Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Image courtesy Google. Smartglasses are to glasses as smartwatches are to watches—that is, they’re a wearable device capable of presenting useful information to the user. Google Glass. Augmented reality is when digital information is presented as if exists in reality. Magic Leap One. Intel Vaunt.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 14, 2022

I will write a little report soon, in the meanwhile, you can enjoy a video of me riding a mechanical bull shot by Charlie Fink: [link]. Image by Magic Leap). First previews show Magic Leap 2 qualities. More info (Magic Leap 2 preview on The Verge) More info (Magic Leap 2 preview on CNET).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Unlike a VR headset, smart glasses focus on presenting an AR environment which overlays immersive visualizations upon a user’s location. Nreal, Meta, Magic Leap, and RealWear produce AR devices that suit consumer, enterprise, or industrial environments. The firm is also exploring new healthcare-related usage.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

JANUARY 31, 2024

The event sees leading XR firms such as Meta, Google, and Magic Leap actively participating in many of the event’s esteemed keynotes and exhibition spaces. Yesterday, Google and Mojo Vision representatives introduced the event, kicking off the monumental event with an opening keynote.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

” For Google, investments in AR are to drive search (visual search, mapping). Google will be the knowledge layer , just like its web index serves that purpose on the 2D web. Just like Magic Leap has the Magicverse , this is essentially Facebook’s flavor of the AR Cloud. to Oculus headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 8, 2023

On June, 1st, at 10 am PT, Meta is going to stream a presentation with a lot of news about upcoming titles or upgrades of existing titles for the Meta Quest. T he event will be presented by Oculus Studios Executive Producer Ruth Bram like last year, but introduce new pre-event and post-event sessions. This feature is not new.

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Upload VR

JULY 19, 2023

Apple reportedly postponed its full AR glasses “indefinitely” earlier this year, and Google reportedly killed its internal glasses project this year in favor of making the software for third parties instead. LCoS microdisplays were used in HoloLens 1 and are used today in Magic Leap 2.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The event featured leading XR firms, such as Google, Meta, and Magic Leap, with representatives from Google and Mojo Vision who introduced the event in an opening keynote. ” To stay on track with leading AR/VR/MR events, check out XR Today’s event list.

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ARPost

APRIL 29, 2021

Most AR headsets are compatible with video conferencing solutions, but not all of those headsets are listed here. the platform allows users to connect with one another via video conferencing and to connect with enabled IoT devices. To try to narrow things down, we deliberately excluded some adjacent topics. Currently in version 2.2,

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

I think that, after a year, its specifications don’t sound exceptional anymore and maybe it is better that LG jumps directly to a second generation or that enters the standalone market (as it seems, since there are some rumors about a new revolutionary headset screen developed by Google and LG). Magic Leap releases its SDK.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

Just like Magic Leap has the Magicverse , this is essentially Facebook’s flavor of the AR Cloud. Back to the Present. Sticking with cosmetics examples, Google recently announced that it acheived a 30 percent activation rate for AR try-ons that were offered to users during how-to YouTube videos.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

But this is no animated video and I’m not watching this on a screen. Instead I’m virtually inside a rendered auditorium with a large presentation screen behind me. Check out this short “flattie” video showcasing the 1st WXR Pitch Showcase, held in VR.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

For sure you all know HADO: even if you don’t remember the name, you have for sure seen one of those viral video where people with an AR headset on the head throw fireballs each other. Go on reading, I bet you will enjoy this journey into the present and the future of location-based augmented reality entertainment.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Just like Magic Leap has the Magicverse , this is essentially Facebook’s flavor of the AR Cloud. Back to the Present. Sticking with cosmetics examples, Google recently announced that it acheived a 30 percent activation rate for AR try-ons that were offered to users during how-to YouTube videos.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

Someone has already received it and has already shared on the social media videos of the Air Link in action. On the client side, the system will become compatible with iOS devices, and a Magic Leap client has also been developed. Google is hiring waveguide developers for AR. We have also a date for the launch: May, 11th.

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

Apple seems to be cornering the popular entertainment industry, with the acquisition of NextVR, as industry rivals such as Magic Leap focus on enterprise solutions. For example, the Google Cardboard headset is only $20 !!! By the way, all these softwares are free of charge! with sounds and mannerisms of a real audience.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 1, 2023

Ori Inbar, Founder, Super Ventures and Co-founder and CEO, AWE kicked off the event with a ChatGPT-powered avatar presentation. His presentation would set the tone for the resurging XR sector. Many have hosted panel discussions, demos, and presentations for the three-day event.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

How to get started with nReal development (and emulator) in Unity (Video tutorial). It’s a lot of topics: all you need to know to get started with nReal development in Unity … and you can find them in only one video, that you can watch here below! Android SDK. Some comments are in Doxygen format, that no one uses in C#.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

