The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Image by Google). Google is reportedly working on an AR operating system. In some of my past newsletters, I warned you that we shouldn’t forget about Google/Alphabet in the race to our mixed reality future. Now we have finally an official confirmation of the fact that Google is working on an AR device. Tilt Brush).

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Road to VR

JANUARY 26, 2023

Gemba, the corporate VR learning platform, announced it’s closed an $18 million Series A funding round, which the company says will be used to continue expansion into Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and North America. The latest funding round was led by Parkway Venture Capital, now valuing the UK-based company at $60 million.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Discovery and Google today announced the launch of a new 38-episode VR video series called Discovery TRVLR, a product of both Discovery and Google’s internal VR teams. The post Discovery and Google Announce VR Travel Series ‘Discovery TRVLR’, First of 38 Episodes to Arrive in November appeared first on Road to VR.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Australian financial service provider and consumer protection group Compare The Market used Google Trends and SEMRush to look at how internet users are searching terms like “virtual travel”, “virtual tourism”, “VR travel”, “virtual reality tours”, and “virtual reality travel.” And not just in the US.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

With high performance VR motion controllers right in the box, the system offers a highly immersive experience that lets you physically walk around a room-sized space while immersed in virtual reality. HTC hosts a list of stores across the US and Europe where you can try the Vive for free. Google Daydream.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

More info (Laval Virtual canceled) More info (XR Europe canceled) More info (E3 canceled) More info (Tribeca canceled). and there is always more interest in virtual gatherings. This week they have added two new amazing features to their XR-1 mixed-reality headset: chroma-keying and marker tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 9, 2022

The Digital Markets Act is a law that the European Parliament and Commission are discussing since 2020 and has the purpose of limiting the excessive power of the major tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta. And the same holds for Google, which is applying similar restrictions.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The 3D maps of the terrain below you are very accurate, and people can so see in VR a realistic view of the cities from the above, and this is breathtaking scenery in virtual reality. Google lets now everyone contribute to StreetView. If you have an ARCore-powered Android device, you can now contribute to Google StreetView.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 1, 2022

I moved over from regular filmmaking into making virtual reality documentaries. I was a journalist, so I was always trying to tell stories from other countries and bring them over to Europe or the United States to the audiences there. YI HALO Camera (Image by Google). I teach a master. What’s your story?

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VRScout

OCTOBER 7, 2017

Google and Discovery expand the Discovery VR app with new VR travel series. Over the course of 38 episodes spread throughout seven chapters, you will travel throughout North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe and Antarctica in the first virtual reality series to cover all seven continents.

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ARVR Magazine Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In today's podcast, I talk to Tom Symonds, the CEO of Immerse, a virtual reality training company. Today's Sponsor: Kemweb - Have you been considering transitioning your business to Europe? We are currently on: Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Anchor. Show Notes: Immerse. VR In a Box. Tom Symonds on Linkedin.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Volumetric video specialists 8i have announced their latest series B funding round has netted them a further $27 while also unveiling Holo, a mixed reality video app, powered by Google’s Tango technology. SEE ALSO Asus 'ZenFone AR' Google Tango, Daydream VR Phone Launched, Specs Revealed.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 7, 2018

The authenticity of the audio and the nobility of the characters involved, combined with virtual reality means audiences can now relive with past with an intensity not previously possible,” says Peter Rippon, BBC Archive Editor. It will also soon be available to watch in 360 on Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 18, 2018

A new BBC Virtual Reality experience takes you back to Berlin in 1943, at the height of the WW2 blitz. The authenticity of the audio and the nobility of the characters involved, combined with virtual reality means audiences can now relive with past with an intensity not previously possible,” says Peter Rippon, BBC Archive Editor.

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Road to VR

MARCH 21, 2017

Well known as one of the largest and most senior VR communities, SVVR has been a focal point of the growing virtual reality industry in Silicon Valley with a schedule of regular local events. A Peek into the US Navy’s Mixed Reality Lab – BEMR. The Once & Future Web – Google. Session Highlights: .

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ARPost

MAY 5, 2021

The event was attended by representatives from over 70 universities in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and was attended by representatives from dozens of companies providing VR and AR education solutions. ARPost wasn’t able to attend all of the sessions and, even virtually, there’s no substitute for being there.

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ARVR Magazine Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In today's podcast, I talk to Tom Symonds, the CEO of Immerse, a virtual reality training company. Show Notes: Immerse VR In a Box Tom Symonds on Linkedin Today's Sponsor: Kemweb - Have you been considering transitioning your business to Europe? We are on: Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn YouTube.

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ARVR Magazine Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In today's podcast, I talk to Tom Symonds, the CEO of Immerse, a virtual reality training company. Show Notes: Immerse VR In a Box Tom Symonds on Linkedin Today's Sponsor: Kemweb - Have you been considering transitioning your business to Europe? We are on: Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn YouTube.

