The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

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. We already knew that Tim likes AR and “what we have to offer” may also be a potato with an Apple brand costing $400. Other relevant news. Image by The Information).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Apple is working on some sort of metaverse, and its headset is entering mass production. It has been a week of interesting rumors about the upcoming Apple MR headset. So, forget about an Apple headset that is going to enter the mainstream , as I already sold in this previous article. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Some magazines talked about thousands of people laid off, but Bytedance refuted that the scale of the operation was that big. More info Some news about Apple Vision Pro The news and rumors about Vision Pro never end. There are rumors also about Apple thinking about using the Vision Pro for health and fitness.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 11, 2025

Sony also provides the screens for the Apple Vision Pro, but these ones for the Samsung headset would be from a new generation. So, this is just random hype about Apple, as usual. More info Apple releases Spatial Gallery visionOS 2.4 beta 2 is now available for Apple Vision Pro, and it brings Apples new Spatial Gallery platform.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 29, 2020

With rumors of upcoming Apple glasses surging, and the investment made in Magic Leap that until now has been unfruitful, for sure Google is looking for an alternative to build its AR strategy. Apple adds spatial audio to AirPods. Brick after brick, Apple is building its full AR ecosystem in front of our eyes. More info.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

I’m sure that there will also be other offers announced in the next couple of days , so be sure to check out the main VR magazines and communities to stay up to date about them. As a Unity developer (also knowledgeable of VRChat), I’m not surprised at all, honestly. It looks like a good time to buy a new headset!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Regarding the glasses, I have not big hopes for true AR glasses, but I think that thanks to Facebook and Apple, finally we’ll have some important smartglasses entering the market , making the mainstream think about wearing something on their face to enjoy notifications from the phone. Phone AR will be always more popular.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

The Chinese magazine VRTUOLUO has published some photos of what looks like an early prototype of the device. This is a very useful resource for all of us XR developers that are going very soon going to experiment with Mixed Reality applications on a headset by Meta, Apple, or one of their competitors.

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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 Image by Epic Games).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 14, 2022

This week some selected journalists from popular online magazines like CNET and The Verge have been able to have a preview of the upcoming Magic Leap 2 glasses. Apple chips may be its secret weapon for XR. More info (Apple M chips) More info (Rumors on M2 chips in the upcoming Apple headset). Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The main XR magazines talk about a very solid headset with good processing power and amazing visuals , with the passthrough being an improvement over the previous models, but still not perfect. A Quest 3 Lite at $199 could help a lot in making VR more widespread because of its cheap price. More info — Use Google Translate!

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ARVR

MARCH 16, 2023

MUSE Museum AR Experience on a mobile application Finding the best platform for your WebAR project Introduction I have been building Augmented reality apps since 2006, and I have worked with various systems: PC, Mobile, Adobe Flash FlarToolkit, Depth sensors, RGB Sensors, Magicleap, Microsoft Hololens, Google Tango andARCore, and Apple AR Kit.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 26, 2020

Alan has lately announced the release of the MetaVRse engine, a new XR engine all devoted to the enterprise sector about which important magazines like Forbes have talked about, and on the occasion of this launch, I have interviewed him. The app is universal and opens AR experiences directly from the web. This is scheduled for a Q4 release.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

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. Senior Unity Developer Join our Unity team and be at the forefront of innovation in the global mobile-AR industry. So the headset by Samsung may be released later than March.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

More info (Leaked pictures of Quest 3s shell) More info (Quest 3s passed FCC certification) Samsung MR headset is close, but the endgame may be AR glasses It’s not a secret that Samsung is working with Google and Qualcomm on a new mixed reality headset that could rival Apple Vision Pro and that should be released this year.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The other part of the problem is due, as per my speculation, to Meta wanting absolutely to take this out before Apple could release its headse t, to have a first-mover advantage over it. So many exciting things are happening and I’m thankful to you all for the support you are giving me.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The community is not happy with this news, but another piece of news spread this week by VR magazines has given us some hope. The author of the video has used a free app available on the Apple Store and with it, it was able to scan 3D objects with a quality and a speed never seen before. Someone has made a WebAR exporter for Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

More info (Kura wins CES Innovation Award) More info (VR Nima talks about innovation awards) Apple Vision Pro may launch this February A new week, a new set of rumors about the Apple Vision Pro: According to Mark Gurman, the headset is now slated to launch this February. Last week, people said January.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

I’m sure that after April, 20th, the Meta Quest ecosystem will appear even richer than it is now , creating a wider gap with other companies that may think about competing with the Quest, that is Pico, HTC, and even Apple. Unity talked about PlayStation VR 2 at GDC. Unity had a talk about developing for PlayStation VR 2 at GDC 2022.

