The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

After a few days where we thought we were all living in a big oven, here in Italy we’re having the first taste of Autumn, with the temperatures going down and a lot of rain falling from the sky. Google is working in parallel to build the Android XR operating system for this headset and a Micro XR operating system for AR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 4, 2023

I expect the tracking of Quest Plus to improve over time thanks to software updates, though. Quest 2 and Quest Pro are also getting a relevant performance boost (+26% CPU +19% GPU for Quest 2) thanks to a software update. I’m just wondering how Microsoft is still supporting the project and if there will be a MRTK 4.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Meta has not explained why it was removed: some people suspect it was because it could have been used “to see through some clothes”, but I don’t know if the truth is actually some software/hardware incompatibility. Partnership with Microsoft. Highlights of the partnership between Meta and Microsoft.

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EON Reality

MARCH 21, 2019

Taking part in #EONExperienceFest2019 will be guests, speakers, and workshop hosts from a huge array of leading lights including IBM, Microsoft, HP Enterprise, the University of Bologna, the United National Industrial Development Association (UNIDO), Festo Didactic, and many more. revolution. and Classroom 3.0.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

Today in Italy it should be the day when we go pic-nicking… but given the fact that we are in lockdown, I’ll just eat a lot at home While I send you a lot of good vibes, let’s see together what have been the best pieces of AR/VR news of this week, that has been incredibly interesting! (My Microsoft signs a $22B deal with the US Army.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

On the other side, this is massive for Apple, that mixing the data of Apple Maps together with all these point clouds detected by the rear cameras when in use, will be able to create an AR Cloud ecosystem probably even before Facebook, Microsoft, and Google. Microsoft releases Azure Remote Rendering. supports VR. 3D artists rejoice!

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

VR First , the global initiative to seed academic institutions with VR/AR hardware and software, today announced that it’s nearly doubling the number of its VR labs in universities and science parks across the globe by the end of 2017. VIGAMUS Academy, Italy. image courtesy VR First. University College London, UK.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 19, 2020

As part of the package, Magic Leap has teamed up with Spatial, a software platform designed for working across multiple devices. Users can upload a 2D image of themselves which the software will then turn into a 3D avatar, aiding natural interaction between colleagues.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

I’m back in Italy, and finally, I can eat again some good pasta… even if I will miss ?? Image by Microsoft). Microsoft wants to play safe, though, so it is now launching it only in two small countries , so that to identify possible problems only in a small subset of the worldwide population before the big launch.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 22, 2020

The Quest software is tailored at consumers, and for instance, when you open it, the first things that you see is a list of games. Facebook has created the ISV (Independent Software Vendor) program , that helps companies developing solutions for enterprise in expanding their business. Yes, but only if you are relevant to Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In this Techtober we can’t spend a week without having new announcements of XR headsets, accessories, or software. Facebook keeps running fast towards its vision of the m verse, both from a hardware and software standpoint. Microsoft X-Rings is a controllers that can change its shape. The AR program for the US Army gets delayed.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

All Apple software, SDKs, APIs, and developer tools ?—?Pre-release That’s why even Microsoft took Epic’s stances : Microsoft uses UE4 to develop some products also for Apple devices, and this decision hurts also its business. More info (Apple threatens Epic) More info (Microsoft files an official support for Epic).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

2020 has been a good year for the sales of VR devices : Half-Life Alyx and the launch of the Quest 2 have created a big spike in the sales of VR hardware and software. I expect all these trends to continue in 2021, for a year that will see the growth of the technology on all its sides (software and hardware).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). Sounded good.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Coronavirus is back in Italy and from yesterday we’re having new restrictions like a night curfew, some kind of shops closed, etc… I hope that you and the people you love are safe. While HTC is struggling on the hardware side, I think that it is moving very well to create a good software ecosystem, at least in China.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 2, 2021

If I had known people could like it, I would have not made it in 5 minutes with Microsoft Word, lol. What a fun thing, this is the power of the intern… no, sorry, of the metaverse. (And if you were wondering, yes, I’m very happy about the two amazing gold medals that Italy won yesterday at the Olympics!).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

