The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

More info Quest 3 will pair with Windows 11 PCs next month Meta and Microsoft announced that the automatic pairing of Quest 3 headsets with Windows 11 PCs is coming in preview access in December. Microsoft and Asobo have launched the new version of Microsoft Flight Simulator and it is a blast.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2022

If you are not going, well, expect to read some articles on mine about the hardware that I will try there, so you will feel as if you have been there, too… and I will also eat and review some delicious pasteis de nata for you :D. Meta announces at Connect Quest Pro and a partnership with Microsoft. Top news of the week. Image by Meta).

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Tech Trends VR

JUNE 25, 2018

Since the HoloLens was first released almost three years ago, Microsoft has steadily been building partnerships and demonstrating an array of industry use cases across manufacturing, engineering, healthcare, education and many others. The new HoloLens subscription service could prove a catalyst for SMEs to embrace immersive technology.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2025

In this article, I try to summarize my thoughts about it. Note for the readers: For the sake of clarity and simplicity, in this article, I will consider SteamVR tracking outside-in because of the external beacons, even if the beacons are only lights, so the tracking is technically still inside-out.

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ARPost

AUGUST 3, 2022

But, we’ve never dedicated an article to actually exploring the platform. If you have, we hope that you’ll still enjoy this article. The following year it launched on Steam and the year after that, it was purchased by Microsoft in a bid to expand their mixed reality portfolio which has always been a kind of awkward collection.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Microsoft 365 is coming to Quest Pro! It has also partnered with Microsoft and Accenture to facilitate the integration of XR solutions inside companies. Let me quote the most interesting part of the article: Zuckerberg told me during that interview that Meta was looking to establish two lines of VR devices. “We

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 12, 2021

If you prefer videos to walls of texts, this is what you should watch in this article: A HoloLens 2 Video Review just for you! For instance, in the box I’ve found a cleaning cloth for an Oculus device… and I don’t think it actually comes with a Microsoft HoloLens! Specifications. Viewing window of the headset.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2018

It seems that Microsoft has worked a lot to make the device more ergonomic and elegant , but the style remains anyway less classy than the one of Magic Leap. So there is time to change the device from current stage to an improved future one, maybe also thanks to the feedback that Microsoft will get from this preview.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 15, 2021

” Note : If you’re curious to know a bit more about waveguides, check out the Waveguides & Birdbaths primer at the bottom of the article for a brief explanation of the two leading AR optics. Here’s a quick and dirty primer which we aim to expand in a future article.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

After many years of waiting, and even a second iteration of the device scrapped away, Microsoft is finally going to announce the next generation of HoloLens. On stage, there will be Satya Nadella (CEO of Microsoft), Alex Kipman (the inventor of Kinect and HoloLens) and Julia White (Corporate Vice President). The time has come.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 15, 2025

And feel free to also read my latest article that talks about the XR ecosystem in China and my upcoming trip to Shanghai!) There is a lot to unpack, so make sure to read this roundup of news till the end where there will also be a giveaway of keys for a cool mixed reality game! It is an application that starts with the Made with Unity logo.

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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 ! Microsoft will still provide the Azure cloud, but all the hardware and software should be provided by Luckeys startup. Im back in Italy, tired but happy.

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Road to VR

APRIL 11, 2017

Canadian technology company Globacore have created an AR homage to video game classic Lemmings (1991), now for Microsoft HoloLens. HoloLems , which is free on the Microsoft Store , uses HoloLens’ spatial mapping technology to generate an obstacle course from the player’s real environment.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) for AltspaceVR. Microsoft again, because some time ago they bought AltspaceVR , a VR social platform that was on the verge of bankruptcy. As said it is not the main topic of this article. I won’t discuss this in detail, but I assure you that they are infinitely better than Zoom/ Meet/ Teams.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

I hope that this way, even if you lost the announcements from CES, you can catch up with all the most important ones by just reading a single article. If it were a prize for the weirdest XR gadget from CES, Mutalk (the one in the header image of this article) would win without any doubt. Qualcomm and Microsoft partnership.

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Upload VR

APRIL 9, 2025

A terrible Microsoft Flight Simulator ripoff took #1 in Europe's PlayStation VR2 download charts for March, and #4 in the US. Despite Microsoft's recent push towards multiplatform gaming, no official announcement has been made regarding a PS5 or PlayStation VR2 port.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

” Update (September 2nd, 2020): A Microsoft developer says the reference to “upcoming hardware releases” is in fact just referring the Reverb G2 and its controllers. ” The original article, which speculates that, in addition to the Reverb G2, Samsung may still be working on Windows VR hardware, continues below.

