m trying to solve this issue appealing to Google, but more than ever consider donating money on Patreon to sustain this blog , that takes me a lot of time and various expenses, to keep it alive. Microsoft is working on addressing privacy concerns of the AR Cloud. Does Magic Leap want to create a big reality show?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

It is the console business model: selling the hardware undercost so that subsidize it with exclusive software, and your data in this case. You’re paying only $299 because you are not paying only with your money, but also with the data that Facebook will harvest from you to propose to you better ads. Accessories.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Late to the party after Oculus and Microsoft already released prototypical implementations, but finally Valve has implemented OpenXR into its runtime SteamVR. Also because you have to consider that with 170M users using this camera-based app, it won’t be that difficult for Snap to gather data to build the AR Cloud. Well, maybe.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Mr. Mike Powell, he is the head of the Microsoft Garage and the author of “Age of Smart Information,” a new book about how artificial intelligence and spatial computing will transform the way we communicate forever. Certainly if you look at the Microsoft Dynamics line of mixed reality products that we brought out.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Mr. Mike Powell, he is the head of the Microsoft Garage and the author of “Age of Smart Information,” a new book about how artificial intelligence and spatial computing will transform the way we communicate forever. Certainly if you look at the Microsoft Dynamics line of mixed reality products that we brought out.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

And it has not been only Facebook this time: also companies like Microsoft and Epic started promoting the metaverse (Epic got $1B to develop it), and this has created a big tsunami in the tech world. Whenever someone contacts me for my blog promising some interviews about the metaverse, I roll my eyes at 360°. The paradise. Saint Zuck.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

It feels like magic. The technology behind it is pretty cool: you have some cameras (I guess RGB + depth) that scan yourself live in 3D , compress the data with a special Google algorithm, send it to the other peer, where it gets decompressed and reconstructed in real-time on a light field display. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Then why Magic Leap hasn’t delivered a solid product with 2B?) This is what we need: a healthy dialogue about privacy with Facebook, to convince them to remove the mandatory Facebook login and let us decide exactly what data to share with them. All these pieces of news make us think of a positive future for OpenXR.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

As their chief analyst, Rogers specializes in turning data into actionable intelligence, tailored to the needs of businesses who are just starting to explore the space. In today’s episode, he chats with Alan about what all the data can mean. You can learn more about this data at superdataresearch.com.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

As their chief analyst, Rogers specializes in turning data into actionable intelligence, tailored to the needs of businesses who are just starting to explore the space. In today’s episode, he chats with Alan about what all the data can mean. You can learn more about this data at superdataresearch.com.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

As their chief analyst, Rogers specializes in turning data into actionable intelligence, tailored to the needs of businesses who are just starting to explore the space. In today's episode, he chats with Alan about what all the data can mean. You can learn more about this data at superdataresearch.com. So they're.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

Antony is an XR consultant and author of an amazing blog called The Ghost Howls. Alan: I was actually reading an article the other day — it was was more of a scientific paper — talking about privacy, and the fact that, with haptic suits and these headsets, we’re actually able to collect insane amounts of data.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

Matt is renowned as one of the world’s AR industry leaders, and through his influential blog posts and persona around the world. Matt: The other one — this sort of thing is the stuff that isn’t obvious to people — but the other big one that I think is a big deal is the Microsoft Dynamics 365 apps.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

Matt is renowned as one of the world’s AR industry leaders, and through his influential blog posts and persona around the world. Matt: The other one — this sort of thing is the stuff that isn’t obvious to people — but the other big one that I think is a big deal is the Microsoft Dynamics 365 apps.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

Antony is an XR consultant and author of an amazing blog called The Ghost Howls. Alan: I was actually reading an article the other day -- it was was more of a scientific paper -- talking about privacy, and the fact that, with haptic suits and these headsets, we're actually able to collect insane amounts of data. It's really exciting.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

Antony is an XR consultant and author of an amazing blog called The Ghost Howls. Alan: I was actually reading an article the other day — it was was more of a scientific paper — talking about privacy, and the fact that, with haptic suits and these headsets, we’re actually able to collect insane amounts of data.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In actual fact, I've just recently started writing a series of guest posts for Vive on the Vive blog. You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. But I've been writing a series of blogs about my journey using and integrating the HTC Vive headsets at GESS.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

Matt is renowned as one of the world’s AR industry leaders, and through his influential blog posts and persona around the world. Matt: The other one — this sort of thing is the stuff that isn’t obvious to people — but the other big one that I think is a big deal is the Microsoft Dynamics 365 apps.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In actual fact, I've just recently started writing a series of guest posts for Vive on the Vive blog. You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. But I've been writing a series of blogs about my journey using and integrating the HTC Vive headsets at GESS.

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