The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

My article about Android XR granting permissions for the camera frames has earned me mentions in important magazines like Road To VR , Upload VR , and Android Authority ! The article explores which applications they like the most (spoiler: its mostly fitness and social). Im back in Italy, tired but happy.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Just a few days ago, The Verge published an article that succinctly defined the limitations of many “cutting-edge” VR and AR experiences, that we otherwise highly commend, as intangible—the reason why mass scale live VR and AR events have been slow on the uptake. .

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Doc-Ok

JANUARY 14, 2016

” The popularity of Google Cardboard , and the upcoming commercial releases of the Oculus Rift , HTC Vive , and other modern head-mounted displays (HMDs) have raised interest in virtual reality and VR devices in parts of the population who have never been exposed to, or had reason to care about, VR before.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

For more on how VIVE’s VR accessories help them compete with other headset manufacturers, read the entry on them in our article on competition for Varjo headsets. ThinkReality came to the field first with their A3 glasses announced at CES , which just became available on the market as this article was being written.

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Doc-Ok

MAY 7, 2018

I wrote an article earlier this year in which I looked closely at the physical display resolution of VR headsets, measured in pixels/degree, and how that resolution changes across the field of view of a headset due to non-linear effects from tangent-space rendering and lens distortion. Without further ado, here are the goods.

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Road to VR

MAY 25, 2021

The Lumus Maximus prototype that Guttag examined was merely a head-mounted display built to show off the waveguide; it doesn’t currently include any of the on-board compute, sensors, or batteries that would still need to be packed into the glasses to make them proper standalone AR glasses—as DigiLens has done with its Design v1. .”

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ARPost

JULY 29, 2020

The platform is used for quickly rendering large assets and displaying them on head-mounted displays in real time. If you’re a regular reader of ARPost, you might have seen a recent article on Pico offering the last enterprise 3DoF headset. Phantom View is one of Lenovo’s XR software platforms. VR Headsets.

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Road to VR

MARCH 13, 2018

The synopsis of the presentation reveals that Lanman will focus on eye-tracking technology and its potential for pushing VR and AR displays to the next level: As personal viewing devices, head-mounted displays offer a unique means to rapidly deliver richer visual experiences than past direct-view displays occupying a shared environment.

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Road to VR

APRIL 24, 2018

Update (4/24/18): Harvard researchers shared new developments in their meta-lens research this week in an article in The Conversation. | Image courtesy Capasso Group, Harvard University ( CC BY-ND ). This effectively helps the light from the meta-lens edges catch up with light at the center, so that all the rays focus together.

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VRScout

APRIL 18, 2019

Utility Patents protect any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, the composition of matter, or any new and useful improvements to existing objects. The glasses use eye-tracking sensors to gather “gaze information of the user in order to improve the quality of content provided for rendering on the head-mounted display.”.

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2017

Despite that conviction, Riccitello was at VRLA to bring a little veteran wisdom to the young VR industry, using his keynote presentation (heading this article) to urge focus, survival, and avoiding the hype until the ecosystem really starts churning. It is going to work.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 31, 2021

Today I host a new article of the amazing Rob Cole, passionate maker and ergonomics expert from Immersion Mechanics , already the author of amazing posts on this blog, especially about the ergonomics of the Valve Index. The just-launched Tundra Tracker (Image by Tundra Labs). Pricing for the HDK: TL448K6D-GP-HDK without dongle $149.99

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Road to VR

MAY 23, 2017

Half-Life 2: VR dev Marulu translated the article, which was originally published in Japanese, for Road to VR. Palmer Luckey: What we will be able to realize is a combination of head mounted display and implant technology. VR’s Mid to Long Term Form Factors & Interfaces.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

In Part 1 of this article we explored the current state of CGI, game, and contemporary VR systems. Guest Article by Dr. Morgan McGuire. Note: Part 1 of this article provides important context for this discussion, consider reading it before proceeding. He holds faculty positions at the University of Waterloo and Williams College.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

This article describes comprehensive new systems optimized for virtual experiences we’re inventing at NVIDIA. Guest Article by Dr. Morgan McGuire. This article details our recent work on those, but most importantly reveals our vision for how they’ll work together to transform every interaction with computing and reality.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 4, 2019

This article features the latest episode of The AR Show. Based on a new collaboration, episode coverage now joins AR Insider’s editorial flow including narrative insights and audio. See past and future episodes here or subscribe. So all of the cameras, all of the photoreceptors, all of the microphones, all of the gyroscopes.

