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

JUNE 19, 2023

Pre-teen accounts will have very strict safety measures and they must be set up by an adult, which will have total control over it. We all joked about Samsung waiting for the Apple Vision Pro announcement to copy it, but according to some rumors, this is exactly what is happening. I do not know what to think about this.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Probably I should tell you that I was busy with VR projects, but the truth is that I have been celebrating a lot lately, especially the recent victory of Italy in the Euro 2020 soccer championship. It doesn’t have controllers (you just use your hands), but you can buy external controllers by Finch to use with it.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The headset has a very nice design and features these specifications: Standalone 6DOF headset 1600×1600 resolution per eye 90Hz refresh rate 90° FOV RGB AR passthrough Innovative lenses that make the headset more compact Integrated audio Controller-free hand-tracking Eye-tracking 6GB of RAM 128GB of storage WiFi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.0,

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AllThingsVR

JUNE 16, 2016

Obviously being free to download will certainly help, as will the controller-free input system and the simple fact that, as far as mobile VR goes, Bait! Furthermore, the game has now been localized for Spain, Germany, Italy and France, with more localizations to be made in the coming months. is a pretty polished experience.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Facebook already had full control of my Oculus and Facebook accounts, so it had already my XR data. That’s why Avi Bar-Zeev in a tweet on this topic talked about “the illusion of control” of our data : actually, Facebook already had it all. Zuckerberg wrote in a letter some years ago that he wants full control of the XR platform.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Also, new more ergonomic controllers, that solve the flaws of the current design, will be part of the package. These controllers should be compatible with the current Quest. More info (Google Lens) More info (AR copy to Photoshop) More info (VROOM). Mechanical IPD is confirmed. but it is anyway interesting to read about.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

This is a big bummer because controllers’ tracking has always been the biggest problem of WMR headsets and seeing that it hasn’t been solved now yet is very disappointing. All in all, the common consensus is that this is a great headset if you’re looking for just high resolution (e.g. Google releases the Objectron dataset.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The upgraded Pico 4 should bring ringless controllers and maybe some refresh of the specifications. Some rumors say that anyway a refresh of the Pico 4, which I personally call “Pico 4 Plus”, may come in the next months because it was already in the pipeline. I’m personally a bit confused by Bytedance’s strategy.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Coronavirus is back in Italy and from yesterday we’re having new restrictions like a night curfew, some kind of shops closed, etc… I hope that you and the people you love are safe. Huawei has upgraded its sleek VR glasses and now they support 6DOF movement and 6DOF controllers that are very similar to the Oculus Touch.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

Oculus Quest and controllers inside a stand. The Odyssey has anyway the problem of the non-optimal tracking of controllers. 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. Mobile headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 19, 2021

It’s a nice summer day here in Italy, and I hope things for all of you are going well. A brain-controlled keyboard that should have worked without having any kind of sensors installed into the brain, so that to be completely non-invasive. Top news of the week. More info (Netflix hires Mike Verdu) More info (Facebook hires Joshua To).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The damn coronavirus continues to impact all our lives: the fact that many countries are applying restrictions on flights to and from Italy is, for example, creating various nuisances to my job. Coronavirus impacts headsets production and kills F8 and GDC. So bad, because I was planning to go there in March. Facebook acquires Sanzaru Games.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

Google AR Cloud Streaming. Google has partnered with FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles… do you know that Fiat is from my city in Italy?) In this version, the Jeep has 4K textures and tens of millions of polygons, and it gets rendered on Google servers and streamed very fast to your smartphone. Pollen Robotics.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Vive Flow is a 6DOF headset that works with your Android phone as a 3DOF controller (hands tracking is coming in the future). Microsoft X-Rings is a controllers that can change its shape. NVIDIA CloudXR is now available on Google Cloud. NVIDIA CloudXR is probably the most mature solution to provide cloud rendering.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

I think I’ll miss the joys of summer (and all the trophies that Italy has won), but at least I’ll be able to enjoy again some delicious hot chocolate Before leaving you to the news of the week, I’m happy to announce to you that I’ve been selected as a speaker for AWE US 2021 ! This one is the last AR/VR news roundup for this summer!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

Only a minimum of the data should be shared with the online servers and most of them should be handled locally; the applications and the communications should be secure; the user must have all the control among what data of his/hers gets shared and what not. More info (Use Google Translate). A new ID Software VR game is arriving.

