The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2023

Hello everyone from Austin, Texas, where I am attending the SXSW! I’m having fun, listening to interesting talks, meeting new people… basically everything I always do at these events! You can discover more on the dedicated Linkedin post that I’m sharing below.

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VRScout

MARCH 16, 2017

While you can hear every genre of music performed on almost every instrument you can think of throughout Austin during SXSW, being able to step inside a music-based experience is something that VR has been paving the way for. Associative music” is what Nick Koenig–better known by his stage name, Hot Sugar –believes in.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Zaxby’s is taking an interactive HTC VIVE experience on tour to tailgaters across the country. The “Zaxby’s Fanz of Flavor” tour is hitting the road with a full-sized wooden barn where you can get your hands on the HTC VIVE and a few custom interactive VR experiences. The activation opens four hours before kickoff.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Los Angeles and Austin, TX-based startup called The Wave VR is building “the world’s first social VR music platform,” according to CEO Adam Arrigo, “[and] it lets anybody from aspiring DJs to Deadmau5 to put on online virtual shows that are fully interactive. HTC FUNDS STEEL WOOL, SOLO. OWLCHEMY LABS LANDS $5M. is excited about VR.

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HaptX

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Companies like HTC have employed it in their promotional materials, and from what we’ve seen, this production style is the best way to convey VR from a third-party view. Additionally, we would film using a functioning HaptX Gloves Development Kit (no props), and feature VR environments developed with the HaptX SDK in both Unity and Unreal.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

I remember years ago — I think it was probably, I want to say about five years ago — we had a Unity session in our office, where we did Unity development basics, and we invited a lot of companies from the area in Austin to come to our office, and we would run a Unity training session around 2D/3D asset development.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

I remember years ago — I think it was probably, I want to say about five years ago — we had a Unity session in our office, where we did Unity development basics, and we invited a lot of companies from the area in Austin to come to our office, and we would run a Unity training session around 2D/3D asset development.

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