The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

It doesn’t have controllers (you just use your hands), but you can buy external controllers by Finch to use with it. Dubbed “The Metaverse Primer”, it describes all the various aspects of the metaverse, from hardware to software, not to mention networking and monetization. AR users to reach 800M by the end of the year.

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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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Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2016

Design — Explore early lessons of VR game design with our Oculus Studios team and top developers such as High Voltage Software, Tripwire Interactive, OZWE Games, and more. Explore the endless possibilities for VR across 360 video, film, art, and education.

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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 kind of devices and software will we need to participate in this AR Cloud?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Davis recently served as general manager for the Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4. Scott spent 15 years as an art director in Triple-A games at places such as id Software and Microsoft Game Studios. As for the name, the founders said it evoked the image of Clint Eastwood in films such as High Plains Drifter.

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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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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

This is great news for the customers of the Quest 2, but it poses some doubts about the retro compatibility of the Quest ecosystem that Zuck promised at OC6: if the Quest 2 is much more powerful than the Quest 1 and the Quest 1 is discontinued, has sense for developers to keep producing software that is compatible with Quest 1? Learn more.

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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. On the software side, they have so far chosen not to support the industry interoperability standard OpenXR.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The obvious answer is the ethos behind ThreeKit’s product customization software, which CTO Ben Houston joins Alan to discuss. We started making-- this company originally was creating software for Hollywood films, and we did that quite successfully on a lot of films. So Unreal and Unity do have abilities to go on the web.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The obvious answer is the ethos behind ThreeKit’s product customization software, which CTO Ben Houston joins Alan to discuss. We started making-- this company originally was creating software for Hollywood films, and we did that quite successfully on a lot of films. So Unreal and Unity do have abilities to go on the web.

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Houston AR Unreal Technology 78

XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The obvious answer is the ethos behind ThreeKit’s product customization software, which CTO Ben Houston joins Alan to discuss. We started making-- this company originally was creating software for Hollywood films, and we did that quite successfully on a lot of films. So Unreal and Unity do have abilities to go on the web.

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Houston AR Unreal Technology 78

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

It is for the professional and the gamer, and it is especially intriguing if mixed with wireless module and Index Controllers; Cosmos XR (price unknown): features two high-res RGB cameras, that let you use the Cosmos both as a VR headset and an AR one. StageCraft is a new technology for shooting films. Really my favorite.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

And so he created the hardware and wrote the software to make 360 truly a consumer product. They’ve created amazing hardware, but they failed on the delivery of the actual experience, from the hardware to the software, out to how people actually want to use it. Well, yeah, we hardware’s useless with software.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

And so he created the hardware and wrote the software to make 360 truly a consumer product. They’ve created amazing hardware, but they failed on the delivery of the actual experience, from the hardware to the software, out to how people actually want to use it. Well, yeah, we hardware’s useless with software.

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North America Software 360 Video Video 78

XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

And so he created the hardware and wrote the software to make 360 truly a consumer product. They've created amazing hardware, but they failed on the delivery of the actual experience, from the hardware to the software, out to how people actually want to use it. Well, yeah, we hardware's useless with software.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

But its reputation as a video game engine can also be intimidating — especially to those who want to create AR software for enterprise. Paul has been a software developer and technology consultant since 1997 – since before the interwebs! He chats with Alan about his claim to flame. Paul: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

But its reputation as a video game engine can also be intimidating — especially to those who want to create AR software for enterprise. Paul has been a software developer and technology consultant since 1997 – since before the interwebs! He chats with Alan about his claim to flame. Paul: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

But its reputation as a video game engine can also be intimidating -- especially to those who want to create AR software for enterprise. Paul has been a software developer and technology consultant since 1997 - since before the interwebs! How do people build software -- in 2018 at the time -- what's their workflow? Paul: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

We’ll eventually have digital objects on top of reality, but I think there’s a lot of innovation that’s happening, at least in the storytelling around, where when I go to these different film festivals, I kind of see what the storytelling potential is with these mediums. And you’ve got these 6DOF controllers.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

We'll eventually have digital objects on top of reality, but I think there's a lot of innovation that's happening, at least in the storytelling around, where when I go to these different film festivals, I kind of see what the storytelling potential is with these mediums. And you've got these 6DOF controllers. What's the price point?

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

We’ll eventually have digital objects on top of reality, but I think there’s a lot of innovation that’s happening, at least in the storytelling around, where when I go to these different film festivals, I kind of see what the storytelling potential is with these mediums. And you’ve got these 6DOF controllers.

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