The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Then why Magic Leap hasn’t delivered a solid product with 2B?) As I reported last week, people are exploring class actions, or are switching to other devices, and I even found on Kotaku (a popular indie gaming magazine) a very angry article about this topic. All these pieces of news make us think of a positive future for OpenXR.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

You can register on the website for a chance to be part of it; The Last Light, a little gem developed by Magic Leap’s creative people before the big layoffs, has finally been released for free on the Magic Leap store. Let’s see what will happen… and in the meantime let’s eat lots of popcorns.

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ARVR

JUNE 29, 2020

Build your first HoloLens 2 Application with Unity and MRTK 2.3.0 Source: [link] Compare Glass to the Magic Leap One, it is clear that Glass is meant to be worn continuously and in public while the Magic Leap One, admittedly with better visualization, is meant to be used in an indoor environment.

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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. The VR magazine has anyway advised against buying it because Pico will probably release a new device in the next 12 months.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2018

It is one of those places where people look for 3D models , alongside other marketplaces like the Unity Asset Store, Google Poly or Turbosquid. The interview has been super interesting for me, because thanks to it I’ve learned a lot about the 3D modeling market, that is something that usually VR magazines do not talk about.

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

Apple seems to be cornering the popular entertainment industry, with the acquisition of NextVR, as industry rivals such as Magic Leap focus on enterprise solutions. Unity 3D is probably the most common software used for developing VR/AR applications?—?you you can find numerous free resources and tutorials to get started online.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 15, 2023

” The XR device gained honours during this year’s CES Innovation Awards, following recognition via Fast Company’s 2022 Innovation by Design Award and TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2022 award. Jiang added: There’s a threshold for the human body or the human face.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

Yeah, the 3D model of the trainer seems taken from the Unity Asset Store… Samsung has not talked about the glasses, not even revealing the name, or the specifications. And in fact, Neon reminds me a bit too much Magic Leap’s Mica project. They look like the nReal Light (another clone?) but we know zero about it.

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

Devices such as the Magic Leap and the Hololens rely on Waveguide optics. It takes plenty of time, trial and working on game engines such as Unity & Unreal to get close to the fidelity that consumers have come to demand from even the most rudimentary smartphone apps. Don’t forget to give us your ?? !

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 10, 2019

In terms of who’s on the flip side of that marketplace, actually– we’re about to launch our first SDK and that’s– we think of it much more at a Unity level, than necessarily as an Apple or a Google level. We kind of see ourselves, I suppose, as the permission layer between the spatial web and the physical world.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 10, 2019

In terms of who’s on the flip side of that marketplace, actually– we’re about to launch our first SDK and that’s– we think of it much more at a Unity level, than necessarily as an Apple or a Google level. We kind of see ourselves, I suppose, as the permission layer between the spatial web and the physical world.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 10, 2019

In terms of who's on the flip side of that marketplace, actually-- we're about to launch our first SDK and that's-- we think of it much more at a Unity level, than necessarily as an Apple or a Google level. We kind of see ourselves, I suppose, as the permission layer between the spatial web and the physical world.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. I don’t know about Magic Leap yet.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. I don’t know about Magic Leap yet.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. I don't know about Magic Leap yet.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. I don’t know about Magic Leap yet.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 9, 2021

Google has been the first company creating awareness for AR with Google Glass (in a wrong way, I know); it has acquired North; it has Google Maps through which it can build the AR Cloud; it has ARCore; it was one of the biggest investors in Magic Leap; it is working on a secret project regarding audio in AR. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 12, 2021

Magic Leap One ), your brain kind of accept that you see augmentations only through the lens of the glasses and not in the peripheral vision, and so the limited FOV becomes more acceptable. On HoloLens 1, whatever Unity application I run had framerate problems, while here all Unity applications worked like a charm.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Magic Leap rebrands and kills the whale.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

While there have been many other news from the Oculus Connect 5, this has been the most important one and the one about which every worldwide VR magazine has talked about. It is standalone (as HoloLens and Magic Leap ) and has cameras through which it sees the environment. Oculus Quest has been the rockstar of this event.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2019

I guess the only ones that wouldn’t are financial services, things that are– Alan: Today, Magic Leap just released a press release. And so we already have a set of integrations with proprietary tools like Unity and Real Render and so on. I guess it would be still Unity, for now. Alban: Yep. Alan: I saw that!

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Alan: Today, Magic Leap just released a press release. And so we already have a set of integrations with proprietary tools like Unity and Real Render and so on. I guess it would be still Unity, for now. I guess it would be still Unity, for now. What are your thoughts on that? Alan: That's really incredible.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2019

I guess the only ones that wouldn’t are financial services, things that are– Alan: Today, Magic Leap just released a press release. And so we already have a set of integrations with proprietary tools like Unity and Real Render and so on. I guess it would be still Unity, for now. Alban: Yep. Alan: I saw that!

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

And so what we’re doing is consulting on how can they build the team without building a huge team, or whether you need a 3D model or maybe you need a Unity expert. We do projects on the Magic Leap. You need somebody who understands Unreal or Unity. We do projects on the Go. We do them on the Hololens.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

And so what we’re doing is consulting on how can they build the team without building a huge team, or whether you need a 3D model or maybe you need a Unity expert. We do projects on the Magic Leap. You need somebody who understands Unreal or Unity. We do projects on the Go. We do them on the Hololens.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

And so what we're doing is consulting on how can they build the team without building a huge team, or whether you need a 3D model or maybe you need a Unity expert. We do projects on the Magic Leap. You need somebody who understands Unreal or Unity. We do projects on the Go. We do them on the Hololens. John: [laughs].

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

The one that I link to you here is from a general gaming magazine and it awards HL-A a 9/10 mark. Unity is offering 3 months of Free Learning so that you can sharp your development skills. Magic Leap reveals updates and new enterprise solutions. Stay safe, stay at home and enjoy your time with VR!

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Before starting, I remind you that if you find what I do useful, you can donate to my magazine on Patreon to express your appreciation. The web is always ready to make some jokes on Zuck when we’re talking about data gathering (Image from Reddit, showcasing the magazine The Onion). And now, let’s go. Oculus Quest 2.

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VRScout

JULY 17, 2016

MAGIC LEAP, THE NOTORIOUSLY SECRETIVE STARTUP, STEPS INTO SPOTLIGHT. Magic Leap has raised $1.5B At a Fortune magazine technology conference in Aspen, CMO Brian Wallace and CEO Rony Abovitz (who sold his surgical robot company for $1.65B in 2013) got on stage to fuel the fire on the hype train.

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