The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

A new cycle of XR The Apple Vision Pro launch has been a disruptive moment for our industry (Image by Apple) As I said in a popular post a few months ago , I think we have entered a new cycle for immersive realities. Huawei and Pico are rumored to be working on an Apple Vision Pro competitor).

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FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Meta's (Limited-Scope) Unity Competitor According to creators who have been testing the closed beta version, the Meta Horizon Desktop Editor has an interface resembling a simplified version of game engines like Unity, reminiscent of Apple's Reality Composer Pro, the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN), or the Roblox Creator Hub.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Cas and Chary VR is a YouTube channel hosted by Netherland-based duo Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer who have been documenting their VR journeys since 2016. Tip: If you have an Apple Watch, Apple has added a ‘Fitness Gaming’ workout type recently. VR Health Life is available on the Apple App Store and the Google Play store.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Apple’s end goal is the one of building lightweight AR glasses that people wear all day, too, so it’s pretty normal that people at Cupertino are concerned about the work that Meta is doing (this is one of the positive side effects that I envisioned about the reveal of Orion , and in fact, it came true).

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Another one of Beyond’s big enthusiast-grade features is owed to Bigscreen’s ability to customize the fit of the headset to each user, which will be done by doing a one-time scan of the user’s face using an iPhone XR or more recent Apple mobile device.

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Digital Trends

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A hostage situation at an Apple Store in the Netherlands ended dramatically on Tuesday when the suspect was hit by a police vehicle as he ran from the store.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

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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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Apple’s App Store payment policy was just dealt another blow in the Netherlands, where the Authority for Consumers and Markets, or ACM, the country’s top competition regulator, determined the rules violated Dutch competition law by not allowing dating apps to offer users alternative payment options. Read more.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 6, 2024

In the coming months, these glasses will be shipped to buyers worldwide, including the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, Netherlands, China, Japan, and Korea. XREAL One Series AR Smart Glasses Debuts XREAL recently launched two new AR smart glasses models: the XREAL One Series and a Pro variant.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

ARway.ai, a firm working with various XR device leaders, such as Apple and Magic Leap, to leverage its unique immersive wayfinding platform for a broad range of use cases, recently announced a new partnership that amplifies its product offering to an increasingly sizeable international user base.

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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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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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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Custom Comfort, Bigscreen Beyond Customers pre-ordering the headset will receive a Bigscreen app invitation to 3D scan their faces via an Apple iPhone Xr or later. European markets include the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, and others.

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VRWorld

MAY 9, 2016

14nm is getting traction not just by high-end chips from Intel, AMD, Nvidia, Apple, Samsung and other large players, but also by smaller companies which are moving to revolutionize the way how we build virtual reality glasses, cars, infotainment systems, TVs and many other.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 10, 2022

So far, MADE.com has achieved phenomenal success across the Netherlands, the UK, Switzerland, Germany, France, Austria, Spain, and Belgium. The company decided to try building an AR experience specifically for people using Apple iOS devices. The solution would be accessible only to Apple users, via ads on Facebook.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 30, 2023

The platform also leverages Apple App Clips , WebAR, and other technologies, democratising the technology for all users to view the project. The Centrepiece: Boogie-Team ORLEN Art Car The Dutch Grand Prix took place in Zandvoort, Netherlands on Sunday, offering fans an immersive experience to promote the huge Formula One contest.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

PICO’s Apple Vision Pro-Style Workplace Device to Ship PICO has revealed more details about its upcoming PICO 4 Ultra MR headset, first introduced last month. The listing does not reveal any further specifications or details about the device, but previous announcements earlier in the year provide a clear picture of what to expect.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Robben is an international star, having played for PSV Eindhoven, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, as well as for the Netherlands national team in four FIFA World Cups. (He He just retired from international competition after the Netherlands missed the cut for the 2018 World Cup).

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TechCrunch VR

JULY 21, 2023

That wasn’t particularly new, but Apple’s flagship headset is a huge leap away from virtual reality, embracing the blended world more fully. ” Apple (you know, that giant company based in Cupertino. The company steered off the cliff this week with an official declaration of bankruptcy in The Netherlands.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

” One included the Apple logo and offered the opportunity to invest in a fake “iMetaverse token.” It’s not only Meta that’s being imitated in ads, we found. Other ads have used tech companies’ trademarks to push “investments” in “tokens.”

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

So, yeah, with this belief, we started off in 2015 from a robotics group at the University of Delft -- Technical University of Delft -- here in the Netherlands. This came out of TU Delft, which is a technical university in the Netherlands. And then you can really interact in VR, as you would do in a normal situation.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

So, yeah, with this belief, we started off in 2015 from a robotics group at the University of Delft -- Technical University of Delft -- here in the Netherlands. This came out of TU Delft, which is a technical university in the Netherlands. And then you can really interact in VR, as you would do in a normal situation.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

So, yeah, with this belief, we started off in 2015 from a robotics group at the University of Delft -- Technical University of Delft -- here in the Netherlands. This came out of TU Delft, which is a technical university in the Netherlands. And then you can really interact in VR, as you would do in a normal situation.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

So what we offer is the ability for the RiVR team to come over to the US – or, we’re doing some in the Netherlands with Martine at the moment as well — where we go and burn with those guys, and scan two or three of their burns, and put those burns into the library.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

So what we offer is the ability for the RiVR team to come over to the US – or, we’re doing some in the Netherlands with Martine at the moment as well — where we go and burn with those guys, and scan two or three of their burns, and put those burns into the library.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

So what we offer is the ability for the RiVR team to come over to the US – or, we're doing some in the Netherlands with Martine at the moment as well -- where we go and burn with those guys, and scan two or three of their burns, and put those burns into the library. Alex: Oh, god, I should have done some research on that one.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Popular VR Youtuber Sebastian Ang has spotted two online stores (one from the Netherlands and the other from Germany) already listing the Vive Cosmos for €799. Internal iOS 13 code seems to point at Apple AR glasses. What we don’t know is what Apple is creating and when it will be released. Top news of the week. Who knows.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Even the big players like Sony, Apple, and Microsoft have substantially reduced their production estimates for 2022, whilst processor manufacturers talk of delays into 2024. It wasn’t even possible to buy another Tundra HDK, and months later they are still showing out of stock. Image provided by Rob Cole).

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JANUARY 28, 2025

The company behind Snapchat is offering this discounted price to students and faculty in the US, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, and the Netherlands who have a valid education email. Snap is now offering its AR spectacles to students & educators for $49.50/month, month, a steep discount from the $99/month developer price.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Note however that the Xreal One series lacks positional tracking, so unlike with mixed reality headsets like Apple Vision Pro and Quest 3, the virtual screen will stay locked to your head's positional movement, and thus won't truly appear to float in space.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The demise of Tumblr (porn) In November 2018, Apple removed Tumblr from its App Store due to the presence of child porn on the app; Tumblr said the content was immediately removed. Fans and artists flocked there because it was so easy to connect to others with similar interests. Tumblr was somehow anonymous, but social.

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