TechCrunch VR

DECEMBER 8, 2020

When Chi Xu left Magic Leap and returned to China, he had big ambitions. He believed China would have its own augmented and virtual reality giants, just as how the domestic smartphone industry birthed global leaders like Huawei, Oppo and Xiaomi that rival Apple today. to Pico and Nreal in China. For example, chips.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Coronavirus, otherwise known as the 2019 novel coronavirus, is primarily affecting China. SEE ALSO 'Moon Rider' is a WebVR Game That's Quietly Amassed Thousands of Daily Players. If you’ve having trouble wrapping your head around the virus’ spread, this WebXR app may bring some much-needed insight.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

You know well that I’ve been at SXSW , but, shame on me, I haven’t stayed a few days more to attend the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. It has been interesting to watch the reportages of Alex VR and Skeeva from the show floor , where they met many game studios and had meaningful interviews with them.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2022

Magic Leap VP Product Marketing and Developer Programs, Lisa Watts, presented the Auggie for Best Enterprise solution to Avataar. Best Game or Toy. Chicken Waffle CEO, Finn Staber, presented the Auggie for Best Game or toy, saying “Games are so important to us. Best Enterprise Solution. Best Head-Worn Device.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

If the Paradise was in China, its name would be Qingdao. This could also be a nice testbed for the new Libra cryptocurrency created by Facebook; New info on the AAA VR game that Respawn Entertainment is making for Oculus and that has been teased months ago (this is actually the only confirmed news). Magic Leap is suing nReal.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 8, 2019

Entrance of nReal offices in Beijing, China. nReal has been sued by Epic Games for the name too similar to Unreal and by Magic Leap that claims that nReal CEO Chi Xu has stolen the technology of the American company while working there. Anyway, it is a big step forward from HoloLens or Magic Leap One.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

With a tweet on its account, Valve has announced that the most awaited VR game of the year, Half-Life: Alyx is going to be released on March, 23rd. The game will be available only on Steam, but it will be compatible with all PC VR headsets. The price is €50, but the game is free for Index owners. I’m hyped, and you?

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

It’s a new month, we’ve reached level 6 of this Jumanji game that is 2020. Keep in mind that this device has a pixel density far superior even to the one of the Valve Index, so it is perfect not only for gaming but also for prototyping, design and architecture. Rony Abovitz steps down from Magic Leap CEO. Image by HP).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

What other devices are so cheap, have the best games, a continuous stream of updates? I remember many people laughing at me when we of New Technology Walkers released a fitness game for the Vive Focus Plus ( HitMotion: Reloaded ) because they said it was a big and overpriced headset. Image by Epic Games). Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Image by MegaDodo Simulation Games). Some of its features are: 2,160 × 2,160 resolution per eye 90Hz framerate 4-cameras inside-out tracking (like the Quest) Touch-like controllers with Knuckles-like finger-sensing Face tracking Hips tracking (for better orientation in games) Integration with SteamVR games Wireless add-on.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I’ve just had my first day in Nanchang, China. I’m here to attend the WCVRI , a very big event about Virtual Reality in China, where I am exhibiting HitMotion: Reloaded , the mixed reality fitness game of my agency New Technology Walkers ( contact us if you need some VR development!). Is it really important?

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 7, 2019

Others can’t make most games to run on the PC because the 120/144Hz mode is too demanding. You know that I’m very interested in the Chinese market… and in China, with WeChat you can do almost everything. Microsoft is shipping Azure Kinect. Microsoft is finally shipping its Azure Kinect devkits.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

It is some kind of magic. Me trying the Realmax glasses in Nanchang, China… am I not supercool? This is a simpler mechanism than the waveguides employed by Microsoft HoloLens 2 or by Magic Leap, and while it may provide a bit less immersive holograms, it is the only way to provide affordable wide-FOV glasses at the moment.

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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. 72 Hz may not be useful for your app and you should activate it only if you think that your game can run at that frequency (so the graphics should be simple, for instance).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

I’m trying to do my best… I hope you’ll appreciate that Before leaving you to the news… I’m hosting a giveaway of Gang V keys… it is a cool VR battle royal game with strong GTA V vibes that has just been released in Early Access on Steam ! This game will attract many fans of the saga to the Quest, increasing its sales even more.

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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. In the interview with me, he talked about many topics, like the rumors he heard on Apple Glasses, on the Oculus Quest 2 , the America vs China war, XR entrepreneurship, Tesla, and more! XR is going to conquer the consumer market.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

It is a set of AR glasses strictly focused on tabletop gaming that works together with a 6 DOF controller and a special board made with retro-reflective materials. Huawei has launched in China its VR glasses, that will be on sale in China in December for 2999RMB, around $400. Huawei launches its VR glasses. The time is coming!

