The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

Niantic has finally launched its VPS (Visual Positioning System), a solution that will allow developers to create AR applications that are persistent and shared in various locations in the world with centimeter accuracy. VPS is a technology that implements the AR Cloud and creates a bridge between the real and the virtual world.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 23, 2019

But it is very interesting , because it will touch a lot of hot topics, like: Data visualization in XR; Magic Leap; Being a woman working in XR; How is XR in Asia. Today the interview will cover the first two topics: dataviz in VR thanks to BadVR solution and Magic Leap. and many other interesting stuff!

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2022

We are a very small team and the community and industry support for what we have built means the world (or the virtual world!)” . Magic Leap VP Product Marketing and Developer Programs, Lisa Watts, presented the Auggie for Best Enterprise solution to Avataar. Best Consumer App. Best Enterprise Solution.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Magic Leap has just organized its first developers’ event, dubbed “L.E.A.P.” It is the first event of this kind organized by Magic Leap: we can say that LEAP Con is like the Oculus Connect of Magic Leap and will probably become always more important, year after year, exactly as it has happened to Oculus.

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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

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Or maybe “relaxed” is not the right word to use, considering the little drama on Microsoft’s headsets. Top news of the week (Image by HP) Microsoft officially drops support for its Mixed Reality headsets Microsoft has just released the infamous Windows 11, version 24H2 update. I think this speaks a lot.

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Hypergrid Business

APRIL 24, 2020

(Image courtesy Magic Leap.). Extended reality company Magic Leap announced this week that it is abandoning the consumer market and laying off employees. The headset that finally hit the market was expensive and little different from Microsoft’s Hololens, which is also enterprise-focused.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

I have also noticed that actually there is still something AR-related in the hype cycle, and it is the AR cloud , the system to create a complete worldwide mapping between the real and the virtual world. Considering that companies like 6d.ai mesh reconstruction of an environment from multiple cell phones.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

We’re already seeing key metaverse players coming together in the collaboration between Meta and Microsoft. To continue providing users with seamless software experiences and improved productivity and collaboration capabilities, Microsoft and Meta have teamed up to bring Mesh for Teams to Meta Quest headsets.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It’s been called the AR Cloud by many, the Magicverse by Magic Leap, the Mirrorworld by Wired, the Cyberverse by Huawei, Planet-scale AR by Niantic and Spatial Computing by academics. Some recent acquisitions include AltspaceVR (Microsoft), and Escher (Niantic). Find out more details, dynamics and submission guidelines here. .

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

After the report of last week by Insider, in which Alex Kipman was accused of improper behavior at work, especially towards women, Alex Kipman has resigned from Microsoft. Rumors already talk about a new AR headset produced by Microsoft in collaboration with Samsung that should substitute it, but we have no sure info about it.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Researchers at the National University of Singapore first showed us how face electrodes can simulate food in virtual reality– and now they are bringing wind and heat to your virtual world. The notoriously secretive mixed reality company Magic Leap has acquired parts of Dacuda , a B2B computer vision software company.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 17, 2023

I think this creates another level of blending of virtual and real, which will be typical of the metaverse. People are appreciating or falling in love with girls that never existed, and are just created by the AI , a bit like NPCs of a virtual world. This is going to be big!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 12, 2023

Going forward, I think we’ll see more examples of MR gaining rapid adoption in the enterprise space, particularly as Varjo, HTC Vive, Magic Leap, Microsoft, and other leaders continue to innovate. 4. Magic Leap will Release More Affordable Headsets. 2. New Treadmill Technology.

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Though mixed reality is evolving at a slightly slower rate than augmented and virtual reality, market leaders like Microsoft are beginning to introduce the world to what the future of MR could really look like. In Mixed Reality, the physical and virtual worlds combine and interact. million – a CAGR of 41.8%.

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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. Rec Room is one of the most popular virtual worlds, and it is growing very fast. More info (SideQuest from the Quest?—?Reddit

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 11, 2020

Being the lens transparent, you can see through it both the real and virtual world. HoloLens is winning over Magic Leap because it is inserted in the context of a great platform (great SDK, Azure AI/ML/Cloud services, Microsoft tools like Teams, etc…). And here comes another discussion about the platform.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 31, 2016

At this year’s IMMERSE Summit , Road to VR sat down with Matt McIlwain , managing director at Madrona Venture Group (investor in Envelop VR and Pixvana ), and Patrick Eggen , managing director at Qualcomm Ventures (investor in Owlchemy Labs and Magic Leap ), to discuss their investing strategies when it comes to virtual and augmented reality.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 6, 2018

