The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

On the server-side, it is being integrated with Microsoft Azure, and it is also coming in the future for Google Cloud and Tencent Cloud. NVIDIA DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) will be natively supported for HDRP in Unity 2021.2. Google is hiring waveguide developers for AR. HTC is going to launch its headset on May, 11th.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

This means that if you are in Google Earth VR in a green room where there is a friend of yours, you can see the city that you are visiting all around you, and the real image of your friend being there with you. More info (Camera Path and Google Drive backup) More info (Sketchfab exporting). Google MediaPipe can now track 3D objects.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

And these experiments about wireless headsets make us think that Valve is investigating the possibility of making the Index wireless (or even better, standalone), a feature that many users have asked for. (Thanks Ilja Z for the tip!). Google halves its revenues on the Play Store. Nreal Light is on sale in Germany. Some XR fun.

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AR Insider

MARCH 20, 2020

Visual search a la Google Lens will be opportune as it inherits the high-intent dynamics that make search a valuable ad medium. There will come a tipping point followed by accelerated adoption — just like in enterprise smartphone adoption — but that might not come until 2021-2022. Enterprise AR is a Mixed Bag.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 8, 2023

Zapbox features a 100° FOV and is going to launch with a Unity SDK to create content for it. And so on… Geoffrey Hinton, one of the godfathers of modern artificial intelligence, has left Google to speak out about the dangers of AI. A wand with a dedicated pattern on it is used as the 6DOF controller.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Now, in what seems a desperate move to become relevant in a field dominated by Unity and Unreal Engine, it has made this engine opensource with the name Open 3D Engine. Both Facebook and Google have decided to double down on AR effects inside calls. Thanks Clemente for the tip!) AR users to reach 800M by the end of the year.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Viveport is improving a lot, and now HTC is also launching the Vive XR Suite , which will be distributed thanks to the support of a strong network of partners like HP, NVIDIA, Baidu (the Chinese Google), and Accenture. Tips & Tricks for the Quest 2! Simple WebXR” aims at bringing WebXR to Unity. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 14, 2021

Do you remember that leaked email when Zuck told that he wanted to control all the technological stack Facebook works on and he wanted to acquire Unity? If you are interested in these Photon glasses, check out the Kickstarter campaign tomorrow! (Thanks David @spatialpixels for the tip!). News worth a mention. Image by Facebook).

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 7, 2018

The company has attracted a range of high profile investors and advisors such as Google/Alphabet Chairman Eric Schmidt, who wrote: “I predicted that 90% of computing would eventually reside in the web based cloud…Otoy has created a remarkable technology which moves that last 10% – high-end graphics processing – entirely to the cloud.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Some months ago, we all read that letter where Zuckerberg claimed wanting to get complete control of the hardware and software stack so that Facebook shouldn’t depend on external companies, like Google or Apple for the SO, or phone manufacturers for the hardware. Unity releases the XR Interaction Toolkit.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

It was too early for Unity, but they taught me about C++, C#, Java, OpenCV, OpenGL and other fancy development stuff. I thought developing everything VR-related in native code, but while researching how to develop for VR, I discovered that many people abandoned de nerd C++ wei to use a more visual program called Unity.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

With our Interaction Engine Unity package, prototyping these kinds of physically inspired interfaces is easier than ever. VR design pro-tip: human beings move in curves. Each stage is at your fingertips w/ #LeapMotion #Unity. The Hierarchy setup in the Unity Editor for the Radius Slider, showing an InteractionSlider.cs

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Leapmotion

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Any tips for developers who’d like to pursue this road in the future? And I would like to make the experience more accessible by adding Xbox, Gear VR, and Google Cardboard support. How does VR lend itself to more explorative cerebral experiences? Integrating the Leap Motion controller with the Oculus Rift in Unity3D was pretty easy.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This may be one of the potential names for either the upcoming mixed reality headset that Samsung is developing with Google or the name of future AR glasses. Thanks to Davy Demeyer for the tip!) We don’t know, but this shows that the Korean company is still committed to XR developments.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 28, 2021

Unity CEO predicts in 2030 XR headsets will be as popular as gaming consoles. Unity CEO John Riccitiello has made new predictions on AR and VR , and this time he talked about the projections for XR headsets in 2030. Icosa Gallery is the new Google Poly. More info (ENGAGE raises $10M) More info (VRChat raises $80M).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

If Microsoft commits to building this platform and doesn’t abandon it (a la Google), it can become an incredible tool for us developers. Google stops selling Cardboard viewers. Google had already abandoned the Daydream and Cardboard platforms, leaving the source code for Cardboard to the community to maintain.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

Alan: Yeah I think… well, pretty much everybody… So I would say, Google is leading the way with this, with Google Lens being able to take your phone out, open the camera, point it at a pair of shoes, and it will tell you exactly where to buy those shoes instantly from your phone. Alan: So, I think Google’s leading.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

