The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And while this is anyway a good result for a startup (developing an AR headsets means spending billions in R&D), targeting the consumer market has been a suicide move , that let Microsoft get full control of the profitable enterprise market. More info (Camera Path and Google Drive backup) More info (Sketchfab exporting).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

But before talking about it, let me invite you once more to visit the Venice VR Expanded virtual worlds that we did in VRChat for the Venice Film Festival. Google releases a tool for body tracking on your phone. I promise you won’t be disappointed. Top news of the week. Image by Walking Cat). Learn more. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Anyway, the classical problems of WMR headsets, like mediocre controllers, remain. Venice Film Festival is featuring a rich VR section. Among the most important film festivals, La Biennale del Cinema di Venezia is the only one with an official VR competition. My review of Google Hand tracking library. exits beta stage.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

More info (Use Google Translate). Google Chrome now supports WebAR. More info (Google Chrome 81 supports AR) More info (Nicolò Carpignoli’s initiative). It features a tiny new module which condenses the necessary control, processing, and communication components into a mere 16mm × 10mm. News worth a mention.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 8, 2017

The headsets and the technology for continuous virtual worlds and the blockchain for ecommerce, all the pieces are here. He felt that people aren’t going to get used to — at least with AR, you could be filming people around you all the time. How do you think you would control something like this? It does, in a big way.

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2016

Samsung solidified its commitment to the virtual reality space with some big announcements that essentially add up to an end-to-end consumer VR solution. Samsung VR is now somewhat similar to the App Store or Google Play store in that it’s where you can find the latest content for virtual reality products.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

For many, that’s been the general reaction to the metaverse , an all-encompassing virtual world that big tech CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg really want people to inhabit using virtual or augmented reality headsets. Just film performances and release them online instead. But what is actually gained from this?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

It was great to see that the device would be controlled using our hands, instead of external controllers, meaning that it is far more intuitive for people to use and should ensure success when the product is released. This was done by introducing flat, resizeable virtual screens to maximise productivity.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 6, 2017

I asked him where we were in our ability to create the Metaverse, the immersive virtual world envisioned by sci-fi novelist Neal Stephenson in Snow Crash. It’s the opposite of Twitter and Facebook, which are locked down proprietary APIs and services controlled by companies. Image Credit: Michael O’Donnell/VentureBeat.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 19, 2017

This year Flock (video above) will expand upon some of the concepts of Holojam with a multi-user untethered virtual world “designed to get people to move, shake, and flock together.” Neurable: Brain-Computer Interfaces for Virtual and Augmented Reality. Control software with your mind. and “Asteroids!”

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Oculus is ambitious on taking the market share by designing a VR headset with cameras added for inside-out tracking of 6DOF head movement and two Oculus Touch-style controllers. Google Earth VR: bringing the whole wide world to virtual reality. Google Earth VR: bringing the whole wide world to virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Apart from the hardware, Somnium is moving well also on the software side: the graphics of the virtual world is improving over time, and soon will be released the first game built on top of Somnium. Everything they have announced is realistic , and it gives the company the impression of being reliable. I like this approach.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In his 1984 classic Neuromancer, characters entered a virtual reality world called “the matrix” (inspiration for the 1999 film of the same name by the Wachowskis). Augmented vision is commonplace in futuristic films, from Minority Report to Iron Man. What room are you in, what objects or other people are around you.

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Robert Scoble

JUNE 1, 2019

We have already seen some devices like Google Glass that gave us a taste of how they would improve the world, even while introducing new problems, deepest amongst them was that they didn’t provide enough benefit to offset the real social costs of wearing a computing device and the weight that a computer put on our face.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

The new VR headset enhances everything from resolution and field of view to tracking and input ; It will connect to PS5 with a single cord to simplify setup and improve ease-of-use while enabling a high-fidelity visual experience; It will feature controllers carefully studied for VR.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

Being one of the earliest films to explore the combination of human computer interaction, TRON is well known for its, at the time, exceptional graphics. Head mounted display (start of film) : Prototype model that appears to be a maskless football helmet with an array of sensors and circuitry strewn around the head. TRON (1982).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2020

This week, the damn coronavirus has caused the cancelation of three super-important events: GTC (that will be substituted by the streaming of the sessions), SXSW and Google I/O. More info (GTC canceled) More info (SXSW canceled) More info (Google I/O canceled) More info (Facebook & working from home). 3dRudder becomes wireless.

