The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 29, 2018

For sure this is the case of Rob Farquarson-Cole , that you surely know because he comments a lot on this and other VR blogs under the nickname “R FC” He’s not only a VR enthusiast but a professional Industrial Designer that works on “Exploration of Immersive Computing” at Proof Research and Development in London, UK.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 29, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) are set to increase in popularity despite ongoing turbulent times for the Metaverse. Virtual reality combines hardware and software to immerse users in digital environments for numerous use cases, including learning, entertainment, therapy, and others.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 19, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) are set to increase in popularity despite ongoing turbulent times for the Metaverse. Virtual reality combines hardware and software to immerse users in digital environments for numerous use cases, including learning, entertainment, therapy, and others.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 18, 2024

Google and Magic Leap Form XR Partnership Google I/O 2024: The Latest XR Updates from Google Google Blocks is a 3D modelling platform for virtual reality that does not require expert knowledge to use. “It occurred to us that creating the objects while in virtual reality could make this easier. “So

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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

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). In early 2016, I run into a paper from a professor at Caltech that was talking about data visualization in virtual reality and that blew my mind. Magic Leap glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 18, 2018

“VIRTUAL REALITY: Light, Color, & the Human Visual System” by Don Greenberg. We all want a virtual reality that appears as if it were real and for this, we want more resolution and FOV in our virtual reality headsets. Where we speak about virtual reality, we immediately think about visuals.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 19, 2024

Google and Magic Leap Form XR Partnership Google I/O 2024: The Latest XR Updates from Google According to the computer graphics news website CG Channel, the original version can still be accessed via Steam and the Meta store, but it is no longer receiving updates. Google AR Glasses: Is This the Return of Google Glass?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

More info (PSVR 2 unveiled) More info (Official blog post on PSVR 2 headset). Magic Leap 2 has inside-out tracked controllers. During a presentation, Magic Leap has unveiled some more features about its headset and controllers. More info (Magic Leap presentation) More info (Close up of the controllers).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

Magic Leap 2 bridges AR and VR. The interest in Magic Leap 2 is growing. If headsets like Lynx or Project Cambria implement AR on a VR headset, Magic Leap 2 implements a bit of VR on an AR headset. When you are in virtual reality, you see the objects closer than they actually are. Funny link.

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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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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2021

The most interesting insight of the week comes from analyst Mark Mahaney, that, among other things has analyzed Facebook’s Virtual Reality business, and has reported very interesting data. But actually, the virtual reality business is far from being profitable for Facebook. and this is a solid number. billion and $6.4

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ARPost

APRIL 12, 2021

They are the leading voices growing awareness and shaping the evolution of virtual reality. The LA-based startup brings together blogs, videos, and a weekly podcast. Willmot’s videos explore the intersections of virtual reality, perceived reality, and society. Virtual Reality Oasis (YouTuber) #36.

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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. And with the Augmented and Virtual Reality market projected to reach $162 billion by 2020 , some would call that a fair price. The Florida start-up was valued at $4.5 billion and attracted nearly $1.4

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Dispelling Common VR Myths and Misconceptions Despite the relatively widespread acceptance and use of virtual reality technology, there are still some myths and misconceptions that surround it. The Park Playground’s Vindevogel adds that virtual reality will increasingly grow to become a part of our daily lives. “

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The platform is designed to support experiences that combine augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), enabling immersive applications that overlay digital content onto the real world or create fully virtual environments. The initiative builds on ARCore, Googles existing augmented reality framework.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 4, 2017

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. In April of last year Abovitz landed himself on the cover of Wired magazine with what was dubbed the Magic Leap “photonic chip.”

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Stay tuned on my blog for more articles about my Chinese experience in the upcoming days! The latest report on virtual reality by SuperData doesn’t offer us great news on the VR landscape. More info (News on Road To VR) More info (Official blog post by NVIDIA). But now, it is the turn of some cool AR and VR news….

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

When Magic Leap One was revealed, Rony Abovitz stated he was already working on Magic Leap Two and Three, for instance; Facebook believes a lot in having avatars that truly represent ourselves in XR , and it is a field in which they will invest a lot.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2021

Originally I was going to make a standalone device which hooked everything up to a Nvidia Jetson Nano that could be worn on your belt (think Magic Leap One). The issue fell where I didn’t have a Linux driver for the Leap Motion sensor and there were not many stable alternatives for hand tracking at the time.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

It is a tradition of this blog to have a long roundup of the best XR news from CES every year. So here you are a collection of the best news in immersive realities from the CES 2023, with many links to go deeper! Could I make an exception for this year? Of course not.

