The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

OpenXR has arrived at the first version of the standard, and now it has been implemented by all the major vendors : Microsoft has implemented it for HoloLens and WMR; Oculus for Rift and Quest; Valve has implemented it in SteamVR; etc… Talking about game engines, Unreal Engine now already offers it, while Unity is still lagging behind.

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VRScout

JULY 11, 2017

Out of 11 companies, there are 3 VR/AR-related: Ambidio (immersive sound), Epic Games (creator of Unreal Engine and several VR titles), and The VOID (fully immersive location-based VR entertainment—they did the Ghostbusters activation in Times Square in NY). APPLE IS HIRING FOR VR/AR POSITIONS. GO SKYDIVING SAFELY… AND INDOORS!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 4, 2024

At a glance, this headset certainly seems a lot “clunkier” and bulkier than some of the other leading headsets we’ve seen lately, like the Apple Vision Pro. These controllers also come with built-in haptics for feedback as you work on designs and products in extended reality.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

I think the battle with Apple has just begun. Because most VR developers know well Unity or Unreal, and WebVR languages like A-frame are based on Javascript, that is very different from the usual programming flow of the game engines. This reinforces my speculation that the Jedi controllers will be like the Valve Knuckles.

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Building the Metaverse

JANUARY 18, 2023

For people who couldn’t realize their creativity in a sandbox or walled-garden — platforms like Unreal and Unity enable the creation of real-time, immersive worlds that simulate reality. Image from Unreal Engine 5.1 is a good example of something that probably never would have been funded by a traditional game publisher.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 18, 2025

What was until some time ago a very cool startup with a lot of knowledge about haptics and hand tracking (and with a lot of friends of mine) is now just a ghost. This means that Samsung wont go all-in with hand tracking like Apple did. This is something absolutely impossible to have with Unity or Unreal.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. And then just recently now you might have read that we have made a new thing with the new Apple iPad, with the LiDAR stuff, adding functionality that wasn't possible before. And then Apple comes along and says, "No, here's a new format." Alan: True.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. And then just recently now you might have read that we have made a new thing with the new Apple iPad, with the LiDAR stuff, adding functionality that wasn't possible before. And then Apple comes along and says, "No, here's a new format.". Alan: True.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. And then just recently now you might have read that we have made a new thing with the new Apple iPad, with the LiDAR stuff, adding functionality that wasn't possible before. And then Apple comes along and says, "No, here's a new format.". Alan: True.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

More info Apple Vision Pro may have a very slow start The same Ming-Chi Kuo, who probably woke up with a lot of pessimism that day, has also expressed doubts about the widespread success of the Apple Vision Pro. This would mean that Apple’s XR offering should rely for 3 years on a very expensive headset with very low sales.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

It has feet controllers, haptic feedback for hands, vibrational feedback for the hand, and other cool features that are missing in the most common headsets. Apple VR headset may feature a 3000PPI microOLED display. This week we had a new rumor about the XR headset Apple is working on. Apple Event was not about AR, like, at all.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 1, 2024

But the release of the Apple Vision Pro proved to Valve employees that people are fine with having an all-in-two device with two units connected by a cable. The Controllers can track the five fingers and have very strong haptic vibrations. It seems that Valve is going to introduce a new term to define its virtual reality: Cyberspace.

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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. Regarding all the rumors about the use of tracked controllers, Mark Gurman stated this in his latest report: “ I’m told that Apple isn’t planning its own Vision Pro game controller, nor is it actively planning support for third-party VR accessories ”.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

We were all expecting this since AR and VR are a bit in a transitional moment and the biggest brands (like Facebook and Apple) have their events through which they’ll announce their new devices, but for me, this lack of news was worse than the expected. We had a few interesting news, but nothing truly disruptive. Senseglove Nova.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

This has not been the most interesting week in AR, VR, but I think that in the next times we’ll see some shots fired: in some days there will be the F8, the official shipment of the Vive Pro 2, then the Apple WWDC conference! Unreal Engine 5 gets released in Early Access. I hope for some juicy news… and you? Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

So, for instance, you record a video of a person from a low position and then see how it looks from a higher position Apple has just published a patent about showing invisible things on mixed reality glasses. When virtual reality has the wrong kind of haptics… Funny link. Some news on the metaverse. Some XR fun. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

PSVR 2, Apple XR visor) and games, will be fundamental to understand its evolution and its potential. Probably you all recall the iconic Apple commercial inspired by the book 1984 that helped a lot the company in becoming popular. References to Apple RealityOS have been leaked. Leaks about Apple are intensifying over the weeks.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

If you are wondering why we should listen to the words of Avi Bar-Zeev, well… he helped in shaping the HoloLens, recently worked on XR glasses prototypes at Apple… and also Facebook wanted to hire him to lead its AR program. New research is carried on about haptics. He’s someone that knows well what XR is. Learn more.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Before his entrepreneurial work, Mahajan was an engineer at Epic Games on the Unreal Engine and Gears of War. Previously she was one of the first employees at NextVR ( acquired by Apple ), a virtual reality company focused on live entertainment across music and sports. 14- Kai Liang. 17- Helen Situ. 28- Harsha kikkeri.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Mark Rabkin showed a whole slide about Unreal Engine and announced camera access. I already had my travel plans figured out for Unreal Fest Seattle, where my company was giving several talks , followed by a Star Wars convention in Orlando, where we’d be exhibiting our open source recreation of the Galactic Starcruiser.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Let’s see how Apple and Google will answer. A good roundup of haptic devices. I’ve found on the web a long article about the haptics devices available , or on which there are experimentations. More info (Roundup of haptics devices) More info (New 5DOF devices). And Facebook has just made its first move. More info.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Microsoft has showcased a new haptic device, that is made by a ball that moves towards your hand when you grab a virtual object and that goes away when your hand is free in the game. Upload VR) More info (Microsoft’s haptic research). More info (Facebook’s typing research?—?Road Road To VR) More info (Facebook’s typing research?—?Upload

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

people walking around), so I don't have an apples-to-apples comparison against Santa Cruz. The SDK offers native APIs, but also supports popular game engines like Unity and Unreal 4. The inside-out tracking was more "swimmy" on Focus, but I tried it in an environment with a lot of dynamic features (i.e.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The device, which should compete with Meta Quest Pro, is expected to feature: RGB cameras to offer AR passthrough High-quality haptics on the controllers thanks to the use of LRA (Linear Resonant Actuators), which are motors able to provide strong and detailed haptics Automatic IPD adjustment. VR Modding reaches a new milestone.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 28, 2024

If they keep building the device, when Apple halts production, there may be enough units in the warehouses to keep the sales happening until the next version of the headset is released. This headset may be priced around $2000, and according to this last report from The Information, Apple plans to sell around 4 million units of them.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Surreal Controllers Surreal Interactive announced a few months ago the Surreal Touch, the first (3d-party) controllers for Apple Vision Pro. via ALVR), but the company also plans to release an SDK for interested developers who want to release a native title for Apple Vision Pro that should work using controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

In the end, it has not been Apple or Facebook, but Snap to make its first move in the AR glasses space. Apple new interface for the Apple Watch may be a glimpse of future XR interactions. You can now touch a virtual cat with full haptics. Top news of the week. Image by Snap). Snap announces its 4th generation Spectacles.

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