Voices of VR

JULY 13, 2023

Liz Hyman President and the CEO of the XR Association (XRA), which is a non-profit, industry trade association representing 47 XR companies including major players like Meta, Google, Microsoft, HTC, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Unity, and HTC. XR Access co-founder Shiri Azenkot told me "But it was always a retroactive thing.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 11, 2023

It’s often thought of as the Chinese equivalent of Google. This reflects the widely-held belief that the technology has the potential to be truly transformational for the way we find and use information online. As such, rather than a large language model , the company refers to its AI technology as an AI Big Model.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Attendees learned and experienced the firm’s technologies and the growing number of use cases for simulations, collaboration, engagement, and visualisation. Or, if you’re not near our London office, why not book a virtual demo? We’d love to host you.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Tim Cook always said he’s not interested in the M-world, but the only truth is that he doesn’t want to say that word , while actually he’s super interested in the technology, and this job listing proves that. The console can also be inserted in a special case (a much improved version of Google Daydream View) to become a VR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Or us of New Technology Walkers , that in our fitness game HitMotion: Reloaded ( download it !) Now, in what seems a desperate move to become relevant in a field dominated by Unity and Unreal Engine, it has made this engine opensource with the name Open 3D Engine. could add DLCs with new training levels to earn some money.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 11, 2017

Creating a future where the technology imagined in books like Ready Player One and movies like The Matrix actually exists is going to take a lot more than solid virtual reality headsets. The technology to make that universe and keep it active and enjoyable currently does not exist. That’s where Improbable plans to come in.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

I mean, all UE developers, we Unity developers felt like being in a party where everyone is making out and you’re just there sipping a coke. Its name is “The Infinite Retina” and you can find it in all the best online book shops. Discover (and buy) the book on Amazon. Do like them and click the button here below!

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 21, 2016

The scene is from a panel SUTU previously made for a 2D interactive Web-based comic book called NAWLZ. SUTU was previously commissioned by Google to create a work of art in Tilt Brush , so he knows his way around the sketching program. In the video below, you can see him place a reference image in the scene as he begins.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 8, 2023

Zapbox features a 100° FOV and is going to launch with a Unity SDK to create content for it. And so on… Geoffrey Hinton, one of the godfathers of modern artificial intelligence, has left Google to speak out about the dangers of AI. A wand with a dedicated pattern on it is used as the 6DOF controller.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 1, 2023

Numerous executives and officials have rallied the global tech community to sustain the momentum of a renaissance of immersive technologies. Explaining further, he added, “Not to be outdone, the Google-Samsung-Qualcomm power trio is cooking a comeback of their very famous mega Android partnership with a new XR headset.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

Adding to the Book of Face’s massive plans for mixed reality technology, they have made good on their promise to make a 360 camera open source and available to anyone. Already supporting the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, and PSVR – Unity will now support Google Daydream.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Apple is already working on future technologies for its headset, and one of the rumors that popped out is that it is working on a next-generation technology to ensure a long duration of the battery of its device. This can be very useful, but also a bit creepy on the privacy side. It seems the journalist liked them. SteamVR 2.0

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

Their facial tracking modification technology eventually enabled the popular “Lenses” feature. Did Seebright just release the augmented reality equivalent of Google Cardboard? The Seebright SDK also supports Unity and Unreal engines and is compatible with both iOS and Android. In 2015, Snapchat acquired Looksery for $150M.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 28, 2020

Out-of-Home entertainment, and Immersive Technology industry specialist Kevin Williams reports in his latest Virtual Arena column on the further growth in recognition that virtual reality VR is receiving from the Enterprise sector. Image credit: KWP.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

It was too early for Unity, but they taught me about C++, C#, Java, OpenCV, OpenGL and other fancy development stuff. I thought developing everything VR-related in native code, but while researching how to develop for VR, I discovered that many people abandoned de nerd C++ wei to use a more visual program called Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

Do you want to read a good book on AR/VR? Blogger Tom Ffiske, that writes on Virtual Perceptions, has decided to write a very good book about AR and VR technologies and it is becoming pretty popular on Amazon. I guess this technology may also have interesting applications for AR in the future. Very cool, actually.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The world received a gift three years ago, in the form of AR technology from the likes of Google and Apple - ARKit and ARCore. Google gave a grant to the DuSable Museum in Chicago, so they wanted to reboot the Mayor Harold Washington exhibit. And then there's technology companies that are all about innovation.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The world received a gift three years ago, in the form of AR technology from the likes of Google and Apple - ARKit and ARCore. Google gave a grant to the DuSable Museum in Chicago, so they wanted to reboot the Mayor Harold Washington exhibit. And then there's technology companies that are all about innovation.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 26, 2016

He is particularly interested in applying new technologies and interactive mechanisms in the conception of narrative works, whether documentary or fiction. Ben Vance is a creator and collaborator who explores new technology, art and design. Arnaud Colinart. Arnaud Colinart is a Producer at AGAT Films & Cie / EX NIHILO. Tyler Hurd.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The world received a gift three years ago, in the form of AR technology from the likes of Google and Apple - ARKit and ARCore. Google gave a grant to the DuSable Museum in Chicago, so they wanted to reboot the Mayor Harold Washington exhibit. And then there's technology companies that are all about innovation.