Alan: Yeah I think… well, pretty much everybody… So I would say, Google is leading the way with this, with Google Lens being able to take your phone out, open the camera, point it at a pair of shoes, and it will tell you exactly where to buy those shoes instantly from your phone. Alan: So, I think Google’s leading.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

The third major change came from Unity which recently announced that it will now be serving AR ads on mobile. Unity has one of the world’s largest mobile ad serving businesses and at the end of last year they partnered with Fossil to pilot this new ad format in mobile games. Virtual humans are getting more and more real.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

This is why companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Meta are exploring similar technologies. For others, they might be a way of selling ads, Dr. Bautista said. […] In 2018, Intel shut down the Vaunt project, before selling many of its patents to North, the start-up acquired by Google. Thanks Shachar Weis for the tip).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Alon Or-bach (Samsung Electronics), Kaye Mason (Google). It’s not often you get both Oculus and Valve together days, let alone Google and Samsung, with bonus helpings of Epic Games, Owlchemy Labs, and Sensics. Stefan Walker (Google), Luca Prasso (Google). Alex Lee (Google). Liz Mercuri (Unity).

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VRScout

AUGUST 9, 2021

Peanut Button (the 3-person studio behind The Secret Of Retropolis ) has overcome impossible odds, launching a game with zero budget in a temporarily converted public bomb shelter in Tel Aviv using free software and marketing tips they learned from YouTube tutorials. Image Credit: Peanut Button.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Thanks Davy Demeyer for the tip). Unity details its MARS solution. In a blog post, Unity has detailed its MARS solution, that lets you create easily augmented reality experiences , even with little coding knowledge. If you want to help them, there is a dedicated Google Form where you can apply.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

There is also a good example of a part of the day of a person in the metaverse. (Thanks to Will Burns for the tip). This move resembles the one that Google had with TiltBrush: instead of killing the program, it is returning it back to the community, and this is for sure a good decision. Yes, you’ve read everything well.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

. “To improve the usability of virtual keyboards for text input,” says creator Soma, “I investigated key selection methods and shapes and layouts of virtual keys, then proposed a new user interface design utilizing tip pinch, and implemented a prototype application. Recommended: Google Chrome. Requires: Webcam.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

More info (Sebastian’s Tweet) More info (Sebastian’s Tweet with answer by GermanRifter) More info (Google Cache for Bestware shop page for Cosmos). It is highly probable that an HLVR game will be developed in the Source game engine, so a Unity game is not a possibility. Other relevant news. Image by Kura).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

Image by Google). Project Iris is the codename of Google’s AR glasses. According to a report on The Verge, Google is working on AR glasses. The operating system should be Android, but it seems that Google is also building an operating system specific for XR. Thanks Marco Giammetti for the tip). What about yours?

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VRScout

OCTOBER 4, 2018

In this interview, Vitillo shares tips for other immersive developers and the challenges the creators faced during development. When looking for problems related to Vive Focus on Google, I always only find my own blog as an answer. VRSCOUT: For somebody who isn’t familiar with MR, how would you describe Beat Reality?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Michael: And this is why I’ve been working on starting this dojo, or this VR maker space; because the tools for building — there’s VRTK for Unity… there’s just all these tools. Unity is always my top one. As someone who grew up as a game designer and player, I definitely side towards Unity.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Michael: And this is why I’ve been working on starting this dojo, or this VR maker space; because the tools for building — there’s VRTK for Unity… there’s just all these tools. Unity is always my top one. As someone who grew up as a game designer and player, I definitely side towards Unity.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Michael: And this is why I've been working on starting this dojo, or this VR maker space; because the tools for building -- there's VRTK for Unity. Unity is always my top one. As someone who grew up as a game designer and player, I definitely side towards Unity. But we're -- right now -- in the point where it's ready to scale.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Thanks David for the tip). Thanks Eloi for the tip). Unreal Engine is adding Vulkan support for Oculus Quest and Unity fill follow later on this year. Google launches AR Live View for Maps. Finally, Google will release the AR features of Google Maps for all the Android and iOS smartphones that support ARCore or ARKit.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Top news of the week. The m**averse hype is attracting investors.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They're a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences. Like, "Unity 101: here's how to make a model." From this journey, Circuit Stream's 10-week online course emerged. Their education platform has reached over 25,000 students.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They're a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences. Like, "Unity 101: here's how to make a model." From this journey, Circuit Stream's 10-week online course emerged. Their education platform has reached over 25,000 students.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They’re a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences. Like, “Unity 101: here’s how to make a model.” From this journey, Circuit Stream’s 10-week online course emerged. Alan: So how did you begin?

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They’re a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences. Like, “Unity 101: here’s how to make a model.” From this journey, Circuit Stream’s 10-week online course emerged. Alan: So how did you begin?

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