The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The Pico 5 Pro Max looks like a dream hybrid headset : it is a standalone device with eye tracking and passthrough, and it also has the DisplayPort connection that makes it work like a true tethered headset when connected to a PC. I say the leak is confusing because there are a few things that sound strange. of our revenues with Unity.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Epic Games today released a new video featuring a demo for HoloLens 2 that aims to show off just what sort of graphics can be achieved on Microsoft’s latest standalone AR headset. Released in early September, Unreal Engine 4.23 We’ll update this article as soon as we hear back.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine. What is interesting for us is the last line “adoption and support of ARKit features and future VR features into Unreal Engine by their XR team”. Intel Labs can now transform a video in a 3D scene. Other relevant news. Image by Epic Games). This is huge.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Popular Twitter leaker WalkingCat has leaked two trailer videos about two AR glasses by Samsung. It is cool that at the end of the video, the glasses show also the capability to work as sunglasses, and this means that you can carry them everywhere with you, even outside. More info (Both videos in this Twitter thread).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

French startup Lynx announced some months ago a quite interesting headset featuring pass-through augmented reality , hands tracking, eye tracking, and an innovative lens design. ViewMagic wants to make volumetric videos easy. More info (ViewMagic / Video 1) More info (ViewMagic / Video 2). x 0.25m x 0.5m.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Specs: Features of the Varjo XR-3 Focal Edition The Varjo XR-3 Focal Edition comes with all the core features included within the standard XR-3, such as photorealistic mixed-reality powered by 12-megapixel, low-latency video passthrough.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Quest’s ‘Body Tracking’ API isn’t what it looks and sounds like. Body Tracking API was released on Thursday as part of Movement SDK, which also includes Eye Tracking API and Face Tracking API for Quest Pro. These equations power all full-body VR avatars in apps today.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2022

A few months ago, Xiaomi unveiled a concept video for its upcoming smart glasses, which should have featurd notifications from the phone, automatic translation of text from/to the Chinese language, map directions, and many other features, while still offering a very sleek design. Quest v43 update to bring 16:9 video recording.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2023

It is now compatible with: Almost every codec UHD, 8k, and 12k playback All projection types i.e. fisheye, cube map, equirectangular, and cinema All stereo modes i.e 3d SBS, 3d tb, flat, 180, 190, 200, 220, 360 Check it out!

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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

AUGUST 3, 2020

If you want to watch it, it’s a very interesting 2-hour-long video and you can find it here [link] together with a summary of the key points he said. An eye-tracking accessory built for Vive should work with Rift as well, and so on. Top news of the week. Image by Khronos Group). OpenXR is now ready for prime time.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

If you want to watch the video of the recording, you can find it here: And now, let’s start speaking about the best AR/VR news of the week! Sentences like “With eye-tracking (ET) and a few well-placed sensors, they’ll learn our unconscious reactions to anything we see. Top news of the week. Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

There is no face or eye tracking. The integration with Microsoft Teams has finally started: now on Teams you can use Mesh avatars during meetings (I tried it, it’s cringe), and soon you will be able to meet with people in virtual 3D spaces with your avatars, instead of having a video call. There is IPD adjustment.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 5, 2023

The official video with the full announcement What I was looking for If you are a reader of my weekly newsletter, you know what I was looking for in this announcement. The use of eye, hand, and voice interactions make the interface with the headset natural and easy to be learned. What year is it? 2016 or 2023?

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

If the rumor is true, probably this is the Del Mar headset , and the Jedi controllers may be like the Oculus Touch but more comfortable and maybe with full finger tracking. Or eye tracking?). Unreal Engine 4.25 update, Unreal Engine has added many features that may be useful in crafting XR experiences.

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XROM

JUNE 5, 2023

Unreal Engine, Epic's game development platform, is fast emerging as the leading tool for creating high-quality 3D content - including for virtual and augmented reality. Your old photos and videos come to life in 3D when viewed on Vision Pro, transporting you back to those memories in an entirely new way.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2022

VIVE has a huge range of tools to support different kinds of XR gaming, from the VIVE Flow for wireless wellness, to the VIVE Pro Eye, with built-in eye tracking capabilities. Most recently, ARKit 6 introduced new 4K video opportunities. The solution is also regularly updated and enhanced for modern gaming trends.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

It’s been a long road for FOVE , the creators of the eye-tracking VR headset that hit Kickstarter last summer, but today the company launches pre-orders for their first commercially available product, the FOVE 0. ” Check out the video below to get a better idea how simulated field-of-depth and foveated rendering work.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

