The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2024

I had some wonderful ideas of Mixed Reality applications I would like to prototype, but most of them are impossible to do in this moment because of a decision that almost all VR/MR headset manufacturers have taken: preventing developers from accessing camera data. Evil developers could easily spy on our homes.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Mixed Reality currently does not support the occlusion of virtual elements with real ones, but a new experimental API lets developers already experiment with it. But the Quest 3 is also a solid VR headset, so many VR games are being updated to exploit its new processing power. More info — Use Google Translate!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 26, 2023

However, in recent years, as the buyer journey has grown more digitized, many companies have struggled to achieve the right emotional impact with their promotional campaigns. Within the Unity ecosystem, organizations can find solutions for XR development, RT3D design and more.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 6, 2021

This is why today, we would like to share with you some tips and other information on how to develop AR apps. What are the Best SDKs for AR Programming To create an augmented reality application, you need an AR software development kit (SDK). Integration with Unity and Unreal Engine. Integration with Unity and Unreal Engine.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Step 3: Design and Develop Your Game After you have chosen the platform for your game, you can start designing and developing it. When it comes to development, you have several options: Build the game yourself: If you have experience in game development, you can build the game yourself.

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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

JULY 4, 2022

The economic situation is forcing major tech companies to perform cuts. I’m starting to see the effects of this in my everyday life, but I also see all the big companies becoming pretty concerned about this. The same luck has not happened to employees at Niantic at Unity. Big companies are firing people.

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ARPost

MARCH 26, 2020

By now, you’ve probably heard that the Game Developers Conference has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As GDC is usually one of the highlights of the tech year, different companies are finding ways to adapt. All last week Oculus announced their VR news through the Facebook Game Developers Showcase. How It Works.

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VRScout

MAY 1, 2019

Those unfamiliar with immersive technology have often perceived VR as some form of modern black magic that only highly-trained developers can properly harness. But today you no longer need to be a Unity professional or 3D designer to get into this sacred industry. Image Credit: Varwin.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

In trying to highlight the best minds in both entertainment and technology, On The Lot gathered keynote speakers who could share insight about the VR/AR landscape from a variety of vantage points: Robert Stromberg , Academy Award-winning filmmaker and Founder of the Virtual Reality Company. Jerry Zucker , Director/Writer/Producer.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

As Extended Reality (XR) technologies evolve and become increasingly popular, business leaders and developers must search for new ways to create and share immersive content. With a powerful RT3D engine, companies could build digital representations of assets which look, behave, and act just like the physical twin.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Notably, Jake Rowland explored new trends in combining XR and unified communications (UC) tools to create shared virtual spaces without needing a headset, therefore bringing value to major companies – “absolutely [a] big crossover” across technologies and that “companies [were] getting a lot of value from it,” remarked Rowland.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 27, 2023

Companies such as Motive.io, Moth+Flame , CGS, ARuVR , GigXR, CoSo Cloud, FundamentalVR, and many others have raised the bar for immersive learning worldwide. Their solutions have created lasting change for companies seeking to upskill their workers efficiently and quantifiably.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Beyond Sports develops real-world data for 3D animations, and its technologies will seamlessly integrate with Sony’s growing portfolio of immersive solutions. Technologies from Beyond Sports and recently-acquired Hawk-Eye Innovations will develop real-time 3D (RT3D) content for baseball, tennis, basketball, and football matches.

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Road to VR

JULY 3, 2017

Now that Apple is being open about their interest in VR the company is publicly listing new job postings for a number of roles seeking candidates with VR expertise. Two of the latest listings suggest the company is exploring VR video codecs and file formats.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

As Extended Reality technologies continue to evolve, becoming increasingly popular, business leaders, and developers are searching for new ways to create and share immersive content. With a powerful RT3D engine, companies can build digital representations of assets which look, behave, and act just like the physical twin.

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VRPlayin

MAY 3, 2023

Incorporating networking opportunities into your team events can foster a sense of unity among participants and strengthen your company’s culture. This knowledge exchange can lead to innovative ideas and solutions that drive company growth and development.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 27, 2023

IT consultancy firm Accenture has strategically invested in Forma Vision via its Accenture Ventures division, the company announced on Thursday. With the company’s portfolio, it has created RT3D assets from objects, people, and environments for use across the future Metaverse, no matter the location.

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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?) First of all, it reveals that the company is facing some internal confusion. Upload VR) More info (Pimax Portal prices).