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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). Some will also feature tracked controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2018

This is also an answer to Lenovo Mirage Solo, that lets you directly install apps from Google Play. Awesome controllers. The Vive Focus has inside-out 6DOF tracking but has only a damn 3 DOF controller. Well, actually, I should say “had” 6 DOF controller emulation. Image by HTC).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

If you will be in Italy, please come visiting me! 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 has already abandoned all its VR projects (e.g. Top news of the week.

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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

MARCH 9, 2020

As for me, I’ve been flooded by worldwide requests asking how I am here in Italy. The coronavirus outbreak is getting worse here in Northern Italy. We have more difficulties in going to Milan, that is the economical heart of Italy, and now a red zone with all its region. and fostering the creation of Virtual ones.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Italy won the Tennis Davis Cup, and that was pretty cool to see (the match between Sinner and Djokovic was just incredible). This may be one of the potential names for either the upcoming mixed reality headset that Samsung is developing with Google or the name of future AR glasses. Will we meet there?

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google killed its AR glasses Project Iris Do you remember the name Project Iris? Various reports indicated it as the internal codename in Google for a project meant to build augmented reality glasses. It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 28, 2022

Described in detail by Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) , the Hermit spyware (it was dubbed Hermit by security firm Lookout , which first reported its discovery) is part of a dangerous and sophisticated malware attack that's actively being used in the wild. SEE ALSO: Google warns of 'hermit spyware' infecting Android and iOS devices.

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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. Pico Neo Eye 2 and controllers.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 4, 2017

Google and Sony both have intellectual property around waveguide designs similar in nature. Essilor is the world’s largest lens manufacturer, and recently merged with Luxottica of Italy, the world’s largest eye-frames company. Near-eye Optics Basics. Lumus has more recently been the OEM supplier to both Daqri and Atheer.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The document is divided into nine parts: I will report them here, as a small summary of mine, together with the full text translated with Google Translate (so, RIP English), if you want to read it. A centralized content platform is also better for the Chinese government to have more control over it. (2) Introduction.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 2, 2023

This is due to several “false starts” with Google Glass , Microsoft HoloLens2, and Magic Leap, although the companies remain potential customers. He added that users could control icons with their gaze, which had “effectively replaced the mouse.” Those days are totally gone and will never come back.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2022

Anyway, today should be a vacation in Italy, but here I am writing this roundup for you, so if you want to show your appreciation, don’t forget to make a donation on Patreon ! In case there is another platform involved, e.g. Android, 30% will go to Google, and 25% of the remaining money (i.e. Top news of the week. In total, 52.5%

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 14, 2020

the USB cable for Oculus Link) and the (rechargeable) batteries for the controllers. There are lots of grants around, and here we can participate in some research grants offered by Italy or European Union. If you don’t have enough of this stuff, Amazon is your friend. Some countries are more “infected” than others.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In my opinion, it is a controlled leak to ruin the launch of Pico 4 , which according to rumors is happening these days… but of course, I could be wrong. How will the “Google Analytics” of the metaverse be? I mean, this story smells. We have a new leak about the upcoming Pico 4 Pro headset. More info (Vive Focus 3 accessories?—?Road

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 27, 2021

So disappointed that Italy was not in the top 10. For instance, this is the forecast of the analysts for the Google Glass adoption in 2013, that I used for a business plan. We all wear Google Glasses every d… ah, no. Whatever new VR innovative project released by Google]. It is going to happen in 5-10 years.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

I’m still here in the US for some days after having attended AWE, planning to meet some interesting people before heading back to Italy. Automatic translation of 2D web UI elements onto a spatial control panel when an experience is accessed on a VR or AR headset. Google to put all its experimental projects inside “Labs” division.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 8, 2018

Inside the package, there is basically the headset, the controller, and some accessories: the controller’s battery, the spacer mask to help you in using the device with glasses, the cloth to clean the lenses and the super-duper-useless Health & Safety book. The controller. The controller works with a standard AA 1.5V

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2020

It’s the day in which in Italy we prepare the Christmas tree and I send an enormous hug to all my family. Google shuts down Google Poly. Google is continuing its tradition of killing all the interesting AR/VR projects it kickstarted and this week has killed Google Poly, the community-driven 3D objects database.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2021

Here you are the original footage of our friendly chat that went out on Google Meet, with many interesting insights on what is the AR Cloud and what are its advantages: I’m not very lucid in this interview, but the answers of Julia and Vladimir are very interesting the same! You have not any kind of control on this process.

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