Cats and VR

JULY 15, 2016

A team of developers with a Hololens dev kit were able to create a demo showcasing Pokemon GO as a Hololens App. The build was created in Unity with the HoloLens SDK" "For now the Pokémon are randomly generated within a mapped environment. David Robustelli, Head of Digital at CapitolaVR posted the above video and had this to say. "We

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Both Apple and Google already have very popular stores , they have full suits of tools (think about the Google Docs suite) and entertainment channels (think about Apple TV), and they have enormous expertise in building hardware and operating systems. On Quest, there are some nice demos and games with MR features, but nothing more.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This follows investments in mobile hardware capability, interest in immersive virtual experiences with the metaverse, and rising industry competition. It utilizes one of the most powerful hardware features for AR on a mobile device, the LiDAR scanner on the iPad Pro and Phone 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max, 13 Pro, 13 Pro Max and 14 Pro smartphones.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

0:00 / 0:07 1× It's an ideal app to come to Vision Pro, and the company partnered with Alfa Romeo to create a demo 'Jig' showing a C43 Formula 1 car at true scale and visualizing the airflow over it. Competition For Magic Leap, Microsoft, And Varjo? Of course, Vision Pro has yet to launch and we've only spent a brief time with it.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

In many ways they’re your typical tech company – my demos are delivered in the familiar blueprint of a trendy open-plan office with exposed brick walls, which sits above a sushi restaurant – but it’s got a different vibe from a lot of similar start-ups.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

More info (The most important announcements from WWDC) More info (M2 chipset announcement) More info (Metal 3 release) More info (HRTF function scanning) More info (ARKit body tracking demo) More info (RoomPlan announcement) More info (RoomPlan demo) More info (ARKit 6 functionalities) More info (Apple headset now rumored for 2023).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 19, 2017

I am standing in a virtual living room rendered via Unity. The talent comes from the likes of Microsoft and Nokia. My experience in that Unity-based living room and other demos, using what Varjo is calling the “20/20” prototype, shows that they are working in the right direction. It’s a glimpse of VR’s future.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

Or that Microsoft is working on a new reference design that fixes the issues of the first one? You may think that so they want to launch the PSVR 2 before the PS5, and it may be, but actually, if this device truly wants to be next-gen, it can’t be compatible with the rather old hardware of PS4. Unity changes how it handles XR Plugins.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2023

Pooya Koosha, Oorbit’s Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder , said that his company had been building hardware, software, and networking layers for the Metaverse for over ten years. Microsoft explained at the Immerse Global Summit’s Metaverse 2.0 Oorbit, LG Explore Metaverse Infrastructure.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

And the price of the wireless add-on is even more suspicious: speaking with a hardware manufacturer, they told me that ONLY THE ANTENNAS of a Wi-Gig connection for VR streaming (like the one of the Vive Pro) costs around $100… so how can the whole wireless streaming device cost just $50?? And it has now a free demo, so you can try it now!

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

It is also working on creating its own hardware : a previous report highlighted that it could build its own chips in the future, and this article shows how the company is working also in acquiring hardware parts markers. Of course its goal is to give importance to Steam, not to the hardware.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 17, 2023

Microsoft and Autoliv China Autoliv China, a manufacturing innovator, collaborated with Microsoft and DataMesh to implement digital twin technology, 3D data visualization, and artificial intelligence in their operations. Trainees also get to practice in real-life scenarios that would be dangerous to access in the real world.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

Its XR headset will be the first major product launch since 2015, and Apple surely wants to launch it in the best way possible, with a cheering audience, on-site demos to journalists, and a well-orchestrated performance. And I’m not only talking about the hardware, but also the software. Microsoft signs a $22B deal with the US Army.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

Ctrl+Labs already demoed it years ago: check out the link to the Dino Game that I added below this paragraph. More info (FRL Official blog post) More info (Road To VR reporting and commenting the news) More info (Ctrl+Labs’s Dino Game Early Demo) More info (ETH’s experimental wristband). Image by Microsoft). Some XR fun.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

For this, it has just started Access Hardware, a program that gives for free Magic Leap glasses plus dedicated support to all developers that are planning to do interesting applications using the Magic Leap 1, especially in the enterprise sector. Image by Microsoft). New SteamVR devkit aims at making custom hardware easier.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

The Seebright SDK also supports Unity and Unreal engines and is compatible with both iOS and Android. The Osterhout Design Group is an integrated hardware company with a deep background in advanced augmented reality innovation with the US military, and have their principal outsider investor in 21st Century FOX.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

More info Jim Ryan hints at a possible PlayStation metaverse The court documents related to the FTC vs Microsoft trial related to the acquisition of Activision contain a very interesting piece of information related to what Sony may be working on. This would be great for having a more natural interaction on Quest 3.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

Basically, they are: Hyper-optimization : since this is a standalone headset, Oculus has been able to optimize the hardware and software for VR usage. I had a chance to demo the Oculus Santa Cruz today at #gdc18 ! Oculus announces Hardware Reports. This is Oculus’s answer to Steam Hardware & Software Survey.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

For larger companies looking to connect their entire team with HoloLens 2 headsets, Microsoft is offering a package that includes Dynamic 365 Remote Assist on each MR headset at the cost of $125 per user – per month. If you’re a developer working on your own, Microsoft offers the HoloLens 2 Development Edition.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

It is also the time when all magazines create a list of “best of” the year and give awards to the best content and hardware … about which there is always someone that doesn’t agree. I am a bit sad no one gave an award to The Unity Cube , though… I would have loved to get a “Worst Application Award 2021” from Road To VR….

