The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2022

In the long and troublesome travel back to Italy from AWE, I’ve lost the last flight and so I’m currently here writing my newsletter from the lobby of the hotel where I spent the night :|. Apple WWDC may reveal something about Apple’s upcoming headset. The Verge) More info (Predictions for Apple at WWDC?—?Bloomberg).

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Venice Immersive recently returned to Italy, showcasing dozens of worldwide VR and AR projects. Reilhac pointed to mixed reality, calling the passthrough features of the upcoming Apple Vision Pro headset interesting. Here’s everything we saw.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 15, 2022

As you’ve read in my other article written today , this is a special day for this blog… but it is also Monday, so I won’t skip writing a new amazing roundup of AR/VR news So, wishing you a happy Ferragosto (the name of today’s holiday in Italy), I leave you to the best XR news of the week! Apple MR headset may cost $2000+.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

It’s hot and the drought is creating some issues here in northern Italy. We have lots of non-news about Apple’s XR efforts. The hype around Apple glasses is huge , and everything that gets shared about Apple and XR gets many views. This is the story of my life for half of the posts I read about Apple. Useless news.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

Apple way be working on a VR headset. According to Bloomberg, next year Apple is going to release a VR headset with limited passthrough AR functionalities. The HMD should be targeted to prosumers and Apple expects sales in the order of magnitude of one Apple headset per day, per store. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Tomorrow is Christmas, which in Italy is probably the most important holiday of the year. We eat so much that in Italy is not only the 25th to be a holiday, but also the 26th… I guess so we have time to recover from everything we eat.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

PICO is shipping the 4 Ultra in Europe, including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, the UK, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland. Apple and upcoming headset vendors such as Samsung have deep hardware ecosystems that may boost the capabilities and adoption of XR devices.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 13, 2022

In January, Apple launched a new iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro photography challenge , inviting users to send in their best macro shots. The winners come from Argentina, Italy, India, Hungary, Thailand, China, and the U.S., Check out all of the winning photographs on Apple's website. The challenge, which ran from Jan.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

Today in Italy it should be the day when we go pic-nicking… but given the fact that we are in lockdown, I’ll just eat a lot at home While I send you a lot of good vibes, let’s see together what have been the best pieces of AR/VR news of this week, that has been incredibly interesting! (My The rumors on the Apple Glasses are intensifying.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2023

Exactly one week ago, Apple announced the Apple Vision Pro, its first XR headset. It will be a shorter and maybe not-so-exciting newsletter, but I will be happy of having shed some light on other interesting pieces of news from this week in XR Stay tuned for my roundup about the Apple Vision Pro coming in the next few days!

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

This will be a newsletter written on the road: I’ve prepared the material in Italy, I’m currently writing these words from the Frankfurt airport (Germany), I will keep writing on the plane across the ocean and I will finalize everything in Sunnyvale (California, USA). Meta really wants to fight Apple on his own territory.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Artebinaria is a tech company based in Florence, Italy, founded by senior software engineer Alessandro Bemporad, operating internationally since 2019 in the field of augmented reality applied to the world of art. The company develops its own solutions on Apple devices and Cloud Computing platforms. Meet Artebinaria.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Apple already committed to doing AR and made clear that the endgame is AR glasses. The plan is to make people keep these glasses on all the time , a bit like people do with Apple Airpods. I expect that in a few years, it won’t be strange to see some people in the street who have Ray-Ban or Apple smart glasses.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

Snap's AR Spectacles are coming to developers in Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, and The Netherlands. They have a field of view of 46 degrees, similar to Xreal glasses and slightly below Hololens 2, and a 36 pixels per degree (PPD) resolution, similar to Apple Vision Pro. In Europe, the price will be €110/month.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

As I said a few months ago , we are in the middle of a paradigm change: the cycle that started with the Quest is arriving at an end, and a new cycle driven by new technologies (mixed reality headsets) and new players (Apple, Google) is starting. They are Apple AR glasses!” I have this impression for a few reasons.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

This is a slide that Netvios made a couple of years ago about it (Image by Netvios) The Apple Vision Pro is not coming to the rescue Apple Vision Pro has been launched in China, too, and it had a mild reception. The Apple Vision Pro Still, I’ve met people who are developing content from Vision Pro.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Now the Metaverse is gaining newfound traction from enterprise clients, companies like Meta, Microsoft, and Apple are reinforcing XR as a serious technology for various use cases. During its WWDC event, Apple showed how clients could use first-party productivity applications on the Vision Pro product.

