The Ghost Howls

MAY 14, 2023

Last week, Google delivered its most important event of the year, the Google I/O. Of course, AI has been the star of the show , with the public release of Google Bard and the announcement of a new language model, but there have been also interesting pieces of news about XR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2024

More info (HTC Face Tracking add-on — Road To VR) More info (HTC Face Tracking add-on — Upload VR) Google lays off people in the AR Hardware division Like many tech companies lately, Google is performing a round of layoffs in its hardware teams. This does not mean that Google is not still committed to AR, though.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Virtual reality is enabling fans to watch their favorite teams from the point-of-view previously only reserved for Spike Lee, Jack Nicholson, or the coaches. NextVR is powering virtual reality broadcasts in the NBA and highlights in the NFL (Roger Goodell’s NFL is notoriously strict about content).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 6, 2020

Mixing these two kinds of lenses and having the screen being not a traditional one, but a special laser-emitting screen , the result is the one of a virtual reality headset that is very thin, light, and comfortable. Google acquires North. Update your Quest and try them today! News worth a mention. Image by Torch).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2018

In early 2016, I run into a paper from a professor at Caltech that was talking about data visualization in virtual reality and that blew my mind. So, for instance, I could take two buildings in Miami and make them fly in the air… and all the other people participating in the game would see them as flying.

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