The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft Teams to integrate Mesh in 2022. With a surprise move, Microsoft has announced that in 2022 it will integrate Microsoft Mesh, its framework to create shared XR experiences, inside Microsoft Teams. And if they have these features from Microsoft, they won’t need to get them from Meta.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! So many memories… who was there already in VR with me? We’ll see….

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

It’s not clear on what platforms this functionality will be working on, but if I had to guess, I would say Project Cambria, since its body tracking was already revealed in a video some months ago. For instance, since I work on a VR fitness game , I’m thinking about all the new training experiences that will become now possible.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

HP has fixed many of the visual problems of the headse t, and Microsoft has just released a patch on Windows 10 that aims at solving many visual issues of all WMR headsets (like Chromatic aberration). But honestly, I expected a bit more … it’s a bit weird that Microsoft hasn’t solved its biggest pain point yet. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

Vive Tracker has been one of the best products ever launched by HTC and it has been used in many applications, either for leisure (think about full-body tracking in VRChat) or for professional usage (training with physical objects). Qualcomm and Microsoft partnership. I think that this tracker can be very useful. Further references.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. Oculus is also offering a $100 Oculus Store credit when you purchase a Rift from Best Buy, Amazon, and Microsoft in the US and Canada. We are kicking off Thanksgiving weekend with a ton of new content.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Charles published the first review of virtual reality for surgical training in 1994 and has an extensive background in research and the evaluation of new technologies. This work led him to develop a patent pending technology for non-invasive facial expression monitoring using wearable technology.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Alan: Hey, everyone, I'm Alan Smithson, and today we're speaking with John Martin, the CEO and co-founder of BUNDLR, an augmented reality platform company empowering training, learning, and development innovators with on-demand and mobile immersive experiences. They want videos. They want immersive tools. They want on-demand.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Alan: Hey, everyone, I'm Alan Smithson, and today we're speaking with John Martin, the CEO and co-founder of BUNDLR, an augmented reality platform company empowering training, learning, and development innovators with on-demand and mobile immersive experiences. They want videos. They want immersive tools. They want on-demand.

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

More recently, the use of wearable augmented and virtual reality devices by airport and airline technicians to train, perform maintenance, and receive remote support has gained traction. Around the same time, Vueling, Iberia, and Air Berlin launched smartwatch boarding passes for early Pebble and Samsung smartwatches.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Alan: Hey, everyone, I'm Alan Smithson, and today we're speaking with John Martin, the CEO and co-founder of BUNDLR, an augmented reality platform company empowering training, learning, and development innovators with on-demand and mobile immersive experiences. They want videos. They want immersive tools. They want on-demand.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

A report from Insider states that Microsoft may have canceled its plans for HoloLens 3. There is instead a rumored partnership with Samsung , where Samsung would actually build a new XR device and Microsoft offer the platform on top of which the headset may run. Some updates on Meta products.

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VeeR VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

From the 1970s to the 1990s, the VR industry mainly provided devices for medical, flight simulation, automobile industry design, and military training purposes. Atari founded a lab for virtual reality research in 1982, but it closed down two short years later due to the North American video game crash of 1983.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

This means that in 2020, AR and VR will still be used mostly in the enterprise sector, and mostly for training and maintenance. Militaries have always been interested in the applications of augmented reality, and now a new interesting project aims at offering new training possibilities via AR to USAF pilots. Have it a look.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

While many people online continue saying that “3DOF is not VR” or that “We don’t need 3DOF”, as a consultant I can tell you that there are sectors where it is still relevant: education, psychology, training, storytelling. H266 video standard can pave the way to 8K video streaming. 266/Versatile Video Coding (VVC).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The same holds for a VR training happening in a dangerous scenario, where the sensors can be used to see how the user is able to stay calm and solve the situation using his cold mind. More info (Reddit post explaining how to do AR with the Index) More info (Video showing AR on the Index) More info (MetaChromium on Steam).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

If we talk about compatible devices, we all have a smartphone that can do AR, we all have watched on some social media short video selfies with some AR effects on. This commercial video about Google Glasses led me to immersive realities. Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). Can this count as AR having become mainstream?

