The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

This week has mostly been in the sign of Oculus, with many news and updates from the brand controlled by Facebook. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap 2 is coming in Q1 2022. Even if most of this roundup will be about Oculus, I have decided to put another brand on top of it and it is Magic Leap.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 17, 2023

Automotive companies use VR environments to build new vehicles while embedding AR technology into their navigation systems. Retail brands are experimenting with XR to bring new purchasing experiences to consumers. The concept of interoperability is important to XR innovation isn’t new.

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VRScout

JANUARY 4, 2019

You can also watch Crow: The Legend in a traditional 2D format on YouTube in case you don’t own an Oculus Rift, Oculus Go or Gear VR. By merging the physical world with digital objects, you have a technology that could serve as a brilliant marketing tool for retailers, organizations and ad agencies.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

While wearable technologies, including wearable XR, didn’t exactly “blow up” this year, the technology did further entrench itself in enterprise—the number of companies in the evaluation stage rose significantly, several large deployments made headlines, and solution providers continued to partner and expand their products to more platforms.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Rumors hint to Oculus discontinuing the current Quest and selling the new one at $299 and $399. The Facebook Connect is close and we all expect that during that conference Oculus is finally going to announce the new Oculus Quest. Facebook is temporarily suspending the sale of Oculus Quest devices in Germany.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

This is an enormous number: this means that now 15–20% of the total Facebook workforce is on immersive technologies, even if XR is currently a very little revenue stream for the social media giant. In September, the new Facebook Avatars will come and substitute the current Oculus avatars. 10,000 people mean at least 1.2B

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has also recently written together with Irena Cronin “The Infinite Retina” , a great book about the technologies of the future, like XR, AI, and autonomous vehicles. But of course, the technology is still not there: the Oculus Quest is still uncomfortable, we can’t read texts in it, and so on.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

This is the first roundup of news of this new year, and to signal a change with the past, I’ve changed the name from “VR Week Peek” to “XR Week Peek”, because, hey, I like talking about all immersive technologies and not only Virtual Reality. Image by Oculus). In the meanwhile, I wish you all a fantastic 2020! Other relevant news.

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Tech Trends VR

JANUARY 1, 2019

The late screenwriting legend William Goldman famously said; “nobody knows anything” so predictions – specially about technology – always run the risk of making people look silly in the not-so-distant-future. 2018 has been a remarkable year for immersive technologies (which include the whole spectrum of Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality).

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

For example, Chinese technology company Easpeed developed “no-touch” hologram buttons for elevators, to avoid having to touch surfaces and lowering the risk of spreading COVID-19. Apple seems to be cornering the popular entertainment industry, with the acquisition of NextVR, as industry rivals such as Magic Leap focus on enterprise solutions.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 29, 2018

I’m at the technology store today in my local shopping mall because I want to get a new VR headset. Possible modifications to the Oculus Go to make it more comfortable (Image by Rob Cole). Attention to comfort has been one innovation that Magic Leap has taken to the AR ecosystem (Image by Magic Leap).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

VPS is a technology that implements the AR Cloud and creates a bridge between the real and the virtual world. What is impressive is that using the technology acquired with another startup, which is The 8th Wall, Niantic has also teased that VPS will be available also for WebAR experiences. Image by Magic Leap).

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

So we focused on the emerging consumer landscape and the emerging technology landscape, and make sure that the KT brand continues to be relevant not only today, but five or ten years from now. So we are focusing on looking at new business models and emerging technologies, then tying those to our strategy businesses.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

So we focused on the emerging consumer landscape and the emerging technology landscape, and make sure that the KT brand continues to be relevant not only today, but five or ten years from now. So we are focusing on looking at new business models and emerging technologies, then tying those to our strategy businesses.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

So we focused on the emerging consumer landscape and the emerging technology landscape, and make sure that the KT brand continues to be relevant not only today, but five or ten years from now. So we are focusing on looking at new business models and emerging technologies, then tying those to our strategy businesses.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 31, 2018

These are precious data for all the retail and e-commerce firms. The tracking technology worked very well while I looked in front of me, but tracking precision degraded as I moved my eyes to look too much towards left, right, up and down ; The third is about using the interfaces. Let me tell you the whole story. Image by 7Invensun).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

So, I opened a chain of retail computer stores in the 90s, I ran a fairly large chain in Oregon with five computer stores and then in 2000 I started working in Silicon Valley doing electronics and engineering… and eventually, I got into doing consumer products. after that, I’ve always been a bit of an entrepreneur also. The Vive Wands.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

I opened up retail computer stores after that, at the height of the internet boom in 1995. Meanwhile, the technology you guys all have in your pockets or in your laps — your smartphones and tablets and even PCs — have gotten powerful enough that there’s enough horsepower to run this technology. Jeri Ellsworth: I’m an inventor.