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ARPost

JULY 27, 2023

In addition to frequent all-online events, AWE consists of three in-person events each year: AWE USA, AWE Europe, and AWE Asia. Immediately following the panel discussion, Google’s Toshihiro Ohnuma takes the stage to discuss “Connecting Both Worlds – Google Maps and AR Core.”

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

This past Friday, Discovery Communications and Google launched the first chapter of Discovery TRVLR, a collaboration that they herald as a “groundbreaking new immersive series,” which aims to provide a 360-degree cross-cultural experience. The post Discovery and Google collaborate on immersive VR experiences appeared first on VR World.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

On the server-side, it is being integrated with Microsoft Azure, and it is also coming in the future for Google Cloud and Tencent Cloud. This means that cloud rendering could become a reality for always more headsets, and using always more cloud services. Google is hiring waveguide developers for AR. Learn more and participate.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 25, 2016

This applies to getting a pizza and posting as vrycutgrl97give$$$plz on social media, but it is also something that should apply to the emerging industry that is virtual reality. The hack will be held completely online and it is being put on in conjunction with several technology partners including Mozilla, Microsoft, and Google.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Last year, the inaugural VR On The Lot brought together major players from Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Europe, and China for a two-day exploration of the intersection between entertainment and technology. ‘On The Lot’ is back—and now featuring AR—October 13 and 14 at The Lot in West Hollywood.

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Road to VR

MAY 24, 2016

Oculus is coming to the UK in a significant way it seems, as they prepare to open a dedicated base in London with a team that’s apparently gearing up to build some “really cool stuff” for virtual reality. Mike LeBeau, Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

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. The mystery of Virtual Reality support on Xbox continues with a new chapter of the saga.

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ARVR

JULY 20, 2021

Serving 33 million mobile and fixed-line subscribers in the country and throughout Europe, there’s a good chance that anyone you call in the Netherlands is picking up the call through a KPN connection. The result was a customized combination of Google Glass and Upskill Skylight. This operational scale means?—?like

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

Just to make an example, I was there when there was the Netscape vs Internet Explorer war, but now the leading web browser is Google Chrome. Google Chrome, for instance, has been helped a lot by the fact that it is the pre-installed browser on all Android phones. Google Glass v2. What will happen? Honestly, I don’t know.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

This week I’ve anyway found the time to enjoy the artistic piece Finding Pandora X and to work on organizing my session at the Virtual Reality Day (more on this later on in this newsletter). Google releases the Objectron dataset. Things should be better after half of December, please be patient. News from partners (and friends).

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VRScout

AUGUST 24, 2016

The virtual and augmented reality industry is just starting to take off. According to research from the International Data Corporation (IDC), worldwide revenues for the augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) market is forecast to grow from $5.2 billion in 2016 to more than $162 billion in 2020.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The online collaboration works in a way similar to Google Docs. To qualify, registrants need to be residents in the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East, or Africa). When your colleague opens the project, he/she gets from the server your modified scene and works on it, then it saves it again for others to use.

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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 had forecasted it in my predictions for augmented reality in 2020 : AR Cloud wars are starting. Let’s see how Apple and Google will answer. Other relevant news. Learn more.

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Road to VR

JULY 30, 2019

Indeed, Quest has been difficult to find in stock in North America and Europe, from both Oculus and official retailers, for some two months since the headset’s launch. More importantly, we’ve delivered an experience that people keep using week after week, and buying more content.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The news is overly important because Alyx is already changing the virtual reality landscape for these reasons: It is increasing awareness towards VR a lot (all mainstream gaming media are talking about it); It is increasing sales of VR headsets a lot; It will probably show us new interactions in XR that will affect the UX of many games after it.

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ARVR

JUNE 7, 2021

Because this is sacred territory and others have failed (such as Google Glass), it will be all about thoughtful and gradual approaches to ease consumers in. It knows it needs to marry that software competency with the hardware that will represent AR’s fully-actualized form factor. link] What’s Snap’s Wearables Master Plan?

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ARVR

JANUARY 22, 2021

What Photographers can do with Augmented Reality A lot of things are set to happen next year though: The Chinese startup: nReal will ship its first consumer headset: Nreal light to consumers in Europe through Vodaphone. But they got acquired by Google, so they´re gone for now. Focals, by North? —?a link] 2021?—?the

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 7, 2018

The company has attracted a range of high profile investors and advisors such as Google/Alphabet Chairman Eric Schmidt, who wrote: “I predicted that 90% of computing would eventually reside in the web based cloud…Otoy has created a remarkable technology which moves that last 10% – high-end graphics processing – entirely to the cloud.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 14, 2023

Europe to Regulate the Industrial Metaverse This week, the European Commission (EC) launched a regulation initiative to stimulate competition within the XR space, notably enterprise-grade metaverse services. She points to companies like Boeing and Google, which use XR to create innovative workplace solutions.

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