The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Even worse, Unity has lost -30% of its stock value. These huge losses have a similar origin to Meta’s ones: Apple’s new privacy policy on the stores has impacted the earnings through Unity ads. Unity is a very important company for many AR/VR creators, so this is not a good piece of news. Thanks to Ivan for the tip!).

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Unity’s Latest Trends Report Declares 2020 will be a Breakthrough Year for XR. 15 Experts weigh in on why we’re reaching a tipping point in spatial computing. Timoni West, Director of XR Research Unity Labs says UX designers will have to adjust in order to meet the demand for these new kinds of experiences.

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AR Insider

APRIL 30, 2020

More efficient and effective maintenance and training. In a specific VR training pilot for the T6 Multivan, Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge (Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles) found the potential of reducing training time by 50 percent over conventional on-the-job training. . — The Incredible Impact of Enterprise AR & VR.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Thanks to Davy Demeyer for the tip!) More info Get started with Apple Vision Pro development Unity has just released the tools to start developing for Apple Vision Pro and interested developers can already start experimenting with them. It was one of the foundational features of HoloLens development.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 24, 2024

Mesh for Teams, an Overview Mesh for Teams is a set of tools that enterprise clients can use to create virtual immersive spaces ready to meet specific business needs, such as employee events, tours, product showcases, and training. When it comes to the potential use cases and benefits, we’re only really scratching the tip of the iceberg.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 7, 2020

AR Wins With “Training Wheels”. There will be a tipping point for industrial AR, after which adoption accelerates in a sort of herd mentality. We believe the tipping point won’t come in 2020 but momentum will be gained so that it can come in 2021. This includes five predictions, listed below. Apple Glasses Don’t Arrive in 2020.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

Unity talked about PlayStation VR 2 at GDC. Unity had a talk about developing for PlayStation VR 2 at GDC 2022. More info (Foveated Tracking boost inside PSVR 2) More info (Full Unity talk at GDC). Thanks to Rob Cole for the tip). Thanks to Tom Ffiske for the tip). News worth a mention. What a sad news for gaming!

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AR Insider

JANUARY 2, 2020

So like consumer markets, that includes hardware but also VR apps for productivity, training and visualization. Factors driving that include ROI gains in corporate and industrial VR implementations, such as training and design prototyping. Hardware: Tip of the Spear. These figures consist of anything that companies pay for.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 4, 2019

So like consumer markets, that includes hardware but also VR apps for productivity, training and visualization. Factors driving that include ROI gains in corporate and industrial VR implementations, such as training and design prototyping. Hardware: Tip of the Spear. These figures consist of anything that companies pay for.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 31, 2022

Meta has just announced that it’s building a new supercomputer for performing training of AI and ML algorithms. This solution will let Meta train its AI and ML systems in a much shorter time. More info (Meta’s new supercomputer) More info (Upload VR comments Meta’s new supercomputer) More info (New Machine Learning training algorithm).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

It was too early for Unity, but they taught me about C++, C#, Java, OpenCV, OpenGL and other fancy development stuff. I thought developing everything VR-related in native code, but while researching how to develop for VR, I discovered that many people abandoned de nerd C++ wei to use a more visual program called Unity.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Epic Games is heavily invested in VR thanks to deep integration with its Unreal Engine 4 and its own tech demos like Bullet Train. Given that The Lab is still one of the best-received VR experiences, there’s bound to be tips and tricks shared here that will be useful to just about anybody working with the tech.

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AR Insider

MARCH 20, 2020

AR Wins with Training Wheels. AR Insider readers know that one of our favorite AR topics is “ training wheels.” There will come a tipping point followed by accelerated adoption — just like in enterprise smartphone adoption — but that might not come until 2021-2022. VR’s Steady Gains.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

And one of the… I don’t know how many names I should name, but there’s definitely a large company here in KC that uses VR for training employees. I worked at their technology headquarters, and we did technology training for the employees. ” Michael: Yeah, exactly. One example is retail employees. Alan: okay.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

And one of the… I don’t know how many names I should name, but there’s definitely a large company here in KC that uses VR for training employees. I worked at their technology headquarters, and we did technology training for the employees. ” Michael: Yeah, exactly. One example is retail employees. Alan: okay.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

On the other side, I’m afraid that for consumers this means also paying more for the VR content they like : if before training a year with FitXR was costing $30, now it will cost $120. NVIDIA DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) will be natively supported for HDRP in Unity 2021.2. HTC is going to launch its headset on May, 11th.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

I don't know how many names I should name, but there's definitely a large company here in KC that uses VR for training employees. It might be two months out before the store's built, but they want to hire their people two months early and give them two months of what's essentially hands-on training before their physical store even exists.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2021