It is amazing how Sony has decided to offer high-quality controllers to its users, and it is also great that it is following current VR standards so that to not disrupt the software that is already on the market. Image by Microsoft). Other relevant news. News worth a mention. Xbox VR support has been leaked, or maybe not.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

If you will be in Italy, please come visiting me! Some time ago, it had already released the public specifications for the headset , and so many 3rd party vendors had been able to design and sell their viewers, but now even all the software has been released on GitHub. That is, all the software layer of Cardboard is public domain now.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

HP and Microsoft have a long track in offering enterprise hardware, so this headset may battle HTC on his own land (B2B). in software, serving 55mm–71mm IPD Refresh Rate ?—?75Hz HTC already has its own software platform (Viveport) and SDK (Wave) that shares with other manufacturers in China, and now also shares hardware designs.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Today is a special day in Italy when families prepare the Christmas Tree, so I decided to publish a very special post that is a big gift to the whole XR community. Even the big players like Sony, Apple, and Microsoft have substantially reduced their production estimates for 2022, whilst processor manufacturers talk of delays into 2024.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The damn coronavirus continues to impact all our lives: the fact that many countries are applying restrictions on flights to and from Italy is, for example, creating various nuisances to my job. Image by Microsoft). Coronavirus impacts headsets production and kills F8 and GDC. iPhone 12 may feature a special connection for AR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

It’s hot and the drought is creating some issues here in northern Italy. 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. Top news of the week. Image by Meta).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Kudos to Shachar Weis for discovering this: he told me about this news, and I have verified that it has disappeared completely from Amazon Italy and Amazon France, while some Redditors confirmed that the same holds for Amazon UK. An article by Microsoft Design details how some designers have created an AR cube with very natural interactions.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2019

Me participating at the press conference of Rome Reborn, in Italy. Mueller developed the first software package offering “procedural city modeling,” that is, software that automatically populated a digital model of the terrain and streets of a city with buildings similar in appearance to those in the real city.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 29, 2022

The technology's origin story isn't well-documented, but it's believed to have emerged at Microsoft in the mid-1990s. We recommend picking up some separate antivirus software for that kind of protection, even if you're on a Mac.) It's important to note that while some VPN plans come with malware and ad blockers, those are just bonuses.

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Mashable VR

MAY 16, 2022

Canada, Japan, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Sweden are already up and running for PlayStation cloud gaming. This feature isn't available in every part of the world, but many major markets are covered.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 2, 2023

This is due to several “false starts” with Google Glass , Microsoft HoloLens2, and Magic Leap, although the companies remain potential customers. Goldman also lauded Apple’s software developer kit (SDK) to create an ecosystem of use cases before the product launch. Those days are totally gone and will never come back.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

I’ve preordered my basic $299 one (€349 in Italy) and it will arrive on October, 15th. It is the console business model: selling the hardware undercost so that subsidize it with exclusive software, and your data in this case. Preorders of the Oculus Quest are already open, and the shipping is starting on October, 13th.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2020

I can say that I have been very lucky to work with a group of talented people from many countries (Italy, Russia, France, etc…) on this project. VRChat lets you have your full body only through Vive Trackers or via softwares like Driver4VR that emulate the trackers via SteamVR drivers. Super cool, isn’t it? Yes, it was!

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

We’ve just done one in Bologna in Italy. So is, I think, Microsoft with Hololens. And if you sell software as a service platform, you’re not better. So it works agnostically on everything from an iPhone to very sophisticated headset. So that, the first part of the center is to essentially do a regional deployment.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

We’ve just done one in Bologna in Italy. So is, I think, Microsoft with Hololens. And if you sell software as a service platform, you’re not better. So it works agnostically on everything from an iPhone to very sophisticated headset. So that, the first part of the center is to essentially do a regional deployment.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

We've just done one in Bologna in Italy. So is, I think, Microsoft with Hololens. And if you sell software as a service platform, you're not better. So it works agnostically on everything from an iPhone to very sophisticated headset. So that, the first part of the center is to essentially do a regional deployment.

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