The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I’m sorry about that, but it’s still a miracle I’ve managed to write it… Top news of the week (Leaked image from Samsung video) Samsung is back to XR with Google and Qualcomm The big news of the week is that Samsung is back to XR. This is huge because we know that Samsung is able to always deliver good hardware.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

We saw mixed results in the global VR industry in 2016—initial sales volume by some high-end manufacturers didn’t quite live up to the hype, while PlayStation VR, Samsung Gear VR, and low-cost headsets continued to gain traction,” said Clifton Dawson, CEO of Greenlight Insights. 5-year global VR hardware and software forecasts.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2021

Facebook will analyze and store how the users will react to the different ads, and will also merge the data about what apps the user uses in VR with his/her behavior on the Facebook social media to propose more relevant ads. All of this is interesting, but it is not clear how and when they will be implemented in some headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

All the other major companies (Samsung, Huawei, etc…) are working on AR and Apple for sure can’t stop experimenting with if it doesn’t want to miss the next communication platform as Microsoft did with Windows Phone. Microsoft has released this week a new video showing how the game will work. Very interesting.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Through comprehensive media services (mainly including media coverage, expert consultation, data research, and event and public relation management), it helps entrepreneurs with idea incubation, financing, strategy consultation, and publicity. and covered more than 80% of the XR pioneers as communities members.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

Microsoft admits display problems on HoloLens 2. Microsoft negated the issue, but now, after continuous reporting from users, it has been forced to admit it. That’s a great win for the XR community, also because after having acknowledged the issue, Microsoft will have to work in actively solving it.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

If you make some calculations using these data, the result is that Meta has probably sold 9–10M Quest 2 units until now. So creating new devices that young kids may like (the Quest 2) and that have an independent store (Quest Store) and where Meta can perform all the data tracking that it wants, seems the ideal scenario.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

Of course, the object must be in the FOV of the cameras of the headset to be tracked, even if HTC says that the tracking can somewhat continue also when this condition is not true (i guess using just IMU data). Qualcomm and Microsoft partnership. Qualcomm and Microsoft partnership (Road To VR). Further references. Road To VR.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

HP has fixed many of the visual problems of the headse t, and Microsoft has just released a patch on Windows 10 that aims at solving many visual issues of all WMR headsets (like Chromatic aberration). But honestly, I expected a bit more … it’s a bit weird that Microsoft hasn’t solved its biggest pain point yet. News worth a mention.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

Additionally, engineers train Deep Learning algorithms to accurately detect markers in live video data. Hearing aid producers can add the capability to track physical activity and provide health data, as well as handle calls, stream music, and control smart home devices. Examples of Augmented Reality in Action. Embedded Software.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The firm’s first XR headset is due soon, and with it comes a spatial computing ambition that draws similarities and differences to Lenovo, Microsoft, Meta, HTC VIVE, and other XR headset vendors. Another XR developer, David Smith , noted how the Apple Lab he visited “checked everything off my list.”

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

In IATA’s 2017 Global Passenger Survey, 85% of those surveyed indicated they would be willing to give up more personal data in exchange for faster process checks and more personalized service at the airport. Around the same time, Vueling, Iberia, and Air Berlin launched smartwatch boarding passes for early Pebble and Samsung smartwatches.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Instagram has a very popular creation tool called SparkAR , which can be easily used by all creators without knowing how to code, and has seen a spike in usage in 2020. This trend will continue in 2021 : the new LiDAR sensor, which is rumored to be installed in all future iPhones, will for sure be copied also by Android phones (Samsung?)

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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

JUNE 23, 2019

This could also be a move to counteract the probable future actions of Samsung, that is rumored to announce an amazing AR/VR hybrid standalone headset; The showcase of a new pro device based on the Half-Dome prototype , to fight the Valve Index… and that will become the Rift Pro; The announcement of a new Facebook Metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Everyone loves Beat Saber, and if the game offered a free multiplayer mode just requiring a Facebook login, many people would use that, and so Facebook could gather the data of all these players. Microsoft now sees VR as a high priority for Flight Simulator. You know, Microsoft only adds VR when people ask for it….

