The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Well, with this new chip, headsets will: Have a resolution of 3K per eye ; Have up to 7 cameras used simultaneously (12 in total for the device). Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap may be in trouble, but its CEO remains confident. More info (Report on Magic Leap) More info (Rony Abovitz’s tweet).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I’m here to attend the WCVRI , a very big event about Virtual Reality in China, where I am exhibiting HitMotion: Reloaded , the mixed reality fitness game of my agency New Technology Walkers ( contact us if you need some VR development!). I’ve just had my first day in Nanchang, China. Is it really important?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

A piece of very interesting news about this headset, which has been reported by few people, is that the Chinese company 7Invensun has already developed an eye-tracking module for it, making Vive Flow even more interesting for enterprise uses. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap 2 has been teased.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

If you built an application without these patterns, the device was useless… an eye-tracking add-on was more practical than the NextMind dev-kit in a VR scene. Magic Leap 2 bridges AR and VR. The interest in Magic Leap 2 is growing. News worth a mention. Kudos to the Asian company for this. Other news.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Magic Leap has just organized its first developers’ event, dubbed “L.E.A.P.” It is the first event of this kind organized by Magic Leap: we can say that LEAP Con is like the Oculus Connect of Magic Leap and will probably become always more important, year after year, exactly as it has happened to Oculus.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The companies investing in spatial audio today are using the technology to enhance the quality of their virtual reality landscapes, and develop new experiences in the metaverse. Rebuff Reality. Magic Leap. However, Microsoft offers access to spatial sound experiences in a range of other modes as well.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The co-processor powers eye tracking, and the connectivity is the bridge to a host device, such as a smartphone. Stepping back, there are several AR glasses designs including standalone (HoloLens 2) and tethered (Magic Leap 2). This configuration is designed for optimal distributed processing.

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CraneMorley

JUNE 27, 2023

Back to Blog Page The whole term and concept of Mixed Reality (MR) was first introduced to us by Paul Milgram and Fumio Kishino in their paper titled “A Taxonomy of Mixed reality Visual Displays.” As of today, some of the key players in tech have or are in the development stage of their mixed reality headsets.

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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. The company’s flagship mixed reality headset offering is the HoloLens series. For collaboration and communication, users can leverage a set of built-in array microphones.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap 2 is coming in Q1 2022. Even if most of this roundup will be about Oculus, I have decided to put another brand on top of it and it is Magic Leap. Johnson has worked at Microsoft and Qualcomm before, and she is a very respected executive. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

This is the first roundup of news of this new year, and to signal a change with the past, I’ve changed the name from “VR Week Peek” to “XR Week Peek”, because, hey, I like talking about all immersive technologies and not only Virtual Reality. The eye-tracked model costs only $900. Top news of the week. Image by nReal).

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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 company’s flagship mixed reality headset offering is the HoloLens series. Plus, a 6-degree-of-freedom camera is built into the system for tracking purposes.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

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. There’s a speech at AWE held by Microsoft and HP on 28th , so this may be a good moment for the launch. Image by Microsoft). Magic Leap raises other $350M.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2019

Frontal view of the device (Image by Microsoft). The biggest news of the MWC for what concerns XR has been for sure the announcement of the HoloLens 2 by Microsoft. Image by Microsoft). Together with the HoloLens 2, Microsoft has also announced a new version of the Kinect, called Kinect Azure. HoloLens 2. Azure Kinect.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Based in Germany, ThyssenKrupp is a European national conglomerate that just announced a partnership with the Microsoft Hololens. 24,000 of ThyssenKrupp’s elevator technicians are equipped with the Hololens augmented reality device, increasing efficiency with a digital overlay on their real word. TASTEMADE’S GIANT VIRTUAL DONUTS!!!

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

HP and Microsoft have a long track in offering enterprise hardware, so this headset may battle HTC on his own land (B2B). Rony Abovitz steps down from Magic Leap CEO. This was a very good thing and attracted many people to Magic Leap. I hope that Magic Leap will benefit from it and will recover pretty soon.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 21, 2022

XR blends the physical and virtual worlds with digital overlays that interact in real-time with real-life objects. This, combined with cutting-edge hand and eye tracking, combine real-time 3D (RT3D) content with a person’s field of view (FoV). Virtual Reality (VR).

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

CES 2020 in January was a bit of a mixed bag when it came to virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) announcements. There were products which did catch VRFocus’ eye, one of them being Spatial, a mixed reality (MR) app designed for workplace collaboration.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

At GDC 2017 LG showcased a virtual reality headset that was SteamVR compatible: it was a game-changing moment since for the first time a new non-Vive headset would have been compatible with SteamVR tracking and ecosystem. But we also know that when in VR, most people just look forward with their eyes.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

See Also: The Future Is Now: 2023 Metaverse and XR Predictions Worth Looking Into Think how Microsoft revolutionized personal computers, or how Apple changed the mobile phone market forever. Magic Leap 2 Magic Leap jumped the starting gun and played their cards early. What Is Everyone Working On?

