The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

On the other side, this is massive for Apple, that mixing the data of Apple Maps together with all these point clouds detected by the rear cameras when in use, will be able to create an AR Cloud ecosystem probably even before Facebook, Microsoft, and Google. Let’s see if Facebook will be a worthier opponent than Google.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 13, 2021

Taking a page from Google’s book, Microsoft is speeding up the release schedule for its Edge browser and will issue updates every four weeks instead of six weeks, the company announced Friday. Read more.

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Road to VR

MAY 2, 2017

Here’s the full two and a half hour 2017 Unity Vision VR/AR Summit Keynote , hosted by Parisi and below a some of the news that has come from the event thus far: Google Announces New Tools to Develop High-performance Daydream Apps. Microsoft Shows Windows in VR, Gives Acer VR Headset to Vision Summit Audience.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

Google’s investment for a 7.7% Google-Jio joint venture to develop an Android-based platform for an affordable 5G phone. In the book The Final Hours of Half-Life: Alyx, available on Steam , it is possible to discover much interesting information about Alyx. Not a great evolution from Microsoft. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

A report from Insider states that Microsoft may have canceled its plans for HoloLens 3. There is instead a rumored partnership with Samsung , where Samsung would actually build a new XR device and Microsoft offer the platform on top of which the headset may run. Tom Ffiske’s new book. Some updates on Meta products.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 11, 2021

B from Google, Disney, AT&T, Alibaba Group, JP Morgan, Kleiner Perkins, Qualcomm, and other brand name investors to make see-through AR glasses, and the content, optics, chips, and AI that go in them. 350 million came in at the last minute to allow a new CEO, Peggy Johnson, from Microsoft, to focus on enterprise business.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Finally the book Ready Player Two , the sequel of the Famous Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, has been published. The story starts from when the first book ends and analyzes how Wade and his gang manage the Oasis after they took control of it. Microsoft Flight Simulator to become VR compatible in December.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2023

Anyway, his book has not to be taken as a manual of how to build the metaverse… it is just a book. One of the first video demos shown on stage was about using Google Maps on the phone, and have augmentations showing you the 3D reconstruction of the places you are looking at in AR.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 18, 2021

The company is currently developing an email service to compete with Google and Microsoft. See his books here. The company plans on raising more money in the near future. Zoom plans to explore and expand beyond videoconferencing. A calendar app may also be in the works. Snap acquires Streetcred, a location data startup.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 28, 2023

There is not only the problem of the timezone but also the unknown of the internet connection and the inability of reaching Western websites like Google. While still in Italy, I verified that Microsoft Teams, Unity, and Github were accessible from China. And I have to say that this strategy is paying off.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has a very interesting working story, having worked for great companies like Microsoft and Fast Company. He has also recently written together with Irena Cronin “The Infinite Retina” , a great book about the technologies of the future, like XR, AI, and autonomous vehicles. XR is going to conquer the consumer market. .

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Realworld is based on the Microsoft version of Google Earth. See his books here. Recent advances in technology have renewed interest in space, and given humanity hope in the midst of a pandemic. Realworld, a mirror image of this world in VR, is coming to the Quest. This is blowing our mind. It’s plastic and changeable.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The project is carried on by Microsoft which was given the monster contract of $22B to create this device by modifying its HoloLens glasses. The next step is about trying to integrate the glasses with cloud services, something about which Microsoft is a worldwide leader thanks to Azure. Hope you enjoy!

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AR Insider

JUNE 4, 2020

It’s the fruits of lots of rigor, and the design principles of Spatial’s founding team including Jinha Lee (MIT, Microsoft, Samsung) and Anand Agarawala. Its head of design also helped develop Material Design at Google. Faster Horses. We’ll] see broad exposure because of this giant shift in the way the world is.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

For Google , it’s all about search, and boosting query volume with more user touchpoints. And for Microsoft , it’s enterprise productivity. We’ve examined evidence from each of the Big 5 in individual articles, a report , and a chapter in Charlie Fink’s book Convergence.

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AR Insider

MAY 3, 2021

The new holographic displays will ship with a number of standalone demos on them, including one from Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Studios. Trainees can use Oculus or Google Glasses to learn in a virtual rendering of the facility from almost anywhere around the world. See his books here. Watch the latest episode below.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 7, 2018

Given the considerable hype that has been building up around Virtual and Augmented Reality, you might expect more publishers to have dedicated resources to these technologies, whereas the reality is that much of what we’ve seen so far has been limited to variations of Augmented Reality books. That ship has sailed!