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

It seems to me a great piece of hardware. Furthermore, Microsoft 365 apps such as Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint, will be connected with Omniverse Project Mellon has been unveiled. And the 100 most important managers of the company just had a dedicated demo of it in Cupertino. Which means that its launch is close.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 11, 2020

Computing Unit: Weight : 170g Hardware Platform : Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Operating System : Android. Forget it completely for the devkit: here there is almost no UI and the start menu is just made of 3 icons : one is for the settings, and two are stock demos. All bugs that were taunting me vanished away.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

So we would require many public demos about it… but well, there is a pandemic and so people can go out less, and even if they go out, it’s not safe wearing the headset that others have worn in a demo booth. Because the problem, in my opinion, is not the hardware but the software. The Quest will still be the king.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has a very interesting working story, having worked for great companies like Microsoft and Fast Company. As John Riccitiello (CEO of Unity) said some years ago , the VR market won’t be interesting enough until it will reach the 10 million users mark. They control all their ecosystem : software, hardware, chips.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

Mozilla updates its Unity WebVR exporter. Two years ago, I reviewed on this blog a Unity plugin that Mozilla had released in beta to let you create WebVR experiences from your Unity projects. Thanks to this exporter, every Unity developer can create a WebXR experience by just building the Unity project for HTML5!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2018

In this first post we will be describing what OpenVR is, what it may be useful for and finally, we will go through a little OpenVR application to demo some of the core functionality of the API in what respects to interacting with a VR system (get connected devices, get tracking data, etc). OpenVR support in Unity game engine (Image by Valve).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). I can’t think about an AR-app that is actually popular : many have tried to make AR games, AR educational experiences, AR sports… but they all ended up being tech demos or gimmicks. There are vaiours solutions to also export Unity XR projects to the web (Image by Mozilla).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

We started talking with other professionals in the field, and they always kept saying to us “If Microsoft can’t do it, how can you do it?”. High-precision 6DOF tracking, eye tracking, gesture inputs, with dedicated input controllers The SDK will support Unity , with Unreal coming Soon. The official computational unit runs Android.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 2, 2019

We have OEMs who want to integrate our software into their hardware. So Microsoft, as you know, we support ARKit- and ARCore-enabled devices. Microsoft launched their Azure Spatial Anchors, we could support Azure Spatial Anchors as well, and take their augmented reality to the next level. Plenty and plenty of opportunities.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 2, 2019

We have OEMs who want to integrate our software into their hardware. So Microsoft, as you know, we support ARKit- and ARCore-enabled devices. Microsoft launched their Azure Spatial Anchors, we could support Azure Spatial Anchors as well, and take their augmented reality to the next level. Plenty and plenty of opportunities.

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

The promise of Augmented Reality hardware has been immense, but so have been the number of misses. Can Jio’s next hardware play be any different? Reliance Jio’s foray into mixed reality started in 2019 when they acquired majority stake in deep-tech startup Tesseract which has a few hardware products in XR space.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

It’s refreshing to see Pimax continuing to develop high-end virtual reality hardware, whilst other players have scaled back their plans, canceled projects, or just offered… radio silence. This would be my second test of hardware from Pimax, following last year’s Sword controllers.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 2, 2019

We have OEMs who want to integrate our software into their hardware. So Microsoft, as you know, we support ARKit- and ARCore-enabled devices. Microsoft launched their Azure Spatial Anchors, we could support Azure Spatial Anchors as well, and take their augmented reality to the next level. Plenty and plenty of opportunities.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Three research projects caught my attention this week: Intel has made an amazing demo where it made GTA V look incredibly realistic. An article by Microsoft Design details how some designers have created an AR cube with very natural interactions. This could be The Unity Cube 2.0. Some interesting research projects.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 12, 2021

For instance, in the box I’ve found a cleaning cloth for an Oculus device… and I don’t think it actually comes with a Microsoft HoloLens! So, Microsoft has made whatever it could to make the limited FOV more acceptable and we have to appreciate that. The headset is very light and balanced (Image by Microsoft).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Introduction Following my first article earlier this year, Pimax’s Crystal has pleasantly surprised me with a series of software updates that activated new hardware features , whilst bringing quality-of-life improvements to headset connection and tracking. How long did the development of the hardware take?

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. ” You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. And it was for me as well; I’ve been a Unity user forever. It’s amazing.” ” Paul: [laughs] Right.

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