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ARVR

JUNE 13, 2022

So first I have to measure my room in the real world and start designing it in Unity. I used the measure app from Apple ( I used it in several other projects and the accuracy is better than other apps). Then i took a picture probably scan it via the notes app and upload the image to unity so we can draw a 3d version from it.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

I think the battle with Apple has just begun. Mozilla updates its Unity WebVR exporter. Two years ago, I reviewed on this blog a Unity plugin that Mozilla had released in beta to let you create WebVR experiences from your Unity projects. Why does this matter? This prevents many developers from creating WebXR apps.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One-year price performance for MSFT as of 2/3/20 Apple Inc. AAPL) As we previously detailed in depth, Apple has been discreetly working on a number of AR/VR products for several years now and is planning to release its own AR smart glass and AR/VR hybrid headset. Don’t forget to give us your ?? !

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ARVR

APRIL 9, 2021

It is available at the Apple Developer website under the Applications tab. It is an answer to Apple’s ARKit. Just like ARKit, ARCore can work with Java/OpenGL, Unity, and Unreal. If you are using Unity3D, you’ll need to install ARCore Unity SDK. To solve this issue, Unity has a handy library called AR Foundation.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Apple IPhone X 3. link] Apple IPhone X: 1. Networking implementation using Photon Unity Networking. Unity v2019.2.0 Unity v2019.2.0 With the new XR packages from Unity and the latest tools and hardware offered by Microsoft, this game can be improved in many ways. My group members were:- 1. HoloLens One 2.

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ARVR

AUGUST 11, 2020

My thoughts As someone who knows Android Development, Unity Development, and AR/VR Development, I believe the capabilities of this device will be enhanced with Machine Learning integration using libraries like Firebase MLKit or OpenCV. I didn’t find anything on how to launch an application in the Vuzix App Store in the docs.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Some months ago, we all read that letter where Zuckerberg claimed wanting to get complete control of the hardware and software stack so that Facebook shouldn’t depend on external companies, like Google or Apple for the SO, or phone manufacturers for the hardware. Unity releases the XR Interaction Toolkit.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 3, 2025

Eventually, that company was acquired by Apple and became the foundation for the ARKit team , so that was a nice closure. Of course, we all know Unity, but there’s a whole set of new tools that have been developed to help game developers make their games better. We felt we needed to get together and have some event.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Since location anchors are dependent on Apple Maps data, this means that if the city is not supported by Apple Maps, functionality for location anchors may be limited. By using these architectural features in conjunction with Apple Maps Look Around data, a user’s location can be better approximated for location anchors.

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

Apple seems to be cornering the popular entertainment industry, with the acquisition of NextVR, as industry rivals such as Magic Leap focus on enterprise solutions. With the Starboard UI and Apple Glasses release anticipated for Q4 2020/Q1 2021, the world is eagerly awaiting the next generation of extended reality (XR) standards.

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ARVR

JUNE 29, 2020

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. Another survey conducted mid-June 2019, 4 years since the debut of the Apple Watch, showed that roughly 1-in-5 U.S.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2018

It is one of those places where people look for 3D models , alongside other marketplaces like the Unity Asset Store, Google Poly or Turbosquid. The interview has been super interesting for me, because thanks to it I’ve learned a lot about the 3D modeling market, that is something that usually VR magazines do not talk about.

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ARVR

AUGUST 28, 2020

Major tech giants like Samsung, Google, Apple and Nvidia are the chief contributors to VR market and at the same time the chief researchers that can help explore more versatile use cases of this impactful technology within the next few years. If you are a game developer in unity or even just a beginner do give VR development a try!

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). So we agreed on a written interview on WeChat, which I report to you here below. What has been the most important XR news in China in the latest weeks?

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ARVR

APRIL 21, 2021

PBR is used in real-time applications like Unity and Unreal game-engines as well as the web. link] The most friendly real-time PBR file format is glTF or GLB and is supported by The Khronos group, a non-profit consortium of companies from HP, Apple, Adobe, Facebook, and more. Don’t forget to give us your ?? !

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ARVR

JUNE 18, 2020

This is why leading mobile platforms like Apple and Google are continuing to deliver new and improved AR toolkits for developers. Trending AR VR Articles: Designing for a modern 3D world: A UX design guide for VR Scripting Javascript Promise In Spark AR For Beginners Build your first HoloLens 2 Application with Unity and MRTK 2.3.0

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ARVR Magazine Podcast

MARCH 3, 2021

In Episode #4 of the AR/VR Magazine Podcast, we interview Tim Akgül, who is the program manager for the upcoming hubraum Mixed Reality Program with NREAL. Supported by UNITY, Qualcomm & MobiledgeX - check out what’s NEXT in 2021! We are currently on Spotify, Apple Podcasts , & Anchor with support for more podcasts on the way.

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ARVR

JUNE 12, 2020

Build your first HoloLens 2 Application with Unity and MRTK 2.3.0 Apple, if you get to read this… please make one for us:) 4) Live 3D HOLOGRAPHIC Yoga sessions If you do not know what this means… do you remember Modi Ji’s 3D campaign? Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Designing for a modern 3D world: A UX design guide for VR 2.

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