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ARPost

JULY 27, 2020

His first article on the topic of AR in marketing, published in 2016, won the Business Horizons’ Best Article of the Year award. However, he plans to incorporate it into his syllabus, taught at R3CL facility , an AR/VR reality consumer laboratory equipped with Microsoft HoloLens and other cutting edge technologies.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

You can access it at this link: [link] ) Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft kills Windows Mixed Reality Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on the Windows Mixed Reality platform , the one of the WMR headsets by Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung which were the first to introduce inside-out tracking in the VR ecosystem.

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AR Insider

JULY 16, 2020

This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. The division uses Unity to create a mixed reality pipeline connected to systems and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) data, then deploy applications to multiple platforms, including Microsoft HoloLens, Oculus devices, and smartphones. by Nick Davis.

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Road to VR

MARCH 7, 2018

This Spring, Microsoft is planning to roll out an update to Windows which will bring a number of improvements to Windows VR headsets, including better performance when used to play SteamVR content and during typical use, and a new environment for users to choose as their home space.

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ARPost

JUNE 30, 2022

This article hasn’t talked about standards at all. Normally, standards organizations making the metaverse more interoperable could have been its own article at least this long. However, as this article was coming together, something incredible happened. A Universal Standard? And, they have friends.

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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

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Dell’s virtual reality headset may be only one out of an entire fleet of PC VR devices designed with the auspices of Microsoft, but it appears to be the first consumer headset of the bunch currently up for pre-order. Check out the hands-on article here.

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Road to VR

JULY 11, 2017

FX TV series Legion (2017) is getting an immersive, mixed reality experience powered by Microsoft’s HoloLens, and it’s coming to this year’s San Diego Comic-Con on July 20-23. Never had a chance to play with Microsoft HoloLens? It’s no surprise, considering the headset costs $3000.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2019

Frontal view of the device (Image by Microsoft). The biggest news of the MWC for what concerns XR has been for sure the announcement of the HoloLens 2 by Microsoft. If you want to read more about the Hololens 2, I have written a long article about it and you can find it at this link. Image by Microsoft). HoloLens 2.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

But before, please read (and share around) my latest article which is about a crazy experiment I did with mixed reality and generative AI… I’m sure you will love it! In the meanwhile, Microsoft is working on a 1.1 But still, there have been some interesting announcements about Microsoft Mesh. So let’s dig into them.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 9, 2019

Some days ago, I found an article on Futurism talking about a university in France able to create the “first smart contact lens” The article also talked about Augmented Reality and the interest of the DARPA for using this product. HoloLens 2 are already used by the military in the US (Image by Microsoft).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2023

I don’t have the time to write a full review now, but I hope to write this week at least a “first impression” article because many people are asking my opinion (thank you, really, for your trust!). But this article goes a bit more in detail about this topic.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

In my opinion, Magic Leap 2 is a superior device to HoloLens 2 (see my hands-on here ), so I think that with these prices, it can have good success in the enterprise market, starting to gain shares with regard to Microsoft. It’s an article worth reading, which highlights the pros and cons of the device. Some articles on the metaverse.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Microsoft is killing its Windows Mixed Reality PC VR platform. Despite the name, all Windows MR headsets were actually VR-only, and are compatible with most SteamVR content via Microsoft's SteamVR driver. HP's Reverb G2 added two extra side cameras, but by the time it launched in 2020 it was already too late for Microsoft's platform.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Yes, I’ve also made a video about this article… you choose if reading it or watching it! You could theoretically even make an experience whose play area is as big as the one of a city (Microsoft once talked about “city-scale VR”). Let me explain everything to you! Guardian disabling is now persistent.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2020

To check if a PC meets the requirements to run Windows Mixed Reality, Microsoft offers the Windows Mixed Reality PC Check application. It is also available in the Microsoft Store. Make sure the Windows 10 May 2019 Update (1903) is installed. If the system meets all requirements, the Mixed Reality Portal should already be installed.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 21, 2023

More info Other relevant news (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft discontinues Kinect for Azure Microsoft has decided to discontinue its latest iteration of the Kinect sensor, dubbed Kinect For Azure DK. Microsoft will stop selling its Kinect For Azure sensor in October 2023, or until the supplies last. This seems good.

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Road to VR

MARCH 24, 2017

MyLab is one such stepping stone, which, using Microsoft’s HoloLens headset’ offers up a touchless, interactive periodic table for chemistry students. The app’s creator, Lucas Rizzotto, explains how it works in the video heading this article. MyLab can be downloaded for free on HoloLens via the Microsoft Store.

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AR Insider

JULY 1, 2020

This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. — Connects field and control room operators for real-time communication using Microsoft Remote Assist. A version of this article originally appeared on the Unity Blog , published here with permission. . by Nick Davis. .

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 17, 2019

Microsoft’s new piece of kit doesn’t disappoint, but the real excitement of its MWC announcement goes well beyond the hardware. Microsoft is in this for the long haul and will continue cashing in just fine without even touching the consumer market Click To Tweet. That’s the low-hanging fruit as far as Microsoft is concerned.

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