The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Today I host a new post by my friend and VR professional Rob Cole , who has already published many interesting posts on my blog, including a review of Pimax Sword controllers , a series of hack on how to modify the Valve Index , and his experiements in creating new innovative controllers for SteamVR. How do I use it? Vive Pro) .

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AR Insider

JANUARY 17, 2020

But it also includes Disney, Google Earth, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple. He first got the attention of Microsoft when blogging about the detriments of 3D immersive universes like Second Life. Secretly working on something similar, Microsoft brought him in to help.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And if you need some pieces of advice regarding how to professionally survive this quarantine, I have written a blog post on the topic you can read. From the image, it seems like a clone of the HoloLens 2, probably a bit less performant than the Microsoft headset, but also cheaper. This is so sad.

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Hypergrid Business

APRIL 23, 2019

It will consist of a conference and expo showcasing more than 40 films, exhibits and cutting-edge virtual, augmented and mixed reality experiences that push the boundaries of storytelling. According to Rachel Pink, digital marketing manager at EarthX, this is the world’s largest environmental expo, conference and film festival.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

The same day of the launch of Half-Life: Alyx, Hewlett-Packard has announced its new virtual reality headset, the Reverb G2 , made in collaboration with Microsoft and Valve. Valve could provide some audio-visual improvements, while Microsoft its WMR platform, with inside-out tracking of controllers. Other relevant news. Image by HP).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 30, 2017

The two day conference was packed with simultaneous, back-to-back presentations and workshops from industry leaders such as Microsoft, Google, AMD, The VOID, IMAX, Two Bit Circus, Secret Location, Globacore, Quantum Capture, The Canadian Film Centre, and many more. It’s Different in Canada.

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Road to VR

JUNE 3, 2016

which is a virtual reality and mixed reality company focusing on storytelling for different brands including Microsoft, NBCUniversal, and The Hettema Group. Brad Herman & Shiraz Akmal recently left DreamWorks Animation to raise $3 million to start SPACES Inc. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Some of the biggest names in social impact will be in attendance, including: Participant Media, Conservation International, the Rainforest Alliance, Connect for Climate/World Bank, and the Milken Institute, as well as tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Oculus. The Art of XR Fundraising : This seminar with Kaleidoscope’s René J.

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 15, 2019

ARwall’s cumulative new talent has helped paved the way for companies including Apple, Facebook, Oculus, Microsoft Hololens, Survios, Disney Studios Technology Group, Microsoft TV and more. They also create visuals for advertising, games, training, and immersive content, including their own original content.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 2, 2021

If I had known people could like it, I would have not made it in 5 minutes with Microsoft Word, lol. This would be a piece of great news for whoever uses Oculus Quest in its fitness routine, and confirms once more how much Facebook is committed to pushing on fitness to sell VR to consumers. Discover the VR lineup at Venice VR Expanded.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2022

Last month, we got to know that (according to a rumor) Samsung is working together with Microsoft on new AR glasses, most probably powered by a Qualcomm chipset. I just had a friendly call this week with April Robinson from WorldCAST , and she showed me their solution to build easily AR experiences even if you don’t know how to code.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 22, 2018

In the entertainment area of Gamescom, NVIDIA has put some RTX graphics cards on the desks of some booth of partner companies , like ASUS and Microsoft. While at Microsoft booth there was a premium RTX 2080 Ti , that I’ve been able to take in my hands so to make a video where you can see it from all angles.

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Road to VR

MAY 27, 2016

Microsoft Research’s Kate Crawford sees that discussions that jump straight to ‘SkyNet’ can make practical, nuanced discussions difficult. Alex says that the advent of print, film, and TV, marked a shift where we started to see canonical versions of stories that were told primarily from a singular perspective.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JULY 26, 2023

This ranged from user interfaces (UIs), filming, controls, and hardware optimisation. If the Vision Pro can live up to the technical specs, then this thing is very interesting, but they still need to deliver it” Comparatively, the Vision Pro’s price tag matched that of the Microsoft HoloLens and Magic Leap 2.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 1, 2017

Highlights of today’s remarkable announcements include: CieAR is unveiling its new AR film platform which enables a unique and immersive film experience in real space and time with life-sized 3D virtual characters. www.ciear.ca. www.massless.io www.deepoptics.com.

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ARVR

AUGUST 25, 2022

The early efforts aim to understand how to operate in the evolving digital world, some for fear of falling behind or missing out entirely. Tech companies focused on metaverse development, such as Meta (aka Facebook) and Microsoft, are using this convenience as a springboard to the next version of “virtual meetings.”

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InstaVR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

For instance, an energy company may overlay AR onto different machinery to show how they work or important reminders. That same company would use VR to on-board new employees giving them 1st person POV explanations of how to use equipment. IMMERSION AR is largely limited to mobile phones now, with some AR headsets also in use.

