The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

According to the very famous market analysis company Gartner, Augmented Reality is no more an “emerging” technology, but it has graduated as a mature one. This meant that for Gartner, VR was not an emerging and experimental technology anymore, but it had already become something usable and useful. Gartner Hype Cycle 2019.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

It let you essentially fly around a city, sort of like Google Earth but in three dimensions. In fairness, Google Earth offers 3D features. In fairness, Google Earth offers 3D features. And Google Earth VR , lets users fly around cities in strikingly immersive ways. One of those endpoints is consumer-facing 3D mapping.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 25, 2017

VR headsets are designed to block out light and envelop our field of view as completely as possible with high quality, low latency visuals. Both VR and AR have the potential to be massive replacement technologies. We mentioned Microsoft already above but Google, Snap, Inc.,

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 18, 2017

Before my demo at Google I/O, Google’s head of VR Clay Bavor outlined a series of caveats and expectations for what I was about to experience. Facebook, too, is working hard on inside-out technology and showed its Santa Cruz prototype last year using this more convenient approach to VR headset design. WorldSense.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Rumors hint to Oculus discontinuing the current Quest and selling the new one at $299 and $399. The Facebook Connect is close and we all expect that during that conference Oculus is finally going to announce the new Oculus Quest. Facebook is temporarily suspending the sale of Oculus Quest devices in Germany.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. This year, I’m just watching the conference from home The conference has been interesting, and it has been the usual mix of technology and politics. Notwithstanding all this hate, the Oculus Quest 2 is selling very well.

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ARVR

JULY 29, 2021

As technology advances, it becomes important to unify different approaches to prevent fragmentation from stopping its growth. On the other hand, developers only have to write the code once and it will work on all devices (Oculus, Vive, HTC, Google Cardboard, etc.) Trending AR VR Articles: 1.How ExpiCulture?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 10, 2022

Augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) are technologies that overlay or replace physical environments with virtual content. The user must their adjust the lenses with eye-tracking technologies, depending on the unique movement of each eye. Google Cardboard and Gear VR are two well-known examples.

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ARVR

JANUARY 25, 2021

Predictions, Trends, and Upcoming Developments Most experts agree that VR technology will continue its growth well into this decade, with the only disagreement being exactly how much it will grow. Some of the most popular VR brands like the HTC Vive and Oculus already offer controllers because they offer users tactile feedback.

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Road to VR

MARCH 6, 2019

Nintendo is bringing VR to Switch in the form of its latest ‘Labo’ kit which aims to “combine the innovative physical and digital gameplay of Nintendo Labo with basic VR technology to create a simple and shareable virtual reality experience for kids and families.”

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2018

I expected a lot of AR/VR news from there, like the announcement of the price of the Vive Pro or the release of the Oculus Go by Xiaomi and Facebook… but actually I’ve been disappointed by everyone. tracking technology. Some days ago, the Mobile World Congress 2018 has finished. A new headset is needed.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I have to say that this “leak” comes in a very timely fashion , by chance exactly at the moment when Facebook was building the hype for Oculus Quest 2 Pro , convincing so some people to wait for Valve’s moves before buying the new Oculus headset. Facebook hires the first Oculus Ambassadors. Apple Maps are going AR.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The actions coming from the US are not much related to VR and Oculus, but mostly to the social space. This could also mean splitting the Facebook Reality Labs into a separate company (a new Oculus?), In Germany, instead, the legal action regards the mandatory Facebook login for Oculus Quest 2. Oculus Rift S now costs $300.

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Road to VR

JULY 25, 2016

The concept of using head-mounted cameras to track facial movement has been in development since the early ’90s, and although it later found practical application in the film and video game industries, giving animated characters a more human touch , it seems virtual reality is poised to bring technology to the consumer market in a big way.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

We spoke to Alex Markin, JetStyle co-founder and Creative Director of JetXR, a division working solely with XR technologies, to elicit answers to most frequently asked questions about the phenomenon. Google and Facebook) appeared and centered everything around itself. The Internet developed according to the same pattern.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

Facebook acquired face recognition technology provider FacioMetrics to beef up the social network giant’s photo and video capabilities. In response to the acquisition, it appears that all of the startup’s apps have been removed from both the App Store and the Google Play store. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 6, 2019

He also said that the market is big enough for HTC and Oculus. Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest gets the runtime update promised at OC6. This week, Oculus has started distributing the runtime update for Oculus Quest carrying with it some of the features promised at OC6 : Oculus Go emulation.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 30, 2020

” He also pointed out the development over at Amazon, where last month the company announced AWS Wavelength for ultra-low latency 5G computing at the edge, something that will have a direct impact on using and building the next generation of AR and VR headgear. “The industry is firing up 5G and that will also be a big push.”

