The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 18, 2018

I’m very happy to talk about a very important event that will take place very soon in my city of Turin (Italy): the VIEW Conference. This is a list of some of the talks that have immediately caught my attention : Google Spotlight Stories team has always been able to create amazing short movies in VR (Image by Google Spotlight).

Conference 272

Conference Magic Leap Virtual Reality Italy 272

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Two days ago I was reading an interesting editorial about PSVR 2 by Scott Hayden, and my mind started wandering about the current moment of virtual reality, the stasis we live in, and our expectations for the upcoming headset. Google and Samsung Prototype of the Samsung XR headset. If you add VAT, in Italy it will cost €600.

Apple 394

Apple Samsung Eye Tracking Google 394

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.

Virtual Reality 518

Virtual Reality Trends China HTC 518

Road to VR

MARCH 17, 2021

A message uncovered by IGN Italy when plugging in a pair of wireless headphones into an Xbox Series X/S caused a stir in the VR community, as it seemingly alluded to some level of VR support baked into Xbox consoles. Microsoft says however that the error message was inaccurate, and that VR for Xbox is still not a happening.

Microsoft 337

Microsoft Italy Sony Virtual Reality 337

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

I’m back in Italy! More info Ubisoft to work on the sequel of Assassin’s Creed VR The most confusing news of the week comes from Insider Gaming, which reports that Ubisoft is already working on the sequel of Assassin’s Creed Nexus , which is the virtual reality game of the Assassin’s Creed saga.

Gaming 300

Gaming South Korea Sony Ukraine 300

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.

Virtual Reality 399

Virtual Reality China Government Industry 399

The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Probably I should tell you that I was busy with VR projects, but the truth is that I have been celebrating a lot lately, especially the recent victory of Italy in the Euro 2020 soccer championship. Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual has been released on the Oculus Quest. Netflix may be interested in the VR market.

Virtual Reality 345

Virtual Reality AR Augmented Reality Oculus 345

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

If I had to choose the most common question I’ve received in these 4 years on the blog, social media, and Quora, I would surely pick “How do I get started with virtual reality?” How I got started with virtual reality. This is how I got started with Virtual Reality development.

Virtual Reality 430

Virtual Reality Unity Course AR 430

The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2023

More info Whatsapp may be coming to Quest 2 According to a very recent rumor, WhatsApp will allow you to link your existing account to Meta’s Virtual Reality headset. We all joked about Samsung waiting for the Apple Vision Pro announcement to copy it, but according to some rumors, this is exactly what is happening.

Samsung 289

Samsung Survey Apple Ukraine 289

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.

China 386

China Government Italy Google 386

The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 22, 2023

More info (Quest 2 mosly out of stock) More info (VR had a great Black Friday in UK) More info (Quest 2 selling much better than PSVR 2) Pico 5 has been canceled, Pico 4 Plus not After last month’s layoffs, it seems that Bytedance is totally changing its plans related to virtual reality.

Machine Learning 325

Machine Learning Apple Virtual Reality Ukraine 325

The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

It’s been another interesting week in immersive realities, so let’s see what happened in our field in the past few days! Top news of the week (Image by Google) Samsung XR headset may have been delayed The new rumor in town is that Samsung has delayed its upcoming headset that it is building in partnership with Google and Qualcomm.

Samsung 206

Samsung Apple Las Vegas China 206

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.

Trends 253

Trends Ukraine Unity San Francisco 253

The Ghost Howls

JULY 1, 2022

I moved over from regular filmmaking into making virtual reality documentaries. What was interesting about virtual reality is that instead of bringing my characters or stories from other countries back to Europe, I was able to bring my audience in Europe over to the countries where I was filming and working. It sold out.

Filming 514

Filming Virtual Reality Europe Industry 514

The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2023

So the next 2–3 weeks are going to be crazy for me, so sorry if I will make the comments on the newsletter a bit shorter than usual. On the personal side, I’m a bit devasted by the flood that happened in central Italy.

Apple 301

Apple Magic Leap Machine Learning Samsung 301

Road to VR

AUGUST 29, 2016

Like Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ (2004), Jesus VR was filmed in Matera, Italy under the direction of Passion executive producer Enzo Sisti. “We are particularly pleased about the opportunity to present the first feature film in the world made entirely for virtual reality.

Filming 157

Filming Italy Samsung Virtual Reality 157

The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

This week I’ve anyway found the time to enjoy the artistic piece Finding Pandora X and to work on organizing my session at the Virtual Reality Day (more on this later on in this newsletter). Google releases the Objectron dataset. am: Gianluigi Perrone, VR storytelling (Italy) 11.30am?—?12pm:

Virtual Reality 356

Virtual Reality Haptic Oculus Japan 356

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

The mystery of Virtual Reality support on Xbox continues with a new chapter of the saga. When a journalist of IGN Italy was trying to install the new Xbox Wireless Headset on the platform, he was greeted with an Italian message saying “The VR goggle must be updated”. Google halves its revenues on the Play Store.

Sony 417

Sony Controllers AR Haptic 417

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

In Korea, a TV documentary has used virtual reality to make a mother meet again her daughter Nayeon , who died of blood cancer some months before. I had forecasted it in my predictions for augmented reality in 2020 : AR Cloud wars are starting. Let’s see how Apple and Google will answer. Other relevant news. Learn more.

