The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

(Image by Microsoft). According to Reuters, Microsoft’s executive vice president Harry Shum took the stage at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai and said that the HoloLens 2 will be released sometime in September of this year. Venice Film Festival is featuring a rich VR section. In any case, we will see.

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VeeR VR

OCTOBER 11, 2018

It is the world’s first all-in-one gaming system built for virtual reality, which distinguishes itself from other standalone. While Oculus Go is roughly “80 percent media and 20 percent gaming,” said Oculus chief technology officer John Carmack, the Oculus Quest is emphatically gaming-focused. Adventure Game.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

I had a chance to walk the showroom floor of VRLA 2017 with Root where he took me on a guided tour through the history of VRLA, his thoughts on AR, using VR for film production, the future of privacy in AR/VR, as well as why he is interested in seeing where eSports in VR is headed. Katie Kelly, Head of Engagement, AltspaceVR / Microsoft.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

Already a Battle Royale [has] happened in the past five years for buying first option broadcast rights for AR content across sport, music, comics, and films. and LNG Studios , each showcasing programs that put hardware like HTC Vive or Microsoft HoloLens through their paces. It goes on and on.

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Cats and VR

JULY 10, 2018

ARVORE, the immersive storytelling VR/AR company today announced the final launch date and 20% pre-order discount for the long-awaited virtual reality game Pixel Ripped 1989. The game, which will be available on PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, will arrive for download on July 31st, 2018. USD off the $24.99

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VRScout

JANUARY 25, 2018

Since then, Marvel has released not one but two Guardians of The Galaxy films that people actually love. There’s plenty of tools, animations and other ways to create here that don’t require a pricier HTC Vive headset and corresponding powerhouse PC. It’s also the best gaming experience on the Gear VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

All the other major companies (Samsung, Huawei, etc…) are working on AR and Apple for sure can’t stop experimenting with if it doesn’t want to miss the next communication platform as Microsoft did with Windows Phone. Microsoft has released this week a new video showing how the game will work.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Generally, the frame rate of a movie in a theater is only around 24 FPS, but these films aren’t intended to simulate reality. These technologies can create collaborative environments, like Microsoft Teams’ Immersive spaces, training simulations, and more. They also ensure information can be streamed effectively through a headset.

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VRScout

JUNE 19, 2017

It’s a Helsinki-based company (“varjo” is “shadow” in Finnish) that’s been in stealth until now, working to develop a 70 megapixel solution for XR (by comparison, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive run about 1.2 We want to be that North star that helps companies aim their design towards the right goal from day one.”

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

OTOY, a graphics-based software solution whose cloud-based light field streaming and hybrid rendering tech has been used in films like Fantastic Four and Spiderman 3 is one of the most well-funded companies in the mixed reality industry with $101M in funding and a $300M valuation. Someone is Always Ready to Help THIS version of the HTC Vive….

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Trainees could use Microsoft HoloLens 2 and Magic Leap headsets, as well as tablets and smartphones for the platform. The organisation stated immersive technologies could become a “game-changer” with a “seamless, uninterrupted interactive experience.”

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And while this is anyway a good result for a startup (developing an AR headsets means spending billions in R&D), targeting the consumer market has been a suicide move , that let Microsoft get full control of the profitable enterprise market. The VR route is instead being pursued by HTC (with its VEC event happening soon) and IEEE.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Today, a company called Limitless is announcing a suite of virtual reality animation tools that could revolutionize the way immersive films are created. The legendary video game studio had recently lost its most famous IP, the Halo series, due to a round of corporate maneuvering with Microsoft. The Toys Are Alive .

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AIXR

APRIL 1, 2022

Guiding you through the world’s biggest projects, latest releases, and premiere launches within XR, hosts Daniel Colaianni and Nicola Rosa share their wealth of knowledge alongside special guests from around the world, including pioneers from ILMxLAB, NASA, Google and Microsoft. Between Realities. This Week In XR Podcast. Special Mention 1.

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AllThingsVR

MAY 12, 2016

After exploring virtual reality gaming in Ready Player One, Cline adds long-range drone combat using a virtual reality game to the mix in his second page-turning bestseller. and Universal Pictures is adapting Armada for a film adaptation, based on a script written by Cline. You’ve been gung-ho about VR with your books.

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VRScout

MAY 3, 2017

PlayStation looks to an arcade rollout, Shazam goes augmented, AMD wants to go wireless, HTC Viveport’s new subscription service, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… You can enjoy the full audio recording below: IT’S NOW WAY EASIER TO COMBINE 360 VIDEO AND ANIMATION. TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL LOVES VR. raised last fall.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Thanks to the support of HTC, Rob is experimenting with Vive Trackers , and is very eager to tell you everything about his experiments with them, in a series of two very detailed posts. The post finishes also with the little surprise of an interview with HTC’s Shen Ye. HTC Vive Trackers (Image by Rob Cole). Introduction.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

The HTC Vive is arguably the best out there, but having to buy a souped-up laptop just to run it, paying full price for brief games that feel more like demos, and trailing a huge cable off your head and fumbling to mount trackers on your ceiling…it’s not ideal. Neural plugins: The Matrix (film). Total Recall (film).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Microsoft and Zoom have also released their respective apps into the Vision Pro this week. It’s still more or less the game of of Microsoft. XR technology is expanding greatly from the confines of headsets to create varied display-based use cases, from 3D monitors virtual film productions, and smartphones.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 30, 2017

The two day conference was packed with simultaneous, back-to-back presentations and workshops from industry leaders such as Microsoft, Google, AMD, The VOID, IMAX, Two Bit Circus, Secret Location, Globacore, Quantum Capture, The Canadian Film Centre, and many more. It’s Different in Canada. What will drive adaptation?

