The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle?—?for The “metaverse” was not a key topic inside “Microsoft Build”. Microsoft Build is one of the most important yearly events organized by Microsoft. This is the reason why I think this announcement is so important. Other news.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Researchers at the National University of Singapore first showed us how face electrodes can simulate food in virtual reality– and now they are bringing wind and heat to your virtual world. Birthed in New Zealand and raised in Los Angeles, CA, volumetric capture company 8i has announced a Series B round of $27M.

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JUNE 19, 2017

Microsoft didn’t even mention VR at all during the reveal of the Xbox One X even though executives have suggested the system will still support it. That said, we did try out some really cool stuff located around the Los Angeles Convention Center. Runner Up: CaptoGlove.

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VRScout

JUNE 21, 2017

One big name that was notably missing from the VR news at E3 was Microsoft—who, contrary to many predictions, did not announce anything VR-related for Xbox. Based in Palo Alto, CA, Osso VR has raised $2M to progress production of their VR surgical training simulations. ARE YOU IN LOS ANGELES JULY 14-1TH?

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

By the time Howard Rheingold’s “Virtual Reality” was published in 1991, the Sensorama was already a “slowly deteriorating” relic stashed away in a cabana next the pool at its inventor’s West Los Angeles home. In 2016, Microsoft began shipping a developer edition of its mixed reality HoloLens system, priced at $3,000.

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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”. The engine is able to build and simulate cities automatically by just having some parameters provided by the developers.

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VRWorld

JUNE 22, 2016

Can you tell me how did you got involved in Virtual Reality and how did you end up in Los Angeles? Jake Rowell: You can blame Neville ( Neville Spiteri, co-founder and CEO, WeVR ) for bringing me from Hawaii to Los Angeles. There were no headaches among our testers.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The month closes with Microsoft finally awakening, announcing it will ship the $3,000 self-contained HoloLens augmented reality developer kit to developers at the end of March. Not to be outdone with the Oculus announcements, Valve reveals a new controller prototype that can simulate the sensations of grasping and releasing objects.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

So a lot of people got in and said, “hey, we’re gonna make games,” and then, “maybe we should make training simulators or something like that.” And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It’s totally different.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

So a lot of people got in and said, “hey, we’re gonna make games,” and then, “maybe we should make training simulators or something like that.” And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It’s totally different.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

So a lot of people got in and said, "hey, we're gonna make games," and then, "maybe we should make training simulators or something like that." And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft's best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It's not your drab, beige Windows building, or Microsoft Word.

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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. He served as design director for consumer experience at Microsoft mixed reality, before establishing his own design consultancy earlier this year. 25- Pankaj Raut. 29- Clyde Dsouza.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

So a lot of people got in and said, “hey, we’re gonna make games,” and then, “maybe we should make training simulators or something like that.” And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It’s totally different.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 26, 2019

The test that we’ve been doing here in Los Angeles in some local warehouses, where we’re able to create these spatial workflows, tasking and routing functionality, practically doubles the amount of time it takes for even a seasoned to pick-and-pack worker to be able to do X number of picks in a given day. Gabriel: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 26, 2019

The test that we’ve been doing here in Los Angeles in some local warehouses, where we’re able to create these spatial workflows, tasking and routing functionality, practically doubles the amount of time it takes for even a seasoned to pick-and-pack worker to be able to do X number of picks in a given day. Gabriel: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 26, 2019

The test that we've been doing here in Los Angeles in some local warehouses, where we're able to create these spatial workflows, tasking and routing functionality, practically doubles the amount of time it takes for even a seasoned to pick-and-pack worker to be able to do X number of picks in a given day. Alan: Yeah, an oil rig.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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