The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2022

There is only one big problem: the form factor is terrible , they look super-dork, even worse than Google Glasses. And, interestingly, the runtime is also being prepared to add authorizations for face tracking and eye tracking, as a leaked screenshot proves. So more or less they are delivering what they promised.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Making Daydream Real – Building for Google’s New VR platform. Nathan Martz, Product Manager, Google. We’re just days away from Google Daydream delivering a brand new ecosystem to what will hopefully one day be millions of smartphone owners. Applications of Eye Tracking in Virtual Reality.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 29, 2019

There is not even an assembly kit like with Google Cardboards. If you have already heard his name, it is probably because he is the author of this famous photo of Sergey Brin wearing Google Glass in the metro. To develop for the Leap Motion North Star, you can use Unity or Unreal Engine. There’s no help in doing this.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

One of the more surprising announcements during the presentation, Spatial Anchors serve as a way to share three-dimensional images compatible with Apple’s ARKit as well as Google’s ARCore. In the demo given by Julia Schartz, Senior Researcher at Microsoft, we got a glimpse of what these “instinctual interactions” feel like.

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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

AUGUST 8, 2022

VIVE has a huge range of tools to support different kinds of XR gaming, from the VIVE Flow for wireless wellness, to the VIVE Pro Eye, with built-in eye tracking capabilities. Similar to Apple, Google wants to ensure developers and gaming companies can introduce the most exciting and immersive mobile apps for their users.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The headset will use its eye tracking capabilities to scan the iris of the user and so understand what user has just put on the headset, unlocking itself and maybe also loading the personal preferences; Large scale mapping. Support for the development of local and remote multiplayer applications; Iris login.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

I think Microsoft is calling them "world anchors" and I think Google has called them "VPS points" or-- everybody has a solution for it today or is a solution for it. Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal. The HTC Vive Pro has eye tracking-- or the new one has eye tracking.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

I think Microsoft is calling them "world anchors" and I think Google has called them "VPS points" or-- everybody has a solution for it today or is a solution for it. Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal. The HTC Vive Pro has eye tracking-- or the new one has eye tracking.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Speaking on Midwam’s industry and global partnerships, he explained that real-time 3D (RT3D) platforms such as Unity Technologies and Epic Games’ Unreal Engine had collaborated “for many years” and were “reliable companies.”

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 18, 2025

The approach chosen by Meta is similar to the one that Google promised to take with Android XR. When Android XR was announced, Google showed how it was easy to port Unity content from other headsets to Android XR and the compatibility with controllers is another good step in this sense.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

I think Microsoft is calling them "world anchors" and I think Google has called them "VPS points" or-- everybody has a solution for it today or is a solution for it. Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal. The HTC Vive Pro has eye tracking-- or the new one has eye tracking.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

They continue to support and collaborate with outside companies, of course — you’ll probably be able to use Google Maps on the Vision Pro, for example — but I wouldn’t expect the competitive atmosphere to change much. Aneesh Kulkarni : I think Apple wants you to build for their ecosystem.

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VRGuy

AUGUST 1, 2016

Many game engines – such as Unity, Unreal and SteamVR- immediately support it. The same is also true for input and output peripherals such as eye trackers and haptic devices. Eye tracking software converts eye images into gaze direction. Hand tracking software converts hand position into gestures.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

When you open the box, camera’s inside, but there’s also a VR viewer, like a little Google Cardboard kind of thing, a little plastic thing that you slap on your phone. You see Google. What this does is it uses a technology that Google made popular some years ago and it uses something called dynamic rendering.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

When you open the box, camera’s inside, but there’s also a VR viewer, like a little Google Cardboard kind of thing, a little plastic thing that you slap on your phone. You see Google. What this does is it uses a technology that Google made popular some years ago and it uses something called dynamic rendering.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

References found in the Oculus Quest 2 firmware by users Reggy04 and Basti564 highlight how the Quest 2 Pro should have: Eyes tracking Facial expressions tracking Eye relief knob Granular IPD adjustment External charging station. References found in Quest 2 firmware hint to Quest Pro features. It has 4.5DOF.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

When you open the box, camera's inside, but there's also a VR viewer, like a little Google Cardboard kind of thing, a little plastic thing that you slap on your phone. You see Google. What this does is it uses a technology that Google made popular some years ago and it uses something called dynamic rendering. Put it into VR.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