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Doc-Ok

JULY 27, 2019

Last weekend, we had yet another professional film crew visiting us to shoot video about our involvement in NASA’s still on-going Mars Science Laboratory (MSL, aka Curiosity rover) mission. This time, they were here to film parts of an upcoming 90-minute special about Mars exploration for the National Geographic TV channel.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2018

It is one of those places where people look for 3D models , alongside other marketplaces like the Unity Asset Store, Google Poly or Turbosquid. I managed to interview its CEO, Dalia Lasaite, and talk with her about the 3D models market trends and the relationship between the 3D modeling ecosystem and the virtual reality ecosystem.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Everyone says that augmented reality (AR) will be bigger than virtual reality (VR): analysts , investors , technologists , and futurists alike. But because you’re much likelier to hear about VR today, especially this month with the launches of Playstation VR, Google Daydream, and Oculus Touch, AR can feel distant and overhyped.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 31, 2019

We were commissioned to bring a five-minute VR experience that they had filmed, giving behind-the-scenes look at the Rangers, the Knicks, and Billy Joel live on stage in 360 VR. And that was because they were bringing film first to the Pacific Science Center. This is where the Knicks played, and so on and so forth. Alan: Indeed.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 31, 2019

We were commissioned to bring a five-minute VR experience that they had filmed, giving behind-the-scenes look at the Rangers, the Knicks, and Billy Joel live on stage in 360 VR. And that was because they were bringing film first to the Pacific Science Center. This is where the Knicks played, and so on and so forth. That's really cool.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 9, 2022

One is probably the Quest 3, while the other is not clear if it is a higher-end version (Quest 3 Pro) or a lightweight one (Quest 3 Lite, maybe without controllers) In the end, there is the successor of Cambria, codenamed Funston, to be released in 2024. Google acquires Raxium. News worth a mention. Image by Meta). Outstanding move!

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 31, 2019

We were commissioned to bring a five-minute VR experience that they had filmed, giving behind-the-scenes look at the Rangers, the Knicks, and Billy Joel live on stage in 360 VR. And that was because they were bringing film first to the Pacific Science Center. This is where the Knicks played, and so on and so forth. Alan: Indeed.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 6, 2019

So you reach out and grab things, controls, models, and it’s all just near interaction with your hands. And it’s like– it feels like that’s just– it’s this early hacked state, where eventually all those controls basically disappear, fade away. Alan: People get their CAD models in. Greg: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 6, 2019

So you reach out and grab things, controls, models, and it’s all just near interaction with your hands. And it’s like– it feels like that’s just– it’s this early hacked state, where eventually all those controls basically disappear, fade away. Alan: People get their CAD models in. Greg: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 6, 2019

So you reach out and grab things, controls, models, and it's all just near interaction with your hands. And it's like-- it feels like that's just-- it's this early hacked state, where eventually all those controls basically disappear, fade away. When you're in VR mode, it just kind of darkens out the world and goes into VR mode.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

So we have a collective about 700 people from all over the world who contribute to the visuals of the band, like the one who saw at FIVARS Festival But also, too, we have two master students who are working with us in the band, and they create a lot of these virtual scenes and virtual worlds. So it’s not just VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

So we have a collective about 700 people from all over the world who contribute to the visuals of the band, like the one who saw at FIVARS Festival But also, too, we have two master students who are working with us in the band, and they create a lot of these virtual scenes and virtual worlds. So it’s not just VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

So we have a collective about 700 people from all over the world who contribute to the visuals of the band, like the one who saw at FIVARS Festival But also, too, we have two master students who are working with us in the band, and they create a lot of these virtual scenes and virtual worlds. So it's not just VR.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Conan gets a tour of the HTC Vive filmed with a mixed reality setup. One thing I find interesting is that he didn’t mention the headset or the controllers once. Granted, a bunch of the material was cut out, but he seemed mostly focused on the virtual world, not the hardware rendering it.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

The documentation was the same as before, if not for the fact that in the page about headset Input page, there was also a reference to “Oculus Jedi” controllers. I’ve used Google search to find all the pages with references to Del Mar in the Oculus website, and all the docs are identical to the previous versions.

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