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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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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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Magic Leap 2 has inside-out tracked controllers. During a presentation, Magic Leap has unveiled some more features about its headset and controllers. And one has surprised me: the controllers will feature inside-out tracking. More info (Magic Leap presentation) More info (Close up of the controllers).

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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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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2022

First of all, finally, also PSVR 2 gets passthrough vision, and the possibility of setting your play area from within the headset by drawing the play space with your controllers, like in all other devices. Pico 4 Controllers have been leaked. We don’t have images of the headset, but most probably it will be sleek as the controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

A device with that price is likely a headset without cutting-edge features that ships without controllers , I would speculate. The only doubt I have is about what content it is going to offer: if the headset is without controllers, it means is dedicated mostly to social VR, media consumption, and/or virtual screen for the PC.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Magic Leap 2 Magic Leap jumped the starting gun and played their cards early. The Magic Leap 2 was released in September last year with an entry price point of $3,299. Zuckerberg has tipped a price point between $300-500 and the release is expected later this year. What Is Everyone Working On?

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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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The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

No one cares, I guess Learn more Ryuichi Sakamoto is no more, but his art keeps living on the Magic Leap 2 Learn more The WEF has chosen “metaverse for mental health” as one of the top 10 emerging technologies of 2023 Learn more BMW has unveiled its smartglasses for motorcyclists Learn more Linus Tech Tips has reviewed the Viture Glasses and didn’t (..)

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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. Tips & Tricks for the Quest 2!

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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. The IPD mechanism, the camera positions, the overall shape of the controllers, are heavily inspired by the latest headset by Facebook. Some features will most probably be worse (e.g.

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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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 16, 2017

Even Magic Leap showed up to say much and show little. Has AR reached that tipping point? The console qualities in which Nintendo excels – wireless tracked controllers, scalable graphics, 3D interaction and mobility – are ideal attributes for an AR gaming platform.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

The Sonic seems a good device: 4K resolution, 101° FOV, 72Hz refresh rate, 256GB, and 6DOF controllers. It is a bit disappointing that it just has 2 tracking cameras, but the controllers are tracked with ultrasound beacons, so the tracking FOV should be good. The company is investigating the matter. (Thanks Rob Cole for the tip!).

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

For consumers, the best you’ll get at the moment is the Valve Index controllers but when it comes to business applications, that choice is blown right open. In today’s smartphone world the open tipped glove is essential and proved very useful even for the relatively short demo. On a quick side note, notice the open fingertips?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2023

Saudi Arabia fund gets control of Magic Leap. Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, Public Investment Fund (PIF) has just taken a stake of more than 50 percent in Magic Leap. The fund was already the actor of an important investment a few years ago, and now is taking completely control of the company.

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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. 65 lumens.

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Upload VR

MARCH 30, 2024

Meta confirmed it won't be making 'air controller' support available anytime soon on Quest. Magic Leap launched a companion mobile app for capturing third-person MR experiences. STRIDE: Fates launched the free Concrete Jungle DLC on Quest that continues the main storyline.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

The console works in conjunction with the innovative DualSense controller. Thanks Davy Demeyer for the tip). Tracking doesn’t work yet , though, neither the positional one nor the one of the controllers. The real deal is still the controllers, though, but Ben hasn’t had the opportunity to test them. SSD (8–9 GB/s).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

Beliaeff: If you look at the evolution of video games, they’re trying to control everything a person is experiencing. GB: Magic Leap is a big presence in the AR discussion. Outside of the sort of people in this room and in the games press, I don’t think most people know what Magic Leap is. Image Credit: CastAR.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

We can speculate that this will be an enterprise headset costing at least $600, evolving the Reverb fixing the problem with controllers and improving the audio. Valve could provide some audio-visual improvements, while Microsoft its WMR platform, with inside-out tracking of controllers. thanks Alessio for the tip!). Very handy.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 28, 2019

controllers-only) still have longer waiting times , but the situation is changing from them as well. Oculus Quest and controllers (Image by Oculus). when controllers will be close to the headset). The Rift S has been upgraded as well, and the tracking of the controllers has been improved together with the one of the Quest.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Fable Studios is building Lucy, an AI character that currently acts as a self aware drawn character in the “Wolves in the Walls” series but eventually will become her a personified OS much in the same way Mica from Magic Leap is aiming to be. The Evolution of Brand Activations. Mobile gave us location.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 4, 2018