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

Charlie Fink is a Forbes columnist and an author of two AR-enabled books – Charlie Fink’s Metaverse: A Guide to VR and AR, and Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted with Data. Otherwise, if it’s interrupting you, I don’t see how that’s possibly a welcome augmentation, right? Alan: Interesting.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

Charlie Fink is a Forbes columnist and an author of two AR-enabled books – Charlie Fink’s Metaverse: A Guide to VR and AR, and Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted with Data. Otherwise, if it’s interrupting you, I don’t see how that’s possibly a welcome augmentation, right? Alan: Interesting.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

It’s an application that has been optimized for the Microsoft Hololens platform. Is it out-of-the-box, ready-to-go, or how does it work? Our application is available through the Microsoft Store and we can activate the licenses remotely. Our product is called RemoteSpark. And I can give an example.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

It’s an application that has been optimized for the Microsoft Hololens platform. Is it out-of-the-box, ready-to-go, or how does it work? Our application is available through the Microsoft Store and we can activate the licenses remotely. Our product is called RemoteSpark. And I can give an example.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

It's an application that has been optimized for the Microsoft Hololens platform. Is it out-of-the-box, ready-to-go, or how does it work? Our application is available through the Microsoft Store and we can activate the licenses remotely. Our product is called RemoteSpark. And I can give an example. We have a customer in the US.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

We were tasked with exploring how to bring new gamers into the Steam platform. Ellsworth: Again, it’s difficult to know how to handle all these different interactions. When you break it down, it’s really the work of very talented people figuring out how to do something that otherwise would be impossible.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT. And when Jinha finished up at Samsung, AR had sort of started catching on in earnest. Jacob, welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT. And when Jinha finished up at Samsung, AR had sort of started catching on in earnest. Jacob, welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT. And when Jinha finished up at Samsung, AR had sort of started catching on in earnest. Jacob, welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

As their chief analyst, Rogers specializes in turning data into actionable intelligence, tailored to the needs of businesses who are just starting to explore the space. In today’s episode, he chats with Alan about what all the data can mean. You can learn more about this data at superdataresearch.com.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

As their chief analyst, Rogers specializes in turning data into actionable intelligence, tailored to the needs of businesses who are just starting to explore the space. In today’s episode, he chats with Alan about what all the data can mean. You can learn more about this data at superdataresearch.com.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Learnings Of Early Access From ‘Raw Data’ When?: Survios came out swinging with the pre-release version of Raw Data and ended up with big success , so they’re definitely a team you should listen to if you’re considering this route for your VR game. Alon Or-bach (Samsung Electronics), Kaye Mason (Google).

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

As their chief analyst, Rogers specializes in turning data into actionable intelligence, tailored to the needs of businesses who are just starting to explore the space. In today's episode, he chats with Alan about what all the data can mean. You can learn more about this data at superdataresearch.com.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

But having the ability to offload that to the cloud and have the processing power when you need it, where you need it, but only offloaded into the cloud was really incredibly powerful for not only rendering, but also capturing the data that's around you. TJ: It's a massive amount of data, too. There's so much data out there.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

But having the ability to offload that to the cloud and have the processing power when you need it, where you need it, but only offloaded into the cloud was really incredibly powerful for not only rendering, but also capturing the data that's around you. TJ: It's a massive amount of data, too. There's so much data out there.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

But having the ability to offload that to the cloud and have the processing power when you need it, where you need it, but only offloaded into the cloud was really incredibly powerful for not only rendering, but also capturing the data that’s around you. TJ: It’s a massive amount of data, too. Alan: Yeah, the Metastage.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

But having the ability to offload that to the cloud and have the processing power when you need it, where you need it, but only offloaded into the cloud was really incredibly powerful for not only rendering, but also capturing the data that’s around you. TJ: It’s a massive amount of data, too. Alan: Yeah, the Metastage.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

And it was kind of last year at AWE, our motto was “go XR or go extinct” because it felt like if you’re gonna ignore it as something that is only going to happen in the future, you may be left behind, because it takes time really to understand how it’s going to improve their business, how to adopt it, how to deploy it.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

And it was kind of last year at AWE, our motto was “go XR or go extinct” because it felt like if you’re gonna ignore it as something that is only going to happen in the future, you may be left behind, because it takes time really to understand how it’s going to improve their business, how to adopt it, how to deploy it.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

More info (Statistics by Superdata) More info (Statistics by AR Insider) More info (Statistics on all headsets by AR Insider) More info (Palmer Luckey disagreeing on the data). Image by Microsoft). Samsung will manufacture the chips for Facebook AR glasses. Microsoft details 3 interesting R&D projects. More info.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2019

While the results of the data capture–led by Prof. While it might have been possible to edit the scan data, this was impractical in terms of time and money. So we worked with Pascal to replace all the scan data from the Plastico di Roma Antica with new procedurally-generated models of the ca. You cannot do it alone.

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