Road to VR

AUGUST 1, 2023

.” Much like HTML forms a sort of description of a webpage—being hostable anywhere on the Internet and retrievable/renderable locally by a web browser—USD can be used to describe complex virtual scenes, allowing it to be similarly retrieved and rendered on a local machine.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated. This means that if you develop an experience using OpenXR, you can run it on Oculus, SteamVR, and Microsoft runtimes with no modification. Learn more.

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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. Simple WebXR” aims at bringing WebXR to Unity. It looks very interesting, and as a Unity developer, I want to experiment with it. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

It showed what is its vision for the long-term future: AR glasses that are intelligent enough to learn about your behavior and to examine the context you are in so that to be able to already provide you suggestions about what they can do to help you. Image by Microsoft). Learn more. News worth a mention. Some XR fun.

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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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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! Johnson has worked at Microsoft and Qualcomm before, and she is a very respected executive. Learn more. Some XR fun. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And while this is anyway a good result for a startup (developing an AR headsets means spending billions in R&D), targeting the consumer market has been a suicide move , that let Microsoft get full control of the profitable enterprise market. Unity’s HDRP is now VR-compatible. Very good news for all us Unity VR developers.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

I’ve studied at important universities like UC Berkeley, and I’ve worked on many technical projects (for work or personal interest) in electronics, optics, brain-machine interface , natural language processing, etc…. What lessons have you learned during these years? What is Kura’s story? All APIs have a plain C version.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

For me this is not a fortunate sentence: this is what Alex Kipman said about the HoloLens, a few weeks before the whole Microsoft Mixed Reality division was disbanded and he was fired from the company. One of these people was Andrew Bosworth, which has rebuked the report , saying “not to believe everything you read”.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 11, 2020

If you want to join her collective The Immersive Kind, stay tuned for the events they are organizing: on July, 28th there should be a new digital event called “The Simple Human Brain Machine” where talented people from all over the world (like Irena Cronin) will speak about AR/VR technologies and their future trends.

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VRWorld

JULY 19, 2017

The vision of the company is to create stretchable clothing with built-in electronics that detect user’s movement, all while being a piece of clothing which can be worn comfortably with machine washability just as regular shirt could do. Now, e-skin is coming to Kickstarter.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This year was a busy one for the XR industry; following a lull in faith towards the start of the year, groups such as the OEP, Microsoft, and Meta worked to bring new life to the sector via substantial workplace XR solutions. The Unity integration also enables the OEP to integrate other related solutions into the product.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 9, 2023

Microsoft has picked volumetric video company Arcturus as its primary marketing partner for its Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Studios (MRCS) solution provider. Arcturus’s Dimension Studio Arcturus will also provide licence and expertise support for studios seeking to partner with Microsoft’s MRCS network.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Microsoft Hololens is a key player in the MR market. It has the ability to create a cross platform code where users can create their projects in either JavaScript, Unity, Xamarin, and Cordova. It is used to create engaging 3D experiences and provides easy access to machine learning, chatbots, code execution etc.

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ARVR

JULY 13, 2021

Unpacking that a bit, Toyota’s virtual pipeline starts by importing vehicle data into Unity using Pixyz. With the help of machine learning, digital models, and HoloLens 2, Toyota engineers are given guidance to recognize and remedy inconsistencies that are easily missed by ordinary inspection.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 5, 2023

ChatGPT uses machine learning (ML) to aggregate data from the internet, generating content such as images, sound, documents, and chat texts. Numerous firms such as NVIDIA, Meta, Microsoft, Google, Unity, and many others have incorporated versions of GPT on their own solutions to increase content development dramatically.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 9, 2023

Disciplines will include research and development (R&D) for AI, machine learning (ML), quantum information, blockchain, and data science. Unity, The VRARA, and XR Cunningham also serves as VRARA’s Central Florida Chapter President.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This requires the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms. Tools like the Apple Vision Pro, combined with a collaboration tool like Microsoft Teams, link the real world to digital content. The term refers to many different technologies and tools which work together to improve human/machine interaction.