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ARVR

APRIL 9, 2021

Let’s take the Disney coloring book. A few years ago, Disney created technology that projects coloring book characters in 3D. This technology is a fun and entertaining way for children to use their imagination in a new way. ARCore is a Google SDK. If you are using Unity3D, you’ll need to install ARCore Unity SDK.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2018

This also let me write various articles about it, like this one on Vive Focus streaming , this one on Focus instant preview for Unity or this other one highlighting the updates of the v2 runtime. Unity development. And if you try looking for help on Google, you only find a rolling thimbleweed. But this is me: I’m a techie.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

Rori is a strategic and innovations leader with over 20 years experience working in digital marketing, integrated media, creative brand advertising, and emerging technologies. So Accenture is a very large technology and strategy company with over 400,000 employees worldwide. We figure out these technologies, how can they be used?

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

Rori is a strategic and innovations leader with over 20 years experience working in digital marketing, integrated media, creative brand advertising, and emerging technologies. So Accenture is a very large technology and strategy company with over 400,000 employees worldwide. We figure out these technologies, how can they be used?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Officially he is a VR angel investor, but he is much more than this: he is also an immersive technologies enthusiast and an influencer that can really foster healthy debates about the main questions that we all have around these technologies. Some days ago, I have had the enormous pleasure of speaking with Eduardo Siman.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has also recently written together with Irena Cronin “The Infinite Retina” , a great book about the technologies of the future, like XR, AI, and autonomous vehicles. But of course, the technology is still not there: the Oculus Quest is still uncomfortable, we can’t read texts in it, and so on.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

Luckily there is AR that is still strong, and we can hope to wear Google AR glasses soon… ah no, they are dead too. 1 billion of this money is planned in Germany, with €500 million for a new Technology Campus in Erlangen. Ah no, not even that because also Twitter is dead. Now it’s called X and aims at becoming the Western WeChat.

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Robert Scoble

OCTOBER 4, 2019

It isn’t alone, we know of many companies that are spending billions on same, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Sony, Magic Leap, Huawei, and others. Qualcomm told me that by the end of 2020 we will see a ton of them announced (Qualcomm makes the core technology that Facebook’s Oculus Quest uses. Will VR “die?”

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Previously, Dirk built the Digital Innovation Lab for Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, for which he continues to work as an advisor. Within four months, he built a team and developed the first MVP, and he also directs the VR and AR team for Hyperloop Transportation Technologies. We are technology companies.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Previously, Dirk built the Digital Innovation Lab for Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, for which he continues to work as an advisor. Within four months, he built a team and developed the first MVP, and he also directs the VR and AR team for Hyperloop Transportation Technologies. We are technology companies.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Previously, Dirk built the Digital Innovation Lab for Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, for which he continues to work as an advisor. Within four months, he built a team and developed the first MVP, and he also directs the VR and AR team for Hyperloop Transportation Technologies. We are technology companies.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

When you’re “wearing” in Vernor Vinge’s 2006 book Rainbow’s End, contact lenses and computers woven into clothing serve up an assortment of competing realities and overlays. The World Map in this world therefore isn’t a 2D street map like we have with Google Maps or Open Street Map, nor is it a 3D map with terrain and building volumes.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

A few weeks after I officially entered VR, the technology started being overhyped after Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus. But it is undeniable that Facebook/Meta has been a force speeding up the development of immersive technology and one of the main drivers of the current positive situation. The Gartner Hype cycle of VR.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2022

Ten days ago, I revealed to you that I was going to Austin, Texas to attend the SXSW, one of the most important events about creativity and technology in the USA. I’ve personally met and had a chat with people from Unity and Epic Games, Roblox, The Sandbox, HTC Vive, Microsoft, Rec Room. Going SXSW. SXSW Logo (Image by SXSW).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

The fact that is going to come later, that it is stereo (so it can calculate the depth of objects) and that it is in high-resolution made some VR journalists wonder if this is the new device that is going to track reliably the PSVR 2 headset, maybe in conjunction with another special tracking technology (like ultrasound) for the controllers.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Alon Or-bach (Samsung Electronics), Kaye Mason (Google). It’s not often you get both Oculus and Valve together days, let alone Google and Samsung, with bonus helpings of Epic Games, Owlchemy Labs, and Sensics. Stefan Walker (Google), Luca Prasso (Google). Alex Lee (Google). Experiments in Social VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. Paul has been a software developer and technology consultant since 1997 – since before the interwebs! ” You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. Paul, welcome to the show.

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