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Doc-Ok

JULY 31, 2017

In most cases, including the video in Figure 1, the real camera employed to film the user is a regular 2D video camera, but there are certain benefits to using a 3D camera such as Microsoft’s Kinect for mixed-reality recording. Figure 3: The calibration target attached to the back of an HTC Vive controller.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

After some puzzling about how to solve this, I used a spare Valve Index headset rear foam spacer (made for small heads) and cut off the portion that plugs into the Index harness, before sticking strips of industrial-grade Velcro onto the rear. As the image above shows, once installed, there are additional settings in the headset menu.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Metastage is the first US partner for the Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Software, and their soundstage is located in Culver City, California. Volumetric capture — thanks to the Microsoft system, I think — is finally really ready to be used in a major way in all these projects. So, we’re getting a ton of data.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Metastage is the first US partner for the Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Software, and their soundstage is located in Culver City, California. Volumetric capture — thanks to the Microsoft system, I think — is finally really ready to be used in a major way in all these projects. So, we’re getting a ton of data.

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VRWorld

JULY 12, 2017

There’s no doubt that the announcements made on this conference might be the clearest direction where VR/MR/AR are heading as an industry, as it will happen after Microsoft Windows 10 Mixed Reality launches, as well as seeing the first sales results of next generation Oculus Rift headset.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Metastage is the first US partner for the Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Software, and their soundstage is located in Culver City, California. Volumetric capture -- thanks to the Microsoft system, I think -- is finally really ready to be used in a major way in all these projects. So, we're getting a ton of data. What's the ROI?"

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 26, 2024

Plus, it’s difficult to know precisely what kind of image you’ll get, as the glasses can shift their camera focus to one side while filming. The system then walks you through configuring everything and shows you how to capture content (by tapping a button on the right-side arm). We found them particularly useful for phone calls.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

In the late 19th century, Eadweard Muybridge – to win a bet – took several pictures of a horse in motion, and in the process, basically invented film. Radiant Images hopes to do the same with an investment in 360 video production, and VP Michael Mansouri drops in to explain how. How did you guys get involved in that?

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Billion & mind you i haven't added the overall population of #asia.Ignore us at your own risk #facebook #microsoft & the curators of those lists. Chaitanya has had a multi-faceted career in the Indian Film & CreativeArtsIndustry for over 17 years. 6- Chaitanya Chinchlikar. 9- Eddie Avil. 17- Helen Situ.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

In the late 19th century, Eadweard Muybridge - to win a bet - took several pictures of a horse in motion, and in the process, basically invented film. Radiant Images hopes to do the same with an investment in 360 video production, and VP Michael Mansouri drops in to explain how. How did you guys get involved in that?

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

In the late 19th century, Eadweard Muybridge – to win a bet – took several pictures of a horse in motion, and in the process, basically invented film. Radiant Images hopes to do the same with an investment in 360 video production, and VP Michael Mansouri drops in to explain how. How did you guys get involved in that?

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

One thing that's on here that kind of blew my mind was the work being done in the film and television industry using Unreal. And then they were able to do a lot of shots without using these expensive post-production process that the film industry relies upon. People do film scouting. Yeah, I think-- if you roll back the clock.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

One thing that's on here that kind of blew my mind was the work being done in the film and television industry using Unreal. And then they were able to do a lot of shots without using these expensive post-production process that the film industry relies upon. People do film scouting. Yeah, I think-- if you roll back the clock.

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

That year, SITA worked with Helsinki Airport to explore visualizing airport operations with the Microsoft HoloLens. Japan Airlines and JetFly have also tested the headset, which can store up to 40 high-def films including five VR titles. Such VR entertainment could transform the cabin experience.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

What we really wanted to focus on was allowing people to iterate in augmented reality — directly within augmented reality — as opposed to sitting on a desktop computer and trying to figure out how to work a game editor, and get more people able to work productively in 3D. And brands are trying to figure out how to get into that.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

What we really wanted to focus on was allowing people to iterate in augmented reality — directly within augmented reality — as opposed to sitting on a desktop computer and trying to figure out how to work a game editor, and get more people able to work productively in 3D. And brands are trying to figure out how to get into that.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

So for those of you who don't know, these glasses have a little tiny-- they're monocular, so it's only one eye, but it's a little projector inside the arm projecting on a little -- I guess -- projection film, I guess. Would it be-- is it a film or is it a--? Stefan: It's a special film called a holographic film.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

So for those of you who don't know, these glasses have a little tiny-- they're monocular, so it's only one eye, but it's a little projector inside the arm projecting on a little -- I guess -- projection film, I guess. Would it be-- is it a film or is it a--? Stefan: It's a special film called a holographic film.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

One thing that's on here that kind of blew my mind was the work being done in the film and television industry using Unreal. And then they were able to do a lot of shots without using these expensive post-production process that the film industry relies upon. People do film scouting. Yeah, I think-- if you roll back the clock.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

Alan: We’ve got to call out Microsoft on making videos that people will go, “We want that!” ” Lance: It was Microsoft, SAP did one in 2014. Well, maybe they could film point of view themselves and walk people through the training of it. Lance: It was Microsoft, SAP did one in 2014.

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