In the meanwhile, according to Upload, some stores like US retailer B&H Photo Video and UK retailer Overclockers have started delisting the Oculus Quest , that so appear like it is going to be discontinued pretty soon. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap now is worth a bit more than $450M. News worth a mention.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

One of the more surprising announcements during the presentation, Spatial Anchors serve as a way to share three-dimensional images compatible with Apple’s ARKit as well as Google’s ARCore. Microsoft wrapped up its presentation by outlining its commitment to fostering an open MR ecosystem. “We Spatial Anchors.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Some use cases that are presented, like realtime streaming of VR games, are still far away : streaming of desktop games has not proven yet to be a successful business, so streaming of VR games, that is even more difficult because of the low latency requirement, is something not so close in the future. Google Chrome adds supports for WebXR.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 11, 2016

That year saw San Francisco hosting not just the hippies and free love, but a very significant presentation was held. Engelbart sat in a custom designed console, where he drove his presentation through the NLS computer residing 30 miles away in his research lab at the Stanford Research Institute.

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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. According to an evidence presented by Epic Games, Apple has not only removed Fortnite from the Apple Store, but it has also revoked the status of developer to Epic Games.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 29, 2020

Google is going to buy North. A report says tha t Alphabet, the company behind Google, is in the last stages of the acquisition of North, the Canadian startup that makes the Focals smartglasses. Google adds depth APIs to ARCore. (Image by North). The deal should be in the price range of $180M.

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InstaVR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

There are some obvious big differences in AR & VR — Augmented Reality (AR) is still largely phone-based, mainly used for placing CGI objects over real-time video, and requires an always-on, strong internet connection. VR is used for a variety of things like employee training and sales presentations.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Instead, Stories includes dual 5 megapixel cameras on the temples that let you capture sterescopic video and still images. A single button on the right temple is used to start and stop 30-second video recordings, and take photos. Video camera: Minimum 1,184 x 1,184px@30fps. Image courtesy Ray-Ban, Facebook. Dual micro speakers.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 3, 2019

At the time, Vrvana’s chief product was a mixed-reality headset—however, rather than rely on a transparent “waveguide” display like those in the HoloLens or Magic Leap One, it used front-facing cameras to deliver passthrough video to the user.

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Robert Scoble

MARCH 10, 2019

It was built by Niantic Labs , a company that was started by the team behind Google Earth. So, to kick off the video series that our new Spatial Computing Agency, Infinite Retina , will do with business leaders in the space, we visited Niantic to talk with Ross Finman. They are patient and are taking a data vs flash approach.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap has sold units of its first device for $550. Magic Leap has decided to put on sale its remaining units of the Magic Leap 1, its previous device, for just $550 , which is something like a -75% discount on its standard retail price. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

It’s been 2 hours full of cool insights and you can watch all of them in the video here below: if you have the time, I assure you you won’t regret watching it! If you don’t have 2 hours, don’t worry, here below I have extracted the most interesting tidbits of the videos for you to enjoy! PRNewsfoto/BadVR).

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

While our current digital advertising presents a massive opportunity it has its limitations as it is stuck behind a pane of glass and in this confined to our time online. While not swapping anything out, Google is attempting to make the world an ad through its visual search app–Google Lens. The Evolution of Brand Ambassadors.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 18, 2024

Apple's passthrough magic might help explain why the industry is making such big shifts before this $3,500 spatial computer even ships. Saudi Arabia-owned Magic Leap took $500+ million more from the "sovereign" investment arm of the state to continue developing its technologies for transparent optical AR.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Video emerged this week showing Facebook’s Reality Labs lead Andrew Bosworth’s first-person perspective during family vacation. There are no AR graphics in the video, but it nonetheless demonstrates the camera-centric nature of Facebook’s prospective frames? See more details here. This is what we’ve been calling “lite AR.”

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Bob: You know, I guess from my perspective; I’m a longtime video gamer. One my the reasons I started looking at VR again in 2016 was because of that video gaming interest. Alan: Slicing fruit in VR is magical, and the fact that they have the haptic feedback to the controller is just… [implied Chef Kiss].

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Bob: You know, I guess from my perspective; I’m a longtime video gamer. One my the reasons I started looking at VR again in 2016 was because of that video gaming interest. Alan: Slicing fruit in VR is magical, and the fact that they have the haptic feedback to the controller is just… [implied Chef Kiss].

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

So instead of playing a video game and shooting everybody, you're enjoying a concert by Trevor Scott or whoever. They work on Oculus Quest, they work on the Magic Leap. You also have North being acquired by Google, so Google's making some strides there. Don't quote me on those numbers, I'll have to Google them.)

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

So instead of playing a video game and shooting everybody, you're enjoying a concert by Trevor Scott or whoever. They work on Oculus Quest, they work on the Magic Leap. You also have North being acquired by Google, so Google's making some strides there. Don't quote me on those numbers, I'll have to Google them.)

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