The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

Image by Samsung, taken from Upload VR). Samsung may launch a next-gen Samsung Odyssey. A recent filing at the Chinese IP offices makes us speculate on a new PC VR headset in the works by Samsung. Or that Microsoft is working on a new reference design that fixes the issues of the first one? Top news of the week.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Meanwhile, the immersive industry is coming closer to a potential paradigm shift in 2024, as big technology brands plan to make a mark on the emerging sector. Parkinson also noted other major trends would involve the “expansion of display technology” as well as further AI integrations.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. with Xiaomi, Oppo, Samsung, etc…) to convince hardware manufacturers to create headsets powered by Android XR.

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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. It’s the money his company is spending to become the leader in the next technological platform , and if he succeeds, it’s actually money very well spent. Personally, I don’t agree: it’s an investment.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Please tell me if you find this new approach useful so that I can decide if keep going with it or not; We of New Technology Walkers (me and my partner Massimiliano Ariani) have been featured on the local news section of an important Italian newspaper! Image by Microsoft). Microsoft to tighten safety measures in Altspace VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

This shows that the ecosystem is alive, and notwithstanding the pandemic, there are many XR companies that are pushing the technology forward. Haptic technologies were represented at CES very well especially by two companies: OWO and bHaptics. Qualcomm and Microsoft partnership. Further references. Further references.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 15, 2024

The event always wows spectators with a rich lineup of technology vendors and innovations. In 2024, many major technology firms like Apple, LG, and Samsung are debuting XR devices, and events like Laval Virtual will provide crucial insight into the growing industry. Laval Virtual 2024 wrapped up for another year.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

I think that the upcoming release of Quest 3, and the increasing rumors about Samsung are going to improve our situation even more. More info Samsung may be working on a smart ring There are new rumors in town about Samsung working on a smart ring that should be called Galaxy Ring. Let’s all hope so. Great job, Magnopus!

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 20, 2021

Connecting people, making you joining a group, making you have new friends… is only what it does (very well) to keep you hooked to the platform, so that it can analyze your data and sell you better ads. Now, we all know that AR and VR are the next technological platform… the evolution of the smartphone, the evolution of the web.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

The event always wows spectators with a rich lineup of technology vendors and innovations; however, in 2024, XR took centre stage with many firms highlighting major products, addressing device debuts, and entering the market. MWC 2024 wrapped up for another year. The device is expected to hit the market in 2025.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 9, 2019

The transmission protocol is, at this stage, very basic and the data rate exchanged between the contact lens and the head gear does not justify a 4G or 5G format at all. I just know that Samsung has patented some contact lenses incorporating displays but nothing has been done to my knowledge. What are the future evolutions?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Delivering immersive XR experiences requires a significant amount of data, and bandwidth. That’s why so many XR innovators have already begun infusing their technology with 5G – the fastest mobile connectivity solution available in the current market. The Growing Interest in 6G Technology.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

The evolution of technology. The evolution of VR is usually compared to the one of other technologies, like the web or mobile. Years pass by and technology shifts and market changes lead to a shuffle of the cards, and new market leaders arise. Let me show you why. Meta has clearly won the first round of the VR match.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Now it’s time to make some forecasts about its companion technology, that is augmented reality! This won’t be the year of AR : exactly as I said for virtual reality, let’s not hype the technology and think that this is the year when mainstream adoption of wearable AR glasses is going to happen. Sounded good.

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Anand Tech

MARCH 22, 2024

GT/s data transfer rate, and a total bandwidth of 1.2 "Industrywide, HBM3E consumes approximately three times the wafer supply as DDR5 to produce a given number of bits in the same technology node." . "We continue to expect HBM bit share equivalent to our overall DRAM bit share sometime in calendar 2025."

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

For an indexed library of spatial computing insights, data, reports and multimedia, subscribe to ARtillery PRO. Amazon and Microsoft launched wearables lines in the past quarter and smaller players like Bose and Snap are planting seeds for a wearables-heavy future. The situation is similar with Microsoft. Follow the Money .

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Resolution and data bandwidth requirements represent one of key obstacles that break the illusion of immersion in VR content. Its founders claim to be a proven team of industry experts from their former senior roles at Apple, Adobe, Microsoft and Lucasfilm. The post Can Pixvana FOVAS Technology Resolve Resolution Issues in VR?

