XR Today - Big XR News tag

JULY 26, 2023

This ranged from user interfaces (UIs), filming, controls, and hardware optimisation. Despite this, Latta praised the headset’s features like its field of view (FoV), controller-less hand tracking, eye and gaze tracking, and 3D video recording capabilities. “Everyone was even waiting till Apple announced something.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

He said that Facebook still believes in the tech and will continue investing a lot in it, and this delay may even be an advantage for FB : since Facebook was not a hardware company, the fact that VR will take longer than expected means that the company will have more time to learn about hardware manufacturing.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 6, 2023

It also hosts a Snapdragon XR2 Gen 1 processor for offloading processing power, streamlining app functionality for low-latency connectivity between the two devices. Regarding hand tracking, Xiaomi’s latest AR smart glasses boast micro gesture controls, leading to enhanced human-computer interfacing (HCI) capabilities.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

These new pieces of hardware are based on the new Ampere architecture , which offers a big boost in performance compared with the previous Turing one. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap now is worth a bit more than $450M. Magic Leap and its magic drop. News worth a mention. More info.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2020

We also have an older build for Magic Leap, but currently there are technical limitations preventing third party browsers on that platform. The new WebXR standard not only unifies access to VR and AR hardware, but provides a way to improve the privacy and performance of web applications. Mozilla Hubs.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 29, 2023

Doctors can leverage the technology to access detailed scans of patients in real-time with Magic Leap, HoloLens 2, and other headsets. Other Contributing Factors 5G allows developers access to low-latency, low-bandwidth, and seamless connectivity to create and execute such programmes.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

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. So this is a market we should all keep an eye on.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Or maybe a section of the floor itself serves as the treadmill, raised up as a platform that controls pitch, yaw, roll, and speed. For those who want to push immersion further, optional climate controls mirror environmental conditions (within a safe temperature range). Control options. You’d smell the grass.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2019

I have also to say that there is still a long road to go before going there: the magazines that have tried the solution of HTC found it very interesting, but at the same time highlighted how the latency was still high and sometimes if you moved too fast, you lose the tracking.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Apple’s take on immersive technologies will also test the future of XR hardware solutions and their roles in the broader XR community through rigorous use cases. This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. What more would we expect from Apple? The gestures seemed natural and intuitive.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

This time we don’t have more info about the hardware, but about the software. But I would wait to rejoice from it: VR requires a very short motion-to-photon latency, and as of today no cloud rendering service can offer such low latency in every possible location of the user. Image by Magic Leap).

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Road to VR

JANUARY 10, 2019

Northern Digital is a Waterloo, Canada-based manufacturer of 3D measurement devices, and while the company has mainly focused on creating for various industries such as medicine and aeronautics throughout their 35 years of existence, they’ve recently unveiled a reference design for a magnetic tracking system for VR headsets and controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Google can count on the acquisition of North, the experience he has matured by producing Google Glass and investing in Magic Leap, and the fact that it owns the most-used mobile operating system. Some will also feature tracked controllers. Magic Leap will meet its fate. Duck Face, Magic Leap One, and me.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

I ended up at Valve Software running their hardware department, putting the team together that created the HTC Vive. As hardware and software mature, awareness is driven by wonderful things like Pokemon Go. Instead of having to install applications to do this, it’ll be part of the OS and part of the hardware itself.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It’s been called the AR Cloud by many, the Magicverse by Magic Leap, the Mirrorworld by Wired, the Cyberverse by Huawei, Planet-scale AR by Niantic and Spatial Computing by academics. ARtillery Intelligence predicts $14B of consumer AR revenues by 2021, with only around $2B of that from hardware sales. by Marko Balabanovic.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Some hardware accessories have been announced for this headset, like a fitness 3DOF tracker for the feet, and a dedicated router for wireless streaming. On a separate note, the Quest 2 has just been updated to Runtime v44, which brings additional parental control tools, plus finally many customization options to record videos on the device.

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VeeR VR

MARCH 16, 2018

Additionally, Magic Leap is one of the most funded startups in history. Optimized algorithms, such as motion tracking, run better on the hardware. 5G should reduce this so-called latency, making it possible, for example, to watch high-speed virtual reality video with no delays or glitches.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

At Tilt Five, we designed a really clever system that only works on tabletop experiences but it has features that are just leaps and bounds above what the big Magic Leap or HoloLens type AR systems are. Tilt Five glasses and controller, on the board (Image by Tilt Five). 65 lumens.

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

The promise of Augmented Reality hardware has been immense, but so have been the number of misses. Can Jio’s next hardware play be any different? Reliance Jio’s foray into mixed reality started in 2019 when they acquired majority stake in deep-tech startup Tesseract which has a few hardware products in XR space.

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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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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 8, 2019

FedEx, I think, had two flights which had crashed due to a cockpit filled with smoke conditions that prevented the pilots from being able to properly control the plane. Alan: So, you talked about low-latency experiences in creating this human connection, or human tools that we’re going to be able [to use] to save lives.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 8, 2019

FedEx, I think, had two flights which had crashed due to a cockpit filled with smoke conditions that prevented the pilots from being able to properly control the plane. Alan: So, you talked about low-latency experiences in creating this human connection, or human tools that we’re going to be able [to use] to save lives.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 26, 2022

HoloLens 2, Magic Leap 2, iPhone Pro, and iPad Pro automatically scan your room and create a 3D mesh, which apps leverage for collision and occlusion between virtual and real objects. Room-aware mixed reality on Quest Pro, however, requires you to manually mark out your walls, ceiling, and furniture with the controllers.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

At the end of the month, Oculus officially delays the release of Touch controllers until the last half of 2016. This offers a window to HTC and Valve making the Vive the only room-scale hand-controlled VR platform on the market for most of 2016. Google transitions Clay Bavor into a position as head of VR. February 2016. April 2016.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The chipset is the central unit of the headset, it is like its brain , the hardware computing the images that you see, that gives hw acceleration for video encoding, computer vision, AI, etc… The more powerful the chipset, the bigger the brain of your headset, that so can have more features and offer more realism.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Oculus has announced its first 6 DOF standalone headset with 6 DOF controllers and its name is Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest and controllers inside a stand (Image by Ars Technica). On the front there are the four cameras used to track the position of the device and the controllers. Close view of the Quest controller.

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VRGuy

AUGUST 1, 2016

Acer, NVIDIA, Valve, Ubisoft, Leap Motion and many others joined the ecosystem. The OSVR goggle – called the Hacker Development Kit – has seen several major hardware improvements. VR arcades, for instance, might use custom hardware or professional tracking systems. Low latency is also not the result of one single technique.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

If the Hololens breaks or if a Magic Leap breaks or whatever the hardware happens to be, to go back to that cliché quote, Mark Andreesen said, “software is eating the world. If something fails in hardware, you should be able to take out your phone and have that same experience.” ” Timoni: Exactly.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

If the Hololens breaks or if a Magic Leap breaks or whatever the hardware happens to be, to go back to that cliché quote, Mark Andreesen said, “software is eating the world. If something fails in hardware, you should be able to take out your phone and have that same experience.” ” Timoni: Exactly.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

If the Hololens breaks or if a Magic Leap breaks or whatever the hardware happens to be, to go back to that cliché quote, Mark Andreesen said, "software is eating the world. If something fails in hardware, you should be able to take out your phone and have that same experience.". Now all of a sudden, you are in control.

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