XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 18, 2023

Since purchasing Oculus, Meta has made significant strides in the extended reality (XR) world. In recent years, the company has been investing heavily in its vision of the “metaverse”, exploring new ways to bring people together in a digital landscape through virtual, mixed, and augmented reality (VR/MR/AR). Connectivity.

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ARPost

JUNE 5, 2023

See Also: AWE USA 2023 Day One: XR, AI, Metaverse, and More Rumors have probably been circulating for longer than many readers have even been watching XR. and the Metaverse Standards Forum could stand up and say ‘No.’,” said Pearlman, expressing concern over accessibility of “the next generation of the internet”.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Intro I’ve recently posted about what the buzzword ‘Metaverse’ means , as well as examples of what the underlying technology ‘WebXR’ is and what it is capable of. Demonstrating how the WebXR API can be used to create cross device compatible experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2024

So, while Meta published article to talk how the company is working towards the metaverse by implementing a lot of AI, Mark Zuckerberg confirmed his interest towards building the metaverse, which still is the final goal of Meta. Anton Hand told me on X that “it’s already a dead platform”.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 23, 2021

???! These days are pretty hot here, but this doesn’t stop me from enjoying virtual reality. If you will be there and want to virtually meet me, let me know! With a surprise move on a completely random day, Facebook has launched Horizon Workrooms, a VR application geared towards having meetings in virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2022

Since the hardware is almost ready, the company is now ramping up the development of the actual rOS (Reality OS) operating system, for the launch that may happen in 2023. The glasses also feature 6DOF tracking via two monochrome cameras , one color camera for mixed reality, and embedded audio. Google launches “Immersive Stream for AR”.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

And if the new headset will be about mixed reality with hand tracking (a cheap version of the Vision Pro), then we may have a division between VR content working mostly with controllers vs MR content working mostly with hand tracking. A bit late, but here I am again writing for you about the best XR news of the week!

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2022

This afternoon I’m flying to Paris to then go to Laval to attend Laval Virtual, one of the oldest events about virtual reality, where I’ll be as an attendee , a virtual speaker (about the game HitMotion: Reloaded), a host of the AWE Nite Florence (featuring great speakers like Charlie Fink… ), and also as a.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 29, 2022

On Thursday, April 21st, in Italy there has been the first edition of the On|Metaverse Summit , an amazing hybrid event of which I have been a co-organizer. On|Metaverse Summit. Lorenzo Cappannari performs his keynote at the On|Metaverse Summit (Image by Anothereality). Real events vs virtual ones.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Meta Quest 3 leaks show a lightweight mixed reality headset. It’s relevant that the device wouldn’t feature any kind of face and eye tracking, but would have RGB passthrough and a depth sensor, so that to be able to offer detailed mixed reality and high-precision environment understanding. Some news on the metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

I can’t wait to discover the Pico 4, the Quest Pro, and the Apple Reality headsets… and you? Apple headset may be called “Reality”. It seems that one of Apple’s shell companies has just registered the trademarks “Reality One”, “Reality Pro”, and “Reality Processor”. Road To VR) More info (Apple Reality?—?Upload

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 15, 2024

Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest Pro: Which “professional” headset is best? Meta has been offering companies its own high-powered mixed-reality headset for years (at a fraction of the price of the Vision Pro, we might add). It’s still a powerful ( relatively affordable ) headset for mixed reality.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

But before digging into them, let me show you the first episode of The Spatial Show, the comedy show about the metaverse organized by Ori Inbar in which I took part. Soon a demo of it for Quest 2 will be released on App Lab, but this demo is meant to shine with Project Cambria Zuckerberg is still committed to the Metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 2, 2021

The metaverse is the buzzword of the moment, so last week I made a stupid meme about it ( you can see it on Twitter ), and then yesterday I realized it had gone viral. Facebook Reality Labs creates a group focused on working on the “metaverse”. The whole team will work together towards “the metaverse”… whatever this means.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 27, 2023

Meta Quest Pro vs Apple Vision Pro: which “Pro” headset is really going to change the way we think about immersion forever? Since then, the arrival of the new mixed reality wearable has become one of the hottest topics in the industry. Meta Quest Pro vs Apple Vision Pro: An Overview Let’s start with the basics.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2023

According to this report, this is the plan that Meta has for the upcoming years in VR: Release Quest 3, focused on Mixed Reality, in 2023. The second is that looking at it we realize how the road to a fully mixed-reality future is very long. It should cost more than Quest 2, but have double the power and half the size.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2022

Metaverse efforts continue to bleed money while being not so profitable. Apple’s new privacy policy on iOS has caused a $10B loss on expected earnings in one year : considering that metaverse efforts cost exactly that money in one year, it means that the money that Meta had previously allocated for XR is no more.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

AUGUST 1, 2022

More innovations made headways in the global extended reality (XR) market last week, all of which demonstrated fresh use cases for the emerging technologies and their influence on the lives of users. Reality Scan Vs NVIDIA NeRF – Photogrammetry for Developers. Metaverse, DAOs to Change Future of Work, WEF Reports.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

I want to dedicate this newsletter article to my friend Mathew Olson, who at The Information kickstarted the “Reality Check”, a newsletter about XR which I received 3–4 times a week in my e-mail, and that was very well done. HTC releases its “metaverse phone”. NVIDIA and Siemens partnered for the “Industrial Metaverse”.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

And since virtual reality is a rather new topic, and UE4 already supports VR, this means that all these studios could advance together in creating a VR toolset for their future games. And Sony for sure wants to have a stake in the metaverse. More info (Sony invests in Epic Games) More info (Editorial by Ben Lang).

