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The XR Week Peek (2021.10.19): HTC launches Vive Flow, Magic Leap 2 announced, and more!

The Ghost Howls

This week, the company has announced it is going to hire additional 10,000 people to help in developing the m verse , and all these new hires will happen in the Europen Union , and in particular, inside Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, the Netherlands and Ireland . Microsoft X-Rings is a controllers that can change its shape.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.22): Sony reveals PSVR2 controllers, FRL shows the wristband of the future, and more!

The Ghost Howls

As it had promised on my blog last year , its cool Nreal Light AR glasses have finally arrived in Europe. It’s good to see this cool product finally arriving in Europe, not anymore as a devkit, but as a full-fledged product. Image by Microsoft). Google halves its revenues on the Play Store. News worth a mention.

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2021

The Ghost Howls

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft).

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

Road to VR

With currently 26 labs operating in the United States, Europe, Asia and Oceania, VR First is bringing the number to 40 labs by the end of year. VIGAMUS Academy, Italy. image courtesy VR First. University College London, UK. University of Florida, USA. University of Southern California (USC), USA. University of the Aegean, Greece.

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My experience at SXSW 2022: expect the unexpected

The Ghost Howls

Today, while I’m packing my stuff up to go back to Italy, I want to tell you a few words about my experience there, and if I think it has been worth going. Even if it is not so famous in Europe, the SXSW (South by SouthWest) has always been one of the events to be in the United States. Going SXSW. SXSW Logo (Image by SXSW).

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Meta Connect 2022 Mega Roundup: ALL you need to know in one single article!

The Ghost Howls

This is ridiculous, not only because the Pro costs a lot of money, but also because it is sold as a “work device” I don’t know how things work where Zuck lives, but here in Italy, a typical workday is 8 hours, not 2. Quest Pro costs $1500/€1800 (we have VAT in Europe). Partnership with Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.09.16): Cosmos released, iOS 13 has support for AR glasses, DAQRI fails and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Preorders are open now, for $699 (at least €799 in Europe), with worldwide shipping starting from October, 3rd. It seems that DAQRI hasn’t managed to find new investors; The competition of Microsoft. Google updates ARCore with Persistent Cloud Anchors. Google describes it as “the save button for AR experiences”.

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