The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

PanguVR works with two amazing technologies like virtual reality and artificial intelligence , so I was really interested in talking with him. We agreed that we would have met virtually so that I could discover more about his company anyway. You can see a demo of it here. In other words, what you see is what you get.

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Road to VR

MAY 19, 2016

Google have announced that developers itching to get started on building Android VR games using the Unity game engine can do so right now using a Daydream plugin. The post Unity Native Support for Google Daydream VR Coming in Summer, Plugin Out Now appeared first on Road to VR.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 10, 2022

As this article was being written, Varjo further expanded its cloud with Unreal and Unity engine integrations. XR streaming is already a reality on other cloud platforms. At first, we were just building for the phone and porting to the glasses,” Lens Creator Alex Bradt told me when I got to demo Snap’s Spectacles at AWE.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2023

There is an online demo for this system, and you can try it out either with preset or custom images. More info (Twitter post that describes the excitement around this project) More info (Official launch blog post) Other relevant news (Image by Google) Chrome ships WebGPU Chrome , the most popular browser around, has just implemented WebGPU.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

T he use of the Exynos chips makes me think even more that this is an old device : Samsung has recently announced that it is going to build its headset with Google and Qualcomm, so it is impossible that the to-be-released device doesn’t have a Qualcomm chip.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

This is a period with many tech announcements: we had Meta telling about its Horizon OS, yesterday OpenAI unveiled the new GPT-4o, and today Google will hopefully unveil its Android XR operating system. What a time to be alive!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

If I had to choose the most common question I’ve received in these 4 years on the blog, social media, and Quora, I would surely pick “How do I get started with virtual reality?” How I got started with virtual reality. I saw myself inside the Tuscany demo, and I felt in love with VR, like IMMEDIATELY.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2017

Apple finally talks about VR while taking a (very solid) swing at AR, Walmart will use virtual reality to train employees, you can grow better weed with AR + AI, and Q1 VR headset sales…. APPLE TAKES A (VERY SOLID) SWING AT AUGMENTED REALITY. APPLE ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT VR. However… we’re still waiting for those apple AR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

Unreal Engine 5 may change the rules of game development. Out of nowhere, Epic Games has teased the next version of Unreal Engine, Unreal Engine 5, due to be released in 2021. It means that you can take whatever model, even with billions of polygons, and put it in your Unreal Engine project. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

At the same time, Facebook could have an approach similar to the one that Google has with Android: theoretically you can use an Android phone without a Google account, but good luck in doing it : since my phone is Chinese, I don’t have Google services and I can assure you that it is a true pain in the a**. Image by Google).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2022

There is only one big problem: the form factor is terrible , they look super-dork, even worse than Google Glasses. They managed to put 4,000 bots simulating 4,000 connected clients in the same WebXR virtual world. RP1 also is working on a demo with 100,000 people which should be ready by the end of 2022. It is impressive.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

An environmental artist with a passion for Star Wars has realised the iconic location of Star Wars’ Mos Eisley space port in jaw-dropping detail via Unreal Engine 4. What’s more, it’s coming to VR soon and you can download the demo now. ” The team have made the demo available to the public to download now. .

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VRScout

JULY 21, 2016

You can take a virtual trip to Stonehenge and snap a selfie in the process. When it comes to virtual reality content, quite a bit of emphasis has been placed on gaming. As part of a test pilot in the “History of 3D” exhibit, underneath the Boeing IMAX Theater, the VR demo transports you to the grounds of Stonehenge.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Parisi is considered by many to be one of the early pioneers of VR thanks to his work on Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), a tool for creating 3D environments on the internet, with Mark Pesce back in 1994. Ushering in that segment was the announcement that the company had hired Tony Parisi as its Head of AR/VR Strategy.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The 2017 Game Developers Conference (GDC) and accompanying Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC) are right around the corner. The Oculus Rift and Touch, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR (PSVR), Google Daydream, Samsung Gear VR, and so many other headsets are all available for purchase. But beyond that, what about the news?

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TechCrunch VR

MARCH 25, 2019

VR, gaming engines, Unity, Unreal and Epic were just some of the topics we touched upon. But perhaps the biggest of all was Google’s new game-streaming service Stadia. But, when I started, the demo was a little like — I think they just had the system on for a couple of hours when I tried it and immediately it was awful.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

At GDC 2017 LG showcased a virtual reality headset that was SteamVR compatible: it was a game-changing moment since for the first time a new non-Vive headset would have been compatible with SteamVR tracking and ecosystem. I had a chance to demo the Oculus Santa Cruz today at #gdc18 ! Oculus Go showcased.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

In Korea, a TV documentary has used virtual reality to make a mother meet again her daughter Nayeon , who died of blood cancer some months before. I’m of course referring to the Dead and Buried demo showcased at OC5. I had forecasted it in my predictions for augmented reality in 2020 : AR Cloud wars are starting.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

Did Seebright just release the augmented reality equivalent of Google Cardboard? The Seebright Ripple is the first of its kind, using your smartphone to access augmented reality apps and is very accessible at the $40 price point. In a clear Google snub, you can view Facebook 360 photos with a Gear VR… but not with Cardboard.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Viveport is improving a lot, and now HTC is also launching the Vive XR Suite , which will be distributed thanks to the support of a strong network of partners like HP, NVIDIA, Baidu (the Chinese Google), and Accenture. Well, that demo has turned into a paid application called Clipdrop. And it has now a free demo, so you can try it now!

