The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

It is becoming always more difficult for a new company entering the field: the key hardware suppliers of displays and other components are all being bought by Meta, Apple, Snap, Google, and other big players. More info (XTAL 3 hands-on) More info (Haptic gloves hands-on). Many great XR games are controlled by Meta.

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Robert Scoble

JUNE 1, 2019

I wrote this as a way to think through some of the issues coming in the Spatial Computing world in preparation for a book coming in 2020 that Irena Cronin and I are writing, but we decided not to run this in the book, so am running it here instead. You will be fired if you don’t wear fourth paradigm Spatial Computing devices.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

More than an article, with its 10,000+ words, this is a short book on the Pimax Sword, featuring everything you may need to know about them (what is Pimax, what are the Sword controllers, how do they work… even an interview with the COO of the company!). Google searches are very revealing. More on this later… Haptics.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 9, 2017

2016 provided hints of where Facebook, HTC, Sony, Google, and more will take their headsets in the near future, but where does the industry’s best and brightest think we’ll end up this time next year? With CES, the year’s first major event, now in the books, let’s hear from some those that work with VR itself about what happens next.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Technology Training 60

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Technology Training 60

The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Finally the book Ready Player Two , the sequel of the Famous Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, has been published. The story starts from when the first book ends and analyzes how Wade and his gang manage the Oasis after they took control of it. Shockwave promises a full haptic suit for $200. Ready Player Two gets published.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Michael: And this is why I’ve been working on starting this dojo, or this VR maker space; because the tools for building — there’s VRTK for Unity… there’s just all these tools. So, what are some of the tools that you’ve seen used really effectively to create this content? The tools are here.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Michael: And this is why I’ve been working on starting this dojo, or this VR maker space; because the tools for building — there’s VRTK for Unity… there’s just all these tools. So, what are some of the tools that you’ve seen used really effectively to create this content? The tools are here.

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Tips Training Augmented Reality Exercises 78

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Michael: And this is why I've been working on starting this dojo, or this VR maker space; because the tools for building -- there's VRTK for Unity. there's just all these tools. Here's the airplanes of the future, and here's what we're gonna do, and here's the first class cabin," you book your ticket. The tools are here.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

This is a strategic acquisition so that Unity can integrate in its offering all the tools that Weta has developed over time that regard the creation and management of 3D assets and special FX. Google to put all its experimental projects inside “Labs” division. More info. Senso is a new glove for SteamVR. It’s an interesting concept.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2020

In the box you can find: The headset Two controllers A charger A charging cable (USB-C to USB-C) Two AA batteries (already inserted into the controllers) A glass spacer An instruction manual A (super useless) health and safety book. The haptic feedback has been improved, and the controllers feel more real.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

I had basically booked a trip through what were the four biggest hubs down the West Coast. So, yes, we do work with people with ideas for games, entertainment, and productivity tools. We’re building at Circuit Stream a tool that’s meant for deploying, managing, and scaling XR content. The devices are there now.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

I had basically booked a trip through what were the four biggest hubs down the West Coast. So, yes, we do work with people with ideas for games, entertainment, and productivity tools. We’re building at Circuit Stream a tool that’s meant for deploying, managing, and scaling XR content. The devices are there now.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

I had basically booked a trip through what were the four biggest hubs down the West Coast. So, yes, we do work with people with ideas for games, entertainment, and productivity tools. We're building at Circuit Stream a tool that's meant for deploying, managing, and scaling XR content. The devices are there now.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

I had basically booked a trip through what were the four biggest hubs down the West Coast. So, yes, we do work with people with ideas for games, entertainment, and productivity tools. We're building at Circuit Stream a tool that's meant for deploying, managing, and scaling XR content. The devices are there now.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

The company was later acquired by Google in 2010. Prior to Presence Capital, he was the founder and CTO of MyMiniLife (acquired by Zynga) and the founder and CEO of Toro (acquired by Google). Is the Founder-Ceo of #HoloSuit a full body motion tracking suit with haptic feedback. 12- Tipatat Chennavasin. 28- Harsha kikkeri.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

My team is working on tools for mixed reality. But the tools that we’re making today are allowing, I think, for you to more easily make robust, distributed applications that can work across various devices and for various users. Like Google Studio, for example, of being able to run enough frames in the cloud.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

My team is working on tools for mixed reality. But the tools that we’re making today are allowing, I think, for you to more easily make robust, distributed applications that can work across various devices and for various users. Like Google Studio, for example, of being able to run enough frames in the cloud.

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Data Unity Machine Learning Training 78

XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

My team is working on tools for mixed reality. But the tools that we're making today are allowing, I think, for you to more easily make robust, distributed applications that can work across various devices and for various users. Like Google Studio, for example, of being able to run enough frames in the cloud. We simplify that.

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Data Unity Machine Learning Training 60

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The haptic feedback of these controllers has been improved , and they can provide much stronger vibrations than the one of the original Quest. Imagine the people wearing Aria like the guys wearing Google Maps backpacks inside museums of campuses: they go around and collect data to build some maps. VR Content.

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