XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2022

Microsoft already stands as one of the biggest gaming companies in the world, thanks to the development of the Xbox ecosystem. Microsoft is one of the most exciting companies to watch for gaming companies and consumers interested in the potential of Mixed Reality in gaming.

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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 - Virtual Reality

MARCH 27, 2023

The mura-free 2160 x 2160 LCD panels for each eye strengthen visual clarity, and the headset even includes 4 cameras built into the headset to reduce the need for external sensors. Developed in collaboration with other leading XR companies like Microsoft, the HP headset is compatible with a range of platforms.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

Renowned for its ingenuity, Apple has continuously pushed the boundaries of what is possible with its rich tech ecosystem, namely amid increasing competition with Microsoft. Developed in collaboration with other leading XR companies like Microsoft, the HP headset is compatible with a range of platforms.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Body tracking leaked from Quest SDK documentation. A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. New info on Microsoft abandoning the Hololens 3. We are not supporting eye tracking or biometrics for this closed beta.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 6, 2023

EYE TRACKING. POSITIONAL TRACKING. Microsoft Windows. Microsoft Windows. Unity, Unreal and other game engines plugins. Lockheed Martin Prepar3D, DCS World, X-Plane 11, Bohemia Interactive Simulations (VBS3, VBS4), Microsoft Flight Simulator, Aero FS 2, FlyInside, and other custom integrations.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. The reveal that Apple will be using Unity to bring 3D applications and games to Vision Pro was exciting. Their partnership with Unity will get them there quickly. Apple will use Unity to bring 3D applications and games to Vision Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 29, 2018

RTX games use the Microsoft DX12 DXR ray tracing API. Microsoft has already released an SDK for ray-tracing, supporting NVIDIA algorithms. You can refer to this Microsoft blog post , with a final link to the SDK and tutorials on Github to have more info about it. What about Unity, instead?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated. This means that if you develop an experience using OpenXR, you can run it on Oculus, SteamVR, and Microsoft runtimes with no modification.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

The advantage of using 72 Hz is that everything appears smoother, plus the display becomes brighter and the colors warmer ; Fixed foveating : we all know what foveated rendering is and we all know that to be implemented it requires eye tracking. But we also know that when in VR, most people just look forward with their eyes.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

These new features would include eye-tracking, dynamic foveated rendering, IPD auto-adjustment, and stand-alone mod e: these will be enabled through future software updates. There are also additional IPD “offset” adjustments available in the Pimax PC client, on a per-eye basis, to allow further fine-tuning.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

References found in the Oculus Quest 2 firmware by users Reggy04 and Basti564 highlight how the Quest 2 Pro should have: Eyes tracking Facial expressions tracking Eye relief knob Granular IPD adjustment External charging station. References found in Quest 2 firmware hint to Quest Pro features. Last Call has been released.

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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

JUNE 23, 2020

I think Microsoft is calling them "world anchors" and I think Google has called them "VPS points" or-- everybody has a solution for it today or is a solution for it. Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal. The HTC Vive Pro has eye tracking-- or the new one has eye tracking.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

I think Microsoft is calling them "world anchors" and I think Google has called them "VPS points" or-- everybody has a solution for it today or is a solution for it. Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal. The HTC Vive Pro has eye tracking-- or the new one has eye tracking.

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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

JUNE 23, 2020

I think Microsoft is calling them "world anchors" and I think Google has called them "VPS points" or-- everybody has a solution for it today or is a solution for it. Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal. The HTC Vive Pro has eye tracking-- or the new one has eye tracking.

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AR Eye Tracking Tools Apple 60

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

And it's a super powerful chip that will allow you to have AI built in for facial tracking and object recognition in these types of things, but also allow you to have-- I think it's up to seven cameras. So front facing cameras, IR cameras, eye tracking cameras, facial tracking cameras, all of these things.

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Machine Learning Education Apple Technology 78

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And it's a super powerful chip that will allow you to have AI built in for facial tracking and object recognition in these types of things, but also allow you to have-- I think it's up to seven cameras. So front facing cameras, IR cameras, eye tracking cameras, facial tracking cameras, all of these things.

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Machine Learning Education Apple Technology 78

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And it's a super powerful chip that will allow you to have AI built in for facial tracking and object recognition in these types of things, but also allow you to have-- I think it's up to seven cameras. So front facing cameras, IR cameras, eye tracking cameras, facial tracking cameras, all of these things.

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Machine Learning Education Apple Technology 60

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2020

What is worrisome the most is that it is unclear what will happen to all the other amazing XR projects that Mozilla was managing like the WebXR framework A-frame or the WebXR exporter for Unity. With this new method, the tracking of the facial expressions is less accurate, but it works well the same. Watch Microsoft Office in XR.

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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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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

HP and Microsoft, they’re running huge departments in this, just because they were early and learned how to do it. No offence to Microsoft, but we’re not living in Windows anymore. You need somebody who understands Unreal or Unity. This technology is aerosolized now and it can show up anywhere, in any way.

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Technology Machine Learning Industry Training 78

XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

HP and Microsoft, they’re running huge departments in this, just because they were early and learned how to do it. No offence to Microsoft, but we’re not living in Windows anymore. You need somebody who understands Unreal or Unity. This technology is aerosolized now and it can show up anywhere, in any way.

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Technology Machine Learning Industry Training 78

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Michael: And this is why I’ve been working on starting this dojo, or this VR maker space; because the tools for building — there’s VRTK for Unity… there’s just all these tools. And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Michael: And this is why I’ve been working on starting this dojo, or this VR maker space; because the tools for building — there’s VRTK for Unity… there’s just all these tools. And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking.

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Tips Training Augmented Reality Exercises 78

XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

HP and Microsoft, they're running huge departments in this, just because they were early and learned how to do it. No offence to Microsoft, but we're not living in Windows anymore. You need somebody who understands Unreal or Unity. This technology is aerosolized now and it can show up anywhere, in any way. John: [laughs].

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Technology Machine Learning Industry Training 60

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Michael: And this is why I've been working on starting this dojo, or this VR maker space; because the tools for building -- there's VRTK for Unity. And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking. Unity is always my top one. Amazon Sumerian.

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VRGuy

AUGUST 1, 2016

Many game engines – such as Unity, Unreal and SteamVR- immediately support it. The same is also true for input and output peripherals such as eye trackers and haptic devices. Eye tracking software converts eye images into gaze direction. Hand tracking software converts hand position into gestures.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Zuckerberg unveiled that what was teased by all the rumors of these weeks, a headset with passthrough-AR, inside-out tracking controllers, more comfort, face, and eye-tracking, pancake optics, high display resolution, etc… is actually coming, but it won’t be a Quest, but a headset compatible with Quest content. Cloud Backup.

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