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VRScout

AUGUST 14, 2016

Now I know what you’re thinking, wasn’t this supposed to be an article about Aerosmith and VR? The headset, custom made for the video by 90’s head mounted display manufacturer, Liquid Image has a larger profile than the headsets of today but shows progress from some of the industrial versions that came before it.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

Yesterday Intel announced its entry into the virtual reality space with the Project Alloy all-in-one head mounted display. This article was written by Rob “RoblemVR” Crasco @ roblemVR. Intel demonstrates “Merged Reality” wireless VR headset, Project Alloy. For more info check about.me/roblemvr.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

Yesterday Intel announced its entry into the virtual reality space with the Project Alloy all-in-one head mounted display. This article was written by Rob “RoblemVR” Crasco. Intel demonstrates “Merged Reality” wireless VR headset, Project Alloy. For more info check about.me/roblemvr.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Trending AR VR Articles: 1. In the context of virtual reality, a head-mounted display (also called HMD) is either a pair of goggles or a full helmet that users wear to fully immerse them in virtual experiences. As demonstrated in the video below, three of the degrees refer to the motion of the user’s head?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

As a side note, I’m so glad we collectively stuck with calling it head-mounted displays, and not something like “VR Helmet”, “VR Glasses”, or any of the other many attempts to call it something else. You can read the original version of this article on Daniel’s Medium blog and follow him on Twitter here.

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ARVR

JULY 9, 2020

In this article, you will find: AR definition, Basic features, and AR problems and challenges. Google launched Google Glass , and Microsoft launched HoloLens , a head-mounted display (Krevelen, 2010)(Jaimini, 2016). Trending AR VR Articles: 1. For those looking for all the articles in our AR 101 series.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 24, 2022

Omnidirectional treadmills, boots, exoskeletons, and head-mounted displays that hack a user’s rapid eye movements to redirect their walking direction have all been used, but the VR industry hasn’t clearly settled on one solution as the best option. Image courtesy Holotron.).

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Upload VR

JUNE 16, 2022

Today, a Valve design patent application filed in December titled ‘Head Mounted Display’ was made public by the US Patent & Trademark Office. It depicts a wireless headset with a different design to Index, but with a similar off-ear speaker setup and rear strap adjustment knob. .”

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. Find out more or contact us to participate here. Authors’ opinions are their own. . 7 Ways Spatial Computing is Evolving Advertising & Marketing. Advertising Enters the Next Dimension of Computing. by Tom Emrich.

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ARVR

JUNE 17, 2020

Trending AR VR Articles: 1. But everyone still writes articles and posts with words like I am doing right now. XR requires HMD(Head Mounted Display) which is big, fragile, and heavy. XR requires HMD(Head Mounted Display) which is big, fragile, and heavy. you get the point. . you get the point.

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ARVR

MAY 28, 2021

They wanted to hack together a head mounted display using off the shelf parts and planned to create a coop pirate ship VR game to run on this contraption. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Their pitch was the craziest idea out of all the proposals by far?—?they How VR could bring transhumanism to the masses 2. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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ARVR

AUGUST 29, 2020

Nearly 30 years ago, They Live introduced optical head-mounted display (OHMD) in the form of special sunglasses that show you the underlying messages being advertised to you (and aliens… lots of aliens). Rent or own it : YouTube | iTunes | Vudu | Google Play | Amazon Prime Video | Netflix Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Today I host another great article by Rob Cole , who writes again about his experience with the Pimax Crystal headset. Here are my findings since the first article was published, starting with a subject close to my heart. If you want to read his previous post, you can find it here.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 4, 2023

I need to rush out this newsletter episode because otherwise tomorrow Apple launches its headset and no one will read my articles: everyone will be too busy reading “The top 5 features of the Apple headset” or “The 7 reasons why the Apple headset can revolutionize peeling potatoes”. This is the dystopia we should avoid.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

We've reached out to Apple to ask about this and will update the article if we get a response. Viewing 3D video content in head-mounted displays is a markedly better experience than using 3D glasses with a TV, though. Bigscreen is also available on SteamVR.

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Doc-Ok

DECEMBER 19, 2018

The rest of this article contains detailed installation and set-up instructions, starting from where my previous step-by-step guide, “ An Illustrated Guide to Connecting an HTC Vive VR Headset to Linux Mint 19 (“Tara”) ,” left off. OpenVRHost: Tracked device with serial number LHR-CCB9BBDB is now connected.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

This article was written in a head-mounted display in a bus driving across California from Los Angeles to San Jose. I brought my phone display into Horizon OS but left its audio running through bluetooth earbuds. I used a folding pocket keyboard to type into the headset's web browser.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

The Facebook team articulated a distinction between lightweight AR, requiring only your smartphone and available today, and ‘full AR,’ requiring a head mounted display, such as AR glasses. ” It helped putting Giroptic on the map, but for a lot of people it also brought more awareness of 360 ° technologies.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 2, 2017

This article originally appeared in Forbes. This article will focus exclusively on the applications of VR—fully replacing the world with a realistic digital simulation of patient-specific anatomy and pathology. VR is completely changing how doctors can train. With health representing 20% of the U.S. Visualization. Psychology.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

More info (Facebook announcing new social features) More info (Upload VR article on the topic?—?with With the WebXR Device API, developers can now create immersive experiences for smartphones and head-mounted displays in Chrome. Doc Ok is back with a great article on PSVR display.

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VRScout

JUNE 8, 2016

In this article we explore what made it possible. But after VR head-mounted displays came on the scene, the idea of the fourth wall got an interesting twist. In this article we focus primarily on computer games, but many aspects of this topic are also relevant to 360 videos. The three co-authors lead Cerevrum Inc.,

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