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The XR Week Peek (2024.05.14): New rumors on the Vision Pro 2, Ultraleap Hyperion, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

This is a period with many tech announcements: we had Meta telling about its Horizon OS, yesterday OpenAI unveiled the new GPT-4o, and today Google will hopefully unveil its Android XR operating system. For example, while holding a physical prop, such as a welding torch, the hand tracking remains robust. What a time to be alive!

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The power of AI, VR and AR in medical imaging

Haptical

VR in medical imaging: The first thing that comes to mind when we think about VR in medical imaging is the training of students, for example, surgery simulation. A great example would be a program called Virtual Relief. Another good example is a Swiss startup MindMaze that helps people restore their motor skills after a stroke.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.26): DecaGear is an intriguing VR headset, HTC is working on a new device, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Small startups can’t compete with big companies, so usually, startups produce expensive headsets at a smaller scale to survive : see VRgineers or Varjo as an example. Upload VR) More info (Microsoft’s haptic research). Vive XR Suite is HTC’s full enterprise suite for remote collaboration. More info (Facebook’s typing research?—?Road

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All the most important AR and VR news from the GDC 2018

The Ghost Howls

I think that, after a year, its specifications don’t sound exceptional anymore and maybe it is better that LG jumps directly to a second generation or that enters the standalone market (as it seems, since there are some rumors about a new revolutionary headset screen developed by Google and LG). Google AR apps.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.09.20): Quest 2 Pro leaks, Xiaomi smartglasses, Half Dive headset, and more!

The Ghost Howls

It has feet controllers, haptic feedback for hands, vibrational feedback for the hand, and other cool features that are missing in the most common headsets. There is also a good example of a part of the day of a person in the metaverse. (Thanks to Will Burns for the tip). Yes, you’ve read everything well. It has 4.5DOF.

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Delivering Digital Meatballs in AR, with IKEA’s Martin Enthed

XR for Business Podcast

Alan: So somebody who -- let's say, for example -- is a furniture store, local furniture store. I think Microsoft is calling them "world anchors" and I think Google has called them "VPS points" or-- everybody has a solution for it today or is a solution for it. Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal.

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Delivering Digital Meatballs in AR, with IKEA’s Martin Enthed

XR for Business Podcast

Alan: So somebody who -- let's say, for example -- is a furniture store, local furniture store. I think Microsoft is calling them "world anchors" and I think Google has called them "VPS points" or-- everybody has a solution for it today or is a solution for it. Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal.

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