XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 9, 2022

With investment in everything from the hardware side of the XR collaboration story, to the software side, with apps like VR Workplace, Meta is paving the way to host of opportunities for all companies to get involved in the next generation of work. Magic Leap.

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Slashgear

MARCH 19, 2018

This week the folks at Magic Leap announced their first Technical Preview of their Creative Portal and SDK for their burgeoning spacial computing platform. These tools were announced to be joined by Technical Preview builds of Unreal Engine 4 and Unity tools for developers to connect with the Magic Leap platform.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 17, 2023

Back in 2018, as part of the IBC Masterclass on VR technology, Rob Koenen shared his vision of the future of virtual reality. For instance: Meta: Meta’s Oculus devices not only work alongside a wide range of different hardware solutions, but they’re also designed to support countless different types of software too seamlessly.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Dispelling Common VR Myths and Misconceptions Despite the relatively widespread acceptance and use of virtual reality technology, there are still some myths and misconceptions that surround it. Unfortunately, such beliefs stem from a misunderstanding of the technology and how it works.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The companies investing in spatial audio today are using the technology to enhance the quality of their virtual reality landscapes, and develop new experiences in the metaverse. Rebuff Reality. Magic Leap. Unity stands out as one of the top environments for developers in the XR space.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Despite Zuckerberg’s reported failure and investment reduction for Reality Labs, Meta Platforms is only one of many tech firms developing spatial solutions. Global tech giants such as NVIDIA, Lenovo, Unity, Epic Games, HTC VIVE, and others have already entered the metaverse space race. Jobs for Metaverse Work.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

Before leaving you to the best news of the week, I would like to highlight two notable things about my work: My crazy trolling game “The Unity Cube” has been featured in a video by Upload VR! Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap 2 is coming in Q1 2022. You don’t even know how this made me happy! Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2022

Anyway, it is more probable that we’ll have some software reveal that hints at Apple’s XR strategy. There I have tried some interesting devices like Weart haptic gloves, OWO haptic suit, but especially the Magic Leap 2, which I found to be a very well-made piece of hardware!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 23, 2024

“We’re releasing Meta Horizon OS, our operating system that powers the Meta Quest virtual and mixed reality headsets,” noted Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg , who also added: In every era of computing, there are always open and closed models. – But it doesn’t have to be that way. Cristiano Amon, President and CEO of Qualcomm Inc.,

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

Rony Abovitz steps down from Magic Leap CEO. This was a very good thing and attracted many people to Magic Leap. I hope that Magic Leap will benefit from it and will recover pretty soon. in software, serving 55mm–71mm IPD Refresh Rate ?—?75Hz Road To VR) More info (Qualcomm’s Wi-fi 6 chips?—?Upload

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Micro XR software project is reportedly being tested on monocular glasses codenamed “Betty” and a binocular version of the same, codenamed “Barry”. This week, Microsoft announced that MRTK will migrate to an independent GitHub account and that the project will be supported by a consortium including Microsoft, Magic Leap, and Qualcomm.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

Microsoft Magic Leap Varjo HP Acer Samsung ASUS Dell Biel AjnaXR FYR Medical ESight Canon IrisVision VRgineers Zappar Lynx Valve Microsoft Microsoft has been increasing its focus on the extended reality landscape in recent years, with the production of solutions such as Microsoft Mesh, and a metaverse environment for Microsoft Teams.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

On the client side, the system will become compatible with iOS devices, and a Magic Leap client has also been developed. This means that cloud rendering could become a reality for always more headsets, and using always more cloud services. We can rejoice: Virtual Reality has a new unicorn company that proves its success.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

This is great news for the customers of the Quest 2, but it poses some doubts about the retro compatibility of the Quest ecosystem that Zuck promised at OC6: if the Quest 2 is much more powerful than the Quest 1 and the Quest 1 is discontinued, has sense for developers to keep producing software that is compatible with Quest 1? Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

At GDC 2017 LG showcased a virtual reality headset that was SteamVR compatible: it was a game-changing moment since for the first time a new non-Vive headset would have been compatible with SteamVR tracking and ecosystem. This is Oculus’s answer to Steam Hardware & Software Survey. Magic Leap releases its SDK.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 29, 2023

Some of the largest takeaways from the report found that the augmented reality (AR) market had taken over 55 percent of global markets in 2021. However, virtual reality (VR) was set to grow from 2022 to 2030, with software making significant gains in the same period.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

Magic Leap Currently focusing its attention on the enterprise landscape, Magic Leap produces AR and MR headsets designed to address the needs of various industries. The professional-grade mixed reality solution available from the company today is the Varjo XR-3.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

So at least the collaboration with Valve is true, but notice that it has not been on the headset, so they got no reference design from Valve, it has just been on the software integration. 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

APRIL 5, 2021

It’s nice to see how Facebook is updating the Quest software constantly. And I’m not only talking about the hardware, but also the software. For sure, as Tom Ffiske reports, it doesn’t include only the cost of the hardware, but also the software and Azure cloud architecture that Microsoft will build for the program. Learn more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 1, 2023

We Repeat: The Metaverse Is Not Dead Inbar’s avatar told audiences that augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) technologies were “no longer buzzwords,” but had become “an integral part of our daily lives.” His presentation would set the tone for the resurging XR sector.

