The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

The news of the week is that Meta is poaching talents from all the other companies : in particular, it has been able to “steal” 100 employees from the HoloLens team in Microsoft. The same has happened with Apple, which is now offering bonuses to employees to keep them inside the company. Apple may have delays for its headset.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

Well, if the rumor becomes reality, this would mean that all next Apple devices will have both front and back depth cameras, for high-precision Augmented Reality and 3D reconstruction. Well played Apple. Microsoft releases Azure Remote Rendering. Let’s see if Facebook will be a worthier opponent than Google. supports VR.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Virtual reality is being used to test Apple’s self-driving vehicle. According to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday, Apple will be able to continue to keeping their secretive plans to develop self-driving software behind closed doors thanks to virtual reality. For a full list of Apple’s VR plans, we listed out 10 of them back in February.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

And its ads business is under a crossfire attack: on one front, Apple with its new data policy is limiting how much data the Facebook app can collect about its users, and on the other one, the EU is trying to enforce its regulation about European people’s data not allowed to be sent to Facebook’s US servers. Image by Apple).

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

I have been talking with hundreds of people across the industry and have discovered that the changes coming to Apple are deeper than just a VR/AR headset. This is the fourth paradigm shift for Apple. So, what is Apple getting ready to announce over the next year? Eventually, I hear, Apple will even bring 3D to 2D monitors.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

For Apple , it’s all about hardware and making its devices more attractive. And for Microsoft , it’s enterprise productivity. We’ve examined evidence from each of the Big 5 in individual articles, a report , and a chapter in Charlie Fink’s book Convergence. Last but definitely not least is Microsoft.

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Digital Trends

MAY 5, 2022

Apple, Google, and Microsoft are working together on a new system that could consign passwords weak and strong to the history books. It’s coming later this year.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Even among 2-in-1s, Microsoft’s Surface Book was kind of a unicorn. You can open up its wings and use it like a typical laptop, but then with the push of a button, its screen can detach and fly away, becoming a standalone tablet floating through the wind. OK, I may have overdone the unicorn analogy, but you get the… Read more.

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Anand Tech

APRIL 5, 2023

Microsoft has introduced a new docking station for its latest Surface devices equipped with Thunderbolt 4 ports. Microsoft's Surface Thunderbolt 4 Dock connects to a compatible host featuring USB4/Thunderbolt 4 and comes with three 10 Gbps USB 3.1 One of the main selling points of the dock is support for enterprise-grade features.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

The Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications (FIT) together with various partners from industry including Apple, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Son y has confirmed the release and official adoption of H.266/Versatile Not a great evolution from Microsoft. 266/Versatile Video Coding (VVC). Image by Valve).

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

When you’re “wearing” in Vernor Vinge’s 2006 book Rainbow’s End, contact lenses and computers woven into clothing serve up an assortment of competing realities and overlays. An Apple AR headset has been a mainstay of the rumor mills for several years, and we expect Facebook to be creating an AR Oculus device.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Apple, Sony, Microsoft, and countless other vendors in the technology space are now investing heavily on the concept of “spatial audio”. While the concept of teleportation in the XR landscape today might not be exactly the same as the idea once conveyed in sci-fi books and shows, it is developing at an incredible rate.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Apple , Google , Facebook and Microsoft are all on that list. But that’s more of a conceptual signal, and is one we’ve covered already — including a report , a chapter in Charlie Fink’s book and a presentation at AWE last month. Training Wheels. Meanwhile, we see compelling wild cards like Tilt Five.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

Is this really what Apple wants? (Thanks Robert Scoble for this news!). Image by Microsoft). Microsoft has released more specifications for its upcoming XBOX Series X, and from these data is clearly possible to see that it will be compatible with VR headsets. Do you want to read a good book on AR/VR?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 12, 2025

Human beings rarely hold onto the information we get from books and old-fashioned videos or lectures for long. For instance, with Microsoft Mesh , companies like Accenture have created onboarding and training environments where teams can work together on developing new skills, and share knowledge in real-time regardless of their location.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 26, 2016

At the annual Surface event, this time dubbed as the Windows 10 event, Microsoft showed us its new, really good looking and innovative devices, as well as software tidbits that we are really happy to see. We have covered that announcement in the separate story: Microsoft Windows VR Headsets Coming in April 2017.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 30, 2023

This week, Apple dropped VisionOS, a set of XR design tools to entice immersive content creators to start designing for its upcoming headset before its release. Users can also port across mobile phones, PCs, and gaming consoles such as the Sony PlayStation, Microsoft XBOX, and Nintendo Switch.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 14, 2019

Apple took us on a surreal walk through San Francisco, looking at digital art on an iPhone . — Apple is investing in augmented reality, a technology its CEO has called “big and profound.”. — Apple now offers augmented reality walks in six cities that allow attendees to see digital art pieces through an iPhone. .

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

An older, but interesting example of marker-based AR is the PlayStation 3 Wonderbook, a gaming ‘peripheral’ that allows players to view a spell book on their screen. The book rotates and moves when they pick up the device and move it around. One of the most groundbreaking elements of location anchors is how location is approximated.

