The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

There are also some drawbacks, like that the headset is bulkier and heavier than the previous one, but this is the price to pay to have so many good features. To me, this is a good device to experiment with creativity in AR. Ian Hamilton tried these glasses and said they gave him the best see-through experience up to now.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 20, 2024

Following the landmark VR headset adoption trend kicked off by accessible Meta Quest 2 headsets, interest is shifting to the next big trend in XR: AR smart glasses and mixed reality headsets. Interestingly, the report shows how the market has a fairly even split of AR/VR software and hardware vendors contributing to overall growth.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

But for now, let me do a recap of the best news of the past week in AR and VR! HTC has revealed the design of the Vive Cosmos. HTC has finally unveiled some information on the Vive Cosmos. HTC has immediately answered that 899$ is a too high estimate of the price. Top news of the week. Image by Upload VR).

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

I had a chance to walk the showroom floor of VRLA 2017 with Root where he took me on a guided tour through the history of VRLA, his thoughts on AR, using VR for film production, the future of privacy in AR/VR, as well as why he is interested in seeing where eSports in VR is headed. VR/AR expert and futurist Charlie Fink.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

On the server-side, it is being integrated with Microsoft Azure, and it is also coming in the future for Google Cloud and Tencent Cloud. HTC is going to launch its headset on May, 11th. HTC is keeping rising the hype for its new upcoming headset. Google is hiring waveguide developers for AR.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

See Also: Redefining the Future of Location-Based Entertainment With HTC VIVE Focus 3 and The Park Playground “Virtual reality is often perceived as being limited to the world of gaming. Thus, in the future, VR users are less likely to encounter such issues. until 2028.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 27, 2021

I n 2006, I attended a launch event in San Francisco for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. But that’s a non-starter for anyone outside of the few million people that own VR hardware (much less the compatible HTC and Oculus hardware). There are also AR-related efforts to capture spatial maps of various locales.

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VRScout

AUGUST 5, 2022

SEAT & CUPRA) – Immersive Design Check (IMDCH) Spinview – Spinview’s Vision OS for Global Media & Entertainment Spinview – Spinview’s Vision OS for Transport for London WaveFunction, Lda – Metaverse Car Showroom. VR Location-Based Entertainment of the Year. Credit: HTC.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2017

“2016 marked an important step for the AR and VR headset market with product finally arriving in end users’ hands and on their heads,” noted Ramon Llamas, research manager with IDC’s Augmented and Virtual Reality team. billion in 2021.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

While the event focused primarily on consumer and entertainment innovations and use cases, it revealed critical details on the future of the XR industry and the technology fueling it. While the device will contain AR-lite features similar to the previous Ray-Ban immersive product, AI integration is a big focus for Meta.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

In the case of VR, we all remember the competition between HTC and Oculus in 2016, with HTC clearly winning the market until Oculus used Facebook’s money to slash the price of the Rift around 2017. Let me show you what are some of them. Hero view of PSVR 2 (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). AR glasses.

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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…). We are going on the road of courage chasing the light under drastic change and innovation together with the peers of the times!

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 29, 2023

Virtual reality combines hardware and software to immerse users in digital environments for numerous use cases, including learning, entertainment, therapy, and others. As tech companies continue to invest in new applications and use cases for VR and AI, the two technologies are working more closely together.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Moreover, Immersed is debuting its Visor product at a lower price than the Vision Pro, perhaps creating a wild card in XR competition alongside significant players such as Meta, Microsoft, HTC, Lenovo, Xreal, and Varjo. Visor leverages AR and MR instead of leveraging on fully immersive or Metaverse environments.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Qualcomm Technologies has remained at the forefront of developing top-tier solutions for the global virtual, augmented, mixed, and extended reality (VR/AR/MR/XR) industry, with its latest solution designed for AR devices. XR Today: Qualcomm recently debuted its Snapdragon AR devices platform.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One-year price performance for MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL, SNE, and NVDA According to the latest report from Statista , the global augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) markets are rapidly growing and are forecast to reach a total of $72.8 It is clear that Apple working diligently to become a big player in the AR/VR space.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2022

Awards also go to the winner of the startup pitch competition, Best in Show VR, Best in Show AR, and there’s also the Awesome Award. All these four awards are decided at the conference. Alvin Graylin, HTC China President, presented the Auggie for Best Head-Worn Device. Best Location-Based Entertainment. Best Art or Film.

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2017

Today Microsoft announced that developers in the US and Canada can now pre-order the Acer ($299) and HP ($329) Mixed Reality headsets from the Microsoft Store. If these specs are all that’s required to run Windows Holographic, even many lower-end laptops should work, compared to what would be required for an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive.

