The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

Unity Game Engine ?? WebXR is a JavaScript application programming interface (API) that enables applications to interact with augmented reality and virtual reality devices, such as the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard or Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), in a web browser.?—?Wikipedia Supported AR/VR devices ?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Microsoft’s technology could easily be the basis behind a number of mixed-reality and unique event experiences in the entertainment world going forward. Software like Google’s VR tilt brush allows users to create unique virtual art pieces in a completely limitless canvas space.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

One of the leading platforms for software development added improved support for Google’s upcoming Daydream VR platform. The new Google VR SDK 1.0 “Unity’s native support for Daydream aims to solve the hard problems for you. The launch event is set for October 4th, on Google’s campus in Silicon Valley.

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ARPost

JULY 29, 2022

Meta Horizon Home has been launched as an update to the Quest 2 headset, joining Meta Horizon Worlds – another VR app for socializing focused on playing games and attending concerts and sports events. You can create your own world using the Unity SDK. Bigscreen is more than just one of the popular VR apps for socializing.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Day One The first day of AWE always starts with an opening keynote from event founder Ori Inbar. Following that is a “Fireside Chat” with Unity CEO John Riccitiello. It’s hard to find an XR organization that Peck isn’t or hasn’t been involved with, and Bar-Zeev co-created Google Earth and HoloLens.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The VRARA is hosting its Immerse Global Summit (IGS) Europe event in Savoy Palace At Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal, between September 28-30. This event edition also marks the VRARA’s return to in-person exhibitions within the EU. We have so much planned for the Immerse Global Summit Europe on Sept 28-30!

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One-year price performance for MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL, SNE, and NVDA According to the latest report from Statista , the global augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) markets are rapidly growing and are forecast to reach a total of $72.8 Last year, Google also acquired North, an AR smart glass manufactures.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

As I said a few months ago , we are in the middle of a paradigm change: the cycle that started with the Quest is arriving at an end, and a new cycle driven by new technologies (mixed reality headsets) and new players (Apple, Google) is starting. Google and Samsung Prototype of the Samsung XR headset.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Nathan Pettyjohn, Founder and CEO of the Immerse Growth Network and Founder and President of the VR/AR Association (VRARA) , discussed with XR Today the Immerse Global Summit 2022 Europe , an industry-leading event set to take place in Madeira Island, Portugal, which will allow tech firms to showcase their efforts to reach such a milestone.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The two-day event is essentially a mini-GDC, focused exclusively on VR headsets and related technologies. Making Daydream Real – Building for Google’s New VR platform. Nathan Martz, Product Manager, Google. Jason Finder, Software Engineer, Google. November 2nd, 3:30pm. Standford, Level 3. Standford, Level 3.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Google Daydream VR platform is set to launch in fall 2016, but only a select group of developers will be able to publish Daydream apps. Google Play store is limiting access until some point in 2017. While any Android developer can submit Cardboard applications to the Google Play store, Google decided to limit Daydream apps releases.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Especially the first feature made most people go in awe : volumetric videos are very expensive, so they’re typically not used during XR events. The result was the one of having Alex Kipman as if he was really in front of you , a fantastic immersive feature for an XR event. Image by HTC). they had no problems in using it.

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2018

Part industry event and part immersive tech festival, VRLA is a place where seasoned veterans can catch up on their latest updates while newcomers experience VR for the first time. Rikard Steiber, President Viveport and SVP of Virtual Reality, HTC Vive. There’s quite no conference like VRLA.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

It will be a very interesting event and you can register at this link if you want to enjoy it (come on, it’s free!). Vive Facial Tracker works also with non-HTC headsets. Last week, HTC Vive has announced the Vive Facial Tracker, a sensor to track your facial expressions while you are in VR. Top news of the week. Some XR fun.

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

Also announced was the judging panel that includes virtual reality experts such as Josh Naylor of Unity Technologies, Jenn Duong of Shiift, and CEO of Spiral Media Megan Gaiser. HTC – Vive. Google – Daydream View. Google – Tilt Brush. Google – Google Earth VR. Google – Tabel.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

John Root co-founded VRLA with Cosmo Scharf in 2014 , and it has organically grown into a thriving VR event with over 10,000 attendees at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The Biggest Immersive Tech Event of the Year Returns May 4-5, Exploring “A New Reality.”. Rikard Steiber, President Viveport and SVP of Virtual Reality, HTC Vive.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

XR Today spoke to Brian Vogelsang, AR Product Leader at Qualcomm , on the sidelines of the event about ongoing updates with its latest product release, the Snapdragon AR2 platform. 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

MARCH 2, 2020

Regarding VR, this week we register the fact that two important events like Facebook F8 and GDC have been canceled. The Game Developers Conference , a big event where there have been in the past many announcements about VR, has been canceled after all the major brands withdrew from it , leaving the organizers with no choice.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 9, 2017

The organizers of VR’s biggest awards ceremony, The Proto Awards, say they won’t be hosting an event in 2017. The event is organized by The Virtual Reality Foundation, which is composed of many of the same people behind the Virtual Reality Los Angeles conference and startup Mindshow.

