The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2023

Vitruvian VR Me, happily trying Vitruvian VR at AWE Europe in Lisbon Vitruvian VR is an Italian startup whose mission is to build a machine that can make the user move in the air, as if he is flying, while immersed in virtual reality. Hands-On I love crazy VR hardware, so on the Vitruvian, I felt like a kid trying its new shiny toy.

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ARPost

JUNE 11, 2021

Also on the panel were Unity Enterprise Solutions Executive Elizabeth Baron, Holo-Light CMO and co-founder Luis Bollinger, XR Strategist Catherine Henry of MediaMonks, and 8th Wall founder and CEO Erik Murphy-Chutorian. “We See Also: New Extended Reality Study: Bright Future for Immersive Technology in Europe.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 2, 2024

John Mathieu, the Managing Director of Taqtile Europe, added: Our HoloLens customers will significantly benefit through our ongoing support of the Azure platform and the Microsoft Azure Private 5G Core implementation. The aim is to prepare for a growing number of OpenXR devices in 2024.

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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. The Education Forum toed a close line when it came to hardware. This is very expensive hardware that we’re talking about.”.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

They released a Unity SDK a few months later, but still no market release date. In late 2019, they expanded to Korea – a market more similar to the US and Europe – where they again experienced huge success. They’ve had huge success in China, but China is a pretty unique market.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2022

Pico Neo 3 Link is more or less the same headset as the Pico Neo 3 Pro : Pico claims to have applied some small modifications and improvements, but the basic hardware specifications remain the same. Pico Neo 3 Link will be available only in Europe and other selected markets. Promotional image of the Pico Neo 3 Link (Image by Pico).

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

IBM predicts that AI will unlock the next generation of interactivity for XR experiences, describing in the 2021 Unity Technology Trends Report that the maturity of AI will play a key role beyond hand tracking, and into the world of voice. The open-sourced Watson Unity SDK can be found on GitHub. NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Although VR hardware is growing at such a scale, immersive firms are doubling down on scaling extended reality (XR) developer talent pools to match the demand for VR software. Europe has already offered significant funding for VR and AR solutions addressing problems in the educational, industrial, and entertainment industries.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

As companies increasingly demand virtual reality (VR) training solutions, enterprises like Virtualware are creating them for Europe and the world’s largest enterprises. The news comes as the Bilbao, Spain-based company sponsors the Unity Unite 2023 Summit and aims to showcase its Virtual Reality-as-a-Service (VRaaS) platform, VIROO.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

But it is still his fault for having driven the company to this point with the massive hirings of the previous months (do you remember he wanted to hire 10,000 people in Europe?) A good and bad pieces of news about Quest Pro hardware. Mindport helps you in building your Unity VR experiences.

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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. Unluckily, only US users will be able to enjoy it for Christmas, since the launch in Europe is delayed.

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ARPost

JULY 22, 2021

Light&Shadows for “ Stipple ,” a point cloud editor plug-in for Unity. triple A code GmbH , a company creating hardware and software to increase accessibility across virtual landscapes. Unlocked Reality , a hardware company working on making VR – specifically movement in VR – feel more natural. Make Real Ltd.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Scenes captured with photogrammetry—which already look impressive even on high-end consumer hardware—take on a whole new level of breathtaking detail when seen through the Varjo headset. Varjo says their “industrial-grade” VR-1 headset is available starting today in 34 counties, across North America, Europe, and Hong Kong.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

We also have a small office and a couple of people overseas in Europe and America. What are the software and hardware platform used by HADO? Software-wise, we use Unity, Vuforia, and OpenCV. As of 2019, we are an expanding private company with about 40 people based in Japan and funded by Japanese venture capitalists.

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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. Learn more (XR Collaboration) Learn more (Unity College). Nreal Light is on sale in Germany. Some XR fun.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

More info (Daniel Beauchamp’s experiments) More info (Hands tracking + physics) More info (Quest’s hands tracking inside Unity) More info (Oculus’s hands tracking UX guidelines) More info (All apps currently employing Quest’s hands tracking). XR Europe is coming! Do yourself a favor and invest 30 minutes of your life to read it all.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

It is the same hardware as the Pico Neo 3 Pro, but with a different consumer-oriented runtime, which is being sold in limited quantities in selected European countries. I’m in a quite weird situation because hardware-wise, Pico Neo 3 Link is the same as Pico Neo 3 Pro , which I have already reviewed in detail in another article.

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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. New SteamVR devkit aims at making custom hardware easier. These news make me happy .

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Digitalnauts

MARCH 23, 2022

We met a lot of new companies from all over the globe, UK, Europe, Asia and the US, that we think might link to new projects in the near future. There are also companies that create d their own hardware to capture their subjects to higher resolution. We’ll keep you updated on that!

