The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

And talking about “cool” things (pun intended), today I’m traveling to Helsinki, Finland, where I hope to have a great time at MatchXR. But it’s not only hardware… all the stores are giving discounts, too. Who will it be… Sony or Meta? Will we meet there? Top news of the week Discover Black Friday and Cyber Monday discounts!

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VRScout

MAY 23, 2020

For example, Sony Music is recruiting a team “dedicated to reimagining music through immersive media” that will leverage Sony Music’s catalog and impressive roster of artists to implement a new category of music experiences using the Unreal Engine. So how exactly do we level up? 5G and virtual music concerts.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

For this, it has just started Access Hardware, a program that gives for free Magic Leap glasses plus dedicated support to all developers that are planning to do interesting applications using the Magic Leap 1, especially in the enterprise sector. New SteamVR devkit aims at making custom hardware easier. News worth a mention.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Data Monitoring ‘At Scale’ Eye-tracking was not readily scalable, the report found, due to headsets requiring specialised software and hardware integrations. Other data sets such as biometrics, including breathing, pupil dilation, heart rates, and others, also lacked deeper empirical evidence, it stated.

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VRScout

MAY 3, 2017

Streaming services Netflix and Hulu have been in the VR space for a while (Netflix announced their app for Gear VR all the way back in the fall of 2015), and Sony-owned Crackle is attempting to catch up. Based in Helsinki, Finland, Vizor raised $2.3M THE STREAMING SERVICES BATTLE IT OUT IN VR: CRACKLE ANNOUNCES THEIR PLANS. in funding.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

This week we had two bad news related to the Covid-19: Valve has reassured that the Index will get back in stock before the launch of Alyx, but due to the virus, the amount of devices available will be much less than they hoped for; Sony and Facebook have pulled out from GDC. At this point, I wonder if GDC may be canceled as the MWC.

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