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AR Insider

MARCH 5, 2020

The first killer app of the Apple II personal computer was VisiCalc?—?a a way to keep your books in a small office that was less prone to mistakes compared to the traditional paper ledger. Fast forward to the 1980s. However, in complex anatomy this may not be known.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2020

While all are waiting for the amazing AR glasses that Facebook and Apple will release in the upcoming years, many other big companies and startups are trying to enter the same market, trying to earn some early market shares. Microsoft Flight Simulator comes to VR. Top news of the week. Image by NuEyes). Some news on content.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 11, 2025

Imagine a training experience where youre not just reading from books or watching videos of someone else completing tasks. The firm collaborated with Microsoft to implement mixed reality (MR) solutions using HoloLens 2 headsets. Thats immersive learning.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Studio is not your standard laptop. The company’s latest convertible can be used as a regular laptop or placed flat on a table like a tablet for drawing and writing. Then the Surface Laptop Studio’s dynamic woven hinge allows the display to pivot forward for binge-watching TV or giving… Read more.

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The AR Show

JANUARY 16, 2024

Previously Michael spent nearly a decade working with the Microsoft Hololens team. He was a Principle Engineering Lead at Microsoft for a couple of years, left to be the founding partner of Object theTheory, where he and his team worked with enterprises to leverage AR and VR technologies, often in combination with IoT and AI/Machine Learning.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Lawmakers , advocates, and scholars filled pages of books and held hours of hearing exalting what they viewed as an industry being strangled by a handful of players using anti-competitive practices to solidify their position as kings. 2021 was a bad PR year for Big Tech. Ironically, those exact same tactics were… Read more.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Late to the party after Oculus and Microsoft already released prototypical implementations, but finally Valve has implemented OpenXR into its runtime SteamVR. transforming it in a lightweight browser for iOS that makes Apple users enjoy webpages implementing WebXR. Other relevant news. Image from Khronos Group).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

HP and Microsoft have a long track in offering enterprise hardware, so this headset may battle HTC on his own land (B2B). The (Lion) King of Virtual Reality Charlie Fink has just published his new book , and this time the topic is virtual events and meetings. Sneak peek of the true Apple Glasses, courtesy of Chris Koomen.

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 22, 2022

Satya Nadella , Microsoft MSFT -1.4%. Microsoft’s CEO understands that the metaverse concept will impact every part of the way we do business. Whether it will be Meta, Microsoft, or his own company that defines the way we use it, is up in the air. Eric Schmidt , Google.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

You could see a virtual book on a table, but reaching out wouldn’t let you flip through the pages. Tech giant Apple has even helped to generate new demand for spatial technology with its new Vision Pro headset. Apple: As mentioned above, Apple is currently making waves in the spatial tech space.

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Bernard Marr

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

These all-in companies are the subject of the latest book from two authors who are quickly building reputations as authoritative voices in the field of AI. Perhaps one of the clearest takeaways from the book is that the transformative powers of AI are not by any means limited to the technology-native businesses of Silicon Valley.

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Robert Scoble

JULY 23, 2020

On my summer mostly away from social media I’m taking a fresh look at predictions I’ve made for the last two decades in four separate books. This is why Irena Cronin and I said seven industries are about to be radically changed in our latest book “The Infinite Retina.” ” Have you read it yet?

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The AR Show

JANUARY 12, 2021

Robert Scoble is a futurist, strategist and the author of four books about technology. His latest book is The Infinite Retina, co-authored with Irena Cronin, which explores the emerging era of spatial computing, including AR, VR, robotics, autonomous vehicles, and more. You can find all of the show notes at thearshow.com.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 13, 2021

inch mini-LED screen boasting a resolution of 2732 x 2048 pixels, using the iPad Pro for just reading books or checking email seems like a waste of tech. The Luna Display dongle makes the iPad Pro a more valuable productivity tool by turning the tablet into a secondary touchscreen display but until now it… Read more.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 25, 2022

iScanner App: Lifetime Subscription Featured before, iScanner is a game-changing productivity app that lets you scan any kind of document, ID card, book, receipt, note, and more using just your iOS device. Credit: Microsoft. Microsoft Office Home & Business for Mac 2021: Lifetime License. at the Mashable Shop.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The 21st-century technologies introduced in this book also contain the power to burn both ways, albeit at a previously unimaginable level of power and scale. The screens of over 1 billion new smartphones became windows into the physical world because both Apple and Android added AR software to their operating systems.

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Mashable VR

MAY 24, 2022

Looking for a quality tablet for streaming and e-books (without the Apple prices)? It’s also a solid choice for people who use the Microsoft app suite for work. So, if your workplace uses Microsoft apps like Office and Teams, this is gonna be a solid tool for you. Definitely sweetens the pot.

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TechCrunch VR

DECEMBER 8, 2020

He believed China would have its own augmented and virtual reality giants, just as how the domestic smartphone industry birthed global leaders like Huawei, Oppo and Xiaomi that rival Apple today. Prominent venture capitalist and AI expert Kai-Fu Lee famously argued in his book “AI Superpowers” that while the U.S.

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