The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

And of course, between a glass of champagne and a slice of panettone, there is still time for VR, so here you are a collection of best VR news of the past week! Oculus Quest gets hand tracking. Google ARCore now adds depth detection. More info (ARCore depth sensing) More info (Example app developed with this solution).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

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. And then, of course, there is Beat Saber. In the end, there is Pimax, that has started shipping its headsets , but which situation is still quite a mess.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

It’s printed on premium paper and it’s priced high like a textbook at fifty dollars – of course it’s filled with an hour of animation – so it’s not a normal book and it doesn’t adhere to book economics. So if, for example, look at GPS in a phone, right, there would be no Uber, no Seamless.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

It’s printed on premium paper and it’s priced high like a textbook at fifty dollars – of course it’s filled with an hour of animation – so it’s not a normal book and it doesn’t adhere to book economics. So if, for example, look at GPS in a phone, right, there would be no Uber, no Seamless.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

And once you decide to sell a premium product, of course, the price becomes super-high and unaffordable for all normal people. But we also know that when in VR, most people just look forward with their eyes. Of course, indies won’t be super-happy of this decision, but unluckily this is how business works.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

This special version of the headset features additional sensors that can get more data about the user: A heart rate sensor on the forehead; Two additional cameras that track the lower part of the face of the user, so that to read his facial expressions; Eye-tracking cameras , that can also detect the dimension of the pupil.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 6, 2019

On October, 3rd, HTC has started shipping the Vive Cosmos, its super-versatile VR headset , that thanks to many accessories (wireless adapter, eye tracking add-on , SteamVR tracking faceplate, etc…) is one of the most interesting VR headsets for enterprises and prosumers. Someone experimented with hands tracking on the Index.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

A good example of this in virtual reality can be seen in a recent campaign by The Coca-Cola Company on the Advrty platform. While not swapping anything out, Google is attempting to make the world an ad through its visual search app–Google Lens. Once the rival ad is burned, a Burger King ad is shown in its place.

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AR Examples Data Head Mounted Display 381

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

For example, they are lowering the cameras and sensors so users’ hands aren’t getting tired. They continue to support and collaborate with outside companies, of course — you’ll probably be able to use Google Maps on the Vision Pro, for example — but I wouldn’t expect the competitive atmosphere to change much.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 21, 2019

Austin McCasland is a UX prototyper working with Google, and he and Alan chat about the finer points of UX design for AR. Austin has written multiple courses across VR and AR design and development. Alan: Let's give an example. That example follows through to these physical products as well.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

7invensun for eye tracking addons). 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. Langzou VR in education, VR Waibao in collaboration tools) and other on hardware (e.g.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The main scope of this position is to prototype, ship, and support consumer gaming products leveraging visual-inertial tracking (HMD and controllers), camera passthrough, environment understanding, eye tracking, and hand tracking. More info (Example usage) More info (Twitter feed of Luma Labs where to see many scans).

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

When you first put it on you’re told to hold the top button, and you feel (and see a visualization of) the lenses moving horizontally to align with your eyes. The eye tracking cameras sense the positions of your pupils and tiny piezoelectric actuators move the lenses into place. And I mean fully. This basic idea isn’t new.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 21, 2019

Austin McCasland is a UX prototyper working with Google, and he and Alan chat about the finer points of UX design for AR. Austin has written multiple courses across VR and AR design and development. Alan: Let’s give an example. That example follows through to these physical products as well.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 21, 2019

Austin McCasland is a UX prototyper working with Google, and he and Alan chat about the finer points of UX design for AR. Austin has written multiple courses across VR and AR design and development. Alan: Let’s give an example. That example follows through to these physical products as well.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 15, 2024

Augmented reality kits seem to be everywhere, from well-known options like Apple’s ARKit and Google ARCore to Apple’s new collection of AR development tools. Apple’s RealityKit and ARKit tools are probably the best-known examples. For example, Nissan’s AR app recognizes Nissan cars, and overlays information on top of those objects.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

The old Reverb was already a great headset, with a 2K per eye resolution that was above all the other headsets on the market (with the exception of Pimax, of course). Valve could provide some audio-visual improvements, while Microsoft its WMR platform, with inside-out tracking of controllers. thanks Alessio for the tip!).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

