The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Chinese manufacturers BOE and SeeYA may provide cheaper displays in higher quantities than Sony is doing now, while Samsung may be supplying the DRAM components. The second is that “mistaken model of the strategic motivations”, which seems to aim at the fact that Meta has a clear strategy that is not (only) about data mining this time.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

A new cycle of XR The Apple Vision Pro launch has been a disruptive moment for our industry (Image by Apple) As I said in a popular post a few months ago , I think we have entered a new cycle for immersive realities. with Xiaomi, Oppo, Samsung, etc…) to convince hardware manufacturers to create headsets powered by Android XR.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 29, 2024

Based on LSEG data, this stake could be valued at $4.73 This chipset will reportedly be integrated into Samsung and Sony headsets, Play for Dream MR and Immersed’s Visor. billion, given the company’s overall valuation of over $94 billion.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

This made sure investors gained some trust for immersive reality startups again, something that will be beneficial for our whole industry. I think that the upcoming release of Quest 3, and the increasing rumors about Samsung are going to improve our situation even more. Great job, Magnopus!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Digital twins are a popular 3D data asset replicating real-world objects or spaces with a broad range of usages in enterprises across mining, architecture, and warehouse management industries-among others. Peck explained: It is challenging because, again, it collects a lot of personal data.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2021

Facebook will analyze and store how the users will react to the different ads, and will also merge the data about what apps the user uses in VR with his/her behavior on the Facebook social media to propose more relevant ads. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Users may decide to hide an ad or explore it.

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Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2017

We know that Samsung has confirmed more than 5 million Gear VR units are now in the wild for example, and of course the headlines of Sony surprising themselves with PlayStation VR’s early sales figures – approaching 1 Million going in to 2017. But just how much is VR on people’s radar? Nielsen’s ‘ U.S

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2023

It has announced that the business edition of the Vive XR Elite is coming , and also the release of the business edition of Viveverse, which will offer enterprise immersive spaces for remote collaboration. I’m pretty excited by these growing rumors about Samsung because Samsung has always proposed interesting XR devices.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2021

Well, if I have to express an opinion, that is in common with other members of the VR communities, it is not that I don’t trust that Facebook won’t protect my data against hackers, it is that I’m sure that Facebook itself will collect a lot of personal data about me so that it can offer targeted advertisement. It will do this because….

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2017

In a new report from IDC (International Data Corporation), the market research firm predicts a near 10 fold increase in the shipments of augmented and virtual reality headsets in the next 4 years, bolstered by a plethora of new devices and “expanding array of content for both consumer and enterprise users.”

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 15, 2024

To boost Vision Pro production, Apple is shifting away from its current reliance on Sony OLED manufacturing, which has a maximum cap of 900,000 units per year. Instead, Apple sent a Request for Information to Samsung Display and LG Display to assess their ability to fulfil Apple’s order.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2017

The conglomerate will use immersive training with an emphasis on customer service roles, as well as for situations that would be inconvenient to recreate—from cleaning up spills to training for the madness of Black Friday. According to a recent report from International Data Corporation, there were a total of 2.3M

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

That is, there will be an option that will let all the avatars abandon che classical videocall format and meet inside a virtual space (something like Altspace VR) for a more immersive experience. Samsung heavily invests in DigiLens to build its AR glasses. Sony patents a new kind of foveated rendering.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Through comprehensive media services (mainly including media coverage, expert consultation, data research, and event and public relation management), it helps entrepreneurs with idea incubation, financing, strategy consultation, and publicity. and covered more than 80% of the XR pioneers as communities members.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Additionally, Magic Leap is exploring the potential of XR technology in industrial settings, especially for providing immersive training applications for complex on-site procedures requiring sub-millimetre tracking and digital content overlay. Samsung was demoing 3 models. do Samsung have an extended reality device coming?

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

I spoke with VR Bound co-founder, Daniel Colaianni about what he hopes the VR Awards would achieve for VR technology and he says, “The VR Awards exists to promote growth and achievement throughout the immersive industry by reinvesting in promoting strategic partnerships.” Sony – Playstation VR. Samsung – Gear VR.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

All these data together make me a bit skeptical about the capabilities of this company: developing such kind of a high-quality headset requires a lot of expertise, while the company is very small and features no known expert in the field. Sony will give PS4 camera adapters for PS5 for free.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

PlayStation VR 2 Logo (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Of course, the object must be in the FOV of the cameras of the headset to be tracked, even if HTC says that the tracking can somewhat continue also when this condition is not true (i guess using just IMU data). Click to read the thread on Twitter… it is worth it.

