The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2022

I thought that there could be nothing else to say in this roundup apart from the Connect, while actually, digging into the various XR magazines and social media feed, I have been able to find a lot of interesting little news, which I’m reporting to you. Google Starline starts real-world testing. This is pretty disappointing.

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Apple Microsoft Hand tracking Ukraine 474

ARVR

JUNE 29, 2022

This is something Google doesn`t yet have. New Software VisionLib : SDK with super impressive tracking on 3D objects (ready for Unity as well). “Worldwide Point Cloud to be Used by Users” Immersal : collaboratively turning the world into a point cloud, which is ready for location-based AR content. I hope it works as they advertise.

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AR Eye Tracking Hand tracking Training 246

ARVR

MARCH 16, 2023

MUSE Museum AR Experience on a mobile application Finding the best platform for your WebAR project Introduction I have been building Augmented reality apps since 2006, and I have worked with various systems: PC, Mobile, Adobe Flash FlarToolkit, Depth sensors, RGB Sensors, Magicleap, Microsoft Hololens, Google Tango andARCore, and Apple AR Kit.

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Augmented Reality Unity AR Google 246

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 high-level architecture of IBM’s DeepQA used in Watson // Image Credit: AI Magazine.

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AR Machine Learning Unity Exercises 415

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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Augmented Reality Magic Leap AR Apple 542

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2023

More info — Use Google Translate! More info John Riccitiello steps down from its role as Unity CEO The last chapter of the drama about Unity’s pricing change is that John Riccitiello has left his role of CEO at the company. All journalists are writing reviews about it, and they are all pretty positive.

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Unity Ukraine Microsoft Samsung 422

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

More info (Leaked pictures of Quest 3s shell) More info (Quest 3s passed FCC certification) Samsung MR headset is close, but the endgame may be AR glasses It’s not a secret that Samsung is working with Google and Qualcomm on a new mixed reality headset that could rival Apple Vision Pro and that should be released this year.

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Asia Europe Samsung Unity 391

The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

As I reported last week, people are exploring class actions, or are switching to other devices, and I even found on Kotaku (a popular indie gaming magazine) a very angry article about this topic. More info (New features of OpenXR) More info (OpenXR in Unity) More info (OpenXR in Microsoft products). More info (Using Google Translate).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

The Chinese magazine VRTUOLUO has published some photos of what looks like an early prototype of the device. Then the Vision Pro beta for the Unity game engine has not been distributed yet, so many Unity developers can’t build applications for the Vision Pro, yet.

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Samsung Machine Learning Australia Eye Tracking 351

ARVR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Unity Game Engine ?? WebXR is a JavaScript application programming interface (API) that enables applications to interact with augmented reality and virtual reality devices, such as the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard or Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), in a web browser.?—?Wikipedia Supported AR/VR devices ?

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Technology Virtual Reality Augmented Reality Magic Leap 162

The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Vertigo 2 and Horizon: Call Of The Mountain got recognition from both magazines, but in many categories, the two websites had different opinions. More info Quest Pro can now track your tongue In version 60 of its SDKs for Unity and native code, Meta has added the functionality of detecting how much you are pulling out your tongue.

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AR Microsoft Sony Ukraine 416

VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Palmer Luckey is a tinkerer,” is how Time Magazine described the creator of the Oculus VR headset back in August of 2015. Why couldn’t they just use a simple voice assistant device, such as an Amazon Echo or Google Home? Lee Vermeulen is breaking new ground with his experimental AR prototypes. .

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AR Augmented Reality HTC Controllers 312

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 14, 2022

This week some selected journalists from popular online magazines like CNET and The Verge have been able to have a preview of the upcoming Magic Leap 2 glasses. Google and Waymo evolve NERF to cope with cities. Unity has partnered with Insomniac to build a metaverse for immersive live performances. Other relevant news.

