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… ??! This week in XR has seen the launch of the first standalone MR headset, plus a lot of interesting news and articles about immersive realities. Do you want to discover them with me?

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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

JULY 18, 2022

Some interesting stuff about the M-word: I’ve found two articles shared via WeChat that talk about the attitude that China has towards the metaverse and the plans that the most important Chinese cities have to grow in metaverse-related topics. Unreal Engine 5 has brought two interesting features with its release: Lumen and Nanite.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The most viral news of the week has for sure been the one about MetaHuman Creator, a new software for Unreal Engine. Steam officially arrives in China. Steam and PlayStation 5 arrived in China. Epic Games presents MetaHuman Creator.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2022

I don’t even know how they plan to sell this device in China, a country where people want to appear cool and not weird. Anyway, if you are in China and you want to look ??, Wearing them on the street, you probably look like an idiot or someone coming from another planet. This is totally different from the concept idea.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 26, 2016

This week, Joseph and UploadVR Games Editor David Jagneaux (subbing for the wonderful Jason, who’s literally in China right now) tackle more than a few big news stories from the world of VR.

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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. HTC launches Vive XR Suite.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Some people are migrating to Unreal Engine or Godot. It can come also in handy if the Apple Watch has to become an input system for Apple XR headsets… PS A final piece of news is that Epic is evaluating native support for Vision Pro for its Unreal Engine! Others have stopped using Unity Ads, Unity’s main source of revenue.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 29, 2018

So, I sent some questions to the company and after some time, I finally got some answers from NVIDIA China! The presentation at Gamescom talked about your partnership with Unreal Engine for offering real-time RTX. In the previous link, there is, in fact, a reference saying that both Unreal Engine and Unity will implement DXR APIs.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

Unreal Engine 5 gets released in Early Access. After a lot of teasing of its upcoming fantastic features, Unreal Engine 5 is finally available for download. Nikk Mitchell, the great guy with which I made this review of the Huawei 6DOF glasses , has made a review video about the consumer Pico Neo 3 that is on sale in China.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

Acquiring it, Epic secures a great source of assets for the developers using its Unreal Engine, and also the connection with many talents. Sketchfab is one of the leading platforms hosting user-created 3D models , and it is compatible with many engines. Lynx provide more details on its MR headset in a recent interview.

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ARPost

MARCH 23, 2023

Among the highlights was the “ Neo-Wulin: The Era of Black Ark ” virtual performance series, the first of its kind in China. Unreal Engine-based VFX tools, AI modules, and other state-of-the-art production software were used to deliver the next stage of music. Even more exciting, the virtual world could be constantly extended.

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Upload VR

MARCH 4, 2024

Adjusting for China, where most VR headsets aren't sold and most VR games aren't available, the fall was much smaller.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2018

When I was in China, the last company I visited in Shanghai has been Lenqiy. This is another Vive-X company working in the educational sector and that has given me interesting insights into the educational ecosystem in China , that confirmed what I have learned speaking with Langzou and Judao. He is a great person , for sure.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Huawei this week has announced a new pair of smart glasses, available in China for around $270. Then, it guarantees that there is an open-source alternative to Unity and Unreal, so if in the future Meta wants to build its own engine, it could start doing that by forking Godot. More info (Lick It Up TV) More info (Owo haptic suit).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

Honestly speaking, we have no idea what is happening, and we don’t even know if this has to do something with the recent lawsuit by Magic Leap or the one from Unreal… are these moves being made to slow the lawsuit or are these just an internal re-organization? Who knows…. More info (nReal teases new headset) More info (nReal changes name).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

The course gave me the foundations, but it was up to me to go on learning by experience (and yes, it also meant trying to speak in Mandarin to confused Chinese people in China). My suggestion to them is to start first of all to learn Unity and C#, or Unreal and C++. This is a picture of me getting started with VR many years ago.

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Voices of VR

APRIL 2, 2023

I had a chance to catch up with Eddie Lou, who is the Founder of Sandman Studios and Director of Sandbox Immersive Festival that’s based in China. I… I had a chance to catch up with Eddie Lou, who is the Founder of Sandman Studios and Director of Sandbox Immersive Festival that's based in China.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The leak came from China and talked about the Pico 5 product line going to feature the Pico 5, Pico 5 Pro, and Pico 5 Pro Max (yes, like the iPhones). Yes, it is less than the 5% of Unreal, but until yesterday we only paid per seat, not both per seat and per revenue sharing. of our revenues with Unity. And this 2.5%

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Let’s talk about the M-word: JingDaily has published a very long and detailed article about the ecosystem of virtual idols in China Decentraland has just created a marketplace for the emotes of avatars. Some news on the metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2018

But I also remember all the info he gave me about crazy experiments with artificial intelligence in China or about futuristic virtual reality headsets. This event has already been launched in China various days ago and now he is coming here to the West, too. Enea developing in virtual reality using Unreal Engine VR editor.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Last week I told you about MetaHumans creator, the tool to create realistic humanoid avatars in Unreal Engine. (Image by Epic Games, from The SportsRush). Try the MetaHumans in VR and more. This week I have discovered that there is a VR demo where you can stand in front of two of these MetaHumans in VR , and I have also tried and reviewed it!

