The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

When I went to China , one of the companies that I wanted to visit was PanguVR , but unluckily its CEO was not available at that time because of some business stuff he had to do. I was born in Beijing, China and grew up in the United States. product Cortana in China. Severs 70% of Online Interior Designers Market in China.

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VRScout

AUGUST 21, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this week’s VRScout Report, we discuss Microsoft and Intel teaming up to influence the development of VR/AR with mixed reality headset Project Alloy. MICROSOFT AND INTEL’S NEW BABY: PROJECT ALLOY. Also, hey Angelenos – Intel is moving in.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

This gamification mechanic seems pretty lame to me : people need entertaining quests, not boring stuff just done to show them the new features of the platform. The purpose of the group is of course the one of fighting the duopoly of Apple Maps/Google Maps. I wonder if this data could be useful also for building the AR Cloud.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

On the server-side, it is being integrated with Microsoft Azure, and it is also coming in the future for Google Cloud and Tencent Cloud. I also expect it to be consumer-oriented in China. And it’s good to see that a company employing VR in a sector that is different from entertainment has reached a valuation of more than $1B.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Huawei has launched in China its VR glasses, that will be on sale in China in December for 2999RMB, around $400. Microsoft has officially stated that Minecraft Earth , that has been in beta for Android and iOS in carefully selected worldwide locations in the past months, is now ready for its launch. Google is doing it again.

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Bernard Marr

APRIL 2, 2024

Limited and minimal-risk use cases could include applications of AI purely for entertainment, such as in video games, or in creative processes such as generating text, video or sounds. It also covers the models themselves in a way that seems particularly aimed at big tech AI providers like Google, Microsoft and OpenAI.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

HP has fixed many of the visual problems of the headse t, and Microsoft has just released a patch on Windows 10 that aims at solving many visual issues of all WMR headsets (like Chromatic aberration). But honestly, I expected a bit more … it’s a bit weird that Microsoft hasn’t solved its biggest pain point yet.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 30, 2017

The two day conference was packed with simultaneous, back-to-back presentations and workshops from industry leaders such as Microsoft, Google, AMD, The VOID, IMAX, Two Bit Circus, Secret Location, Globacore, Quantum Capture, The Canadian Film Centre, and many more.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The only company not much affected by it is HTC, that manufacturers its headsets in Taiwan and not in Mainland China. On the software side, HTC has just launched in China Vive Sync , a solution for remote meetings in VR that may help a lot the Chinese people that are forced to work from home. Image by Microsoft).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

More info (HTC teasing Vive Flow) More info (More teaser images of Vive Flow) More info (Launch event invitation / Western World) More info (Launch event invitation / China). iOS 15 finally brings AR navigation instructions to Apple Maps , in a way similar to the one that Google is already offering. Other relevant news. Image by IGN).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Here you are the integral interview that I had with Kelly Peng, asking her everything from Kura to the differences between the US and China (Kelly comes from Xi’an), not to mention her life as a startupper. Also, people in entertainment, medical, automotive, military training, and other enterprise sectors are interested in our glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

Or better, I can imagine who can be the names and they are all the big monoliths: Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon , etc… Only companies of this size could afford selling a good headset under cost and at the same time attract enough developers to publish VR games on their own new stores. PlayStation believes in VR.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Sony believes in VR, and we definitely believe at some point in the future, VR will represent a meaningful component of interactive entertainment. More info (New features of OpenXR) More info (OpenXR in Unity) More info (OpenXR in Microsoft products). Will it be this year? Will it be next year? But will it come at some stage?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

Furthermore, the comparison with Microsoft doesn’t hold well: Microsoft was a software company that just didn’t have high standards, so it made products with many bugs. More info (Use Google Translate). East European startup Virtuactions is proposing location-based entertainment with the Oculus Quest.

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ARPost

AUGUST 10, 2022

It aims to strengthen initiatives to make the US more competitive with tech giant China. Google, HTC Vive, Microsoft, Meta, and Sony Interactive Entertainment jointly created XRA. The landmark bill will fund US semiconductor manufacture and research. The law encompasses over $52 billion in subsidies.

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

Jio Glass launched as mixed-reality glasses that serve primarily for education & entertainment. They are known as the XR line of processors and the XR2 currently powers a few smart glasses in other markets such as China. We’re looking at you, Google Glass. The Basics: What is Jio Glass?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

and in China as well. and the east coast in China. With what’s going on from Project Tango and Microsoft, there are definitely big players in this space. But recently both Google and Oculus have gotten behind it, and as a result we’re seeing accelerated adoption of web VR. It’s a joint venture with Youku.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 3, 2020

