Road to VR

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

With no information some 10 months after the announcement of its latest VR headset, the ConceptD OJO, we started to wonder what had come of the device. First, Acer’s VR headsets have been built on Microsoft’s Windows Mixed Reality platform, which ties some of the headset’s hardware and software to Microsoft’s will.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2023

Meta has even improved the accuracy of eye tracking on Quest Pro , and some people are speculating that it may be to battle the eye-tracking capabilities of the Vision Pro. I think it’s a bit exaggerated for a +20% increase, but still, it conveys the idea of how much this update is important.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Over three years ago, technology giant Microsoft released its mixed reality headset. Microsoft announced the second generation model earlier this year. Microsoft announced the second generation model earlier this year. In the intervening months, Microsoft released loads of promotional content about what the new HoloLens can do.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2023

I’ve very limited time, but luckily this week has not been very relevant for the ecosystem, so I’m managing to write this newsletter anyway Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) AltspaceVR shuts down In one of the saddest moments of the latest years in VR, AltspaceVR has closed its doors.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

According to reports, the upcoming Samsung XR headset will feature a microOLED display, eight tracking cameras, a Time of Flight (ToF) sensor, voice commands, eye tracking, and hand tracking. The lens comes equipped with integrated biosensors that display medical information as a heads-up display.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 17, 2019

Microsoft’s new piece of kit doesn’t disappoint, but the real excitement of its MWC announcement goes well beyond the hardware. Microsoft is in this for the long haul and will continue cashing in just fine without even touching the consumer market Click To Tweet. That’s the low-hanging fruit as far as Microsoft is concerned.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 17, 2020

On its way to consumers, Mojo says it’s first seeking FDA-approval for its contacts as a medical device that the company says will display text, sense objects, track eye motion, and see in the dark to some degree, which is intended to help users with degenerative eye diseases.

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VRScout

APRIL 18, 2019

Microsoft HoloLens 2 patent. The glasses use eye-tracking sensors to gather “gaze information of the user in order to improve the quality of content provided for rendering on the head-mounted display.”. Microsoft, Intel, and Sony are the three strongest VR and AR-related patent owners. WHAT IS A PATENT?

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 10, 2021

Yes, it’s 200 weeks (around 4 years) that I try to inform the community every week about the best AR/VR news, at first just by e-mail, and then also on a special column on my website. Dubbed Pico Neo 3 Pro, the headset is going to cost $699, and its Pico Neo 3 Pro Eye variant, featuring eye-tracking by Tobii, is going to cost $899.

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AR Insider

JULY 15, 2021

So let’s map out the company’s next five to ten years of XR development based on everything we know from public information. Instagram-ready) cameras, and possibly eye-tracking too. And that means they’ll collect a ton of user data now, using machine learning to inform more optimized hardware for actual consumers later.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Thyssenkrupp teams up with Microsoft to use HoloLens to customize and deliver services four times faster. It’s not surprising that Thyssenkrupp is keen to adopt the HoloLens to make those processes more efficient, as it builds on the company’s existing collaboration with Microsoft. The whole process only took around 3 minutes or so. .

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JULY 26, 2023

Citing informal social media polls ahead of the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2023), Latta stated that many had resorted to “clickbait,” rather than trialling the headset. ” Eye Tracking and the New Movigoer Experience Ware added that, at a recent screening of his VR short film , there were guests of all ages.

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CraneMorley

JUNE 27, 2023

Current key players in the field are Microsoft, Magic Leap, and Meta. During the 1980s, AR emerged with researchers developing systems that could overlay digital information onto the real world. Human understanding: hand-tracking, eye-tracking, and speech input. Spatial sound.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 30, 2023

In the training landscape, the realistic simulations enabled by hand and eye tracking can help build muscle memories and increase knowledge retention. In the collaborative space , tracking sensors can help to bring teams closer together, improving feelings of inclusion and connectivity.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 27, 2020

It is clear that it is not a Quest 2, since it doesn’t feature mind-blowing features like big FOV or eye-tracking or full-fingers controllers, so it is something like a Quest S. Its 1,600 × 1,600 LCD display per-eye, together with eye tracking and 5G make me dream of great experimentations, especially in the enterprise sector.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. An eye-tracking accessory built for Vive should work with Rift as well, and so on. Microsoft Flight Simulator is adding VR support, but….

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 8, 2024

Goertek XReal Lenovo Iristick Vuzix Magic Leap XYZReality Longan Vision Rokid ThirdEye Google Toshiba Epson RealWear Microsoft Lumus TCL RayNeo Goertek Offering a variety of extended reality products for virtual and augmented experiences, Goertek has a range of smart glasses included in its portfolio.