We trained for this for years, and now it’s the moment. I don’t think the average VRChat user will ever want to move to this platform : first of all, the world’s creation tools are overly simplistic , while we on VRChat can use the full power of Unity. Learn more (GTC registration) Learn more (NVIDIA online training).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 29, 2019

The product will be officially announced at CES, and the price will be around $5000, so we are talking about an enterprise product for training, healthcare and similar applications. Thanks Matias Nassi for the tip!). Image by Unity Technologies). Unity releases the EditorXR runtime. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And apart from being “cool”, it also serves the purpose of making mixed reality training and design solutions more efficient. This is overly important for training sessions where posture is important. Unity’s HDRP is now VR-compatible. Unity High Definition Rendering Pipeline is now compatible with Virtual Reality projects.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

And these experiments about wireless headsets make us think that Valve is investigating the possibility of making the Index wireless (or even better, standalone), a feature that many users have asked for. (Thanks Ilja Z for the tip!). Learn more (XR Collaboration) Learn more (Unity College). Nreal Light is on sale in Germany.

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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! HurricaneVR developer shows you the best way to promote a Unity Plugin for handling VR objects realistically with your hands. Image by HTC Vive).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 14, 2021

Do you remember that leaked email when Zuck told that he wanted to control all the technological stack Facebook works on and he wanted to acquire Unity? If you are interested in these Photon glasses, check out the Kickstarter campaign tomorrow! (Thanks David @spatialpixels for the tip!). News worth a mention. Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

We can put our champagnes back in the fridge (Thanks Ilja Z for this tip, you are great!). Bank Of America to use VR training. VR training solutions are so successful that their adoption is not even news, but I think that this time I have to make an exception. All of this running thanks to the power of the Azure cloud.

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AIXR

MAY 5, 2023

In this article, we’ll break down some key tips and skills needed when building a metaverse and compare the pros and cons of using an off-the-shelf hosted metaverse platform versus coding a bespoke platform. It can be used for a wide range of purposes, from gaming and entertainment to education and training.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

storytelling), education, training, etc… XR is not profitable in the short term : only 22% of products are already profitable or will be so soon. Thanks David for the tip). Thanks Eloi for the tip). VR Training for surgeons is more effective than standard methods. 5G is a safe technology. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

could add DLCs with new training levels to earn some money. Now, in what seems a desperate move to become relevant in a field dominated by Unity and Unreal Engine, it has made this engine opensource with the name Open 3D Engine. Thanks Clemente for the tip!) AR users to reach 800M by the end of the year. Learn more. Some XR fun.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

The third major change came from Unity which recently announced that it will now be serving AR ads on mobile. Unity has one of the world’s largest mobile ad serving businesses and at the end of last year they partnered with Fossil to pilot this new ad format in mobile games. Mobile gave us location.

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ARVR

JUNE 17, 2021

Software development engines like Unity and Unreal are becoming more elaborate , there are myriads of SDK libraries, countless knowledge exchange communities and free-for-use collaboration tools. It is especially essential for training and educational VR experiences, where interactions should be measurable, retractable as well as evaluable.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Rather than try to build the next big application like everyone else, Lou saw a bigger need for education and training that could help propel the industry forward. They’re a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Rather than try to build the next big application like everyone else, Lou saw a bigger need for education and training that could help propel the industry forward. They’re a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 12, 2021

Sometimes I tried to press buttons with my real index tip, but they didn’t work, and then I realized that the actual cursor was 1cm behind its real location, and so I couldn’t use my hand proprioception to interact with the UI, but I had to constantly look at where the virtual cursor was. Computational power.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Rather than try to build the next big application like everyone else, Lou saw a bigger need for education and training that could help propel the industry forward. They're a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Rather than try to build the next big application like everyone else, Lou saw a bigger need for education and training that could help propel the industry forward. They're a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

how to fix) More info (Stormland: How to co-op) More info (Stormland tips) More info (Stormland’s virtual collectibles) More info (Stormland: behind the scenes) More info (Funny moment in Stormland). Oculus and Unity partner for a course on VR. Oculus and Unity have just released a free course on virtual reality. Some XR fun.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Think about when you’re looking out of the window of a fast-moving train and your eyes constantly fix to different objects as they pass. It’s become much more integrated since, and you can expect Unreal and Unity to place a greater focus on native support as more headsets grow to adopt the tech.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

This is possible thanks to three cameras installed on (and in) the headset, that match the current visuals with a model trained with another special headset, that instead has nine embedded cameras. It is highly probable that an HLVR game will be developed in the Source game engine, so a Unity game is not a possibility.

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