ARPost

MARCH 3, 2020

Expeditions Pioneer Program by Google. Google helps tackle the latter with its Expeditions Pioneer Program. Below is a sneak peek of Google’s experiment at Andersen Middle School, where they pioneered their program. ?. Teachers and staff learn how to use Google’s Expeditions app and ARCore (for Android) or ARKit (for iOS).

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Bernard Marr

JANUARY 4, 2023

They can also host and join virtual meetings, by inviting other users to form groups. It's also possible to arrange and schedule meetings via familiar office tools like Microsoft Outlook and Google Calendar and to host people without VR headsets in meetings by inviting them to log in through a web app.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 28, 2023

There is not only the problem of the timezone but also the unknown of the internet connection and the inability of reaching Western websites like Google. While still in Italy, I verified that Microsoft Teams, Unity, and Github were accessible from China. People will understand. I would never suggest something different to you.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

A group of cartoon-looking androids, buzzing with anticipation, enter the large assembly hall. Morgan Mercer // Vantage Point (Los Angeles, CA) – immersive training tools for corporate HR departments who are aiming to effectively train their employees on how to prevent and solve workplace issues like sexual harassment.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

This is a pretty extreme pivot, and it is causing internal turmoil inside all the Meta group: the company is suggesting many people from Facebook and Instagram join Reality Labs instead , or it is promoting people working on social media to have also metaverse roles. It makes totally sense. Some updates on Meta products.

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ARVR

JULY 9, 2020

70s : Group of researchers at different organizations, such as NASA, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of North Carolina, continued research in computer graphics and virtual reality (Krevelen, 2010). How to use subtle AR filters to survive your Zoom meetings? 2000s : First outdoor mobile AR game ARQuake.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

I truly hope this can be useful for all of you in the XR community… How to read this post. Breakout groups : We’ve introduced the ability for teams to shift from a big group presentation into smaller discussions in the same room for more active brainstorming. Partnership with Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 20, 2021

Connecting people, making you joining a group, making you have new friends… is only what it does (very well) to keep you hooked to the platform, so that it can analyze your data and sell you better ads. This is typical of every big corporate, that has many marketers that think about how to propose something in the best way possible.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2018

While we wait for the OpenXR initiative by Khronos Group (working together with some of the biggest companies in the VR scene) to be released, we developers have very few options to develop multi-platform VR applications on PC. so we can better understand how things work in the background when a VR scene gets rendered in the HMD with OpenVR.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Mr. Mike Powell, he is the head of the Microsoft Garage and the author of “Age of Smart Information,” a new book about how artificial intelligence and spatial computing will transform the way we communicate forever. And we don’t know how to start training people for jobs that don’t exist yet.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Mr. Mike Powell, he is the head of the Microsoft Garage and the author of “Age of Smart Information,” a new book about how artificial intelligence and spatial computing will transform the way we communicate forever. And we don’t know how to start training people for jobs that don’t exist yet.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 17, 2020

But it also includes Disney, Google Earth, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple. He first got the attention of Microsoft when blogging about the detriments of 3D immersive universes like Second Life. Secretly working on something similar, Microsoft brought him in to help. Nobody really knew what AR was.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The project is carried on by Microsoft which was given the monster contract of $22B to create this device by modifying its HoloLens glasses. The next step is about trying to integrate the glasses with cloud services, something about which Microsoft is a worldwide leader thanks to Azure.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 9, 2022

Google acquires Raxium. The news about Google being willing to acquire Raxium had been leaked a few weeks ago, but now it has become official. Snap has bought Compound Photonics, Meta has established a strategic partnership with Plessey), and Google has just done this important move, too. News worth a mention. Image by Meta).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Last week I teased how iOS 13 contained references to an AR glass dubbed “ Garta ” and to an AR launcher for apps called “Starboard”. A developer has found a readme file that explains how to launch AR apps on the iPhone so that they execute on an AR glass attached to the device. Google updates ARCore with Persistent Cloud Anchors.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The startup is pretty new, in fact, and its owner group is Megadodo, another unknown company that is working on an MMO game about which is difficult to find any information. PSVR is compatible with PS5, but the bad news is that PS4 Camera doesn’t work with PS5, so users were puzzled about how to use the old headset with the new console.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! This is the 150th Week Peek! Image taken from Facebook).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This year, the Immerse Global Summit is evolving thanks to a partnership with Synapse Orlando, a group dedicated to fostering innovation in Florida’s thriving tech community. Unity shared how digital twins were helping its customers unlock new levels of innovation. What is MetaCenter Global Week?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 30, 2023

” Smith explained: With Apple Vision Pro and spatial computing, I’ve truly seen how to start building for the boundless canvas — how to stop thinking about what fits on a screen and that will help us make better apps. The chief experience officer also added: Now we understand where to go.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Some of the biggest names in social impact will be in attendance, including: Participant Media, Conservation International, the Rainforest Alliance, Connect for Climate/World Bank, and the Milken Institute, as well as tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

It is one of the best AR glasses on the market (read my review here ) and it could be interesting to monitor its sales, to see how the market is receptive nowadays a similar AR solution. (Thanks Eloi Gerard for the tip). Image by Microsoft). Google halves its revenues on the Play Store. News worth a mention. Some XR fun.

