TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 30, 2020

” He also pointed out the development over at Amazon, where last month the company announced AWS Wavelength for ultra-low latency 5G computing at the edge, something that will have a direct impact on using and building the next generation of AR and VR headgear. “The industry is firing up 5G and that will also be a big push.”

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

For example, Lenovo’s A3 and Magic Leap 2’s smart glasses are designed for prolonged use, low latency, and industrial environments. Magic Leap also pivoted to healthcare , with the Florida-based firm designing its AR headsets for surgeons and medical professionals.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2019

Frontal view of the device (Image by Microsoft). The biggest news of the MWC for what concerns XR has been for sure the announcement of the HoloLens 2 by Microsoft. Image by Microsoft). Together with the HoloLens 2, Microsoft has also announced a new version of the Kinect, called Kinect Azure. HoloLens 2. Azure Kinect.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

Microsoft Microsoft has been increasing its focus on the extended reality landscape in recent years by producing solutions such as Microsoft Mesh and a metaverse environment for Microsoft Teams. The company’s flagship mixed reality headset offering is the HoloLens series.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

But immersive head-mounted AR for consumers has had one major hurdle that Microsoft may have just solved. When accuracy and latency isn’t low enough, the augmented objects swing around with your head and your brain doesn’t consider them part of the world. HoloLens’ sensor cluster has a whopping 11 elements.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JULY 26, 2023

Despite this, Latta praised the headset’s features like its field of view (FoV), controller-less hand tracking, eye and gaze tracking, and 3D video recording capabilities. He said, “If they can perfect their new R1 chip running, reach zero-latency, and controllerless interfacing working in real-time, this changes the game.

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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. Facebook and Microsoft publish two interesting research projects for VR. This week, Facebook and Microsoft have released two interesting works from their R&D department.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

Someone has already received it and has already shared on the social media videos of the Air Link in action. On the client side, the system will become compatible with iOS devices, and a Magic Leap client has also been developed. CloudXR SDK, NVIDIA’s service to offer cloud rendering, will update to v2.1.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

If we talk about compatible devices, we all have a smartphone that can do AR, we all have watched on some social media short video selfies with some AR effects on. This commercial video about Google Glasses led me to immersive realities. Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). Magic Leap will meet its fate.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

But I would wait to rejoice from it: VR requires a very short motion-to-photon latency, and as of today no cloud rendering service can offer such low latency in every possible location of the user. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap has sold units of its first device for $550. News worth a mention.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

I’m an early-stage VC focused on virtual and augmented reality, so I pieced this together based on the forward-thinking pitches and demos I’ve been lucky enough to see through my work, plus a lifetime of burning through sci-fi and video games. Those interactions can be mapped to brainwaves and translated into action with almost no latency.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It’s been called the AR Cloud by many, the Magicverse by Magic Leap, the Mirrorworld by Wired, the Cyberverse by Huawei, Planet-scale AR by Niantic and Spatial Computing by academics. Some recent acquisitions include AltspaceVR (Microsoft), and Escher (Niantic). Find out more details, dynamics and submission guidelines here. .

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Here you are the full video of the interview. Some of my toy projects… I did a ton of these toys joysticks that you plug into a television and have a bunch of video games built in. Yeah, I don’t know if you’ve seen any of the videos …yeah a lot of these features are already prototyped and we’re demonstrating them all.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 31, 2016

At this year’s IMMERSE Summit , Road to VR sat down with Matt McIlwain , managing director at Madrona Venture Group (investor in Envelop VR and Pixvana ), and Patrick Eggen , managing director at Qualcomm Ventures (investor in Owlchemy Labs and Magic Leap ), to discuss their investing strategies when it comes to virtual and augmented reality.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

Beliaeff: If you look at the evolution of video games, they’re trying to control everything a person is experiencing. If you saw those first pictures in Central Park, you got this experiential blend of the video game portion of it and the reality around you. GB: Magic Leap is a big presence in the AR discussion.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2019