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VRWorld

JULY 12, 2017

There’s no doubt that the announcements made on this conference might be the clearest direction where VR/MR/AR are heading as an industry, as it will happen after Microsoft Windows 10 Mixed Reality launches, as well as seeing the first sales results of next generation Oculus Rift headset. Denny Unger, CEO, Cloudhead Games.

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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. I think this will help accelerate the development of new applications and games and accelerate the port of existing applications and games to Vision Pro.

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VeeR VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

It was a device that the user sat in-front of while their head was encased on four sides by a screen and they watched any one of five films, which all engaged sight, sound, smell and touch. Atari founded a lab for virtual reality research in 1982, but it closed down two short years later due to the North American video game crash of 1983.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2020

HitMotion’s game designer Massimiliano Ariani is in Tuscany and he’s well as well. Valve is rising the hype releasing constantly new material about the game, making us slowly discover how the game is. The game appears fantastic : the graphics are high-level, the interactions are carefully studied to be natural (e.g.

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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. Pimax Crystal, as a high-end gaming VR headset, is currently not compatible with Tobii Ocumen.”

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Today Tilt Five is launching its Kickstarter campaign for its innovative augmented reality glasses for tabletop gaming. Some of my toy projects… I did a ton of these toys joysticks that you plug into a television and have a bunch of video games built in. Part of all of this is merit of Jeri (Image by HTC). The Vive Wands.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

And it has been a huge success : The game has obtained fantastic reviews. The game is not perfect, not even creates a new genre in any way, but it has a so high quality that it is impossible not to give it a 10. All the previous records concerning VR games have been destroyed completely. No complete SDK is in sight , tough.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2017

The Mummy Prodigium Strike VR – A new location-based experience by VR pioneer Starbreeze Studios, in conjunction with NBC Universal, based on the recent Universal Studios film. A fully immersive experience in the cosmos using the HTC Vive VR platform, SUBPAC, and headphones. Also available in VR – with both forms being demoed.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this week’s VRScout Report, we discuss Oculus Story Studio’s Henry Emmy win, NASA training astronauts with virtual reality gloves, Snapchat flirting with augmented reality, HTC Vive trying to go wireless, and iPhone laying potential plans for VR/AR. HOLLYWOOD LOVES HENRY.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

Four years later, Nintendo followed up the wild and enduring success of the Game Boy with Virtual Boy, a headset/console built around (very red) stereoscopic vision. VR also dominated the pop culture, featuring prominently in films like “Johnny Mnemonic,” “Lawnmower Man” and “Virtuosity.”

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2022

I’ve personally met and had a chat with people from Unity and Epic Games, Roblox, The Sandbox, HTC Vive, Microsoft, Rec Room. One of the key features of SXSW is that it is not an event about a single technology : GDC is about gaming, AWE is about XR, Cannes is about the movie industry.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

She has broad experience in traditional film, TV, digital media, augmented reality, virtual reality and video games. She’s the former head of content acquisition and partnerships for VIVE Port at HTC VIVE, and she used to be the V.P. Here’s a VR/AR game that is now in the forefront of mainstream media.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

She has broad experience in traditional film, TV, digital media, augmented reality, virtual reality and video games. She’s the former head of content acquisition and partnerships for VIVE Port at HTC VIVE, and she used to be the V.P. Here’s a VR/AR game that is now in the forefront of mainstream media.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2022

Last month, we got to know that (according to a rumor) Samsung is working together with Microsoft on new AR glasses, most probably powered by a Qualcomm chipset. Virtual Reality is 44% more addictive than traditional gaming. It’s still a good multiplayer game, though. More info (IPSOS survey) More info (Taxes in Second Life).

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

She has broad experience in traditional film, TV, digital media, augmented reality, virtual reality and video games. She's the former head of content acquisition and partnerships for VIVE Port at HTC VIVE, and she used to be the V.P. Here's a VR/AR game that is now in the forefront of mainstream media. Welcome, Jenna.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

So, over the past couple years, we've done a lot of different VR work, ranging from filming the 49ers -- Colin Kaepernick's last season with them -- to the San Jose Sharks. Kevin: I always thought about doing this as a narrative film, actually. So we filmed some AR videos with Will.i.am. Kevin: Sure. Can you talk about them?

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Metastage is the first US partner for the Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Software, and their soundstage is located in Culver City, California. Think, like, video games; when you go play a video game and they’ve got a character playing a scene out with you. Prior to Metastage, Christina co-founded and led VR Playhouse.

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