XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

Here are some of the VR vendors making waves in the industry as of 2024: RealWear Meta Apple Goertek Pimax Pico HP HTC Vive Samsung Varjo Lenovo Valve Index Vrgineers RealWear Exploring various aspects of the immersive technology landscape, RealWear produces sensors, apps, and hardware for the XR space.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

There is no face or eye tracking. In the meanwhile, Microsoft is working on a 1.1 More info Microsoft adds Mesh features to Teams At the annual Build event, Microsoft has not announced any stellar XR- or metaverse-related news. But still, there have been some interesting announcements about Microsoft Mesh.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The headset has a very nice design and features these specifications: Standalone 6DOF headset 1600×1600 resolution per eye 90Hz refresh rate 90° FOV RGB AR passthrough Innovative lenses that make the headset more compact Integrated audio Controller-free hand-tracking Eye-tracking 6GB of RAM 128GB of storage WiFi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.0,

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

They teased a lot of interesting features and services of the device, and left the remaining technical details to some technical sheets on Microsoft website. But Microsoft, thanks to innovative 2K displays, has managed to keep the same high-quality pixel density of the HoloLens 1, that is 47 PPD (pixels per degree). Resolution.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

It’s refreshing to see Pimax continuing to develop high-end virtual reality hardware, whilst other players have scaled back their plans, canceled projects, or just offered… radio silence. This would be my second test of hardware from Pimax, following last year’s Sword controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 29, 2018

We worked with key industry players and academia on the right algorithm (BVH) and then developed the right hardware to accelerate that algorithm (RT Cores). RTX games use the Microsoft DX12 DXR ray tracing API. Microsoft has already released an SDK for ray-tracing, supporting NVIDIA algorithms. What about Unity, instead?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Apple’s take on immersive technologies will also test the future of XR hardware solutions and their roles in the broader XR community through rigorous use cases. This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. Apple is behind the ball here, with the advancements in spatial and mixed reality AI.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The headset will use its eye tracking capabilities to scan the iris of the user and so understand what user has just put on the headset, unlocking itself and maybe also loading the personal preferences; Large scale mapping. This is for instance something that Microsoft lacks completely. Avatar Chat.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

Basically, they are: Hyper-optimization : since this is a standalone headset, Oculus has been able to optimize the hardware and software for VR usage. But we also know that when in VR, most people just look forward with their eyes. Oculus announces Hardware Reports. What is the most used Gear VR device?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

We started talking with other professionals in the field, and they always kept saying to us “If Microsoft can’t do it, how can you do it?”. High-precision 6DOF tracking, eye tracking, gesture inputs, with dedicated input controllers The SDK will support Unity , with Unreal coming Soon.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

Mirror Lake includes holographic lenses, reverse passthrough (people can see your eyes when you wear it), varifocal, and eye-tracking in a single very lightweight device. For every one of the four main themes, a headset solving it has been shown in the video. You may wonder why Zuck has decided to pull out of this showcase.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

He’s formerly held top product leadership positions at Microsoft and Nokia. At Nokia, Niko led a product program team in 2006-2007, and together with researchers from Nokia Research Center, his team developed the basis for the optical technology that later became the Microsoft Hololens. Today we have Niko Eiden, CEO of Varjo.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

He’s formerly held top product leadership positions at Microsoft and Nokia. At Nokia, Niko led a product program team in 2006-2007, and together with researchers from Nokia Research Center, his team developed the basis for the optical technology that later became the Microsoft Hololens. Today we have Niko Eiden, CEO of Varjo.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

He's formerly held top product leadership positions at Microsoft and Nokia. At Nokia, Niko led a product program team in 2006-2007, and together with researchers from Nokia Research Center, his team developed the basis for the optical technology that later became the Microsoft Hololens. Today we have Niko Eiden, CEO of Varjo.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So the two different components about that, one being the resource guide, just starting to learn about how to meet as an avatar, which hardware to use, the accessibility challenges that are out there and really writing. So front facing cameras, IR cameras, eye tracking cameras, facial tracking cameras, all of these things.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So the two different components about that, one being the resource guide, just starting to learn about how to meet as an avatar, which hardware to use, the accessibility challenges that are out there and really writing. So front facing cameras, IR cameras, eye tracking cameras, facial tracking cameras, all of these things.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So the two different components about that, one being the resource guide, just starting to learn about how to meet as an avatar, which hardware to use, the accessibility challenges that are out there and really writing. So front facing cameras, IR cameras, eye tracking cameras, facial tracking cameras, all of these things.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

Kent: It reminds me of– I have gone to Microsoft Build for the last three years, and that’s a good place to kind of see some of the AR demos that are there in terms of the partners with Microsoft. Being able to actually look somebody in the eyes in VR. Alan: Yeah. It really– it feels right. It’s amazing.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

Kent: It reminds me of-- I have gone to Microsoft Build for the last three years, and that's a good place to kind of see some of the AR demos that are there in terms of the partners with Microsoft. It's-- I think another thing that will make a big difference and it doesn't seem like a big thing, but eye tracking.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

Kent: It reminds me of– I have gone to Microsoft Build for the last three years, and that’s a good place to kind of see some of the AR demos that are there in terms of the partners with Microsoft. Being able to actually look somebody in the eyes in VR. Alan: Yeah. It really– it feels right. It’s amazing.

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VRGuy

AUGUST 1, 2016

The OSVR goggle – called the Hacker Development Kit – has seen several major hardware improvements. VR arcades, for instance, might use custom hardware or professional tracking systems. Many game engines – such as Unity, Unreal and SteamVR- immediately support it. We saw exponential growth in participation in OSVR.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It’s that exponential growth of hardware as well. And while I don’t think the use cases are really there for consumers yet, and the devices aren’t quite there– although I was really impressed with Unreal’s mixed reality glasses. We have sub-millimeter accuracy head tracking and eye tracking.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It’s that exponential growth of hardware as well. And while I don’t think the use cases are really there for consumers yet, and the devices aren’t quite there– although I was really impressed with Unreal’s mixed reality glasses. We have sub-millimeter accuracy head tracking and eye tracking.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It's that exponential growth of hardware as well. And while I don't think the use cases are really there for consumers yet, and the devices aren't quite there-- although I was really impressed with Unreal's mixed reality glasses. We have sub-millimeter accuracy head tracking and eye tracking. Emily: Yeah.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The event has not featured any important hardware announcement, because it was all focused on declaring the new shift of focus of Facebook. He stressed many times how he wants to empower creators, and how he wants to provide free tools for content creators and cheap hardware for the users. Are you ready? Presence Platform.

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