The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The choice of the magazine is not casual: Apple keeps pushing to show that its device is not a nerdy thing that isolates people, but it is a trendy thing that augments reality while you can still interact with other people. For the first time, Tim Cook showed himself wearing the Apple Vision Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Among this free content, the real interesting stuff is $500 in free Azure credits , while the other things are highly questionable (like 3 months of Unity Pro license… it is more a free trial than a real added value!!). HTC Vive celebrates the holidays giving 100% rev share to developers. More info (Unboxing video on Upload VR).

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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 ? SteamVR ? —?SteamVR

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This is the same confusion that created issues for HTC in the past with the Vive Pro, for instance. Even if it is not part of the Italian tradition, probably Halloween is the right festivity for me, since I’m a ghost :). People think it is a gaming device, but then the price doesn’t match their expectations, and so they get angry.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

Before leaving you to the best news of the week, I would like to highlight two notable things about my work: My crazy trolling game “The Unity Cube” has been featured in a video by Upload VR! Image by HTC Vive). HTC Vive Air is a design concept for a fitness-focused VR headset. Unity developers will get this joke Funny link.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

App programming (Unity) We developed a simple intuitive application that would help employees understand and remember a sequence of actions. on HTC Vive, connected to a computer, for home training and presentations there is adapted for Oculus Quest. All actions are predetermined, each new step is highlighted.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

More info (Snap announces new Spectacles glasses — Road To VR) More info (Snap announces new Spectacles glasses — Upload VR) More info (Ian Hamilton reviewing the device) More info (A comment on the launch video of the device) HTC announces Vive Focus Vision HTC has announced its latest standalone headset: the Vive Focus Vision.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

I’m sure that after April, 20th, the Meta Quest ecosystem will appear even richer than it is now , creating a wider gap with other companies that may think about competing with the Quest, that is Pico, HTC, and even Apple. Unity talked about PlayStation VR 2 at GDC. Unity had a talk about developing for PlayStation VR 2 at GDC 2022.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Mark Zuckerberg, but also Unity CEO John Riccitiello) that should mark the beginning of the serious adoption of new technology. Now the design has been used also by other companies, like HTC that has just launched its Vive Flow headset. Plus Huawei headset is compatible only with Huawei phones, while HTC is more open.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It’s my first time in such an important magazine and I’m incredibly happy about it! Reading the reviews from the most important magazines, I’ve learned that the killer feature of this headset is the new XR2 Gen2 chipset. Shipping will start on October, 10th. And as you can imagine, the leaks come from him, always him: Brad Lynch.

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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…). For example, we invited senior executives from HUAWEI, JBD, HTC, Alibaba, iQIYI, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and so on.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

There is a lot at stakes, because if these two companies won’t settle (and I think that they are just firing big shots before finding an agreement), Unreal Engine developers won’t be able to develop properly for Apple XR devices, and they will have all to migrate to Unity. The same on Twitter. Other relevant news. Image by Epic Games).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Considering the terrible sales performances of Snap Spectacles, I think the news will arrive on all main tech magazines, but the sales of these glasses won’t be spectacular. There are vaiours solutions to also export Unity XR projects to the web (Image by Mozilla). Concept of a future AR glass by Apple (Image by iDropNews).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

The Metaverse Standards Forum has already gathered many important players of the XR sector like Unity, Unreal Engine, Meta, Microsoft, Lamina 1, NVIDIA, and even other relevant companies like IKEA and Adobe. Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Flow Business Edition. Some others, like Niantic, will probably join soon.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2021

And here we are, almost two years later, that we have done together massive virtual events like SXSW 2021 or the concert of Jean-Michel Jarre for which I have been even mentioned by Unity itself on its website. The amazing Unity Cube. Don’t give up. We are all here for the long run.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

It has not been the only company helping XR (HTC did a lot for kickstarting enterprise VR, for instance; Valve created many technologies used by current VR headsets, etc…), but it was the company that did the most to speed up the development of XR and I think it’s important to recognize it.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Based on our recent talk with VP of content, Joel Breton, HTC has plenty of experiences in the works for its Vive VR headset across a wide range of categories. Vive this week announced Vivepaper , an intriguing new VR app developed in partnership with the Chinese-branch of magazine publisher Condé Nast.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2018

HTC Vive Focus is one of the most famous standalone VR headsets. I have always been intrigued by this device, since the first time I’ve read about its reveal at an HTC event : I don’t know why, maybe because of the azure color that is my favorite, maybe because it looks so informal. It was funny. Upper view of the device.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

HTC has actually released that for the Vive Focus Plus … Well, according to the god John Carmack , it is something about which the company has discussed a lot and has also experimented a lot. Later this year, we’ll expand our Vulkan support on Quest to include Unity and Vulkan validation layers for easier debugging.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Google also offers ARCore , a developer tool for Android, iOS, Unreal, and Unity which help integrate AR elements into the real environment. The Unity game engine is A top choice for game developers, designers, and artists and is compatible with many other platforms supporting the creating of AR/VR applications, including echoAR.

