The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

More info (Facebook Spaces shutting down) More info (Oculus’s new social VR tools explained). Facebook works on new tools for environment understanding. Magic Leap releases new tools for developers. The 8th Wall launches cloud-based WebAR development tools.

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Magic Leap AR Oculus Hardware 164

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Augmented Reality is being a great tool for e-commerce: AR tools have increased the user’s likelihood of purchase by 11 times; Build.com found that the return rate after selecting items in AR has decreased by 22%. More info (Use Google Translate). Are we at an inflection point for VR?

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Magic Leap San Francisco AR Sony 211

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2018

He has joined Rony Abovitz at Magic Leap and now he’s there, trying to build the MagicVerse as the SVP of Creative Strategy of the Florida company. It will be amazing; Game Engines should be called “real-time graphics engines” because now they serve a lot of purposes and not only games; VR is a great artistic tool.

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Magic Leap Virtual Reality Immersion AR 305

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 20, 2023

Late last year, the Orlando Economic Partnership (OEP) teamed up with real-time 3D (RT3D) engine providers Unity to design a digital twin of the Florida area to drive local business investments and technology innovations. The OEP digital twin is in its early stages. It’s a very big area.

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Technology Florida Tourism Unity 81

The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2018

And using the right tools, you can figure out what this pattern means. And since you are in VR, you are in a virtual world… well, it is just Unity, just C#, you can do whatever you want to modify the reality that you are seeing. Then we are both from South Florida and we went to the same university (at different times).

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Data Virtual Reality AR Magic Leap 207

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

The Florida company has released during the GDC the Lumin SDK, that is the development kit that has to be used to develop for LuminOS, the custom operating system of the Magic Leap device. The SDK offers native APIs, but also supports popular game engines like Unity and Unreal 4.

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AR Magic Leap Oculus Virtual Reality 160

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

They have a CRM, they have an authoring system, they have a PLM system, they have a CAD tool. No company is going to change a lot of their infrastructure or their CRM or their CAD tools because of AR, that’s not going to happen. We closed that gap; we created a tool. They have all of that. What is said to be overlaid here?

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AR Machine Learning Augmented Reality Technology 78

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

They have a CRM, they have an authoring system, they have a PLM system, they have a CAD tool. No company is going to change a lot of their infrastructure or their CRM or their CAD tools because of AR, that’s not going to happen. We closed that gap; we created a tool. They have all of that. What is said to be overlaid here?

AR 78

AR Machine Learning Augmented Reality Technology 78

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

They have a CRM, they have an authoring system, they have a PLM system, they have a CAD tool. No company is going to change a lot of their infrastructure or their CRM or their CAD tools because of AR, that's not going to happen. We closed that gap; we created a tool. They have all of that. What is said to be overlaid here?

AR 60

AR Machine Learning Augmented Reality Technology 60

VRScout

MARCH 6, 2017

Florida-based edtech company Nearpod announced a $21M Series B funding round to accelerate the growth of their tech that aims to transform mobile devices into learning devices in classrooms. schools are already using Nearpod’s interactive learning tools, and the added cash will help grow their virtual reality offerings.

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Los Angeles Virtual Reality Microsoft 152

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The platform enables enterprises to look at training and assessment in a completely different way, providing the tools to help maximize human performance, resulting in a more engaged, better equipped and safer workforce. Alan: As part of my trip last week to Orlando, I got to go to the University of Central Florida’s learning lab.

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Training Machine Learning Immersion Technology 78

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The platform enables enterprises to look at training and assessment in a completely different way, providing the tools to help maximize human performance, resulting in a more engaged, better equipped and safer workforce. Alan: As part of my trip last week to Orlando, I got to go to the University of Central Florida’s learning lab.

Training 78

Training Machine Learning Immersion Technology 78

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The platform enables enterprises to look at training and assessment in a completely different way, providing the tools to help maximize human performance, resulting in a more engaged, better equipped and safer workforce. Alan: As part of my trip last week to Orlando, I got to go to the University of Central Florida’s learning lab.

Training 60

Training Machine Learning Immersion Technology 60

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The platform enables enterprises to look at training and assessment in a completely different way, providing the tools to help maximize human performance, resulting in a more engaged, better equipped and safer workforce. Alan: As part of my trip last week to Orlando, I got to go to the University of Central Florida's learning lab.

Immersion 60

Immersion Training Machine Learning Technology 60

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The platform enables enterprises to look at training and assessment in a completely different way, providing the tools to help maximize human performance, resulting in a more engaged, better equipped and safer workforce. Alan: As part of my trip last week to Orlando, I got to go to the University of Central Florida's learning lab.

Training 60

Training Machine Learning Technology Data 60

XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They’re a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences. Like, “Unity 101: here’s how to make a model.” So, yes, we do work with people with ideas for games, entertainment, and productivity tools.

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Training Education North America Unity 78

XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They’re a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences. Like, “Unity 101: here’s how to make a model.” So, yes, we do work with people with ideas for games, entertainment, and productivity tools.

Training 78

Training Education North America Unity 78

XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They're a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences. Like, "Unity 101: here's how to make a model." So, yes, we do work with people with ideas for games, entertainment, and productivity tools. Alan: So how did you begin?

Training 60

Training Education North America Unity 60

XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They're a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences. Like, "Unity 101: here's how to make a model." So, yes, we do work with people with ideas for games, entertainment, and productivity tools. Alan: So how did you begin?

Training 60

Training Education North America Unity 60