The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 4, 2021

AR is a widely used feature on smartphones now, while smart glasses are slowly growing, waiting for the big shots of 2023 (yes, Apple, I’m looking at you). More info (Subscriber count of subreddits) More info (Google searches for “Oculus”). There is a lot going on and this article is a big summary of what you should know.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Google is entering the music festival realm this year with news that it’s sponsoring and livestreaming a series of five shows spread across five cities, in support of five different good causes. With GoodFest, Google is following in the footsteps of Apple, which has offered its own annual music festival for the last 10 years.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

This week, Google is rolling out a long-awaited update for its Maps service, integrating augmented reality (AR) navigation visualizations, search functions, and immersive retail tools, 9 to 5 Mac reported. The software giant first previewed Google Maps Live View’s AR functions in September.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle?—?for Apple may unveil RealityOS at WWDC. At the upcoming WWDC, Apple may unveil its operating system for XR glasses, dubbed RealityOS. More info (RealityOS trademark) More info (Robert Scoble’s take on Apple’s reveal strategy). Other news.

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Here, tech dreams come true, app ideas flourish into billion dollar corporations, and some of the most powerful tech companies in the world – Facebook, Apple, Google, to name a few – recruit smart and talented individuals to assist in shaping their bright future. The post Code and Coding: Where to Find Help in Los Angeles?

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

Head mounted display: Used during the Gibson hack attempt, Dade wears a Google Glass like headset with a drop down heads up display. Head mounted display: Fitting the mold of a headset that Apple would produce, Johnny dons a sleek chrome arc that covers from forehead to nose. Strange Days (1995). The Thirteenth Floor (1999).

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Mashable VR

MARCH 4, 2022

The company behind other remote-controlled devices unveiled the concept Friday with plans to roll out in NYC, Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver, Dallas, San Diego, Santa Cruz, CA, and South Carolina and Missouri, along with London in the coming months. It's the ultimate vending machine — meant to take only 15 seconds.

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VRScout

AUGUST 8, 2017

Based in Los Angeles, content company and platform Within has raised $40M in Series B funding ; this round brings their total investment to $56.6M. STRONG SALES BOOSTS APPLE STOCK PRIMES US FOR THE RELEASE OF ARKIT. WILL GOOGLE LET YOU ANIMATE YOUR SCENES MADE WITH BLOCKS SOON? …and just a few more.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

WHAT A DAY FOR A DAYDREAM… The highly-anticipated Google Daydream headset is here. Priced at $79, it is currently only compatible with the Google Pixel phone. and announced their first hardware product… which just landed via yellow vending machines in Los Angeles.

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AUGUST 9, 2017

The event is organized by The Virtual Reality Foundation, which is composed of many of the same people behind the Virtual Reality Los Angeles conference and startup Mindshow. Apple’s eye-catching ARKit is on the verge of release alongside a series of Microsoft-backed VR headsets.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

By the time Howard Rheingold’s “Virtual Reality” was published in 1991, the Sensorama was already a “slowly deteriorating” relic stashed away in a cabana next the pool at its inventor’s West Los Angeles home. Google revealed Glass the same year the first Oculus prototype hit the scene.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The novel experience will activate from physical blue door frame installations placed at Chicago’s Magnificent Mile (Pioneer Court), Los Angeles’ Westfield Century City, and New York City’s Gansevoort Plaza, located at NYC’s Meatpacking District.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The New York Times distributes more than 1 million Google Cardboard phone VR viewers to subscribers with the launch of The Displaced , a 360-degree video project focusing on children driven from their homes by war. Eye-tracking startup Eyefluence, which raises $14 million this month, is acquired about a year later by Google.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

He has creatively led over 150,000 hours of development in mixed reality, including as a Snap Lens Studio partner, preferred developer for Facebook, and showcase developer for Euphoria and Google, as well as an early adopter and early developer for Magic Leap. You’ve done work with Snapchat, and Facebook, and Google.”

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

He has creatively led over 150,000 hours of development in mixed reality, including as a Snap Lens Studio partner, preferred developer for Facebook, and showcase developer for Euphoria and Google, as well as an early adopter and early developer for Magic Leap. You've done work with Snapchat, and Facebook, and Google."

