Road to VR

JUNE 9, 2017

Augmented Reality has played a huge role at the developer conferences for Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, and Google, which is a great sign that the industry is moving towards spatially-aware computing. I also compare and contrast the recent AR announcements from Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook in my wrap-up.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The Meta AR Prototype Glasses Meta Orion is the name for Meta’s full augmented reality glasses, officially announced at Meta Connect 2024. But they’re not just your standard pair of augmented reality glasses. This puck features dual processors, including one that Meta designed within Reality Labs.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2019

Charlie is also a book author and after the success of his previous book Metaverse , now he’s launching his new book, “Convergence” , that is all about the present and the future of augmented reality. Wikipedia, Google, Yelp, selfies, other forms of social media. What kind of data?

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 29, 2019

You probably have heard about Leap Motion’s Project North Star , that should be able to offer people affordable augmented reality. Project North Star is an opensource augmented reality headset that Leap Motion has designed and gifted to the community. There is not even an assembly kit like with Google Cardboards.

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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. This means that cloud rendering could become a reality for always more headsets, and using always more cloud services. Google is hiring waveguide developers for AR.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The most skeptical of you may wonder “What about latency?”: ”: if Virtual Desktop already adds latency at home, what you can expect from a server somewhere in the cloud? I think that the key is what you define as “acceptable” for the latency. Basically, it is like Google Docs for artists.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 10, 2022

The degree of immersion in virtual reality vs augmented reality. Google Cardboard and Gear VR are two well-known examples. AR applications need at least 100 Mbps and latency of no more than 1 millisecond. Conversely, global VR revenues will surpass $12 billion USD by 2024, which indicates a smaller market.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Many newcomers to the extended reality (XR) landscape are asking the question, “What is Augmented Reality?” Truthfully, it’s the most widely-used form of XR, with virtual and mixed reality coming in second and third, respectively. What is Augmented Reality, Really? How Does AR Work?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2022

On the occasion of the upcoming GTC, I had the opportunity of speaking with two very important people that work every day at innovating XR at NVIDIA: David Weinstein , Director of Virtual and Augmented Reality, and Gregory Jones , Director of Global Business Development/Product Management. Also, AR has far looser requirements than VR.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2021

Basically, it is an open and distributed platform to provide the AR Cloud (which is, in turn, a distributed, shared, and persistent augmented reality), that opposes itself to the private AR Clouds that companies like Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Niantic are building.

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

Something to note, all nominees had to be centered on a virtual reality experience, and not an augmented reality experience. Google – Daydream View. Zero Latency. Google – Tilt Brush. Google – Google Earth VR. Google – Tabel. Zero Latency – Zero Latency.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Augmented Reality (AR) ?—?a a direct or indirect live view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are “augmented”(or enhanced) by computer-generated perceptual information. Augmented reality for maintenance and repair 4. Top 10 Movies that Got Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Righ Edit-time ?—?when

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Since this connection is a “high-throughput and low-latency dedicated point-to-point Wi-Fi link”, and the communication between the headset and the PC happens via Meta’s proprietary VR algorithms for low latency wireless connectivity, the whole system should offer to you unprecedented quality in your wireless PCVR experience.

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ARVR

JULY 9, 2020

A brief summary (Part 1) What is Augmented Reality? What are some of Augmented Reality problems and challenges? Augmented Reality?—?Definition, Augmented Reality = real object marker + virtual object by fernanda rodríguez. Evolution of Augmented Reality (Craig, 2013) by fernanda rodríguez.

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ARPost

APRIL 29, 2021

AR remote collaboration with IoT devices as well as low-latency calling in less-than-ideal locations and conditions are only likely to improve as the company is one of the most active groups in exploring 5G. See Also: Which Startups Are Hiring for Augmented Reality Jobs? Currently in version 2.2, Holo4Labs and Holo4Med.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

CES 2017, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas last week, was loaded with augmented reality smartglasses, which layer digital animations and information on top of the real world. Mainstream venture capitalists pumped up startups in virtual and augmented reality in the third quarter, with a record $2.3 GB: Google Glass.

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ARPost

JULY 23, 2019

Beta, developers can also enhance their existing native Android apps with MR features, even without immediate access to the Nreal light mixed reality glasses.”. See Also: Developing AR Apps with Google's ARCore. Algorithms also allow for smooth rendering with minimal latency. “Moreover, through the NRSDK 1.0

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 6, 2025

Lynx told potential customers that the Lynx-R1 would be the first headset of its kind, offering both virtual and augmented reality, privacy by design (with no need for any log-in details), and access to a fully open platform for customization and control. Speaking of mixed reality.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this week’s VRScout Report, we discuss Oculus Story Studio’s Henry Emmy win, NASA training astronauts with virtual reality gloves, Snapchat flirting with augmented reality, HTC Vive trying to go wireless, and iPhone laying potential plans for VR/AR.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 1, 2022

Spatial computing refers to a technology solution that combines virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) to provide a high level of authenticity. It will also enable users to acquire information about their environment using technologies such as Google Glass or Meta Platform’s Project Aria. The spatial computing layer.