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Road to VR

JUNE 15, 2020

HoloLens 2 has been available to Microsoft business partners and developers since last year, however anyone else interested in the augmented reality headset would have to jump through a few hoops first to get their hands on the device. Now Microsoft has opened sales of HoloLens 2 to anyone with the cash on hand. Audio and speech.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Apple, Sony, Microsoft, and countless other vendors in the technology space are now investing heavily on the concept of “spatial audio”. Combined with hand and eye tracking technology spatial audio can also assist users in navigating a space more effectively, collecting information and learning as they go.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

And there have been countless interviews with Facebook executives (especially on the online magazine Protocol), and every one of them has shared very interesting pieces of information. A leak by the famous leaker WalkingCat shows some pictures of the HP Reverb G2, which is the result of a collaboration between HP, Microsoft, and Valve.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The integrated Tobii eye-tracking operating at 120hz made a noticeable difference to headset setup and optical comfort, as well as lowering the rendering workload in games compatible with dynamic foveated rendering. The eye-tracking system is provided by Tobii, who is the market leader in eye-tracking technology.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

In the construction world, for instance, the Internet of Things (IoT), sensors, and photogrammetry provide computers with information on a specific product, environment, or process. AI-driven algorithms process this information and make sense of the imagery captured by lidar, radar, and scanners.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft ramps up distribution of HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. Microsoft is working to improve the distribution of its latest devices: HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. Other relevant news. HoloLens 2 availability has been expanded to 15 new regions : Italy (YESSS!) Patreon” is the word.

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Road to VR

JULY 31, 2023

Long considered the holy grail of immersive computing, all-day AR headsets represent a way of interacting with new layers of information in daily life which would span everything from turn-by-turn directions to gaming applications—like Google Maps directions floating on the street in front of your car or a city-wide version of Pokémon Go.

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XROM

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Its enhanced perception capabilities include a dedicated hardware acceleration engine that improves user motion tracking and localization, an AI accelerator to reduce latency for sensitive input interactions such as hand tracking or 6DoF, and a reprojection engine for a smoother experience. This helps reduce power consumption.

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2018

The Decentralized Identity Foundation formed in May 2017 with a number of blockchain companies and bigger companies like Microsoft who got together to open source their blockchain identity IP in order to create a number of decentralized identity open standards. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

and look like standard sunglasses; NReal has partnered with 7Invensun and is going to add eye tracking to its cheap AR glasses ; Pimax is going to unveil the price of the Artisan, its new low-price headset with amazing FOV and resolution. The eye-tracked model costs only $900. They are incredibly light (10 grams!)

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

Today, we’re looking at some of the top MR headset manufacturers in the industry, to help business leaders track down the right endpoints for their technology stack. Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 headset enables 6 degrees of freedom tracking, with spatial mapping and mixed reality capture.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 4, 2023

They have their own barcode scanner for sharing hands-free information, and are designed to look and feel like a standard set of eyeglasses. The FVS (Fusion Vision System) comes with enhanced vision and information sharing abilities, to help firefighters see through smoke and locate victims.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

As such, it’s likely to compete primarily with solutions like the Microsoft HoloLens 2 and Meta Quest Pro. However, we have plenty of information about the critical details of the system. On the outside, the headset features five sensors, six microphones, and 12 cameras, allowing for hand, eye, and voice tracking.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 16, 2023

Market leaders like Microsoft, Meta, and Nvidia believe this space will influence everything from the way we communicate, to the way we work, and play. Privacy: With customers sharing more data than ever before in metaverse environments, thanks to eye-tracking tools, avatars, and AI analytics, privacy will be paramount.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Although the benefit for businesses could be significant, smart glasses enable workers to access mission-critical documents hands-free with increasingly sophisticated eye tracking and voice-assisted navigation options. For AR smart glasses to become a reality, vendors must create efficient, reliable, and comfortable devices.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This, combined with cutting-edge hand and eye tracking, combine real-time 3D (RT3D) content with a person’s field of view (FoV). This includes Varjo’s XR-2, Microsoft’s HoloLens 2, Pico Interactive’s Pico 4 Enterprise, and Meta Platform’s Quest Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2019

Holo4Labs is a solution developed by Poland-based company Solution4Labs (together with its parent company TenderHut and its partner SoftwareHut) that aims in improving the efficiency of scientific lab workers thanks to Microsoft HoloLens. Holo4Labs aims exactly at solving these and other problems exploiting Microsoft HoloLens.

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CraneMorley

MARCH 28, 2019

In our previous installments, we describe Microsofts newest HoloLens 2.0. Along with the newly design headsets, users now have a wider field of view of the screen thanks to the new field of view ratio that the Microsoft team implemented for the HoloLens 2. With the HoloLens 2, Microsoft resolved this issue.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

Today, we’re looking at some of the top MR headset manufacturers in the industry to help business leaders track down the right endpoints for their technology stack. The flagship MR solution from the company is the Samsung HMD Odyssey, which combines Microsoft Windows Holographic computing components with a 110-degree Fresnel lens.

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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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