The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap pivots to enterprise, lays off 1,000 employes. With a long post on Magic Leap’s blog, in the end Rony Abovitz has admitted that the company is not going that well, and has announced a new course, that should eventually lead to Magic Leap 2. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

This week has mostly been in the sign of Oculus, with many news and updates from the brand controlled by Facebook. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap 2 is coming in Q1 2022. Even if most of this roundup will be about Oculus, I have decided to put another brand on top of it and it is Magic Leap.

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ARPost

JULY 13, 2022

Inworld AI is a company building a tool to create brains that experience creators can put into virtual bodies to populate the metaverse – whether that’s games, simulations for enterprise and education, embodied chatbots in immersive retail environments, or whatever else you can think of. What is Inworld AI ?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Future of Magic Leap After Ross Rosenberg was appointed Magic Leap’s CEO in October 2023, the company has since focused on its enterprise roadmap for 2024; targeting its XR devices towards enterprise and industrial clients. Magic Leap started to understand that these walled gardens are not their future.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

and in testing it by simulating it in the editor, thanks to nReal “emulator” Are you ready? In the Update method of the code I provided you above (lines 20-21), I have also added two lines that make the cube change color whenever the user presses the Trigger button of the nReal oreo controller.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

.” They partnered with Visyon , a Barcelona-based practical immersive technology company, to provide a widespread selection of technical experiences in VR from Oculus and Vive, and AR through Magic Leap, HoloLens, and Moverio glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 31, 2022

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap 2 to feature dynamic dimming. At Photonics West, Magic Leap’s VP of Optical Engineering Kevin Curtis has revealed some new interesting details on the upcoming Magic Leap 2. To be exact, the eye box is twice as large as the one in Magic Leap One.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 29, 2023

Immersive Healthcare as an Emerging Technology VR solutions allow healthcare professionals to engage patients with bespoke, simulated environments to provide medical education. This can include use cases such as surgery practise, pain management, or rehabilitation.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

AUGUST 25, 2023

Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Toolkit 3 to Debut in September This week, Microsoft partnered with Magic Leap and Qualcomm, which sees the firms take equal stakes in scaling Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Toolkit 3 ( MRTK3 ) for developers and enterprise partners. Magic Leap hopes to drive the scalability and flexibility of MRTK3.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Remote workers can conduct full audits, inspections, and quality control checks at facilities with real-time AR guidance. Their immersive platform provides digital humans and learning simulations to increase interpersonal skills with real-time feedback. It also incorporates a no-code CoPilot Designer for on-the-fly creation of content.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 27, 2017

Current VR headsets tend to use glass lenses that make your eyes focus at a fixed distance so they are relatively relaxed, but as you look at objects at different simulated distances in a current VR headset your eyes might be straining more since these two features of your eyes are in conflict.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. The controller too is very comfortable and does its job very well. So, are you ready? Let’s start!

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Road to VR

APRIL 16, 2018

Both HoloLens and the upcoming Magic Leap One include a physical controller; HoloLens has a simple ‘clicker’ and ML One has a 6DoF controller. The researchers say their system “adds physical forces while keeping the users’ hands free to interact unencumbered.”

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

The Reverb was already a very good headset (as you can read in my hands-on impressions ) with good comfort and an astonishing resolution, but it had some problems with the display (mura, red smearing) and with the controllers (classical mediocre WMR tracking). Rony Abovitz steps down from Magic Leap CEO. Upload VR).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Mixed with hand tracking, it could be a perfect mix to let people interact with Oculus Menus without the need of controllers. Owlchemy Labs adds subtitles to Vacation Simulator. More info (Vacation Simulator adds subtitles) More info (Owlchemy Labs talks about the subtitles feature) More info (Asgard’s Wrath adding subtitles).

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In fact, with Saudi Arabia still pouring $500 million into companies like Magic Leap as Meta continues to invest in optical AR glasses, the question of whether VR-style headsets with passthrough on them are going to be used outdoors in any significant way is not a forgone conclusion.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Researchers at the National University of Singapore first showed us how face electrodes can simulate food in virtual reality– and now they are bringing wind and heat to your virtual world. The notoriously secretive mixed reality company Magic Leap has acquired parts of Dacuda , a B2B computer vision software company.

