The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Samsung XR headset may have been delayed The new rumor in town is that Samsung has delayed its upcoming headset that it is building in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. It’s been another interesting week in immersive realities, so let’s see what happened in our field in the past few days!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

This trend will continue in 2021 : the new LiDAR sensor, which is rumored to be installed in all future iPhones, will for sure be copied also by Android phones (Samsung?) Magic Leap will meet its fate. Duck Face, Magic Leap One, and me. What about Magic Leap ?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

It’s been an interesting demo. And a demo is already live. Magic Leap 2 has inside-out tracked controllers. During a presentation, Magic Leap has unveiled some more features about its headset and controllers. More info (Magic Leap presentation) More info (Close up of the controllers).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2024

More info Google and Samsung are working on smartglasses According to The Information, Google and Samsung are not only working together on a mixed reality headset but also on a pair of smartglasses (a la Ray-Ban Meta) powered by Gemini AI. I cross my fingers, but I don’t have high hopes. A Creator Platform for next-gen to ‘Socialize.’

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! Magic Leap raises other $350M. Iron Man VR demo has been released!

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Upload VR

JANUARY 18, 2024

Apple's passthrough magic might help explain why the industry is making such big shifts before this $3,500 spatial computer even ships. Saudi Arabia-owned Magic Leap took $500+ million more from the "sovereign" investment arm of the state to continue developing its technologies for transparent optical AR.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 21, 2024

What’s interesting is that when demoing this assistant to attendees, Google’s team didn’t just use Pixel phones to interact with the AI. The tech giant even announced it was working with Samsung on the development of its XR headset. More recently, Google also shared that it was partnering with Magic Leap on a new solution.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

In my opinion , the true error is with the Vive 1 , that will get a price that is higher than the one of all the competitors… and that will cost as much as a Samsung Odyssey, notwithstanding its far lower features. I had a chance to demo the Oculus Santa Cruz today at #gdc18 ! Magic Leap releases its SDK.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

“Apple has invented the glasses of the future” is probably what journals and magazines will say the day of launch, and all the various HoloLens , Magic Leap , etc… will be forgotten by mainstream media. A little shot of the demo version of HitMotion. Do you remember the Dead and Buried demo from last year?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

It has also partnered with various Chinese phone carriers , so that the device will be used to perform 5G demos. Regarding content, nReal has showcased some nice demos like an AR application that shows you how we will buy clothes in the future and a clone of Fruit Ninja in AR. Samsung AR glasses. but we know zero about it.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Well, that demo has turned into a paid application called Clipdrop. And it has now a free demo, so you can try it now! Stanford and Samsung create a super-high-resolution display. Some years ago, she performed in The Life, a Mixed Reality art piece inside the Magic Leap One.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Magic Leap finally dropped to mixed reviews and BrainXchange published its Definitive Guide to Adopting Wearables, AR and VR in Enterprise. After years of secrecy and hype, Magic Leap finally released its first developer kit in August for $2,295. The company’s direction is unclear. Image source: ZDNet.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Future of Magic Leap After Ross Rosenberg was appointed Magic Leap’s CEO in October 2023, the company has since focused on its enterprise roadmap for 2024; targeting its XR devices towards enterprise and industrial clients. Magic Leap started to understand that these walled gardens are not their future.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

At CES, the company has just provided some very simple demos. Magic Leap and nReal are trying to find an agreement. The trade secrets lawsuit between Magic Leap and nReal is entering a new phase, where the two companies will start a mediation to try to find a settlement. News worth a mention. Image by nReal).

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Upload VR

JUNE 6, 2023

Apple's announcement today is a very good validation of the overall XR/spatial computing sector," Magic Leap founder Rony Abovitz wrote to me. Companies like NVIDIA, Samsung, Google, Lenovo, HP, and Acer sought portions of underdeveloped systems, and VR's winter was harsh to many. Is this the device Quest Pro should have been?

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

More info (The most important announcements from WWDC) More info (M2 chipset announcement) More info (Metal 3 release) More info (HRTF function scanning) More info (ARKit body tracking demo) More info (RoomPlan announcement) More info (RoomPlan demo) More info (ARKit 6 functionalities) More info (Apple headset now rumored for 2023).

