The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by VRTUOLUO) A leak shows a prototype of the Samsung XR headset We finally have a leak of the Samsung headset that makes us see something about it. The report talks about Samsung wanting to target the $1000–2000 range, which in my opinion risks being neither expensive nor affordable.

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Road to VR

APRIL 20, 2018

You cannot rely on Google Play Services (e.g. Google Firebase, Google Cloud Messaging, etc), or third-party libraries that depend on Google Play Services (e.g. Unreal 4.18, pulled from Oculus’ GitHub mirror. OneSignal) when running on Oculus Go. with Oculus Utils 1.24.1

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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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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 31, 2024

The real-time 3D engines powering AR/VR/MR applications, like Unreal and Unity, found fame and traction as gaming development tools. ” Lessons Learnt: Developing Across Devices During its tenure, Skonec has developed XR applications for many years across various headset/end devices such as Samsung Gear VR, console VR, and PCVR.

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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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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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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2017

Also noteworthy: Final Cut Pro X will be able to support 360 video editing, Unity and Unreal now have VR support for Macs, and SteamVR is coming to Mac… and although there was a sweet on-stage mixed reality demo using Star Wars assets and an HTC Vive, there was no mention of support for Oculus. LET’S SPECULATE ON Q1 HEADSET SALES.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 13, 2020

When it comes to developing virtual reality (VR) videogames there are two primary engines studios use, either Epic Games’ Unreal Engine or Unity by Unity Technologies. will end support for Samsung Gear VR and Google VR, while OpenVR compatibility will be phased out. As the company previously announced Unity 2019.3

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Cats and VR

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Gunjack 2: End of Shift , which was originally released exclusively for Daydream, is also receiving a permanent price drop on Google Play, from $12.99 Gunjack and Gunjack 2: End of Shift are fast-paced, space shooters set in the science fiction universe of EVE Online®, built from the ground up for mobile VR using Unreal Engine 4.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Viveport is improving a lot, and now HTC is also launching the Vive XR Suite , which will be distributed thanks to the support of a strong network of partners like HP, NVIDIA, Baidu (the Chinese Google), and Accenture. Stanford and Samsung create a super-high-resolution display. And it has now a free demo, so you can try it now!

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

If you remember well, there’s a scary leaked letter of Mark Zuckerberg where he claims that he doesn’t want to just make programs that run on Android, because they’re subject to the rules of another company (Google). The most viral news of the week has for sure been the one about MetaHuman Creator, a new software for Unreal Engine.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

This is a period with many tech announcements: we had Meta telling about its Horizon OS, yesterday OpenAI unveiled the new GPT-4o, and today Google will hopefully unveil its Android XR operating system. What a time to be alive! It seems that most of the rumors are aligning on the launch of an Apple Vision Pro 2 in 2026–2027.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Representatives for Google VR, Intel, and others already voiced their support of Khronos’ work by that point, but Epic’s Unreal Engine allowed Khronos to focus on a potential wider adoption of the standard. A couple months later, that standard now has a name as Khronos unveils the OpenXR working group at GDC 2017.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 15, 2019

This week, XR is taking us everywhere, from the surface of Mars, to ritzy Audi showrooms, to the svelte form of Bobby, a teddy bear 3D-scanned in real-time by Samsung’s new feature on the Note 10. Google has revived its Google Glass project for enterprise applications. So does Airbus.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 15, 2019

This week, XR is taking us everywhere, from the surface of Mars, to ritzy Audi showrooms, to the svelte form of Bobby, a teddy bear 3D-scanned in real-time by Samsung’s new feature on the Note 10. Google has revived its Google Glass project for enterprise applications. So does Airbus.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Alon Or-bach (Samsung Electronics), Kaye Mason (Google). It’s not often you get both Oculus and Valve together days, let alone Google and Samsung, with bonus helpings of Epic Games, Owlchemy Labs, and Sensics. Stefan Walker (Google), Luca Prasso (Google). Alex Lee (Google). Room 3001, West Hall.