The video was astonishing: he has been able to create a portal inside a Minecraft server , and if you enter the portal, you enter into another server, this time playing Doom. I was impressed by seeing your video where you created a portal between Doom and Minecraft. The video is a recording of a proof of concept.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 8, 2019

And the importance of the general technical work I do in terms of creating low-latency experiences, and how they can be used to combine together to create better human safety conditions. And certainly, if everybody’s trying to uplink a live video stream of something that’s going on, then it becomes even more overwhelming.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 8, 2019

And the importance of the general technical work I do in terms of creating low-latency experiences, and how they can be used to combine together to create better human safety conditions. And certainly, if everybody’s trying to uplink a live video stream of something that’s going on, then it becomes even more overwhelming.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The New York Times distributes more than 1 million Google Cardboard phone VR viewers to subscribers with the launch of The Displaced , a 360-degree video project focusing on children driven from their homes by war. Magic Leap kicks off the month with the announcement of an enormous $794 million fundraising round, backed by Alibaba.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

So, when you say communications, are you meaning, I put on a pair of glasses and an avatar pops up and starts talking to me, or maybe a video screen? And I think, if you look at education as a system, it’s competing with Hollywood movies and AAA video games. There’s Magic Leap– Alan: Still a challenge.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

So, when you say communications, are you meaning, I put on a pair of glasses and an avatar pops up and starts talking to me, or maybe a video screen? And I think, if you look at education as a system, it’s competing with Hollywood movies and AAA video games. There’s Magic Leap– Alan: Still a challenge.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Microsoft chose this approach for HoloLens 2, which Quest Pro actually bears a striking resemblance to. It’s grainy and washed out, like an old phone camera video recording. It remains rock solid with no perceptible jitter, latency, or drift. Halo straps put all the pressure against your upper forehead.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Radiant Images hopes to do the same with an investment in 360 video production, and VP Michael Mansouri drops in to explain how. When you walk into a Best Buy’s or you walk into any retailer, they’re selling you the Amazon Echo and they’re selling you the Google Home, where you ask a question, it plays a video.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Radiant Images hopes to do the same with an investment in 360 video production, and VP Michael Mansouri drops in to explain how. When you walk into a Best Buy's or you walk into any retailer, they're selling you the Amazon Echo and they're selling you the Google Home, where you ask a question, it plays a video.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Radiant Images hopes to do the same with an investment in 360 video production, and VP Michael Mansouri drops in to explain how. When you walk into a Best Buy’s or you walk into any retailer, they’re selling you the Amazon Echo and they’re selling you the Google Home, where you ask a question, it plays a video.

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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. The Touch controllers feel like little magical half-doughnuts and are smooth and intuitive. MAGIC LEAP’S CONTROVERSY. Now, the day is here, and the wait was… worth it?

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 10, 2019

For virtual reality, which I know we haven’t spent much on for the 360 degree videos that we’re doing, we spent less than twenty thousand on that. I mean, I have a HoloLens and a Magic Leap, and I got to try the HoloLens2, but they wouldn’t let me turn it on. Some operational training. I can’t wait.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 10, 2019

For virtual reality, which I know we haven’t spent much on for the 360 degree videos that we’re doing, we spent less than twenty thousand on that. I mean, I have a HoloLens and a Magic Leap, and I got to try the HoloLens2, but they wouldn’t let me turn it on. Some operational training. I can’t wait.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

A worker wearing HoloLens 2 (Image by Microsoft). Regarding big brands, I expect Apple and Facebook still to wait a bit before releasing something, while Magic Leap will have to make its move to come out from the quicksands. My duck-face while wearing Magic Leap One glasses. Standalone/All-in-two headsets.

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VRGuy

AUGUST 1, 2016

Reducing Latency is Becoming Complex Trends Presence in VR requires low latency, and reducing latency is not easy. Low latency is also not the result of one single technique. Predictive tracking lowers perceived latency by estimating future orientation. Augmented reality tools detect objects in video feeds.

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