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. NVIDIA DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) will be natively supported for HDRP in Unity 2021.2. Google is hiring waveguide developers for AR. HTC is going to launch its headset on May, 11th.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Last year, the inaugural VR On The Lot brought together major players from Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Europe, and China for a two-day exploration of the intersection between entertainment and technology. Tony Parisi , Global Head of VR/AR at Unity Technologies. LIFE VR, Unity, Unreal Engine, VRC and DTS (an Xperi company).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Nathan Pettyjohn, Founder and CEO of the Immerse Growth Network and Founder and President of the VR/AR Association (VRARA) , discussed with XR Today the Immerse Global Summit 2022 Europe , an industry-leading event set to take place in Madeira Island, Portugal, which will allow tech firms to showcase their efforts to reach such a milestone.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

IBM predicts that AI will unlock the next generation of interactivity for XR experiences, describing in the 2021 Unity Technology Trends Report that the maturity of AI will play a key role beyond hand tracking, and into the world of voice. The open-sourced Watson Unity SDK can be found on GitHub. NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

As it had promised on my blog last year , its cool Nreal Light AR glasses have finally arrived in Europe. It’s good to see this cool product finally arriving in Europe, not anymore as a devkit, but as a full-fledged product. Google halves its revenues on the Play Store. Learn more (XR Collaboration) Learn more (Unity College).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2022

By the way, today I travel to Lisbon to attend AWE Europe, where I will be the moderator of a panel about sustainability in XR and Web3. Google Starline starts real-world testing. Google Starline, the booth for realistic remote one-on-one meetings, has started being deployed in “early access” inside some selected companies.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

With currently 26 labs operating in the United States, Europe, Asia and Oceania, VR First is bringing the number to 40 labs by the end of year. While the program was principally incubated by Crytek, students working in VR First labs tend use Unity (48%), followed by Unreal (20%) and then CRYENGINE (14%). image courtesy VR First.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The VRARA is hosting its Immerse Global Summit (IGS) Europe event in Savoy Palace At Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal, between September 28-30. We have so much planned for the Immerse Global Summit Europe on Sept 28-30! IGS Europe is hosting over 100 companies and speakers. Here’s a glimpse of the talks! Who is Coming?

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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). Or is it just a talk about glasses?

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ARPost

JUNE 17, 2021

The company PhotonLens was announced in November of 2020 to bring consumer AR to the world, specifically the Americas and Europe. Pan also pointed to the largely failed Google Glass as an example of why mass-adopted AR hardware may not come from one of the places we expect. “At More on Software and Content.

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ARPost

MAY 5, 2021

The event was attended by representatives from over 70 universities in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and was attended by representatives from dozens of companies providing VR and AR education solutions. You’re not seeing the stores in the same way that Apple and Google have their app stores,” said Moynihan.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Google recently announced Android XR, a new operating system designed explicitly for XR (Extended Reality) devices and services, which the company describes as the next generation of computing. Notably, Google is developing the XR OS in collaboration with Samsung, which also revealed plans to release an XR headset in 2025.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 7, 2018

The company has attracted a range of high profile investors and advisors such as Google/Alphabet Chairman Eric Schmidt, who wrote: “I predicted that 90% of computing would eventually reside in the web based cloud…Otoy has created a remarkable technology which moves that last 10% – high-end graphics processing – entirely to the cloud.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 10, 2022

VIVE Mars CamTrack is open for purchase in the United States, Canada, and Europe, with plans to launch in China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Australia over the next few months. Learn more: [link] #VIVEMARS #SIGGRAPH2022 #trackedonmars #virtualproduction pic.twitter.com/uNTI9bH6hs. — HTC VIVE (@htcvive) August 8, 2022.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2018

The typical development environment that they use is Unity, but if the customer requires Unreal because wants a better graphical quality, they can develop using UE4, too. Of course, he said that after having tried Google products, they also took inspiration to improve their ones to try to keep pace, but this was surely a bad news for them.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Hosting virtual and in-person conferences across the United States and Europe, the event encapsulates the VR/AR Association’s quest to facilitate innovation in the immersive technology space. Unity shared how digital twins were helping its customers unlock new levels of innovation.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

XR Europe will be awesome! This is one of the weirdest rag-doll experiments in Unity. Facebook acquires Sanzaru Games. With a surprise move, Facebook has acquired Sanzaru Games, the company behind the best VR game of 2019, Asgard’s Wrath. The details of the deal are unknown. News from partners (and friends). Learn more. Some XR fun.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

People can also view YouTube 360 videos, Google Street View, as well as the enterprise’s bespoke 360 web browser. Leveraging its Igloo Core Engine (ICE), the company has curated a host of content in its viewing spaces, including building information modelling (BIM), metaverse worlds, 360-degree video, game engine demos, and many others.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2019

And two thirds of them are in mostly Europe, mostly Paris. I would say about 40 percent of the users are in the US, and then another 40 percent in Europe. We’ve got a lot of users in Asia, a lot of users in Eastern Europe. I guess it would be still Unity, for now. [chuckles]. How many people are at Sketchfab now?

