Road to VR

AUGUST 1, 2023

Today, big tech companies including Apple, Pixar, Adobe, Autodesk, and NVIDIA, announced the formation of the Alliance for OpenUSD ( AOUSD ), which is dedicated to promoting the standardization and development of a 3D file protocol that Apple says will “help accelerate the next generation of AR experiences.”

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The past week has been a pretty interesting one for the tech world: between Microsoft Ignite, Unity Unite, and the OpenAI drama, there has been a lot to follow. I’ll try to summarize all of that, especially for what concerns the announcements related to our XR space.

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Road to VR

MAY 6, 2021

Microsoft’s Mixed Reality capture stage | Image courtesy Microsoft. Researchers in recent years have shown compelling results using machine learning approaches to reconstruct volumetric video from traditional video footage. The resulting datasets are also massive compared to traditional or even stereoscopic video.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

The Quest 2 is a great gaming machine offered at a ridiculous price, and it has totally crushed the competition. Render of the possible upcoming Apple device (Image by Antonio DeRosa). Apple is proposing itself to be the next competitor of Meta. But it has a problem: it doesn’t really know how the Apple device will be.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

How much do you know about Microsoft XR for enterprises? While Microsoft might not have the same selection of proprietary hardware solutions as companies like Meta, the company is still deeply invested in extended reality. Want to learn more about Microsofts XR Vision?

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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. Microsoft releases Azure Remote Rendering. Let’s see if Facebook will be a worthier opponent than Google. supports VR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Today’s news will determine tomorrow’s leaders, so keep your ears on the ground to learn about tomorrow’s XR champions. Microsoft HoloLens Loses $22 Billion Life Line to Oculus Founder Microsofts HoloLens has taken another major hit , potentially signalling the end of the mixed-reality headset in the future.

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Tech Trends VR

JUNE 5, 2020

That is software and technology associated with AI, including machine learning and natural language processing, Computer Vision, augmented reality, virtual reality, and all other apps that support the creation and the maintenance of a digital 3D world. Components and Scope of Spatial Computing.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

And its ads business is under a crossfire attack: on one front, Apple with its new data policy is limiting how much data the Facebook app can collect about its users, and on the other one, the EU is trying to enforce its regulation about European people’s data not allowed to be sent to Facebook’s US servers. Image by Apple).

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Road to VR

JUNE 9, 2017

Augmented Reality has played a huge role at the developer conferences for Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, and Google, which is a great sign that the industry is moving towards spatially-aware computing. I also compare and contrast the recent AR announcements from Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook in my wrap-up.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 12, 2025

Wondering how immersive learning benefits teams across industries? Immersive Learning Benefits: The Science of Success Traditional training solutions are problematic. With virtual, augmented, and mixed reality solutions, companies can tap into the benefits of experiential learning, unlocking the power of learning by doing.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2020

International Business Machines Corp. Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC. . % Change. Rank Change. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. Intel Corp. LG Electronics Inc. Ford Global Technologies LLC. SEE ALSO Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Thinks AR/VR is a Solution to the Housing Crisis.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The story is similar for Amazon , Microsoft and Bose (kind of), and the 800-pound gorilla in wearables, Apple. Lastly, Facebook has its eye on an AR glasses future, including explicit proclamations (the anti-Apple approach) that it’s developing them. Orbiting Initiatives. Social Experiment.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 30, 2024

From Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 to Metro Awakening, November's another busy month for new VR games. Store links - Quest Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 - November 19 (PC VR) 0:00 / 2:18 1× Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is the next entry in the long-running series and much like the previous entry, this includes PC VR support.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This month, Microsoft successfully completed an MR hardware trial period with the US Army, allowing the firm to continue innovating the Hololens product while leveraging a massive military contract which currently sits as a $22 billion investment for the US Army. But will Microsoft see future IVAS success? development processes.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 2, 2021

If I had known people could like it, I would have not made it in 5 minutes with Microsoft Word, lol. VR is not the ultimate empathy machine. “VR VR is the ultimate empathy machine” is a powerful sentence that Chris Milk has pronounced during a TED Talk that has been quoted thousands of times in the VR communities. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2022

Last month, we got to know that (according to a rumor) Samsung is working together with Microsoft on new AR glasses, most probably powered by a Qualcomm chipset. With the rumors intensifying, and with Apple always closer to entering the market, I am expecting an announcement for this year. Learn more. Learn more.

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 2, 2018

The Brazilian-born inventor gets recognition for his groundbreaking work with the Microsoft Hololens. Built-in machine learning and AI-algorithms enable the HoloLens to be contextually aware of its surroundings and interpret user commands Click To Tweet. The European Patent Office (EPO) announced that it has nominated U.S.-based

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2019

To illustrate, readers will learn how VR helps kids and people with special needs learn to use an MRI machine. To learn more about these exciting and industry-changing applications visit the link at the top to get the report. The report has lots of interesting use cases for AR and VR.

