Road to VR

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Insomniac Games, the talented game studio behind non-VR games like Spider-Man (2018) and VR games like Edge of Nowhere (2016) and The Unspoken (2016), today announced their first AR game called Seedling , coming to Magic Leap in November. Image courtesy Insomniac Games.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

And of course, between a glass of champagne and a slice of panettone, there is still time for VR, so here you are a collection of best VR news of the past week! Magic Leap pivots towards enterprise. I hope for Magic Leap that the next device, Magic Leap 2, will be better. Top news of the week.

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VRScout

AUGUST 8, 2018

Magic Leap’s computer vision headset is now on sale in cities across the U.S. startup Magic Leap unveiled its long-awaited mixed reality headset, a secretive device five years and $2.44B USD in the making. More experiences are on the way from Magic Leap in-house developers, as well as independent, 3rd party creators.

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Next Reality AR

JULY 24, 2019

And while that's certainly true for a number of disciplines, there's still that mainstream use case hanging out there waiting to be discovered beyond the realm of enterprise and gaming.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 13, 2018

We are in the days of the Magic Leap hype : developers that have bought it are posting videos everywhere and every one of us is trying to understand if the device is valuable or not. So, here you are my editorial regarding Magic Leap. So, here you are my editorial regarding Magic Leap.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Tilt Five is a startup working on eponymous AR glasses that are focused on board games. The idea behind Tilt Five is creating a pair of glasses that are not general-purpose ones, like HoloLens or Magic Leap : Jeri knows the technology is not ready yet. The board and the controller necessary to play Tilt Five games.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 8, 2018

Magic Leap finally materializes into a product some of us can actually buy, yet the real test will be whether developers take the bait. There’s only so much “we know something you don’t know” you can take before it starts to become annoying, but Magic Leap simply would not take a hint.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

A look around the media landscape will make it clear that virtual reality has become a major player in the music industry and virtual concerts are on the rise with performances by mainstream artists in popular games and other platforms. VR game Walkabout Mini Golf. Audiences and Artists Still Adjusting.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

I guess they will steal some ideas from Magic Leap and provide a more comfortable headset (more cushions) and more customization options (more accessories to fit it on your nose, support for prescription lenses, etc…). I expect with this one to switch to at least 100K polygons in every Unity AR game. Image by Reddit).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2018

He has joined Rony Abovitz at Magic Leap and now he’s there, trying to build the MagicVerse as the SVP of Creative Strategy of the Florida company. One of the colleagues of mine of that time was Kim Libreri, that is now the CTO of Epic Games and he created the optical flow for the paint effect for What Dreams May Come.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 8, 2019

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. No one from Magic Leap or nReal is authorized to talk about this topic, so I won’t address it here.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 23, 2019

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. Today the interview will cover the first two topics: dataviz in VR thanks to BadVR solution and Magic Leap. and many other interesting stuff!

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Of course the other ones are pretty cool and pretty inherent to AR and VR, too (for instance all the talks about graphics can be useful also for the graphics of XR applications, of course). And of course, my will is to report you all that I’ve learned there and also to give you awesome interviews. More details.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Of course, driving a remote control car is a lot more fun with friends. Auki Labs started in 2019 when Pihl and a team of engineers began working on an AR measurement tool for the popular tabletop game Warhammer 40K. ” Through this approach, users can join each other’s games via a standard QR code.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 6, 2024

But this should surprise no one: all the previous expensive AR/MR headsets that have been initially targeted at consumers, like Magic Leap or HoloLens, ended up being used mostly in enterprise sectors. I’ve tried looking for “HitMotion” and our game “HitMotion: Reloaded” appeared. This week, Meta has fulfilled its promises.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

volumetric streaming of people), but due to its low diffusion, it won’t be a game-changer yet. Regarding big brands, I expect Apple and Facebook still to wait a bit before releasing something, while Magic Leap will have to make its move to come out from the quicksands. My duck-face while wearing Magic Leap One glasses.

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OCTOBER 1, 2022

AR tech firm Magic Leap is set to launch in 19 countries across the world, Lisa Watts, Vice President of Product Marketing and Developer Programs for Magic Leap announced at the Immerse Global Summit (IGS) 2022 Europe on Madeira Island, Portugal. Magic Leap 2 stands on the shoulders of giants and the force.

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ARPost

AUGUST 13, 2020

Of course, team members will be able to collaborate remotely. Their current list of clients and partners include names such as AT&T, Magic Leap, Intel, Epic Games, Nickelodeon, and Ogilvy. Trainees will be able to access it via Dark Slope ’s proprietary immersive learning platform, Involve XR.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Magic Leap has just organized its first developers’ event, dubbed “L.E.A.P.” It is the first event of this kind organized by Magic Leap: we can say that LEAP Con is like the Oculus Connect of Magic Leap and will probably become always more important, year after year, exactly as it has happened to Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Minecraft Earth was a game that had the potential of competing with Pokemon Go, but its shutdown has been announced some weeks ago because the lockdown has hurt its launch and adoption. Magic Leap will meet its fate. Duck Face, Magic Leap One, and me. What about Magic Leap ? Sounded good.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

You know well that I’ve been at SXSW , but, shame on me, I haven’t stayed a few days more to attend the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. It has been interesting to watch the reportages of Alex VR and Skeeva from the show floor , where they met many game studios and had meaningful interviews with them.

