The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap looks for a $100-million deal to save itself. Some reports by Business Insider and The Information talk about the current situation of Magic Leap, that seems always more complicated. More info (Magic Leap trying to raise $100M) More info (Magic Leap timing for the future).

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

See Also: The Future Is Now: 2023 Metaverse and XR Predictions Worth Looking Into Think how Microsoft revolutionized personal computers, or how Apple changed the mobile phone market forever. Magic Leap 2 Magic Leap jumped the starting gun and played their cards early. What Is Everyone Working On?

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VRScout

MARCH 25, 2022

Unlike existing AR headsets such as the Magic Leap 2 or Microsoft HoloLens, the Spectacles feature a discrete, light-weight design more akin to glasses than a headset. Another Lens had me interacting with an AR art project using the device’s built-in hand-tracking capabilities.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 31, 2023

Magic Leap 1 AR headsets will "cease to function" from 31 December 2024, the company announced. Magic Leap sent an email to all customers containing the following: As such, we are announcing that Magic Leap 1 end of life date will be December 31, 2024.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Magic Leap Developer Suite. Another excellent solution for developers making their way into the spatial audio landscape comes from the innovators at Magic Leap. With the Magic Leap developer suite, innovators can leverage the existing functionality of Magic Leap solutions to build their own experiences.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Microsoft confirmed to UploadVR that it told its customers and partners now is the last time to buy the device before stock runs out. With passthrough headsets still years out, and Magic Leap still focused on consumers, Microsoft dominated the enterprise AR market for years with HoloLens 2.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 14, 2019

According to the demo video (linked below), the unnamed “R&D prototype” looks to include both 6DOF head-tracking as well as hand-tracking, and appear to be a standalone unit similar to Microsoft HoloLens.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2020

Content is the king, and Facebook knows it needs great content of its own to fight Microsoft, Sony, and the other big brands for the domination of the VR sector. Nreal wins first round against Magic Leap in the IP theft trial. But Magic Leap has 30 days to appeal, and we are all sure that this is going to happen.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Resolution : 2560×1440 Refresh rate : 75Hz FOV : 90° Sensors : SLAM + hands tracking Cameras : 720p front-facing RGB camera for mixed reality recordings Audio : 4 built-in surround sound speakers + 3 integrated Microphones. Meta 2 hands-on. of Magic Leap). The original Meta 1. Meta 2 specs. North Star.

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Road to VR

MAY 20, 2021

Unlike Microsoft or Magic Leap’s approach—which have traded some bulkiness for greater capabilities—Snap is taking a form-over-function approach by starting with a form-factor that consumers would find reasonable, even if that means paring down some of its capabilities. Touchpad, voice, hand-tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). Google can count on the acquisition of North, the experience he has matured by producing Google Glass and investing in Magic Leap, and the fact that it owns the most-used mobile operating system. Some will also feature tracked controllers. Magic Leap will meet its fate.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

They teased a lot of interesting features and services of the device, and left the remaining technical details to some technical sheets on Microsoft website. But Microsoft, thanks to innovative 2K displays, has managed to keep the same high-quality pixel density of the HoloLens 1, that is 47 PPD (pixels per degree). Resolution.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has a very interesting working story, having worked for great companies like Microsoft and Fast Company. We all know that this thought has not aged well, and that Microsoft has failed completely entering the phone market, with billions of loss because of that. Why can’t it be Facebook, or Magic Leap ?

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2022

Zappar was also nominated in the Best Developer Tool category for the ZapWorks SDK , and in the Best Head-Worn Device category for the new-and-improved ZapBox – a mobile phone adapter that includes targets and two hand-tracking controller wands. Gauld returned to the stage with the Best Creator Tool trophy still in hand.

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ARPost

APRIL 13, 2020

He and panelists Vinay Narayan of VIVE and Larry Persaud of Microsoft will be discussing existing XR technology for enterprise, how to choose the right solution, and considerations like ROIs. See Also: VR Technology and Hand Tracking in VIVE’s Second Developer Talk. panel discussion on the morning of day one. Unity Reflect.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

Road To VR reported about Manus VR’s new Quantum Metagloves with very precise hand tracking for enterprise use (cost: $9000). Magic Leap 2 bridges AR and VR. The interest in Magic Leap 2 is growing. But they are just tidbits of information, and nothing more. News worth a mention. Other news. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2019

Frontal view of the device (Image by Microsoft). The biggest news of the MWC for what concerns XR has been for sure the announcement of the HoloLens 2 by Microsoft. Image by Microsoft). Together with the HoloLens 2, Microsoft has also announced a new version of the Kinect, called Kinect Azure. HoloLens 2. Azure Kinect.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

This week, Microsoft announced that MRTK will migrate to an independent GitHub account and that the project will be supported by a consortium including Microsoft, Magic Leap, and Qualcomm. That’s fantastic news for all Unity XR developers! in the reviews!

