The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2022

It’s relevant that the device wouldn’t feature any kind of face and eye tracking, but would have RGB passthrough and a depth sensor, so that to be able to offer detailed mixed reality and high-precision environment understanding. Pico 4 launches in China, while new info is shared in the West. Only time will tell…. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

We all know that China is a country that is betting big on Virtual Reality. The Chinese VR ecosystem is very active and it is evolving pretty fast: this summer I have been in China and I met some cool startups that are working on software (e.g. 7invensun for eye tracking addons). 7invensun for eye tracking addons).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2019

Yesterday for the first time I have attended the Vive Ecosystem Conference in Shenzhen, China! The price: 5,699 RMB in China, $799 in the West. In China, instead, it is also being sold to consumers and this is where the multi-modality should kick in. Me at VEC 2019. These has been crazy days. The 8 modes of the Vive Focus Plus.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Yesterday was Chinese Lanterns’ Festival… my best wishes to you all, especially a big hug to all people that are still in China and are living very hard times… ??! And the fact that it features AR and eye tracking is for sure awesome. Let’s see how Apple and Google will answer. Do you want to discover them with me?

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Slim and light XR glasses capable of fluidly serving up novel and meaningful interactions are basically the holy grail in tech right now, with Apple, Meta, Google, Qualcomm, and many more laying down the groundwork to one day make them a reality. Some ideas are inevitable. When that will happen, no one can say.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 4, 2024

The chipset also helps boost consumer and enterprise-grade XR use cases on headsets and smartglasses by leveraging partnerships with Samsung, Google, Tobii, and Goertek to provide visual clarity for gaming and productivity applications. However, Qualcomm’s smartphone sales have decreased by around 8.2%

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

Just to make an example, I was there when there was the Netscape vs Internet Explorer war, but now the leading web browser is Google Chrome. Google Chrome, for instance, has been helped a lot by the fact that it is the pre-installed browser on all Android phones.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2018

When I was in China, the last company I visited in Shanghai has been Lenqiy. This is another Vive-X company working in the educational sector and that has given me interesting insights into the educational ecosystem in China , that confirmed what I have learned speaking with Langzou and Judao. He is a great person , for sure.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Pimax, the China-based creators known for its fleet of large-FOV PC VR headsets, announced a new product in its lineup that’s set to straddle a number of device classes thanks to its convertibly between a Nintendo Switch-style handheld and snap-in VR headset display, replete with 6DOF tracking. Accessories Galore.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Pico 4 Pro should feature next-gen functionalities like RGB passthrough, eye tracking, face tracking, and automatic IPD adjustment. More info (Pico teasing a launch in China) More info (Pico announcing the launch of the new device in the West). VR in China is growing, but still is behind the West.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2022

Google launches “Immersive Stream for AR”. Google has launched a new cloud service based on Stadia technology: dubbed “Immersive Stream for AR”, it lets you perform cloud rendering for augmented reality applications for mobile phones. This is a great deal, that lowers even more the barrier of cost to enter virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2022

There is only one big problem: the form factor is terrible , they look super-dork, even worse than Google Glasses. I don’t even know how they plan to sell this device in China, a country where people want to appear cool and not weird. Anyway, if you are in China and you want to look ?? Some articles on the metaverse.

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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. This means that foveated rendering for VR applications will be possible using eye-tracking devices embedded into the headset. I also expect it to be consumer-oriented in China.

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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. Keep an eye on it. Google is doing it again. It is not clear what is the destiny of the VR 180 format, especially because Google declined to comment on the topic. Huawei launches its VR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

Actually, the first launch has happened in China with the Vive Focus at the end of 2017, but we had the full development of the ecosystem now. The latest phones produced by Google and Samsung are still compatible with Daydream View and Gear VR headsets, but there has not been any new release of a mobile VR headset. Standalone headsets.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

One of the more surprising announcements during the presentation, Spatial Anchors serve as a way to share three-dimensional images compatible with Apple’s ARKit as well as Google’s ARCore. and China, the Azure Kinect DK is available for preorder today for $399. Initially available in the U.S. Dynamics 365 Guides.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

This sounds like black magic and it is really fascinating: using eye tracking and other hints, the system may understand what is that you want to hear, and filter out all the rest. Google releases a tool for body tracking on your phone. TPCast releases TPCast Air for Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The devices that will be based on this reference design will have amazing specifications like: 2K x 2K display resolution per each eye ; Have up to 7 cameras used simultaneously, including the ones for tracking, mixed reality and eye-tracking; High-quality passthrough augmented reality with high resolution and framerate.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

There are three very interesting tidbits from this article: Somnium is going to open source the algorithm used for eye-tracking The headset will let developers have access to the raw streams of the passthrough cameras. Dubbed XREAL Air 2 , it comes with a standard and a Pro version.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Someone invokes saviors like Google and Amazon, but even if they managed to succeed, they are other data-harvesting companies , so in any case, we are f**ked. China is launching real name identification in games. More info (Apple threatens Epic) More info (Microsoft files an official support for Epic).