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Upload VR

JANUARY 29, 2024

Here’s What Mark Zuckerberg Thinks Of Apple Vision Pro In a company-wide meeting, Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta employees his take on Apple Vision Pro. While I once expected these to be temporary teething issues in a busy time of transition in the company, that the software remains so buggy and unpolished in 2024 doesn't inspire optimism.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The company behind the eponymous web3 social VR world has released some teaser images of its upcoming device, inviting everyone to come and see it at the upcoming tech exhibition in Las Vegas. The meaning is quite clear: Meta is still committed to XR and its end goal is developing the AR glasses that all people will wear all day.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

First of all, Google has to keep the work on the headset very secret also internally , because Samsung is afraid that Google will steal its expertise to build a competing product. Development is taking its time, and no glass based on Micro XR is expected to hit the market before 2025. That’s fantastic news for all Unity XR developers!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 22, 2022

This week Google has performed another strategic move towards the development of its future XR glasses. It has acquired the startup Raxium, whose expertise is manufacturing micro-LED for AR/VR devices. Other relevant news. Image by Google). Google acquires micro-LED startup Raxium. Microsoft IVAS program is not doing great.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 9, 2023

Microsoft has picked volumetric video company Arcturus as its primary marketing partner for its Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Studios (MRCS) solution provider. Based on the company’s needs, licence holders can access some of the world’s top capturing companies.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The startup is pretty new, in fact, and its owner group is Megadodo, another unknown company that is working on an MMO game about which is difficult to find any information. 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.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Cheryl Bayer // Living Popups (Los Angeles, CA) – interactive content and media company bringing together IC, AR/VR and EQ. Spandana Govindgari // ARAD (San Francisco, CA) – easy-to-integrate advertising platform for developers and advertisers to deliver AR ads to better target users and gain insights.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

This is great for PSVR users because finally, they’ll have controllers that are suitable for VR, and also for VR developers, that so will be able to port titles from PCVR or Quest to PSVR without having to remap the controls in a weird way. The controllers will be given to selected developers very soon.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 23, 2021

What I’ve not enjoyed is that SideQuest has removed The Unity Cube from its listing, stating that there were too many cubes there. On the other side, as an indie, I have also to remark that as usual, Facebook is competing with successful companies (like ENGAGE or Spatial ) that are in its own app ecosystem.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 13, 2017

The SteamVR maker has picked up 3D audio company Impulsonic for an undisclosed sum, as confirmed on the company’s website. In a statement the team noted that it will use Valve’s “resources and expertise” to “push Phonon and VR audio” to a new level. “We’ll have more to announce soon.”

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

In the last weeks, the rumors of a device that Apple is building, a reported passthrough AR headset, are intensifying, and this may be the sign that the company from Cupertino may announce something in a time not distant from now. The hype is rising, and Apple is playing with it.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 10, 2020

The Oculus Quest Store has a very strict content curation policy , and this makes us developers a bit angry, not only because many of our games get rejected , but also because Oculus never justifies the reasons behind such rejection. According to Oculus, a store with too much content is not beneficial to developers and users.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 27, 2023

Companies store data in databases and analyse them with AI algorithms to create an intelligence engine capable of understanding user behaviour patterns. However, cognitive science and significant research and development (R&D) interpret XYZ coordinates as insights which help XR businesses understand their audiences.

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ARPost

MAY 14, 2020

This year, as in recent past years, everyone had the opportunity to nominate XR technology projects, companies, and figures. Ten-sixteen companies on stage doing live demos and the audience would pick the winner over live voter software,” said Inbar. “ Unity – a cross-platform AR tool that probably needs no more introduction.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 11, 2020

Kadine James is a technology professional with more than 10 years of expertise in 3D printing, IoT, and immersive realities. There is never enough attention on this theme, and as an indie developer and consultant, my opinion is that the reasons are mostly two. Let me tell you about the work that this splendid woman is doing.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The Danderyd Municipality, Sweden-based firm has led markets since 2001, offering headset manufacturers, and software developers top-tier solutions for doing so. The company also has a longstanding relationship with major hardware component manufacturers such as Qualcomm Technologies.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

What I really appreciated have been the lenses : I think that Google here used all its expertise on the field. I don’t know if Google used the same lenses for the Mirage Solo, but for sure they have used the same expertise (Image by Road To VR). It has for sure a great expertise in these technologies. Unity Development.

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Bernard Marr

JULY 4, 2022

Metaverse worlds will be immersive and three-dimensional – we can see this already in the worlds developed by everyone from Meta to Roblox and Decentraland. For this reason, those with solid coding skills are always likely to be required by companies and organizations that want to be on the cutting-edge of metaverse development.

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