The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Pico 4 launches in China, while new info is shared in the West. First of all, Pico 4 has been launched in China, priced at 2699 yuan and 2999 yuan (with a 200 yuan discount at launch). First of all, Pico 4 has been launched in China, priced at 2699 yuan and 2999 yuan (with a 200 yuan discount at launch). Only time will tell….

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Investors included iDreamSky, a China-based app developer, along with Hargreave Hale and You & Mr Jones, an investor in Pokemon Go developer Niantic. VR content for mobile-based headsets like Google Cardboard can also be created with the platform. With iDreamSky’s help, China should be one of those regions.

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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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The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Samsung XR headset may have been delayed The new rumor in town is that Samsung has delayed its upcoming headset that it is building in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. It’s been another interesting week in immersive realities, so let’s see what happened in our field in the past few days!

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 8, 2023

While the concept of phone holders is dead for good in VR, there are a few companies that are trying to bring it to augmented reality, exploiting also the fact that true AR headsets (like Magic Leap 2 ) are very expensive and cost thousands of euros. In China, companies are already using AI to substitute illustrators.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

China is the factory of the world, and now that it has stopped because of the virus, all the other countries are having troubles as well. For now, I know today some offices in China are starting to open again, let’s hope that this terrible situation ends as soon as possible. ???? More info (Use Google Translate).

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 22, 2023

That means glasses using it will have to be assembled inside the US, significantly raising the production cost, despite most of the manufacturing and components coming from China and Taiwan. LCoS isn't a new technology, it has been used in movie projectors since the 90s as well as in AR products like HoloLens 1 and Magic Leap 2.

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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? And… how is Nanchang?

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 28, 2019

QR codes are very popular in China, and I found them a very easy way to connect people with the VR App. Chinese AR and smartglasses manufacturer Seengene (that has a website much inspired by Magic Leap) had a booth showcasing its smartglasses for enterprise usage. I have tried the Seengene smart glasses for some instants.

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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. Magic Leap releases its SDK. We still haven’t seen a Magic Leap device , but at least now we can see its SDK. Oculus Go showcased. The Oculus Go (Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap now is worth a bit more than $450M. Magic Leap and its magic drop. Google releases a tool for body tracking on your phone. Google has just released MediaPipe BlazePose, an AI tool that is able to track the upper part of your body in realtime on your phone.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Magic Leap, Niantic, etc…) and by two big countries (USA and China). Magic Leap releases new tools for developers. If you are a Magic Leap developer, you will for sure be happy to discover that the Florida company is releasing a set of tools and facilities to make the development of AR applications easier.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

On the client side, the system will become compatible with iOS devices, and a Magic Leap client has also been developed. 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.

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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 30, 2019

Even if they are not general-purpose glasses like Hololens or Magic Leap, these glasses feature inside so many technological innovations that made all we of the tech communities fall in love with them, and with their creator Jeri Ellsworth. Google is doing it again. Huawei launches its VR glasses. Keep an eye on it.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

At WCVRI, China shows its strategic interest for VR. And while China always moves chaotically, I think that the push of the government is helping its VR companies. While HTC is struggling on the hardware side, I think that it is moving very well to create a good software ecosystem, at least in China.

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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). News from partners (and friends).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

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! Why can’t it be Facebook, or Magic Leap ? “He has one million cars collecting data of the world. PRNewsfoto/BadVR).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Magic Leap will meet its fate.

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Robert Scoble

JUNE 28, 2022

He played a key role in the early development of Magic Leap, an augmented reality company that just won best of show at the industry’s biggest gathering, AWE (for Augmented World Expo). I also have the first video, on YouTube, of the first Google Self Driving Car. China” Liam Casey. Adrian Kaehler is that genius. .

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 29, 2020

Google is going to buy North. A report says tha t Alphabet, the company behind Google, is in the last stages of the acquisition of North, the Canadian startup that makes the Focals smartglasses. Google adds depth APIs to ARCore. The post The XR Week Peek (2020.06.29): Oculus kills the Go, Google buys North, and much more!

