Road to VR

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Owlchemy Labs , the studio behind the critically acclaimed VR game Job Simulator (2016) , however recently revealed an ingenious way of watching and interacting with users in VR which may be as simple as pulling the smartphone from your pocket. The phone and PC communicate directly via WiFi.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 29, 2024

In a recent Meta blog post , Director of Engineering for XR Tech Paul Furgale said "after Quest 3, I’m convinced that Passthrough and MR will be a standard feature on all future headsets.” The reference to Panther was in a debug feature for "simulating" it on Quest 3 (Eureka). Feature found in the Quest firmware by dataminer Samulia.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2022

Google starts testing its AR glasses in the wild. Google has announced that it is going to start to test the prototypes of its AR glasses in the wild. The announcement came on the company blog, and it reminds me a lot of what Meta announced a few months ago about Project Aria. More info (Google testing AR glasses?—?Official

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And if you need some pieces of advice regarding how to professionally survive this quarantine, I have written a blog post on the topic you can read. This means mainly two things: Livestreams and blog posts where the companies make the announcements that they would have made during the event. Google MediaPipe can now track 3D objects.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2022

There is only one big problem: the form factor is terrible , they look super-dork, even worse than Google Glasses. They managed to put 4,000 bots simulating 4,000 connected clients in the same WebXR virtual world. Official Blog Post) More info (First Hand?—?Road So more or less they are delivering what they promised.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 8, 2023

I don’t think these gadgets will sell millions of units like the Google Cardboards, but for sure they can attract the interest of the community of developers and makers that want to experiment with augmented reality but do not have the money to purchase a headset. In China, companies are already using AI to substitute illustrators.

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ARVR

AUGUST 20, 2021

With some big, global brands like Google, Facebook, and Samsung stepping their foot in the virtual reality space, and large investments pouring in, it is evident that virtual reality is here to stay. Natasha has written a lot of technology articles, news, and review on different blogs. She has done Graduation from Islamia University.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2023

One of the first video demos shown on stage was about using Google Maps on the phone, and have augmentations showing you the 3D reconstruction of the places you are looking at in AR. I promised Katie this photo would have been published on the blog. Katie gave me a demo of Dual Render Fusion in Snapdragon Spaces.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The Verge started referring to them as the new “Glassholes”, the term that was invented to describe people wearing Google Glass in public, when that device was popular. I understand the fun of doing stuff with passthrough: when the Vive Focus came out, I did some stuff like that, too. Learn more CPR Simulator reaches version 2.0

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Cats and VR

OCTOBER 5, 2016

I mean yesterday Google gave us a better idea of their new phone and Daydream hmd, today starts the annual Oculus dev event Oculus Connect, and next week the Playstation VR launches. www.catsandvr.com/blog/worldwidetoons. I am looking forward to seeing a future iteration as well as an Ice Hockey simulator that supports it.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2023

More info (Twitter post that describes the excitement around this project) More info (Official launch blog post) Other relevant news (Image by Google) Chrome ships WebGPU Chrome , the most popular browser around, has just implemented WebGPU. This research, taken further, could bring many interesting innovations in the AR field.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

I know, I’m too honest… and this is not good for views on my blog. Called Cities: VR, it will bring the city-building and management simulation to Oculus Quest 2 in Spring 2022; Polyarc has confirmed that is working on Book 2 for Moss and expects to release it for PSVR in Spring 2022. Google details Project Starline.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 30, 2023

In a recent Apple developer blog post , the firm chose to highlight the experiences of four XR insiders who spent time working at its Labs developer suite. Now there’s a step change in my ability to develop in the simulator, write quality code, and design good user experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

T he use of the Exynos chips makes me think even more that this is an old device : Samsung has recently announced that it is going to build its headset with Google and Qualcomm, so it is impossible that the to-be-released device doesn’t have a Qualcomm chip. I will leave you the link to do that below.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2021

More info (SideQuest VR download page) More info (Launch blog post). More info (Announcement blog post) More info (Boz announcing the news on Twitter) More info (My long editorial on Facebook and its advertisement efforts). And no, I’m not writing it because I’m the lead developer of the game. Absolutely not. Top news of the week.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 1, 2016

We count 53 titles coming for the launch of the controllers ranging from zombie wave shooters to all new art apps, though as expected Google is notably not on the list. Light fireworks, play ping pong in zero gravity, and interact with a variety of gadgets and games with a friend—wherever they are,” an Oculus blog post reads.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 12, 2023

More info You can do full body tracking in VR using your phone A guy published on YouTube a guide on how to use a body-tracking algorithm (based on Google MediaPipe) running on the phone to trigger full body movements in VRChat. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Google ARCore now adds depth detection. Great news for all the augmented reality developers: the next version of Google ARCore is adding depth detection. Interested developers can fill a form and get notified by Google when the feature will be available for testing. JanusVR and High Fidelity close. But that day is not today.