While it’s only been released on the Vive Focus so far, Western audiences may soon have access to Beat Reality and/or similar visualizer apps with the proliferation of MR passthrough cameras on standalone headsets, similar to features we’ve seen on hardware such as Magic Leap One Creator Edition, Oculus Quest and the Lenovo Mirage Solo.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

That’s why we need gesture controls ASAP, according to today’s guest, Clay AIR’s Varag Gharibjanian. And our third product category we call Clay Control, which is kind of all the devices that can use gesture interaction at a distance. Alan: With Facebook now working on AR, and you've got Magic Leap, and Microsoft's Hololens.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

That’s why we need gesture controls ASAP, according to today’s guest, Clay AIR’s Varag Gharibjanian. And our third product category we call Clay Control, which is kind of all the devices that can use gesture interaction at a distance. Alan: With Facebook now working on AR, and you've got Magic Leap, and Microsoft's Hololens.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

That’s why we need gesture controls ASAP, according to today’s guest, Clay AIR’s Varag Gharibjanian. And our third product category we call Clay Control, which is kind of all the devices that can use gesture interaction at a distance. Alan: With Facebook now working on AR, and you've got Magic Leap, and Microsoft's Hololens.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 12, 2021

Magic Leap One ), your brain kind of accept that you see augmentations only through the lens of the glasses and not in the peripheral vision, and so the limited FOV becomes more acceptable. But at least I could adjust brightness manually using the brightness controls that are on the headset. Hands Tracking.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

So I do think just like take a little learning tip from Hollywood and make it a big activation. I know they’re also selling Magic Leap. We have a Magic Leap, we’ve got a Hololens. “What do you mean you didn’t grow up with your own Finch controller? It will be in an AT&T store.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

So I do think just like take a little learning tip from Hollywood and make it a big activation. I know they’re also selling Magic Leap. We have a Magic Leap, we’ve got a Hololens. “What do you mean you didn’t grow up with your own Finch controller? It will be in an AT&T store.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

So I do think just like take a little learning tip from Hollywood and make it a big activation. I don't know what to make posters or tchotchkes and things like that, but there are intermediaries of the Springboards of the world, and the Synthesises of the world and private label controlled. I know they're also selling Magic Leap.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2021

Boz has added that he doesn’t want to overhype these devices (to avoid the same error made by Magic Leap), and so he has confirmed that they are not AR glasses, but just smartglasses. Thanks Eloi Gerard for the tip). I think this means that we can expect them to be released in the first half of this year.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

And it was tons of fun, despite all the obvious technical glitches that you face when you're at the tip of the spear. Alan: To be honest, my kids have unlimited access to VR and they -- I mean, we've got a quest, we've got Vives, we've got Hololens, Magic Leap, we have all the toys -- and they don't want to go in it.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

And it was tons of fun, despite all the obvious technical glitches that you face when you're at the tip of the spear. Alan: To be honest, my kids have unlimited access to VR and they -- I mean, we've got a quest, we've got Vives, we've got Hololens, Magic Leap, we have all the toys -- and they don't want to go in it.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2019

Thanks Mati for the tip!). Does Magic Leap want to create a big reality show? According to a rumor, Magic Leap may want to create a service so that people may stream their lives while they use the MR headset. Frying pans may be the best controllers ever. More info More info. KAT launches KAT Loco.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

It was the community creating and publishing, with almost no control, exactly as it happens today on SideQuest. I’m happy SideQuest is getting this money because it is helping standalone VR to have a creative open store , not directly controlled by the business owner Facebook. Magic Leap may partner with AWS.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

If we sum the market share of the Oculus Rift CV1, Rift S, and the highlander DK2, we obtain that now Oculus controls 50% of the market on Steam. Thanks David for the tip). Thanks Eloi for the tip). The newest Steam Hardware Survey shows how Rift S has now more or less 8% of the market. 5G is a safe technology. Image by Snap).

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