ARPost

JUNE 9, 2020

You can look forward to representatives from Google, Facebook, Intel, HP, Microsoft, and more. Across the US, as well as in France and China, a network of partner location-based entertainment (LBE) will be giving access to Cannes XR Virtual to journalists and guests without virtual reality headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Meta announces at Connect Quest Pro and a partnership with Microsoft. There have been a few key announcements at Connect: Meta has launched Quest Pro , its new premium headset, for $1500 Meta announced its focus on a new vertical, productivity Meta has partnered with Microsoft and Accenture to tackle the XR enterprise world.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

Just to make an example, I was there when there was the Netscape vs Internet Explorer war, but now the leading web browser is Google Chrome. Google Chrome, for instance, has been helped a lot by the fact that it is the pre-installed browser on all Android phones. Google Glass v2. What will happen? Honestly, I don’t know.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Microsoft Flight Simulator releases VR patch. Microsoft Flight Simulator is now compatible with VR headsets : not only the HP Reverb G2 as initially teased but all the headsets that are compatible with OpenXR , so basically all the most famous devices. Google lets now everyone contribute to StreetView. Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Google—which is increasingly expanding its hardware business in the smartphone, connected home, and AR/VR sectors—has been fingered as one of the likely buyers. Google has tried to buy its way into hardware twice before, albeit more expensively. Those efforts largely fell short and the associated expenses slimmed Google’s margins.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Here you are the integral interview that I had with Kelly Peng, asking her everything from Kura to the differences between the US and China (Kelly comes from Xi’an), not to mention her life as a startupper. The entrance to the big WCVRI VR exhibition in Nanchang China, in 2019. Video interview With Kura’s Kelly Peng. for fitness).

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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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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Last week I have taken part in the WCVRI exhibition in Nanchang, China. It has been the first time for me having a booth in a so distant and different country like China, and I have learned lots of lessons in the process. Let’s start: what are my pieces of advice if you have to showcase your game in China? Food and water.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

You can access it at this link: [link] ) Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft kills Windows Mixed Reality Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on the Windows Mixed Reality platform , the one of the WMR headsets by Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung which were the first to introduce inside-out tracking in the VR ecosystem.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2017

While the Oculus for Business bundle is offered in 17 countries, crucially, China is not among them—a major VR market which Oculus isn’t serving, and where Taiwan-based HTC has committed significant resources. SEE ALSO How Google's Latest VR Moves Are a Major Blow to Oculus' Mobile Strategy. New Foes – Microsoft & Co.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Yesterday was Chinese Lanterns’ Festival… my best wishes to you all, especially a big hug to all people that are still in China and are living very hard times… ??! Let’s see how Apple and Google will answer. Google Glass 2 is now available for direct purchase. Do you want to discover them with me? Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Today is my last day in China. 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. Qualcomm seems a very predictable choice, but Google is less.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

Or better, I can imagine who can be the names and they are all the big monoliths: Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon , etc… Only companies of this size could afford selling a good headset under cost and at the same time attract enough developers to publish VR games on their own new stores. China will try to change gear.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). Sounded good.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 26, 2017

Earlier this year HTC became an official partner with Google in producing a Daydream-based standalone VR headset under the Vive brand. It looks like it will access HTC’s storefront, called Viveport, to get to virtual worlds rather than Google Play. Graylin, China Regional President of Vive, HTC, in a prepared statement.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Meta’s offering could so become this one: Quest 3 Lite, 64G, $199 Quest 3 Lite, 128G, $299 Quest 3 Lite, 256G, $399 Quest 3, 256G, $499 Quest 3, 512G, $649 And there is more: Meta is working on a partnership with Tencent to distribute the Quest 3 Lite also in China and compete with Pico in its own home. More info — Use Google Translate!

