The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And if you need some pieces of advice regarding how to professionally survive this quarantine, I have written a blog post on the topic you can read. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap is on sale. Also because the brand “Magic Leap” is not as shiny as before , when we were all expecting great things from it.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

The Florida-based Magic Leap has raised $1.9 billion from heavy hitters like Google Ventures and the Alibaba Research group. Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz revealed in an interview last night at the Code Media conference that the recently unveiled Magic Leap One headset will be have an application for watching basketball.

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Road to VR

MAY 5, 2022

Google is adding to its portfolio of XR microdisplay designs and talent, as the company announced it’s acquired microLED (µLED) designer Raxium. The Information’s report held Raxium was sold to Google for $1 billion, however official details of the acquisition are still murky. Image courtesy Raxium, Google.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap looks for a $100-million deal to save itself. Some reports by Business Insider and The Information talk about the current situation of Magic Leap, that seems always more complicated. More info (Magic Leap trying to raise $100M) More info (Magic Leap timing for the future).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

A recent report from Tom’s Hardware indicates Magic Leap is acquiring the 3D scanning assets of Dacuda — a company known historically for creating pocket scanners and recently for its 3D SLAM technologies. Tagged with: acquisition , Dacuda , Magic Leap , report , slam , tracking.

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2018

Vive Pro date and price, Magic Leap announcements, Nvidia’s real-time ray-tracing, and Budget Cuts resurfaces. The company is still heavily involved with VR development however, and are expected to present some new technology with Google at Display Week 2018 in May. Magic Leap announcements.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Magic Leap pivots towards enterprise. At the same time, Magic Leap has also shipped a new runtime for its hardware , with the addition of new nice features like vocal commands. At the same time, Magic Leap has also shipped a new runtime for its hardware , with the addition of new nice features like vocal commands.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2, the company’s most recent smartglasses (or rather smart glass ), was only available to partner companies when it launched in May 2019. Now Google is allowing its third-party hardware vendors to sell the headset direct to developers. Image courtesy Google.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Update: We received the following statement from Magic Leap about the departure: “Andy Fouche will no longer serve as VP of Public Relations for Magic Leap, Inc. As we sprint full steam ahead toward the launch of Magic Leap One, we are excited to have Brenda Freeman on board as our Chief Marketing Officer.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

First of all, Google has to keep the work on the headset very secret also internally , because Samsung is afraid that Google will steal its expertise to build a competing product. Google is working in parallel to build the Android XR operating system for this headset and a Micro XR operating system for AR glasses.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Over the past three years Magic Leap have been one of the darlings of Augmented/Mixed reality. billion in funding from investors such as Google, Andreessen Horowitz and Alibaba. Rony Abovitz also went on to publish a short blog post giving what he describes as a “glimpse behind the scenes at Magic Leap.”

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 6, 2024

One of my biggest highlights has been that my article about Social AR has been featured in the famous New World Notes blog that I usually read… I’ve felt very honored about this! This week has been quite cool for me. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine.

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Everything VR & AR

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Magic Leap. To this date we have seen no real life demonstrations, but a number of short videos that can make your jaw drop as you watch whales leaping out of a gymnasium floor while numerous school children cheer or the destruction of enemy robot attackers inside a home office. billion dollars?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 18, 2018

This is a list of some of the talks that have immediately caught my attention : Google Spotlight Stories team has always been able to create amazing short movies in VR (Image by Google Spotlight). Google Spotlight Stories has always created very interesting immersive content, like the first VR doodle. More details. More details.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2023

I’m also working on a cool tech prototype and I will share it with you very soon in the next few days on this blog. More info Meta may partner soon with Magic Leap The Financial Times this week reported a very unexpected piece of news: Meta may be working on a partnership with Magic Leap for the production of AR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Image by Google). Meta and Google announce layoffs. This week we had the announcement of both Meta and Google laying off people. More info (Google NeRF algorithm) More info (Quest 2 full body tracking) More info (Meta research on video points of view) More info (Apple patent for mixed reality). News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

Don’t forget to read the coverage about it on my blog… Before leaving you to the news, I have to publicly compliment Emerson for having given the most correct answer to my contest. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap has sold units of its first device for $550. News worth a mention. Other news. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 23, 2019

For the next two days, I will feature on this blog a long interview I made with Suzanne Borders, the CEO of BadVR. But it is very interesting , because it will touch a lot of hot topics, like: Data visualization in XR; Magic Leap; Being a woman working in XR; How is XR in Asia. I suggest you to follow her as well!).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I’m sorry about that, but it’s still a miracle I’ve managed to write it… Top news of the week (Leaked image from Samsung video) Samsung is back to XR with Google and Qualcomm The big news of the week is that Samsung is back to XR. What is even more interesting is that this device will be built in partnership with Google and Qualcomm.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 4, 2017