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AR Insider

JULY 15, 2021

Machine learning algorithms for avatars will use tracking data from our eyes, mouths, and bodies. What they need to learn is how to make the eventual consumer glasses cheaper and more power-efficient for all-day use. They’ll learn when people break the law, how hard they actually work, and how often they lie.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 15, 2024

This past weekend, Apple debuted its Vision Pro mixed reality headset in the United Kingdom, marking the end of the firm’s international device rollout completion, which started at WWDC 2024 and includes regions such as mainland China, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Canada, France, and Germany. drop compared to the previous year.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 11, 2025

Instead, youre practicing techniques in a hands-on environment, working on machines, interacting with virtual customers, or even performing medical procedures without risks. Thats immersive learning. If youre looking for a way to elevate employee training programs, now could be the perfect time to invest in immersive learning.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

It showed what is its vision for the long-term future: AR glasses that are intelligent enough to learn about your behavior and to examine the context you are in so that to be able to already provide you suggestions about what they can do to help you. Image by Microsoft). Learn more. News worth a mention.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

According to CBINSIGHTS , tech giants like Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple (FAMGA) have all been acquiring AI startups aggressively in the last decade. Apple leads when compared with other giants in terms of acquisitions made. Most of the big giant companies in the world are investing heavily in the field of AI.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 11, 2024

This week, during its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) 2024, Apple revealed new enterprise-facing APIs to help business customers better leverage the device’s spatial computing offering. Apple is improving sensor access and visual capabilities as part of the Vision Pro enterprise API update.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

After approximately seven years of development, the Apple Vision Pro headset is finally here. For some time now, consumers have been on the edge of their seats waiting for an official Apple AR/VR announcement. Despite this, Apple’s Vision Pro headset seems a revolutionary addition to the industry.

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ARPost

APRIL 29, 2021

There are two premium price tiers with additional affordances, but there is also a free model with an easy sign-in using a Microsoft, Google, or Apple account or with a private email. TechSee and Vuzix (and Microsoft). Incidentally, Vuzix also supports Teams, Microsoft’s remote conferencing platform. Microsoft Mesh.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The tech industry is looking to replace the smartphone — and everybody is waiting to see what Apple comes up with. I n 2007, Apple unveiled the iPhone. Apple didn’t invent the smartphone — companies like Palm and Blackberry had been selling them for years. But Apple’s not the only company working on these products.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

This week, Apple updated its Vision Pro spatial computing headset, upgrading the framework to visionOS 2. Apple delivered optimised MR features, including improved spatial capture, hand-tracking, key productivity enhancements, virtual environments, avatars, and more. The latest device update continues that trend across broader updates.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

The Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications (FIT) together with various partners from industry including Apple, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Son y has confirmed the release and official adoption of H.266/Versatile Not a great evolution from Microsoft. 266/Versatile Video Coding (VVC). Discover it.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 28, 2024

The Apple Vision Pro Developer Kit, Apple’s collection of tools designed to support app development, has been available for a while now. In fact, Apple opened the program for applications long before the spatial computing headset ever hit the market. What is the Apple Vision Pro Developer Kit?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

What an exciting week for technology, with the Facebook Connect, PS5 price announcement, Apple event and the release of RTX30 graphics cards! Even Apple uses modified ARM chips. an ARM chips can be installed on IoT sensors that communicate to a server where an NVIDIA card is used to perform machine learning on the data).

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ARVR

JANUARY 21, 2022

APPLE ARKIT 5 The latest version of Apple’s open source mobile augmented reality development toolset, ARKit 5 , offers significant improvements from ARKit 4. ARKit appears to have the best compatibility between software and hardware, as Apple is responsible for all aspects of their devices. It is expected to grow to $12.97

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

BUT today is the day of the WWDC, and who knows if Apple will tease something about AR glasses. But what I have learned in the past is that a headset must be tried and numbers never tell the full story, so I hope I can try this to tell you how good it is. Learn more. was a lot of money?). Some reviews of VR hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

I think the battle with Apple has just begun. Microsoft has released the news that it is increasing the availability of HoloLens 2 and that tens of thousands of units have been shipped to date. Basically, projects that give value to the device and to Microsoft in general. HoloLens 2 is expanding its availability.

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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? I’ve studied at important universities like UC Berkeley, and I’ve worked on many technical projects (for work or personal interest) in electronics, optics, brain-machine interface , natural language processing, etc…. What is Kura’s story?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated. This means that if you develop an experience using OpenXR, you can run it on Oculus, SteamVR, and Microsoft runtimes with no modification. Learn more.

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