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ARPost

JUNE 17, 2021

The company PhotonLens was announced in November of 2020 to bring consumer AR to the world, specifically the Americas and Europe. President and Co-founder, Lisa Pan, similarly commented that too many people are waiting for an AR hardware offering from a giant like Apple or Facebook. What We Know About the Hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2018

The typical development environment that they use is Unity, but if the customer requires Unreal because wants a better graphical quality, they can develop using UE4, too. He said that China is excellent for hardware manufacturing (even Oculus Go is manufactured in China!), while the US and Europe still develop better software.

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VRWorld

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Current situation with clumsy VR hardware and quite unpolished VR content is somewhat improving. Officially, Virtuix comes Unity and Unreal Engine 4 SDK, speeding the integration in the game or some other VR application. Big money is being thrown on the table and the whole movement is being propelled forward.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

If this may interest to you, here you are the link for the form to be filled (note: I’ve provided you the link for Europe… if you’re from UK, just substitute “eu” with “uk” in the address; if you are from US, use “us”, etc…). Oculus announces Hardware Reports. Vive Trackers 2.0

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Some hardware accessories have been announced for this headset, like a fitness 3DOF tracker for the feet, and a dedicated router for wireless streaming. It has just announced that it will release a new tool to create virtual worlds for the platform based on Unity. Rec Room announces Rec Room Studio.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2019

Headset: Display resolution : 1,440 × 1,600 per eye Display type : ultra-low persistence LCD Refresh-rate : 120 Hz (with optional 80/90/144Hz modes) FOV : around 130 degrees IPD Adjustment : hardware. m) Base Station Power Cables 2 Base Station Stands with Mounting Hardware Regionalized Base Station Power Adapter Plug(s) Cleaning Cloth.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

Pico launches Neo 3 Link in Europe. More info (Pico Neo 3 Link now available in Europe) More info (Pico Neo 3 Link launched at Laval Virtual). This time we don’t have more info about the hardware, but about the software. Horizon World is releasing in Europ… ah no. Other relevant news. Image by Pico). Some XR fun.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

And by ’99, the hardware was there, so you can start running this on PCs. But we managed to navigate those water until I would say 2011, 2012, when the hardware became available for mobile devices. So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. So the traditional way to do it is to use Unreal or Unity.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

And by ’99, the hardware was there, so you can start running this on PCs. But we managed to navigate those water until I would say 2011, 2012, when the hardware became available for mobile devices. So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. So the traditional way to do it is to use Unreal or Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2022

By the way, today I travel to Lisbon to attend AWE Europe, where I will be the moderator of a panel about sustainability in XR and Web3. StandableVR is a plugin developed by a young dev to offer full-body VR via IK in Unity. If you are going, too, let me know and maybe we will be able to meet! Quest Hand Tracking v2.1 Learn more.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

And by '99, the hardware was there, so you can start running this on PCs. But we managed to navigate those water until I would say 2011, 2012, when the hardware became available for mobile devices. So you don't know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. So the traditional way to do it is to use Unreal or Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Innovative cinematographic hardware used by John Gaeta. We went to Europe and found some amazing locations for the movie. And in general, the world of cinema and of “gaming” will converge always more and in the end, we’ll have movies that will be realized with game-engines like Unity and Unreal Engine.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

Let me quote the article: “We were giving away the hardware but making money on the data,” he said. For every dollar of hardware, we were making three dollars on software and data sales.” Because of privacy regulations in Europe and other parts of the world, he said, the project could end up harming the bottom line more than it helped.

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ARPost

JUNE 6, 2023

Best Societal Impact Unity VP of Education and Social Impact Jessica Lindl said that “the world is a better place with more creatives in it,” as she prepared to award another of the evening’s most anticipated Auggies. The award went to Verizon for The Future of Training , an XR upskilling program.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 24, 2023

Meta Platforms is named so because it was one of the first big tech firms to market itself as a builder of tools, hardware, software developer kits (SDKs), and infrastructure for the Metaverse. Dozens are working with the XR Association, and dozens more are working with the XR4ALL initiative across Europe.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

For the rest, I foresee the launch of some new Nreal Light clones and the actual distribution of these headsets on the market: Nreal has never truly arrived in Europe and the US, and the launch is expected around this spring. There are vaiours solutions to also export Unity XR projects to the web (Image by Mozilla).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

If these Facebook features proved to be popular, more developers would use them, and finally, Facebook could have more power on the VR development tools , after the failed acquisition of Unity. The report also highlights that one of the regions where VR may grow more in 2019–2023 is Western Europe. I really hope so….

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 2, 2019

He did not stay in research for long, because he founded a startup and then raised $200,000 and it fails — we’ll get into that — but he worked at a company called Innogy, the largest energy utility company in Europe. We have OEMs who want to integrate our software into their hardware. But also there are challenges.

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