XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Speaking earlier this year at the Microsoft Garage for the New York edition of The Creativity Conference was a pleasure. I also use technologies such as Epic Games’ Unreal Engine , motion capture (mocap), and Disguise Designer to produce my VNCCII XR stage shows. Additionally, Unreal Engine’s latest update , v5.3,

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

AR smart glasses can come with many benefits that boost the hardware market as a source of reliable workplace tools, notably small form factors, simple UIs, and accessibility. Applications include simulated scenarios and detailed step-by-step instructions. This aids in creating accurate and innovative designs.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Image by MegaDodo Simulation Games). And the price of the wireless add-on is even more suspicious: speaking with a hardware manufacturer, they told me that ONLY THE ANTENNAS of a Wi-Gig connection for VR streaming (like the one of the Vive Pro) costs around $100… so how can the whole wireless streaming device cost just $50??

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

Basically, they are: Hyper-optimization : since this is a standalone headset, Oculus has been able to optimize the hardware and software for VR usage. Oculus announces Hardware Reports. This is Oculus’s answer to Steam Hardware & Software Survey. What is the most used Gear VR device?

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Unreal Engine 4 is also an industry standard although it has a steeper learning curve than Unity. With it, learners gain skills on designing VR applications with Unity 3D, OpenGL, and VR hardware. Another course named how to make VR experiences with Unreal Engine in C++ will train you how to develop apps for Oculus Rift and Steam VR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Apple’s take on immersive technologies will also test the future of XR hardware solutions and their roles in the broader XR community through rigorous use cases. This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. Apple is behind the ball here, with the advancements in spatial and mixed reality AI.

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VRWorld

JUNE 22, 2016

Personally, I started working back in 1996, working on “Microsoft Golf 98” I had no idea that my career is going to develop in such a way. That mode enables you to continue the simulation ‘forever’ During the QA phase, we tested it for five hours, and people were mesmerized.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

Dan: In my past, I used to work with simulators — big aircraft simulators, etc. But obviously these people couldn’t afford a $50-million simulator. And by ’99, the hardware was there, so you can start running this on PCs. So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Affordable.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

Dan: In my past, I used to work with simulators — big aircraft simulators, etc. But obviously these people couldn’t afford a $50-million simulator. And by ’99, the hardware was there, so you can start running this on PCs. So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Affordable.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Combining 360-degree capture with solutions for spatial sound and integrations with tools like Unity, Unreal, and other engines, VR cameras are highly flexible. Some companies, like Meta, are even investing in combining haptic solutions with electromyography hardware capable of detecting minute muscle movements.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

Dan: In my past, I used to work with simulators -- big aircraft simulators, etc. -- and I got really excited about seeing the effect it has on pilots and soldiers, and I always thought that it would be useful to do the same, but for normal people, nurses, etc. But obviously these people couldn't afford a $50-million simulator.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

After their very successful Kickstarter campaign for the 8K ultra-wide headset, Pimax made their name offering the widest field of view in the consumer VR space, to the delight of many simulation and VR enthusiasts. This would be my second test of hardware from Pimax, following last year’s Sword controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

It is also the time when all magazines create a list of “best of” the year and give awards to the best content and hardware … about which there is always someone that doesn’t agree. Somnium Space gives detail on its new hardware. It’s the end of the year, and it’s time to look back at what has happened in 2021. I like this approach.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Using the Unreal Engine 4, NASA has created an extremely detailed and realistic VR model of the interior of the ISS, and astronauts use the Manus gloves in the model for training simulations. NASA and Manus VR have partnered to prepare astronauts to go to the International Space Station, utilizing virtual reality and Manus gloves.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

The Metaverse Standards Forum has already gathered many important players of the XR sector like Unity, Unreal Engine, Meta, Microsoft, Lamina 1, NVIDIA, and even other relevant companies like IKEA and Adobe. Some others, like Niantic, will probably join soon.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

He’s formerly held top product leadership positions at Microsoft and Nokia. At Nokia, Niko led a product program team in 2006-2007, and together with researchers from Nokia Research Center, his team developed the basis for the optical technology that later became the Microsoft Hololens. Today we have Niko Eiden, CEO of Varjo.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

He’s formerly held top product leadership positions at Microsoft and Nokia. At Nokia, Niko led a product program team in 2006-2007, and together with researchers from Nokia Research Center, his team developed the basis for the optical technology that later became the Microsoft Hololens. Today we have Niko Eiden, CEO of Varjo.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

He's formerly held top product leadership positions at Microsoft and Nokia. At Nokia, Niko led a product program team in 2006-2007, and together with researchers from Nokia Research Center, his team developed the basis for the optical technology that later became the Microsoft Hololens. Today we have Niko Eiden, CEO of Varjo.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 19, 2024

Big vendor news this week, Admist start-ups and fresh ideas; this week, big names like Meta, Microsoft, Google, and Apple took the headlines due to each firm’s optimisation of its XR product portfolio. However, the company is constantly developing new XR devices.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device. According to Korean media, Samsung Electronics is working with Microsoft on a new augmented/mixed reality project “involving HoloLens”. It is a big showcase demo for its Unreal Engine 5, and I have to say it is pretty impressive. It is very cool.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

So I feel like there’s so much of a mirroring of what’s happening in these virtual worlds that the training applications are just incredible, in terms of whether it’s a surgical simulation or Walmart’s using it to train for different employees. But once the WebXR 2.0

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

So I feel like there's so much of a mirroring of what's happening in these virtual worlds that the training applications are just incredible, in terms of whether it's a surgical simulation or Walmart's using it to train for different employees. But once the WebXR 2.0

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

So I feel like there’s so much of a mirroring of what’s happening in these virtual worlds that the training applications are just incredible, in terms of whether it’s a surgical simulation or Walmart’s using it to train for different employees. But once the WebXR 2.0

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

Considering that Quest has sold at least 3M units now, this means more than $300M of losses from the hardware sales for Facebook. Microsoft confirms (again) it wants to build consumer HoloLens. Huawei is a very important hardware company and its glasses have a very sleek design, so I think it’s very important to keep an eye on them!

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Billion & mind you i haven't added the overall population of #asia.Ignore us at your own risk #facebook #microsoft & the curators of those lists. China-India & the other Asian Nations have some really interesting #augmentedreality #virtualreality #mixedreality #startups Innovating across Hardware, Software & Content.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The event has not featured any important hardware announcement, because it was all focused on declaring the new shift of focus of Facebook. He stressed many times how he wants to empower creators, and how he wants to provide free tools for content creators and cheap hardware for the users. Are you ready? Presence Platform.

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Ryan Schultz

AUGUST 23, 2022

After laying the groundwork with history and definitions in the first four chapters, in Part II of his book Matthew Ball discusses in seven chapters the various components which he feels go into the building of a metaverse: networking, computing, virtual world engines, interoperability, hardware, payment systems, and blockchain technology.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It’s that exponential growth of hardware as well. And while I don’t think the use cases are really there for consumers yet, and the devices aren’t quite there– although I was really impressed with Unreal’s mixed reality glasses. Emily: It’s a shame, kind of. Time really is money in business.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It’s that exponential growth of hardware as well. And while I don’t think the use cases are really there for consumers yet, and the devices aren’t quite there– although I was really impressed with Unreal’s mixed reality glasses. Emily: It’s a shame, kind of. Time really is money in business.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It's that exponential growth of hardware as well. And while I don't think the use cases are really there for consumers yet, and the devices aren't quite there-- although I was really impressed with Unreal's mixed reality glasses. maybe it was AWE, but I got to try one of their training simulators and I was tiling a wall in a bathroom.

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