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Road to VR

MAY 27, 2016

There are a number of companies now using machine learning techniques in order to analyze and make sense of these raw data streams. Microsoft Research’s Kate Crawford sees that discussions that jump straight to ‘SkyNet’ can make practical, nuanced discussions difficult.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 19, 2024

However, there’s actually a significant symbiotic relationship between extended reality, AI solutions, and machine learning. For example, Copilot in Microsoft Mesh for Microsoft Teams can give each employee a real-time assistant to help them complete tasks.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

It has a dual camera system: one camera does inside-out tracking , so it just tracks your position around the table, so there’s no sensors that you have to put in the room; the other one is used for pure machine vision , we can do hand tracking , so you can reach into this virtual space and move stuff around.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Many vendors , from Meta, to Microsoft, and Unity, offer these solutions. Advanced AI and machine learning algorithms can rapidly identify and mitigate potential threats in immersive spaces. Look for vendors that offer access to advanced security capabilities, such as end-to-end encryption for data shared over the cloud.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

We also examine his company’s Nex Playground mocap gaming solutions, its Unity-based motion developer kit (MDK), and its partnership with Sky Live. Apple had also released CoreML, which basically simplified how machine learning models ran on mobile devices. Do they use proprietary or third-party technologies?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Eye Tracking Apart from sessions a few years ago using the HTC Vive Pro Eye and Microsoft Hololens, I didn’t have any experience with eye tracking. The core machine-learning algorithms interpret the camera feed to generate a real-time stream of data points such as pupil size, gaze vector, and eye openness.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 3, 2023

From Zoom to Microsoft, both platforms and others are helping to facilitate a better-connected world. Furthermore, workers will increasingly need soft skills such as creativity, problem-solving, and communication for working with machines and collaborating with colleagues in a remote globalized workforce. What does this mean for XR?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 28, 2024

Unity integration: Unity offers comprehensive support for Apple Vision Pro developers, including a visionOS template which forms the foundation of spatial experiences. Developers can also leverage all of Unity’s core features without the need for modifications. It also allows developers to import 3D compositions into Xcode.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

How did you get involved in VR and learning? It is transforming education by experiential learning. And again, that is to help students learn faster, retain information longer, and make better decisions. The biggest one is a dissemination machine to up to 7-10,000 users. Alan: I’m really, really excited.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

How did you get involved in VR and learning? It is transforming education by experiential learning. And again, that is to help students learn faster, retain information longer, and make better decisions. The biggest one is a dissemination machine to up to 7-10,000 users. Alan: I’m really, really excited.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 7, 2020

We do a lot of work with Microsoft in helping serve their customers across a variety of use cases. So that's been great learning as well. So it was a great learning ground for them to say, "Okay, how does this play for different products in this particular layout?" Jamie: Right. How did that translate to other stores?

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 7, 2020

We do a lot of work with Microsoft in helping serve their customers across a variety of use cases. So that's been great learning as well. So it was a great learning ground for them to say, "Okay, how does this play for different products in this particular layout?" Jamie: Right. How did that translate to other stores?

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

How did you get involved in VR and learning? It is transforming education by experiential learning. And again, that is to help students learn faster, retain information longer, and make better decisions. The biggest one is a dissemination machine to up to 7-10,000 users. Alan: I'm really, really excited. What is in that?

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

And today we're going to be learning how Holo-Light is redefining engineering across automotive, manufacturing, chemical, and myriad other industries using XR technologies. We need that machine over here. So I'm assuming you're streaming this down from the cloud, using probably Unity or something= Florian: Yeah. You have ISAR.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

And today we're going to be learning how Holo-Light is redefining engineering across automotive, manufacturing, chemical, and myriad other industries using XR technologies. We need that machine over here. So I'm assuming you're streaming this down from the cloud, using probably Unity or something=. You have ISAR. Florian: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Alan: Hey, everyone, I'm Alan Smithson, and today we're speaking with John Martin, the CEO and co-founder of BUNDLR, an augmented reality platform company empowering training, learning, and development innovators with on-demand and mobile immersive experiences. I need to learn that one again." And Lewis Gardner on our CMS.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Alan: Hey, everyone, I'm Alan Smithson, and today we're speaking with John Martin, the CEO and co-founder of BUNDLR, an augmented reality platform company empowering training, learning, and development innovators with on-demand and mobile immersive experiences. I need to learn that one again.". John: Exactly. Alan: Of course.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Today’s guest Nick Cherukuri is working to bring what he’s learned from years working in tech for the defense department, and is bringing it all to enterprise — and eventually, consumers — with his line of AR glasses. You can tag mixed reality content onto a giant machine, and leave the room and come back.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Today’s guest Nick Cherukuri is working to bring what he’s learned from years working in tech for the defense department, and is bringing it all to enterprise — and eventually, consumers — with his line of AR glasses. You can tag mixed reality content onto a giant machine, and leave the room and come back.

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