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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. eye-tracking analysis to see if you have fallen asleep while driving). Video interview With Kura’s Kelly Peng.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

Meta is having funding issues because of the new trade wars between America and China. Google Maps in AR). ODG is launching a patent sale now in January. Blippar has shut down because it wasn’t able to secure more funding. Leap Motion, as I have said, has not a solid situation. Please, AR ecosystem, surprise me!

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

While HTC is only releasing the headset in China, and not in the West as previously announced, the company is using Vive Focus as the impetus for its own mobile VR platform that aims to resolve what HTC calls a “highly fragmented” mobile VR market in China, and become a common platform and storefront across disparate hardware vendors.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The main scope of this position is to prototype, ship, and support consumer gaming products leveraging visual-inertial tracking (HMD and controllers), camera passthrough, environment understanding, eye tracking, and hand tracking. Google Starline starts real-world testing. Remember: we are still in the early days.

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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. China will try to change gear.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

The problem is that we had no idea about the release date for us western people because the device had been announced and released only in China. But we also know that when in VR, most people just look forward with their eyes. Google AR apps. Oculus Go showcased. The Oculus Go (Image by Oculus). It’s actually funny.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

On the other side, this is massive for Apple, that mixing the data of Apple Maps together with all these point clouds detected by the rear cameras when in use, will be able to create an AR Cloud ecosystem probably even before Facebook, Microsoft, and Google. Let’s see if Facebook will be a worthier opponent than Google. Image by Acer).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2018

And so here we are again: Oculus vs HTC, America vs China, Hugo Barra vs Alvin Wang Graylin. Be careful that I haven’t tried the Quest myself and in any case, the Quest has still not released and the Focus has only been released in China, so both devices could see future impredictable updates. The never-ending story.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

I traveled to China with them, and the MERGE Cube is… it’s so elegant. If you put it into Google Cardboard mode, where you put the phone into a viewer, this cube comes to life in your hands, and they’ve done it really elegantly. Bob: When did you go to China? And what did you take away from China?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

I traveled to China with them, and the MERGE Cube is… it’s so elegant. If you put it into Google Cardboard mode, where you put the phone into a viewer, this cube comes to life in your hands, and they’ve done it really elegantly. Bob: When did you go to China? And what did you take away from China?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Facebook will have its own Cloud Gaming Service, entering so the field of the future of gaming where other companies like Google (Stadia!), And considering that the Quest is blocked in China, this means that Chinese VR enthusiasts can’t buy an affordable VR product and this may limit the growth of consumer VR in China.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

I traveled to China with them, and the MERGE Cube is. If you put it into Google Cardboard mode, where you put the phone into a viewer, this cube comes to life in your hands, and they've done it really elegantly. Bob: When did you go to China? And what did you take away from China? Alan: The Merge guys. it's so elegant.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Image by Google). Google completely opensources Cardboard. With a surprise move, Google has announced with a blog post that it ha opensourced completely Cardboard. Google affirms that Cardboard has been a huge success to introduce people into VR, and more than 15 million headsets have been distributed.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

Sorry if you have to use Google Translate, but the article is of course all in Chinese The most relevant piece of news for us in the West are all about Nreal: The Nreal Light is finally arriving in Europe and the US in Q2 2021; The Chinese company has also showcased an enterprise version of the headset. The Verge).

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VRScout

MARCH 23, 2017

” In service of making this cross-pollination, SVVR included representation from VR communities from Japan, Korea, and China. We have a huge contingent from Japan, another pavilion from Korea, and another pavilion from our partners from China.”. The Once & Future Web – Google. I’m very envious of that.”

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

and in China as well. and the east coast in China. But recently both Google and Oculus have gotten behind it, and as a result we’re seeing accelerated adoption of web VR. If you were to draw a map of valuations, the east coast of China has the highest valuations, then Silicon Valley, and then New York.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

As these were shipping directly from Shanghai, I made sure to double-check my UK delivery details, after which Pimax provided an email with all the tracking information. Ltd was founded by Robin Weng and associates in Shanghai, China in 2015. Google searches are very revealing. Image provided by Rob Cole). Who is Pimax?

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