The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Two days ago I was reading an interesting editorial about PSVR 2 by Scott Hayden, and my mind started wandering about the current moment of virtual reality, the stasis we live in, and our expectations for the upcoming headset. Magic Leap flopped, HoloLens is dead, and even Nreal, with its affordable Light glasses, has not taken off.

Apple 428

Apple Samsung Eye Tracking Google 428

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

Of course, this is an acquisition to work on a long-term vision, not short-term releases. If you built an application without these patterns, the device was useless… an eye-tracking add-on was more practical than the NextMind dev-kit in a VR scene. Magic Leap 2 bridges AR and VR. News worth a mention.

Magic Leap 245

Magic Leap AR Ukraine Tools 245

XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 6, 2020

Until recently, Brian Kane has been highlighting more experiential demos - like one that puts a porthole to the ocean in your living room - to highlight the power of the Magic Leap, and of spatial computing in general. Magic Leap is one of these Magic Leap devices, you put it on, and your whole world is spatial computing.

Magic Leap 60

Magic Leap Training Examples Eye Tracking 60

VRScout

JULY 2, 2019

Magic Leap, Disney, and Epic Games are bringing their A-game to the annual tech conference. City of Sparkles – Through using authentic Twitter messages, City of Sparkles portrays storytelling through a virtual reality experience in New York City and San Francisco.

Conference 327

Conference Magic Leap AR Los Angeles 327

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Magic Leap has just organized its first developers’ event, dubbed “L.E.A.P.” It is the first event of this kind organized by Magic Leap: we can say that LEAP Con is like the Oculus Connect of Magic Leap and will probably become always more important, year after year, exactly as it has happened to Oculus.

Magic Leap 176

Magic Leap Augmented Reality AR Florida 176

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Feature-wise, it is more or less as we expected it to be, with four cameras for inside-out tracking, haptic feedback, IPD adjustment , eye-tracking, HDR display. Magic Leap 2 has inside-out tracked controllers. And one has surprised me: the controllers will feature inside-out tracking.

Magic Leap 422

Magic Leap Haptic Machine Learning Sony 422

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

I think this new pricing strategy is very important: $299 has historically been considered as the golden price to start getting mainstream adoption , and Facebook proposing this in the months that lead to the Christmas Holidays may cause a big spike in sales of virtual reality headsets. Image by Magic Leap).

Germany 310

Germany Magic Leap Oculus AR 310

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.

Magic Leap 316

Magic Leap Machine Learning Government Unity 316

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

This is the first roundup of news of this new year, and to signal a change with the past, I’ve changed the name from “VR Week Peek” to “XR Week Peek”, because, hey, I like talking about all immersive technologies and not only Virtual Reality. The eye-tracked model costs only $900. Of course, we are all excited by this.

AR 292

AR Virtual Reality Eye Tracking Technology 292

Upload VR

JUNE 6, 2023

Whether from Apple or Meta, the idea is perhaps the ultimate killer app of virtual reality. It worked so well that I question how transparent optics, like those in use by HoloLens 2 or Magic Leap 2, will ever hope to match Apple's version of passthrough augmented reality in a VR headset. That's it.

Apple 125

Apple Eye Tracking Hand tracking Magic Leap 125

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.

AR 165

AR Magic Leap Oculus Virtual Reality 165

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Meta Quest 3 leaks show a lightweight mixed reality headset. It’s relevant that the device wouldn’t feature any kind of face and eye tracking, but would have RGB passthrough and a depth sensor, so that to be able to offer detailed mixed reality and high-precision environment understanding. Top news of the week.

China 481

China Apple Ukraine Video 481

Road to VR

MAY 9, 2018

Eye-tracking—the ability to quickly and precisely measure the direction a user is looking while inside of a VR headset—is often talked about within the context of foveated rendering, with the hopes that it could reduce the performance requirements of VR. 7invensun is selling the aGlass eye-tracking development kit for Vive headsets.

Eye Tracking 274

Eye Tracking Gaming Magic Leap Fove 274

The Ghost Howls

MAY 1, 2018

They also acquired various startups (like VRVana that made AR/VR glasses and SMI that made eye-tracking) to create that. And we’re talking about standard displays… if we talk about HoloLens, the current resolution is 1268×720 per eye, so I think we’re far behind those numbers. We all know it.

Apple 154

Apple AR Magic Leap Eye Tracking 154

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2022

Another interesting thing is that Pico is not copying Meta or Magic Leap in proposing inside-out tracked controllers : these ones still have a tracking ring. The VRChat community of course made memes about what happened Funny link. This happens when you develop a virtual companion VR app Funny link.

Sony 390

Sony Ukraine Controllers Immersion 390

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

The word “AR” changes everything since Oculus must now s hift also towards augmented reality. We all know that AR glasses (or hybrid AR/VR glasses) are the technology that will eventually replace smartphones, and Facebook of course wants to conquer that new platform. Of course, Oculus will also announce new games.

Oculus 352

Oculus AR Augmented Reality Apple 352

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Well, the top news of the week is, of course, the Oculus Connect 6. Even if they are not general-purpose glasses like Hololens or Magic Leap, these glasses feature inside so many technological innovations that made all we of the tech communities fall in love with them, and with their creator Jeri Ellsworth. Top news of the week.

Oculus 169

Oculus Augmented Reality AR Amazon 169

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

Of course not. So here you are a collection of the best news in immersive realities from the CES 2023, with many links to go deeper! Of course, they are not meant for XR playing, but for e-book reading. Sol Readers is going to cost around $350 and is of course targeted at people that love reading books.

AR 413

AR Magic Leap Razer Augmented Reality 413

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. But in my opinion, I don’t think the killer app of virtual reality is games.