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2017

In a new report from IDC (International Data Corporation), the market research firm predicts a near 10 fold increase in the shipments of augmented and virtual reality headsets in the next 4 years, bolstered by a plethora of new devices and “expanding array of content for both consumer and enterprise users.” billion in 2021.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Microsoft and Zoom have also released their respective apps into the Vision Pro this week. Jay also explained that “Apple sets a benchmark,” noting how the world had general smartphones and PDAs before the iPhone; what Apple achieved was bringing this technology to the mass market.

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

I’ve been a big fan of the cute little Samsung Gear 360 camera since its first unveiling in the spring of 2016, and always recommend it to people inquiring about the best consumer-friendly 360 cameras out there. Air New Zealand is one airlines provider that is testing how the Microsoft Hololens can help improve in-flight customer service.

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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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Anand Tech

JULY 26, 2023

Interestingly, the company aims to serve world's leading tech giants, challenging TSMC, IFS, and Samsung Foundry. Modern fabrication technologies are expensive to develop in general. The endeavor is both extremely challenging and tremendously expensive. "We are looking for a U.S. That is where Rapidus will enter."

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

If we look at the data of the three independent reports, we get a clear coherent picture. The Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications (FIT) together with various partners from industry including Apple, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Son y has confirmed the release and official adoption of H.266/Versatile

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VRWorld

APRIL 4, 2017

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), a world leader in AI computing technology, will host its eighth annual GPU Technology Conference (GTC) on May 8-11, at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center. GTC is a great opportunity for developers and data scientists to sharpen their skills.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

A worker wearing HoloLens 2 (Image by Microsoft). If virtual reality is still in the early stages, augmented reality is even before that , and the technology is growing very slowly. This shows how the technology is just slowly improving. It has not changed that much from when I wrote that article at the beginning of 2019.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

From the data gathered from the leaks, it is possible also to understand that there is already an emulator in the works for this OS , and this could help developers create applications for it even before it gets launched (between the announcement and the actual launch). New info on Microsoft abandoning the Hololens 3. Cognitive 3D.

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Not only is Meta’s Connect event coming up quickly, but Apple and Microsoft are also working towards establishing XR productivity tools. In the wake of MR headsets and software coming soon, Google and Samsung quickly reacted – internally – in a bid to create a competing device with an apparent lack of direction.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

When the first consumer version of the Oculus Rift was launched in the spring, it was disappointingly bundled with a Microsoft Xbox controller – and we’ve eagerly been awaiting the native Touch Controllers. Visbit – $3.2M : the Sunnyvale, CA-based team has been working on patented 4K streaming technology for VR.

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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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GizModo VR

APRIL 3, 2022

London police announced Friday that two teenagers had been charged with hacking crimes in connection to LAPSUS$ , a cybercriminal gang that has managed to breach some of the biggest tech companies in the world over the past few months. Far from disintegrating in a leadership vacuum, though, the gang has continued to… Read more.

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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

OCTOBER 26, 2020

All these data together make me a bit skeptical about the capabilities of this company: developing such kind of a high-quality headset requires a lot of expertise, while the company is very small and features no known expert in the field. Facebook and Microsoft publish two interesting research projects for VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2021

Image by New Technology Walkers). New Technology Walkers (NTW) has released on SideQuest a free demo of HitMotion: Reloaded, a fitness XR game that was already one of the launch titles of the Vive Focus Plus. Together with this piece of news, Bloomberg also reported that PSVR 2 will feature an OLED display manufactured by Samsung.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

In a mission to make 360 video less terrible, the Seattle-based company has developed a number of technologies since they came out of stealth last December. With Pixvana SPIN, the company claims they can deliver up to 100 megapixel quality within the user’s field-of-view while cutting data delivered by up to 70% overall.

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Anand Tech

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Thanks to rapid advancements in flash technology (including the advent of 3D NAND and NVMe) as well as faster host interfaces (such as Thunderbolt 3 and USB 3.x), Samsung Portable SSD T7 Touch 1TB. Crucial Technology Ballistix DDR4-2400 SODIMM. ADATA SE800 1TB. Crucial Portable SSD X8 1TB. HP P700 1TB. Lexar SL100 Pro 1TB.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Our technologies, from the first use of fire to the future of facial recognition, appear to be neutral by their very nature. The 21st-century technologies introduced in this book also contain the power to burn both ways, albeit at a previously unimaginable level of power and scale. Arguably, the key reason we have seen Web 2.0

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