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 6, 2017

AWE also has events in Europe and Asia. These event brings together a mix of CEOs, CTOs, designers, developers, creative agencies, futurists, analysts, investors, and top press in a fantastic opportunity to learn, inspire, partner, and experience first hand the most exciting industry of our times.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Pico 4 is going to launch initially only in selected countries in Europe and Asia , so Meta can keep its leadership in the US, but the situation may change fast, so it’s better for Meta to tease a Quest 3 pretty soon. Image by Google). Meta and Google announce layoffs. News worth a mention. Rec Room announces Rec Room Studio.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2019

And two thirds of them are in mostly Europe, mostly Paris. I would say about 40 percent of the users are in the US, and then another 40 percent in Europe. We've got a lot of users in Asia, a lot of users in Eastern Europe. And so we already have a set of integrations with proprietary tools like Unity and Real Render and so on.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2019

And two thirds of them are in mostly Europe, mostly Paris. I would say about 40 percent of the users are in the US, and then another 40 percent in Europe. We’ve got a lot of users in Asia, a lot of users in Eastern Europe. I guess it would be still Unity, for now. How many people are at Sketchfab now? Alban: Yep.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Alan: So how do you then get people to learn how to do Unreal and Unity without teaching them? So the traditional way to do it is to use Unreal or Unity. Maybe I guess the Unity asset store would be the same. It stands for effortless. Affordable.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Alan: So how do you then get people to learn how to do Unreal and Unity without teaching them? So the traditional way to do it is to use Unreal or Unity. Maybe I guess the Unity asset store would be the same. It stands for effortless. Affordable.

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VRScout

JULY 18, 2017

Google is also experimenting with ads in VR with an Area 120 project (also called Advr ), which presents mobile users with a cube of options for ads and then plays a video ad based on the selection. The user chooses to follow Alice through the looking glass.”. There are ways to show sponsored content in a way that complements the experience.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

So you don't know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Alan: So how do you then get people to learn how to do Unreal and Unity without teaching them? So the traditional way to do it is to use Unreal or Unity. Maybe I guess the Unity asset store would be the same. It stands for effortless. So that's the first one.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

The company was later acquired by Google in 2010. Prior to Presence Capital, he was the founder and CTO of MyMiniLife (acquired by Zynga) and the founder and CEO of Toro (acquired by Google). DTCP operates and invests in Europe, the US and Israel. 12- Tipatat Chennavasin. 26- Cher Wang. CEO and Chairwoman of #HTCVIVE.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 25, 2025

This is an approach similar to what Apple is doing on Vision Pro and Google has already teased for Android XR. When an application requests the selfie camera of the Android operating system, Meta will provide a fake camera stream showing the face of the avatar of the user. As usual, competition is good to bring new features.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 25, 2020

And I don’t like to just think in Canadian terms, because you and I deal with very different things that are happening in the United States, that are dealing with Europe, that are countries like Uganda, all over the world. Alan: –into Siri, Google, whatever, Amazon. And that one little thing– Julie: She was so frustrated. It was crazy.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 25, 2020

And I don’t like to just think in Canadian terms, because you and I deal with very different things that are happening in the United States, that are dealing with Europe, that are countries like Uganda, all over the world. Alan: –into Siri, Google, whatever, Amazon. And that one little thing–. Julie: She was so frustrated.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 10, 2019

In terms of who’s on the flip side of that marketplace, actually– we’re about to launch our first SDK and that’s– we think of it much more at a Unity level, than necessarily as an Apple or a Google level. And yes, that will work across all of the major platforms. Dominic: Oh, yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 10, 2019

In terms of who’s on the flip side of that marketplace, actually– we’re about to launch our first SDK and that’s– we think of it much more at a Unity level, than necessarily as an Apple or a Google level. And yes, that will work across all of the major platforms. Dominic: Oh, yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

A big company like Apple, Google, really pushing the thing out and saying, “this is what it’s going to be,” and then making it part of everyday life. But although, at the moment, in Google — if you type in the words — you start to get those WebAR things. XR, at the moment, is a breakout technology for BYO.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

A big company like Apple, Google, really pushing the thing out and saying, “this is what it’s going to be,” and then making it part of everyday life. But although, at the moment, in Google — if you type in the words — you start to get those WebAR things. XR, at the moment, is a breakout technology for BYO.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

Unity support for OpenXR is still in early beta , and so it’s not reliable yet to develop an OpenXR-compliant application in Unity. We Unity developers have still to use the current Unity tools that make us develop once, but then build for every different platform (like the ones I describe in this article ).

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Using OpenStreetMap alongside Google Maps, the app revealed a secret digital battlefield that existed over the real-world, allowing a small, but dedicated community of players to duke it out in digital turf wars. Ingress Prime is available now on the Apple App Store and on Google Play. Image Credit: Niantic .

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