The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

And this week I think we had many cool news that are worth a mention, so let’s dig immediately into them! Top news of the week. If you are a Valve fanboy, this documentary is a must-watch. Final Hours on Steam) More info (Valve’s top secret project) More info (Valve’s Vader headset) More info (Canceled Half-Life projects).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 19, 2021

Top news of the week. Facebook has given up on brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) to focus on EMG-based wristwatches , which are considered a more practical path for input in AR and VR. Digilens and Luxecel present innovations for AR lenses. Image by Facebook). Facebook gives up on Brain Computer Interfaces (for now).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

In the meanwhile, I wish you all a fantastic 2020! Top news of the week. CES 2020 is going to start soon. They are incredibly light (10 grams!) I think this is the occasion that the startup has to show that its claims are true. Anyway, the Twitter channels of the company are strangely silent at the moment.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Mothers and grandmothers are the best, and they care about us during the good and the hard times… their love is infinite. A big and warm hug to all of them And while we celebrate our mommies, let’s read some cool AR/VR news! Top news of the week. Investments in AR/VR companies are at 2013 level. Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

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. Top news of the week. This is good and important, also because some competition in the AR ecosystem is necessary. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap pivots to enterprise, lays off 1,000 employes.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

Here you are the trailer if you want to discover more: Isn’t this cool? Top news of the week. This can be used for enterprise experiences, or to enhance your social VR life on platforms like NeosVR, where you can have your mouth realistically reproduced in VR. 10,000 people are working on XR at Facebook.

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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. The good news of the week is that I’ve been selected as one of the speakers at AWE USA 2020 ! Top news of the week. I hope to see your there, physically or virtually .

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

This fall promises to be very interesting for AR and VR, and in this first week of September we had many interesting XR news that are going to heat up the competition in the space! Top news of the week. FRL Research is working towards giving you audio superpowers in AR. Two nice XR experiments.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Top news of the week. And during all these months the hype was high, and we all thought about 2020 as a golden year for PCVR gaming , with the release of Half-Life: Alyx and Medal Of Honor. While it may seem counterintuitive, it seems that the VR player should be the one with the top-down view (weird…). Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

This roundup of the most important AR/VR news of the past week comes out with a little delay since I’ve been very busy with my development job, and I’ve also a damn cold that doesn’t make me feel very well (but it’s no coronavirus, don’t worry :D). Top news of the week. iPhone 12 may feature a special connection for AR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Thank you all for making me feel your warmth, you are an amazing community! Top news of the week. David of Upload says that thanks to its big boost in specifications , PS5 can offer an amazing flat screen experience : better resolution, better framerate, better graphics, better load times, better controller. Image by Sony).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Top news of the week. But Huawei is not only in the VR market: it is also releasing a new version of its AR smartglasses called Huawei EyeWear 2, made in collaboration with the fashion brand Gentle Monster. On GitHub has appeared a new project called “Simple WebXR” aimed at letting you develop WebXR experiences inside Unity.

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ARVR

MARCH 5, 2021

VR is growing but it is still a niche area, within which the non-gaming social platforms are another embedded niche. Furthermore, my involvement is primarily confined to one particular social VR platform, AltspaceVR, owned by Microsoft, making most of my experience the product of a niche within a niche within a niche.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

Today in Italy it should be the day when we go pic-nicking… but given the fact that we are in lockdown, I’ll just eat a lot at home While I send you a lot of good vibes, let’s see together what have been the best pieces of AR/VR news of this week, that has been incredibly interesting! (My Top news of the week.

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ARVR

JULY 5, 2022

Healthcare in the metaverse has the potential to be an interactive, immersive, and recreational experience tailored to every individual. Where are We Seeing Changes Today? artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality (VR). It is an exciting new frontier for healthcare technology to explore.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 27, 2020

Top news of the week. Dreams is an application that lets you develop experiences easily, and then share them with the community. Dreams give these people exactly what they want, empowering all of them to express themselves, to create new kind of experiences. You can watch it live at this link [link] See you there!

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

On this special day, let’s all talk about AR and VR! Top news of the week. More info (Announcement link) More info (News on my blog) More info (Error in one of the screenshots). Apple now lets add you add “buy” button to AR Quick Look. Image by Valve Corporation). Half-Life Alyx is going to launch on March, 23rd.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Before leaving you to the news of this week, I want to thank Avi Bar-Zeev for having included me in this list of top 100 voices in XR together with a lot of people I personally esteem. Top news of the week. Nreal plans the launch of new AR glasses. Nreal has started a trend, and many companies are following its design.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

Top news of the week. Apple glasses are coming in 2021–2022 and they are incredibly sleek. Apple glasses are coming. He says that Apple AR glasses will come in 2021 and that he has seen them. Is it for a future AR/VR headset? No more need to buy online cables , unless you’re looking for a premium experience.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Top news of the week. There are business reasonings, and I don’t think that for instance Oculus will let other headsets run on top of the Oculus Store. And I’m not so sure that there will be the build-once-run-everywhere mechanism because every headset has its own Unity plugin with some features that are very vendor-specific.