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2017

Now… the entire game industry, hardware and software—including the juggernaut that is China—is only two-thirds that size, after most of my lifetime building to that point. My friend Clay [Bavor, VP of VR] at Google, he’s investing and building… he’s creating something. He’s not creating Google VR.

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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. The entrance to the big WCVRI VR exhibition in Nanchang China, in 2019. Video interview With Kura’s Kelly Peng. for fitness).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

This shows the growing trend of European companies to try to create a new technological hub that can compete with the US and China for this new tech revolution. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap has sold units of its first device for $550. The Metaverse hype is growing strong also in China. Other news.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2019

and “What are the differences with the Mainland China”. What are the differences with Mainland China? From my point of view, Taiwan and Mainland China are very similar and for sure stem from the same cultural background. In Taiwan, all western websites work and so you don’t need to set up a VPN just to use Google.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Today is my last day in China. I’m sorry about that, but it’s still a miracle I’ve managed to write it… Top news of the week (Leaked image from Samsung video) Samsung is back to XR with Google and Qualcomm The big news of the week is that Samsung is back to XR. Qualcomm seems a very predictable choice, but Google is less.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Image by Google). Meta and Google announce layoffs. This week we had the announcement of both Meta and Google laying off people. More info (Google NeRF algorithm) More info (Quest 2 full body tracking) More info (Meta research on video points of view) More info (Apple patent for mixed reality). News worth a mention.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

I finally — finally, after a year and a half — I got to try out the Magic Leap in Laval, and it was a good experience. Personally, I have some concerns about the cost of the Hololens and the Magic Leap devices at this time. I traveled to China with them, and the MERGE Cube is… it’s so elegant.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

I finally — finally, after a year and a half — I got to try out the Magic Leap in Laval, and it was a good experience. Personally, I have some concerns about the cost of the Hololens and the Magic Leap devices at this time. I traveled to China with them, and the MERGE Cube is… it’s so elegant.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

I finally -- finally, after a year and a half -- I got to try out the Magic Leap in Laval, and it was a good experience. Personally, I have some concerns about the cost of the Hololens and the Magic Leap devices at this time. I traveled to China with them, and the MERGE Cube is. Bob: When did you go to China?

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

Joonmo: Actually we partnered with a company called Pico in China and we use Pico's G2 device. Joonmo: We started our pilot service with a Club Med Resort in China, and I trained the reception desk workers on the Club Med about how to handle this device, and how to explain about the contents or etc. Alan: That's fantastic.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

Joonmo: Actually we partnered with a company called Pico in China and we use Pico's G2 device. Joonmo: We started our pilot service with a Club Med Resort in China, and I trained the reception desk workers on the Club Med about how to handle this device, and how to explain about the contents or etc. Alan: That's fantastic.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Then why Magic Leap hasn’t delivered a solid product with 2B?) Facebook will have its own Cloud Gaming Service, entering so the field of the future of gaming where other companies like Google (Stadia!), More info (Using Google Translate). NVIDIA, Sony, and others are experimenting.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

Joonmo: Actually we partnered with a company called Pico in China and we use Pico's G2 device. Joonmo: We started our pilot service with a Club Med Resort in China, and I trained the reception desk workers on the Club Med about how to handle this device, and how to explain about the contents or etc. Alan: That's fantastic.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

I know one thing that I saw was Magic Leap partnered with H&M and… Moshino ? And one of the experiences, one that you mentioned, I recently saw at Collision Conference in Toronto and H&M had partnered with the Magic Leap to allow attendees to design their T-shirt in mixed reality using the Magic Leap.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

I know one thing that I saw was Magic Leap partnered with H&M and… Moshino ? And one of the experiences, one that you mentioned, I recently saw at Collision Conference in Toronto and H&M had partnered with the Magic Leap to allow attendees to design their T-shirt in mixed reality using the Magic Leap.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

I know one thing that I saw was Magic Leap partnered with H&M and. And one of the experiences, one that you mentioned, I recently saw at Collision Conference in Toronto and H&M had partnered with the Magic Leap to allow attendees to design their T-shirt in mixed reality using the Magic Leap.

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