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Digitalnauts

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This usually entails the creation of a simulation where staff and employees can safely interact with dangerous training or exercises that would be costly if performed in the real world. GOOGLE ISN’T HELPING. So fast that at times it seems impossible to find the exact answers to your questions simply by Googling.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2019

VR just passed the thorough of disillusionment and is here to stay thanks to investments in the AR/VR market by Facebook, Google and Apple. Seated VR: hand tracking games, movies and simulators. VR simulators are more interactive. Such simulators are quite popular in Asia. Millennials did the same with video games.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2023

I’m also working on a cool tech prototype and I will share it with you very soon in the next few days on this blog. This and the next editions of the newsletter are going to be full of cool pieces of news. On the work side, it has been busy, very busy. Be sure not to miss it! Next week I’ll also be at AWE.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 10, 2017

Today Google announced via their blog that they’ve acquired Owlchemy Labs, the creators of Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality. The partnership will be similar to Google’s role with Tilt Brush studio, Skillman & Hackett. Tagged with: google , owlchemy labs Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

It’s a very busy working period for me, and I’m sorry if I’m being very irregular in writing blog posts or in answering on social media… but I’m really tight on time! to play simulation games) or if you don’t need to play games where controllers tracking is fundamental, like competitive shooters. Google releases the Objectron dataset.

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Robert Scoble

JUNE 28, 2022

I also have the first video, on YouTube, of the first Google Self Driving Car. A new form of ML that uses neural radiance fields to see – the engineers are putting finishing touches on blog posts that will soon come going deep into the technology. Yes, hardware is hard, even if you have the best simulators, it is getting easier.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Image by MegaDodo Simulation Games). 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. PLEASE DONATE FOR MY BLOG! Header image by Megadodo Simulation Games).

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ARVR

MARCH 5, 2021

Flight simulators are VR for some people, and military funding to train pilots better is deeply involved in the origin story, which goes back to the 1920s according to some sources. If you can’t be in a flight simulator, the next best thing would be video. until Google Cardboard showed it didn’t have to be.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2019

In Taiwan, all western websites work and so you don’t need to set up a VPN just to use Google. iStaging also offers a very high quality service for virtual tour creations (and you can also find a special 10% discount in the lateral banners of this blog, if you are interested). VR on car simulators, to have fun racing in VR.

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Hypergrid Business

MARCH 9, 2024

Image courtesy Google.) Yup, Google’s Gemini 1.5 The tech companies already have preliminary models that can do most of this, including that Google AI I just mentioned. Third — and this is the key part of it — the next generation of generative AIs will be able to simulate the world.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

Having had the chance to play with it for some days , I can tell you that it is really an interesting product (I’ll write a review about it here on this blog, so register to my newsletter to not miss it!). I have to perform further analysis and then I’ll publish a blog post about that). Google AR apps.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 19, 2021

On a separate news, Facebook has hired Joshua To, a previous key AR/VR director from Google who worked on AR/VR projects like Lens and Daydream and that will help FRL in its AR efforts. But actually, there are many people that are also lovin’ me , by supporting this blog on Patreon, and contributing to its success with their donations!

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Owlchemy Labs adds subtitles to Vacation Simulator. You can read from the blog post all the UX choices they took to make the subtitles interface to appear in a way that is unobtrusive and comfortable for the eyes. Google Chrome adds supports for WebXR. Finally, the popular Google Chrome browser is adding support for WebXR.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Image by Google). Meta and Google announce layoffs. This week we had the announcement of both Meta and Google laying off people. More info (Google NeRF algorithm) More info (Quest 2 full body tracking) More info (Meta research on video points of view) More info (Apple patent for mixed reality). News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

More info Google may still be working at Project Iris Some months ago a rumor claimed that Google had stopped working on Project Iris, its project devoted to the creation of augmented reality glasses. More info Rayban Meta review I’ve found on The Verge a very long and detailed hands-on review of the Rayban Meta smartglasses.

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Digitalnauts

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In a Virtual Reality experience users are fully immersed in a simulated digital environment, shutting out the physical world. Viral new solutions include Snap’s new AR glasses prototype and Google Glass Explorer Edition. . VR (VIRTUAL REALITY). The experiences occurring between augmented and virtual reality form Mixed Reality.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

15 for a Google Cardboard viewer. This transforms your phone into a VR headset screen, simulating devices like the HTC Vive. Setup your Google Cardboard with Leap Motion Controller. Learn more about how the different Modules work in this blog post. A Cardboard-compatible phone and a VR-capable computer. Getting Started.

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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. The price is $399.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Image credits SCAND Blog Virtual Reality (VR)  — It teleports the user into a completely immersive world that replaces the physical world. Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. It has applications in training and educational use cases.

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