The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. New info on Microsoft abandoning the Hololens 3. Last week we all heard the news about Microsoft abandoning the HoloLens 3, and the denial of it by Alex Kipman and Microsoft itself.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Microsoft announces Mesh, an XR collaboration platform. Alex Kipman promised us a Microsoft Ignite conference with an amazing level of immersion , and he kept his word. But since Microsoft owns one of those studios (and using it costs around $100K/day if I remember well!), You are all fantastic! Here you are my flower for you!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. XR Today: How was Apple’s presentation of the device? Aneesh Kulkarni : It was an impressive presentation, and they checked a lot of boxes. The reveal that Apple will be using Unity to bring 3D applications and games to Vision Pro was exciting.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 3, 2023

From Zoom to Microsoft, both platforms and others are helping to facilitate a better-connected world. Although, the report also claims that only 16 percent believe video calls help them feel present in meetings. XR developer hubs like NVIDIA Omniverse, Unity, and Unreal also contain integrated emerging tools like AI.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 22, 2018

In the entertainment area of Gamescom, NVIDIA has put some RTX graphics cards on the desks of some booth of partner companies , like ASUS and Microsoft. While at Microsoft booth there was a premium RTX 2080 Ti , that I’ve been able to take in my hands so to make a video where you can see it from all angles.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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Hypergrid Business

APRIL 5, 2023

Earlier this year , I wrote about how Microsoft and other companies have pulled back on their VR and AR plans. But, other than giving a presentation at the OpenSim Community Conference in December , I can’t remember the last time I went in-world for a meeting. It’s all Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, and occasionally Microsoft Teams.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 29, 2018

RTX games use the Microsoft DX12 DXR ray tracing API. Microsoft has already released an SDK for ray-tracing, supporting NVIDIA algorithms. You can refer to this Microsoft blog post , with a final link to the SDK and tutorials on Github to have more info about it. What about Unity, instead?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

During GDC, Oculus has just: Released two new images about it , so that we have some new materials for our presentations on VR; This is a new image released by Oculus regarding the Santa Cruz: notice how the device has a great design and has 4 cameras at the 4 corners of the headset (Image by Oculus, taken from Road To VR).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

And that’s it for the news about the present. All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated. It is pretty cool, and there is already a Unity plugin so you can directly experiment with it.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

I am a bit sad no one gave an award to The Unity Cube , though… I would have loved to get a “Worst Application Award 2021” from Road To VR…. The result is that many big brands are canceling their presence at CES: Google, Intel, Microsoft, Meta, Lenovo, and many others, have decided not to go , and maybe provide their news virtually.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Furthermore, Microsoft 365 apps such as Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint, will be connected with Omniverse Project Mellon has been unveiled. I think it’s very good because it can finally give full-body VR to many Quest and Vive XR Elite users. Of course, Epic is completely against Apple and its vision of its own walled garden.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

A bit like Apple, whose upgrades to ARKit show its creation of an AR framework aimed at the future more than the present (because phone AR is good only to add features to 2D apps), Facebook updating the Quest gives us a hint of what we can expect in the upcoming years. Mozilla updates its Unity WebVR exporter. Why does this matter?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

This was quite disappointing, it means that XR is not among the present priorities of the company. Lavrynthos is a VR experience presented in Venice that has a very original way of exploiting the space around you Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy Edge?—?Last Yes, you’ve read everything well. One more event, to get to one more thing.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Combining 360-degree capture with solutions for spatial sound and integrations with tools like Unity, Unreal, and other engines, VR cameras are highly flexible. At present, companies can’t typically mix and match headsets and controllers. However, it’s worth remembering not every set of controllers will work with every headset.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

These representatives of the best of both PC and mobile VR are bound to have a few answers, as will the makers on Unreal Engine 4. State Of Unreal: Epic Games’ Opening Session. Liz Mercuri (Unity). With its Editor VR tool now available in an early incarnation, 2017 is going to be a massive year for Unity and VR.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Pimax 12K (Image by Pimax) Regarding the 12K headset, this was still some way off, with a 12K demo planned for Q3 of 2023, a roadshow in Q4, and a presentation at CES in January 2024. You can take very long flights in Microsoft Flight Simulator or some very long driving sessions when racing “24 Heures du Mans”.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