AR 78

AR Magic Leap Augmented Reality Course 78

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. But in my opinion, I don’t think the killer app of virtual reality is games.

AR 78

AR Magic Leap Augmented Reality Course 78

VRScout

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

The addition of eye-tracking injects a new layer of interactivity to the user experience. Voice commands, navigation, interactivity with 3D objects, virtual collaboration; almost every aspect of the HoloLens experience has been fine-tuned and upgraded. EYE-TRACKING AND VOICE COMMAND. Image Credit: Microsoft.

Microsoft 320

Microsoft Eye Tracking Magic Leap Haptic 320

AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Or we can put on device on our head (a head-mounted display or HMD) that completely occludes us from the real world allowing us to enter a completely simulated environment which we can walk around and interact in because the computer is sensing our physical actions: this is Virtual Reality or VR. The Evolution of Brand Activations.

AR 381

AR Examples Data Head Mounted Display 381

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. If you consider virtual reality over the last few years, there has been increasing traction in the enterprise. This will lead to more money invested in research and development (R&D) to make a lighter-weight glass for the AR experience.

Industry 88

Industry Apple Unity North America 88

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

This CES has been very good for augmented and virtual reality, but it has not been exciting. As for the partnerships, the most intriguing one is the one with my friends at 7Invensun , one of the worldwide leading companies in eye-tracking technologies. That said, let’s start! AR and VR at CES.

AR 281

AR Eye Tracking Machine Learning Controllers 281

The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

Of course, its FOV was restricted because there are not in the market displays with so many pixels and such a big size For HDR there was Starburst, an HMD able to deliver 20,000 nits , much more than the 1,000 ones of a commercial HDR TV. These scholarships will be offered by XR Bootcamp, which already offers high-quality courses about XR.

Apple 339

Apple Ukraine Eye Tracking Groups 339

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

The same day of the launch of Half-Life: Alyx, Hewlett-Packard has announced its new virtual reality headset, the Reverb G2 , made in collaboration with Microsoft and Valve. Valve could provide some audio-visual improvements, while Microsoft its WMR platform, with inside-out tracking of controllers. Other relevant news.

Apple 240

Apple AR Eye Tracking Virtual Reality 240

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

You’ve seen it from pre-DK1 days — where [it was] probably a cobbled-together a collection of flat screens, wires, and duct tape — and what it is today, where you have real consumer-grade virtual reality that’s not even connected to computers. Alan: The VIVE Pro Eye. But Facebook has to stay the course.

Training 78

Training San Jose Oculus AR 78

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

You’ve seen it from pre-DK1 days — where [it was] probably a cobbled-together a collection of flat screens, wires, and duct tape — and what it is today, where you have real consumer-grade virtual reality that’s not even connected to computers. Alan: The VIVE Pro Eye. But Facebook has to stay the course.

Training 78

Training San Jose Oculus AR 78

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

You've seen it from pre-DK1 days -- where [it was] probably a cobbled-together a collection of flat screens, wires, and duct tape -- and what it is today, where you have real consumer-grade virtual reality that's not even connected to computers. You've written countless articles on virtual and augmented reality.

Training 60

Training San Jose Oculus AR 60

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

You’ve seen it from pre-DK1 days — where [it was] probably a cobbled-together a collection of flat screens, wires, and duct tape — and what it is today, where you have real consumer-grade virtual reality that’s not even connected to computers. Alan: The VIVE Pro Eye. But Facebook has to stay the course.

Training 60

Training San Jose Oculus AR 60

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 9, 2021

Sony Interactive Entertainment has had a virtual summit with developers about its plans for the PSVR 2 because it is looking for content for its upcoming headset. Of course, some of these developers have leaked info to the press, and so now we have some more info about the VR headset and its related content.

Google 530

Google Sony Eye Tracking AR 530

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

Just recently, in the last few years, I founded a company called CastAR, where we’re making AR glasses that allow you to blend virtual graphics with real-world objects on your table. Three times the size of virtual reality, goes their prediction. Ellsworth: I’m another huge Star Trek nerd, and Star Wars of course.

Augmented Reality 100

Augmented Reality Gaming AR Machine Learning 100

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Alan: Today's guest is Cameron Ayres, the director of innovation at Sector 5 Digital, a digital agency specializing in augmented reality and virtual reality applications for the enterprise. That's where virtual reality, and augmented reality, and a lot of other different media come into play.

Augmented Reality 78

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Technology Training 78

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Alan: Today's guest is Cameron Ayres, the director of innovation at Sector 5 Digital, a digital agency specializing in augmented reality and virtual reality applications for the enterprise. That's where virtual reality, and augmented reality, and a lot of other different media come into play.

Augmented Reality 78

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Technology Training 78

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Alan: Today's guest is Cameron Ayres, the director of innovation at Sector 5 Digital, a digital agency specializing in augmented reality and virtual reality applications for the enterprise. That's where virtual reality, and augmented reality, and a lot of other different media come into play.

Augmented Reality 60

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Technology Training 60

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Alan: Today's guest is Cameron Ayres, the director of innovation at Sector 5 Digital, a digital agency specializing in augmented reality and virtual reality applications for the enterprise. That's where virtual reality, and augmented reality, and a lot of other different media come into play.

Augmented Reality 60

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Technology Training 60

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Eye-tracking startup Eyefluence, which raises $14 million this month, is acquired about a year later by Google. Magic Leap kicks off the month with the announcement of an enormous $794 million fundraising round, backed by Alibaba. December 2015. Google transitions Clay Bavor into a position as head of VR. February 2016.

San Francisco 100

San Francisco HTC Unity Conference 100