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AR Insider

JULY 24, 2020

To make sense of all of this, Shape Immersive ran a series of virtual events over the past few months. Unity’s Tony Parisi reiterates that this capability is here today… we just need to make it scalable. ” See episodes 1 & 2 below including moderation by HTC’s Amy Peck. .

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2018

HTC Vive Focus is one of the most famous standalone VR headsets. I have always been intrigued by this device, since the first time I’ve read about its reveal at an HTC event : I don’t know why, maybe because of the azure color that is my favorite, maybe because it looks so informal. It was funny.

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Hypergrid Business

JULY 28, 2017

The company was a leader in creating shared virtual reality spaces, attracting celebrities , holding high-profile events , supporting causes I care about , and making it easy for users to find things to do. Available for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift headsets. Available for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift headsets.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

People can also view YouTube 360 videos, Google Street View, as well as the enterprise’s bespoke 360 web browser. XR Studio : Furthermore, Igloo has also incorporated its in-house XR Studio, complete with LED Studio panels and HTC VIVE’s next-gen tracking system.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2018

Despite only having existed three short years, VRLA has already managed to cement itself as the one of, if not the most impactful annual immersive entertainment events in the United States. Upon first entering the exhibit i was instructed to lay on a specially-designed massage table fitted with an HTC Vive headset at the face rest.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 28, 2020

This column previously covered the 2018 BETT show and how VR was immerging as a possible EdTech trend – but with BETT 2020 the event cemented this movement, with a vast array of new developments and applications for this technology, and growth of previous early adopters. Image credit: KWP.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 11, 2017

It released with the launch of the HTC Vive in early 2016 and Facebook’s Oculus Touch controllers for Rift late in the year. Other teams in this group include Survios ( which is funded by investors to the tune of $50 million ) and Owlchemy Labs ( acquired by Google ). This summer, it launched on Sony’s PlayStation VR.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2021

This week has been pretty crazy: It all started with Facebook approving my silly The Unity Cube application (an application with just a cube) on App Lab. Image by HTC Vive). HTC is teasing a new headset. HTC is teasing a new piece of hardware again, and this time most probably it will be a VR headset. Not much, honestly.

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VRWorld

JULY 12, 2017

VRX 2017, one of world’s premier conferences on the subject of business and technology needed for Virtual Reality, announced the first speakers for a two day event. The conference is organized by VR Intelligence, London-based firm whose leaders don’t hide that there’s an inflation of VR-related events.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Today I can’t rest, either, because I’m attending the On|Metaverse Summit, the event in Milan about XR/Web3/metaverse that I’m co-organizing. More info Google may still be working at Project Iris Some months ago a rumor claimed that Google had stopped working on Project Iris, its project devoted to the creation of augmented reality glasses.

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Road to VR

JULY 8, 2016

The first time that I experienced Sequenced , I had no idea that my gaze directions might have been triggering different branches or small events within the story. Apelab has developed a series of a Spatial Story platform on top of Unity in order to handle this type of gaze-triggered, interactive narrative. Support Voices of VR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Following the event, several global executives from the immersive tech industry weighed in on the device. The initial event and follow-up conversations have generated the necessary buzz and set expectations that “spatial computing” will be a part of everyday life. Their partnership with Unity will get them there quickly.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

As with every big event, I’m writing a post to try to summarize the most important news that have come out from the GDC 2018 … so that if you have lost something, you just need to read this post to get in par with the rest of the world. So, are you ready? Let’s start! Vive Pro price and release date.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

From time to time, I like to look at the adoption graph of XR shown by John Riccitiello (the CEO of Unity) in 2017 , where you can see that the real acceleration of immersive technologies should start around 2022-2023. Companies like Pico, HP, Valve, and HTC are already performing very well in this sector. The rise of enterprise.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2022

Ten days ago, I revealed to you that I was going to Austin, Texas to attend the SXSW, one of the most important events about creativity and technology in the USA. 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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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

Mister President launching the Vive Focus (Image by HTC). That’s why the other companies, like HTC and Pico, have decided to aim at the enterprise market. The latest phones produced by Google and Samsung are still compatible with Daydream View and Gear VR headsets, but there has not been any new release of a mobile VR headset.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The firm’s first XR headset is due soon, and with it comes a spatial computing ambition that draws similarities and differences to Lenovo, Microsoft, Meta, HTC VIVE, and other XR headset vendors. Earlier this month, reports highlighted how Google and Samsung face a “ great fear ” when Apple releases new products.

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