The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

I think this is a very smart pricing strategy, because it more or less replicates the one of HoloLens 2, while undercutting it by $200 in its lowest tier. Nano-tech wants to be the Nanite of Unity. See Unity running on Quest. 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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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2022

Anyway, it is more probable that we’ll have some software reveal that hints at Apple’s XR strategy. More info (Galea on Road To VR) More info (Galea on my blog The Ghost Howls). Today is the day of the Apple WWDC event and maybe we can have more info about its upcoming headse t. Pimax and Skyworth announce new VR headsets. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

The same luck has not happened to employees at Niantic at Unity. Unity, instead, is firing 4% of its employees, and this may seem weird considering that in the last months it has proceeded to hundred-millions-dollars acquisitions. NVIDIA blog on the Industrial Metaverse More info?—?Video Image by Unity Technologies).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

We’re looking for a Unity dev for a freelance gig lasting 1–2 months, ideally from Italy or a nearby country (for easier management). It is in Italian, but basically it says that we’re looking for a Unity dev with preferred experience with VR and/or multiplayer games. Unity Reflect its a great XR tool for enterprise customers.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 15, 2023

We are all curious to see how this strategy will pay off. The New World Notes blog made a good job of highlighting some of the flaws of that piece, and why it is full of nonsense. All without leaving your editor. Nonetheless, it has been shared everywhere and has caused damage to our ecosystem.

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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. A bizarre strategy, that doesn’t surprise me anymore, though. Unity’s HDRP is now VR-compatible. Very good news for all us Unity VR developers.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

That’s fantastic news for all Unity XR developers! This would be coherent with Robert Scoble claiming that the XR strategy of Apple was started by Steve Jobs. Thanks to this partnership, MRTK will continue to thrive as an independent tool, and i ts much-awaited version 3 is still expected to be released in September 2023.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 14, 2021

In his report, he states that Taiwanese lens manufacturer, Yujingguang is working on next-generation lenses, and these could be installed in the upcoming next-gen PSVR and next-gen Quest (Quest 3 or Quest 2 Pro, depending on Facebook’s strategy). Support this blog. Museum Of Other Realities is now free to get until June, 21st.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 17, 2023

Frontline workers can now build their applications, edit digital twin scenarios with zero coding, and contribute to optimizing maintenance strategies and training initiatives in a host of scenarios. The Unity landscape meant MTC could eliminate a host of common project roadblocks, with issue resolution of 24 hours or less.

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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. To support this blog you don’t need any Facebook account, but suffices a Patreon one! Sideloading will still be permitted in all cases because it is an Android feature. The same on Twitter.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

There will be a new launcher, improved graphics, improved in-game camera, production-ready Unity SDK for the creators, improved full-body VR, and much more. It has basically created a whole ecosystem of its own through strategic investments : I’m very curious to see what is the final goal of this strategy. More info (Somnium Space 3.0

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 14, 2020

It was in the air in the last weeks and finally, the time has come: Facebook is being sued for monopolization and anticompetitive strategy. And while Unreal Engine already supports OpenXR, Unity is a bit lagging, but support is coming in 2021. Donate to this blog! Facebook gets sued for monopolization in US and Germany.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The new DRIVE Thor superchip aimed at autonomous vehicles, which companies will be able to use from 2025 Omniverse Cloud , which lets companies use Omniverse completely via cloud rendering even on non-powerful machines A connector to let you use Omniverse with Unity. Bonelab is coming on Thursday. Rec Room announces Rec Room Studio.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Today I inaugurate a new column of this blog called “The Ghost’s Spotlight” in which I try to put the spotlight on some interesting VR projects that I tried or that I got to know. Of course, some coordination with team members was necessary to not lose immediately , this game requires some strategy.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 15, 2024

I picked Unity as the game engine because it is one of the best ones out there, I’m good at using it, it has a great community that can support you in case of issues, and it is also the first engine to be compatible with XR headsets when they’re out: Apple itself talked about Unity during the announcement of the Vision Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Slightly slower teams have been known to beat faster teams by using better teamwork and strategy. Software-wise, we use Unity, Vuforia, and OpenCV. We developing for the Aryzon AR headset inside Unity… knowledge of 3D programming is important for working in this kind of companies (click the image to enlarge it).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

More info (Vive Cosmos Elite launch) More info (New offerings of Vive Pro Eye) More info (Ben Lang’s editorial on HTC’s strategy) More info (Vive Sync launch). This is one of the weirdest rag-doll experiments in Unity. iPhone 12 may feature a special connection for AR glasses. Funny link. VRChat on PC vs VRChat in VR. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Prior to co-founding holoride, I was working in various fields such as product marketing, development, and strategy at the German car manufacturer Audi. Following this announcement, we partnered with Unity and Audi and for a US roadshow that brought us from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Can you tell us more about it?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

This business strategy of selling to few people for a high price has completely sense , considering that all the device has been conceived to add all the features that could make it compelling mostly for professionals. The SDK offers native APIs, but also supports popular game engines like Unity and Unreal 4.

