The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2023

More info (Official statement by Mark Zuckerberg) More info (Meta to lay off 10,000 people — Road To VR) More info (Meta to lay off 10,000 people — Upload VR) More info (Meta focusing more on AI — Yahoo Finance) More info (Meta focusing more on AI — CNN) Other relevant news Google is discontinuing Glass It’s the end of an era.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 22, 2022

It was even featured on Google News. Image by Google). Google acquires micro-LED startup Raxium. This week Google has performed another strategic move towards the development of its future XR glasses. In London, a hospital is experimenting with the use of virtual reality to treat eating disorders.

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Road to VR

JUNE 7, 2018

Virtual Virtual Reality is one of mobile VR’s best games to date, and you can now play an enhanced version on the Oculus Rift. As of today, Virtual Virtual Reality is available on the Rift priced at $20 (also available on Oculus Go , Gear VR , and Daydream for $10). Image courtesy Tender Claws.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Image by Google). Google performs interesting AR news at I/O conference. At Google I/O, no executive of the company has talked about the M-word, but they have anyway showed interesting AR updates, which will be relevant for our future M-world. Another cool announcement has been the one of Immersive View for Google Maps.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

First of all, Google has to keep the work on the headset very secret also internally , because Samsung is afraid that Google will steal its expertise to build a competing product. Google is working in parallel to build the Android XR operating system for this headset and a Micro XR operating system for AR glasses.

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VRScout

AUGUST 7, 2017

Last month, Google launched their Blocks VR creation tool , enabling anyone to 3D model low polygon objects with no prior modeling experience required. Daydream Labs is a way for the Google VR team to explore different applications and interactions for virtual reality, pairing engineers with designers to rapidly prototype concepts.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

We are at the beginning of March and I just realized that I haven’t written yet a post with my predictions for augmented and virtual reality for this year. The last cycle before this one was the Quest one, which started to make virtual reality known to the mainstream audience for what concerns games and fitness.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2024

More info News worth a mention (Image by Google) Samsung may use Google Soli in its headset Google, Samsung, and Qualcomm are building together a headset that may compete with the Apple Vision Pro. And this week I got to read that the device may use Google Soli for finger tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 17, 2023

More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Road To VR) More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Upload VR) More info (Roblox on Quest may increase scrutiny on the platform) Other relevant news (Image by WIRED) Mark Lucovsky has left Google Mark Lucovsky has just left Google. More info iVRy makes the PSVR2 work with SteamVR!

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 26, 2021

As Facebook and Apple begin to fire up more projects in the AR/VR world, Google has spent the last year shutting down most of their existing projects in that space. Today, the folks at Google announced they had ended active development of Tilt Brush, a VR painting app that was one of virtual reality’s early hit pieces of software.

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 17, 2018

WEARVR.com, the web's leading independent virtual reality app store, is launching a brand new competition aimed at seasoned virtual reality developers, which challenges them with updating their original Oculus Rift DK1 and DK2 demos, games and experiences and bringing them back for the latest Oculus headset.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Image by Google). Google is reportedly working on an AR operating system. In some of my past newsletters, I warned you that we shouldn’t forget about Google/Alphabet in the race to our mixed reality future. Now we have finally an official confirmation of the fact that Google is working on an AR device. Tilt Brush).

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Road to VR

MARCH 28, 2018

Lytro, the company that pivoted to enterprise-focused applications of its light-field technology after leaving its commercial business, is shutting down amidst a reported acquisition by Google. The post Report: Google Acquires Light-field Company Lytro in Employee Hiring Move appeared first on Road to VR. Photo by Road to VR.

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ARPost

MAY 27, 2022

For one thing, a number of sources – including OCAVU’s recent blog post “ How AR Can Help Save the Planet ” – say that 3D modeling and XR try-out in commerce reduces emissions by reducing returns by providing shoppers with better product information. See Also: Can Virtual Reality Inspire Climate Action?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 17, 2017

” This is the tagline accompanying the shadowy image of a brand new virtual reality headset that was unveiled today from the manufacturers of the popular Vive VR system: HTC. Just pick it up, put it on and be fully immersed in your new reality.” “No Phone. Standalone VR.” HTC VIVE (@htcvive) May 17, 2017.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 6, 2020

Mixing these two kinds of lenses and having the screen being not a traditional one, but a special laser-emitting screen , the result is the one of a virtual reality headset that is very thin, light, and comfortable. More info (Facebook AI supersampling algorithm) More info (Official announcement on Facebook Blog).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 21, 2017

The benefit of a tethered, desktop-powered virtual reality setup is that you can get significantly more visual fidelity from a PC with a GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card plugged into a power outlet as opposed to the tiny, battery-powered GPU in a phone. But Google is claiming that could change.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 31, 2016

Google, who has now has several major VR initiatives underway, notes major gains in interest in virtual reality and 360 degree video capture and sharing. Google was one of the earliest major companies to jump into the modern virtual reality space, announcing their now well known Cardboard project back in June of 2014.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 8, 2017

Google continues to make its interest in virtual reality more and more apparent. Fast forward to today and Google’s VR platform, dubbed Daydream is in full swing. The Daydream View headset hit the shelves in early November and made Google an official competitor with Samsung and Oculus for the mobile VR marketplace.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 4, 2017

Ever since Tilt Brush from Google first released earlier this year on Steam with official support for the HTC Vive, thousands of people have created amazing works of art. Today, Google is taking the TiltBrush art scene a step further by announcing the Tilt Brush Artist in Residence Program.