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Upload VR

JUNE 9, 2023

Yes, Google might still be resurgent with Android, powered by Owlchemy's insights and Samsung's hardware , and other companies might surprise with a novel strategy too. Analog Concerns Oculus Rift prototype demo with Xbox controller, 2012. The second demo was Apple Park in California in 2023 with the reveal of the Vision Pro headset.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2018

Speaking with Alvin and an Unreal developer (that has used the Pro since various days) after my quick tests, they told me that probably I haven’t been excited by it because I just used it some minutes and because I haven’t tried demos that highlight all the pro-features that I’ve discussed above.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 14, 2018

Supported phones: Samsung: S8, S8 plus, Note 8, S9, S9 plus, Huawei: Mate 10, Mate 10 Pro, P20, P20 pro. But for developers that have not the money to buy a HoloLens or a Magic Leap (when it will come out, maybe in 3018), Dreamglass can be an interesting opportunity. IR camera for hand gesture recognition. 3.5mm jack.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Despite the marked absence of Samsung, all the usual players were there. To me it seems like the popularity of Tilt Brush might have influenced the creation of Life of Us, and the team let the desire to produce a technical demo with confetti painting features drive the storyline—rather than the other way around. And it’s not a movie.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

The HTC Vive is arguably the best out there, but having to buy a souped-up laptop just to run it, paying full price for brief games that feel more like demos, and trailing a huge cable off your head and fumbling to mount trackers on your ceiling…it’s not ideal. But it’s still incredible enough to give a taste of where it’s headed.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 1, 2023

pic.twitter.com/fJxPbnHv2Z — Kent Bye (Voices of VR) (@kentbye) May 31, 2023 Following the demo, the real-life Inbar explained that he aimed to tackle the narrative in the mainstream media that the Metaverse was “dead.” Many have hosted panel discussions, demos, and presentations for the three-day event.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop — a 3D physics multi-touch desktop — to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Jacob, welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop — a 3D physics multi-touch desktop — to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Jacob, welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

You’ve done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. And I started giving talks about stuff and doing the demos at the booth. Alan: I don’t know if you’ve tried to Magic Leap. What an amazing piece of technology. Michael: Glad you liked it. Alan: So you’ve had a storied career here.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

You’ve done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. And I started giving talks about stuff and doing the demos at the booth. Alan: I don’t know if you’ve tried to Magic Leap. What an amazing piece of technology. Michael: Glad you liked it. Alan: So you’ve had a storied career here.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

Samsung has started putting UWB chips into their devices but they don’t have the M1 chip sitting next to these things, so Samsung is way behind and, really, who will buy an entire house full of stuff from Samsung? I’ve heard this demoed and it’s amazing, even for old music. Walk around the band.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop -- a 3D physics multi-touch desktop -- to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. To learn more about Spatial, you can visit spatial.is.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

You've done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. And I started giving talks about stuff and doing the demos at the booth. Alan: I don't know if you've tried to Magic Leap. The advantage that something like a Magic Leap or even an Oculus Quest has is that it's tracking you with cameras.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 27, 2019

— it was the Samsung GearyVR at the time. It’s where we look to book a lot of EDM and hip hop acts, and I think there is kind of a younger demo there. Have you tried Magic Leap? Sam: I have tried the Magic Leap, yeah. It’s the little magic window of your phone. He was awesome.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 27, 2019

— it was the Samsung GearyVR at the time. It’s where we look to book a lot of EDM and hip hop acts, and I think there is kind of a younger demo there. Have you tried Magic Leap? Sam: I have tried the Magic Leap, yeah. It’s the little magic window of your phone. He was awesome.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2024

At AWE I have been able to try the demo of Doublepoint WowMouse, an application for your smartwatch that transforms it into a 3D mouse for XR. WowMouse is currently compatible with Magic Leap 2 and with Quest 2/3 headsets and it is suggested to be executed on Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 / 5 / 6 or Google Pixel Watch 2 smartwatches.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 27, 2019

I remember in, oh man, it must be 2015/16, Coachella livestreamed 360 content to VR headsets and I believe it was pushing to the -- it was! -- it was the Samsung GearyVR at the time. It's where we look to book a lot of EDM and hip hop acts, and I think there is kind of a younger demo there. Have you tried Magic Leap?

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

When you when you think of all of the technologies we have with Hololens and Magic Leap and we have all these amazing technologies for spatial computing. I think Magic Leap calls it the Magicverse. You don’t think about it until you start to do an AR demo on a phone and then somebody walks in front of your demo.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 10, 2019

For the sake of a demo of the company’s underlying tech though, it was more than enough to show what the system was capable of. At NDI’s booth the company was demoing Beat Saber and The Lab, two games I’m all too familiar with. Great Occlusion-free 6DOF, Less Great Precision.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 31, 2019

Alan: That, to me, is something that… at the very beginning when VR was kicking off, when Samsung did this huge presentation and they had hundreds — or probably a thousand headsets — all synchronized. So it makes it a very seamless experience. What am I supposed to do?” Alex: Yeah, oh God. The thumb and index finger?

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

When you when you think of all of the technologies we have with Hololens and Magic Leap and we have all these amazing technologies for spatial computing. I think Magic Leap calls it the Magicverse. You don’t think about it until you start to do an AR demo on a phone and then somebody walks in front of your demo.

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