Ellsworth: I’m another huge Star Trek nerd, and Star Wars of course. Stereoscopic cameras are an example. GB: Google Glass. I look at Google Glass and it was really interesting. Or it’s a Google problem. He’s also a very big Star Trek fan. He wanted a holodeck experience with his toys. That’s helpful.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

And of course, they're also a Canadian company. But one of the things that they were really passionate about was controlling heads-up displays like Google Glass, which had just come out at the time. We tested things with eye tracking for a variety of reasons. Alan Smithson here, with the XR for Business podcast.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

And of course, they're also a Canadian company. But one of the things that they were really passionate about was controlling heads-up displays like Google Glass, which had just come out at the time. We tested things with eye tracking for a variety of reasons. Alan Smithson here, with the XR for Business podcast.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 15, 2019

The Glimpse Group is a company designed with the specific purpose of cultivating entrepreneurs in VR, AR, and of course, XR. The big entities; the Googles, Microsofts, where we would hold our event, as well as the whole investment community. So we’re now the, I believe, the second-largest VR meetup in the world.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 15, 2019

The Glimpse Group is a company designed with the specific purpose of cultivating entrepreneurs in VR, AR, and of course, XR. The big entities; the Googles, Microsofts, where we would hold our event, as well as the whole investment community. So we’re now the, I believe, the second-largest VR meetup in the world.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

And then, of course, a lot of kitchen brochures and such are 3D. Of course, moving 3D data between different applications has always been hard. Alan: So somebody who -- let's say, for example -- is a furniture store, local furniture store. So 3D models, of course, are the Lego pieces that we build everything on.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

And then, of course, a lot of kitchen brochures and such are 3D. Of course, moving 3D data between different applications has always been hard. Alan: So somebody who -- let's say, for example -- is a furniture store, local furniture store. So 3D models, of course, are the Lego pieces that we build everything on.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The New York Times distributes more than 1 million Google Cardboard phone VR viewers to subscribers with the launch of The Displaced , a 360-degree video project focusing on children driven from their homes by war. Eye-tracking startup Eyefluence, which raises $14 million this month, is acquired about a year later by Google.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

And then, of course, a lot of kitchen brochures and such are 3D. Of course, moving 3D data between different applications has always been hard. Alan: So somebody who -- let's say, for example -- is a furniture store, local furniture store. So 3D models, of course, are the Lego pieces that we build everything on.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

And of course, they're also a Canadian company. But one of the things that they were really passionate about was controlling heads-up displays like Google Glass, which had just come out at the time. We tested things with eye tracking for a variety of reasons. Alan Smithson here, with the XR for Business podcast.

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AR Controllers Gesture Control Head Mounted Display 60

XR for Business Podcast

JULY 8, 2019

But for real-time spatial computing technologies — like XR, for example — that just won’t cut it, especially when it could mean life or death. Of course, when you go to environments where there is a lot of people at one place — a coliseum sporting event, or a shopping mall, or– Alan: Coachella.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 8, 2019

But for real-time spatial computing technologies — like XR, for example — that just won’t cut it, especially when it could mean life or death. Of course, when you go to environments where there is a lot of people at one place — a coliseum sporting event, or a shopping mall, or– Alan: Coachella.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Of course, from there the path was very long and arduous and still is. I think there’s an inherent risk of collecting eye tracking data, and positional head tracking data, and more data about individuals. But if you think about what else can you do? How can it really accelerate things?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

Google searches are very revealing. For my medium-sized hands, it’s less stable when ungripped : for example, if throwing something like a grenade in a game, it will wobble slightly whilst Index would stay stuck to my hand. Vertical arrow shots in the second level were handled with no loss in tracking accuracy.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

And then, of course, nobody– like myself, nobody reads the manual. When you open the box, camera’s inside, but there’s also a VR viewer, like a little Google Cardboard kind of thing, a little plastic thing that you slap on your phone. You see Google. Literally, it could not be any simpler. Put it into VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

And then, of course, nobody– like myself, nobody reads the manual. When you open the box, camera’s inside, but there’s also a VR viewer, like a little Google Cardboard kind of thing, a little plastic thing that you slap on your phone. You see Google. Literally, it could not be any simpler. Put it into VR.

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