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DECEMBER 22, 2021

VR and AR technology are no longer associated with Snapchat or Pokémon Go. Augmented Reality (AR) allows the user to view augmented elements or data in real-world space. Augmented Reality (AR) allows the user to view augmented elements or data in real-world space. AR was valued at USD 14.7 Billion in 2020.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Top news of the week. The price is incredibly low: $299; Announced that in 2021 it will release a pair of smartglasses made in collaboration with Ray-Ban; Teased the work it is doing in AR; Revealed that is working with Ubisoft for two AAA VR games developed around the IPs of Splinter Cell and Assassin’s Creed; Discontinued the Rift.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

And of course, between a glass of champagne and a slice of panettone, there is still time for VR, so here you are a collection of best VR news of the past week! Top news of the week. Anyway, I’m curious about the fact that they teased that in 2020 they will start distributing the foundation for the MagicVerse….

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Top news of the week. It is for the professional and the gamer, and it is especially intriguing if mixed with wireless module and Index Controllers; Cosmos XR (price unknown): features two high-res RGB cameras, that let you use the Cosmos both as a VR headset and an AR one. Do you want to know his experiment that I love the most?

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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! And now here you are the best XR news of the week to keep you informed…. Top news of the week. Oppo teases new AR glasses. Image by HP).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! Top news of the week. This is the 150th Week Peek! Image by Techgenyz).

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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?” Immotionar and the first contact with AR and VR. Some people even ask if I can become their mentor. From it, ARKit has born, I guess.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

It’s again that time of the week where I tell you the most important news in AR and VR! Are you ready? Top news of the week. Upload’s senior editor Ian Hamilton even claimed that Pistol Whip will be his to-go experience for all the times he will have to demo VR to people. Image by Facebook). News worth a mention.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Right now, fans are waiting intently for the release of Scraper: First Strike, the first in a line of episodes that will culminate in the complete release of the first title in 2020. Ryder used to be the Editor of Dark Horse Comics, and we’ve talked about a graphic novel, comics and a weekly blog that has already been started.

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DECEMBER 16, 2016

And with the Augmented and Virtual Reality market projected to reach $162 billion by 2020 , some would call that a fair price. Later demos were delivered on a helmet-like HMD, although Kevin Kelly did report a rather more positive experience in a prominent Wired article published earlier this year. billion and attracted nearly $1.4

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

This one is the last AR/VR news roundup for this summer! Top news of the week. The company has not posted real photos or footage from the glasses, just a promo video with an accompanying blog post detailed some of their characteristics. It’s always cool to see the different approaches that companies are having towards VR.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 14, 2022

Here it’s being amazing for me: together with VRrOOm’s Maud Clavier we are going around for the SXSW event meeting interesting new people and trying some XR experiences! Top news of the week. The reviewers talk about a very good device, and CNET even defines it as the best AR glass up to now. Image by 8th Wall).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2022

In the remainder of the article, I will explain to you what it does mean and I will also tell you about my experience with a live demo of this prototype. Are you excited like me? Also because they already forecasted this step for a year in the 2020 decade, and they have respected that delivery date. Mojo Vision.

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VRPlayin

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

To better understand what I’m talking about think of those cool Nike holograms at Sports Check or the pop-up event where there’s someone with a headset calling you to experience Tahiti, or play a fun game in regards to a product, thus giving you a better understanding of its features or or burning the brand name into your skull.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 31, 2022

Top news of the week. Meta has a huge AI expertise, and it uses it for many tasks, including the tracking of XR headsets, objects recognition, video analysis, and AR tracking. The game has become in the US the top seller game on Steam, and in the EU it reached the top 10 of the same classification. Wish me luck!

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Top news of the week. At its 2020 Snap Partner Summit , Snap, the company behind the popular social media Snapchat, has made some very interesting announcements, that confirm that it is one of the most important companies in the AR landscape. And these people use AR around 30 times per day. I hope you’ll enjoy it….

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

And if this CES has been a bit of a disappointment in general, this holds even more for AR and VR, for which we have no crucial announcement. It is a perfect recreation of visual reality, and of course, it solves all the issues that current AR/VR headsets may have (like the vergence-accommodation problem). Senseglove Nova.

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