The Ghost Howls

MAY 15, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google announces important AI and XR news at Google I/O This Google I/O has seen immersive realities back to the menu. But to summarize, the most important XR-related tidbits have been: Google confirmed that is still working with Qualcomm and Samsung to build an XR headset.

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OCTOBER 8, 2016

Pearl – Google Spotlight Studios. Tilt Brush – Google. Tilt Brush – Google (Winner) . Blocks – Leap Motion. Pearl – Google Spotlight Stories (Winner). Pearl – Google Spotlight Stories. The Martian VR Experience – Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Innovation Lab, RSA Films, The Virtual Reality Company.

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

Google – Daydream View. Leap Motion – Leap Motion. Google – Tilt Brush. Google – Google Earth VR. Nominees for Interactive VR Media/Film of the Year. Google – Tabel. Starbreeze – StarVR. Nominees for Mobile Headset of the Year.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 9, 2016

The annual Proto Awards, set up to highlight and honour the best and brightest the VR industry has to offer, is over for another year, with Google’s Tilt Brush walking away as the overall winner. Pearl – Google Spotlight Studios. Tilt Brush – Google. Most Innovative: Tilt Brush – Google (Winner). The Lab – Valve.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

But having seen Google taking a similar route, releasing a faceplate to add 6DOF controller tracking for Mirage Solo , I think that both companies realized that the hardware solution was a better solution at the moment. This is just a personal speculation of mine and there is not an official statement of HTC about it.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 1, 2015

While in the neighborhood filming Takei’s Take in Austin, the incomparable George Takei swung by the studio to try Shark Punch – an underwater virtual reality experience that enables you to, well, you get the idea. While we love to chart new territory, the monthly SFHTML5 meetup at Google SF holds a special place in our hearts.

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OCTOBER 15, 2016

AR mode will be everywhere else: calling a heads up display of Google Maps on the street, stopping to catch a Pokemon in a field, or scanning the person in the coffee meeting across from you to cross-reference their LinkedIn profile. Neural plugins: The Matrix (film). Total Recall (film). Avatar (film).

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