The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

We are at the beginning of March and I just realized that I haven’t written yet a post with my predictions for augmented and virtual reality for this year. The last cycle before this one was the Quest one, which started to make virtual reality known to the mainstream audience for what concerns games and fitness.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 17, 2017

” This is the tagline accompanying the shadowy image of a brand new virtual reality headset that was unveiled today from the manufacturers of the popular Vive VR system: HTC. Just pick it up, put it on and be fully immersed in your new reality.” “No Phone. Standalone VR.”

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Image by Google). Google is reportedly working on an AR operating system. In some of my past newsletters, I warned you that we shouldn’t forget about Google/Alphabet in the race to our mixed reality future. Now we have finally an official confirmation of the fact that Google is working on an AR device. Tilt Brush).

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Road to VR

MAY 23, 2017

Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information, and so they’ve been long-time advocates for the open web. At Google I/O last week, the company announced that they’ll soon be shipping Google Chrome for Android with WebVR , and that they’re going to start experimental builds for WebAR.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 1, 2020

I used to refer to this list each time I came across a term, but didn’t remember what it meant exactly. refers to any 3D model. Augmented Reality (AR) ?—?a refers to the accumulation of potential motion tracking error. Top 10 Movies that Got Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Righ Edit-time ?—?when

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ARVR

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Metaverse technology, even though still at the very early stage of development, is the expansion of our physical world into a unified, interactive, and fully immersive virtual platform. People interact with one another through virtual avatars in the 3D simulated space. Firstly, what is Metaverse photography? How does this work?

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VRScout

MAY 10, 2019

Each immersive news story will contain first-hand 360-degree coverage of several different events and scenes that are otherwise unreachable to the average viewer using traditional media. For quick reference, the release order looks like this: “ Enter North Korea ,” – May 9. “ An Ordinary Day in North Korea ,” – May 23.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

But hey, let me play this game anyway, so here you are my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 based on the trends and the anticipations that we had at the end of 2020! Also, the awareness has grown , because every gamer knew about Alyx, and so about virtual reality.

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ARVR

MAY 13, 2021

BigQuery from Google Cloud has many powerful features that allow users to view their data in real-time, providing continual up-to-date information to help guide business decisions. It integrates seamlessly with the Google Cloud AI platform and other tools like Data Studio. The device uses Google’s Cloud Healthcare API.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 19, 2023

XR finds a keen home in training and learning thanks to the technology’s unique ability to create immersive spatial environments for trainees that can cover a broad number of use cases. Immersive training has been proven to be effective. We need access to the best technologies to help overcome what is currently in motion.

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XROM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

As more customers come online for a safe, convenient shopping experience, immersive experiences promise to elevate the customer journey from discovery to purchase. In this story, we break down how Flipkart Camera is making an AR-enabled, immersive shopping experience accessible to Flipkart’s 350 million customers. It was the year 2016.

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VRScout

MARCH 23, 2017

This is the first piece in an ongoing series about writing, storytelling, and critique in VR, in partnership with Galatea , a writing and narrative design management tool for immersive stories. The simplest way I can explain it is to reference an idea I proposed in, “ Sure, VR Is A Storytelling Revolution… But How?

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ARVR

MARCH 16, 2023

Paraphrasing, he said that advertising on Facebook is like advertising at a party… while advertising on Google is like advertising at a store. Google has natural advantages with both. But Google isn’t alone… a handful of other players enjoy high user intent. Ready’s reference to computer vision is a key element.

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ARVR

JULY 29, 2021

During the last few years, web developers have tried to integrate virtual reality experiences on websites, starting in 2016 with the first WebVR API, but leaving aside the important segment of augmented reality, which is why WebXR was born. How Augmented Reality (AR) is Reshaping the Food Service Industry 3.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2020

It is the final newsletter of the year, so… see you in 2021, a new year that I hope will be filled with many interesting news about immersive realities! The 3D maps of the terrain below you are very accurate, and people can so see in VR a realistic view of the cities from the above, and this is breathtaking scenery in virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

We all know that China is a country that is betting big on Virtual Reality. Some days ago, the Chinese government has released a document that states how China really wants to commit to VR , how wants the ecosystem to grow well and fast and how also wants to lead the world for what concerns virtual reality. Introduction.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Immersive technologies like VR and AR have shown promising potential, but stayed relatively niche throughout the last years. VR stands for Virtual Reality and relates to an artificial environment that completely replaces the real world. The First No-Headset Virtual Monitor 3. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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Mashable VR

MAY 12, 2022

Less than 24 hours after Google shared a small preview of its in-development AR glasses , Mark Zuckerberg shared a 56-second clip to his Facebook page, giving users a "first look at mixed reality." The term mixed reality refers to a combination of augmented reality with the immersiveness of virtual reality.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 23, 2020

VR Days Europe consists of two main components – the tentative live event in Amsterdam limited to 200 attendees, and the online offerings collectively referred to as “New Horizons.” If you don’t attend the event (in-person or virtually) you can still order the magazine for $18. Immersive Funding Market. The Church of VR.