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

You probably have heard of well-known models such as the Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, Playstation VR, and HTC VIVE?—?these Unity 3D is probably the most common software used for developing VR/AR applications?—?you Another industry standard is Unreal Engine, however, it is widely considered to have a steeper learning curve than Unity.

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

It now supports Oculus Quest, HTC Vive and UltraLeap (former Leap Motion) systems of skeletal hand tracking for interactions based on realistic, and customizable, hand poses. VRTK proposes a simple grab system that can be coupled with the physic engine of Unity to define the desired behavior of the interaction you are creating.

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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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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2018

I suspect that that component is an inside job by HTC to boost the sales of Vive headsets to A-frame developers. 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. That’s great. That’s scary!

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ARVR

MAY 27, 2021

So I began to pick up 3D modeling, and just months later the HTC Vive was released. 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. What I think is still lacking though, but is in development! Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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ARVR

JUNE 20, 2020

Build your first HoloLens 2 Application with Unity and MRTK 2.3.0 In partnership with HTC Vive Arts, Emissive Studio has created the experience Mona Lisa: Beyond the Glass , the first VR experience presented by the Louvre museum, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Leonardo Da Vinci’s death. ! Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

Last year we had nReal showing us that AR can be trendy, and HTC making us dream with the Vive Cosmos. Yes, the biggest companies were not there with a booth (Oculus will probably target the OC6, HTC the VEC, etc…), but it is the first time that I read the XR news from CES and I dont’ remain surprised.

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ARVR

JULY 29, 2021

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.) WebXR Examples WebXR Room I recently created this simple application using the WebXR Device API developed by Mozilla on the Unity video game engine. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.How ExpiCulture?

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ARVR

JANUARY 4, 2021

The HTC Vive headsets have its own SDK. This course from the University of Michigan focuses mainly on developing XR apps with WebXR, Unity & Unreal — Developing AR/VR/MR/XR Apps with WebXR, Unity & Unreal Skill 5?—?Machine The Oculus headsets have the Oculus SDK.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. It has the ability to create a cross platform code where users can create their projects in either JavaScript, Unity, Xamarin, and Cordova. It has applications in training and educational use cases.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

If these Facebook features proved to be popular, more developers would use them, and finally, Facebook could have more power on the VR development tools , after the failed acquisition of Unity. I don’t know if it is the plan, but for sure it is a possibility.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 3, 2017

I’ve used it with the HTC Vive, and you can literally stand in the middle of your creation, and hold the virtual paintbrush in your hand to paint in the air around you. There were Internet directories and magazines you could buy in physical book stores. They’re games, or videos, that people sit back and enjoy. Commerce.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Of those 800, all of them support the HTC Vive officially, whereas only 180 support the Oculus Rift. With Valve working on its own new experimental prototype controllers that stylistically resemble the Oculus Touch controllers, we could be moving closer to a world of unity between platforms, but only time will tell.

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Instinctively Real Media

AUGUST 12, 2024

Instinctively Real Media recap of SIGGRAPH 2024 conference, set the stage for an impressive array of technological advancements, highlighting the future of digital interaction, creativity, and artificial intelligence. The hot topic was the technology underpinned by generative AI and ways in which it could or will advance our future.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2. In the end, the rumors were correct and HTC launched two headsets at VIVECON: the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. But this device got also some criticism: first of all , HTC has not released new controllers and still sells it with the old Wands.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

Because I think it's a big shock, when you explained to me how the magazine that we get, some of the photos in there aren't real photographs, they're renders. And I've gone through the magazine, I can't tell. Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal. Alan: So how is IKEA using these tools now?

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

Because I think it's a big shock, when you explained to me how the magazine that we get, some of the photos in there aren't real photographs, they're renders. And I've gone through the magazine, I can't tell. Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal. Alan: So how is IKEA using these tools now?

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