XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 13, 2022

Hardware distributor Insight is handling the release of the Magic Leap 2 and in September, the device will drop globally in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Saudi Arabia. The Pro model provides developer tools, sample projects, enterprise-grade features, and a monthly early access programme for software testing.

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Road to VR

APRIL 19, 2019

Large online retailers such as Amazon US , Best Buy , Target , Walmart and NewEgg are all sold out of the $80 full set, which includes Nintendo Labo software, VR headset, Wind Pedal, Camera, Elephant, Bird, and Blaster. If you can’t wait, Italy’s Amazon.it and the UK’s Amazon.co.uk Image courtesy Nintendo.

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EON Reality

JUNE 2, 2020

Along with EON Reality’s earlier announcement of the removal of the paywall on the AVR Platform as a means to assist schools, governments, and businesses struggling through this difficult time, the AVR Platform’s rapid growth both in content and users has helped to complete its transformation into an industry-defining tool.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

After five minutes, the app’s computer vision tools can also measure interpupillary distance (IPD) and facial contours. European markets include the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, and others. It is available to buyers across the United States and Canada.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 1, 2022

It was a really powerful tool to tell these stories. Using these tools, what are you working on lately? You are going to be using these tools more and more. We had the president and the vice president of Women in Film and TV from Italy. What software should I use? What is it about? We set up this masterclass.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 3, 2023

Magic Leap debuted its device internationally in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, Singapore, and Saudi Arabia. The developer pro model comes with all the same features but also includes developer tools, sample projects, enterprise-grade features, and a monthly early access programme for software testing.

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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

JULY 4, 2022

Inflation here in Italy is ramping up, and the impression I have is that we are entering into a recession phase. We are still waiting for in-device tools, though. This was interesting because he’s a VR reviewer, so has tried many VR pieces of software and hardware, and seeing how his mind reacted to this new setup made me intrigued.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

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. Developers can develop AR experiences with Zappar using the tool they like the most : Unity, native Javascript, A-frame, C++.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2022

All these tools look amazing also for the creation of very realistic VR experiences, but actually, we should hold our enthusiasm: both Nanite and Lumen are not available for VR yet, and Epic has not announced any kind of improvement of the workflow for development for Oculus Quest 2, either. News from partners (and friends).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2023

I’m back in Italy! More info (First hardware leak about Apple headset) More info (New software leak about RealityOS) News worth a mention (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft Teams to integrate 3D avatars Microsoft is finally integrating Microsoft Teams with Microsoft Mesh , as it was promised some time ago.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 28, 2018

I think humans are more than ready, the hardware is getting there … and software making VR more relevant and useful is being built as we speak. VR / XR UX and VR DCC software are still in their infancy and it will simply get exponentially better as more users and developers will get involved (This is happening at an exponential pace).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

If you were wondering, we in Italy do not celebrate Thanksgiving, but I would love one year to participate in its celebration hosted by an American family. The device is not bad, but the software ecosystem has its issues; Upload has reviewed Vive Flow. but helps in buying tools and services so that I can offer a better service to you!

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2018

The four most important experiences are: Space Draw , that is a tool to draw in space inside virtual reality; Space Block , that lets you create 3D models by using colored cubes; Space Painter , that lets you draw graffitis on a wall; Space Code , that lets you develop easily using visual blocks and no lines of codes. Me using Space Draw.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

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 Pre-release versions of iOS, iPad OS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS ?—?Pre-release News from partners (and friends). Interview in Italian Interview in English.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2018

actually, he was in my city (Turin, Italy) because here there is an epic guy that is living 30 days inside virtual reality! And he loves VR, he loves experimenting and he also loves opensource and free software. I’m providing tools (my post about streaming the content of the Vive Focus has been made to help them!).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 5, 2019

This translates for the moment with a complete software solution that lets you create virtual tours easily. I have tried its software in my office before going to Taiwan and then also had a live demo of some of its features in iStaging’s beautiful office. Tobii eye tracking inserts around the lenses of the Vive Pro Eye.