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Cats and VR

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Today a blog was posted on the Eyefluence site stating the company has joined Google. I have yet to see an official announcement from Google or any other press on this. We recognized an opportunity to create a more natural, intuitive way to interact with augmented and virtual reality displays.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The 3D maps of the terrain below you are very accurate, and people can so see in VR a realistic view of the cities from the above, and this is breathtaking scenery in virtual reality. More info (Launch blog post) More info (Tooz Devkit 20 product page) More info (Tooz website in English). Donate to this blog.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 11, 2017

On the home page right now you’ll find apps such as Google Cardboard stress-reliever Happinss , rhythmic casual game Thumper for PS VR, and Fearless which gives you a chance to overcome your own fears on Oculus Rift and Gear VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

If I had to choose the most common question I’ve received in these 4 years on the blog, social media, and Quora, I would surely pick “How do I get started with virtual reality?” How I got started with virtual reality. This is how I got started with Virtual Reality development.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2024

More info (HTC Face Tracking add-on — Road To VR) More info (HTC Face Tracking add-on — Upload VR) Google lays off people in the AR Hardware division Like many tech companies lately, Google is performing a round of layoffs in its hardware teams. This does not mean that Google is not still committed to AR, though.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 9, 2017

Google’s team at Daydream Labs have been prototyping ways of animating objects and characters in Blocks , the company’s recently released VR modelling tool. The post Google is Exploring Ways to Let You Animate Your ‘Blocks’ Creations appeared first on Road to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2018

It started with big data , and I started blogging about that at the end of 2015 basically because I couldn’t find anyone to talk about it with (laughs). In early 2016, I run into a paper from a professor at Caltech that was talking about data visualization in virtual reality and that blew my mind.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2017

Asus’ latest smartphone, the Zenfone AR, has had its details leaked ahead of its CES 2017 unveiling tomorrow and the new device packs hardware certified for use with on both Google’s Android Daydream VR and Tango platforms. SEE ALSO Google Daydream Review: Casual VR Closes the Gap. OS release.

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 31, 2016

Google Says Global VR Search Volume Grew 400% in 12 Months It seems as if the company’s early bets are on their way to paying off. On the official Think With Google blog, Aaron Luber of Google’s VR team notes that the company has seen global search interest in virtual reality increase by 400% in the 12 months prior to June.

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AllThingsVR

MAY 21, 2016

Here’s what YouTube’s virtual reality app will look like 360-degree videos have been available in YouTube for about a year now , but that’s just the beginning of what’s possible when it comes to immersive video. It’s also working with a number of camera partners to make Jump -ready cameras available to creators. Read more here.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In a previous blog post , I explained the underlying XR (Extended Reality) technologies that enable the Metaverse. WebXR Logo What is WebXR To understand what WebXR is, you need to first understand what Extended Reality is, luckily for you I’ve already written a blog post all about that? click here to check it out !

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

After announcing Daydream earlier this year, Google’s platform for high-end virtual reality on Android, the company has now says the Daydream VR SDK has reached version 1.0 Building upon the prior Cardboard SDK, Google has now combined both Cardboard and Daydream development into the Google VR SDK.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

You can access it at this link: [link] ) Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft kills Windows Mixed Reality Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on the Windows Mixed Reality platform , the one of the WMR headsets by Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung which were the first to introduce inside-out tracking in the VR ecosystem.

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TechCrunch VR

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Google’s Arts & Culture team is today launching a new online experience that lets users virtually walk the Great Wall of China. Over 10 million people visit each year—but not everyone has the opportunity to see the Great Wall first-hand,” Pierre Caessa, Google Arts & Cultures program manager, said in a blog post. “??Today,

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 12, 2016

Disney and Google built an AR website for Pete’s Dragon movie Disney continues its push to use virtual reality and augmented reality marketing. Disney really wants families to watch its upcoming Pete’s Dragon remake and is turning to both virtual reality and augmented reality to help promote it.

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AllThingsVR

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Google launches VR SDK out of beta, starts taking applications for Daydream Access Program Google today announced a new program in which it will work with developers who are building applications for Google’s Daydream high-quality mobile virtual reality (VR) platform. Read more here.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

More info Ubisoft to work on the sequel of Assassin’s Creed VR The most confusing news of the week comes from Insider Gaming, which reports that Ubisoft is already working on the sequel of Assassin’s Creed Nexus , which is the virtual reality game of the Assassin’s Creed saga. But now some data about it is starting to be found.

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