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The report suggests that premium headset shipments like Google Daydream will see more growth over light mobile headsets. Google Daydream will sell the most premium headsets in 2017, getting 6.8M Google Daydream will sell the most premium headsets in 2017, getting 6.8M devices into the hands of users.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 17, 2017

VR and AR headsets are heading to market from Microsoft, Google, Facebook and others that have a wide range of capabilities. Just last week we learned about Facebook’s plan for a $200 headset that occupies the low end of the market while Google continues work on a six degrees of freedom standalone headset.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

At WCVRI, China shows its strategic interest for VR. And while China always moves chaotically, I think that the push of the government is helping its VR companies. While HTC is struggling on the hardware side, I think that it is moving very well to create a good software ecosystem, at least in China.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

This shows the growing trend of European companies to try to create a new technological hub that can compete with the US and China for this new tech revolution. The Metaverse hype is growing strong also in China. The Metaverse hype is present also in China, and many Chinese companies are working on projects related to virtual worlds.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

Finally after China and United States, also India has entered the AR race with the launch of the Jio AR glasses. Google’s investment for a 7.7% Google-Jio joint venture to develop an Android-based platform for an affordable 5G phone. Not a great evolution from Microsoft. So, thanks Pico for what you are still doing.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

While the Google Daydream store may be lacking in content, the inclusion of “WorldSense” technology adds a considerable amount of immersion when compared to the Oculus Go’s 3DoF offerings. Image Credit: Baobab Studios / ILMxLAB / Oculus Facebook / Microsoft / Gap / Oculus Facebook. HEADING INTO THE NEW YEAR….

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The result is that many big brands are canceling their presence at CES: Google, Intel, Microsoft, Meta, Lenovo, and many others, have decided not to go , and maybe provide their news virtually. Huawei this week has announced a new pair of smart glasses, available in China for around $270. Let’s get back to more standard devices.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

Furthermore, the comparison with Microsoft doesn’t hold well: Microsoft was a software company that just didn’t have high standards, so it made products with many bugs. More info (Use Google Translate). Brazilian startup Mespper has just expanded its ecosystem that runs across Brazil and China. Some XR fun. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And while this is anyway a good result for a startup (developing an AR headsets means spending billions in R&D), targeting the consumer market has been a suicide move , that let Microsoft get full control of the profitable enterprise market. More info (Camera Path and Google Drive backup) More info (Sketchfab exporting).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

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. That’s why even Microsoft took Epic’s stances : Microsoft uses UE4 to develop some products also for Apple devices, and this decision hurts also its business.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

On the server-side, it is being integrated with Microsoft Azure, and it is also coming in the future for Google Cloud and Tencent Cloud. I also expect it to be consumer-oriented in China. Google is hiring waveguide developers for AR. I think it is pretty explicit. I hope to see many more in the future!

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

When I went to China , one of the companies that I wanted to visit was PanguVR , but unluckily its CEO was not available at that time because of some business stuff he had to do. I was born in Beijing, China and grew up in the United States. product Cortana in China. Severs 70% of Online Interior Designers Market in China.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

These are my last hours in China. By the way, if you want to read a bit more about my trip, be sure to check out my article on the XR ecosystem in China. By the way, if you want to read a bit more about my trip, be sure to check out my article on the XR ecosystem in China.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2023

I heard a rumor about this device coming during my latest trip to China, and it’s cool to see that it is finally happening. 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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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In the meanwhile, its adoption is getting better, too: the popular Unity game engine promises the first implementations of OpenXR for the end of the year with a complete implementation coming in 2021, and Microsoft has already completely switched to an OpenXR runtime. More info (Using Google Translate).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated. This means that if you develop an experience using OpenXR, you can run it on Oculus, SteamVR, and Microsoft runtimes with no modification. The Verge).

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VRScout

AUGUST 21, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this week’s VRScout Report, we discuss Microsoft and Intel teaming up to influence the development of VR/AR with mixed reality headset Project Alloy. MICROSOFT AND INTEL’S NEW BABY: PROJECT ALLOY. …and you’ll still have to cough up $45K.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 9, 2024

NVIDIA Blackwell Delays Affect Meta and Microsoft XR/GenAI Goals NVIDIA’s highly anticipated Blackwell chipset faces a delay due to design flaws. Furthermore, XR companies like Microsoft and Meta are investing in AI-empowered XR services. Hopefully, the delays with Blackwell will not hinder Meta and Microsoft’s XR objectives.

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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.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Generative AI is one of the world’s top three geopolitical risks this year — right after Russia and China — according to a report released last month by the Eurasia Group , a US-based risk consultancy. (Image by Maria Korolov via Midjourney.) ” This will have adverse impacts on political discourse.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I’ve just had my first day in Nanchang, China. I’m here to attend the WCVRI , a very big event about Virtual Reality in China, where I am exhibiting HitMotion: Reloaded , the mixed reality fitness game of my agency New Technology Walkers ( contact us if you need some VR development!). Is it really important? And… how is Nanchang?

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