The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 15, 2024

We have built great experiences on top of VRChat, which is an amazing platform, has a lot of daily users, and has good building tools, so we could just happily rely on it. My answer has always been “No”, because I knew building a proprietary platform would have been very expensive and complicated. That’s it.

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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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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This typically involves a number of different technologies working together, such a GPS and other location tools Digital compass Camera Accelerometer and Gyroscope Depth sensors Latest devices are equipped with depth-sensing hardware (LiDAR, ToF) to improve precision. Let’s explore some of the features that are used by developers.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

As I reported last week, people are exploring class actions, or are switching to other devices, and I even found on Kotaku (a popular indie gaming magazine) a very angry article about this topic. More info (New features of OpenXR) More info (OpenXR in Unity) More info (OpenXR in Microsoft products).

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Networking implementation using Photon Unity Networking. Unity v2019.2.0 Unity v2019.2.0 With the new XR packages from Unity and the latest tools and hardware offered by Microsoft, this game can be improved in many ways. HoloLens Input management and Holographic UI creation. Don’t forget to give us your ??

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

This would be amazing because Oculus could prove that its social tool (currently in closed alpha stage) works very well even for important events and can fulfill the mission of “defying distance”. Mozilla updates its Unity WebVR exporter. Basically, projects that give value to the device and to Microsoft in general.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

All social companies are now competing on who can offer the best tools to create them: the one having the lead is currently Snapchat (that has been the first startup believing in augmentations), which has already implemented full-body filters, and location-based filters, where you can augment certain landmarks of various cities. Sounded good.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

Unity talked about PlayStation VR 2 at GDC. Unity had a talk about developing for PlayStation VR 2 at GDC 2022. More info (Foveated Tracking boost inside PSVR 2) More info (Full Unity talk at GDC). News worth a mention. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). boost over a non-foveated-rendered frame and a 1.1–1.4x

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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. This could be The Unity Cube 2.0.

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ARVR

JULY 13, 2021

Unpacking that a bit, Toyota’s virtual pipeline starts by importing vehicle data into Unity using Pixyz. With HoloLens 2 and Dynamics 365 Remote Assist (Microsoft’s mixed reality distance collaboration tool) two or more participants can share the same view, communicate, and collaborate wherever they are.

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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 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.

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ARVR

JULY 23, 2021

These use cases are where Medical device manufacturer Medtronic, with the help of Re’Flekt and Unity, has implemented AR. Instead, Microsoft HoloLens guides surgeons while they’re using the equipment. That can include everything from guiding surgeons through line-of-sight instructions to medical device manufacturing.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Microsoft Hololens is a key player in the MR market. It has the ability to create a cross platform code where users can create their projects in either JavaScript, Unity, Xamarin, and Cordova. Applications of AR Data Visualization  — Being able to visualize data is an important tool to make important decisions.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Before starting, I remind you that if you find what I do useful, you can donate to my magazine on Patreon to express your appreciation. The web is always ready to make some jokes on Zuck when we’re talking about data gathering (Image from Reddit, showcasing the magazine The Onion). And now, let’s go. Oculus Quest 2.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

So where this lower layer of software comes as a bunch of tools. You put new tools in place. And again, this is a visual communication tool to support normal decision making. So that communication tool is actually very important in marketing. We give them the tool to match perspective between the physical and the real.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

So where this lower layer of software comes as a bunch of tools. You put new tools in place. And again, this is a visual communication tool to support normal decision making. So that communication tool is actually very important in marketing. We give them the tool to match perspective between the physical and the real.

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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? Because I think it's a big shock, when you explained to me how the magazine that we get, some of the photos in there aren't real photographs, they're renders. 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? Because I think it's a big shock, when you explained to me how the magazine that we get, some of the photos in there aren't real photographs, they're renders. Martin: Yeah. Alan: Exactly.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

If these Facebook features proved to be popular, more developers would use them, and finally, Facebook could have more power on the VR development tools , after the failed acquisition of Unity. Microsoft now sees VR as a high priority for Flight Simulator. You know, Microsoft only adds VR when people ask for it….

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

So where this lower layer of software comes as a bunch of tools. You put new tools in place. And again, this is a visual communication tool to support normal decision making. So that communication tool is actually very important in marketing. We give them the tool to match perspective between the physical and the real.

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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? Because I think it's a big shock, when you explained to me how the magazine that we get, some of the photos in there aren't real photographs, they're renders. Martin: Yeah. Alan: Exactly.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

We were so blessed to find literally the man that wrote the book on Unity [chuckles] Joe Hocking, to join the team. They want immersive tools. You can now go deep on it with 3D tools that are baked into the platform. And their audience expects modern tools to learn. And Lewis Gardner on our CMS. They want on-demand.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

We were so blessed to find literally the man that wrote the book on Unity [chuckles] Joe Hocking, to join the team. They want immersive tools. You can now go deep on it with 3D tools that are baked into the platform. And their audience expects modern tools to learn. John: Exactly. And Lewis Gardner on our CMS.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

As the pioneer of utilizing AR for industry support and training, Scope AR are partnered with technology leaders such as Google and Microsoft. Since founding the company in 2011, Scott as one of the first executives to get augmented reality tools in use by multi-billion dollar corporations. Scott, welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

HP and Microsoft, they’re running huge departments in this, just because they were early and learned how to do it. No offence to Microsoft, but we’re not living in Windows anymore. Alan: You’ve been doing this a while longer than myself, but I’ve been in early VR since 2014.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

HP and Microsoft, they’re running huge departments in this, just because they were early and learned how to do it. No offence to Microsoft, but we’re not living in Windows anymore. Alan: You’ve been doing this a while longer than myself, but I’ve been in early VR since 2014.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

As the pioneer of utilizing AR for industry support and training, Scope AR are partnered with technology leaders such as Google and Microsoft. Since founding the company in 2011, Scott as one of the first executives to get augmented reality tools in use by multi-billion dollar corporations. Scott, welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

As the pioneer of utilizing AR for industry support and training, Scope AR are partnered with technology leaders such as Google and Microsoft. Since founding the company in 2011, Scott as one of the first executives to get augmented reality tools in use by multi-billion dollar corporations. Scott, welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

HP and Microsoft, they're running huge departments in this, just because they were early and learned how to do it. No offence to Microsoft, but we're not living in Windows anymore. laughs] And we're in a similar space right now with XR, in that the tools for creating a digital version of physical objects have never been cheaper.

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Technology Machine Learning Industry Training 60

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

We were so blessed to find literally the man that wrote the book on Unity [chuckles] Joe Hocking, to join the team. They want immersive tools. You can now go deep on it with 3D tools that are baked into the platform. And their audience expects modern tools to learn. John: Exactly. And Lewis Gardner on our CMS.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus?

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