XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Technology Training 60

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

Augmented Reality 60

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Technology Training 60

XR for Business Podcast

JULY 8, 2019

For example, if you’re in downtown San Francisco, and you’re calling an Uber, you’re going to have to manually place on the Google map where you are almost every time, because it’s going to be off by half a block or more as to where your real location is. Google, about a month ago, announced their AR navigation system.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 8, 2019

For example, if you’re in downtown San Francisco, and you’re calling an Uber, you’re going to have to manually place on the Google map where you are almost every time, because it’s going to be off by half a block or more as to where your real location is. Google, about a month ago, announced their AR navigation system.

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AR Magic Leap Technology Software 78

XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

When you open the box, camera’s inside, but there’s also a VR viewer, like a little Google Cardboard kind of thing, a little plastic thing that you slap on your phone. You see Google. What this does is it uses a technology that Google made popular some years ago and it uses something called dynamic rendering.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

When you open the box, camera’s inside, but there’s also a VR viewer, like a little Google Cardboard kind of thing, a little plastic thing that you slap on your phone. You see Google. What this does is it uses a technology that Google made popular some years ago and it uses something called dynamic rendering.

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North America Software 360 Video Video 78

XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

When you open the box, camera's inside, but there's also a VR viewer, like a little Google Cardboard kind of thing, a little plastic thing that you slap on your phone. You see Google. What this does is it uses a technology that Google made popular some years ago and it uses something called dynamic rendering. Put it into VR.

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North America Software 360 Video Video 60

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2020

Outside VR, the big news to keep an eye on is the dispute between Epic Games and Apple (and Google), which could lead to a complete change in how app stores are managed, even in VR. With this new method, the tracking of the facial expressions is less accurate, but it works well the same. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 29, 2019

There is not even an assembly kit like with Google Cardboards. If you have already heard his name, it is probably because he is the author of this famous photo of Sergey Brin wearing Google Glass in the metro. Noah playing around with Unity with the North Star headset. You must buy yourself the various components.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 20, 2021

This is much more than what Oculus promised to track some years ago (“only the height of the user is sent to Facebook, for statistical purposes”), and the amount of tracking info is going to slowly increase. On the web, Google has similar behaviors. It has been a well-studied strategy from the beginning.

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Data Google Hardware Government 447

The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Meta is studying new login options for Quest devices, arriving next year. Considering that Quest supports multitasking for 2D apps, this is great to use the Quest as a tool to work: you could have Slack in one Window, and Google Doc in another, and work on a document together with your team. Presence Platform. Cloud Backup.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Regarding IPD, Facebook has studied a method to provide a sort of mechanical IPD adjustment with a single display : you have the lenses that can go farther or closer to each other by snapping into three IPD values: 58mm, 63mm, 68mm. The magic of the Oculus Quest 2 (Image by Facebook). Oculus Link.

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