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Digital Trends

MAY 5, 2022

Apple, Google, and Microsoft are working together on a new system that could consign passwords weak and strong to the history books. It’s coming later this year.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 25, 2019

But then around 2002, things moved slowly towards measured progress, and the rise of tech giants like Google, Facebook, and the web 2.0 Apple , Google , Facebook and Microsoft are all on that list. Speaking of Facebook’s billion lens engagements, Google has matched that figure in visual search activations for Google Lens.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 15, 2023

With major technology firms like Meta, Google, and Microsoft investing millions into the emerging space, enterprise end-users are already feeling the innovative presence of genAI – and there is more to come. Generative AI is here to stay.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

Watch YouTube in VR with your friends, Google pours resources into shared social VR experiences, upcoming standalone headsets will be wireless, the Snapchat vs. Facebook continues, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… You can enjoy the full audio recording below: WATCH YOUTUBE IN VR… WITH YOUR FRIENDS! WEIRD OR AWESOME?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

The news of the week is that Meta is poaching talents from all the other companies : in particular, it has been able to “steal” 100 employees from the HoloLens team in Microsoft. He has just announced his new book “The Metaverse: A Professional Guide” , which will be released on February, 2nd. News from partners (and friends).

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VRScout

JUNE 21, 2017

Book your flights now, because the lines are undoubtedly going to be long at the upcoming VR Zone Shinjuku in Tokyo. One big name that was notably missing from the VR news at E3 was Microsoft—who, contrary to many predictions, did not announce anything VR-related for Xbox. GOOGLE LAUNCHES 3000 YEARS OF FASHION & CULTURE PLUS VR.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

When you’re “wearing” in Vernor Vinge’s 2006 book Rainbow’s End, contact lenses and computers woven into clothing serve up an assortment of competing realities and overlays. 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.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft has released more specifications for its upcoming XBOX Series X, and from these data is clearly possible to see that it will be compatible with VR headsets. This reinforces my belief that Microsoft in 2021–2022 will add VR support to it , to fight the PSVR when the market will be riper.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

Luckily there is AR that is still strong, and we can hope to wear Google AR glasses soon… ah no, they are dead too. For me this is not a fortunate sentence: this is what Alex Kipman said about the HoloLens, a few weeks before the whole Microsoft Mixed Reality division was disbanded and he was fired from the company.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

Did Seebright just release the augmented reality equivalent of Google Cardboard? If you haven’t yet had the pleasure of experiencing the HTC Vive’s roomscale virtual experience, you should check the Microsoft, Game Stop, or Micro Center location closest to you! Facebook Enables Native 360 Photos.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Some of the biggest names in social impact will be in attendance, including: Participant Media, Conservation International, the Rainforest Alliance, Connect for Climate/World Bank, and the Milken Institute, as well as tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Oculus.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 24, 2016

In an industry populated with giants such as Google, Facebook and Microsoft it is astounding that one of the most important names in the game is a startup known as Magic Leap. million dollars from the likes of Google, Qualcomm and China’s Alibaba group. Currently sitting at a $4.5

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2022

I’ve personally met and had a chat with people from Unity and Epic Games, Roblox, The Sandbox, HTC Vive, Microsoft, Rec Room. Maud Clavier and I wanted to finish our stay by going to a Tex Mex restaurant, so we looked on Google Maps, found what looked like a good place, and called a Lyft to get there.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Mr. Mike Powell, he is the head of the Microsoft Garage and the author of “Age of Smart Information,” a new book about how artificial intelligence and spatial computing will transform the way we communicate forever. Find the latest on Mike at futuristic.com and excerpts from his new book, at theageofsmartinformation.com.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Mr. Mike Powell, he is the head of the Microsoft Garage and the author of “Age of Smart Information,” a new book about how artificial intelligence and spatial computing will transform the way we communicate forever. Find the latest on Mike at futuristic.com and excerpts from his new book, at theageofsmartinformation.com.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

An older, but interesting example of marker-based AR is the PlayStation 3 Wonderbook, a gaming ‘peripheral’ that allows players to view a spell book on their screen. The book rotates and moves when they pick up the device and move it around. Google has made sure that Cloud Anchors can be seen by users on iOS devices as well.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The Pro 3 C connects and displays images in 2D and 3D on most Android phones and tablets, iPads, MacBook’s, and Microsoft’s Surface Book 2. More info (Use Google Translate). Microsoft Flight Simulator comes to VR. More info (Microsoft Flight Simulator to get VR support) More info (Ice and Snow in the new update).

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AR Insider

JULY 15, 2021

FWIW, Google had also partnered with Luxottica but never shipped a more fashionable version of Glass.]. This wasn’t surprising for a company that started life by rating college women on their looks and now makes its money figuratively booking bets among advertisers about the future behavior of its most loyal users.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

There’s a lot going on at GDC every year, but with VR’s first big consumer year in the books last year, 2017 should be bigger than ever for our industry. The Oculus Rift and Touch, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR (PSVR), Google Daydream, Samsung Gear VR, and so many other headsets are all available for purchase. Robo Recall.

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 22, 2022

Satya Nadella , Microsoft MSFT -1.4%. Microsoft’s CEO understands that the metaverse concept will impact every part of the way we do business. Eric Schmidt , Google. Whether it will be Meta, Microsoft, or his own company that defines the way we use it, is up in the air.

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