Zuck has presented four different prototypes, each one focused on a single one of these aspects. The Metaverse Standards Forum has already gathered many important players of the XR sector like Unity, Unreal Engine, Meta, Microsoft, Lamina 1, NVIDIA, and even other relevant companies like IKEA and Adobe.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. ” You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. And it was for me as well; I’ve been a Unity user forever. It’s amazing.” ” Paul: [laughs] Right.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. ” You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. And it was for me as well; I’ve been a Unity user forever. It’s amazing.” ” Paul: [laughs] Right.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. And it was for me as well; I've been a Unity user forever. Alan: And then they ask their tech teams and they're like, "does anybody know Unity?"

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

It takes plenty of time, trial and working on game engines such as Unity & Unreal to get close to the fidelity that consumers have come to demand from even the most rudimentary smartphone apps. The AR Content Chicken & Egg Building augmented reality or mixed reality content is hard.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 2, 2019

It’s a simple SDK that integrates with Unity as a content creator, or you can drag and drop product placement within your experience. And with our plugin integrated with Unity, they were able to place ads alongside the track, by basically planting billboards that are part of the scenery. Get ads that work for VR and AR.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 2, 2019

It’s a simple SDK that integrates with Unity as a content creator, or you can drag and drop product placement within your experience. And with our plugin integrated with Unity, they were able to place ads alongside the track, by basically planting billboards that are part of the scenery. Get ads that work for VR and AR.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 25, 2017

It's adopted by industry leading graphics engines such as Unreal Engine 4 , Unity 5 and Amazon’s Lumberyard to provide developers an easy path to take amazing in-game shots. The game was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on 19 May 2015, and received critical acclaim. What's Nvidia Ansel?

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

I think Microsoft is calling them "world anchors" and I think Google has called them "VPS points" or-- everybody has a solution for it today or is a solution for it. Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal. And we are-- IKEA is present in almost all countries in the world.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

I think Microsoft is calling them "world anchors" and I think Google has called them "VPS points" or-- everybody has a solution for it today or is a solution for it. Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal. And we are-- IKEA is present in almost all countries in the world.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

I think Microsoft is calling them "world anchors" and I think Google has called them "VPS points" or-- everybody has a solution for it today or is a solution for it. Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal. And we are-- IKEA is present in almost all countries in the world.

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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. You need somebody who understands Unreal or Unity. This technology is aerosolized now and it can show up anywhere, in any way.

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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. You need somebody who understands Unreal or Unity. This technology is aerosolized now and it can show up anywhere, in any way.

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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. You need somebody who understands Unreal or Unity. This technology is aerosolized now and it can show up anywhere, in any way. John: [laughs].

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

Kent: It reminds me of– I have gone to Microsoft Build for the last three years, and that’s a good place to kind of see some of the AR demos that are there in terms of the partners with Microsoft. And so with some of the demos that I’ve seen there were for people who were doing sales for say, medical equipment.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

Kent: It reminds me of-- I have gone to Microsoft Build for the last three years, and that's a good place to kind of see some of the AR demos that are there in terms of the partners with Microsoft. And so with some of the demos that I've seen there were for people who were doing sales for say, medical equipment. But once the WebXR 2.0

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

Kent: It reminds me of– I have gone to Microsoft Build for the last three years, and that’s a good place to kind of see some of the AR demos that are there in terms of the partners with Microsoft. And so with some of the demos that I’ve seen there were for people who were doing sales for say, medical equipment.

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VRGuy

AUGUST 1, 2016

I’d like to describe how I hope to see OSVR develop given past and present industry trends. Many game engines – such as Unity, Unreal and SteamVR- immediately support it. My company was one of about 10 presenting vendors. Microsoft Hololens kits are shipping to developers, but are not priced for consumers yet.

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