XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Speaking earlier this year at the Microsoft Garage for the New York edition of The Creativity Conference was a pleasure. I also use technologies such as Epic Games’ Unreal Engine , motion capture (mocap), and Disguise Designer to produce my VNCCII XR stage shows. Additionally, Unreal Engine’s latest update , v5.3,

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

I think this is a very smart pricing strategy, because it more or less replicates the one of HoloLens 2, while undercutting it by $200 in its lowest tier. Microsoft Mixed Reality department is currently in a confused moment and it is not clear when, how, and if will ever reply to this device. Nano-tech wants to be the Nanite of Unity.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 22, 2022

” According to Epic Games’ Vice-President of Unreal Engine, Marc Petit , his enterprise’s goal was to build an open metaverse that “enriches humanity and is home to a thriving, fair ecosystem.” . — Metaverse Standards Forum (@Metaverse_Forum) June 21, 2022.

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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. A bizarre strategy, that doesn’t surprise me anymore, though. This is so sad. Who knows….

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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. Going Beyond Gaming. There’s no better example of this than the revolutionary entertainment experience, Fortnite.

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HaptX

MARCH 6, 2018

Kate Edwards shares a quality with many people in the game industry: She didn’t set out to work in games. Reflecting on her career and her time at the IGDA, she says that like many, she ended up in games after finishing a so-called “normal career.”. The common denominator is that we love games, and we have since we were kids.”.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Because it is true to say that, to date, it is the gaming consumer that has driven the success and growth of VR. Sahni also highlighted how new workplace applications are coming to Quest 3, including Microsoft Mesh, Windows 365, and Adobe High Five. But it is easy to overlook that business use.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

I hope that a future rumor clarifies a bit more what is Facebook’s strategy. (Thanks Alessio Palumbo for the tip!). You may wonder why: sales of VR headsets are going well like never before, and we have the best games ever (like Half-Life: Alyx ). Unreal Engine 4.25 Other relevant news. Image by Magic Leap). In its latest 4.25

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

This latest acquisition is another piece in a secretive strategy: over the past few years Snapchat has quietly acquired a couple of other potentially augmented reality-related companies as well as talent. The Seebright SDK also supports Unity and Unreal engines and is compatible with both iOS and Android.

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Road to VR

MAY 4, 2021

Epic Games, the creators of Unreal Engine, said it would consider building a launch title for Sony’s “next VR platform” during negotiations about Fortnite cross-play on PlayStation in 2018. And though Epic hasn’t made any VR games since then, it seems that in 2018 it was still ready and willing.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

So, the company has created this androgenic girl called Mica , which should be as close as possible to a real human, featuring a great visual quality (thanks to Unreal Engine) and credible eye movements and facial microexpressions. Yes, various games have been announced, but this is the true innovation proposed by the Florida company.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

This business strategy of selling to few people for a high price has completely sense , considering that all the device has been conceived to add all the features that could make it compelling mostly for professionals. Oculus is going to found big games. Robo Recall is still the best game for VR currently released (Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

I fell in love with computers (and computer games) at a very young age due to the influence of my father who is a neuro-physicist. After that, I headed for China to pursue my dream and headed marketing and strategy for the release of the Microsoft A.I. Do you have a custom game engine? Now a little bit about me.

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Robert Scoble

OCTOBER 4, 2019

It isn’t alone, we know of many companies that are spending billions on same, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Sony, Magic Leap, Huawei, and others. You can see this in today’s AR products (and despite what Microsoft or Magic Leap call their devices, they really are augmented reality devices that you wear on your face).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

More info (Getting started with VR) More info (Best 5 Quest games to start with). Apart from the hardware, Somnium is moving well also on the software side: the graphics of the virtual world is improving over time, and soon will be released the first game built on top of Somnium. Top news of the week. Image from Reddit). Image by CES).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The Metaverse relies on the ingenuity of firms capable of deploying serious gaming technologies to provide enterprises, clients, and users with interoperable, persistent, and secure immersive experiences. According to its website, Project Morpheus offers a suite of technology components to build “high-scale multiplayer games.”

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

And we work across the whole gamut of immersive tech, from 360 video -- which is less the flavor of the month now -- through to real time based experiences across Microsoft Hololens 2, and in AR. And alongside Hill+Knowlton Strategies, one of the WPP [Group] PR and strategy agencies. Daniel: [laughs] One of my crazy ideas.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

And we work across the whole gamut of immersive tech, from 360 video -- which is less the flavor of the month now -- through to real time based experiences across Microsoft Hololens 2, and in AR. And alongside Hill+Knowlton Strategies, one of the WPP [Group] PR and strategy agencies. Daniel: [laughs] One of my crazy ideas.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

And we work across the whole gamut of immersive tech, from 360 video -- which is less the flavor of the month now -- through to real time based experiences across Microsoft Hololens 2, and in AR. And alongside Hill+Knowlton Strategies, one of the WPP [Group] PR and strategy agencies. Daniel: [laughs] One of my crazy ideas.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 25, 2017

