The Ghost Howls

MARCH 22, 2022

It was even featured on Google News. Image by Google). Google acquires micro-LED startup Raxium. This week Google has performed another strategic move towards the development of its future XR glasses. Micro-LEDs are an important technology, especially for building AR glasses. Other relevant news.

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ARPost

MARCH 2, 2021

The rapid development of technology could not but affect the educational process. Although virtual reality technology is not that new, it is being used in education since relatively recently. There are several reasons for the spread of virtual reality technology in education: Reduced price of technical equipment. Visibility.

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 8, 2018

We need to ask ourselves not only what computers can do, but what they should do,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in his opening keynote at Build. These advancements create incredible developer opportunity and also come with a responsibility to ensure the technology we build is trusted and benefits all.”. Kinect gets a Second Life.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 29, 2023

AI is, without question, a powerful force within the technology industry. OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT, now operates partially under Microsoft, bringing a mass wave of developmental resources to the conversational AI space – especially for enterprises with the rise of CoPilot. What is Google’s Project Starline?

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In this guide, we’ll discuss the details of augmented reality development in 2022, including the choice of technologies and the development flow. The camera uses the patterns on the actual book as a reference to display the AR content, a technology that is often used today on Snapchat and Instagram. This is how location-based AR works.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 22, 2024

Zuck’s genius move before Google I/O I was kinda shocked reading this piece of news, but I was also quite happy because I’m all in for open platforms, and seeing finally Meta breaking the walls of its walled garden is for me a good thing. And with the operating system comes also Meta’s store.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 9, 2023

Microsoft has picked volumetric video company Arcturus as its primary marketing partner for its Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Studios (MRCS) solution provider. Announced on Monday at the SIGGRAPH 2023 event , the partnership will offer content creators a trove of solutions for their volumetric video needs.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 2, 2023

Several companies from both verticals have begun exploring immersive video features across communications platforms. BlueJeans has remained a longstanding partner of immersive solutions providers like Microsoft, Vuzix, Magic Leap, Mootup, and Google Glass Enterprise. Many organisations are investing in these technologies.

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Upload VR

APRIL 22, 2024

They'll have access to the same core software and platform services as Meta Quest headsets, including Meta's tracking and mixed reality technology and store. A headset "fully focused on immersive entertainment like watching movies and videos with the highest resolution OLED screens." And if so will it be Meta, or Google?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Alongside Apple’s XR device debut, other firms, from Zoom to Microsoft, are jumping on the spatial computing bandwagon. First adopters of Vision Pro users can access Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and Loop, complete with integrated Co-Pilot features, starting tomorrow. VR|MR 2024 wrapped up this week.

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Road to VR

JUNE 9, 2017

Augmented Reality has played a huge role at the developer conferences for Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, and Google, which is a great sign that the industry is moving towards spatially-aware computing. I also compare and contrast the recent AR announcements from Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook in my wrap-up.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) for AltspaceVR. Microsoft again, because some time ago they bought AltspaceVR , a VR social platform that was on the verge of bankruptcy. A very important part in the adoption of immersive technologies will be played by infrastructure. Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) and Google (Nasdaq: GOOGL) for Servers.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 14, 2023

The European Commission has hit Google with fresh accusations of violating its antitrust laws, citing favouritism for the latter’s own advert services over rival firms. According to the Commission’s statement , Google abused its position over the last nine years by offering better treatment to its AdX exchange.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2022

One such platform, the Microsoft Reactor meetup, has united many thought leaders, tech giants, and organisations as a guiding compass for the growing community of technology enthusiasts, developers, journalists, and even senior executives. Excellent @Microsoft Reactor #meetup in #London with @VR2AR , Alexander Karim, and @seanmtracey.

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The AR Show

MARCH 14, 2023

The Lynx R1 offers a unique VR device with good video-passthrough of the real world to create mixed reality experiences. As he finished his university education, he embarked on the journey to establish the leading European mixed reality hardware technology company.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

Now, let’s consider the key takeaways related to AR, VR and 360 ° content and review how they will influence the mass market adoption of those immersive technologies. At last year’s F8, the key focus was on Messenger and, to a certain extent, Live video. Augmented Reality. This year, the star of the show was Augmented Reality.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Microsoft’s play for command of next generation personal computing can be seen today with the announcement of a series of Windows-powered VR headsets starting at $300. This is not the case with the headsets on the way from Microsoft’s partners. “The strategy has become clear.

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ARPost

JANUARY 29, 2021

In 2014, Google Glass launched–to much fanfare, and nascent jokes online–quickly followed by the original Microsoft HoloLens. But the technology didn’t crack the mainstream in entertainment the way many tech observers had predicted. Onboarding in those capacities lagged behind. With Isolation Came Innovation.

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ARPost

MARCH 12, 2021

No one could have guessed the ways it would revolutionize the world around us, from ordering food, to streaming videos. Multiple technologies combined to fundamentally change the way people and organizations go about their lives. In the early 1980s, no one could have predicted how the Internet would eventually come to rule our lives.

