The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

It will be possible to shoot 4K videos of the augmented applications, body tracking has been improved , and the system will be able to perform better environment understanding The new ARKit features will be used by a new tool provided by Apple for all its iPhone users: RoomPlan. Alex Kipman leaves after the misconduct allegations.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 1, 2023

Unity Unity stands as one of the market leaders in software development for the metaverse landscape and the XR economy. The Unity ecosystem enables business leaders and developers to create powerful immersive experiences using virtual, mixed, and augmented reality content.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

Read about Microsoft’s Ignite conference. As I’ve reported to you last week, Microsoft’s latest Ignite conference, where Microsoft Mesh was announced, was a true marvel, an example of how a truly immersive keynote should be held. The second one relates to a system that tries to understand what is happening inside videos.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. It’s not clear on what platforms this functionality will be working on, but if I had to guess, I would say Project Cambria, since its body tracking was already revealed in a video some months ago.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

HP and Microsoft have a long track in offering enterprise hardware, so this headset may battle HTC on his own land (B2B). But while playing the Youtube video, I’ve noticed that the CR-blabla is actually the North Star headset that that Genius of Noah Zerkin is manufacturing in Shenzhen. Unity launches MARS tools. CR Deck Mk.1”

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 8, 2022

The solution involved creating a 3D, configurable version of the incredible Arksen 85 yacht, powered by Unity. Footage for the marketing experience was shot using Meta 360 video camera systems, and is designed to make users feel as though they’re sitting in one of the seats inside the train. Microsoft and Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 28, 2023

While still in Italy, I verified that Microsoft Teams, Unity, and Github were accessible from China. And when I mean slow speed, I mean really potato quality… like 1 hour to upload a short Youtube video. Given my previous experience, I asked my Chinese assistant to avoid the hotels and to book me some apartments.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

This means having AR and VR on the same device ; A 5G modem ; 8K videos playback at 60fps; Accelerated AI so that to be able to perform objects recognition and other cool stuff on the camera feed. There is not much to say, but there is a lot to see… so click on the below links, watch the videos and let them inspire you!

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly live video show and podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst. The Seebright SDK also supports Unity and Unreal engines and is compatible with both iOS and Android. You can join us LIVE every Thursday @ 7PM PST/10 PM EST. 1.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 15, 2024

There is so much to say that I could probably write a book about it, but for today I will just put the most important takeaways in a very long article (let’s say a small book). Finally I have some time to read @slhamlet 's book during these holidays! I’m the hand you see on the right on the cropped body.

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Robert Scoble

JANUARY 11, 2022

Apple and Unity aren’t going to continue making this mistake, because they have done the kinds of human factor research I have. Some are very focused on being in their rooms, watching videos, or, more importantly, gaming. Former Apple/Microsoft exec Linda Stone told me that was coming back when I worked at Microsoft 17 years ago.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has a very interesting working story, having worked for great companies like Microsoft and Fast Company. 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. The effects of the pandemic on XR.

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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. You can see this in today’s AR products (and despite what Microsoft or Magic Leap call their devices, they really are augmented reality devices that you wear on your face).

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

We were so blessed to find literally the man that wrote the book on Unity [chuckles] Joe Hocking, to join the team. They want videos. Next thing you know, you have a subject matter expert video. If they start looking at, "Hey, why did so many of our people look at this video so often? And Lewis Gardner on our CMS.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

We were so blessed to find literally the man that wrote the book on Unity [chuckles] Joe Hocking, to join the team. They want videos. Next thing you know, you have a subject matter expert video. If they start looking at, "Hey, why did so many of our people look at this video so often? John: Exactly. They want 3D.

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VRWorld

JUNE 22, 2016

Personally, I started working back in 1996, working on “Microsoft Golf 98” I had no idea that my career is going to develop in such a way. Going to a top of a mountain in Hawaii is a completely different experience when you are seeing a video of someone climbing the Hawaii. Why not have a third experience?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 4, 2017

Microsoft is using the term “Mixed Reality” as an umbrella to encapsulate VR, AR, and all other related devices. Once inside things were pretty easy to get the hang of — you can see what the default Home environment is like, plus a few of the apps, in the video above. The Windows VR Platform.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

We were so blessed to find literally the man that wrote the book on Unity [chuckles] Joe Hocking, to join the team. They want videos. Next thing you know, you have a subject matter expert video. If they start looking at, "Hey, why did so many of our people look at this video so often? John: Exactly. They want 3D.