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EON Reality

AUGUST 6, 2019

inspired partnership based around the use of Augmented and Virtual Reality (AVR) tools will help build the respective futures of GARC’s technology roadmap and EON Reality Bologna. This agreement will make it possible to develop — exclusively for Italy — the use of advanced technologies in the private and environmental AEC * field.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

One is the configuration tool , that lets you configure, debug and check the device as you wish. The good news is that this is something that can be fixed by software and Marek told me that it is the n.1 Comparisons of the visuals of the original Vive (up) and XTAL (down) shot using the above showcase tools.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Now there are strong moderation tools and the situation is much better , but for many, it is still a wild place where people behave wildly. It is what makes it successful, and what gives it an edge over software that appears having a stricter control like Facebook Horizon. Why VRChat?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The damn coronavirus has arrived in my city in northern Italy, but I’m still alive and kicking, reporting you the most interesting XR news of the week! Canvas is not another hardware sensor, but a software solution that lets you scan completely your surroundings by just using your phone and then reconstruct the associated 3D model.

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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

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. The COVID-19 crisis has made many companies realize how AR and VR can be a fundamental tool for smart working (e.g. And this adoption requires enterprise-oriented tools and devices.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2021

Secondly, the safety glasses become a working tool: imagine that in order to see your production order or your machine data you need to wear your safety glasses! From the point of view of the software, flexibility means that VisionAR is much more a platform than a device.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The Chinese VR ecosystem is very active and it is evolving pretty fast: this summer I have been in China and I met some cool startups that are working on software (e.g. Langzou VR in education, VR Waibao in collaboration tools) and other on hardware (e.g. – Development tool software. Supply Chain evolutions.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

I chose the specialization in multimedia and software applications. We so started working on some prototypes for virtual events by using the VRChat SDK and by trying the many tools that the VRChat community had created and shared for free. Since I loved gaming (who doesn’t love gaming?), Start learning VR, start doing VR.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

Well, long story short, the StarVR One was announced some years ago as the enterprise headset to rule them all by a consortium made by Acer and software developer Starbreeze. others say that Starbreeze has left Acer without all the software it had developed for the headset, that so was just a brick. supports VR. 3D artists rejoice!

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

It is anyway a handy tool that can be useful to buy content on the go, for instance. It is so only available in selected market in Europe, like Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, France, Italy and UK and only through selected resellers (you can find the list at the end of this article ).

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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. VR came into mind as the ideal tool to provide both. Pimax and Varjo are ready to announce new headsets.

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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

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Italy won the Tennis Davis Cup, and that was pretty cool to see (the match between Sinner and Djokovic was just incredible). More info Get started with Apple Vision Pro development Unity has just released the tools to start developing for Apple Vision Pro and interested developers can already start experimenting with them.

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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

MAY 17, 2021

It has created tools to improve geolocation, multiplayer, and also to deliver more realistic AR experiences (e.g. Giving great tools to creators is important to create a new ecosystem: see what has happened after creators had the opportunity of creating AR filters. making real objects occlude the virtual ones).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2020

While in Italy we get ready for the “Phase 2” of the lockdown, I write the best AR/VR news of the week just for you! This money includes all the revenues not related to the main business of Facebook (advertisement), but Facebook has clearly specified that this big increment is mostly related to Oculus hardware and software.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 29, 2022

We recommend picking up some separate antivirus software for that kind of protection, even if you're on a Mac.) A VPN gets extra points in our book if it comes with any of the following security features and tools: AES 256-bit encryption. Hold up — are VPNs legal? Split tunneling. Multihop connections. Should I pay for a VPN?

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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). The answer is not so trivial.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 28, 2022

And it could be (almost) anything: software that eavesdrops on your phone conversations, reads your messages, accesses your camera, you name it. TAG has only seen them in action in two countries, Italy and Kazakhstan (Lookout also adds Syria to that list). And always keep your device's software up to date.

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