The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine. All Apple software, SDKs, APIs, and developer tools ?—?Pre-release Pre-release versions of beta tools such as Reality Composer, Create ML, Apple Configurator, etc… ?—?Engineering More info (Apple threatens Epic) More info (Microsoft files an official support for Epic).

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Road to VR

JANUARY 19, 2018

without limitation, Oculus, Google, Microsoft, Valve, Steam, HTC)”, venture capital, or crowdsourcing. ” SEE ALSO Facebook Founder Says Company Invested $250M in VR Content, Will Invest $250M More. The post ‘Oculus Start’ Program Aims to Help Indies Jump into VR Development appeared first on Road to VR.

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

We’ve discovered how valuable the right XR tools can be in collaboration and communication, and how they can help innovators to build new products and ideas. HTC Vive and Penn State. With the help of the HTC Vive environment, Penn State has been able to create a comprehensive environment for training and educational immersion.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 15, 2024

The OpenXR API is a core piece behind many XR headsets from vendors such as Acer, ByteDance, Canon, HTC, Magic Leap, Meta, Microsoft, Sony, XREAL, Qualcomm, Valve, and Varjo. Moreover, RT3D development services like Autodesk VRED, Blender, Godot, NVIDIA’s Omniverse, StereoKit, Unreal Engine, and Unity support OpenXR integration.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 29, 2022

The Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK) by Microsoft is an open-source toolkit that has been around since the HoloLens was first released in 2016. Microsoft-driven MRTK-Unity is a suite of components and capabilities used to speed the creation of cross-platform MR applications in Unity. Understanding the MRTK-Unity Toolkit for MR Developers.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

HTC has revealed the design of the Vive Cosmos. HTC has finally unveiled some information on the Vive Cosmos. HTC has told in the past that this is a headset more consumer-oriented , but Sebastian Ang of Mixed Reality TV has reported that, according to a reliable source, the price will be 899. Top news of the week.

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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 HTC VIVE representative also reinforced how immersive solutions could ease patients into stressful surgeries or operations. “This really makes the patient experience not so scary anymore,” Chen remarked.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2022

While there are various XR vendors on the market today with powerful tools for those in the gaming landscape, some stand out as particularly innovative. Microsoft already stands as one of the biggest gaming companies in the world, thanks to the development of the Xbox ecosystem. The AR gaming landscape is experiencing similar growth.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

OCTOBER 31, 2023

To mark the shift towards a positive end of 2023, following a shaky start to the year, AWE brought together firms such as Meta, Lenovo, and HTC VIVE to highlight the forecasted industry upturn. Sahni also highlighted how new workplace applications are coming to Quest 3, including Microsoft Mesh, Windows 365, and Adobe High Five.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Here are just some of the tech stocks many are looking at right now (in no particular order): Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) For the people who brought you the Hololens 2, probably the most sophisticated pair of mixed reality smart glasses out there to date. It is clear that Apple working diligently to become a big player in the AR/VR space.

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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. Examples are HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Cardboard and other that are now very popular VR platforms for building experiences. You also give 5% of net revenues per quarter although its free to use. Both are free to download and try.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Major immersive firms like Meta and HTC provide unique funding opportunities for various use cases. Although, the US Army hit a roadblock in August when it slashed funding towards developing a Microsoft-powered XR training solution. The funding came as Meta focused on promoting its immersive product as workplace and educational tools.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Ok, of course, I’m kidding, but, you know, the possibility of saying the wrong name is so high that my proposal actually starts making sense… Top news of the week (Image by HTC Vive) HTC reveals inside-out-tracked Tracker With a totally unexpected move, HTC has revealed a new kind of Tracker.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. But, as Road To VR has stated, maybe HTC should have clarified that in all its marketing material.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

I wonder if Facebook has already taken the decision of leaving the enterprise market to HTC and Pico , while focusing on the much bigger piece of cake of the consumer market. SideQuest is the tool used by thousands of people every month to sideload unapproved applications on their Oculus Quests. I think we’ll discover it “soon”.