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JULY 23, 2024

Notable projects seen there included Thrasher , which arrives later this week on Apple Vision Pro and Quest, Runaways , and Laser Dance , the upcoming Quest 3 exclusive mixed reality game from Thomas Van Bouwel ( Cubism ). A Week In Italy: Everything We Saw At Venice Immersive UploadVR attended Venice Immersive last week.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 2, 2023

We discussed his company’s waveguide and materials research, using AR for medicine and surgery, and the Apple Vision Pro. Thoughts on the Apple Vision Pro When asked about the augmented reality capabilities of the Apple Vision Pro , Goldman predicted that the mixed reality (MR) headset would likely sell “just a few 100,000 units.”

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

Apple has killed its AR glasses project… maybe. A piece of unexpected news has shaken the XR communities this week: according to a report on Digitimes Taiwan, Apple has abandoned its AR/VR glasses project and all the members of the team have been re-allocated in other teams. AR is still alive, Apple will still release its AR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple Vision Pro may be out in January According to the latest report on Bloomberg, Apple is still on track to release the Apple Vision Pro at the beginning of this year. I hope we will meet there and have fun together! Outstanding move. Good luck with that.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 30, 2024

PICO shipped the 4 Ultra across Europe, including countries such as Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, the UK, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland. PICO 4 Ultra Debuts for Enterprise The news comes after the PICO 4 Ultra debuted on September 20 for £529.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2023

After having announced some of the features and the price just before the launch of the Apple Vision Pro, now the company formerly known as Facebook is already working towards the launch of the device. Best Buy has already published the page about Quest 3, marked as “Coming Soon”. appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2023

I’m back in Italy! A pretty useless one, like all the rumors about Apple and its glasses. And instead… electronic components… wow, only geniuses at Apple could think about it. My time at SXSW has been great, but now it’s time to be back to the usual routine. And luckily for you, I have one. Such great news!

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

I’m currently in Beijing and today I’m taking the plane to get back to Italy. Here in Italy, I have no idea where to buy any smartglasses, but I’ve seen many shops selling Ray-Ban Meta. Apple makes an exception because it is a fashionable brand itself and it has already a wide network of stores where people can buy its devices.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

I’m back to Italy after my trip to Helsinki! More info Apple Vision Pro offers an incredible hand segmentation A leaked screenshot from an Apple Vision Pro devkit shows how the Vision Pro is able to show almost perfectly the hand of the user above virtual content.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

If you were wondering, we in Italy do not celebrate Thanksgiving, but I would love one year to participate in its celebration hosted by an American family. Apple XR headset may have great processing power. This week I’m so desperate that there is no news to write about that I’m even sharing a rumor about the Apple headset.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 29, 2021

It’s a sunny lockdown day here in Italy, the sun is shining and the trees are blossoming. Apple XR headset may weight less than 150g. You know how I love rumors on the Apple XR headset (#sarcasm), and so with much joy, I announce to you that the super Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has another fantastic news to share with us.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine. According to an evidence presented by Epic Games, Apple has not only removed Fortnite from the Apple Store, but it has also revoked the status of developer to Epic Games. All Apple software, SDKs, APIs, and developer tools ?—?Pre-release Other relevant news.

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JANUARY 7, 2024

That's still a significantly narrower field of view than what you'd get from opaque headsets with passthrough cameras such as Meta Quest 3 and the upcoming Apple Vision Pro, which have horizontal and vertical field of views roughly around 100°. The company claims shipping will begin in March. There's an important caveat here though.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2022

Image by Apple). Apple WWDC is back in June. Apple has announced that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will be held in an online format from June 6 through 10 , free for all developers to attend. News worth a mention. News from partners (and friends). Join the On|Metaverse summit.

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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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

I think I’ll miss the joys of summer (and all the trophies that Italy has won), but at least I’ll be able to enjoy again some delicious hot chocolate Before leaving you to the news of the week, I’m happy to announce to you that I’ve been selected as a speaker for AWE US 2021 ! Apple VR headset may feature a 3000PPI microOLED display.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 28, 2024

I’m writing this newsletter across Italy and Austria because I’m going to AWE Europe! 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. Plus it would represent a 10x sales of the current Vision Pro.

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JUNE 18, 2024

And Xreal Beam Pro supports 1080p 60FPS 3D video recording, compared to 30FPS in Apple's camera app. Preorders for Xreal Beam Pro are now available in the USA, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Czechia, Japan, and China. This is much wider than iPhone 15 Pro 's cameras. In South Korea preorders will open on July 1.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 16, 2022

Yes, it's a lot like Apple Wallet , but with a few extras thrown in. France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Samsung has combined several existing apps and services to create Samsung Wallet, an app that holds your digital keys, boarding passes, ID cards, payment cards, and cryptocurrencies, all in one place.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

After a few days where we thought we were all living in a big oven, here in Italy we’re having the first taste of Autumn, with the temperatures going down and a lot of rain falling from the sky. More info Is Apple working on the Vision Pro since 2007?

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