At Leap Motion, we envision a future where the physical and virtual worlds blend together into a single magical experience. At the heart of this experience is hand tracking, which unlocks interactions uniquely suited to virtual and augmented reality.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 1, 2023

Already, this vision has captured the attention of some of the world’s marketing leading XR brands. During the latest 2022 WEF event, market-leading AR manufacturer Magic Leap announced a strategic partnership with Globant, intended to accelerate XR enterprise adoption.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 23, 2024

Horizon is also the immersive framework behind the firm’s Worlds metaverse platform. The firm seeks to drive socially connected virtual worlds ready for cross-platform delivery on headsets, phones, and desktops. This consolidation streamlines the application development cycles.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 2, 2024

The Horizon framework is also used to power Meta’s Worlds metaverse platform. Meta aims to create socially connected virtual worlds accessible from headsets, phones, and desktops. This move comes after Khronos released an updated version 1.1

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 21, 2022

These professionals use new devices to merge the physical and virtual worlds with creative, engaging immersive content. XR blends the physical and virtual worlds with digital overlays that interact in real-time with real-life objects. Virtual Reality (VR). billion USD this year. It is also expected to top $345.9

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CraneMorley

JUNE 27, 2023

” Published in 1994 the article details MR “as a particular subset of Virtual Reality (VR) related technologies that involve the merging of real and virtual worlds somewhere along the “virtuality continuum” which connects completely real environments to completely virtual ones.”

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

All across the planet, our technologies are breaking out from behind the screen and into the physical world around us. Simultaneously, the people, places, and things in our world are being digitized and brought into the virtual world, becoming part of the digital domain.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

Charlie Fink is a Forbes columnist and an author of two AR-enabled books – Charlie Fink’s Metaverse: A Guide to VR and AR, and Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted with Data. Charlie was EVP and COO of VR Pioneer Virtual World Entertainment. Magic Leap a lot of great people running off doing different things.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

Charlie Fink is a Forbes columnist and an author of two AR-enabled books – Charlie Fink’s Metaverse: A Guide to VR and AR, and Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted with Data. Charlie was EVP and COO of VR Pioneer Virtual World Entertainment. Magic Leap a lot of great people running off doing different things.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

Magic Leap. Me, wearing a Magic Leap One. The most important news has been for sure the launch of the Magic Leap One. Rear view of the Magic Leap One. On the contrary, Microsoft has worked a lot on the platform, to make it more appealing to enterprise customers.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

There was something called people avatars and virtual worlds, that was very popular around 2007. A billion dollar to spend on virtual worlds. And that allowed us to expand the business and have a presence that today, although we don’t have investment, I think we have more locations than Magic Leap, that has a $2.7-billion

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

There was something called people avatars and virtual worlds, that was very popular around 2007. A billion dollar to spend on virtual worlds. And that allowed us to expand the business and have a presence that today, although we don’t have investment, I think we have more locations than Magic Leap, that has a $2.7-billion

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

AR, you can have your friends and family around and share an experience that’s blended with your world. GB: Magic Leap is a big presence in the AR discussion. Outside of the sort of people in this room and in the games press, I don’t think most people know what Magic Leap is. Above: Microsoft’s HoloLens in action.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

There was something called people avatars and virtual worlds, that was very popular around 2007. A billion dollar to spend on virtual worlds. And that allowed us to expand the business and have a presence that today, although we don't have investment, I think we have more locations than Magic Leap, that has a $2.7-billion

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. Also, while converging the physical and virtual worlds is inevitable, it won’t be through massive ski goggles on your face. This was done by introducing flat, resizeable virtual screens to maximise productivity.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

Google is also hiring high-profile people for it, like Bernard Kress, principal optical architect on Microsoft’s HoloLens team, and Paul Greco, the previous CTO of Magic Leap. Image by Microsoft). Microsoft is acquiring Activision Blizzard for $68.7B. Other relevant news. News worth a mention. Image by Varjo).

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Today we're speaking with Varag Gharibjanian, the chief revenue officer at Clay AIR, a software company shaping the future of how we interact with the digital world, using natural gesture recognition. We're going to find out how Clay will bring our real hands into the virtual world. Varag, welcome to the show, my friend.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Today we're speaking with Varag Gharibjanian, the chief revenue officer at Clay AIR, a software company shaping the future of how we interact with the digital world, using natural gesture recognition. We're going to find out how Clay will bring our real hands into the virtual world. Varag, welcome to the show, my friend.

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