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. This is so sad. Who knows…. More info (nReal teases new headset) More info (nReal changes name).

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

The Seebright SDK also supports Unity and Unreal engines and is compatible with both iOS and Android. If you haven’t yet had the pleasure of experiencing the HTC Vive’s roomscale virtual experience, you should check the Microsoft, Game Stop, or Micro Center location closest to you! Facebook Enables Native 360 Photos.

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AllThingsVR

JUNE 17, 2017

A Florida university is making Quidditch a (virtual) reality I hold in my hands what looks and feels like a wand from a Harry Potter film. Already, this blended approach is being embraced by industry players like Microsoft. “We But this isn’t one of the cheap replicas you can buy in a souvenir shop. Read more here.

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Road to VR

JULY 9, 2020

Sony Corporation announced today that it will invest $250 million in Epic Games, the company well known for its hit game Fortnite and the Unreal Engine game engine that powers it. Unreal Engine is the second most popular game engine for building VR content, and has powered PSVR games like Farpoint , Moss ,and Firewall: Zero Hour.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 22, 2018

In the entertainment area of Gamescom, NVIDIA has put some RTX graphics cards on the desks of some booth of partner companies , like ASUS and Microsoft. While at Microsoft booth there was a premium RTX 2080 Ti , that I’ve been able to take in my hands so to make a video where you can see it from all angles.

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HaptX

DECEMBER 20, 2018

We started the year strong, receiving the Lumiere Technology Award in January, alongside companies like Disney and Microsoft. Weeks later, we traveled to Park City, Utah to debut our HaptX Glove prototype at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. At HaptX, our team is celebrating a milestone-filled 2018.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In his 1984 classic Neuromancer, characters entered a virtual reality world called “the matrix” (inspiration for the 1999 film of the same name by the Wachowskis). Augmented vision is commonplace in futuristic films, from Minority Report to Iron Man. In another scenario, we may see game engines dominant, like Unity or Unreal.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. I believe the future of storytelling will prominently feature nonlinear experiences, which goes back to the silent film era when nickelodeons would play short films on a constant loop.

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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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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Their VR short, Henry , is about an adorable yet spiky hedgehog who has logistical issues with hugging and was narrated by Elijah Wood and directed by Ramiro Lopez Dau, who worked on films like Brave , Cars 2 , and Monsters University.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 5, 2022

He explained that the Metaverse was really about “taking existing brands and communities from sports, fashion, film and music” to receive an “unprecedented opportunity” to unite communities, and offer and monetise unique experiences with digital assets, virtual goods, and virtual lands.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The result is that many big brands are canceling their presence at CES: Google, Intel, Microsoft, Meta, Lenovo, and many others, have decided not to go , and maybe provide their news virtually. This is a huge pity: CES 2022 won’t be cool as we expected… but we still hope to see interesting XR announcements from there.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

MAY 26, 2023

New updates to Microsoft Mesh allows remote workers to add immersive experiences to private previews on the platform. Moreover, the update is part of Microsoft’s push to optimise its products with immersive features to combat modern challenges like Zoom fatigue and dial-in hurdles.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

” So, in our world, Unity — and let’s not just pick on Unity all the time, you know, there’s Unreal. And they actually built an Unreal engine-based app to publish news content to go on with their news. Microsoft’s got a great product around it. He worked for Microsoft last year. Paul: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

” So, in our world, Unity — and let’s not just pick on Unity all the time, you know, there’s Unreal. And they actually built an Unreal engine-based app to publish news content to go on with their news. Microsoft’s got a great product around it. He worked for Microsoft last year. Paul: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

So, in our world, Unity -- and let's not just pick on Unity all the time, you know, there's Unreal. And they actually built an Unreal engine-based app to publish news content to go on with their news. Microsoft's got a great product around it. He worked for Microsoft last year. There's these other engines--. Paul: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But then you look at Unreal. And all these concerts are being built on Epic, and Epic's filming Hollywood movies now, because people can't go to sound stages. Tools like that, like Chalk, and I think Microsoft has their version of it as well on Hololens and other things. Now, you could say, "OK, maybe that's an outlier."

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But then you look at Unreal. And all these concerts are being built on Epic, and Epic's filming Hollywood movies now, because people can't go to sound stages. Tools like that, like Chalk, and I think Microsoft has their version of it as well on Hololens and other things. Now, you could say, "OK, maybe that's an outlier."

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 2, 2019

So, I mean, our solution is compatible with all of them, because it’s based on Unity and Unreal and basically on the game engine. Then after that, it was filmed. Are you seeing this type of thing with augmented reality as well? But we’re kind of following the users. Advertising is all about numbers, right?

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 2, 2019

So, I mean, our solution is compatible with all of them, because it’s based on Unity and Unreal and basically on the game engine. Then after that, it was filmed. Are you seeing this type of thing with augmented reality as well? But we’re kind of following the users. Advertising is all about numbers, right?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But then you look at Unreal. And all these concerts are being built on Epic, and Epic's filming Hollywood movies now, because people can't go to sound stages. Tools like that, like Chalk, and I think Microsoft has their version of it as well on Hololens and other things. Now, you could say, "OK, maybe that's an outlier."

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

While the program was principally incubated by Crytek, students working in VR First labs tend use Unity (48%), followed by Unreal (20%) and then CRYENGINE (14%). Vancouver Film School, Canada. image courtesy VR First. image courtesy VR First. University College Cork, Ireland. University College London, UK. University of Florida, USA.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

We’ll eventually have digital objects on top of reality, but I think there’s a lot of innovation that’s happening, at least in the storytelling around, where when I go to these different film festivals, I kind of see what the storytelling potential is with these mediums. And I think we’re still very early in that era.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

We'll eventually have digital objects on top of reality, but I think there's a lot of innovation that's happening, at least in the storytelling around, where when I go to these different film festivals, I kind of see what the storytelling potential is with these mediums. And I think we're still very early in that era. But once the WebXR 2.0

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

We’ll eventually have digital objects on top of reality, but I think there’s a lot of innovation that’s happening, at least in the storytelling around, where when I go to these different film festivals, I kind of see what the storytelling potential is with these mediums. And I think we’re still very early in that era.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

The technology path is moving so fast that if you’d said, “hey, we want to make a five-minute training thing” three years ago, you would have to print the 3D mounts for the cameras, and go out there, film it, stitch it. We’re not tied to Microsoft. There’s another three weeks of work.”

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

The technology path is moving so fast that if you’d said, “hey, we want to make a five-minute training thing” three years ago, you would have to print the 3D mounts for the cameras, and go out there, film it, stitch it. We’re not tied to Microsoft. There’s another three weeks of work.”

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

The technology path is moving so fast that if you'd said, "hey, we want to make a five-minute training thing" three years ago, you would have to print the 3D mounts for the cameras, and go out there, film it, stitch it. We're not tied to Microsoft. There's another three weeks of work." I jumped back. I smelled it, smelled like coffee.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Billion & mind you i haven't added the overall population of #asia.Ignore us at your own risk #facebook #microsoft & the curators of those lists. Chaitanya has had a multi-faceted career in the Indian Film & CreativeArtsIndustry for over 17 years. 6- Chaitanya Chinchlikar. 9- Eddie Avil. 14- Kai Liang.

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