The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Unity should anyway be the first engine partner, something that doesn’t surprise me considering the litigation between Apple and Epic Games, the company behind Unreal Engine. VR looks incredibly stunning with Unreal Engine 5 features like Nanite and Lumen. Other news. App Lab now features more than 1400 apps. Learn more. Learn more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 28, 2025

Lately, Meta, like many other XR innovators , has increased its focus on the enterprise space, recognizing a growing demand for virtual, mixed, and augmented reality solutions that enhance training, collaboration and product design. Meta makes it easy to create VR experiences with existing platforms like Unity and Unreal.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

OpenXR has arrived at the first version of the standard, and now it has been implemented by all the major vendors : Microsoft has implemented it for HoloLens and WMR; Oculus for Rift and Quest; Valve has implemented it in SteamVR; etc… Talking about game engines, Unreal Engine now already offers it, while Unity is still lagging behind.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

If we sum these features to the other ones added in the past, like hands tracking, Passthrough Shortcut, or the multiple windows in Oculus Browser , we start seeing the first signs of a mixed reality operating system, with which you can interact with the controllers or with the hands in a natural way. Why does this matter?

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Having haptic sensation on the palm is very important to increase the sense of presence when you are holding a tool in your hand. More info SenseGlove introduces Nova 2 gloves SenseGlove’s Nova 2 gloves offer various improvements over the previous model and their biggest innovation is the introduction of the palm pressure feedback.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

Ultraleap is even investing in the area of mid-air haptics, for unique forms of feedback. Latest UltraLeap News Tobii Focusing on the eye-tracking landscape, Tobii is on a mission to improve the way people interact with computing technology. The tracking-system agnostic technology can also integrate with virtually any setup.

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HaptX

MARCH 6, 2018

She sees a similar transformation and expansion ahead for virtual and augmented reality. She says haptic gloves, like those from HaptX, will be the bridge to make VR useful for an audience beyond gamers. “We Haptic Gloves for Data Visualization. “It Bringing Haptic Gloves to Games.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 22, 2024

The Ultraleap Gemini hand-tracking platform works in both Augmented and Virtual Reality solutions, allowing for more immersive, interactive, and realistic experiences. The company’s Maestro EP solution is a multi-force haptic enterprise system, for simulation VR applications.

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VRScout

JULY 11, 2017

Out of 11 companies, there are 3 VR/AR-related: Ambidio (immersive sound), Epic Games (creator of Unreal Engine and several VR titles), and The VOID (fully immersive location-based VR entertainment—they did the Ghostbusters activation in Times Square in NY). JUMP INTO THIS HAPTIC SUIT AND FEEL ALL THE FEELS.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

The Metaverse Standards Forum has already gathered many important players of the XR sector like Unity, Unreal Engine, Meta, Microsoft, Lamina 1, NVIDIA, and even other relevant companies like IKEA and Adobe. For the first time I can see a real footage of the Teslasuit haptic gloves. Some others, like Niantic, will probably join soon.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Ambarish Mitra is the CEO and co-Founder of #Blippar one of the first billion dollar “Augmented Reality” Startup from India, being a pioneer, early mover brings its own pro’s & lots of Con’s. Before his entrepreneurial work, Mahajan was an engineer at Epic Games on the Unreal Engine and Gears of War. 1- Ambarish Mitra.

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Building the Metaverse

JANUARY 18, 2023

For people who couldn’t realize their creativity in a sandbox or walled-garden — platforms like Unreal and Unity enable the creation of real-time, immersive worlds that simulate reality. Image from Unreal Engine 5.1 But beyond some simple haptic feedback, it may not be great to get slammed by force fields.

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ARVR

JUNE 17, 2021

Everyday is bringing us more news from the realm of Virtual Reality (VR). Software development engines like Unity and Unreal are becoming more elaborate , there are myriads of SDK libraries, countless knowledge exchange communities and free-for-use collaboration tools. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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Peter Graham

JULY 15, 2019

There are a number of ways to create your own virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) app/videogame. The most popular tend to be videogame engines such as Unity and Unreal Engine which have been fine-tuned over many years.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 10, 2019

Neutral Digital is an aviation-focused content creation house at the cutting edge of immersive interaction solutions; they deliver augmented reality, virtual reality, digital design, architectural visualization, in-flight entertainment solutions, and apps and websites for the aviation industry. You mentioned Unreal Engine.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

What is your vision for virtual augmented reality? Was the best virtual reality or a AR experience is what is the best thing that you have done? ” The tools that are popping up are really democratizing virtual and augmented reality creation, and I think that’s what’s really exciting.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

What is your vision for virtual augmented reality? Was the best virtual reality or a AR experience is what is the best thing that you have done? ” The tools that are popping up are really democratizing virtual and augmented reality creation, and I think that’s what’s really exciting.

