Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Microsoft initially began selling HoloLens 2 to enterprise customers back in late 2019, but a broader rollout has taken quite some time. HoloLens 2 is Microsoft’s enterprise-focused AR headset which the company initially launched late last year with limited availability to select partners. ” Image courtesy Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft ramps up distribution of HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. Microsoft is working to improve the distribution of its latest devices: HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. Other relevant news. HoloLens 2 availability has been expanded to 15 new regions : Italy (YESSS!)

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Microsoft ships HoloLens 2, nReal gets ready to do the same with its glasses. After a long wait, finally Microsoft is shipping its HoloLens 2 headset. The first one is called Almalence and is a Unity plug-in (already available on the store) that should improve the clarity of images inside the Vive Pro Eye.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The very recent news, that Snap announced at AWE EU, is that Spectacles are also coming to Europe, and to be exact in Germany, France, Spain, Italy (yay!), I think instead that Snap should ambition to create a great general AR ecosystem like other companies like Microsoft and Magic Leap already tried to do.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2020

At the end of May, Louis Cacciuttolo of VRrOOm contacted me and Lapo Germasi of MID Studio to tell us that he was discussing with the French Minister of Culture an event in VR for the French Fête de la Musique, an initiative held every year to celebrate music in France. And all of this using Unity, the tool that I already use every day.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Even the big players like Sony, Apple, and Microsoft have substantially reduced their production estimates for 2022, whilst processor manufacturers talk of delays into 2024. The name was of course inspired by “The Unity Cube” application (Image by Rob Cole). Image provided by Rob Cole). The Guncube.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

So another big area that I’m seeing sort of early indication with, especially when I went to the Laval Virtual in France — it’s an expo that’s going for the last 21 years — this concept of open innovation. So collaboration and communication. Remote assist is another sort of separate thing. But once the WebXR 2.0

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

So another big area that I'm seeing sort of early indication with, especially when I went to the Laval Virtual in France -- it's an expo that's going for the last 21 years -- this concept of open innovation. So collaboration and communication. Remote assist is another sort of separate thing. But once the WebXR 2.0

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

So another big area that I’m seeing sort of early indication with, especially when I went to the Laval Virtual in France — it’s an expo that’s going for the last 21 years — this concept of open innovation. So collaboration and communication. Remote assist is another sort of separate thing. But once the WebXR 2.0

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

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%). RUBIKA, France. image courtesy VR First. North Metropolitan TAFE, Australia. Oklahoma State University, USA. Paneuropean University Bratislava, Slovakia.

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