If the rumor is true, probably this is the Del Mar headset , and the Jedi controllers may be like the Oculus Touch but more comfortable and maybe with full finger tracking. Or eye tracking?). Unreal Engine 4.25 update, Unreal Engine has added many features that may be useful in crafting XR experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The headset has a very nice design and features these specifications: Standalone 6DOF headset 1600×1600 resolution per eye 90Hz refresh rate 90° FOV RGB AR passthrough Innovative lenses that make the headset more compact Integrated audio Controller-free hand-tracking Eye-tracking 6GB of RAM 128GB of storage WiFi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.0,

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking. One of their announcements the other day was this amazing ability to create 3D objects and 3D products, and then have the back end to source and serve them up for programmatic ads on Facebook, on Google.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking. One of their announcements the other day was this amazing ability to create 3D objects and 3D products, and then have the back end to source and serve them up for programmatic ads on Facebook, on Google.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking. One of their announcements the other day was this amazing ability to create 3D objects and 3D products, and then have the back end to source and serve them up for programmatic ads on Facebook, on Google.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

Unreal is already compatible with the framework, so in 2021 we’ll soon have also the tools ready to create OpenXR cross-compatible platforms. The Enterprise Edition features a more balanced design and eye-tracking ; Finch and Nreal have developed a new controller that consists of a ring on your finger plus a bracelet around your arm.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Mark Rabkin showed a whole slide about Unreal Engine and announced camera access. I already had my travel plans figured out for Unreal Fest Seattle, where my company was giving several talks , followed by a Star Wars convention in Orlando, where we’d be exhibiting our open source recreation of the Galactic Starcruiser.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

I think that, after a year, its specifications don’t sound exceptional anymore and maybe it is better that LG jumps directly to a second generation or that enters the standalone market (as it seems, since there are some rumors about a new revolutionary headset screen developed by Google and LG). Google AR apps.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2024

After so much time teasing it, Google has finally announced Android XR, the version of Android for XR devices, and gave hands-on demos of the headset it is building with Samsung and Qualcomm. Android XR Android XR Platform hero image (Image by Google) Android XR is the Android version dedicated to XR devices.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

French startup Lynx announced some months ago a quite interesting headset featuring pass-through augmented reality , hands tracking, eye tracking, and an innovative lens design. billion). The worst tracking system is the one of Vive Cosmos, but honestly, we expected it. AR users to reach 800M by the end of the year.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2020

Outside VR, the big news to keep an eye on is the dispute between Epic Games and Apple (and Google), which could lead to a complete change in how app stores are managed, even in VR. With this new method, the tracking of the facial expressions is less accurate, but it works well the same. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Considering that Quest supports multitasking for 2D apps, this is great to use the Quest as a tool to work: you could have Slack in one Window, and Google Doc in another, and work on a document together with your team. Another important announcement is that also WebXR PWA will be allowed on the official store, too!

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Thanks to eye tracking, this headset is able to detect your IPD and automatically adjust the distance between the lenses to fit your eyes. How will the “Google Analytics” of the metaverse be? VR modder Praydog has just announced a “Universal VR injector” for Unreal Engine. VR Modding reaches a new milestone.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It was 2015, right after Google Glass, quote/unquote failed. So I know AGCO is using Google Glass all over. And while I don’t think the use cases are really there for consumers yet, and the devices aren’t quite there– although I was really impressed with Unreal’s mixed reality glasses. Alan: Really?

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It was 2015, right after Google Glass, quote/unquote failed. So I know AGCO is using Google Glass all over. And while I don’t think the use cases are really there for consumers yet, and the devices aren’t quite there– although I was really impressed with Unreal’s mixed reality glasses. Alan: Really?

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It was 2015, right after Google Glass, quote/unquote failed. So if you want to know more about this, it's brainxchange.com and just look for EWTS, or just Google "Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit". So I know AGCO is using Google Glass all over. Google has some easy tools. But there's a lot going on. Alan: Really?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 1, 2025

The two biggest phone manufacturers in the world, Apple and Google, even offer creators access to developer kits to design their own AR content. Plus, most development tools for creating AR apps, like Unity and Unreal, support smartphone and tablet operating systems.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And it's a super powerful chip that will allow you to have AI built in for facial tracking and object recognition in these types of things, but also allow you to have-- I think it's up to seven cameras. So front facing cameras, IR cameras, eye tracking cameras, facial tracking cameras, all of these things. 30 percent."

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And it's a super powerful chip that will allow you to have AI built in for facial tracking and object recognition in these types of things, but also allow you to have-- I think it's up to seven cameras. So front facing cameras, IR cameras, eye tracking cameras, facial tracking cameras, all of these things. 30 percent.".

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