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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. An Apple AR headset has been a mainstay of the rumor mills for several years, and we expect Facebook to be creating an AR Oculus device.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Alan: So, because this is a podcast focused on the business applications and enterprise applications of this technology, what did you see at Laval that stood out as a must-have for businesses? Which is pretty amazing, because who knows how these technologies are going to be used? It’s about three and half hours west of Paris.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Alan: So, because this is a podcast focused on the business applications and enterprise applications of this technology, what did you see at Laval that stood out as a must-have for businesses? Which is pretty amazing, because who knows how these technologies are going to be used? It’s about three and half hours west of Paris.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Alan: So, because this is a podcast focused on the business applications and enterprise applications of this technology, what did you see at Laval that stood out as a must-have for businesses? Which is pretty amazing, because who knows how these technologies are going to be used? It's about three and half hours west of Paris.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

But soon, Arash Keshmirian saw the writing on the wall that XR’s current usefulness was better-suited to the worlds of industry, retail, and journalism. We're going to dig into using Magic Leap and Hololens and mixed reality headsets as a tool for business. How do we use these new display technologies?

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

But soon, Arash Keshmirian saw the writing on the wall that XR’s current usefulness was better-suited to the worlds of industry, retail, and journalism. We're going to dig into using Magic Leap and Hololens and mixed reality headsets as a tool for business. How do we use these new display technologies?

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

But soon, Arash Keshmirian saw the writing on the wall that XR’s current usefulness was better-suited to the worlds of industry, retail, and journalism. We're going to dig into using Magic Leap and Hololens and mixed reality headsets as a tool for business. How do we use these new display technologies?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

As SuperData’s lead XR analyst, Carter is responsible for the company’s reports on immersive technology. Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Enterprise will account for the majority of those through at least 2022.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

As SuperData’s lead XR analyst, Carter is responsible for the company’s reports on immersive technology. Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Enterprise will account for the majority of those through at least 2022.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

As SuperData's lead XR analyst, Carter is responsible for the company's reports on immersive technology. Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Alan: Although Magic Leap did publish some photos of a model wearing the Magic Leap glasses the other day.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Fable Studios is building Lucy, an AI character that currently acts as a self aware drawn character in the “Wolves in the Walls” series but eventually will become her a personified OS much in the same way Mica from Magic Leap is aiming to be. The Evolution of Brand Activations.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 21, 2019

How an end user experiences a new mode of technology is almost as important — if not more — than how the tech works on the inside. Austin employs a user-first synthesis of technical understanding and UX design to create effective and useful products in emerging technology. That’s like next-level retail.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 21, 2019

How an end user experiences a new mode of technology is almost as important — if not more — than how the tech works on the inside. Austin employs a user-first synthesis of technical understanding and UX design to create effective and useful products in emerging technology. That’s like next-level retail.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 7, 2020

One of the best use cases for XR technologies is training and enterprise solutions, as long-time listeners know. Today, we're speaking with Bharat Ahluwalia and Jamie Fleming from Altoura about augmenting enterprise productivity for frontline workers using spatial technologies. Alan: Hey, everyone. Jamie: Hey, thanks, Alan.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 7, 2020

One of the best use cases for XR technologies is training and enterprise solutions, as long-time listeners know. Today, we're speaking with Bharat Ahluwalia and Jamie Fleming from Altoura about augmenting enterprise productivity for frontline workers using spatial technologies. Alan: Hey, everyone. Jamie: Hey, thanks, Alan.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

His primary role is developing the strategy and implementation of emerging technology, to best enhance digital projects. or, to do it just because the technology's cool. What is that low-hanging fruit for businesses to get involved, and just start with this technology? And how can we use emerging technology to do that?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

His primary role is developing the strategy and implementation of emerging technology, to best enhance digital projects. or, to do it just because the technology's cool. What is that low-hanging fruit for businesses to get involved, and just start with this technology? And how can we use emerging technology to do that?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 21, 2019

How an end user experiences a new mode of technology is almost as important -- if not more -- than how the tech works on the inside. Austin employs a user-first synthesis of technical understanding and UX design to create effective and useful products in emerging technology. That's like next-level retail. Austin: Exactly.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 7, 2020

One of the best use cases for XR technologies is training and enterprise solutions, as long-time listeners know. Today, we're speaking with Bharat Ahluwalia and Jamie Fleming from Altoura about augmenting enterprise productivity for frontline workers using spatial technologies. Alan: Hey, everyone. Jamie: Hey, thanks, Alan.

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