The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

The same has happened with Apple, which is now offering bonuses to employees to keep them inside the company. Apple has performed very strategic acquisitions as well, and the news of the week is that Snap has acquired Compound Photonics to gain a key supplier of LCOS and Microled displays. Apple may have delays for its headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

Luckily there is AR that is still strong, and we can hope to wear Google AR glasses soon… ah no, they are dead too. Check-ins with Apple experts for UI design and development guidance, and help refining your app. This Apple-owned development device needs to be returned upon request.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 30, 2023

I’ve read a lot of articles and XR news this week, but actually, at the end of the day, nothing relevant has happened, except for the usual rumor about Apple… so you can close this roundup now… no ok, I’m kidding! This doesn’t sound to me very “Apple”. And by the way, on the personal side, things are going well for me!

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AR Insider

AUGUST 7, 2020

This projection is informed by several inputs and market signals such as the adoption pace of brands and retailers, and investment from tech giants like Google to accelerate it. We’re also tracking Apple and Google moves that signal AR commerce’s likely web-based orientation. From the Source.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

This projection is informed by several inputs and market signals such as the adoption pace of brands and retailers, and investment from tech giants like Google to accelerate it. We’re also tracking Apple and Google moves that signal AR commerce’s likely web-based orientation. Covid-Advantaged. From the Source.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

More info Some news about Apple Vision Pro The news and rumors about Vision Pro never end. In these two weeks, we got to discover that Apple is planning to organize demo sessions of Vision Pro inside the Apple Store venues and that in the beginning, the only way to buy a Vision Pro will be going to an Apple Store.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

This will include “try-before-you-buy” AR visualization like we examined yesterday, as well as visual search a la Google Lens. It could even be simpler than Google’s advanced object recognition technology. Data Dive: Google Lens Recognizes 15 Billion Products. Mobile Payments’ Time to Shine.

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AR Insider

MARCH 10, 2020

Brand spending on sponsored mobile AR lenses is a bright spot, as is Apple AR glasses rumors. After covering the ‘What, When & Why’ of Apple’s AR play, what about the “here and now” AR Opportunity? This is true if counting Apple (ARkit) and Google (ARcore) compatibility. Revenue Mix.

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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. Let’s see if Facebook will be a worthier opponent than Google. Google releases Chrome 81. Other relevant news.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The film is a product of the Google Daydream Impact Project which aims to make a positive difference in society through the application of immersive technologies such as VR and AR. The Right Choice is available for download now via the Google Playstore and the iOS Apple Store. Image Credit: Red Cross.

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Hypergrid Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

By comparison, only 24 percent are reporting strong growth for consumer virtual reality, and only 31 percent say the same for consumer augmented reality and mixed reality technology, according to a survey of hundreds of businesses released this month by VR Intelligence. Image courtesy VR Intelligence.). Image courtesy VR Intelligence.).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2024

According to the Steam hardware survey, Windows Mixed Reality headsets are still used by 50–80,000 people today. It’s not clear what the effects of this strategy change will be: for now, Apple seems still interested in providing a cheaper Vision Pro and also in investigating the release of smartglasses.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Apple VR headset may feature a 3000PPI microOLED display. This week we had a new rumor about the XR headset Apple is working on. According to Korean publication The Elec, Apple has requested a sample of a display component for OLED displays that can arrive up to 3000PPI. Apple Event was not about AR, like, at all.

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AR Insider

JULY 9, 2021

Specifically, LoopMe’s Christina Park cites her company’s survey data that show that almost 20 percent of consumers are more likely to pay attention to interactive ads, and 40% find AR try-ons useful. Starting with AR’s fad label, this myth can be dispelled by consumer sentiments.

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GizModo VR

MAY 11, 2021

Google I/O is a little more than a week away and it appears the company is sending out surveys to Wear OS users. To ask them how satisfied they are with their smartwatches. If you hear a strange sound in the distance, it’s not the sound of cicadas rising from their 17-year slumber. It’s the disbelieving, slightly… Read more.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2023

More info (Twitter post that describes the excitement around this project) More info (Official launch blog post) Other relevant news (Image by Google) Chrome ships WebGPU Chrome , the most popular browser around, has just implemented WebGPU. This research, taken further, could bring many interesting innovations in the AR field.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

In the middle of this, of course, the Apple Vision Pro was also an iPhone moment, without forgetting Half-Life: Alyx in the mix. So let’s make a big online survey, a classic Google Form, and let’s agree on what to hype next so that we can pretend to be experts in time.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Is Apple Building an Entertainment Wearable? Will Google Incubate AR Inside Search? Is Google Building an ‘Internet of Places?’ AR Briefs, Episode 25: Consumer AR Survey Results. 2020 Spatial Predictions: Apple’s AR Fate. And look forward to more daily spatial computing coverage in 2020.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 25, 2019

But then around 2002, things moved slowly towards measured progress, and the rise of tech giants like Google, Facebook, and the web 2.0 Apple , Google , Facebook and Microsoft are all on that list. Speaking of Facebook’s billion lens engagements, Google has matched that figure in visual search activations for Google Lens.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Apple acquires IKinema. Another acquisition got my attention this week: Apple buying IKinema. As when Apple bought Metaio and Faceshift, a great service is not available anymore for all the devs of the world because of an acquisition by Apple. As has happened with previous acquisitions, we have just to wait and see.

