The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

The more we go on, the more we have tools to scan our environments, and in the future, scanning real worlds and entering their digitized copies (maybe modified) will be normal like sending a Whatsapp message. More info (Google Lens) More info (AR copy to Photoshop) More info (VROOM). The future of world scanning has just begun.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Viveport is improving a lot, and now HTC is also launching the Vive XR Suite , which will be distributed thanks to the support of a strong network of partners like HP, NVIDIA, Baidu (the Chinese Google), and Accenture. Sony will give PS4 camera adapters for PS5 for free. Sony has answered this question in the weekend.

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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! Happy birthday, Oculus Quest! It’s all very cool.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

The company has a free AR smartphone app that reacts to ‘zapcodes’, along with their flagship content creation tool ZapWorks. PSVR’S SALES NUMBERS REVEALED AS A PLEASANT SURPRISE TO SONY. QUALCOMM’S REFERENCE VR HEADSET ADDS HAND TRACKING AND MORE. THE NBA RELEASES THEIR FIRST VR APP ON GOOGLE DAYDREAM.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

PlayStation VR 2 Logo (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Of course, the object must be in the FOV of the cameras of the headset to be tracked, even if HTC says that the tracking can somewhat continue also when this condition is not true (i guess using just IMU data). Now let’s dig into the best news! Road To VR.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Image by Sony). Sony believes in VR, and we definitely believe at some point in the future, VR will represent a meaningful component of interactive entertainment. So, PSVR2 probably won’t launch before 2022 : Sony can afford that also because it has no competition in the console VR space , so there is no need to rush.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

Luckily there is AR that is still strong, and we can hope to wear Google AR glasses soon… ah no, they are dead too. The most interesting ones for me are related to hand tacking. Meta Quest will receive Hand Tracking 2.2, Ah no, not even that because also Twitter is dead. Long story short, this week has been a cemetery.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

On the other side, this is massive for Apple, that mixing the data of Apple Maps together with all these point clouds detected by the rear cameras when in use, will be able to create an AR Cloud ecosystem probably even before Facebook, Microsoft, and Google. Let’s see if Facebook will be a worthier opponent than Google. Image by Acer).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

This is a framework that introduces many facilities for applications employing hands tracking: for instance, it makes sure that the hands of the user adapt dynamically to the shape of the object they are holding. Sony acquires Bungie and thinks about Capcom. Record VR games in VR format. Learn more (OpenBrush reaching v1.0)

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

My favorite ones have been: Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed that the next PSVR headset will be called PSVR 2 and will feature 2K x 2K per eye, up to 120 Hz framerate, and 110° FOV. It will be the first consumer headset with eye-tracking and foveated rendering, and also the first one to feature haptics directly on the headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google killed its AR glasses Project Iris Do you remember the name Project Iris? Various reports indicated it as the internal codename in Google for a project meant to build augmented reality glasses. It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2022

This openness reflects also on the hardware side, where Pico has just announced a partnership with Ultraleap to bring its hand-tracking device to Pico via an adapter. Meta starts offering monetization tools in Horizon Worlds, but with a big toll. Meta starts offering monetization tools in Horizon Worlds, but with a big toll.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

A pair of “Sony type NP-BX1” compatible Li-Ion batteries and a USB charging cradle cost less than £20. Google searches are very revealing. These are a common “Sony type” called BXP-01 used in many digital cameras. Pimax 8K Kickstarter campaign (Image by Pimax on Kickstarter, provided by Rob Cole). dimensions (mm): W29.9

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Horizon World is more or less what we all expect from it: a clone of RecRoom with intuitive and simple creation tools, that at the moment let you just add basic geometric shape and some logic. Image by Sony). Sony shows prototype headset with dual 4K display. News worth a mention. The m**averse hype is attracting investors.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Sony is reported to launch a mobile VR headset. According to Xperia Blog, Sony is going to launch a mobile VR headset working out of Sony phones. It sounds kinda absurd and it makes me feel like in 2016 again, but there must be a reason if Sony plans to do such a revival. Google is still into XR.

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