The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The past week has been a pretty interesting one for the tech world: between Microsoft Ignite, Unity Unite, and the OpenAI drama, there has been a lot to follow. Unity 6 takes back the original way of specifying engine versions and abandons the confusing one that bound a new Unity version to the year it was released.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 20, 2022

This Wednesday, the popular real-time 3D (RT3D) engine Unity, with the Orlando Economic Partnership (OEP), created a digital twin of the region to assist with local economic and industrial growth. The President and CEO of the OEP, Tim Giuliani , said that the Unity alliance highlights Orlando’s dynamic innovation ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

I spoke with him about many topics, like why VR is so good for training (and he told me that his company Strivr has trained more than ONE MILLION Walmart employees in VR ), if it is true that VR is the “ultimate empathy machine”, how much is graphical fidelity important for presence, and of course also about his encounter with Zuck.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 14, 2020

A Grid Raster survey this spring found that 56 percent of executives said they had already implemented virtual or augmented reality, and 27 percent had fully deployed their solution and were looking to scale it up. VR makes learning from PowerPoint slides and videos look outdated in comparison. Boeing Starliner. Image courtesy Varjo.).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2020

The biggest news of the week is the one that you can see in the above graph: i n the Steam Hardware Survey for April, it is possible to see a big spike of connected headsets. More info (Steam Hardware Survey) More info (Facebook’s revenues for Q1 2020) More info (Quest and Rift S stock, updated) More info (SuperData’s report).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 27, 2023

Here’s a deep dive into the IoB implications for virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) as well as the Metaverse in the mission to learn how humans behave in 3D experiences with six degrees of freedom (6DoF). Our Unity plug-in is now live so users can easily add IoB to projects. What is the Internet of Behaviour (IoB)?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 3, 2023

Moreover, digital transformation trends highlight how 75 percent of WEF’s surveyed companies wish to adopt emerging technologies such as big data, cloud computing, and AI in the next five years. Additionally, 86 percent of firms surveyed expect to incorporate eCommerce solutions and digital platforms. What does this mean for XR?

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