Google and Sony both have intellectual property around waveguide designs similar in nature. Magic Leap. For a secretive company, we can learn a lot about Magic Leap from their patent filings and acquisitions, namely that they launched without a clear path to executing their vision. Near-eye Optics Basics.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 29, 2023

Companies such as Varjo, Magic Leap, Meta, Pico, and HTC VIVE rely on AI to assist in foveated rendering. Conclusion Concluding, companies like Microsoft, Google, Meta, and many others have integrated ChatGPT 3.5 NVIDIA has included generative AI on its Omniverse platform to enable on-the-fly creative content.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2024

More info Google and Samsung are working on smartglasses According to The Information, Google and Samsung are not only working together on a mixed reality headset but also on a pair of smartglasses (a la Ray-Ban Meta) powered by Gemini AI. I cross my fingers, but I don’t have high hopes. Funny link This is too funny to watch!

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CraneMorley

JUNE 27, 2023

Back to Blog Page The whole term and concept of Mixed Reality (MR) was first introduced to us by Paul Milgram and Fumio Kishino in their paper titled “A Taxonomy of Mixed reality Visual Displays.” Current key players in the field are Microsoft, Magic Leap, and Meta.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

Having had the chance to play with it for some days , I can tell you that it is really an interesting product (I’ll write a review about it here on this blog, so register to my newsletter to not miss it!). Magic Leap releases its SDK. We still haven’t seen a Magic Leap device , but at least now we can see its SDK.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

FRL Research (the previous Facebook Reality Labs) has just published a blog post detailing the amazing research it is doing on audio for Facebook’s future AR glasses. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap now is worth a bit more than $450M. Magic Leap and its magic drop. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2018

It started with big data , and I started blogging about that at the end of 2015 basically because I couldn’t find anyone to talk about it with (laughs). Blogging is something very important for me… I don’t care if only one person is reading me, if that person likes or finds useful what I post, then it’s fine.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 19, 2024

The VR modelling tool Google Blocks is now available as an open-source version under the name of Open Blocks. Google AR Glasses: Is This the Return of Google Glass? Open Blocks In an Open Blocks Docs blog post, it reveals that Open Blocks will soon be available on Steam, as the original version is too.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 8, 2023

While the concept of phone holders is dead for good in VR, there are a few companies that are trying to bring it to augmented reality, exploiting also the fact that true AR headsets (like Magic Leap 2 ) are very expensive and cost thousands of euros. In China, companies are already using AI to substitute illustrators.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Making up its list of thought leaders includes individuals from key immersive front-runners, including but not limited to Adobe, Google, Lenovo, Unity, Accenture, T-Mobile, Magic Leap, Qualcomm, Sony, HTC VIVE, and Meta. IGS Europe will feature executives from many major XR firms and affiliated industry innovators.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Samsung XR headset may have been delayed The new rumor in town is that Samsung has delayed its upcoming headset that it is building in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. It’s been another interesting week in immersive realities, so let’s see what happened in our field in the past few days!

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Between that, I worked on consumer cloud software with Google for five years… managing engineering teams for Gmail, Japanese mobile, Google Labs, and social (Blogger etc.) At Google, the change was rapid but much easier to control , as everything from the software to even the servers were designed in-house. teams for Japan.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

You can read from the blog post all the UX choices they took to make the subtitles interface to appear in a way that is unobtrusive and comfortable for the eyes. Magic Leap, Niantic, etc…) and by two big countries (USA and China). Magic Leap releases new tools for developers. Google Chrome adds supports for WebXR.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2022

One of the samples is a giraffe in the hands, which clearly recalls the elephant in the hands of Magic Leap. I discovered there is a website that records all the projects killed by Google. Lightfield company CREAL has published a new trailer that showcases the capabilities of its display (which I reviewed in this article ).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2019

Hello Charlie and welcome to my blog! Wikipedia, Google, Yelp, selfies, other forms of social media. I love any kind of AR , from the simple marker-based mobile AR in the book to advanced systems like the Magic Leap One. Is it true that you invented the Lion King? Facial recognition means I’ll never forget a name.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

You can imagine that after it has been released through two official blog posts, an enormous backlash from the community started to happen. Someone invokes saviors like Google and Amazon, but even if they managed to succeed, they are other data-harvesting companies , so in any case, we are f**ked. The same on Twitter. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! Magic Leap raises other $350M. This is the 150th Week Peek!

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Today I am very happy to host on my blog Kura Technologies , one of the most interesting augmented reality startups out there. More and more vendors will target consumers, both with full-fledged AR glasses and with devices more like Google Glass for information display (e.g. What is the expected price? for fitness).

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