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Bernard Marr

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

The book begins by highlighting Alphabet (parent company to Google) as a prime example of a company that is "all in on AI," with machine learning powering many of its popular services like search, Maps, Assistant, and Gmail. Unfortunately, not a lot has been written about how traditional companies have adopted AI. Why is this?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 30, 2017

The two day conference was packed with simultaneous, back-to-back presentations and workshops from industry leaders such as Microsoft, Google, AMD, The VOID, IMAX, Two Bit Circus, Secret Location, Globacore, Quantum Capture, The Canadian Film Centre, and many more.

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Ryan Schultz

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Yesterday, Google announced that their generative AI tool, called Google Bard, had been renamed to Gemini, and was now finally available in Canada ( The Globe and Mail newspaper provides some background on why there was a delay ). The cost of both these generative AI services is approximately the same, at US$20 per month.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2024

The recently released report noted how “Meta employees see the Quest and its software ecosystem emerging as a primary alternative to Apple in the space, filling the role played by Google’s Android in smartphones.” Latta also explained that “ the whole conference and event space is radically changing.”

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

While talking on WeChat on the XR Story group, an XR professional in China, Alex of Simfinity, has clarified that the situation in China is not easy, but until now it has not been much worse than what usually happens during Chinese New Year vacations when factories close for 2–4 weeks. Let’s see how Apple and Google will answer.

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ARVR

AUGUST 25, 2022

We can only expect that after apple releases their glasses at the end of 2023, according to MacRumors Apple Glasses: Everything We Know So Far And the second model of glasses in 2024/5, as we know, will cause the markets to start “coping “ them, and we can’t forget about the return of google glasses 2.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 12, 2022

The rumor that's floating right now around is mostly based on some chatter from GamesBeat's Jeff Grubb, who mentioned during a recent podcast that Microsoft is planning for an "E3-style" event in June. Other major names like Nintendo and Microsoft have also scaled back their presence in other ways.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the enormous influence in the XR industry, VRTUOLUO has set up dozens of industry communities (such as the Industry Executives Association, VR Game Developers Community, VR Education Community, Financing and Investment Community, Offline Entertainment Group, etc.) Why and how has it started?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 28, 2019

At worst, use Google Translate. Personally, I have made the first translation with Google Translate, then I asked my assistant Miss S to check and correct the translation. Since when you are in China it is more difficult to buy stuff (language barrier, Google services blocked, etc…), try to buy the most while you are at home.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The tech industry responded by rallying as a community and a group. With it, experts can see what you see to guide professionals with step-by-step work instructions via a micro display similar to Google Glass or Vuzix. Other devices from Magic Leap and Microsoft’s HoloLens headsets offer deeper levels of immersion.

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InstaVR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Virtual Reality (VR), by contrast, can be published across a wide range of devices (headsets like Oculus Go/Quest and Gear VR, phones, Google Cardboard, WebVR, and much more), is completely immersive, and doesn’t necessarily require a real-time data connection (ie can be run offline). Take for instance our client TUI Group.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

HP has fixed many of the visual problems of the headse t, and Microsoft has just released a patch on Windows 10 that aims at solving many visual issues of all WMR headsets (like Chromatic aberration). But honestly, I expected a bit more … it’s a bit weird that Microsoft hasn’t solved its biggest pain point yet. Image by Neos).

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ARVR

MARCH 5, 2021

Furthermore, my involvement is primarily confined to one particular social VR platform, AltspaceVR, owned by Microsoft, making most of my experience the product of a niche within a niche within a niche. Microsoft has been very active in this area for years and their video on the history of flight simulation is a good introduction.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop — a 3D physics multi-touch desktop — to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop — a 3D physics multi-touch desktop — to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 25, 2017

The game was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on 19 May 2015, and received critical acclaim. It is the sequel to 2014's Watch Dogs and was released worldwide for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows in November 2016. Watch Dogs 2. Mirror’s Edge Catalyst. Mass Effect: Andromeda.

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