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VRGuy

APRIL 30, 2016

This looks at where the processing and video generation is coming from. For instance, imagine that you are training to land a UAV. 3: VR, Phone-powered, Wide-field Examples: Samsung Gear VR, Google Cardboard, Zeiss VROne. Another advantage is that the phone camera can not be used for video see-through or for sensing.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

Additionally, engineers train Deep Learning algorithms to accurately detect markers in live video data. Tech vendors can offer multiple solutions for cloud-based data storage and processing — AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud. Examples of Augmented Reality in Action. Mobile application.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

We’re part of Nielsen as of late 2018, and the original focus of the company was on digital games — video games, primarily. I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets — like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it — are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

We’re part of Nielsen as of late 2018, and the original focus of the company was on digital games — video games, primarily. I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets — like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it — are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Additionally, founding the Upload Academy, a VR/AR developer training program, which graduated its first class in August with a number of success stories including Found – a gorgeous Miyazaki-esque narrative experience created by four of our students which was recently recognized on stage during the Oculus Connect Keynote.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

It’s an application that has been optimized for the Microsoft Hololens platform. Our application is available through the Microsoft Store and we can activate the licenses remotely. And also you can train, translate that into dollars. One of the videos on your website really blew my mind. And that takes a long time.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

It’s an application that has been optimized for the Microsoft Hololens platform. Our application is available through the Microsoft Store and we can activate the licenses remotely. And also you can train, translate that into dollars. One of the videos on your website really blew my mind. And that takes a long time.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT. And when Jinha finished up at Samsung, AR had sort of started catching on in earnest. Things like voice or video chat.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT. And when Jinha finished up at Samsung, AR had sort of started catching on in earnest. Things like voice or video chat.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

We're part of Nielsen as of late 2018, and the original focus of the company was on digital games -- video games, primarily. I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets -- like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it -- are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing. Which still has its uses!

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

It's an application that has been optimized for the Microsoft Hololens platform. Our application is available through the Microsoft Store and we can activate the licenses remotely. And also you can train, translate that into dollars. One of the videos on your website really blew my mind. Our product is called RemoteSpark.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

Beliaeff: If you look at the evolution of video games, they’re trying to control everything a person is experiencing. If you saw those first pictures in Central Park, you got this experiential blend of the video game portion of it and the reality around you. You can train a neural network and it’s not going to take 10 years anymore.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT. And when Jinha finished up at Samsung, AR had sort of started catching on in earnest. Things like voice or video chat.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

He’s built AR system prototypes for Samsung, and had long executive and technical careers in mobile software infrastructure before jumping into AR back in 2009. He also helped form Super Ventures, which is a platform and V.C. firm investing in AR solutions. So that’s one. He drives all the displays off of a sample controller.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

He’s built AR system prototypes for Samsung, and had long executive and technical careers in mobile software infrastructure before jumping into AR back in 2009. He also helped form Super Ventures, which is a platform and V.C. firm investing in AR solutions. So that’s one. He drives all the displays off of a sample controller.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 9, 2017

5 million Gear VRs sold is a major milestone for Facebook and Samsung, as is $3 million in sales for Job Simulator , a best-selling room-scale game. Could a baseball player having trouble hitting a curve figure it out with hours spent in a VR training simulation that looks, sounds, and feels almost exactly like the real thing?

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

He’s built AR system prototypes for Samsung, and had long executive and technical careers in mobile software infrastructure before jumping into AR back in 2009. He also helped form Super Ventures, which is a platform and V.C. firm investing in AR solutions. So that’s one. He drives all the displays off of a sample controller.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

So the tool we still actually use today, we've got over 10,000 users internally in Verizon that use it across our training organizations, our HRO organizations, our network operations organizations. If you look at all those different sensors on those devices, it's crazy if you look at the future of volumetric video.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

So the tool we still actually use today, we've got over 10,000 users internally in Verizon that use it across our training organizations, our HRO organizations, our network operations organizations. If you look at all those different sensors on those devices, it's crazy if you look at the future of volumetric video.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

So the tool we still actually use today, we’ve got over 10,000 users internally in Verizon that use it across our training organizations, our HRO organizations, our network operations organizations. If you look at all those different sensors on those devices, it’s crazy if you look at the future of volumetric video.

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