The Ghost Howls

JULY 17, 2023

More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Road To VR) More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Upload VR) More info (Roblox on Quest may increase scrutiny on the platform) Other relevant news (Image by WIRED) Mark Lucovsky has left Google Mark Lucovsky has just left Google. More info iVRy makes the PSVR2 work with SteamVR!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Facebook and Apple will jumpstart the smartglasses ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Samsung XR headset may have been delayed The new rumor in town is that Samsung has delayed its upcoming headset that it is building in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. It’s been another interesting week in immersive realities, so let’s see what happened in our field in the past few days!

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

And why does China need another AR app marketplace when both Apple and Google have their own in the works, thanks to Apple ARKit and Google ARCore ?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

We may know the field of view of Apple AR headset. Of course, since he has not an Apple HMD, the only thing he could obtain was the screen splitting in two on his phone, showing that view that we XR developers know very well. It is now sure that Apple is going to release an AR headset , the questions are just when and what.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The spatial computing-focused privacy expert believes that industry self-governance will be more impactful. Google’s Justin Quimby says this is okay as long as there are common languages — again like HTML today. For an example of what not to do, Facebook practices lots of lip service about policies and self-regulation.

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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! Apple Glasses may release in 2021 for $499. This is the 150th Week Peek!

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AR Insider

JANUARY 11, 2021

Russian government hackers piggybacked on cybersecurity software (!!!!) to penetrate deep into hundreds of government and corporate systems. I’d put Apple in the top ten also for its introduction of lidar (3D depth scans) on the new iPad. Image source: Apple. The hack of the century. Magic Leap’s pivot to enterprise.

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Upload VR

JULY 19, 2024

Magic Leap is undergoing layoffs just a few months after announcing a partnership with Google. Today, Magic Leap makes the Magic Leap 2 optically transparent AR headset which is sold through resellers targeting enterprise and government use cases. Online postings from recently departed employees raised public notice of the move.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 21, 2020

And Apple hasn’t yet played its hand. NuEyes hopes that the new Pro 3 will address the needs for training, learning, enterprise, and government uses. Eyecandylab launches a Google exclusive AR experience with Red Bull. Rec Room closed a $20 million Series C funding. Funds will be used to expand to more gaming platforms.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2023

We all joked about Samsung waiting for the Apple Vision Pro announcement to copy it, but according to some rumors, this is exactly what is happening. We all joked about Samsung waiting for the Apple Vision Pro announcement to copy it, but according to some rumors, this is exactly what is happening.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

It wants to create an ecosystem , where most probably all the devices can work together (like it happens today with Apple devices); The report also claims that Facebook may be building its own operating system to encompass all these devices. Apple is working on Micro-OLED displays. Another week, another rumor about Apple’s XR efforts.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 26, 2022

Written for the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, and the CEO of Alphabet Inc. and Google, Sundar Pichai , Carr’s letter describes TikTok as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” due to the firm alleged data farming operations. pic.twitter.com/dTTdQLiq26. Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) July 25, 2022.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The Russian government has told 13 mostly U.S.-based based tech firms that they need to set up local offices in Russia by next year or maybe just get the hell out, according to Reuters. Read more.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 9, 2016

. “These devices give companies like Google and Facebook terrifyingly specific details about our private lives.” Sweeney’s ultimate example of a distressingly closed platform is Apple’s app store. The question is if they’ll build it into a walled garden like Apple or keep it open.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 11, 2023

Apple’s mixed reality (MR) headset has faced new setbacks after it dropped its exclusive assembly partner, Digitimes reported on Tuesday. Apple initially tasked Taiwanese firm Pegatron with assembling its upcoming MR headset, but has recently removed the company from its supply line, the report said.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

Imagine a Chinese school (that are forced by the government to use VR) how much money can save by buying 300 3DOF headsets instead of 300 6DOF ones (the answer is: around $100K ). Google’s investment for a 7.7% Google-Jio joint venture to develop an Android-based platform for an affordable 5G phone. More info.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Additionally, the government is involved and has played a critical role in the Chinese market, and its policies, both local and national, have effectively promoted the application of VR technology in China. Their overall investment is not much and they haven’t selected VR as a strategic technology at the moment.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 25, 2021

According to The Verge, the top executives from Facebook are working on a rebrand of the company, most probably to create a parent company that owns all the various businesses controlled by Facebook … something similar to what Google made when it created Alphabet. Apple is having delays in the manufacturing of its XR headset.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Scrutinizing Apple’s in-app payment system on the App Store is all the rage among government officials nowadays, with multiple countries taking cards in the matter. A new report claims that India’s competition authority has jumped on the Apple regulation bandwagon, too, a move that’ll no doubt bring more attention to… Read more.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