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

More info Microsoft is still committed to HoloLens 2 All this bad press about Microsoft leaving Mixed Reality has made the company release a press statement in which it states its commitment to HoloLens 2, IVAS, and mixed reality in general. Learn more Hand tracking is now available also in three.js Don’t miss them!

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

Microsoft signs a $22B deal with the US Army. We all know that Microsoft is building AR glasses for the US Army : a modified version of HoloLens 2 called IVAS, that is ruggedized, with a wider field of view (80° x 40°), and feature additional sensors (for instance to provide thermal vision). Well played, Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

But the greatest feature is that finally Oculus is accepting hands-tracked applications in the Oculus Store from the 28th of this month! A leak by the famous leaker WalkingCat shows some pictures of the HP Reverb G2, which is the result of a collaboration between HP, Microsoft, and Valve. Image by Microsoft).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

This is a simpler mechanism than the waveguides employed by Microsoft HoloLens 2 or by Magic Leap, and while it may provide a bit less immersive holograms, it is the only way to provide affordable wide-FOV glasses at the moment. If you like photonic lightfield chips (whatever this means), buy a Magic Leap One.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 11, 2020

Every time that you want to interact with the augmentations, especially the 3D ones that you put on planes, the controller doesn’t follow your hands, and this makes the interactions really clunky. Others, like hands tracking (thanks to partnership with Clay AIR) and eye tracking (thanks to a partnership with 7Invensun) are coming.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 19, 2022

To date, Microsoft HoloLens 2 continues to receive rave reviews for its stunning performance and versatility. Microsoft later announced the HoloLens 2 at the 2019 Mobile World Congress (MWC) with several upgrades. Inside Microsoft HoloLens 2. According to Microsoft’s spec sheet, here are its key features: Display.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

HP and Microsoft have a long track in offering enterprise hardware, so this headset may battle HTC on his own land (B2B). Rony Abovitz steps down from Magic Leap CEO. This was a very good thing and attracted many people to Magic Leap. I hope that Magic Leap will benefit from it and will recover pretty soon.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Facebook and Microsoft publish two interesting research projects for VR. This week, Facebook and Microsoft have released two interesting works from their R&D department. Facebook has showcased how thanks to the use of hand-tracking gloves, it has been able to let people touch-type in VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Late to the party after Oculus and Microsoft already released prototypical implementations, but finally Valve has implemented OpenXR into its runtime SteamVR. Two new interesting demos for Quest hands tracking. This week two interesting demos employing Oculus Quest hands tracking have emerged. That’s fascinating.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 15, 2023

To date, Microsoft HoloLens 2 continues to receive rave reviews for its stunning performance and versatility. Microsoft later announced the HoloLens 2 at the 2019 Mobile World Congress (MWC) with several upgrades. Compared to the first version, Microsoft has upgraded the display resolution from 1280×720 to 2048×1080.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 18, 2023

Meanwhile, Microsoft and Magic Leap have opted for a bulkier goggles form factor targeted at businesses and government entities, hoping to eventually miniaturize the tech for consumers. They’re unsuitable for the most appealing outdoor use cases AR glasses eventually promise.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

At Tilt Five, we designed a really clever system that only works on tabletop experiences but it has features that are just leaps and bounds above what the big Magic Leap or HoloLens type AR systems are. We can track wands… this [shows a device in front of the camera] is our six degrees of freedom wand that comes with it.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 11, 2022

Tools like the Oculus already come with hand tracking functionality, to help users interact with some software on a hands-free basis. Meta is also working on new technology to track your eyes and face in the Metaverse. The company also supports eye tracking, for concepts like foveated rendering.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

Today, we’re looking at some of the top MR headset manufacturers in the industry, to help business leaders track down the right endpoints for their technology stack. The company’s flagship mixed reality headset offering is the HoloLens series.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

There is no point if you have face tracking and it doesn’t work well… and the positional tracking alone is very difficult to provide well even for established companies (only Oculus’s one is very fluid) In the video they say confusing things like “R&D is cheap now” (really? AMD releases its new RX6 graphics cards.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

Today, we’re looking at some of the top MR headset manufacturers in the industry to help business leaders track down the right endpoints for their technology stack. Magic Leap Currently focusing its attention on the enterprise landscape, Magic Leap produces AR and MR headsets designed to address the needs of various industries.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Other devices from Magic Leap and Microsoft’s HoloLens headsets offer deeper levels of immersion. Developers can gain access to its deep AR, perception, hand-tracking, 3D reconstruction, and other technologies. These range from the Lenovo A3 [and Magic Leap 2].

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Keep in mind that Magic Leap One has a diagonal FOV of 50° and you realize why the word “only” is between quotes. The hand tracking was fabulous as always thanks to Leap Motion and its Orion tracking. Probably Shadow Creator took inspiration from Microsoft device when designing it.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 22, 2020

Designed for headsets like Microsoft’s HoloLens or Magic Leap 1, VRFocus had a chance to sit down with CEO and co-founder Anand Agarawala to learn about the company’s plans and where it’s headed. . The software also supports VR headsets like Oculus Quest and integrates with Microsoft Teams.

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