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

In IATA’s 2017 Global Passenger Survey, 85% of those surveyed indicated they would be willing to give up more personal data in exchange for faster process checks and more personalized service at the airport. Around the same time, Vueling, Iberia, and Air Berlin launched smartwatch boarding passes for early Pebble and Samsung smartwatches.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

It is the home country of Sony, so PlayStation VR and Meta itself have clearly expressed its interest in penetrating the market. The price is $599, but to work the glasses should be tethered to a smartphone from Samsung or OnePlus, so the overall price of the whole system is well beyond $1000.

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VeeR VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

In 1968, Ivan Sutherland and Bob Sproull created the first head-mounted display (HMD) system for immersive simulation applications. They created many VR devices including, the Data Glove, the EyePhone, and the Audio Sphere. In 1991, the first cubic immersive room dubbed ‘the cave’ was developed by a PhD student in her thesis.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

Additionally, engineers train Deep Learning algorithms to accurately detect markers in live video data. This means that the wireless noise-canceling headphones from Sony not only let users stream music but also handle calls and get information on demand. Examples of Augmented Reality in Action. Top 3 Types of AR-Enabled Hearables.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2016

But as far as streaming in data—when I talk about dynamic streaming as a service, that’s leveraging the cloud. But Sony, with PS VR, it’s a good system. We see it as expanding the market to people who don’t have Samsung phones, for instance, or don’t have a high-end PC. That uses the cloud for a lot of different things.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As you would expect, hard data is a commodity that many are after, and sadly I have to keep this for our paying clients. Data by Virtuix shows that LBVR is growing again after the lockdown (Image by Virtuix). I would say that I am resolute to the strength of the immersive out-of-home entertainment market to survive this and grow.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

First of all, we have some more info on the micro OLED displays: Sony started selling them in Japan, so we have some more specs: they have 4K resolution, 90Hz framerate, a high luminance, and the capability of reproducing a very wide color range. This seems a great result to me.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

and the growth, from the data, seems slow (for now), but exponential. It’s too much time that I hear this rumor, and Samsung teased that it was interested in a headset mixing AR and VR, that is exactly the main topic of this reference design. It’s time to upgrade this old system (Image by Sony). The reasons?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Samsung starts off the month debuting its VR Internet browser for Gear VR, becoming the first to offer a VR browser. Zuckerberg makes the declaration as Samsung announces the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge smartphones will ship for a limited time with the Gear VR for free, along with $50 worth of some of the best games available for the platform.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Learnings Of Early Access From ‘Raw Data’ When?: Survios came out swinging with the pre-release version of Raw Data and ended up with big success , so they’re definitely a team you should listen to if you’re considering this route for your VR game. Alon Or-bach (Samsung Electronics), Kaye Mason (Google).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Voltolina talked about the advantage the Ozo has in capturing and processing a lot of data at once, and he talked about the company’s plans for expansion in VR. We integrated both 3D audio and 3D video because the full immersive experience needs both. Then you have to export all the data, stitch it together, and see what comes out.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Somewhere Else Solutions is a London based innovation agency specialized in immersive technologies. He’s now exploring how to leverage immersive technology and artificial intelligence to deliver soft skills training that actually delivers behavioral change. Alan: You’ve been working in immersive technologies.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Somewhere Else Solutions is a London based innovation agency specialized in immersive technologies. He's now exploring how to leverage immersive technology and artificial intelligence to deliver soft skills training that actually delivers behavioral change. Alan: You've been working in immersive technologies.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Somewhere Else Solutions is a London based innovation agency specialized in immersive technologies. He’s now exploring how to leverage immersive technology and artificial intelligence to deliver soft skills training that actually delivers behavioral change. Alan: You’ve been working in immersive technologies.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Somewhere Else Solutions is a London based innovation agency specialized in immersive technologies. He’s now exploring how to leverage immersive technology and artificial intelligence to deliver soft skills training that actually delivers behavioral change. Alan: You’ve been working in immersive technologies.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 5, 2024

It is not the first time Meta partnered with an external company for a new device and in most cases this choice paid off: both the Gear VR (Samsung) and the Oculus Go (Xiaomi) were pretty good products. But will it be enough now to beat Apple? I see that at Cupertino they are making good use of the technology acquired together with NextVR.

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VR Playhouse

JUNE 15, 2017

And to explain at least a small portion of this sudden success, I’m going to look at another piece of technology at the time, Sony’s Playstation 2. While Sony competed in the home console space with several other companies, such as Sega and later Nintendo and Microsoft, what made the PS2 stand out was its built in DVD player.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

SuperData Research is a New York based research firm that has been creating detailed reports on the immersive industry for months. In addition, the analysis also purports that the Samsung Gear VR — built in collaboration with Oculus — will sell 2,316,632 units. . The Apple iPhone , for example, sold only 1.39

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 20, 2021

Connecting people, making you joining a group, making you have new friends… is only what it does (very well) to keep you hooked to the platform, so that it can analyze your data and sell you better ads. I expect these ads to expand soon, integration with Facebook to become tighter, and also data harvesting to become more aggressive.

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