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

On March 25th, 2014, many people were left scratching their heads: why did Facebook spend 2 billion dollars to acquire a Kickstarter funded virtual reality company called Oculus. Oculus has sold an estimated 250k Rifts. As of January 2016, Google Cardboard has shipped over 5 million units. Since then, we have seen a movement.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) promise to change how the world interacts with computing technology, and smart glasses are just one component of this transformation. While widespread consumer adoption is still far away, many AR hardware and software firms are leading the pack in spreading the technology worldwide.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! Then he described virtual reality advancements, highlighting the dominant role of China and HTC in this technology.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Facebook said that this growth has been mostly due to the sales of Oculus Quest. Admitting that Oculus Quest is the only responsible for this big growth from last year (just an assumption, I want to be clear), we obtain that the sales of Quest for Q3 account for $81M. Oculus Quest may have an assistant soon.

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VeeR VR

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

VeeR has been always supporting video content up to 4K, but with the new compression technology, we allows you to enjoy the Ultra HD 4K content when you first landed in the VeeR world. The streaming speed improves 40%, which means you’ll experience low latency while you enjoy our 360/VR videos. What did we do? What are the benefits?

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Oculus Connect 5 is taking place in a few days in San Jose, California on September 26-27th at the McEnery Convention Center. Last year, Oculus Go, a $199 standalone VR headset, has blown people’s minds. It is rumored that the Oculus team will spend a considerable amount of time discussing Project Santa Cruz at the event in California.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2022

What I find interesting is that these XR pillars more or less represent NVIDIA’s vision of working at the intersection point of all the newest technologies , the ones that are creating the current technological revolution: XR, 5G, AI/ML… the “Convergence” Charlie Fink always talks about. What is Omniverse?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 19, 2017

Just a few years ago I found the Oculus meeting room hidden in a corner of the show floor where they were showing the HD prototype of the Rift featuring improved resolution. “In the first year it was about introducing the technology widely to people. The second year it was about…how you can push the envelope a little more.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Now it’s time to make some forecasts about its companion technology, that is augmented reality! This won’t be the year of AR : exactly as I said for virtual reality, let’s not hype the technology and think that this is the year when mainstream adoption of wearable AR glasses is going to happen.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Right now we’re stuck thinking in terms of head-mounted displays (HMDs), like the Vive or the Oculus. AR mode will be everywhere else: calling a heads up display of Google Maps on the street, stopping to catch a Pokemon in a field, or scanning the person in the coffee meeting across from you to cross-reference their LinkedIn profile.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

If Microsoft commits to building this platform and doesn’t abandon it (a la Google), it can become an incredible tool for us developers. Google stops selling Cardboard viewers. Google had already abandoned the Daydream and Cardboard platforms, leaving the source code for Cardboard to the community to maintain.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

VPS is a technology that implements the AR Cloud and creates a bridge between the real and the virtual world. What is impressive is that using the technology acquired with another startup, which is The 8th Wall, Niantic has also teased that VPS will be available also for WebAR experiences. News worth a mention. Image by Magic Leap).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

These guidelines are contained in a document entitled “Guiding Opinions of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Accelerating the Development of Virtual Reality Industry” and has been released by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Problems such as imperfect application ecology.

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Road to VR

MARCH 4, 2019

Nvidia has GeForce Now, Sony has PlayStation Now, and both Google & Microsoft have their own future cloud gaming projects in the work too. and Intel, was delivering a total latency between 4 – 6 ms through their mock-up 5G network. Cloud gaming isn’t a new concept, at least in the world of traditional flatscreen games.

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CraneMorley

AUGUST 1, 2023

Here are some of the challenges of the industrial metaverse: Technology readiness: The industrial metaverse is still in its early stages of development, and the technology is not yet fully mature. This means that there are still some challenges to overcome, such as latency and bandwidth issues.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

Meanwhile, the technology you guys all have in your pockets or in your laps — your smartphones and tablets and even PCs — have gotten powerful enough that there’s enough horsepower to run this technology. It’s amazing, the technology we have that can unlock that. Even five years ago we didn’t have enough technology to do it.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

At CES last month, I got a chance to try out both of the officially supported 6DOF controllers for Vive Focus back-to-back, FinchShift from Finch Technologies and Chirp from TDK’s Chirp Microsystems. Image courtesy Finch Technologies. Image courtesy Finch Technologies. Image courtesy Finch Technologies.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Additionally, founding the Upload Academy, a VR/AR developer training program, which graduated its first class in August with a number of success stories including Found – a gorgeous Miyazaki-esque narrative experience created by four of our students which was recently recognized on stage during the Oculus Connect Keynote. January 2016.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The World Map in this world therefore isn’t a 2D street map like we have with Google Maps or Open Street Map, nor is it a 3D map with terrain and building volumes. Both Azure Spatial Anchors and Google Cloud Anchors are leveraging existing strengths in mapping towards the AR Cloud. Insane, yet companies are mapping it already.

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