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Magic Leap Apple Ukraine AR 451

The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

So many exciting things are happening and I’m thankful to you all for the support you are giving me. Visually stunning adventure game Hubris is coming to PC VR headsets on December 7th, and on Quest and PSVR 2 in 2023 Wooorld is now available for Quest 2 and Quest Pro for $15 on the Meta Quest Store.

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Haptic Africa Ukraine New York 544

The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

Mozilla updates its Unity WebVR exporter. Two years ago, I reviewed on this blog a Unity plugin that Mozilla had released in beta to let you create WebVR experiences from your Unity projects. Thanks to this exporter, every Unity developer can create a WebXR experience by just building the Unity project for HTML5!

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Oculus AR Unity Machine Learning 265

ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One-year price performance for MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL, SNE, and NVDA According to the latest report from Statista , the global augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) markets are rapidly growing and are forecast to reach a total of $72.8 Last year, Google also acquired North, an AR smart glass manufactures.

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Virtual Reality AR Augmented Reality Google 130

The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2018

It is one of those places where people look for 3D models , alongside other marketplaces like the Unity Asset Store, Google Poly or Turbosquid. The interview has been super interesting for me, because thanks to it I’ve learned a lot about the 3D modeling market, that is something that usually VR magazines do not talk about.

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Architecture Unity Industry Google 170

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Someone invokes saviors like Google and Amazon, but even if they managed to succeed, they are other data-harvesting companies , so in any case, we are f**ked. Let’s see what will happen… and in the meantime let’s eat lots of popcorns. More info (Apple threatens Epic) More info (Microsoft files an official support for Epic).

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Unreal Apple Government Oculus 509

ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

For example, the Google Cardboard headset is only $20 !!! Google has a cardboard cutout template that you can follow at [link] Pro Tip: when making homemade lenses seal two pieces of plastic to create a biconvex shape with glue and use a needle syringe to fill it with water until there are no bubbles left!

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Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Tips AR 130

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

As John Riccitiello (CEO of Unity) said some years ago , the VR market won’t be interesting enough until it will reach the 10 million users mark. . “The farm has been plowed, the farm is now ready for seeds” , he adds. The world is ready for the seeds of VR, that will grow as be autiful plants in the upcoming years.

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Apple Oculus China Magic Leap 545

ARVR

JUNE 19, 2020

Source: Crmtipoftheday Google is great. They’re trying to fight with algorithms to bring their web page on the first page of Google. Build your first HoloLens 2 Application with Unity and MRTK 2.3.0 That content already exists but chances that you’d ask the right question to Google to bring it up quickly is really small.

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Augmented Reality Armenia Google AR 130

ARVR

APRIL 9, 2021

ARCore is a Google SDK. Just like ARKit, ARCore can work with Java/OpenGL, Unity, and Unreal. If you are using Unity3D, you’ll need to install ARCore Unity SDK. Here is a tutorial that will teach you how to integrate Vuforia with Unity and create a simple Image recognition and tracking application. How to Use ARCore?

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Augmented Reality Software AR Unity 130

ARVR

AUGUST 11, 2020

My thoughts As someone who knows Android Development, Unity Development, and AR/VR Development, I believe the capabilities of this device will be enhanced with Machine Learning integration using libraries like Firebase MLKit or OpenCV. I didn’t find anything on how to launch an application in the Vuzix App Store in the docs.

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Augmented Reality Machine Learning AR Wearables 130

ARVR

AUGUST 28, 2020

Companies like Tesla and Google are heavily investing in self-driving cars that can completely reduce risks of accidents due to unsafe driving. If you want to get started with some VR programming the best place to start would be to get familiar with a gaming engine like Unity. So, is shutting yourself indoors the only safe alternative?

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Virtual Reality Simulation Unity Healthcare 130

ARVR

JUNE 29, 2020

Source: [link] When it debuted in 2013 the Google Glass was the first of its kind. Build your first HoloLens 2 Application with Unity and MRTK 2.3.0 Source: [link] It is unclear whether this design will be kept when Google re-introduce the next generation of its AR glass but it is one that I hope they do.

