The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

Apple has killed its AR glasses project… maybe. A piece of unexpected news has shaken the XR communities this week: according to a report on Digitimes Taiwan, Apple has abandoned its AR/VR glasses project and all the members of the team have been re-allocated in other teams. AR is still alive, Apple will still release its AR glasses.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 21, 2022

According to a study from the National Training Laboratories, retention rates for VR learning are 75 percent, compared to 5 percent for classroom lectures and 10 percent for reading. HTC VIVE (@htcvive) June 16, 2022. One week to go. 2022.06.28 #HTC #VIVERSE #Seeyousoon #Createmymetaverselife pic.twitter.com/gsHmu8nFzB. —

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 2, 2022

It may seem counterintuitive to pair up with a competitor, but a study out of Yale’s School of Management suggests that sharing detailed info with competitors is a good idea under certain circumstances. This is known as co-opetition – a mashup of cooperation and competition.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This week has seen its fair share of tricks and treats ahead of the Halloween season, where companies like Warpin Reality, HTC VIVE, Google, Shopify, and Apple, among others, have offered a powerhouse of insights to XR Today on their latest innovations. Here are the top stories from this week’s news stories.

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GizModo VR

MAY 27, 2021

There’s no shortage of stories in which smartwatches have been credited with saving lives , but it turns out they can also predict the results of your blood tests, according to researchers from Duke University and Stanford University School of Medicine. Read more.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 8, 2020

A recent study found 76 percent of all consumers would rather spend their money on experiences than on material items. AT&T Stadium recently featured 80ft holograms of the Dallas Cowboys which could be viewed both inside and outside the stadium through Samsung 5G-enabled phones. Source: Nexus Studios / Scape.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 17, 2022

Apple CEO Tim Cook famously starts his day at 3:45 a.m. He's got enough pep in his step to sift through 700 to 800 emails, hit the gym, and grab a cup of coffee at Starbucks all before making his way over to Apple Park. I would argue that it's the Wario of Samsung phones' sing-songy default alarm. — 4:30 a.m. ,

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

And to be the leader in some years, it has to start going public now, also to begin competing with Apple, that will probably announce its AR glasses next year. But Facebook has a big problem and that big problem is called Apple. Concept of a future AR glass by Apple (Image by iDropNews).

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Mashable VR

DECEMBER 1, 2019

In 2007, two researchers at the University of California, San Diego decided to study the likelihood of knot formation by tumbling a piece of string inside a plastic box. Apple AirPods Pro. Apple's infamous in-ear buds have gotten even better with the addition of active noise cancelation technology. Samsung Galaxy Buds.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 23, 2023

A Purdue University study quantified the phenomenon. Scholars analyzed just under 12,000 police reports of accidents in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, both before and after the release of the game in 2016, which was downloaded 100 million times during the brief study period. VR is still in its infancy. Don’t do this.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 29, 2022

Screen learning and screen time restrictions are increasingly huge points of study. A 2018 meta-analysis published in the Frontiers in Psychology journal combined numerous studies from the past few years, ultimately pinpointing a significant touchscreen learning effect. It's weird, right? These are the best tablets for kids in 2022.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2022

Image by Samsung). Samsung is close to launching an XR device, or maybe two. Last month, we got to know that (according to a rumor) Samsung is working together with Microsoft on new AR glasses, most probably powered by a Qualcomm chipset. Samsung has apparently completed a prototype, and “is deciding the release date”.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

I’m Chen, General Manager and Chief Editor of VRTUOLUO , also a senior media expert who has dug and studied deeply the XR industry since 2014. With the trend of Gaming entrepreneurs, for example, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Oculus transferred from games to virtual reality and we started to keep eye on the VR area.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 30, 2022

If your phone's starting to get gross, Apple , Google , and major Android manufacturers like Samsung , LG , Huawei , and Motorola all recommend swabbing it down with a soft, lint-free cloth, a hint of warm, soapy water, and a dab of rubbing alcohol.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 5, 2022

If your phone's starting to get gross, Apple , Google , and major Android manufacturers like Samsung , LG , Huawei , and Motorola all recommend swabbing it down with a soft, lint-free cloth, a hint of warm, soapy water, and a dab of rubbing alcohol.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

In 2018 we did a case study where people were invited to use virtual reality in a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) fashion. Participants used a wayfinding app on two VR headsets (Oculus Go with a hand controller and Samsung Gear VR), as well as on a smartphone which was the reference condition. How do you imagine the Apple Glasses?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 6, 2016

As a fan of the movie The Matrix, I am a deep believer of the future of VR and have spent a decade studying and researching VR-related areas for my PhD in computational photography and computer graphics,” Zhou said. There was no practical, consumer-level solution to these problems even a few years ago due to hardware limitations.”.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Going into 2019, the industry eagerly awaits HoloLens 2 and Glass Enterprise Edition 2, as rumors swirl around the possibility of AR glasses from Apple and/or Facebook in the near future. Interesting research: A number of reports and studies circulated in 2018.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