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HaptX

MARCH 6, 2018

Kate Edwards at Konsoll 2015, where she spoke about strategies for game culturalization. Now, professionals from the game industry, such as Unity and Unreal developers, environmental artists, and 3D modelers are seeing demands for their skills beyond games. “My We’re looking for companies and individuals to feature on the blog.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 29, 2022

More info (Meta accounts are being rolled out) More info (Reddit thread with people having problems with Meta accounts) More info (Robert Scoble’s thoughts on Apple’s strategy). Two interesting experiments from Shopify and Unity. Quest Pro (Cambria) should launch in October. The metaverse is a trillion dollar opportunity! Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

Don’t forget to read the coverage about it on my blog… Before leaving you to the news, I have to publicly compliment Emerson for having given the most correct answer to my contest. More info (RealityOS trademark) More info (Robert Scoble’s take on Apple’s reveal strategy). Let’s see if this is finally the right time for a reveal….

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. So we’re still one of the last, larger independent tech blogs.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. So we’re still one of the last, larger independent tech blogs.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. So we're still one of the last, larger independent tech blogs.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. So we’re still one of the last, larger independent tech blogs.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In the meanwhile, its adoption is getting better, too: the popular Unity game engine promises the first implementations of OpenXR for the end of the year with a complete implementation coming in 2021, and Microsoft has already completely switched to an OpenXR runtime. All these pieces of news make us think of a positive future for OpenXR.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 15, 2018

Arranging or assembling virtual objects is a common scenario across a range of experiences, particularly in education, enterprise, and industrial training – not to mention tabletop and real-time strategy gaming. The hierarchy for the finished widget shows how the classes from the diagram above sit together in the Unity scene.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

I think Meta hopes to reinvigorate the sales with the new headset… let’s see if this strategy is going to pay off. It is also possible to create your custom spaces to use in Mesh either with a no-code editor or by using Unity to create more personalized and complex scenes. I will leave you the link to do that below.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

He founded the first AR blog in Germany, “WE ARE AR” and has been interviewed and quoted by leading media such as Tech Crunch, Venture Beat and Huffington Post. Dirk: That’s like the Apple strategy, right? Oh, I need 10 people with Unity skills. Alan: I live in Canada; we’re a country of fast follow.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

He founded the first AR blog in Germany, “WE ARE AR” and has been interviewed and quoted by leading media such as Tech Crunch, Venture Beat and Huffington Post. Dirk: That’s like the Apple strategy, right? Oh, I need 10 people with Unity skills. Alan: I live in Canada; we’re a country of fast follow.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

He founded the first AR blog in Germany, "WE ARE AR" and has been interviewed and quoted by leading media such as Tech Crunch, Venture Beat and Huffington Post. Dirk: That's like the Apple strategy, right? Oh, I need 10 people with Unity skills. And he also contributed to Metaverse, the book by Forbes writer Charlie Fink.

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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. The tools are pretty [new], and Unity and things, you need to invest a fair bit of time and effort to build something. blog or google my name on my Medium posts. firm investing in AR solutions.

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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. The tools are pretty [new], and Unity and things, you need to invest a fair bit of time and effort to build something. blog or google my name on my Medium posts. firm investing in AR solutions.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 4, 2023

Apple needs developers to start playing around with the SDK of this device, create applications, and find uses, so that later it can see what is more popular and adjust accordingly its strategy for the launch of the next model, which should happen next year. The Quest 3 is similar to what Brad Lynch already leaked months ago.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

As it is a tradition of this blog , I have read everything I could about the AR and VR technologies showcased there, and I’ve condensed all the news in a single article , that you can skim fast until you find a topic you are interested in. I think that Pimax has to completely rework its strategy. but we know zero about it.

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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. The tools are pretty [new], and Unity and things, you need to invest a fair bit of time and effort to build something. blog or google my name on my Medium posts. firm investing in AR solutions.

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