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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. In another scenario, we may see game engines dominant, like Unity or Unreal. Some recent acquisitions include AltspaceVR (Microsoft), and Escher (Niantic).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

For me this is not a fortunate sentence: this is what Alex Kipman said about the HoloLens, a few weeks before the whole Microsoft Mixed Reality division was disbanded and he was fired from the company. One of these people was Andrew Bosworth, which has rebuked the report , saying “not to believe everything you read”.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Late to the party after Oculus and Microsoft already released prototypical implementations, but finally Valve has implemented OpenXR into its runtime SteamVR. They don’t want VR because they can’t understand the potential from just videos from inside and outside. Unity details its MARS solution. Other relevant news.

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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. But its reputation as a video game engine can also be intimidating — especially to those who want to create AR software for enterprise. ” You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it.

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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. But its reputation as a video game engine can also be intimidating — especially to those who want to create AR software for enterprise. ” You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

He’s authored two books: Opening the XBox, and The XBox 360 Uncloaked. And here he was trying to enter the video game business with the XBox back in 2000. And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? He had a monopoly with Office.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

He’s authored two books: Opening the XBox, and The XBox 360 Uncloaked. And here he was trying to enter the video game business with the XBox back in 2000. And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? He had a monopoly with Office.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

It seems that it is more complicated than they initially thought (I wonder if the problems are only technical or also privacy-related), and so it is being delayed; A video on a dev blog article released by Facebook shows what seems to be a redesign of the toolbar of the Quest interface. This could be The Unity Cube 2.0.

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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. But its reputation as a video game engine can also be intimidating -- especially to those who want to create AR software for enterprise. You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it.

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XROM

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

Sameer Raje, General Manager and India Head, Zoom Video Communications, in a conversation with TNIE, said, new offerings are on the cards as the company is working on virtual reality and augmented reality to enable smooth collaboration in work-from-home as well as hybrid setting. “In You can also check the CO2 levels in the conference room.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

He's authored two books: Opening the XBox, and The XBox 360 Uncloaked. And here he was trying to enter the video game business with the XBox back in 2000. And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft's best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? He had the gigantic operating system business.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

He’s authored two books: Opening the XBox, and The XBox 360 Uncloaked. And here he was trying to enter the video game business with the XBox back in 2000. And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? He had a monopoly with Office.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

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. It wasn't, you hold up an AR device, and all of a sudden, this video plays over LeBron saying hi, or anything that would feel kind of gimmicky and not as impactful.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

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. It wasn't, you hold up an AR device, and all of a sudden, this video plays over LeBron saying hi, or anything that would feel kind of gimmicky and not as impactful.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Eye Tracking Apart from sessions a few years ago using the HTC Vive Pro Eye and Microsoft Hololens, I didn’t have any experience with eye tracking. There is a small tab (visible in the image above) that starts a simple Unity-based application, with a series of white and green dots that must be followed by the user.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

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. It wasn't, you hold up an AR device, and all of a sudden, this video plays over LeBron saying hi, or anything that would feel kind of gimmicky and not as impactful.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

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. It wasn't, you hold up an AR device, and all of a sudden, this video plays over LeBron saying hi, or anything that would feel kind of gimmicky and not as impactful.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So anybody who had a reasonable platform for video conferencing and events and things like this skyrocketed. But if you happened to have a video chat thing and-- we saw this with SPACES. And then fast forward to September 2020, Unity went public at-- I think they launched at something like a $24-billion valuation at launch.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So anybody who had a reasonable platform for video conferencing and events and things like this skyrocketed. But if you happened to have a video chat thing and-- we saw this with SPACES. And then fast forward to September 2020, Unity went public at-- I think they launched at something like a $24-billion valuation at launch.

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