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

This week we had anyway the confirmation that Fast Travel Games is working on two titles for this headset. And Sony will give a “Sneak peek” of PSVR 2 games at its upcoming State Of Play event on June 2nd at 3 PM PT. According to the leaker, the game was playable, but the overall quality was not that good. Image by Magic Leap).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Minecraft Earth was a game that had the potential of competing with Pokemon Go, but its shutdown has been announced some weeks ago because the lockdown has hurt its launch and adoption. Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). Magic Leap will meet its fate. Duck Face, Magic Leap One, and me. Sounded good.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

The event kicks off at 10 am PDT and you can watch it here: [link] Besides Apple, very soon you will also discover new info about our game Hitmotion: Reloaded … this is more interesting than Apple glasses that may revolutionize all the XR sector of course… so stay tuned! NOLO and Arpara brings new headsets from China.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Today is my last day in China. The reason for this operation is the fact that the game has now a not huge community (around 10K players) and RAD thinks it’s better to invest its resources on his next (unannounced) project. Games and products are just numbers in an Excel sheet that must produce some defined outcomes.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 15, 2021

For that, users can connect to smartphones, laptops, gaming consoles, and tablets, the company says. Rokid, a Hangzhou, China-based startup, says its Vision 2 headset includes “the world’s leading diffractive optical waveguide technology with a light transmittance of 85% and 40° field of view (FOV).”

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Huge, huge gaming conference. One my the reasons I started looking at VR again in 2016 was because of that video gaming interest. When you ask me my best experiences right now, I’m going to kind of… I’m thinking about some of the early games that that I played, that gave me that “woah” moment.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Huge, huge gaming conference. One my the reasons I started looking at VR again in 2016 was because of that video gaming interest. When you ask me my best experiences right now, I’m going to kind of… I’m thinking about some of the early games that that I played, that gave me that “woah” moment.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Huge, huge gaming conference. One my the reasons I started looking at VR again in 2016 was because of that video gaming interest. I'm thinking about some of the early games that that I played, that gave me that "woah" moment. The prices might still be a little bit high, but the quality of the gaming was there already.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

And the transition to PS5 without a transition to a PSVR2 is already creating some confusion: some games like Hitman 3 or No Man’s Sky do not work with PSVR in their PS5 version (you have to use the PS4 version). Image by Megadodo Simulation Games). Then why Magic Leap hasn’t delivered a solid product with 2B?)

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Today Tilt Five is launching its Kickstarter campaign for its innovative augmented reality glasses for tabletop gaming. Some of my toy projects… I did a ton of these toys joysticks that you plug into a television and have a bunch of video games built in. Using actual props in the game with Tilt Five (image by Tilt Five).

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 31, 2016

At this year’s IMMERSE Summit , Road to VR sat down with Matt McIlwain , managing director at Madrona Venture Group (investor in Envelop VR and Pixvana ), and Patrick Eggen , managing director at Qualcomm Ventures (investor in Owlchemy Labs and Magic Leap ), to discuss their investing strategies when it comes to virtual and augmented reality.

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MAY 24, 2023

Instead, he has concentrated his journalistic efforts on a stereotypical dystopia of avatars and social media white elephants from a caricatured Meta, Microsoft AltSpaceVR, and Decentraland. Yes, the media has documented failures among the consumer-facing metaverse, which includes Meta, JP Morgan, Decentraland, Microsoft, and others.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

For instance, the piece video on China Daily where Tim Cook says “I am incredibly excited about AR […] stay tuned and you’ll see what we have to offer” has become viral and everyone is talking about it, while actually, it doesn’t convey any info. If you are a game developer, I’m sure you will appreciate it, too. Reddit Post).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 11, 2020

What is a bit annoying, instead, is that you can see that there is the reflection game happening, because in front of your eyes you can sometimes the halo of the reflections of what you have below yourself , especially if it is something that emits light (like a smartphone). But again, this is an early devkit, so this is part of the game.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2019

I wrote a review on Magic Leap One because my friend (and ex partner ) Gianni made me try it. As you can see, only 22% of VR games are profitable now or in the short term. Licensing your game to LBVR can give you extra cash in the west, while in China you must be very careful about piracy and people not paying the licenses.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

He regularly advises Fortune 500 brands and Triple-A game publishers on how to succeed in the interactive media space. A sought-after authority on interactive media industry, Carter has presented at every event around the world, including Casual Connect, the LA Games Conference, and the VR/AR Global Summit.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

He regularly advises Fortune 500 brands and Triple-A game publishers on how to succeed in the interactive media space. A sought-after authority on interactive media industry, Carter has presented at every event around the world, including Casual Connect, the LA Games Conference, and the VR/AR Global Summit.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

She has broad experience in traditional film, TV, digital media, augmented reality, virtual reality and video games. of content development and strategic partnerships for the worldwide business development for Microsoft Studios. Here’s a VR/AR game that is now in the forefront of mainstream media. Welcome, Jenna.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

She has broad experience in traditional film, TV, digital media, augmented reality, virtual reality and video games. of content development and strategic partnerships for the worldwide business development for Microsoft Studios. Here’s a VR/AR game that is now in the forefront of mainstream media. Welcome, Jenna.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

He regularly advises Fortune 500 brands and Triple-A game publishers on how to succeed in the interactive media space. A sought-after authority on interactive media industry, Carter has presented at every event around the world, including Casual Connect, the LA Games Conference, and the VR/AR Global Summit. So they're.

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