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Tech Trends VR

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

The film is a product of the Google Daydream Impact Project which aims to make a positive difference in society through the application of immersive technologies such as VR and AR. The experience can be downloaded now from the Google Playstore and the iOS Apple Store.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Picking up where we left off with Apple , Google and Bose’s hearables strategies, what’s the revenue outlook? These are models supported by ARtillery Intelligence’s consumer AR survey (see below). The poster child here is Apple which sold 25 million AirPods last year, and are conditioning an all-day use case.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

New Steam hardware survey highlights that the number of VR headsets has grown again, and now according to Road To VR there are 1.6M Let’s see how Apple and Google will answer. Google Glass 2 is now available for direct purchase. This is what Google Daydream is now useful for (look at the answers). Learn more.

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ARVR

JUNE 29, 2020

Source: [link] When it debuted in 2013 the Google Glass was the first of its kind. The Smart-Accessory Revolution A Pew Research Center survey conducted at the beginning of 2013 showed that only 51% of adults in the United States owned a smartphone, 6 years after the launch of the 1st-generation Apple iPhone.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Apple CEO Tim Cook has stated that in his view, augmented reality and not virtual reality holds the ticket for commercial success in immersive technologies in the future. As its largest competitors trail-blaze a particular path, Apple is content to be Apple and survey the chaos and decide to do things when it’s good and ready.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Based on interviews and surveys of more than 750 XR professionals, the report is an in-depth analysis of the state of the global XR market today and seeks to distil emerging XR trends into a clear narrative to determine the sector’s future direction.

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AR Insider

MARCH 20, 2020

Confidence signals include Brand spending on sponsored lenses and indicators for Apple’s eventual AR glasses. Apple’s AR Fate. Starting with the first prediction, the thing on everyone’s mind is the if and when of Apple’s rumored AR glasses. Apple’s Quick Look is evolving in the same direction.

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VRScout

MAY 1, 2018

While the experience may feel similar to a Samsung Gear VR or Google Daydream View, both devices require newer Android devices. Don’t be surprised when you start to see network TV channels pop up sometime soon, extending over-the-top (OTT) viewing experiences you may be used to like Apple TV into VR. And that’s a big deal.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 8, 2022

Apple held a Spring product event Tuesday, which also happened to be International Women's Day (IWD). Apple CEO Tim Cook marked the occasion with a tweet honoring "women who are charting the course for a more equitable future," while Apple also featured all female developers in a promotional video for its new M1 Ultra processor.

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AR Insider

MAY 27, 2020

An MIT study about embracing digital technology reports that 63 percent of surveyed managers said the pace of technological change in their workplaces is too slow, primarily due to a “lack of urgency.” Google Trends indicates a smaller impact for the term “Augmented Reality,” while “Remote Support” shows much stronger relevance.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

It could be that Facebook is planning a walled-garden hardware ecosystem similar to Apple, and will be focusing their energy on the control that comes with building their standalone headsets. Or if Facebook is able to expand to any OEMs beyond Samsung, then appears as though they have not done so yet. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST.

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ARVR

JULY 9, 2020

Google launched Google Glass , and Microsoft launched HoloLens , a head-mounted display (Krevelen, 2010)(Jaimini, 2016). 2010s : Companies are investing in the potential of this area like Google with ARCore and Apple with ARKit (Papagiannis, 2017). A survey of augmented reality. Here is the link. Ronald Azuma.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 2, 2024

April’s hardware survey of VR headsets on Steam. And in the end, the beginning of June is a good opportunity to answer whatever Google had announced mid May at Google I/O and at the same time to put pressure on Apple for the WWDC conference in mid-June.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 19, 2021

More info (PwC research) More info (Steam Hardware Survey) More info (Counterpoint Research) More info (Moss and Gorn selling more than 1M units). Or of a hybrid AR/VR headset like the Lynx or like the rumored Apple visor? This proves once again that it is not easy, but it is possible to be profitable in the VR market.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

Years later, in 2014, my previous classmate Gianni Rosa Gallina called me because he wanted to create a startup about all the fancy things we were discussing in that period, in particular Google Glasses and my obsession about seeing virtual objects on top of the real world. From it, ARKit has born, I guess. A random tutorial found on Youtube.

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ARVR

AUGUST 28, 2020

Creating remote MR productions VR for rehabilitation of cognitive and psychological disorders (Source: Kurt Othmer, Youtube) A recent survey has narrowed down to the fact that every minute of the day, there is a vehicle related accident. So, is shutting yourself indoors the only safe alternative? Fortunately no!

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant compatibility are pretty standard nowadays, while Apple HomeKit options are fewer and far between.) Yet 60 percent of burglars surveyed for a frequently cited University of North Carolina survey several years prior would find a different target if they saw an alarm on-site.

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