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Varjo Technologies, the Finnish company behind the $6,000 USD Varjo VR-1 industrial virtual reality (VR) headset continues to accelerate its global expansion plans this week announcing the opening of its new US headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 11, 2022

Hand and eye tracking tools, capable of sensing the movements, gestures, and gaze of a user, can take XR experiences to a new level. Innovators in the world of Mixed Reality, Microsoft relies heavily on concepts like hand and eye tracking to help users combine the physical and digital worlds.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

On the client side, the system will become compatible with iOS devices, and a Magic Leap client has also been developed. On the server-side, it is being integrated with Microsoft Azure, and it is also coming in the future for Google Cloud and Tencent Cloud. NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise edition has been announced.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

That’s why even Microsoft took Epic’s stances : Microsoft uses UE4 to develop some products also for Apple devices, and this decision hurts also its business. More info (Apple threatens Epic) More info (Microsoft files an official support for Epic). Let’s see what will happen… and in the meantime let’s eat lots of popcorns.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

The addition of eye-tracking injects a new layer of interactivity to the user experience. Voice commands, navigation, interactivity with 3D objects, virtual collaboration; almost every aspect of the HoloLens experience has been fine-tuned and upgraded. Image Credit: Microsoft. First off, it’s noticeably more comfortable.

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VRWorld

JULY 5, 2017

Now, there’s a Finnish startup emerging from stealth mode offering 70 times higher resolution than offered (or promised) by HTC, Oculus or even Magic Leap, with its 1-2K floating display. All these headsets have multiple times higher resolution than GearVR/Rift/Vive. ” – quote from the Press Release.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Even if they are not general-purpose glasses like Hololens or Magic Leap, these glasses feature inside so many technological innovations that made all we of the tech communities fall in love with them, and with their creator Jeri Ellsworth. It seems that also the Pimax 5K+ in some conditions can now run at 120Hz. The time is coming!

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

But in my opinion, I don’t think the killer app of virtual reality is games. But let’s now switch to the topic of augmented reality, which is really what this conversation is about. But I think the companies that Microsoft included in the survey were those large companies that have innovation offices.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

But in my opinion, I don’t think the killer app of virtual reality is games. But let’s now switch to the topic of augmented reality, which is really what this conversation is about. But I think the companies that Microsoft included in the survey were those large companies that have innovation offices.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 4, 2017

Magic Leap. For a secretive company, we can learn a lot about Magic Leap from their patent filings and acquisitions, namely that they launched without a clear path to executing their vision. In April of last year Abovitz landed himself on the cover of Wired magazine with what was dubbed the Magic Leap “photonic chip.”

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

The same day of the launch of Half-Life: Alyx, Hewlett-Packard has announced its new virtual reality headset, the Reverb G2 , made in collaboration with Microsoft and Valve. Valve could provide some audio-visual improvements, while Microsoft its WMR platform, with inside-out tracking of controllers. Image by HP).

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

In January 2014, he launched his second print titled The Startup Monthly in May 2016, he launched — what I love — VRVoice.co, a content vertical on all things virtual reality. You have your own podcast and news outlet, talking about all things virtual reality, VRVoice. That was wonderful. Alan: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

In January 2014, he launched his second print titled The Startup Monthly in May 2016, he launched — what I love — VRVoice.co, a content vertical on all things virtual reality. You have your own podcast and news outlet, talking about all things virtual reality, VRVoice. That was wonderful. Alan: Yeah.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Or we can put on device on our head (a head-mounted display or HMD) that completely occludes us from the real world allowing us to enter a completely simulated environment which we can walk around and interact in because the computer is sensing our physical actions: this is Virtual Reality or VR. The Evolution of Brand Activations.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. If you consider virtual reality over the last few years, there has been increasing traction in the enterprise. When you look at past technology that didn’t quite take off, it was because there wasn’t enough competition.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 31, 2016

At this year’s IMMERSE Summit , Road to VR sat down with Matt McIlwain , managing director at Madrona Venture Group (investor in Envelop VR and Pixvana ), and Patrick Eggen , managing director at Qualcomm Ventures (investor in Owlchemy Labs and Magic Leap ), to discuss their investing strategies when it comes to virtual and augmented reality.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

In January 2014, he launched his second print titled The Startup Monthly in May 2016, he launched -- what I love -- VRVoice.co, a content vertical on all things virtual reality. You have your own podcast and news outlet, talking about all things virtual reality, VRVoice. That was wonderful. Bob: Well, I appreciate that.

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