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This follows investments in mobile hardware capability, interest in immersive virtual experiences with the metaverse, and rising industry competition. Due to these variables, the augmented reality market is set to reach a value of $502 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 62.7%, according to Research and Markets.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 14, 2023

Apple Vs. Meta Apple and Meta are not the only XR headset consumer market players. Meta is still focused on fully-immersive and Metaverse spaces for social expression. Meanwhile, Apple altogether avoided terms such as the Metaverse and virtual reality during its showcase, instead describing its product as a spatial computing device.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Since the field of view is also quite in line with Quest 2 (a few degrees more), it means that the pixel density is also much higher: 1200 PPI vs 773. apply some AI computations to what the user has around him in the physical world to do some special mixed-reality applications). ” The new colourful interface of Pico OS 5.

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ARPost

AUGUST 3, 2023

The metaverse continues to gain popularity worldwide. Though it depends on how you define the metaverse , it’s estimated that it has over 400 million active users monthly , and the global metaverse market is projected to surpass USD 1.3 Before defining what the multiverse is, let’s do a quick review of what the metaverse is.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

This week I’ve anyway found the time to enjoy the artistic piece Finding Pandora X and to work on organizing my session at the Virtual Reality Day (more on this later on in this newsletter). And this is what I hope to see in the future metaverse, something that is natural and simple to be used. News worth a mention. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

More info (New Vive Focus) More info (New Vive Focus vs Original Quest) More info (Editorial on VentureBeat about the XR2 platform). Personally I don’t think that Facebook wants to remove the Oculus logo so abruptly now, but given that the Facebook Reality Labs logo has already been revealed, it’s not clear why a new one is needed.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

More info Quest update v57 brings some improvements and some headaches The new runtime of the Quest is coming with a few nice updates, like more customizations for the avatars and the ability to disable the Guardian in some mixed-reality apps. Lubos and Teem Beef have collaborated to port Prey to virtual reality!

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AR Insider

AUGUST 2, 2021

This week, we look at the proliferation of the metaverse. Now, it’s the Metaverse. What is the metaverse? It’s a virtual environment where you can be present with people in digital spaces. Following the pronouncement, Facebook launched a new division to begin the development of said Metaverse. The pass through (vs.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

More info (Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest 3 — CNET) More info (Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest 3 — Hand Tracking) Sony to make PSVR 2 compatible with PC To celebrate the first anniversary of PSVR 2 , Sony has written in blog post in which it talks about how it is improving the content catalog its users can access.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

On the content side, Pico is going to bring in many famous titles already released on Quest, like Demeo and Walkabout Mini Golf, not to mention Rec Room and Virtual Desktop. I guess this is going to slow down the metaverse efforts of these companies. All of this, in WebAR. Rec Room announces Rec Room Studio.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

Just to make an example, I was there when there was the Netscape vs Internet Explorer war, but now the leading web browser is Google Chrome. We all know that the big goal of these companies is actually building AR glasses, because these will be the glasses used every day when we will all live in a persistent shared mixed reality.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2023

Standalone virtual reality, especially thanks to the price subsidization operated by Facebook, proved that with an easy-to-use device, good games, and an affordable price, VR could reach millions of people. The hype for the Metaverse so started. While they can do VR, their main focus is to augment the space between you.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 30, 2023

Utopia has just announced that I will be one of the mentors of their metaverse masterclass , and I’m pretty happy about it. This shows the greater attention that companies are having towards full body avateering and embodiment in virtual worlds in general. And by the way, on the personal side, things are going well for me!

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

See Also: The Future Is Now: 2023 Metaverse and XR Predictions Worth Looking Into Think how Microsoft revolutionized personal computers, or how Apple changed the mobile phone market forever. The metaverse is entirely dependent on engagement and interconnectivity. Learn more and order at the link in our bio.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2022

When I talk about virtual reality or the metaverse, there are always people that ask me about its intrinsic risks of escapism and addiction: “Is it possible that people will prefer to live in a virtual world instead of the real one?” VR addiction is an important basic research in the metaverse era.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

The Tracker is one of the most successful products sold by HTC: it is mostly used by the VRChat community people to have full-body VR in their favorite social space, or by VR arcades to be able to track props in virtual reality. HTC is currently the market leader, and its Trackers have arrived at their 3rd edition.

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ARVR

JANUARY 21, 2022

Augmented reality technology has proven to be one of the top innovations opening up new growth points for businesses around the world. Let’s take a look at some of the augmented reality trends driving innovation in 2022. How Augmented Reality (AR) is Reshaping the Food Service Industry 3. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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