The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

Magic Leap 2 bridges AR and VR. The interest in Magic Leap 2 is growing. This week we had a full reveal of the headset, the controller, and the computational unit in a video that reveals all their external details. When you are in virtual reality, you see the objects closer than they actually are.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Feature-wise, it is more or less as we expected it to be, with four cameras for inside-out tracking, haptic feedback, IPD adjustment , eye-tracking, HDR display. Magic Leap 2 has inside-out tracked controllers. During a presentation, Magic Leap has unveiled some more features about its headset and controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

And it’s not over on the content side: they are going to launch the Pico Video app with 600+ videos on day 1 , and are partnering to have immersive concerts with Wave. Doing its keynote on video, CEO Jensen Huang introduced the new RTX4080 and RTX4090 graphics cards, which are based on the new Ada Lovelace architecture.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2023

Another company, AI Silk, is instead working on a glove that looks like the Powerglove and that offers finger tracking and hand haptics all via electrical stimuli. Saudi Arabia fund gets control of Magic Leap. For sure this is much more immersive than just seeing a player play a VR game on a 2D flat video. More info.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly live video show and podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst. Google Daydream has exclusive access to YouTube’s considerable 360 video library (although admittedly curation could be better) as well as its massive 2D video archive.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap pivots to enterprise, lays off 1,000 employes. With a long post on Magic Leap’s blog, in the end Rony Abovitz has admitted that the company is not going that well, and has announced a new course, that should eventually lead to Magic Leap 2. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

It’s hard to explain this with words, so watch this video of Palmer Luckey trying them to understand what I’m talking about. Luckily Brad Lynch went to their booth and made a video to tell us his first impressions of the SHARP VR headset. It is going to be released this year.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

The latest report on virtual reality by SuperData doesn’t offer us great news on the VR landscape. More info (Minecraft Earth release) More info (Minecraft Earth gameplay video). John Carmack talks VR videos. Otherwise, if you, like me, are not in the video sector, you understand maybe 25% of what he has written….

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

From headsets to haptic suits, there is going to be a lot of accessories and apparel in XR to chose from, including some that expand senses you didn’t even know were XR-compatible. You’ve got things like haptic suits, haptic gloves. Let’s start at something crazy; haptic suits.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2019

This represents the current status of the technology, that is evolving, but has still not reached the inflection point to become mainstream (as I have already told you in my 2019 predictions about augmented and virtual reality ). Thanks to it, the user was able to see a volumetric video streamed via 5G in very high quality.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

He forecasts that all headsets will have some form of BCIs soon , and he also says that in the future BCIs will be able to inject any form of reality into our brain. Our brain is very plastic and the BCI could trigger the right parts of the brain so that you feel haptic sensations on 6 fingers if your avatar has 6 fingers. Learn more.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Nreal is one of the most popular companies in the field, having won over several well-known investors like Qualcomm, short video app Kuaishou, video streaming app iQiyi, and GP Capital. Most people know Xu due to his dispute with American virtual reality company Magic Leap. 20- Renji Bijoy. 23- Kathryn Yu.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

From headsets to haptic suits, there is going to be a lot of accessories and apparel in XR to chose from, including some that expand senses you didn't even know were XR-compatible. You've got things like haptic suits, haptic gloves. Let's start at something crazy; haptic suits. You can have haptic feedback.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

Microsoft Magic Leap Varjo HP Acer Samsung ASUS Dell Biel AjnaXR FYR Medical ESight Canon IrisVision VRgineers Zappar Lynx Valve Microsoft Microsoft has been increasing its focus on the extended reality landscape in recent years, with the production of solutions such as Microsoft Mesh, and a metaverse environment for Microsoft Teams.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

From headsets to haptic suits, there is going to be a lot of accessories and apparel in XR to chose from, including some that expand senses you didn’t even know were XR-compatible. You’ve got things like haptic suits, haptic gloves. Let’s start at something crazy; haptic suits.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

This hands-free video communication system allows technicians to connect remotely with experts operating on PCs or mobile devices in real-time for on-the-spot support. As they explained to me, it’s physical reality | augmented reality > mixed reality < virtual reality. Image Credit: Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

At GDC 2017 LG showcased a virtual reality headset that was SteamVR compatible: it was a game-changing moment since for the first time a new non-Vive headset would have been compatible with SteamVR tracking and ecosystem. Magic Leap releases its SDK. It is so possible to start creating your Magic Leap application.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 24, 2019

It was like a 360 video, interactive experience. Alan: Are you seeing that 360 video is something that people are resonating with? Alan: Are you seeing that 360 video is something that people are resonating with? The 360 video, they get bored very quickly; 360 video is just TV in VR. Maybe 360 videos.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

This is the first roundup of news of this new year, and to signal a change with the past, I’ve changed the name from “VR Week Peek” to “XR Week Peek”, because, hey, I like talking about all immersive technologies and not only Virtual Reality. Boneworks has used very well some gameplay videos on the popular Node Youtube channel.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 24, 2019