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VRWorld

JUNE 22, 2016

As an industry, we need immersive experiences that will show what VR brings to the table and so far, there are two experiences one should go through: WeVR’s “theBlu” for HTC Vive and Crytek’s “The Climb” for Oculus Rift. For VR engines, we have CryEngine, Unity Engine and Unreal Engine.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 19, 2022

What’s more, these tools can also pave the way for safer operations in the AEC space. 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.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. Joseph Toma : [From the presentation], although the hardware will inevitably evolve, we are years away from consumers and businesses adopting these tools. Apple also presented the Vision Pro as a productivity tool, rather than simply entertainment hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

We started talking with other professionals in the field, and they always kept saying to us “If Microsoft can’t do it, how can you do it?”. High-precision 6DOF tracking, eye tracking, gesture inputs, with dedicated input controllers The SDK will support Unity , with Unreal coming Soon. The official computational unit runs Android.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The first thing I did was to remove the right lens using the supplied tool, and weighed it on kitchen scales, to avoid putting anything in the fridge. The XR2 processor is already used in other products like Meta Quest 2 and HTC Vive XR Elite, making porting of games much simpler.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Rikard Steiber (HTC), Joel Breton (HTC). As President of Viveport and Head of Vive Studios respectively, Rikard Steiber and Joel Breton are two of the most senior figures working on the HTC Vive today. State Of Unreal: Epic Games’ Opening Session. : Tuesday, February 28th, 10:00am – 11:00am.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2019

video) More info (Unreal Engine with Octane Renderer) More info (Wi-fi is not enough for VR streaming). Image by HTC). HTC has not confirmed nor denied the price, but 90% of cases when this happens, the rumored price is true. Storytelling creation tool Quill has just got a big update that took it to version 2.0.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

And building those back-end tools, coding, setting up standards and everything, up to 2011. Alan: So how is IKEA using these tools now? Alan: Maybe you can talk about how the vision of the future-- you've been doing this since 2007, you've seen 3D morph into this accessible tool to everybody. Martin: Yeah. Alan: Exactly.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

And building those back-end tools, coding, setting up standards and everything, up to 2011. Alan: So how is IKEA using these tools now? Alan: Maybe you can talk about how the vision of the future-- you've been doing this since 2007, you've seen 3D morph into this accessible tool to everybody. Martin: Yeah. Alan: Exactly.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

And building those back-end tools, coding, setting up standards and everything, up to 2011. Alan: So how is IKEA using these tools now? Alan: Maybe you can talk about how the vision of the future-- you've been doing this since 2007, you've seen 3D morph into this accessible tool to everybody. Martin: Yeah. Alan: Exactly.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

MAY 26, 2023

New updates to Microsoft Mesh allows remote workers to add immersive experiences to private previews on the platform. Moreover, the update is part of Microsoft’s push to optimise its products with immersive features to combat modern challenges like Zoom fatigue and dial-in hurdles.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

We heard from Alvin Wang Graylin from HTC talking about 2021 and beyond. But then you look at Unreal. You're seeing the world go digital and the creation tools to make such exploding. You have HTC in China dominating the Chinese market with their headsets. What was your biggest challenge? You look at Epic.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

We heard from Alvin Wang Graylin from HTC talking about 2021 and beyond. But then you look at Unreal. You're seeing the world go digital and the creation tools to make such exploding. You have HTC in China dominating the Chinese market with their headsets. What was your biggest challenge? You look at Epic.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2020

The HTC Cosmos Play will be an enterprise headset. HTC has confirmed this week to Upload VR that the upcoming Cosmos Play will be an enterprise headset devoted to museums and educational institutions. Now HTC has changed its mind, and the Play has become an enterprise headset. Watch Microsoft Office in XR.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

We heard from Alvin Wang Graylin from HTC talking about 2021 and beyond. But then you look at Unreal. You're seeing the world go digital and the creation tools to make such exploding. You have HTC in China dominating the Chinese market with their headsets. What was your biggest challenge? You look at Epic.

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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. The solution also offers vital instructional tools, enables performance monitoring, and provides feedback to surgeons.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Horizon World is more or less what we all expect from it: a clone of RecRoom with intuitive and simple creation tools, that at the moment let you just add basic geometric shape and some logic. Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device. This announcement is not sus, it is just great.

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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. So, what are some of the tools that you’ve seen used really effectively to create this content? The tools are here.

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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. So, what are some of the tools that you’ve seen used really effectively to create this content? The tools are here.

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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. The tools that are popping up are really democratizing virtual and augmented reality creation, and I think that's what's really exciting. I jumped back.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

Kent: It reminds me of– I have gone to Microsoft Build for the last three years, and that’s a good place to kind of see some of the AR demos that are there in terms of the partners with Microsoft. So it’ll be interesting to see how some of these remote companies are able to adapt and create these tools.

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