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Haptical

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Oxford University study found that allowing patients to face their fears in virtual reality leads to significant reductions in anxiety. The study claims that patients are more willing to try out new psychological techniques knowing that the situation is unreal, thus reducing the effects of paranoia in real life.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

From Unreal community plugin creator getnamo , NexusVR is a space between worlds, where you can move between different VR experiences. NexusVR’s interactions are built on the idea of natural haptic feedback with your bare hands. The demo even uses Leap Motion’s passthrough mode to bring your media into augmented reality.

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VRGuy

AUGUST 1, 2016

Increased Device Diversity leads to more Choices for Customers Trends An avalanche of new virtual reality devices arrived. We see goggles, motion trackers, haptics, eye trackers, motion chairs and body suits. Many game engines – such as Unity, Unreal and SteamVR- immediately support it. What is common to all these devices?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

What is your vision for virtual augmented reality? Was the best virtual reality or a AR experience is what is the best thing that you have done? The tools that are popping up are really democratizing virtual and augmented reality creation, and I think that's what's really exciting. How are you? It's incredible.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 10, 2019

Neutral Digital is an aviation-focused content creation house at the cutting edge of immersive interaction solutions; they deliver augmented reality, virtual reality, digital design, architectural visualization, in-flight entertainment solutions, and apps and websites for the aviation industry. You mentioned Unreal Engine.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 18, 2025

What was until some time ago a very cool startup with a lot of knowledge about haptics and hand tracking (and with a lot of friends of mine) is now just a ghost. This is something absolutely impossible to have with Unity or Unreal. The company has also laid off 30 employees. The 24 remaining people will join Roli as part of the sale.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

Senseglove is an “affordable” enterprise haptic glove and it has just been upgraded to a version that is much more comfortable and usable than the last one. They are augmented reality glasses devoted to the enterprise, especially to let people see multiple AR displays in front of them. Senseglove Nova. Other news.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

It's funny, because Helen Papagiannis -- author of Augmented Human -- she's got this game, "Augmented Reality Or Real?" Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal. Alan: I've tried a bunch of haptic gloves so far. Have you had any really good experiences with haptic gloves?

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

It's funny, because Helen Papagiannis -- author of Augmented Human -- she's got this game, "Augmented Reality Or Real?" Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal. Alan: I've tried a bunch of haptic gloves so far. Have you had any really good experiences with haptic gloves?

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

It's funny, because Helen Papagiannis -- author of Augmented Human -- she's got this game, "Augmented Reality Or Real?" Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal. Alan: I've tried a bunch of haptic gloves so far. Have you had any really good experiences with haptic gloves?

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

Unreal Engine 5 gets released in Early Access. After a lot of teasing of its upcoming fantastic features, Unreal Engine 5 is finally available for download. Reviews are mixed: the game is well-made, but playing bowling in VR without any sense of haptics and weight is pretty complicated. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The second one is a device that should be presented at CES: the OWO haptic suit. More info (Lick It Up TV) More info (Owo haptic suit). Then, it guarantees that there is an open-source alternative to Unity and Unreal, so if in the future Meta wants to build its own engine, it could start doing that by forking Godot.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

Various reports indicated it as the internal codename in Google for a project meant to build augmented reality glasses. The study is about the proper simulation of hand haptics for when in a game we are falling down a cliff and we are trying to stop the fall. VRTO , one of the leading virtual reality events, is back.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

More info Epic layoffs people and changes the price of Unreal Engine After the drama that surrounded Unity a few weeks ago because of its pricing change, it seems that Epic is not having its most epic (pun intended) moment ever, either.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

French startup Lynx has finally unveiled the R1, the first mixed reality standalone headset. While with other VR headsets like the Vive Focus Plus it is already possible to do some kind of augmented reality , this is the first standalone headset that can provide both good quality AR and VR on the same device. More info.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

Acquiring it, Epic secures a great source of assets for the developers using its Unreal Engine, and also the connection with many talents. New research is carried on about haptics. My friends at HaptX , that are making cool haptic gloves for VR, have just received new funding of $12M to continue working on their amazing hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

When virtual reality has the wrong kind of haptics… Funny link. The new DRIVE Thor superchip aimed at autonomous vehicles, which companies will be able to use from 2025 Omniverse Cloud , which lets companies use Omniverse completely via cloud rendering even on non-powerful machines A connector to let you use Omniverse with Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

It has feet controllers, haptic feedback for hands, vibrational feedback for the hand, and other cool features that are missing in the most common headsets. Yes, you’ve read everything well. It has 4.5DOF. Kudos to Diver-X for this very original approach.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

But the cool stuff is that it doesn’t perform the classical cloud rendering with “video streaming”, but it performs “polygon streaming”, sending geometrical data that is much more optimized, for a better final result Another startup called Wonder Interactives wants to create a framework to let you play Unreal Engine 4 games on the web.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Emerge is a new XR haptic device. Emerge is a new haptic device that can give you haptic sensations while you are in VR without the need for you to wear anything. A 3D-based experience with six degrees of freedom built in Unity or Unreal Access to source code, with ability to implement a 2MB SDK. See you there.

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