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

He has creatively led over 150,000 hours of development in mixed reality, including as a Snap Lens Studio partner, preferred developer for Facebook, and showcase developer for Euphoria and Google, as well as an early adopter and early developer for Magic Leap. You’ve done work with Snapchat, and Facebook, and Google.”

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VRScout

JULY 4, 2017

Apple acquires computer vision company, the hidden 3D feature in iOS 11 beta, Google experiments with ads in VR, a new VC fund is focusing on VR/AR, the investment and funding wrapup, and more… 1.APPLE APPLE DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THIS ACQUISITION. APPLE’S SECRET FEATURE HIDDEN IN IOS.

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VRScout

JULY 25, 2017

Unlike the Lucasfilm AR headset, which uses a smartphone to power it (like the Google Daydream or the Samsung Gear VR does), the company says this concept is a standalone, self-powered headset. GOOGLE GLASS IS BACK AND READY FOR BUSINESS. via The Venture Reality Fund. INVESTMENT & FUNDING WRAPUP.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Google I/O Date: May 1-2, 2018 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA There are two types of tickets for Google I/O, whether for drawing applicants or invitees: General Admission: $1,150 Academic Admission: $375 Follow this event on social media: You can also check for updates on Google Developers blog.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Amazon is working on their Alexa-powered glasses, but Apple, Facebook, and Google are all publicly focusing on phone-based AR for now. Smaller companies like Vuzix, however, are moving into the space. And based on Bloomberg’s description, it’s hard to say how ambitious Intel’s plans really are.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

One day Apple will come out and say a new feature. And then Google came out with a new feature. And we’d love to do– we’re looking at the West Coast tour from San Francisco to Los Angeles for early 2020. And those two features alone will wipe out 100 startups. Alan: That sounds amazing.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

One day Apple will come out and say a new feature. And then Google came out with a new feature. And we’d love to do– we’re looking at the West Coast tour from San Francisco to Los Angeles for early 2020. And those two features alone will wipe out 100 startups. Alan: That sounds amazing.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Apple is entering the XR field, and Facebook is currently dominating the VR market. Apple headset may be very lightweight. According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the upcoming Apple visor should weigh around 3–400g, which is much lighter than current headsets on the market, including the Quest 2.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

The company was later acquired by Google in 2010. Prior to Presence Capital, he was the founder and CTO of MyMiniLife (acquired by Zynga) and the founder and CEO of Toro (acquired by Google). Prior to Spatial, he founded BumpTop, a pioneering 3D, multi-touch, physics desktop interface inspired by real desks that he presented at TED.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

One day Apple will come out and say a new feature. And then Google came out with a new feature. And we'd love to do-- we're looking at the West Coast tour from San Francisco to Los Angeles for early 2020. And those two features alone will wipe out 100 startups. Alan: That sounds amazing.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Apple and Meta employ marketing departments and vast legal teams attempting to imbue the vision of their executive leadership on the public. A closer future to imagine is being seated in a Waymo car driving itself around downtown Los Angeles while a passenger wears a VR headset. Is that too far a future for you?

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

To learn more about the great work that Sandro and his team at Nokia are doing, you can visit nokia.com and if you want to dig even deeper, you can just type in “Nokia 5G” into Google. So you could actually talk to this guy that was at the Venice Beach Pier, while we were in a hotel in Marina Del Rey in Los Angeles.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

and if you want to dig even deeper, you can just type in “Nokia 5G” into Google. So you could actually talk to this guy that was at the Venice Beach Pier, while we were in a hotel in Marina Del Rey in Los Angeles. Alan: It’s interesting that Apple is taking a longer approach to bring their 5G device to market.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

and if you want to dig even deeper, you can just type in "Nokia 5G" into Google. So you could actually talk to this guy that was at the Venice Beach Pier, while we were in a hotel in Marina Del Rey in Los Angeles. Alan: It's interesting that Apple is taking a longer approach to bring their 5G device to market.

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