The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

Someone in the communities argued with me that HoloLens 2 has still some advantages over Magic Leap 2: it is well integrated with Azure, it is standalone so it doesn’t need a potentially dangerous cable connecting the headset to the computational unit, and it doesn’t need controllers (it uses hands tracking). Learn more. Discover UnitedVR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

This wearable headset comes with a wide field of view, surround sound, and eye-tracking capabilities already built-in. Tobii also produces screen-based eye-trackers, capable of capturing gaze data at speeds of up to 1200HZ. Both of these innovations allow for a more immersive and realistic XR experience.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Haptic feedback comes in many hardware forms, such as gloves or controllers. For example, during a training session, if a user interacts with a piece of machinery or material, haptic feedback can relay a virtual asset’s shape, texture, weight, and feedback. What is Haptics Studio by Meta?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The article talked about a headset shipping without controllers and aiming at the sweet price point of $200. Mark Gurman reiterated a similar rumor: he didn’t say that Meta will ship it without controllers, but just that it is evaluating also that option. The second is about interactions.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2020

I love virtual reality and can’t get enough of it, but lately, I haven’t been doing as much of it at work. My team at Shopify started on VR stuff back in 2015 but we’ve been really focused on augmented reality shopping as of late. What has inspired you of the hands tracking of the Oculus Quest more than the use of controllers?

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

The glasses are expected to run a new operating system, rOS (or reality OS), and Apple is exploring touch panels, voice activation, and head gestures as a means of control. What is the only wearable that people is keeping on their face all day? Unreal Engine 5 may change the rules of game development. Yes, Airpods.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 30, 2023

As extended reality experiences continue to gain popularity in virtually every industry, solutions are constantly emerging to help developers and companies design their own immersive experiences. Introduced in November 2022, the Sony Mocopi system combines a range of 6 wearable tracking devices with intelligent software.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 25, 2022

Refract , a Singapore-based extended reality (XR) startup, announced today it has closed approximately $8.5million SGD (approximately $6million) Series A led by Sea Limited along with international family offices and individual investors. billion gamers through its games and technology, such as the wearable AXIS. .

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The news is interesting for three reasons: Smartwatches and smartglasses are closely related; This shows how Facebook is working on all kind of wearables , so it has a broader scope than just making AR/VR glasses. WebXR is the standard to provide augmented and virtual reality experiences on the web. Let them know! Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Last week I told you about MetaHumans creator, the tool to create realistic humanoid avatars in Unreal Engine. Then she has announced that in 1–2 months the startup will showcase the first prototypical version of the product in public live streams and in private demos to investors, customers, and partners. Try the MetaHumans in VR and more.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Xiaomi , one of the biggest smartphone and wearables manufacturers in the world, has announced its smartglasses. It has feet controllers, haptic feedback for hands, vibrational feedback for the hand, and other cool features that are missing in the most common headsets. Other relevant news. Image by Xiaomi). It has 4.5DOF.

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

However, some of the underlying technologies, principles and potential paint for a very interesting picture on how a country with over a billion people could have access to consumer grade wearable computing. Connect to your smartphone, with split rendering of visuals via an affordable, light weight wearable glass that’s on you.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this week’s VRScout Report, we discuss Oculus Story Studio’s Henry Emmy win, NASA training astronauts with virtual reality gloves, Snapchat flirting with augmented reality, HTC Vive trying to go wireless, and iPhone laying potential plans for VR/AR.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2019

If you are interested in ergonomics in virtual reality, today is your lucky day. I host a guest post by Rob Cole , that will show you his journey in making his Valve Index more ergonomic , modding both the headset and the controllers so that they can accommodate perfectly the shape of his head and hands. Index Facial interface.

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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). In another scenario, we may see game engines dominant, like Unity or Unreal. Augmented vision is commonplace in futuristic films, from Minority Report to Iron Man.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

Unreal Engine is not exactly the most friendly game engine when it comes to Android development, and that’s why Oculus has just released some facilities to help UE4 developers in iterating Oculus Quest applications faster. Read about Google experiments with AR and wearables. Not a great evolution from Microsoft. Register Now.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

” Google created tools for Unity SDK which provides Unity to add spatialized audio Daydream controller support, utilities and samples. We have also made it easy to switch in and out of VR mode so that your applications can easily expand to the Google VR audience.”

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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. Unreal Engine is adding Vulkan support for Oculus Quest and Unity fill follow later on this year. The newest Steam Hardware Survey shows how Rift S has now more or less 8% of the market.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2020

bHaptics is a Korean company producing haptic systems for virtual reality. The full suite consists of a suit for the torso, plus wearable elements for: arms, hands, feet, and even the face. What is bHaptics? being touched vs receiving a punch). Surprisingly, bHaptics found a way to make its devices with them as well.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Emily Friedman is a New York based enterprise immersive, wearable and emerging technology advocate, journalist and facilitator. — on the enterprise wearables world. There’s a couple of companies making some really interesting headway in virtual reality training, and I’ve tried a few of them.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Emily Friedman is a New York based enterprise immersive, wearable and emerging technology advocate, journalist and facilitator. — on the enterprise wearables world. There’s a couple of companies making some really interesting headway in virtual reality training, and I’ve tried a few of them.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Emily Friedman is a New York based enterprise immersive, wearable and emerging technology advocate, journalist and facilitator. I've been really looking forward to this conversation, because you are writing everyday – or, not everyday, but what, a couple times a week? -- on the enterprise wearables world. Let's start with that.

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