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2018

The world’s largest VR & AR conference is back again May 4-5 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Perfectly located at the intersection of tech and entertainment, there’s no better place like LA, which has rapidly become the center of the VR content industry. VR/AR expert and futurist Charlie Fink.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC is probably going to announce Vive Flow. With a surprise move, HTC Vive has started teasing the launch of a new product. The company has set up a virtual event on the platform ENGAGE (of which HTC is an investor) for October, 14th 2021 at 8 am PDT. Send me hugs while I’m still human!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Facebook reveals its work on the UX of AR of the future. Facebook has unveiled new details on the research it is performing on the UX of the AR glasses of the future. As it had promised on my blog last year , its cool Nreal Light AR glasses have finally arrived in Europe.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 28, 2022

Tencent will form the new XR division under its Interactive Entertainment business group and develop the company’s software and hardware solutions under the leadership of Li Shen, Chief Technology Officer of Tencent Games , the sources explained in the report.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

I was afraid that at this CES wouldn’t have been many pieces of news about AR and VR, but actually, we had quite a few interesting ones. This shows that the ecosystem is alive, and notwithstanding the pandemic, there are many XR companies that are pushing the technology forward. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In 2006, I attended a launch event in San Francisco for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. But that’s a non-starter for anyone outside of the few million people that own VR hardware (much less the compatible HTC and Oculus hardware). There are also AR-related efforts to capture spatial maps of various locales.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Last winter Microsoft announced that the company started working together with its PC hardware partners to develop headsets that support a mixed mode, between virtual and augmented reality. IDC has forecast that worldwide revenues for AR and VR will increase by 100 per cent or more over each of the next four years. billion (S$15.5

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft ramps up distribution of HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. Microsoft is working to improve the distribution of its latest devices: HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. HTC Vive celebrates the holidays giving 100% rev share to developers. Other relevant news.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 19, 2023

Virtual reality combines hardware and software to immerse users in digital environments for numerous use cases, including learning, entertainment, therapy, and others. As tech companies continue to invest in new applications and use cases for VR and AI, the two technologies are working more closely together.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The media and entertainment metaverse , complete with 3D avatars, is no longer a distant prospect. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic , companies are set to reshape the industry with high-tech creativity and ingenuity. A Closer Look at Metaverse Entertainment. Important Use Cases for the Media Metaverse. VR Theme Parks.

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VRScout

JULY 15, 2018

As major film studios and marketing firms continue to see the value in VR and AR technology as a promotional tool for original programming, you can be sure VR & AR experiences will begin to dominate these interactive categories. The Rick And Morty episode “Pickle Rick” has also been nominated for Outstanding Animated Program.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Both Apple and Google already have very popular stores , they have full suits of tools (think about the Google Docs suite) and entertainment channels (think about Apple TV), and they have enormous expertise in building hardware and operating systems.

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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 Top news of the week.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 10, 2017

Jesse Schell, CEO of Schell Games and professor at the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University, is one of the game industry’s finest speakers. In his 2025 predictions for VR and AR , he voiced concerns about the obstacles to growth for VR and the challenges that AR faces in just getting out the door.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 9, 2023

Full Sail University and XR Education USC’s Frontiers of Computing Programme follows several key efforts from universities in the United States to develop the virtual, augmented, mixed, and extended reality (VR/AR/MR/XR) industries.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

Users are discovering that virtual reality isn’t just a powerful tool for entertainment. Renowned for its ingenuity, Apple has continuously pushed the boundaries of what is possible with its rich tech ecosystem, namely amid increasing competition with Microsoft. Demand for virtual reality is expanding at an incredible rate.

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Digitalnauts

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

WHAT IS XR (VR/MR/AR)? XR, or Extended Reality, is an umbrella term for a variety of immersive technologies including VR (Virtual Reality), MR (Mixed Reality) and AR (Augmented Reality). In a Virtual Reality experience users are fully immersed in a simulated digital environment, shutting out the physical world. What is XR?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

This roundup of the most important AR/VR news of the past week comes out with a little delay since I’ve been very busy with my development job, and I’ve also a damn cold that doesn’t make me feel very well (but it’s no coronavirus, don’t worry :D). HTC Vive releases Cosmos Elite, two models of Vive Pro Eye and creates some confusion.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2022

The AR gaming landscape is experiencing similar growth. While there are various XR vendors on the market today with powerful tools for those in the gaming landscape, some stand out as particularly innovative. Microsoft already stands as one of the biggest gaming companies in the world, thanks to the development of the Xbox ecosystem.

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