Hand tracking 424

Hand tracking AR Augmented Reality Oculus 424

The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Well, it is not a problem of virtual reality, but of the whole tech sector , that has seen its investments decreasing a lot in 2020. This startup just exited from stealth mode, is like Google Maps but for the interior of shopping centers, offices, and other closed environments. but it is anyway interesting to read about.

Magic Leap 270

Magic Leap Healthcare Oculus AR 270

AllThingsVR

JUNE 16, 2016

Furthermore, the game has now been localized for Spain, Germany, Italy and France, with more localizations to be made in the coming months. You can also now watch a new 360 degree video for the game above, which helps to capture some of the immersion that VR provides when viewed through a Google Cardboard unit. Read more here.

Spain 70

Spain Gaming Italy Germany 70

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 6, 2018

I’m back in Italy. Metaverse is the book written by the journalist and futurist Charlie Fink to explain the current status of virtual and augmented reality. If you don’t know who Charlie Fink is, well, open Google and start looking for some of his online posts. “This book is out of date.

Augmented Reality 150

Augmented Reality AR China Italy 150

The Ghost Howls

JULY 19, 2021

It’s a nice summer day here in Italy, and I hope things for all of you are going well. On a separate news, Facebook has hired Joshua To, a previous key AR/VR director from Google who worked on AR/VR projects like Lens and Daydream and that will help FRL in its AR efforts. Top news of the week.

AR 505

AR Technology Data Gaming 505

The Ghost Howls

MAY 28, 2018

Enea Le Fons is the epic guy of #30DaysInVR : he spent 30 days inside a virtual reality headset to help to shape an open and better future for virtual reality. I also used Google TiltBrush for sketching and Blocks to create low-poly environments for Vive Focus. More collaboration and openness is key!

Architecture 150

Architecture Unreal Virtual Reality Software 150

ARPost

JANUARY 12, 2022

However, new technologies like augmented and virtual reality have bridged the gap between the need to stay at home and the wish to continue exploring the world. You may not be able to travel to Italy to see it in person, but thanks to detailed VR museum tours organized by Musei Vaticani, you can see each fresco in crisp detail.

Examples 478

Examples Vatican City Russia Italy 478

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Coronavirus is back in Italy and from yesterday we’re having new restrictions like a night curfew, some kind of shops closed, etc… I hope that you and the people you love are safe. These will be complicated weeks, and I hope that we’ll be able to go through them together.

HTC 392

HTC Oculus Conference China 392

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Someone invokes saviors like Google and Amazon, but even if they managed to succeed, they are other data-harvesting companies , so in any case, we are f**ked. You can read the interview by clicking the links here below! Interview in Italian Interview in English. Some XR fun. Here you are some cool memes about the new Facebook login policy!

Unreal 423

Unreal Apple Government Data 423

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

This week, the company has announced it is going to hire additional 10,000 people to help in developing the m verse , and all these new hires will happen in the Europen Union , and in particular, inside Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, the Netherlands and Ireland . NVIDIA CloudXR is now available on Google Cloud.

Magic Leap 488

Magic Leap HTC Training Virtual Reality 488

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

Google AR Cloud Streaming. Google has partnered with FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles… do you know that Fiat is from my city in Italy?) In this version, the Jeep has 4K textures and tens of millions of polygons, and it gets rendered on Google servers and streamed very fast to your smartphone. Pollen Robotics.

AR 477

AR Google Augmented Reality Course 477

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2022

Today, while I’m packing my stuff up to go back to Italy, I want to tell you a few words about my experience there, and if I think it has been worth going. I was not so sure I wanted to go, because from Italy to Austin is a long trip, but I decided to try this new adventure… and well, I’m more than happy of having done that.

Austin 474

Austin Texas Italy Industry 474

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The damn coronavirus continues to impact all our lives: the fact that many countries are applying restrictions on flights to and from Italy is, for example, creating various nuisances to my job. Coronavirus impacts headsets production and kills F8 and GDC. Facebook acquires Sanzaru Games. The details of the deal are unknown.

Hand tracking 231

Hand tracking AR Oculus HTC 231

XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

So we were very early adopters of virtual reality already in that period. We’ve had quite a few ups and downs in virtual reality. And virtual reality/augmented reality proves to be very efficient there. We’ve just done one in Bologna in Italy. Alan: We’re talking 20 years.

AR 78

AR Machine Learning Government Virtual Reality 78

XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

So we were very early adopters of virtual reality already in that period. We’ve had quite a few ups and downs in virtual reality. And virtual reality/augmented reality proves to be very efficient there. We’ve just done one in Bologna in Italy. Alan: We’re talking 20 years.

AR 78

AR Machine Learning Government Virtual Reality 78

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Two days ago, I’ve given you my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 (read it, in case you missed it). Now it’s time to make some forecasts about its companion technology, that is augmented reality! This commercial video about Google Glasses led me to immersive realities.

Augmented Reality 475

Augmented Reality Magic Leap AR Apple 475

XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

So we were very early adopters of virtual reality already in that period. We've had quite a few ups and downs in virtual reality. '99 And virtual reality/augmented reality proves to be very efficient there. We've just done one in Bologna in Italy. Alan: We're talking 20 years.

AR 60

AR Machine Learning Government Virtual Reality 60

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).

Augmented Reality 381

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Apple Tools 381

The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

If you will be in Italy, please come visiting me! Image by Google). Google completely opensources Cardboard. With a surprise move, Google has announced with a blog post that it ha opensourced completely Cardboard. Google has already abandoned all its VR projects (e.g. Top news of the week.

Augmented Reality 162

Augmented Reality Google Machine Learning AR 162