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ARVR

MAY 31, 2022

That brings the low-latency that AR needs, while unlocking the next generation of bandwidth-intensive spatial experiences. Because Google and Amazon don’t have data centers every 300 kilometers, infrastructure operated by telcos will have a key role in the geo-spatial AR future, otherwise known as the metavearth.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

It let you essentially fly around a city, sort of like Google Earth but in three dimensions. Since then, Moore’s Law has pushed the concept closer to reality for most folks, but immersive 3D mapping is still an unfulfilled promise. In fairness, Google Earth offers 3D features. In fairness, Google Earth offers 3D features.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

This is a period with many tech announcements: we had Meta telling about its Horizon OS, yesterday OpenAI unveiled the new GPT-4o, and today Google will hopefully unveil its Android XR operating system. What a time to be alive!

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

The promise of Augmented Reality hardware has been immense, but so have been the number of misses. The Anatomy of Consumer Grade Augmented Reality For Jio Glass to be successful, when it launches, it has to not just be a good product but also build an ecosystem around it. We’re looking at you, Google Glass.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

It can also be an opportunity to get to know what each country should try obtaining in the next years for what concerns virtual reality. The document is divided into nine parts: I will report them here, as a small summary of mine, together with the full text translated with Google Translate (so, RIP English), if you want to read it.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Augmented reality (AR) solutions have grown in popularity over the last few years, utilising mostly consumer-facing smartphone platforms. These have appeared across Google’s ARCore, Niantic’s Lightship AR developer kit (ARDK), Snap Lens, Meta’s Reality system, and Apple’s ARKit platforms, namely for smartphones.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 23, 2022

Chinese augmented reality (AR) company Nreal debuted its Air smart glasses in the UK with partner EE, following a multi-million dollar global expansion drive for its products, led by Alibaba Holdings. which includes Air Casting and MR (mixed reality) Space that enables users to enjoy exclusive 3D environments.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2018

As I said in my post about ARKit, for sure with ARCore and Gear VR is possible to hack a 6 DOF headset, but its performances would be poor for a comfortable VR experience (where every little latency and tracking error lead to motion sickness of the user). So, it is ok for an experiment, but it is not ok for a commercial solution.

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ARVR

JANUARY 25, 2021

Top 17 Augmented Reality Statistics, Facts and Trends for 2021 and Beyond 3. How Augmented Reality Will Improve Your Next Travel Experience 4. What Photographers can do with Augmented Reality 2. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. 9 Must Have Skills To Become An AR/VR Developer (With Course Recommendations) 2.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 30, 2020

The worlds of virtual and augmented reality have yet to land on the applications and hardware to truly spark mass-market, consumer interest in the space, but in the meantime, a startup building mixed reality services for business users has raised a round of funding, underscoring the opportunity in enterprise.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Watts was joined by Pearly Chen, Vice-President of HTC VIVE , Brian Vogelsang, Senior Director of Product Management for Qualcomm Technologies , and Maria Pace, Head of XR Hardware, Global Partnerships and Strategies for Google. Kris Kolo, Global Executive Director of the Virtual and Augmented Reality Association (VRARA) moderated the panel.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 28, 2021

How Augmented Reality (AR) is Reshaping the Food Service Industry 3. The latter could involve navigation and local discovery, which are use cases Google has already developed with its Lens and Live View. Here, Google is highly motivated to future-proof its core search business. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The World Map in this world therefore isn’t a 2D street map like we have with Google Maps or Open Street Map, nor is it a 3D map with terrain and building volumes. Both Azure Spatial Anchors and Google Cloud Anchors are leveraging existing strengths in mapping towards the AR Cloud. Insane, yet companies are mapping it already.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Hyper Reality Partners has raised $20M to relaunch The Voi d, it has acquired its previous IP for $2M and it is going to propose the same amazing LBEVR experiences but with a new business model, with entertainment centers that are not only centered on warehouse-scale VR experiences but also offer traditional gaming stations and food and beverages.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

In these 2 days (October, 19-20th), in Nanchang, China, it is held the first edition of the World Conference on VR Industry (WCVRI) , a very important event to talk about virtual and augmented reality. The city is full of references to Virtual Reality, and so it is like a paradise for us VR enthusiasts.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 6, 2023

Chinese electronics manufacturer Xiaomi has debuted its Wireless AR Glass Discovery Edition, leading to the company’s first-ever wireless augmented reality (AR) smart glasses. The device also weighs 126 grammes with a lightweight frame comprised of carbon fibre and magnesium-lithium alloys.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

In response to the acquisition, it appears that all of the startup’s apps have been removed from both the App Store and the Google Play store. It’s taking something that’s a known technology, but it was getting it to be fast on a phone and to be able to be done at a low enough latency, without dropping frames, stuttering, or…blurring.”

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