It was like a 360 video, interactive experience. Alan: Are you seeing that 360 video is something that people are resonating with? Alan: Are you seeing that 360 video is something that people are resonating with? The 360 video, they get bored very quickly; 360 video is just TV in VR. Maybe 360 videos.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 24, 2019

It was like a 360 video, interactive experience. Alan: Are you seeing that 360 video is something that people are resonating with? Alan: Are you seeing that 360 video is something that people are resonating with? The 360 video, they get bored very quickly; 360 video is just TV in VR. Maybe 360 videos.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 27, 2021

360 Videos are not VR / Smartglasses are not AR. The best way to trigger someone from the XR communities is talking about 360 videos and define them VR , or writing a post on smartglasses, and share it with the #AR tag. 5-10 years Believable haptics? Many marriages have broken because of this. 5-10 years AR Cloud? 5-10 years.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

Magic Leap Currently focusing its attention on the enterprise landscape, Magic Leap produces AR and MR headsets designed to address the needs of various industries. The Varjo headset includes Ultraleap hand-tracking to monitor natural hand movements and true-to-life MR passthrough with 12-megapixel video.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

Another big kudos comes from the fact that Snap is clearly showing all the limitations of the device in its communication : in all photos and videos, you can spot the limited FOV of the device, something that instead all the other AR companies try to hide. Watch a throuh-the-lens video of Tilt Five glasses. Kudos to Snap for it.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Especially the DualSense is an amazing piece of tech, with very stable IMUs and haptic sensations that increase a lot the “immersion” in the games : they can provide you the sensation of resistance, of textures of materials, of movements. Personally, I have to say that I’m not convinced at all even after the video.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In addition to the free Trials on Tatooine virtual reality experience for HTC Vive, the studio released a 360-degree video that serves as a prequel to the upcoming Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. After these holidays and into next year we’ll see an audience that is growing and more interested in virtual reality.”.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 9, 2021

Regarding the controllers, we know that they are similar to the Oculus Touch but with force-feedback triggers and more nuanced haptic sensations. Learn more (Video in which GamerTag explains his problems) Learn more (GamerTag’s new channel). There are many reasons why you should still consider Google in the AR race.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

I have hosted two great interviews I am very proud of: one with the CEO of HaptX about the new haptic gloves his company has delivered; and the other one with the CEO of Happy Giant with some exclusive news and footage of the upcoming “Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual!”. Magic Leap Two is coming at the end of the year.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

For every one of the four main themes, a headset solving it has been shown in the video. This has been also confirmed by TESTED, which has been able to go hands-on with the headset and offer a very meaningful video about them (which I advise you all to watch). For the first time I can see a real footage of the Teslasuit haptic gloves.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

With a lot of sadness, I’m here watching the photos and the videos of WCVRI , the big Chinese conference about VR that is held every year in Nanchang. Microsoft has showcased a new haptic device, that is made by a ball that moves towards your hand when you grab a virtual object and that goes away when your hand is free in the game.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

This CES has been very good for augmented and virtual reality, but it has not been exciting. They also make promotional videos that are a mix of futurism and a healthy dose of WTF, like this one: nReal has still a big strategic advantage , though. But that was because they were really just videos of humans.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2020

It is “easy” to create hype and get preorders and many sales on the first day: Even the Magic Leap One had a very strong first day, and the community was flooded with pictures of people donning the device… but in the end, it was a huge flop. Lucas Rizzotto has made another awesome video of his. More info.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

I was pretty shocked to see the video of The Walking Dead on Upload VR and not being able to spot many differences between the two versions. The haptic feedback of these controllers has been improved , and they can provide much stronger vibrations than the one of the original Quest. Privacy in AR.

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InstaVR

JANUARY 7, 2019

Dr. Frew studies societal transformation via digital technologies like Virtual Reality; first proposes a Virtual University in 2000. Whether that’s for education or enterprise, we look at the integration of technologies like virtual, augmented, mixed or extended reality with haptics and interactive sensory touch.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2019

3D objects had washed out colors , a bit like when you see AR objects through HoloLens 1 and Magic Leap One … they appeared a bit semi-transparent. It was not exactly in the position I expected it (as I told you, it was not calibrated well)… but I could feel its consistence (haptic feeling) and even its weight.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Looking at the video, you may notice that the two games looks both very very good. A bit like what happened with Henry ported from PC to Oculus Go by John Carmack: he used a special encoding of 5K 360 video and the experience is similar to the realtime UE4 experience on PC, even if at the same time it is completely different.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Vice’s worked in many areas, including datamining, web development, virtual reality, 2D and 3D graphics, image and video processing. Your presentation is at Virtual Reality Toronto meet-up was mind-blowing. Haptic feedback is important, and you don’t have much to work with. Vice: Yeah.

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