Or better, I can imagine who can be the names and they are all the big monoliths: Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon , etc… Only companies of this size could afford selling a good headset under cost and at the same time attract enough developers to publish VR games on their own new stores.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 7, 2023

These fears have been exacerbated further since Apple entered the fray with its Vision Pro headset (albeit sidestepping any reference to the metaverse.) Vestager was speaking ahead of the launch of an EU metaverse initiative which will help regulators understand the metaverse but stop short of telling them how it should be governed.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JANUARY 27, 2023

Following last week’s theme of layoffs across the tech sector, this week continues the unemployment trend as influential groups reassess the space and US Courts aim at Google. US Justice Department Against Google The US Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Alphabet, Google’s parent company, this Wednesday.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Representatives of the JianXi province and also the vice prime minister Liu He have visited the venue, and the Chinese Government has confirmed its strong interest in VR, that is seen as a strategic technology. And while China always moves chaotically, I think that the push of the government is helping its VR companies. Learn more.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 11, 2022

Last month, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr posted an open letter on his Twitter account directed at the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook , and the CEO of Alphabet Inc. and Google, Sundar Pichai. It harvests swaths of sensitive data that new reports show are being accessed in Beijing. pic.twitter.com/Le01fBpNjn.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

According to a listing by Samsung on the UK Government’s Intellectual Property Office, the firm initially filled the trademark on 21 August, and the UK Government registered the trademark on 10 November 2023, with the filling running out on 21 August 2033. At the time, reports forecasted a December 2024 debut.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 28, 2022

Described in detail by Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) , the Hermit spyware (it was dubbed Hermit by security firm Lookout , which first reported its discovery) is part of a dangerous and sophisticated malware attack that's actively being used in the wild. SEE ALSO: Google warns of 'hermit spyware' infecting Android and iOS devices.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Government organisations and military staff leverage virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) solutions rely on unrivalled security and functionality. Rob Porter : The CoSo Cloud is about completing learning solutions within enterprise and government agencies. XR Today: Can you explain your partnership with NVIDIA and Adobe?

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Mashable VR

MARCH 4, 2022

We believe we are most effective in aiding Ukraine when we take concrete steps in coordination with the decisions being made by these governments and we will take additional steps as this situation continues to evolve." SEE ALSO: What social media platforms are doing to stop misinformation about Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Anand Tech

JULY 26, 2023

But Rapidus, a semiconductor consortium backed by the Japanese government and large conglomerates, plans to leapfrog several generations of nodes and start 2nm production in 2027. As demand from Japanese companies alone may not suffice, Rapidus is looking for orders from international corporations like Apple, Google, and Meta. "We

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 25, 2019

This is sort of like HTML today which created a common language for the web and for companies like Google to create value in an organizational layer. “Without HTML, there is no Google. “So there’s one big wild card: What’s Apple going to do? How do you search the internet without HTML?

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AR Insider

JULY 15, 2021

FWIW, Google had also partnered with Luxottica but never shipped a more fashionable version of Glass.]. The state of society and our own self-governance is what’s most unknown. From 2016 to 2019, I helped Apple figure out whatever it might be doing by prototyping experiences and technologies from the future.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 1, 2022

Perhaps the most well-known instance of the decentralized metaverse is Decentraland , a decentralized virtual world that runs on the Ethereum blockchain and is governed by a DAO whose policies may be altered by voting. The human interface layer. The infrastructure layer. The seventh consists of technologies that make previous ideas a reality.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Will a little startup be able to beat the big behemoths like Apple and Facebook? We’ve made demos with them to our early clients like some big corporates and government agencies, and now we’re going to send them small batch by batch. You watch it and then tell me what you think about it in the comments!). for fitness).

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Upload VR

APRIL 26, 2024

Further, Ma's report explained that because the material is used in military radars and sensors, the US government imposes strict export controls on it. The material can deliver a wider field of view than the glass waveguides used in current transparent AR headsets, but it is also incredibly expensive.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 7, 2021

The UK government launched a new watchdog agency on Wednesday that will be tasked with keeping an eye on Big Tech companies like Google and Facebook, according to an announcement published online. The stated goal of the new watchdog is to police the “concentration of power among a small number of firms” in the world… Read more.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Further, Ma's report explained that because the material is used in military radars and sensors, the US government imposes strict export controls on it. The material can deliver a wider field of view than the glass waveguides used in current transparent AR headsets, but it is also incredibly expensive.

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