ARPost

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Generally, “the cloud” refers to remote servers that do work off of a device. As this article was being written, Varjo further expanded its cloud with Unreal and Unity engine integrations. For example, Magic Leap has had a partnership with Google Cloud for the past year now. But, what is the cloud anyway? CloudXR From NVIDIA.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

2023: Enter Google ARCore Google’s convenient and easy-to-access ARSDK facilitates the development of WebAR experiences for cross-platform delivery. Google now supports numerous Android smartphones such as Asus, Lenovo, LG, Moto, Motorola, OnePlus, Samsung, Sony, Vivo, Infinix, Tecno, Sharp, and Xiaomi.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 29, 2019

For this purpose, it has created a reference design for an AR headset dubbed North Star , giving full instructions on how everyone can build one at home. Reference Design Issues. There is not even an assembly kit like with Google Cardboards. To develop for the Leap Motion North Star, you can use Unity or Unreal Engine.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

Google’s investment for a 7.7% Google-Jio joint venture to develop an Android-based platform for an affordable 5G phone. Read about Google experiments with AR and wearables. A very interesting article on CNET highlights some of the experiments that Google has made with 1D glasses, smart tattoos and other cool stuff.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Google Earth VR has shown us the wonders of visiting real world locations as a towering giant in VR, and now Industrial VR looks to do the same. It almost looks as if someone has gone back into Google Earth and given some areas a bit of spit and polish. The piece was developed in Unreal Engine 4.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 4, 2017

Story Studio is also the creator of Quill — a VR artistic creation platform similar to Google’s Tilt Brush. Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly referred to the division as Oculus Story Studio s ; it has since been corrected. We want to wish them all the best of luck in their future pursuits.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2022

Nucleus connects via special plugins called “Connectors” to standard applications that are used to work on 3D scenes, like Unreal Engine, Adobe Substance, Autodesk 3ds Max, Blender, etc… Normally to work on a 3D scene, you need a full team working on its various aspects (e.g. In the middle, you have Nucleus that assembles the scene.

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VRScout

JULY 11, 2017

Google wants you to play with Blocks, this smartphone wants you to get rid of your headset, a new marketplace connecting content creators with funding, the price of the Oculus Rift is slashed, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. GOOGLE WANTS YOU TO PLAY WITH BLOCKS. THIS SMARTPHONE WANTS TO MAKE HEADSETS OBSOLETE.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 29, 2021

That could be wayfinding with Google Live View , or visual search with Google Lens. As you can tell from the above examples, Google will have a key stake in this “Internet of Places.” It broadly refers to digital domains that host synchronous interaction between placeshifted participants. But it’s not alone.

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Upload VR

JUNE 6, 2022

References to realityOS were found in App Store upload logs and Apple code earlier this year, and an Apple linked shell company trademarked RealityOS last week. Apple is reportedly working on a VR client for FaceTime with face tracking driving Memoji avatars, as well as a VR version of Maps (similar to Google Earth VR?)

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

An environmental artist with a passion for Star Wars has realised the iconic location of Star Wars’ Mos Eisley space port in jaw-dropping detail via Unreal Engine 4. ” The resulting environments, rendered capably using Epic’s Unreal Engine 4, are some of the most detailed and realistic recreations I’ve ever seen.

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ARVR

MAY 10, 2021

Refer to my medium article?—? Unity Website Unreal // Unity’s higher fidelity sibling Unreal Engine is the world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool. Unreal Website AR specific SDK and dev platforms Admittedly I know less about these but they’re just as important players in this space! at Google scale.?—?

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

It seems that in the Oculus SDK there are now some lines that refer to the Oculus Quest colocation APIs , that would let you play in local multiplayer with other people in your home. Google Glass can help Autistic kids. A research project using Google Glass to help autistic kids has been published on IEEE. Why does this matter?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2018

We can deploy to a vast of platforms using game engines like Unity, Unreal Engine, the more recent Godot engine or any of the other engines out there, which have all started to add VR features”. It’s recommended to refer to the API docs to check the details of each function ): // Check whether there’s an HMD connected and a runtime installed.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Image by Google). Google is reportedly working on an AR operating system. In some of my past newsletters, I warned you that we shouldn’t forget about Google/Alphabet in the race to our mixed reality future. Now we have finally an official confirmation of the fact that Google is working on an AR device. Tilt Brush).

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Recommended: Google Chrome. Recommended: Google Chrome. From Unreal community plugin creator getnamo , NexusVR is a space between worlds, where you can move between different VR experiences. It even includes a sandbox mode featuring a variety of custom signs (e.g. Requires: Webcam. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift.

