The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! Participate in a VR eye-tracking apps contest!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

Mister President launching the Vive Focus (Image by HTC). Samsung has also teased to be interested in releasing a new AR/VR standalone device. That’s why the other companies, like HTC and Pico, have decided to aim at the enterprise market. The Odyssey has anyway the problem of the non-optimal tracking of controllers.

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Virtual Reality Oculus China Samsung 317

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

HTC Vive Wrist Tracker. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker (Image by HTC). HTC has made an announcement at this CES and it has been a pretty cool one. The company has just revealed the Vive Wrist Tracker, which is an external 6DOF tracking unit that can be put on the wrist of the user or also on external props.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

We often talk about how XR technologies are great tools for education and training on this podcast. His passion is to apply his 25 years of psychological and neuroscientific expertise gained by managing a large human learning, memory, and performance laboratory to help build better education and training solutions. But why is that?

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Machine Learning Training Technology Tools 78

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

We often talk about how XR technologies are great tools for education and training on this podcast. His passion is to apply his 25 years of psychological and neuroscientific expertise gained by managing a large human learning, memory, and performance laboratory to help build better education and training solutions. But why is that?

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Machine Learning Training Technology Tools 78

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

We often talk about how XR technologies are great tools for education and training on this podcast. His passion is to apply his 25 years of psychological and neuroscientific expertise gained by managing a large human learning, memory, and performance laboratory to help build better education and training solutions. But why is that?

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Machine Learning Training Technology Tools 60

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

Mostly they are about entertainment, marketing or training experiences. Pico Neo 2 and Pico Neo 2 Eye, enterprise headsets just launched at CES (Image by Pico Interactive). The moment during OC6 where Oculus showed, together with the Imperial College of London, how training in VR is much more powerful than traditional training.

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Virtual Reality Oculus Trends AR 438

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

Last year we had nReal showing us that AR can be trendy, and HTC making us dream with the Vive Cosmos. Yes, the biggest companies were not there with a booth (Oculus will probably target the OC6, HTC the VEC, etc…), but it is the first time that I read the XR news from CES and I dont’ remain surprised.

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AR Eye Tracking Machine Learning Controllers 261

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2018

And so here we are again: Oculus vs HTC, America vs China, Hugo Barra vs Alvin Wang Graylin. HTC has also been smart because every time someone says “Focus” during some VR event, he’s doing some hidden advertisement for its product. Both headsets feature a pentile AMOLED display with 1440×1600 resolution per eye.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

This special version of the headset features additional sensors that can get more data about the user: A heart rate sensor on the forehead; Two additional cameras that track the lower part of the face of the user, so that to read his facial expressions; Eye-tracking cameras , that can also detect the dimension of the pupil.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Additionally, founding the Upload Academy, a VR/AR developer training program, which graduated its first class in August with a number of success stories including Found – a gorgeous Miyazaki-esque narrative experience created by four of our students which was recently recognized on stage during the Oculus Connect Keynote. January 2016.

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San Francisco HTC Unity Conference 100

The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

This means that in 2020, AR and VR will still be used mostly in the enterprise sector, and mostly for training and maintenance. Militaries have always been interested in the applications of augmented reality, and now a new interesting project aims at offering new training possibilities via AR to USAF pilots.

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Gaming Czech Republic Microsoft AR 40

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Firefighters need to train like any other professional, and their training usually involves setting a mock set ablaze – which, as you might imagine, would be costly to reset. Today we have Alex Harvey, CEO and creative director at RiVR, a virtual reality training and visualization company based in the UK. Thanks, GoPro!

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360 Video Training Video Machine Learning 78

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Firefighters need to train like any other professional, and their training usually involves setting a mock set ablaze – which, as you might imagine, would be costly to reset. Today we have Alex Harvey, CEO and creative director at RiVR, a virtual reality training and visualization company based in the UK. Thanks, GoPro!

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360 Video Training Video Machine Learning 78

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Firefighters need to train like any other professional, and their training usually involves setting a mock set ablaze - which, as you might imagine, would be costly to reset. Today we have Alex Harvey, CEO and creative director at RiVR, a virtual reality training and visualization company based in the UK. Alan: [Laughs]Yes!

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360 Video Training Video Machine Learning 60

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

I ended up at Valve Software running their hardware department, putting the team together that created the HTC Vive. Jeri, at Valve they did have that sort of choice point, and they chose to do Steam VR and get behind the HTC Vive. You can train a neural network and it’s not going to take 10 years anymore. I absolutely love it.

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Augmented Reality Gaming AR Machine Learning 100

XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Samsung, Nokia entered with their OZO, Jaunt — which recently just got sold to Verizon — they had their Jaunt One camera. You don’t need to be a super well-trained videographer or you don’t need a buy or rent tons of stabilization gear to stabilize your camera. Is that correct? Michael: That’s it.

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North America Software 360 Video Video 78

XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Samsung, Nokia entered with their OZO, Jaunt — which recently just got sold to Verizon — they had their Jaunt One camera. You don’t need to be a super well-trained videographer or you don’t need a buy or rent tons of stabilization gear to stabilize your camera. Is that correct? Michael: That’s it.

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North America Software 360 Video Video 78

XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Samsung, Nokia entered with their OZO, Jaunt -- which recently just got sold to Verizon -- they had their Jaunt One camera. You don't need to be a super well-trained videographer or you don't need a buy or rent tons of stabilization gear to stabilize your camera. But that would be even more so as we get eye-tracking involved.

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North America Software 360 Video Video 60

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

You have to train. Above: VR Funhouse is a series of mini games for the HTC Vive virtual reality headset. Microsoft and Facebook have talked about inside out tracking. Google recently bought Eyefluence for its eye tracking. Like Marco just said, a lot of skills don’t carry over. Image Credit: Nvidia.

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Strategy AR Technology Trends 100

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

HTC has actually released that for the Vive Focus Plus … Well, according to the god John Carmack , it is something about which the company has discussed a lot and has also experimented a lot. The quality is very high, and there are so many things you can do (be on a plane, on a train, boat, etc…). Why not wireless?

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Oculus Hand tracking Video AR 325

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

Another brand I’m very curious about is Samsung : sooner or later, it should announce something, either in VR or in AR. Samsung has always released interesting products (think about the GearVR or the Odyssey), and it would be cool for it to release a standalone headset with mixed reality features. Eye tracking.

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Virtual Reality Eye Tracking Apple Government 481