This boils down to better eye-tracking – where you can trigger an action merely by directing your gaze at a specific spot, and better gesture recognition (in the demo, the device also scanned Julia’s hands, adjusting to their particular shape and size), rather than relying on the very specific “pinch” action which the original HoloLens relied upon.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

It’s not clear on what platforms this functionality will be working on, but if I had to guess, I would say Project Cambria, since its body tracking was already revealed in a video some months ago. It is not even clear if it will be full-body tracking or just upper-body tracking.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 20, 2023

The solution also includes a simple and robust system architecture which doesn’t rely on eye-tracking technologies. The company even creates AR-enhanced films and video content. Backlight Studio Building immersive branded experiences for companies across the globe, Backlight Studio has won 63 international awards for its services.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

The new HoloLens uses its integrated eye tracking to perform user authentication via iris recognition. The new HoloLens features: Eye tracking Full hands tracking (a la Leap Motion) Voice commands understanding. These are things that a video can’t convey and must be tried. Unreal SDK.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2018

The typical development environment that they use is Unity, but if the customer requires Unreal because wants a better graphical quality, they can develop using UE4, too. Me watching the video about Space Code being used by kids to pilot a little robot. Furthermore, they have worked with great Chinese customers.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

With Gear VR, you use your phone to experience VR apps, but your phone is a device that has to do a bazillion things (handle calls, messages, videos, VR, etc…), so it has to be good for lots of use. 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

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

And I think talking with her was worth the wait: as you can hear in the video embedded here below, she’s incredibly smart, passionate, and has amazing technical knowledge. Video interview With Kura’s Kelly Peng. I’ve set the time marks in the video so that you can select exactly the questions that you would like to listen to.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Regarding first use, the company has started sharing videos to teach how the properly wear the headset , so that users do not make mess while wearing it, even if they don’t have personal dedicated support. But she can point things, and this is something; The visual aspect is not as cool as the one of the presentation video.

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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. It has 4.5DOF.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 6, 2020

It was developed on the Unreal 4 engine and built by our studios team. And what some companies have done is actually flooded a real home and then created 360 video of that home. A lot of the immersive content today has to go through a full production with 360 video recording. It was crazy. People were loving it.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 31, 2017

The SAO experience was created to welcome new users and teach them how to use Fove 0, the first commercially available VR headset with integrated eye-tracking. Looking at her right in the eye will elicit a smile, but ignore her and she’ll get upset. SEE ALSO Sorry, Internet. The 'Sword Art Online' VR MMO Isn't Real.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

For every one of the four main themes, a headset solving it has been shown in the video. This has been also confirmed by TESTED, which has been able to go hands-on with the headset and offer a very meaningful video about them (which I advise you all to watch). This is my biggest takeaway from these tests.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Last week at a dedicated Vive X event, Chinese company 7Invensun has presented one of the most interesting eye tracking accessories to date. 7Invensun is one of the worldwide leaders for what concerns eye tracking. The two parts of the Droolon F1 eye tracking device (Image by 7Invensun).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2019

video) More info (Unreal Engine with Octane Renderer) More info (Wi-fi is not enough for VR streaming). Only $375 to see the notifications of your phone in front of your eyes. To obtain that, they had to modify the lighting system of Unreal Engine 4! More info (Porting on Quest) More info (Red Matter video).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

More info (Quest 2 Couch mode) More info (Vocal commands with “Hey Facebook”) More info (FAQ on Vocal Commands on Quest) More info (Virtuclear lenses) More info (Experimental 120Hz mode coming) More info (Video of Boz winking) More info (Quest 2 Pro teasing). SteamVR integrates full support for OpenXR 1.0.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

If you take the IKEA catalog, then it's much, much, much less, because most of the time we also do video sessions in those. I keep seeing these videos pop up of people doing occlusion in their living rooms and stuff like-- man! Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal. But it's a lot of 3D.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

If you take the IKEA catalog, then it's much, much, much less, because most of the time we also do video sessions in those. I keep seeing these videos pop up of people doing occlusion in their living rooms and stuff like-- man! Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal. But it's a lot of 3D.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

With photorealistic visual fidelity, ultra-low latency, and integrated eye tracking, the XR-1 seamlessly merges virtual content with the real world for the first time ever. And we had always been talking about that video see-through type of devices could actually combine the best of both worlds of AR and VR devices. Niko: Yeah.

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