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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. To support this blog you don’t need any Facebook account, but suffices a Patreon one! Sideloading will still be permitted in all cases because it is an Android feature. The same on Twitter.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2019

This is the week of this blog’s birthday and so I’m publishing a very special post, that I’m going to split into two parts. This is even truer in a new and complicated market like virtual reality. I wrote a review on Magic Leap One because my friend (and ex partner ) Gianni made me try it.

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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. Like last week, also this week in this final paragraph I won’t ask you to donate for my blog, but to the poor people that are facing the consequences of the war. But this time, it’s for real. Learn more. Some XR fun.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 4, 2018

While it’s only been released on the Vive Focus so far, Western audiences may soon have access to Beat Reality and/or similar visualizer apps with the proliferation of MR passthrough cameras on standalone headsets, similar to features we’ve seen on hardware such as Magic Leap One Creator Edition, Oculus Quest and the Lenovo Mirage Solo.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2022

Another interesting thing is that Pico is not copying Meta or Magic Leap in proposing inside-out tracked controllers : these ones still have a tracking ring. Disclaimer: DeoVR is one of the Patrons of this blog). We don’t have images of the headset, but most probably it will be sleek as the controllers. Learn more.

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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). Facebook Reality Labs continues working on cool stuff related to AR and VR. Some XR fun.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

More info Microsoft is still committed to HoloLens 2 All this bad press about Microsoft leaving Mixed Reality has made the company release a press statement in which it states its commitment to HoloLens 2, IVAS, and mixed reality in general. Learn more Some XR fun In China I have found where the Apple headset is manufactured.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

NVIDIA Blog). Rony Abovitz talks about Magic Leap 2 and clarifies that it has been made by the team of ML1, which now is almost all gone. Like last week, also this week in this final paragraph I won’t ask you to donate for my blog, but to the poor people that are facing the consequences of the war. Fingers crossed.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Then why Magic Leap hasn’t delivered a solid product with 2B?) The OpenXR standard, that aims at standardizing virtual reality hardware and runtime is keeping improving, and in its latest release, it has added new features like experimental overlays and hand tracking extensions. OpenXR slowly increases its adoption.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 19, 2024

The new builder by the creators of Pokémon Go was announced at this year’s Augmented World Expo (AWE), a conference and exhibition of the latest augmented reality, virtual reality, and wearable technology. Niantic has introduced its ‘Niantic Studio’ 3D and XR experience builder for 8th Wall developers at AWE 2024.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

In a blog post, Unity has detailed its MARS solution, that lets you create easily augmented reality experiences , even with little coding knowledge. The Price Is Right” TV show tried to ask how much a Magic Leap One headset is worth of, and someone has even answered 1 dollar! Unity details its MARS solution. Well, maybe.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Immersive technology has been around for longer than most people realise, and the recent market growth has led to new opportunities to work in virtual reality (VR). Grandview Research believes that the VR market will grow at a rate of 2.16% until 2027, and the extended reality (XR) market could soon be worth billions.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap 2 has been teased. Magic Leap is back: CEO Peggy Johnson has just unveiled in a post on the company blog the Magic Leap 2 , the new version of the AR glasses from the company in Florida. Other relevant news. On the other side, you know, Facebook….

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AllThingsVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Weekly Funding Roundup: Tipit raises $2.5M, Zappar Gets $3.75M & Magic Leap Acquires Dacuda 3D Tech 1) Tipit is a small augmented reality startup looking to bring these AR feature sets to a more diverse set of applications through its own body/face/object-tracking SDK. The company is announcing today that it has closed a $2.5

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Little Disclaimer: Jake is a reader and Patron of this blog. I’m a long-time reader of your blog, so it’s great to be here. Even absurdly well-funded hardware startups like Magic Leap have struggled to deliver compelling hardware products to market as scale. Hello Jake, can you introduce yourself and your company HaptX?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 31, 2018

I think that using eyes to interact with stuff can not only help us in having less hands and neck fatigue while using VR apps, but can also help disabled people in using virtual reality experiences. Me, Mr.Huang, Lee and Kristina talking about eye tracking in virtual reality.

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