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In the letter, he accused the Chinese firm of collecting data for the Communist Party of China via the TikTok social media and user-generated content (UGC) application. The FTC first expressed concern over Pico and TikTok’s parent company in June when FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr posted an open letter to his Twitter account.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 8, 2019

Entrance of nReal offices in Beijing, China. nReal has been sued by Epic Games for the name too similar to Unreal and by Magic Leap that claims that nReal CEO Chi Xu has stolen the technology of the American company while working there. That’s why when I traveled to Beijing, I really did everything that I could to visit its HQ.

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TechCrunch VR

MARCH 1, 2022

Despite being a leading VR brand in China, Pico is nowhere close to the scale of Oculus’s user reach or creator ecosystem. At least in China, Pico is getting a slew of ads on Douyin, TikTok’s Chinese version. ” It also includes handy developer kits for mainstream 3D engines, including Unity and Epic Games’ Unreal.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 28, 2018

After this VR performance, he was interviewed by a lot of magazines and websites and became famous in the VR communities of the whole world, China included. I spent 80% of my time on a slightly customized version of Unreal Engine for Developers in-VR Editor (by Epic Games). It’s a big responsibility and incredible opportunity!

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

And since Epic has violated the rules of the App Store, Apple had all the rights to kick Fortnite out of it, and even to suspend the support in the integration of iOS inside of Unreal Engine. But the judge has not been tender with Apple too, and it has criticized many of its practices.

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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. Unreal Engine is not exactly the most friendly game engine when it comes to Android development, and that’s why Oculus has just released some facilities to help UE4 developers in iterating Oculus Quest applications faster.

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Upload VR

MAY 31, 2023

Nreal (now XREAL) is a China-based startup, which launched the first consumer AR glasses in the US, Nreal Light , in late 2021. Nreal changed its name to XREAL and announced an adapter for its Air glasses to support a wider range of devices. Currently it only supports USB-C devices such as Android phones, iPads, and laptops.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 21, 2018

He has clients like the royal families in Dubai, China and his incredible designs have been built all over the planet. He has been working with Unreal for 20 years and was part of the Paragon and Fortnite development teams. He was part of the design process for several of Unreal’s core features.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

In China I met the company 7Invensun , that is a worldwide leader for what concerns eye tracking. The aGlass SDK contains plugins for Unity and Unreal. Being them very kind, they gave me as a gift an aGlass DK II eye tracking add on for HTC Vive and I used it to experiment with eye tracking interfaces.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

For instance, the piece video on China Daily where Tim Cook says “I am incredibly excited about AR […] stay tuned and you’ll see what we have to offer” has become viral and everyone is talking about it, while actually, it doesn’t convey any info. Some others, like Niantic, will probably join soon.

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VRGames

AUGUST 1, 2023

This article dives into the business communities of China and Germany. In China, there are advantages such as a large population, low labour costs and government incentives for businesses that invest in the region. Both countries offer different opportunities when it comes to doing business, but share many common elements.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The damn Coronavirus is impacting the lives of many people, and I’m incredibly sad about what is happening especially in China, with millions of people quarantined and thousands of dead. Stay strong, China. The coronavirus keeps impacting VR. Among its side-effects, we have also things related to Virtual Reality.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Developed by 3D Live Axo using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4 technology, the experience introduces a brand new virtual reality video game that seamlessly connects with full-sized ATVs that have been customized to authentically replicate the in-game driving action. MediaMation has a factory in China that will build the ride.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Alcatel is releasing their product first in China at the end of this year and the U.S. Seattle-based Polyarc received an Epic Games Unreal Developer grant for an unannounced project, code name: Moss.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2018

I’ve not been able to test it in person, but looking around its users manual, the aGlass DK II seems quite easy to install and also easy to be used as a developer , thanks to its handy Unity and Unreal plugins. 7Invensun’s eye tracker is only available in China now. Isn’t it a cool device? Yes, it is!

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