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Road to VR

JULY 11, 2016

Most Vive games don’t ask you to strap your controller to a stuffed animal, but this is part of what makes Konrad the Kitten so unique. Konrad the Kitten is a pet simulator for the HTC Vive that attaches a virtual model of an adorable kitten on your controllerm mapping it’s position to the SteamVR controller.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 8, 2023

A wand with a dedicated pattern on it is used as the 6DOF controller. 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.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 6, 2018

An interactive narrative combining Augmented Reality and Projection Mapping where you control time by moving your body. Unaware of these entities’ control, residents live in ways that that reflect varied economies and class hierarchies. Cast: Michael Gladis, Beth Grant, Jackie Hansen, Charlie McWade. Dirtscraper / U.S.A.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The company also confirmed development of controllers for the headset, but wasn’t ready to show them. That could make it best for certain types of training and simulators where being able to read small text and see distant objects and landscapes is important. Photo by Road to VR.

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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. Focused, acute pulses simulate sharp points; broader, more distributed ones can simulate sensations like dipping into water. Control options. Our future VR setups won’t need controllers.

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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. Omniverse doesn’t only care about the synchronization (a bit like if it were a visual Git), but it also provides services like AI and physical simulations. Some features will most probably be worse (e.g.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

It’s a good read , full of interesting anecdotes, like when it is written that Beat Saber became the testbench for the tracking of the Quest controllers , or that Asgard’s Wrath, in the beginning, was a tower defense game. And kudos to Kevin Williams to have predicted it some months ago ). Cubism is a great case study for hand tracking UX.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

(Image by MegaDodo Simulation Games). 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.

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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). This would be a non-starter for a traditional robot, but the AI control, just like with a person, manages this and makes it all work out.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 1, 2018

But what if it would be possible to use your Oculus Rift CV1 as a completely standalone 6 DOF headset with two 6 DOF controllers? First of all, there is a part of the controllers tracking technology that has to be activated. The Oculus Connect 4 made us eager to have it and finally this year we will be able to buy it.

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Tech Trends VR

JANUARY 1, 2019

Hardware, too, has evolved significantly this part year, with the long-awaited launch of Magic Leap and the release of the Oculus Go , which means that it is now possible to have untethered, six degrees of freedom experiences in a headset costing under $200. It’s basic human nature, after all, and we’ve never stopped doing it.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2023

Varjo, Lenovo, HTC VIVE Additional hardware offerings, including the Magic Leap 2, Lenovo’s ThinkReality VRX, HTC VIVE’s Flow and Focus 3, and Varjo’s Aero and XR-3 offer a trove of specifications. These new tools can fulfil an increasing number of use cases across the global industry.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap has sold units of its first device for $550. Magic Leap has decided to put on sale its remaining units of the Magic Leap 1, its previous device, for just $550 , which is something like a -75% discount on its standard retail price. News worth a mention.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2023

Varjo, Lenovo, HTC VIVE Additional hardware offerings, including the Magic Leap 2, Lenovo’s ThinkReality VRX, HTC VIVE’s Flow and Focus 3, and Varjo’s Aero and XR-3 offer a trove of specifications. These new tools can fulfil an increasing number of use cases across the global industry.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

For example, Microsoft is gearing up for a 2024 industrial Metaverse roadmap, which sees the firm working with groups like Magic Leap and Qualcomm to provide immersive workplace solutions that operate alongside pre-existing technology stacks.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. 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.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

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. This is great news for us content creators. More info (Multiplayer Horizon Worlds home) More info (Meta Quest runtime v44).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

These advanced haptics make us dream of PSVR 2 controllers with best-in-class immersive haptics … but we have to still wait various months before discovering if this is the truth. Image by Megadodo Simulation Games). Then why Magic Leap hasn’t delivered a solid product with 2B?) All the reviewers are amazed.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2020

Reading the description, it is possible to see that the VR integration is a bit weird : there’s probably no integration for VR controllers (really??) Nreal wins first round against Magic Leap in the IP theft trial. But Magic Leap has 30 days to appeal, and we are all sure that this is going to happen. A must-see.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 16, 2022

This is another feature that Lenovo A3 glasses share with Nreal clones: while the visuals are somewhat good, the tracking is still subpar if compared with the golden standards of the industry from HoloLens to Quest , not to mention Magic Leap. I think Qualcomm has to do something to solve this problem once and for all for everyone.

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