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Road to VR

MAY 9, 2022

What’s especially interesting about this approach is that it seems to align with the direction next-gen VR controllers are already heading; both Meta’s Project Cambria and Magic Leap 2 are using controllers that ditch a headset-dependent tracking system in favor of calculating their position with their own inside-out tracking system.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Niantic does the mapping under the hood using Pokemon Go players: players are encouraged to scan a new part of the city to have some reward inside the game, without being aware that they’re doing a mapping operation for a VPS system. Of course, this is also the mission of big players like Google and Apple.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2022

Magic Leap VP Product Marketing and Developer Programs, Lisa Watts, presented the Auggie for Best Enterprise solution to Avataar. Best Game or Toy. Chicken Waffle CEO, Finn Staber, presented the Auggie for Best Game or toy, saying “Games are so important to us. Best Enterprise Solution. Best Interaction Product.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

And don’t forget that it will surely be launched together with amazing VR games from Sony and its partners’ IPs, so I’m quite sure this headset will have its success. And is also clear that he’s hinting at the fact that they are going in that direction, in building a battery-powered device to play VR games. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 29, 2019

The idea of Leap Motion is going against the current trend of augmented reality glasses, that is mostly based on expensive devices that have closed ecosystems (e.g. HoloLens or Magic Leap One ), but to create a headset that is: Affordable; Completely open, both from a software and hardware standpoint. Meet Noah Zerkin.

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2023

It had a compelling reason to exist, which is why Microsoft directly competed against iPod Touch over the course of three device generations before eventually giving up the goat in 2011 and discontinuing the third-gen Zune. Three years later it released HoloLens 2, which directly competes today against Magic Leap Two.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

For sure, as someone pointed out on Reddit, that number includes people in every kind of role, from game developers to customer support not to mention researchers. This has of course nothing to do with gathering data from the biggest number possible of people. More info (App Lab team) More info (New games on App Lab).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 9, 2019

I got immediately hyped about this: we are all dreaming about AR glasses like Magic Leap or HoloLens 2 , but what if the future was made of AR contact lenses? Me doing a duck face with a pair of Magic Leap on. Of course, you can look through. What is the current status of the project?

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Day Two Day two only has one proper keynote scheduled, this time with Magic Leap. Last year, the company’s Head of Product Management, Jade Meskill, took the stage to talk about the Magic Leap 2 and “augmented enterprise.” Of course, that’s only a sliver of the total exhibitors. Also, Tilt Five will be returning.

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Road to VR

MAY 9, 2018

Magic Leap has confirmed eye-tracking on their upcoming development headset. And even Apple is in the game, having reportedly acquired SMI , one of the former leaders in the eye-tracking space, and has drawn up patents implementing the technology. Fove is selling a development kit of their VR headset with inbuilt eye-tracking.

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ARPost

MAY 12, 2022

Of course, companies don’t need to have a keynote to say something interesting. Magic Leap. Of course, we don’t know yet exactly what the announcement will be, but later the same day Pearlman and Sherman are joined by Ferhan Ozkan of XR Bootcamp to talk about “How to Build Strategic XR Talent Pipelines,” so we can guess.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

Of course not. Notwithstanding the small size, the glasses are meant for SteamVR gaming, and in particular for people that spend so much time in SteamVR that need a comfortable and lightweight headset. Of course, they are not meant for XR playing, but for e-book reading. Could I make an exception for this year?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The most anticipated keynote speakers are obviously John Hanke (CEO, Niantic), and Bob Murphy (Cofounder, Snap), along with top execs from Qualcomm, Unity, Magic Leap, HP, Lenovo, Meta, and many more. Tell us some important names that are going to join the event this year!

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2019

Pop music sensation Lil Miquela on Instagram, Mica from Magic Leap, and even Fable’s own Lucy are all great examples of an ever-growing industry of digital humanoid entities. The grant will be awarded in four categories: GAMES – How we play with virtual beings. SOCIAL – How a virtual being can connect us.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 22, 2019

OpenXR is a work-in-progress standard that aims to unify the underlying connections between VR and AR hardware, game engines, and content, making for a more interoperable ecosystem. The OpenXR working group has been chaired from the start by Nick Whiting from game & engine maker Epic Games. Image courtesy Khronos Group.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Founded by Tomas Sluka in 2017, the startup has now grown to have up to 20 highly specialized employees , some of them taken from other companies in the field like Intel and Magic Leap. All of this on paper, of course. It was connected to a gaming PC. So… what is the magic that these lightfields add?

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