All major companies have some stores of theirs (think about Amazon’s recent futuristic stores), but of course, Meta wants to specifically copy Apple in this. Samsung heavily invests in DigiLens to build its AR glasses. Samsung has to lead a new round of investment into DigiLens, which is now evaluated at more than $500M.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 20, 2021

A genius idea that makes you understand how the design of all the parts has been carefully studied. We all wonder who can be the Facebook competitor, and we often talk about Microsoft, Apple, Samsung, but we usually forgot about Huawei. Probably the coolest part of the review. The setup of the 6DOF add-on is incredibly easy.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

They’ve already got, you know, in your Apple phone, RF detection is already built in. They have an augment in the book and we’re one of the sponsors; the CEO and co-founder of the company Matt Miesnieks, a former Samsung executive who also is part of a well-known AR venture capital fund, Super Ventures. Alan: Interesting.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

They’ve already got, you know, in your Apple phone, RF detection is already built in. They have an augment in the book and we’re one of the sponsors; the CEO and co-founder of the company Matt Miesnieks, a former Samsung executive who also is part of a well-known AR venture capital fund, Super Ventures. Alan: Interesting.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Although not every user or node is actually of equal value in any network, according to a recent study by the NfX Group titled “70 Percent of Value in Tech is Driven by Network Effects,” over the last 25 years, approximately 70% of the value created in the Technology sector has been the result of companies that use these “network effects” to grow.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

We've found and we've seen studies which show that classic CDTs computer based training you've attention level is in the low teens. But this is something interesting that I think will be a long term study for these efficiencies, and how can we make things even more immersive? Alan: Really wonderful if Apple stayed in there.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

We've found and we've seen studies which show that classic CDTs computer based training you've attention level is in the low teens. But this is something interesting that I think will be a long term study for these efficiencies, and how can we make things even more immersive? Alan: Really wonderful if Apple stayed in there.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

We've found and we've seen studies which show that classic CDTs computer based training you've attention level is in the low teens. But this is something interesting that I think will be a long term study for these efficiencies, and how can we make things even more immersive? Alan: Really wonderful if Apple stayed in there.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

You’ve done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. And I just found that was really the point of inflection in my life where I studied musical theater in college, I went to UCLA. And if you have a Bose AR-enabled device, you can download that for either the Google Play store or the Apple App Store.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

You’ve done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. And I just found that was really the point of inflection in my life where I studied musical theater in college, I went to UCLA. And if you have a Bose AR-enabled device, you can download that for either the Google Play store or the Apple App Store.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

And also, yeah, the Samsungs get a bit melted. Alan: We actually melted one of the Samsung Gear VRs back in the day. Alan: We actually melted one of the Samsung Gear VRs back in the day. Alex: On the last burn, we actually had to put two Samsungs in and one Fusion. Alan: [Laughs]Yes! Alex: Yeah. Alan: Yeah. Alex: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

And also, yeah, the Samsungs get a bit melted. Alan: We actually melted one of the Samsung Gear VRs back in the day. Alex: On the last burn, we actually had to put two Samsungs in and one Fusion. And we pulled the Samsungs out at different times just to make sure we had a cause of the fire, up until it gets too dark.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

And also, yeah, the Samsungs get a bit melted. Alan: We actually melted one of the Samsung Gear VRs back in the day. Alex: On the last burn, we actually had to put two Samsungs in and one Fusion. And we pulled the Samsungs out at different times just to make sure we had a cause of the fire, up until it gets too dark.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

You've done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. And I just found that was really the point of inflection in my life where I studied musical theater in college, I went to UCLA. And if you have a Bose AR-enabled device, you can download that for either the Google Play store or the Apple App Store. I really did.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

If you look at someone like Apple, they aren’t about to put their logo on something like the current developer-focused headsets out there. 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. Alan: Right.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

If you look at someone like Apple, they aren’t about to put their logo on something like the current developer-focused headsets out there. 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. Alan: Right.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

If you look at someone like Apple, they aren't about to put their logo on something like the current developer-focused headsets out there. 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. Alan: Right. Carter: Yeah.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

So all the companies, like Apple and Niantic, which claim to be so cool because they are “not like Meta” and they are interested in “AR and not the metaverse”, are actually doing exactly like Meta. Notice anyway that even this big jump wouldn’t be enough to reach the performances of the M2 chip that is rumored to power the Apple Reality One….

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple. Let’s see: Google is still working with Qualcomm and Samsung on a mixed-reality headset. The study is about the proper simulation of hand haptics for when in a game we are falling down a cliff and we are trying to stop the fall.

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