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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. There have been discovered references to controllers with the model number ET-OI610. This will let Google enrich its content library pretty fast. This is something absolutely impossible to have with Unity or Unreal.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

AR can also assist in quality inspections by highlighting defects, providing real-time feedback, and comparing finished products to digital reference models. Think of training-of-process steps on the manufacturing shop floor. This ensures consistency and accuracy in the manufacturing process.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

Unreal Engine 5 may change the rules of game development. Out of nowhere, Epic Games has teased the next version of Unreal Engine, Unreal Engine 5, due to be released in 2021. It means that you can take whatever model, even with billions of polygons, and put it in your Unreal Engine project. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

The environment where she has performed in was made in Unreal Engine and the modeling and the shading was so good that for a moment I thought it was a real studio. Google AR Cloud Streaming. Google has partnered with FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles… do you know that Fiat is from my city in Italy?) The whole thing is incredible.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

The reference to the tether is a clear statement about the fact that Sony aims at offering quality, and it is not interested in the casual gamers that are the target of the Quest (for now). Unreal is already compatible with the framework, so in 2021 we’ll soon have also the tools ready to create OpenXR cross-compatible platforms.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

References found in Quest 2 firmware hint to Quest Pro features. 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. Top news of the week. Image by Facebook).

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VRGuy

AUGUST 1, 2016

Many game engines – such as Unity, Unreal and SteamVR- immediately support it. For those that want to design their own hardware, the OSVR goggle is a good reference design. Google Glass has not been as successful as hoped. We worked with several goggle manufactures to create plugins for their products.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Between that, I worked on consumer cloud software with Google for five years… managing engineering teams for Gmail, Japanese mobile, Google Labs, and social (Blogger etc.) At Google, the change was rapid but much easier to control , as everything from the software to even the servers were designed in-house. teams for Japan.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

It is able to offer this thanks to the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 chipset (and its related reference design), that has been conceived with these features in mind. I’m of course referring to the Dead and Buried demo showcased at OC5. Let’s see how Apple and Google will answer. Google Glass 2 is now available for direct purchase.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Tyler McVicker of Valve News Network has found some references to a new game, codenamed “Citadel”, that could make people in VR fight against people with a 2D screen. Notwithstanding the name, “Citadel” shouldn’t refer to the Half-Life franchise , and Road To VR suggests it could be in the “Team Fortress” one.

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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

OCTOBER 26, 2020

So at least the collaboration with Valve is true, but notice that it has not been on the headset, so they got no reference design from Valve, it has just been on the software integration. My friend Nicolas Esposito of Enter Reality has released Project Rigel, his solution to provide full-body tracking and motion capture for Unreal Engine.

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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

What is even more important is that with the new Focus 3 update, different headsets can share the same area: that is multiple players can play in the same space using the same reference system. Google to put all its experimental projects inside “Labs” division. More info (Niantic Lightship SDK) More info (Niantic and its new SDK).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

It is a big showcase demo for its Unreal Engine 5, and I have to say it is pretty impressive. This gives more power to Google Glass, that are not doing that bad in the enterprise environment after a total disaster as a prosumer device. More info (Realwear Navigator 500) More info (WebEx on Google Glass 2).

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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. He was clearly referring to Apple and its new recent restrictions about privacy of apps on the App Store.

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Hypergrid Business

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

Their phones can be used for some low-end VR, via the Cardboard platform from Google, but they haven’t had anything of their own to match the higher-end Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream View headsets. The developer kit works on Unity, Unreal, and Scenekit engines. ” Google’s ARCore to compete with ARKit. .

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

Google unveils Starline communication solution. At Google I/O, Google has announced Project Starline, an interesting project it has worked on for five years. I find Starlight an AMAZING project on the research side , and I think that all these technologies Google has developed for it may be re-used in other XR projects.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 1, 2025

Augmented Reality, or AR, refers to technology that blends digital information and images with the real world. The two biggest phone manufacturers in the world, Apple and Google, even offer creators access to developer kits to design their own AR content. It relies on both software and hardware.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

They're creating kind of reference designs for the world to build on. But then you look at Unreal. Epic sued Apple and Google this year over the duopoly of the app stores. just, Google it. So front facing cameras, IR cameras, eye tracking cameras, facial tracking cameras, all of these things. You look at Epic. 30 percent."

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

They're creating kind of reference designs for the world to build on. But then you look at Unreal. Epic sued Apple and Google this year over the duopoly of the app stores. just, Google it. So front facing cameras, IR cameras, eye tracking cameras, facial tracking cameras, all of these things. You look at Epic.

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