Let’s talk about what you saw, and what are the trends coming in out-of-home entertainment. They merged it with a D-Box motion base and they created a VR ride for family entertainment centers, arcades, and theme parks. Alan: When I was in China, they have VR kiosks in a lot of the malls and some are attended, some are unattended.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But with that, we also saw the pandemic itself wipe out an entire category of this entire industry, so location based entertainment just disappeared. So you avoid the original location based entertainment. If you were location based entertainment, not so much. Right now, China is kind of leading the way. Alex: RIP, LBE.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But with that, we also saw the pandemic itself wipe out an entire category of this entire industry, so location based entertainment just disappeared. So you avoid the original location based entertainment. If you were location based entertainment, not so much. Right now, China is kind of leading the way. Alex: RIP, LBE.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Alan: You’ve got kind of a divide; entertainment and gaming on one side, and then you’ve got enterprise applications across medical, healthcare, real estate, retail — across the whole enterprise. What split is it between media and entertainment vs. enterprise applications right now, as far as total market spend?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Alan: You’ve got kind of a divide; entertainment and gaming on one side, and then you’ve got enterprise applications across medical, healthcare, real estate, retail — across the whole enterprise. What split is it between media and entertainment vs. enterprise applications right now, as far as total market spend?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Alan: You've got kind of a divide; entertainment and gaming on one side, and then you've got enterprise applications across medical, healthcare, real estate, retail -- across the whole enterprise. What split is it between media and entertainment vs. enterprise applications right now, as far as total market spend?

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 3, 2020

Let’s talk about what you saw, and what are the trends coming in out-of-home entertainment. They merged it with a D-Box motion base and they created a VR ride for family entertainment centers, arcades, and theme parks. Alan: When I was in China, they have VR kiosks in a lot of the malls and some are attended, some are unattended.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

So the GFR Fund is a seed stage fund that’s investing technology companies, disrupting the digital media and entertainment space, including VR and AR. Alan: Let’s move to Spaces, which — again — in VR, but now this is more location-based entertainment and I know there’s, what, three locations now?

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

So the GFR Fund is a seed stage fund that’s investing technology companies, disrupting the digital media and entertainment space, including VR and AR. Alan: Let’s move to Spaces, which — again — in VR, but now this is more location-based entertainment and I know there’s, what, three locations now?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But with that, we also saw the pandemic itself wipe out an entire category of this entire industry, so location based entertainment just disappeared. So you avoid the original location based entertainment. If you were location based entertainment, not so much. Right now, China is kind of leading the way. Alex: RIP, LBE.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

So the GFR Fund is a seed stage fund that’s investing technology companies, disrupting the digital media and entertainment space, including VR and AR. Alan: Let’s move to Spaces, which — again — in VR, but now this is more location-based entertainment and I know there’s, what, three locations now?

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

I mean, we have access to the world’s information — I can Google pretty much any details — but it just gives me the information. I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. And in China, the number one job was astronaut. It’s not in context to my world.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

I mean, we have access to the world’s information — I can Google pretty much any details — but it just gives me the information. I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. And in China, the number one job was astronaut. It’s not in context to my world.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Partnership with Microsoft. Highlights of the partnership between Meta and Microsoft. Meta and Microsoft worked together to integrate Quest Pro into the Microsoft ecosystem. Microsoft 365 is coming to Quest Pro! Meta partners with Microsoft (Road To VR). Partnership with Microsoft and Accenture.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The main applications of filters will be the same as today: entertainment, fashion, advertisement, and eCommerce. Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). Apple is constantly improving its ARKit solution, adding always more features, and also Google is (slowly) updating ARCore. Microsoft has already a valuable AR product.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

Antony recently traveled to the fourth annual VIVE Ecosystem Conference — VEC — in Shenzhen, China. And yeah, both for entertainment — you can play large spaces — but [also] for serious applications. There is a demo by Microsoft, that you are reading a text. Tony welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

Antony recently traveled to the fourth annual VIVE Ecosystem Conference -- VEC -- in Shenzhen, China. And yeah, both for entertainment -- you can play large spaces -- but [also] for serious applications. There is a demo by Microsoft, that you are reading a text. Tony welcome to the show. This can be very, very--.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

Antony recently traveled to the fourth annual VIVE Ecosystem Conference — VEC — in Shenzhen, China. And yeah, both for entertainment — you can play large spaces — but [also] for serious applications. There is a demo by Microsoft, that you are reading a text. Tony welcome to the show.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 1, 2017

Announcements today include innovations in entertainment, gaming and cinema, smart wearables, sensing toys, robotics and consumer electronics, cloud, enterprise and business technologies, human-computer interaction solutions, automotive, and high-performance APIs. The expansion takes AWE from the U.S.,

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Over the years i have seen a few lists of Top 50 XR Influencers, but the curators of those list always overlooked China/India/Asia's XR Industry. Just for Context the worlds current population is 7 Billion, India & China's Collective population is 2.7 However, in June 2020, a U.S. 3- Ayden Ye. web, and mobile. 4- Kshitij Marwah.

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