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Augmented Reality Magic Leap Survey AR 130

ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

For example, a user could point a camera at areas of their city to see what it looked like ten years ago from an archive of Google Maps. link] AR DEVELOPMENT FOR ANDROID DEVICES: ARCORE In an effort to stay competitive, Google has pushed ARCore far to remain one of the most versatile AR development platforms in the world.

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Augmented Reality Technology How To AR 147

ARVR

AUGUST 16, 2021

Unity and Unreal Engine are the most popular choices and do not add to the game app development cost all by themselves, but if your requirements turn out to be too complex for the engine you are currently using, and you need to change to something else, this will cause expenses to go up. On the Google Play Store, this number is 477,877.

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Gaming Unity Augmented Reality Ukraine 130

ARVR

MARCH 11, 2022

Snap’s Club Unity lens reached 14.7 Google , Pinterest , Shopify and others are likewise in the game. was originally published in AR/VR Journey: Augmented & Virtual Reality Magazine on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. million+ views. million+ Snapchatters.

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Data AR Case Study Examples 130

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2018

Find manliness again and spend hours digging into Google and Github trying to find a solution. Other Google searches. Look for a solution on Google. I had similar issues when developing with Unity for Oculus in 2015, for instance. Wait, no, the purple-stars-thing has never actually happened with Unity.

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Unity Google Oculus Augmented Reality 157

ARVR

JULY 6, 2021

Getting Started The initial tech stack for this was Flutter, Unity AR, and Firebase, but we soon had to switch to using the ar_core_flutter plugin and Appwrite for the backend. Augmented Reality Options The first option was to use Unity AR with the help of the Flutter Unity Widget package. with a much simpler API.

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AR Augmented Reality Unity Machine Learning 130

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 7, 2017

10:15 am – 10:45 am | Keynote: The World’s Most Compelling New Experiences (Unity). Tony Parisi | Head of VR/AR Strategy, Unity. Julie Shumaker | Vice President, Business Development, Unity. Elijah Allan-Blitz is one of the first Virtual Reality directors for TIME magazine. Elijah Blitz | VR Director, TIME.

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New York New York City Virtual Reality Entertainment 127

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). So we agreed on a written interview on WeChat, which I report to you here below.

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China Industry Government Hardware 390

ARVR

JUNE 18, 2020

This is why leading mobile platforms like Apple and Google are continuing to deliver new and improved AR toolkits for developers. Google offered ARCore for Android developers, while the iOS platform also offered ARKit 1.5 loaded with enhanced AR-based features for building immersive AR applications. Don’t forget to give us your ?? !

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AR Tools Augmented Reality Virtual Reality 130

ARVR

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Google Poly ?—?a link] Top 50 Terminologies related to AR/VR was originally published in AR/VR Journey: Augmented & Virtual Reality Magazine on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. User Experience (UX)? —?the Don’t forget to give us your ?? !

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AR Virtual Reality Head Mounted Display Augmented Reality 217

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Featured image from left to right: Rob Goodman (OpenVerse), Han Jin (Lucid VR), Amitt Mahajan (Presence Capital), Timoni West and Tony Parisi (Unity). And the reason, according to Tony Parisi , head of VR and AR strategy at Unity, is simple. You need a really good, new computer to run this stuff. Gamers buy hardware first.

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Trends Industry China Unity 100

ARVR

MAY 10, 2021

Unity // Most people's intro to game dev! Unity Website Unreal // Unity’s higher fidelity sibling Unreal Engine is the world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool. at Google scale.?—? That being said these programs can be used for so much more, take a look! Build 2D, 3D and VR games and apps at speed.

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Augmented Reality Unreal AR Tools 130

ARVR

MAY 27, 2021

He’s worked with Google, Under Armor, Hyundai, VMWare, and more. This ideally would be some kind of VR editor in a gaming engine, but luckily Unity, Unreal Engine, and Blender are all deep in development on this. MIKE HIGHLIGHTS // VR Artists?—?Danny What I think is still lacking though, but is in development!

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Tools AR Industry Virtual Reality 130