In 2016, the world-class graphics cards manufacturer Nvidia developed Nvidia Ansel, a screenshot software for taking in-game screenshots, most notably 360 panoramas, even if your games aren't in VR. Ansel is a compact program for taking in-game screenshots. What's Nvidia Ansel? link] Main features of Ansel. Watch Dogs 2.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Alan: So how do you then get people to learn how to do Unreal and Unity without teaching them? So the traditional way to do it is to use Unreal or Unity. Only instead of for games, you’re doing it for learning. So is, I think, Microsoft with Hololens.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Alan: So how do you then get people to learn how to do Unreal and Unity without teaching them? So the traditional way to do it is to use Unreal or Unity. Only instead of for games, you’re doing it for learning. So is, I think, Microsoft with Hololens.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

So you don't know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Alan: So how do you then get people to learn how to do Unreal and Unity without teaching them? So the traditional way to do it is to use Unreal or Unity. Only instead of for games, you're doing it for learning. So is, I think, Microsoft with Hololens.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

CEO Matt Miesnieks has been in the AR game since the beginning, and he says the best in the industry have always known the best, native use cases for the technology; the problem was for the technology to catch up to the use cases. So Microsoft said, “hey, let’s make it out-of-the-box useful.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

CEO Matt Miesnieks has been in the AR game since the beginning, and he says the best in the industry have always known the best, native use cases for the technology; the problem was for the technology to catch up to the use cases. So Microsoft said, “hey, let’s make it out-of-the-box useful.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So the virtual worlds that we know are now serving us in ways of gaming, which they always have. But now expanding that, that whole gaming idea and bringing it into retail. Our VP of Marketing and Strategy, Alex Colgan, will turn the tables and interview me on what happened in 2020 and what we can expect from 2021. Alan: 6D.ai

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So the virtual worlds that we know are now serving us in ways of gaming, which they always have. But now expanding that, that whole gaming idea and bringing it into retail. Our VP of Marketing and Strategy, Alex Colgan, will turn the tables and interview me on what happened in 2020 and what we can expect from 2021. Alan: 6D.ai

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

CEO Matt Miesnieks has been in the AR game since the beginning, and he says the best in the industry have always known the best, native use cases for the technology; the problem was for the technology to catch up to the use cases. So Microsoft said, “hey, let’s make it out-of-the-box useful.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So the virtual worlds that we know are now serving us in ways of gaming, which they always have. But now expanding that, that whole gaming idea and bringing it into retail. Our VP of Marketing and Strategy, Alex Colgan, will turn the tables and interview me on what happened in 2020 and what we can expect from 2021. Alan: 6D.ai

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2020

Outside VR, the big news to keep an eye on is the dispute between Epic Games and Apple (and Google), which could lead to a complete change in how app stores are managed, even in VR. The new graphics cards should feature a big boost of performance with respect to the previous RTX20 ones, and so could also give better performances in VR games.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

John is an award winning 28 year veteran of the digital industry, creating interactive experiences across augmented reality, virtual reality, video games, mobile apps and numerous high volume websites. HP and Microsoft, they’re running huge departments in this, just because they were early and learned how to do it.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

John is an award winning 28 year veteran of the digital industry, creating interactive experiences across augmented reality, virtual reality, video games, mobile apps and numerous high volume websites. HP and Microsoft, they’re running huge departments in this, just because they were early and learned how to do it.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

As a gamer, I definitely enjoy the fact that I can play a game, not be sitting the entire time, and afterwards, I’ve burnt 500 calories, and feel really good about it the next day. Michael: The boxing games are pretty popular, and I definitely have to mention Beat Saber. It’s a multiplayer game, kind of dodgeball.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

As a gamer, I definitely enjoy the fact that I can play a game, not be sitting the entire time, and afterwards, I’ve burnt 500 calories, and feel really good about it the next day. Michael: The boxing games are pretty popular, and I definitely have to mention Beat Saber. It’s a multiplayer game, kind of dodgeball.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

John is an award winning 28 year veteran of the digital industry, creating interactive experiences across augmented reality, virtual reality, video games, mobile apps and numerous high volume websites. HP and Microsoft, they're running huge departments in this, just because they were early and learned how to do it. John: Thanks, Alan.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

As a gamer, I definitely enjoy the fact that I can play a game, not be sitting the entire time, and afterwards, I've burnt 500 calories, and feel really good about it the next day. Michael: The boxing games are pretty popular, and I definitely have to mention Beat Saber. It's a multiplayer game, kind of dodgeball. Michael: Yep.

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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. The Venture Reality Fund has looked at over 5,000 startups in the space and invested in 40, including Beat Games, acquired by Facebook, and Rec Room, the first VR software Unicorn.

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