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Road to VR

JULY 8, 2016

Another takeaway is that it sounds like the game engines like Unity and Unreal Engine that are used for creating these types of interactive narratives still have a lot of work yet to be done before everyone will be able to easily create their own type of experience that mimics Sequenced’s sophisticated triggering system.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The Oculus Rift and Touch, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR (PSVR), Google Daydream, Samsung Gear VR, and so many other headsets are all available for purchase. Additionally, Unreal Engine is one of the premier VR development ecosystems and new advancements on the technology side of the company will likely be announced as well.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 15, 2019

This week, XR is taking us everywhere, from the surface of Mars, to ritzy Audi showrooms, to the svelte form of Bobby, a teddy bear 3D-scanned in real-time by Samsung's new feature on the Note 10. Google has revived its Google Glass project for enterprise applications. So does Airbus.

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VRWorld

MAY 27, 2016

Just in time for E3 2016, WorldViz will bring support for Unreal Engine 4 and Unity 5 on most popular devices such as Google Daydream VR, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, and Sony PlayStation VR. meters i.e. 26,910 sq. feet are covered with a single device.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

In my opinion , the true error is with the Vive 1 , that will get a price that is higher than the one of all the competitors… and that will cost as much as a Samsung Odyssey, notwithstanding its far lower features. The SDK offers native APIs, but also supports popular game engines like Unity and Unreal 4. Google AR apps.

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VRWorld

JUNE 8, 2016

It was no other than Google that delivered the first “million unit VR headset” By launching Cardboard VR application and the headset made out of… cardboard, Google set the stage for massive adoption of VR among developers, and the company isn’t stopping anytime soon. The difference between $75 million and $1.34

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

It combines the intense action of games like Unreal Tournament with the mechanized combat and spectacle of a futuristic sports league. The age of consumer grade video game console-powered virtual reality arrived early last month with the release of Sony’s PlayStation VR (PS VR) headset.

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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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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

He’s built AR system prototypes for Samsung, and had long executive and technical careers in mobile software infrastructure before jumping into AR back in 2009. So things like Uber or Google Maps and directions were native to the phone, that were kind of useless on the PC. blog or google my name on my Medium posts.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

He’s built AR system prototypes for Samsung, and had long executive and technical careers in mobile software infrastructure before jumping into AR back in 2009. So things like Uber or Google Maps and directions were native to the phone, that were kind of useless on the PC. blog or google my name on my Medium posts.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

He’s built AR system prototypes for Samsung, and had long executive and technical careers in mobile software infrastructure before jumping into AR back in 2009. So things like Uber or Google Maps and directions were native to the phone, that were kind of useless on the PC. blog or google my name on my Medium posts.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Samsung, Nokia entered with their OZO, Jaunt — which recently just got sold to Verizon — they had their Jaunt One camera. When you open the box, camera’s inside, but there’s also a VR viewer, like a little Google Cardboard kind of thing, a little plastic thing that you slap on your phone. You see Google.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Samsung, Nokia entered with their OZO, Jaunt — which recently just got sold to Verizon — they had their Jaunt One camera. When you open the box, camera’s inside, but there’s also a VR viewer, like a little Google Cardboard kind of thing, a little plastic thing that you slap on your phone. You see Google.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Samsung, Nokia entered with their OZO, Jaunt -- which recently just got sold to Verizon -- they had their Jaunt One camera. When you open the box, camera's inside, but there's also a VR viewer, like a little Google Cardboard kind of thing, a little plastic thing that you slap on your phone. You see Google. Put it into VR.

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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. Nougat.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

I know you partnered with Google recently, so maybe you can speak to that. Once you already have your models, your materials and your configurations, we can then output any one of those to the Google ad platform. Ben: The other thing we can do is we can also send those virtual photographs to Google ads as well. Alan: Really?

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

I know you partnered with Google recently, so maybe you can speak to that. Once you already have your models, your materials and your configurations, we can then output any one of those to the Google ad platform. Ben: The other thing we can do is we can also send those virtual photographs to Google ads as well. Alan: Really?

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

I know you partnered with Google recently, so maybe you can speak to that. Once you already have your models, your materials and your configurations, we can then output any one of those to the Google ad platform. Ben: The other thing we can do is we can also send those virtual photographs to Google ads as well. Alan: Really?

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google killed its AR glasses Project Iris Do you remember the name Project Iris? Various reports indicated it as the internal codename in Google for a project meant to build augmented reality glasses. It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple.

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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

AUGUST 11, 2019

Image by Samsung). Anyway, officially, both Samsung and Oculus have continued at least to support it. But at the presentation of the latest Samsung Note 10, for the first time after the Note 4, Samsung has dropped support for Gear VR in its latest flagship device. And Samsung is not abandoning XR for sure.

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