The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

PlayStation VR 2 Logo (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). 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.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

Project Alloy stands alone among the current lineup of technologies available because it isn’t tethered to a desktop computer like HTC Vive or Oculus Rift, nor does it use a smartphone like Google Cardboard, Gear VR or Google Daydream. The headset has an inside out tracking system enabled by Intel’s amazing RealSense technology.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

Project Alloy stands alone among the current lineup of technologies available because it isn’t tethered to a desktop computer like HTC Vive or Oculus Rift, nor does it use a smartphone like Google Cardboard, Gear VR or Google Daydream. The headset has an inside out tracking system enabled by Intel’s amazing RealSense technology.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device. According to Korean media, Samsung Electronics is working with Microsoft on a new augmented/mixed reality project “involving HoloLens”. This gives more power to Google Glass, that are not doing that bad in the enterprise environment after a total disaster as a prosumer device.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

Developers continue to have fun with Oculus Quest hands tracking! A new week, a new sheer of demos exploiting Oculus Quest hands tracking! A demo made by the creator of Holoception, that mixes portals and hands tracking. Image by Microsoft). My favorite from this week? News worth a mention.

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ARPost

APRIL 22, 2022

The XRA is an industry organization founded by Google , HTC VIVE , Microsoft , Oculus , and Sony Interactive Entertainment. The world-facing cameras on XR devices that enable world-tracking in AR and hand-tracking in VR contribute to what some are calling “the era of constant reality capture.”

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

Luckily there is AR that is still strong, and we can hope to wear Google AR glasses soon… ah no, they are dead too. For me this is not a fortunate sentence: this is what Alex Kipman said about the HoloLens, a few weeks before the whole Microsoft Mixed Reality division was disbanded and he was fired from the company.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

This gamification mechanic seems pretty lame to me : people need entertaining quests, not boring stuff just done to show them the new features of the platform. The purpose of the group is of course the one of fighting the duopoly of Apple Maps/Google Maps. I wonder if this data could be useful also for building the AR Cloud.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

My favorite ones have been: Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed that the next PSVR headset will be called PSVR 2 and will feature 2K x 2K per eye, up to 120 Hz framerate, and 110° FOV. It will be the first consumer headset with eye-tracking and foveated rendering, and also the first one to feature haptics directly on the headset.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Arashi: Final Cut – An Entertaining Upgrade Marred By Last-Gen Hangovers The upcoming Final Cut of Arashi features some clear upgrades, but also some last-gen hangovers that hold it back. Owlchemy Demo Reaches For Mass Market VR Hand Tracking Owlchemy’s hand tracking tech demo at GDC 2023 pointed to the future of mass market VR.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Microsoft has officially stated that Minecraft Earth , that has been in beta for Android and iOS in carefully selected worldwide locations in the past months, is now ready for its launch. Google is doing it again. It is not clear what is the destiny of the VR 180 format, especially because Google declined to comment on the topic.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

VR has gone through a rapid transition from a primarily consumer-focused, tethered device for gaming and entertainment, to standalone headsets in similar verticals. With it, experts can see what you see to guide professionals with step-by-step work instructions via a micro display similar to Google Glass or Vuzix.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Sony believes in VR, and we definitely believe at some point in the future, VR will represent a meaningful component of interactive entertainment. More info (New features of OpenXR) More info (OpenXR in Unity) More info (OpenXR in Microsoft products). More info (Using Google Translate). Will it be this year? We believe that.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 1, 2017

Announcements today include innovations in entertainment, gaming and cinema, smart wearables, sensing toys, robotics and consumer electronics, cloud, enterprise and business technologies, human-computer interaction solutions, automotive, and high-performance APIs. link] twnkls is showcasing new mobile AR applications and solutions.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 19, 2017

Above: David Holz, founder of Leap Motion, shows off hand-tracking in VR. Above: VR entertainment panelists: Margaret Wallace (left), Theresa Duringer, Noah Falstein, and Shiraz Akmal. There’s going to be a reckoning,” said Margaret Wallace, CEO of Playmatics , on my own panel on VR entertainment experiences.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

And part of what we did is we started really looking at our industry, motion picture, media, entertainment, and just in fact, communication, our communication methods. And the reality is, when we were kids or when we were much younger, our choices for media, for entertainment, for communication was very limited. That is ridiculous.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

And part of what we did is we started really looking at our industry, motion picture, media, entertainment, and just in fact, communication, our communication methods. And the reality is, when we were kids or when we were much younger, our choices for media, for entertainment, for communication was very limited. That is ridiculous.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 3, 2020

Let’s talk about what you saw, and what are the trends coming in out-of-home entertainment. They merged it with a D-Box motion base and they created a VR ride for family entertainment centers, arcades, and theme parks. We find the broadest market for VR is casual impulsive entertainment. You were there.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

And part of what we did is we started really looking at our industry, motion picture, media, entertainment, and just in fact, communication, our communication methods. And the reality is, when we were kids or when we were much younger, our choices for media, for entertainment, for communication was very limited. That is ridiculous.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 3, 2020

Let’s talk about what you saw, and what are the trends coming in out-of-home entertainment. They merged it with a D-Box motion base and they created a VR ride for family entertainment centers, arcades, and theme parks. We find the broadest market for VR is casual impulsive entertainment. You were there.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

Ellsworth: Pokemon Go is an interesting moment in time, where it shows this gap we have in entertainment that needed to be filled. GB: Google Glass. I look at Google Glass and it was really interesting. Above: Microsoft’s HoloLens in action. Image Credit: Microsoft. Or it’s a Google problem.

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VRGuy

AUGUST 1, 2016

We see entertainment, therapy, home improvement, tourism, meditation, design and many other applications. Eye tracking software converts eye images into gaze direction. Hand tracking software converts hand position into gestures. Google Glass has not been as successful as hoped.

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