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AR Insider

MAY 21, 2021

That could be wayfinding with Google Live View , geospatial gaming experiences from Niantic, or location-specific social AR experiences like Snap’s Local Lenses. We’re featuring the video and takeaways for this week’s XR Talks, starting in Part I with an analyst presentation from AR Insder’s own Mike Boland.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The smartphone was a seismic shift for the technology industry, creating entirely new business models — apps became $100 billion companies — while replacing everything from digital cameras to in-car GPS systems. The tech industry’s next bet is a series of technologies usually called augmented reality (AR) or mixed reality.

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ARPost

APRIL 11, 2023

AR and VR are two of the most promising technologies of the modern era. However, these technologies have taken a long time to reach their full potential. Virtual Try-On Technology Virtual try-on technology to see how products look on shoppers like on the Sephora Snapchat page. A case in point is Gucci.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

It’s been pivotal in aiding remote experts during COVID-19, for example, allowing them to view the physical world in video and annotate objects during video calls. But, with the pandemic accelerating interest in augmented and virtual-related technologies, this figure might have underestimated the potential growth. Healthcare.

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Road to VR

JUNE 28, 2021

NVIDIA’s CloudXR technology is designed to provide real-time XR cloud streaming, which aims to remove the need for local high-end PC rendering hardware. Although it’s been two years since the company first publicly demoed the technology , Nvidia appears to be making good headway.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The video game industry is a source of constant innovation, with many of its breakthrough technologies being adopted by the business world. So here are some of the ways we can expect the $350 billion video game industry to evolve in 2024, bringing us greater immersion, more realistic experiences, and, most of all, fun!

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Efforts to construct and expand the Metaverse were sparked by Meta Platform’s major pivot in October, which saw Microsoft, NVIDIA, HTC VIVE, Qualcomm, Google, Varjo, and dozens of other tech giants enter the race for prime positioning to build the virtual and connected world. Immersive Media. Meta Horizons. Virtual Reality.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Microsoft Flight Simulator releases VR patch. Microsoft Flight Simulator is now compatible with VR headsets : not only the HP Reverb G2 as initially teased but all the headsets that are compatible with OpenXR , so basically all the most famous devices. Google lets now everyone contribute to StreetView. Top news of the week.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 30, 2020

XR Talks is a series that features the best presentations and educational videos from the XR universe. It includes embedded video, narrative analysis and top takeaways. To celebrate its birthday, Inbar gathered and moderated a panel of leading thinkers at a recent AWE Nite NYC (video below). T he AR cloud has turned three.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

It was really interesting to see Microsoft pivot towards enterprise with the HoloLens and I think it was absolutely the right move for them to make Click To Tweet. That, in turn, allowed their partner developers to secure key contracts as they figured their way around the new technology.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Edward Miller and team have built a highly specialized technology in a technically-advanced area (see video below) that would take Facebook much more time to build. Google isn’t as acquisitive for AR cloud endeavors (“ Internet of Places “), which build from existing Google Images and Street View data.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

The Unity game engine is a versatile tool that developers, from beginners to those well-versed, utilize to fully realize their video game concepts. includes a collection of new enhancements and also now comes Microsoft Hololens ready. Tagged with: development , game engine , HoloLens , microsoft , unity.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Pixvana , a cloud-based VR video company, today announced their much awaited solution for publishing and streaming 360 video, a platform that promises to deliver up to 10K resolution streaming playback from the cloud to your VR devices. Even 4K video spread across a 360-degree sphere leaves much to imagination.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

XR Talks is a series that features the best presentations and educational videos from the XR universe. It includes embedded video, as well as narrative analysis and top takeaways. For Google , it’s all about search, and boosting query volume with more user touchpoints. Speakers’ opinions are their own.

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ARPost

JANUARY 29, 2020

The nature of AR technology gives us the ability to experience and create exciting new opportunities, dramatically impacting the way we interact and communicate with one another, giving birth to new applications and hardware. We can now use our technology without even touching it. But, is there a market for them at the consumer level?

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GizModo VR

JUNE 7, 2021

The new Locked Folder in Google Photos, which the company debuted at its developer conference last month, is officially rolling out today. It’s part of the latest feature drop for Pixel users, which includes a new way to take a video of the night sky, plus better copy and paste in Gboard and a Digital Wellbeing mode… Read more.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 10, 2021

We’re now learning the great lengths Microsoft was willing to take to bring Xbox games to iPhones. The company reluctantly planned to bring exclusive triple-A Xbox titles to the App Store in the form of individual apps due to Apple’s requirements for games, but the deal fell through. Read more.

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Upload VR

JUNE 21, 2022

Open standards to accelerate the development of the metaverse will be the subject of discussion on a Zoom video call next month as members of the Metaverse Standards Forum meet for the first time.

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