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Road to VR

APRIL 12, 2018

The open metaverse is going to be built on web standards like the WebXR Device API (formly WebVR), but the larger community of web developers has been waiting to fully commit to building immersive WebVR experiences until there’s universal support in all web browsers. 537: Brandon Jones at Google I/O 2017. Support Voices of VR.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The Verge started referring to them as the new “Glassholes”, the term that was invented to describe people wearing Google Glass in public, when that device was popular. I understand the fun of doing stuff with passthrough: when the Vive Focus came out, I did some stuff like that, too. There are many other examples of that.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In 2016 the immersive technology was globally used through the app Pokemon GO. Big names such as Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Google are rapidly developing the technology, making it accessible to many industries. Apple and Google played big roles in this. Augmented reality for maintenance and repair 4.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

One track involves purely virtual and immersive worlds, partly accessed through VR. We also sometimes refer to this as the metavearth , and it aligns with the already-existing principle of the AR cloud. This is what we call the “Internet of places,” and Google is well-positioned given its knowledge graph.

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ARVR

MARCH 9, 2022

Virtual Reality and The Future of Remote Assistance for Businesses Unless you live under a rock, you’ve probably been a part of at least one conversation regarding augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) in recent years. Firstly, What Exactly is Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

This week in XR has seen the launch of the first standalone MR headset, plus a lot of interesting news and articles about immersive realities. French startup Lynx has finally unveiled the R1, the first mixed reality standalone headset. I’m of course referring to the Dead and Buried demo showcased at OC5. Image by Lynx).

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ARVR

MARCH 5, 2021

This article is a brief collection of readings, set in an overall commentary about virtual reality, primarily intended as a backgrounder for semi-old friends and colleagues who may be interested. Virtual Reality is a medium, or a media technology. The goal of Virtual Reality, VR, is the other end of the spectrum?—?full

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 1, 2022

The immersive and real-time aspects of a genuine metaverse may revolutionize a variety of human activities, including gaming, social interactions, eCommerce, entertainment, and e-sports. Spatial computing refers to a technology solution that combines virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) to provide a high level of authenticity.

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VRScout

JULY 11, 2017

Google wants you to play with Blocks, this smartphone wants you to get rid of your headset, a new marketplace connecting content creators with funding, the price of the Oculus Rift is slashed, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. GOOGLE WANTS YOU TO PLAY WITH BLOCKS. THIS SMARTPHONE WANTS TO MAKE HEADSETS OBSOLETE.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 29, 2021

That could be wayfinding with Google Live View , or visual search with Google Lens. As you can tell from the above examples, Google will have a key stake in this “Internet of Places.” It broadly refers to digital domains that host synchronous interaction between placeshifted participants. But it’s not alone.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Facebook knows that the metaverse is like the Internet, it has no owner, but what companies can do is build tools and infrastructure for it that become popular, that become new de-facto standards: Google doesn’t own the internet, but it is an invaluable tool for the Internet, and the Internet as we know it wouldn’t exist without Google.

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AllThingsVR

APRIL 26, 2017

VR Camera Wars: Facebook VS Google On day two of Facebook’s F8 conference, Facebook’s CTO Mike Schroepfer showed off designs for two new 360 cameras that the company is going to help push to market. The conceptual idea, sometimes referred to as volumetric capture, has been heralded for some time as a major milestone for VR.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Starbreeze, Acer and the StarVR team are celebrating a milestone this week as the very first headsets, sporting a unique 210 degree field of view, have rolled off the production line and are winging their way to IMAX, who’ll be using them to wow customers with new immersive content to be shown at IMAX venues.

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ARVR

APRIL 27, 2022

As you’ll be spending most of your time in the Metaverse (your computer & iPhone will already be replaced by iGlasses soon), it’s not hard to estimate that you’ll also want to do your daily shopping within the same experience maybe followed by fully immersive gaming. Doesn’t it sound like the replica of your life?

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VRWorld

MAY 18, 2017

At its annual developer conference called I/O, Google announced standalone VR headsets for the Daydream VR platform, the first of which will be made by HTC and Lenovo. The company worked with Qualcomm to create a reference design for these headsets, though it is not clear when this collaboration started.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

According to the very famous market analysis company Gartner, Augmented Reality is no more an “emerging” technology, but it has graduated as a mature one. The fact that all immersive technologies have been flagged as mature by it means that many more companies will believe in their potential and will want to implement them.

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ARVR

JUNE 9, 2021

Since the launch of the first version of Hololens , until today, the Redmond company has been able to create a functioning ecosystem of software and hardware, which has made Hololens the reference AR device for the Enterprise , while it has never coveted to become a Consumer product. link] Don’t forget to give us your ?? !

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 3, 2017

More than 70 virtual and argumented reality companies will showcase their products, innovations and demos at CES 2017, starting this Thursday in Las Vegas. Dacuda and ZEISS will be showcasing the world’s first mobile room-scale virtual reality system that uses standard mobile phones on the ZEISS VR One headset. .

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