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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 Let’s see what will happen… and in the meantime let’s eat lots of popcorns.

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Robert Scoble

OCTOBER 4, 2019

It isn’t alone, we know of many companies that are spending billions on same, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Sony, Magic Leap, Huawei, and others. I now call the whole field “spatial computing” which includes all computing humans, robots, or virtual beings move through, including augmented and virtual reality.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2016

John Riccitiello, CEO of Unity Technologies, predicted that tech journalists would start gleefully writing that the virtual reality revolution is over because sales of VR headsets fell short of expectations, and analysts are in the midst of shaving back their predictions. I’m not one of those journalists. It’s a fizzle.’

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. I’m looking forward to learning more about RealityKit and Reality Composer. The reveal that Apple will be using Unity to bring 3D applications and games to Vision Pro was exciting. Their partnership with Unity will get them there quickly.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

So we were very early adopters of virtual reality already in that period. We’ve had quite a few ups and downs in virtual reality. And virtual reality/augmented reality proves to be very efficient there. And by ’99, the hardware was there, so you can start running this on PCs.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

So we were very early adopters of virtual reality already in that period. We’ve had quite a few ups and downs in virtual reality. And virtual reality/augmented reality proves to be very efficient there. And by ’99, the hardware was there, so you can start running this on PCs.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Two days ago, I’ve given you my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 (read it, in case you missed it). Now it’s time to make some forecasts about its companion technology, that is augmented reality! Magic Leap will meet its fate. Duck Face, Magic Leap One, and me.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

So we were very early adopters of virtual reality already in that period. We've had quite a few ups and downs in virtual reality. '99 And virtual reality/augmented reality proves to be very efficient there. And by '99, the hardware was there, so you can start running this on PCs. We work with regions.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2021

The most interesting insight of the week comes from analyst Mark Mahaney, that, among other things has analyzed Facebook’s Virtual Reality business, and has reported very interesting data. But actually, the virtual reality business is far from being profitable for Facebook. and this is a solid number. billion and $6.4

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

This time we don’t have more info about the hardware, but about the software. Somnium is already an investor in XTAL, and it is so strengthening its position as a leader both in the software and the hardware necessary to access virtual worlds. Image by Magic Leap). A bit of boomer humour about virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2021

To the right side of the page you will see Build Guides and under it links to assembly, 3d printing, and software setup. I do sell a software launcher that allows you, once the Triton is assembled, to run and begin the software side of the Triton journey. . Triton works with Leap Motion (now Ultra Leap) hands tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

As John Riccitiello (CEO of Unity) said some years ago , the VR market won’t be interesting enough until it will reach the 10 million users mark. Why can’t it be Facebook, or Magic Leap ? Suzanne Borders, CEO and founder of BadVR, at the company’s office in Marina Del Rey, with a Magic Leap One on.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 16, 2022

I have just returned back home to Turin (Italy) after my trip to Laval and Paris, and as usual when I attend an event, here I am reporting to you the impressions of some of the hardware and software I have tried there. But no, the demo was not that fun, it was just a simple Unity scene.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 11, 2022

Tools like the Oculus already come with hand tracking functionality, to help users interact with some software on a hands-free basis. Best-known in the gaming world, Valve helps developers and creators to design a host of unique and immersive experiences for their users in virtual reality. Unity and Magic Leap.

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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. What kind of devices and software will we need to participate in this AR Cloud? It’s a set of ideas straight out of science fiction, literally.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Jeri has been in the R&D of Valve Software when Abrash was still there, so she knows a lot about AR and VR. At Tilt Five, we designed a really clever system that only works on tabletop experiences but it has features that are just leaps and bounds above what the big Magic Leap or HoloLens type AR systems are.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 29, 2020

With rumors of upcoming Apple glasses surging, and the investment made in Magic Leap that until now has been unfruitful, for sure Google is looking for an alternative to build its AR strategy. Unity Learn Premium is permanently free. Do you want to learn Unity for your next big AR/VR app? Take your course on Unity now!

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