The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2023

I’ve very limited time, but luckily this week has not been very relevant for the ecosystem, so I’m managing to write this newsletter anyway Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) AltspaceVR shuts down In one of the saddest moments of the latest years in VR, AltspaceVR has closed its doors.

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Road to VR

JULY 3, 2017

” Both roles are part of Apple’s CoreMedia team within their Interactive Media Group (IMG). ” See Also: Microsoft is Building VR MMO for Xbox and PC, Job Listing Indicates. .” The latter is looking for someone with “Direct experience with implementing and/or designing VR or 360 video playback systems.”

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Around the world, countless companies and groups are already reaping the benefits of extended reality technology. Microsoft HoloLens and GE. Working with Microsoft , GE decided to upgrade its training experience to introduce a Mixed Reality educational environment via Microsoft HoloLens 2. HTV VIVE, Unreal, and Nowa Era.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

I think that for a small startup that is shipping its first product, it may make a lot of sense: for a company of that size, it is better to handle a smaller group of high-paying customers than doing the opposite. Also the price is getting closer to that plan, with the device now expected to retail for $1300.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Although, the US Army hit a roadblock in August when it slashed funding towards developing a Microsoft-powered XR training solution. Other options include: Unreal MegaGrants: Epic Games have its funding initiative designed to support developers in the technology world. During 2022 the media giant already experimented with XR content.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Image by Khronos Group). Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. These may be upcoming features or possible features Oculus is experimenting with a selected group of beta testers.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 22, 2022

The Khronos Group has hosted the groundbreaking consortium of Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) to explore methods to develop interoperability and remove obstacles to a future open-source Metaverse.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 27, 2023

Developed in collaboration with other leading XR companies like Microsoft, the HP headset is compatible with a range of platforms. This product was designed in cooperation with an international group of air force experts. It has been designed with an ergonomic form factor for comfort.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

Renowned for its ingenuity, Apple has continuously pushed the boundaries of what is possible with its rich tech ecosystem, namely amid increasing competition with Microsoft. Developed in collaboration with other leading XR companies like Microsoft, the HP headset is compatible with a range of platforms.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Moreover, Microsoft is resparking its stake in an Industrial Metaverse, with plans to debut products in 2024. The WEF notes how mental health facilities and groups already leverage gaming platforms to improve patient outcomes via interactable and immersive experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. New info on Microsoft abandoning the Hololens 3. Last week we all heard the news about Microsoft abandoning the HoloLens 3, and the denial of it by Alex Kipman and Microsoft itself.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The tech industry responded by rallying as a community and a group. Other devices from Magic Leap and Microsoft’s HoloLens headsets offer deeper levels of immersion. We’re now bringing that directly to developers, who can download the software development kit (SDK) for Unity or Unreal Engine.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The startup is pretty new, in fact, and its owner group is Megadodo, another unknown company that is working on an MMO game about which is difficult to find any information. Facebook and Microsoft publish two interesting research projects for VR. Simple WebXR” aims at bringing WebXR to Unity. News from partners (and friends).

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MAY 24, 2022

Microsoft Windows Operating System compatibility. Compatible with Steam VR and OpenXR drivers, Unity, Unreal Engine, and other game engine plugins, as well as C++ libraries such as Direct X, OpenGL, and Vulcan. Multiple connectivity options such as VirtualLink (5m / 16.40 ft) cable, DisplayPort 1.4, as well as USB 3.2

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 3, 2023

From Zoom to Microsoft, both platforms and others are helping to facilitate a better-connected world. XR developer hubs like NVIDIA Omniverse, Unity, and Unreal also contain integrated emerging tools like AI. DAO value propositions alter how a core group of employees coordinates and delivers work.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

The Seebright SDK also supports Unity and Unreal engines and is compatible with both iOS and Android. The Osterhout Design Group is an integrated hardware company with a deep background in advanced augmented reality innovation with the US military, and have their principal outsider investor in 21st Century FOX.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 26, 2023

The omniverse solution is available as a platform-as-a-service offering, running on Microsoft Azure. Cavrnus Otherwise known as Cavrnus VR, Cavrnus is a Metaverse builder platform , designed to help every creator share their vision of a metaverse on the internet.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. The reveal that Apple will be using Unity to bring 3D applications and games to Vision Pro was exciting. Another core target group for this version of the device is also developers. Their partnership with Unity will get them there quickly.

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HaptX

MARCH 6, 2018

Edwards, who received her degree in Geography, seems an unlikely candidate to lead the game industry’s largest professional group based solely on her educational focus. When one finds out that she worked at Microsoft in the early days of Encarta Encyclopedia and World Atlas , it starts to make sense.