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Toward the end of their on-stage demo at Unite 2016 on Tuesday, Unity Labs’ Amir Ebrahimi and Timoni West debuted this addition to the platform, which is due to release before the end of the year. Dourin thinks it will give them a leg up over the competition: Unreal Engine 4’s own in-VR editor.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

One of the most stunning demos offered by Magic Leap has been the AI-driven avatar Mica. Magic Leap believes in a future where together with virtual elements there are also virtual characters, like for instance a virtual person that can be your virtual assistant. But with another name. But it is the same.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Then, I link you here below some resources that may be useful to get you started with virtual reality and with Oculus Quest 2 in particular. These numbers are impressive for a VR company, and show how a virtual reality company can be successful now. But it said that it needs at least 6 years to make it become reality.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

As part of our 3D Jam spotlight series, here are 17 utility demos that let you reach into a sea of data and extract its insights, explore a CAD prototype before committing it to a 3D printer, meet with people from around the world, and more. Recommended: Google Chrome. Recommended: Google Chrome. Requires: Webcam.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2018

This is the first post in a series of technical posts in which we will be covering the bare bones of a Virtual Reality API (Application Programming Interface) and coding a few examples using it. OpenVR simple demo application screenshot. You may be saying “Come on! You’re welcome! ).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

This move resembles the one that Google had with TiltBrush: instead of killing the program, it is returning it back to the community, and this is for sure a good decision. Yes, you’ve read everything well. It has 4.5DOF. Watch a Quest 2 getting watercooled.

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

It’s one of the core reasons why the world of Augmented and Mixed Reality is as notoriously hard to crack, and some of these functions are: What went wrong with the previous AR hardware? We’re looking at you, Google Glass. The AR Content Chicken & Egg Building augmented reality or mixed reality content is hard.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

Because most VR developers know well Unity or Unreal, and WebVR languages like A-frame are based on Javascript, that is very different from the usual programming flow of the game engines. Google Glass can help Autistic kids. A research project using Google Glass to help autistic kids has been published on IEEE. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google killed its AR glasses Project Iris Do you remember the name Project Iris? Various reports indicated it as the internal codename in Google for a project meant to build augmented reality glasses. It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 2, 2019

On the web, if you create a website, you can go to Google and you get a tag, and you can put ads and you can make a living out of it. Now, we’ve talked a lot about virtual reality content. Are you seeing this type of thing with augmented reality as well? It’s a lot of demos, a lot of cool stuff.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 2, 2019

On the web, if you create a website, you can go to Google and you get a tag, and you can put ads and you can make a living out of it. Now, we’ve talked a lot about virtual reality content. Are you seeing this type of thing with augmented reality as well? It’s a lot of demos, a lot of cool stuff.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2023

Anyway, after I enjoyed the free song (let me tell you about that later), the application showed that “the tutorial ended”… which technically was true, but together with the tutorial, also the demo was finished at that point, so I was a bit confused.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

this one about Holoride and this about Lynx-R1 ), but many will come in the following days! After I will be back in Italy, on the 20th, I will also be a speaker at Virtual Reality Day , the 24h-conference about VR held by Bob Fine. Google to put all its experimental projects inside “Labs” division. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The fact that the studio behind such a popular game has decided to have a VR port is the sign that Virtual Reality has started to become interesting for famous indie studios. And the fact that there will be a VR version of this important game will give virtual reality even more awareness and popularity inside the gaming community.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

What is your vision for virtual augmented reality? Was the best virtual reality or a AR experience is what is the best thing that you have done? You are the voice of virtual reality in the Midwest. When it comes to augmented reality, you’re gonna go more towards the marketing thing.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

What is your vision for virtual augmented reality? Was the best virtual reality or a AR experience is what is the best thing that you have done? You are the voice of virtual reality in the Midwest. When it comes to augmented reality, you’re gonna go more towards the marketing thing.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

What is your vision for virtual augmented reality? Was the best virtual reality or a AR experience is what is the best thing that you have done? You are the voice of virtual reality in the Midwest. When it comes to augmented reality, you're gonna go more towards the marketing thing.

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