The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Last Monday, there has been some hype in some of the XR groups I’m in for the Kura glasses. Kura is a little startup in California that is working on a pair of lightweight AR glasses. They aim at revolutionize tabletop gaming, offering to these games a new kind of realism thanks to augmented elements. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2019

I’m a VR game developer and one of the original Oculus Rift Kickstarter backers. The SDK’s have also matured somewhat and been integrated into game engines, which saved a fair a bit of boilerplate work, streamlining the whole process. It’s like being inside of Unity engine with your friends.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2023

CloudXR Client Extensions will also offer a key plugin for Unity Editor, providing developers with bespoke CloudXR applications. This connected the world’s largest “design, computer-aided design (CAD), and simulation tool ecosystems such as Autodesk, Siemens, Adobe, PTC, and Epic Games.”

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

The Venture Reality Fund has looked at over 5,000 startups in the space and invested in 40, including Beat Games, acquired by Facebook, and Rec Room, the first VR software Unicorn. While at Zynga, he co-created the game FarmVille and served as the CTO of Zynga Japan. Learn more about what it means to be a creative in the VC world.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So the virtual worlds that we know are now serving us in ways of gaming, which they always have. But now expanding that, that whole gaming idea and bringing it into retail. So a group called SPACES -- out of LA -- and they had locations all over the world. We saw the entire economy move online instantly. Alex: Mm-hm.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So the virtual worlds that we know are now serving us in ways of gaming, which they always have. But now expanding that, that whole gaming idea and bringing it into retail. So a group called SPACES -- out of LA -- and they had locations all over the world. We saw the entire economy move online instantly. Alex: Mm-hm.

Machine Learning 78

Machine Learning Education Apple Technology 78

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So the virtual worlds that we know are now serving us in ways of gaming, which they always have. But now expanding that, that whole gaming idea and bringing it into retail. So a group called SPACES -- out of LA -- and they had locations all over the world. We saw the entire economy move online instantly. Alex: Mm-hm.

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Machine Learning Education Apple Technology 60

XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 24, 2020

We just worked with Unity, building augmented reality projects. I think it’s a high quality game engine character, but it’s not like talking to an actual person. Obviously, for hard skills and for fun and games and commercial stuff, that’s a very different story. And I can’t say which one yet, TBD.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 24, 2020

We just worked with Unity, building augmented reality projects. I think it’s a high quality game engine character, but it’s not like talking to an actual person. Obviously, for hard skills and for fun and games and commercial stuff, that’s a very different story. And I can’t say which one yet, TBD.

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Training New York Video Strategy 78

XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 24, 2020

We just worked with Unity, building augmented reality projects. I think it's a high quality game engine character, but it's not like talking to an actual person. Obviously, for hard skills and for fun and games and commercial stuff, that's a very different story. Did this big group call, because they really wanted to do VR.

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