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VRWorld

JUNE 8, 2016

Case in point is Microsoft’s HoloLens, where a development kit will set you back for $3000. Osterhaut Design Group sells their R-7 glasses for $2799.99. Most importantly, the SDK comes with support for Unity Engine and Unreal Engine – you can build and test your own application almost immediately.

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Hypergrid Business

APRIL 5, 2023

Earlier this year , I wrote about how Microsoft and other companies have pulled back on their VR and AR plans. And, last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Disney shut down its metaverse team and the Truth in Advertising nonprofit advocacy group reported that Walmart had shut down its Roblox virtual experience.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Varjo’s technology, alongside integrations with Unity and Unreal Engine has allowed the construction leaders at Sellen to boost communication between teams, and enhance the development of amazing virtual reality mock-ups. Microsoft and the Haas Group. Unity and DPR Construction. Microsoft and PCL Construction.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

The SDK offers native APIs, but also supports popular game engines like Unity and Unreal 4. Thanks to RTX, that is supported by Direct X’s Ray Tracing API DXR, that have been announced by Microsoft in the same days, we can have real-time photorealistic renderings. OpenXR is continuing its work.

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Robert Scoble

OCTOBER 4, 2019

It isn’t alone, we know of many companies that are spending billions on same, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Sony, Magic Leap, Huawei, and others. You can see this in today’s AR products (and despite what Microsoft or Magic Leap call their devices, they really are augmented reality devices that you wear on your face).

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents like Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft or Snap already own global social graphs, but perhaps looking to unseat them could be the multiplayer gaming behemoths like Sony, Activision Blizzard or EA, or 3D-specific ideas like Aura’s “avatar as a service”.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

We started working really early on with the DK-1 from Kickstarter, testing, playing around with Unity, seeing what we could do, up to now where we're easily 200+ commercially funded, brand funded XR experiences. And alongside Hill+Knowlton Strategies, one of the WPP [Group] PR and strategy agencies. I'm a cyclist.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

We started working really early on with the DK-1 from Kickstarter, testing, playing around with Unity, seeing what we could do, up to now where we're easily 200+ commercially funded, brand funded XR experiences. And alongside Hill+Knowlton Strategies, one of the WPP [Group] PR and strategy agencies. I'm a cyclist.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2018

While we wait for the OpenXR initiative by Khronos Group (working together with some of the biggest companies in the VR scene) to be released, we developers have very few options to develop multi-platform VR applications on PC. But that’s just how Unity works, and this post isn’t about Unity, so let’s move on.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

We have a Unity SDK. We have an Unreal engine SDK. So depending on what the enterprise is, if they’re a field service company, or telecommunications, or industrial, or a visually impaired group, then we partner with the software company that has the best software that deals with that use case. So what is that?

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

We have a Unity SDK. We have an Unreal engine SDK. So depending on what the enterprise is, if they’re a field service company, or telecommunications, or industrial, or a visually impaired group, then we partner with the software company that has the best software that deals with that use case. So what is that?

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

And then we have a third group we call Industry 4.0, So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Alan: So how do you then get people to learn how to do Unreal and Unity without teaching them? So the traditional way to do it is to use Unreal or Unity. or our enterprise solution.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

And then we have a third group we call Industry 4.0, So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Alan: So how do you then get people to learn how to do Unreal and Unity without teaching them? So the traditional way to do it is to use Unreal or Unity. or our enterprise solution.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

We have a Unity SDK. We have an Unreal engine SDK. So depending on what the enterprise is, if they're a field service company, or telecommunications, or industrial, or a visually impaired group, then we partner with the software company that has the best software that deals with that use case. So what is that?

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

We started working really early on with the DK-1 from Kickstarter, testing, playing around with Unity, seeing what we could do, up to now where we're easily 200+ commercially funded, brand funded XR experiences. And alongside Hill+Knowlton Strategies, one of the WPP [Group] PR and strategy agencies. I'm a cyclist.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

This is a free association headed by Khronos Group, the consortium behind the OpenXR standard, which aims at creating standards for the future metaverse. The Khronos Group already succeeded with OpenXR, so it has a good track in helping in creating standards. Metaverse Standards Forum aims at setting standards for the metaverse.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

And then we have a third group we call Industry 4.0, So you don't know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Alan: So how do you then get people to learn how to do Unreal and Unity without teaching them? So the traditional way to do it is to use Unreal or Unity. or our enterprise solution. Affordable.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. ” You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. And it was for me as well; I’ve been a Unity user forever. It’s amazing.” ” Paul: [laughs] Right.

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