Road to VR

AUGUST 24, 2023

Microsoft, Qualcomm and Magic Leap announced a partnership to “guide the evolution” of the Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK), a cross-platform AR/VR development framework which has now gone open-source. The committee says more devices are “coming soon,” one of which will likely be the Magic Leap 2 AR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap may be in trouble, but its CEO remains confident. Some weeks ago, I’ve reported of rumors about Magic Leap being in big trouble and having assigned all its patents as collateral to bank JP Morgan, probably because it is looking for a loan or to raise a round E.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

This week we cover a handful of new funding rounds, new Snap AR milestones and Oculus Quest sales Inflections, among other items. The virtual collaboration product uses 3D visualization tools to enable pharma R&D between computational chemists and structural biologists. Arden’s Wake hits the Oculus Store.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The right tools not only improve collaboration between team members, but also pave the way for more innovative development and design processes. The company offers access to one of the most affordable and flexible VR headsets on the market in the form of the Oculus Quest, allowing all businesses, large or small to explore virtual reality.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Varjo’s “Reality Cloud” network is likely to be a valuable tool for many retail innovators going forward, as it will allow for more efficient lossless streaming in a traditional store space. Magic Leap. Magic Leap has quickly emerged as one of the major market leaders in the Augmented Reality hardware environment.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Still, nCoV-2019 Tracker serves as an excellent example of VR’s potential as a data visualization tool. To experience the magic in VR or AR, visit the same link via a WebVR compatible headset, such as the Oculus Quest, or a dedicated AR headset like the Microsoft HoloLens 2 or Magic Leap One.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

See Also: 8th Wall Launches Tool for WebAR Experiences Using Curved Targets. The virtual experience will be compatible with the following headsets: Oculus Quest, via Chromium. Magic Leap, via the Hello browser. Oculus, VIVE, Pico, and HoloLens via Mozilla’s Firefox Reality browser.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap pivots to enterprise, lays off 1,000 employes. With a long post on Magic Leap’s blog, in the end Rony Abovitz has admitted that the company is not going that well, and has announced a new course, that should eventually lead to Magic Leap 2. Top news of the week.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 9, 2022

Not only is Meta a leading pioneer in the creation of the “Metaverse” – the embodied internet environment where the future of work may take place, but they’re also the company responsible for tools like “Workplace” from Meta. Meta is also the company behind Oculus, one of the more accessible and affordable VR headsets on the market.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 17, 2020

This is a huge step for spatial computing and for us in solidifying our leadership as the leading AR/VR collaboration tool on the market today,” said Anand Agarawala, Co-founder and CEO of Spatial in an official release. The app also includes a mobile centric UI as well as the ability to download images, videos, and documents.

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VRScout

JULY 2, 2019

Magic Leap, Disney, and Epic Games are bringing their A-game to the annual tech conference. These platforms are well-positioned as a tool to teach us more about the human experience, and I am so excited to share that with attendees.”. Ollie – Ollie is a VR animation tool designed for beginners in 3D animation.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2018

He has joined Rony Abovitz at Magic Leap and now he’s there, trying to build the MagicVerse as the SVP of Creative Strategy of the Florida company. And what you are doing at Magic Leap to create these experiences for people? ( Magic Leap glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

This is incredible and will help the development of better AI algorithms (also for AR and VR) Omniverse is going to add new tools for developers so that development teams can work together in the creation of games using the integration provided by Omniverse, which merges the work of everyone out of the box. Magic Leap 2 bridges AR and VR.

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Road to VR

JULY 23, 2021

Until now Facebook kept the tools for building AR apps on the headset to itself, but today it announced it’s unlocking the same capabilities for third-party developers too.

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ARVR

MARCH 25, 2021

Augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) are giving storytellers the ultimate tool to immerse their audiences in their stories. Runtime : 5 Minutes Supported Platforms : Gear VR , Oculus Go , Steam Price : FREE! Runtime : 21 Minutes Supported Platforms : Gear VR , Oculus , Steam Price : FREE! Experience it HERE !

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2023

He said that Apple is going to “ make VR into something everybody wants before it’s something that everybody can afford ”, like the original Oculus The trademark XROS has been registered by a shell company owned by Apple. Magic Leap has factories in the US and Mexico able to produce AR glasses. That’s so sad.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The cloud has paved the way for a new era of collaborative remote learning, while AI tools and automated systems are assisting educators in their tasks. Meta (Oculus). With the Oculus ecosystem, schools and professional training companies alike are beginning to scale their virtual curriculums for a wide range of use cases.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

Image by Oculus). The other bombshell news is that Resident Evil 4 is coming to the Oculus Quest 2. On April, 21st, Oculus will host its first Gaming Showcase , with news on ‘Lone Echo II’, ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’, and many other titles. Top news of the week. Facebook announces Wi-Fi streaming and Resident Evil 4 for Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Rumors hint to Oculus discontinuing the current Quest and selling the new one at $299 and $399. The Facebook Connect is close and we all expect that during that conference Oculus is finally going to announce the new Oculus Quest. Facebook is temporarily suspending the sale of Oculus Quest devices in Germany.

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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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Road to VR

JULY 18, 2018

In the VR realm, the new version brings native mixed reality video compositing for VR applications, and an update to a much newer Oculus SDK. along with Magic Leap support. Updated Oculus SDK. Updated AR SDKs & Magic Leap. with development support for Magic Leap was released earlier this year.

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VRScout

JANUARY 4, 2019

You can also watch Crow: The Legend in a traditional 2D format on YouTube in case you don’t own an Oculus Rift, Oculus Go or Gear VR. By merging the physical world with digital objects, you have a technology that could serve as a brilliant marketing tool for retailers, organizations and ad agencies.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Oculus devices will require a Facebook login. The enormous piece of news of the week is tha t Facebook has communicated that from October, 20th, all people that want to use an Oculus device for personal use will have to use their personal Facebook account to log in. Top news of the week. Image by Tweakanalogy). The same on Twitter.

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VRScout

JUNE 19, 2017

Last Monday, I walked three blocks uphill on Mason St in San Francisco to the Fairmont Hotel to demo a stealth product that had been touted to me as one of the biggest advancements in XR tech this side of Magic Leap. Comparison shot of Varjo Bionic display and Oculus Rift display. So what is Varjo? Varjo solves this problem.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Every year I like to play the guessing game for the Oculus/Facebook/Meta Connect making my list of predictions… which are not always correct, but they are good because they entice all the community people to play this game with me and to tell how they would love to see XR evolving.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

Oculus Go price cut down to $150. Facebook has permanently cut down the price of the Oculus Go to $150 , the same price that made it sell incredibly well on Amazon during the Cyber Monday. More info (Oculus Go price cut) More info (Xiaomi laying off the team dedicated to Go). Magic Leap and nReal are trying to find an agreement.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

With $2 million raised Lynx is still very much in the early startup stage; while this amount is just a drop in the bucket compared to the resources of XR incumbents, it’s a starting point similar to Oculus which got its start after raising $2.4 million on Kickstarter back in 2012.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Instead of creating bespoke worlds and games for its users, Neos VR thinks of itself as more of an ‘operating system for virtual reality’, focusing largely on providing its usersbase with a set of maker tools which lets you to create your own unique worlds one piece at a time without the need of a seperate game engine or coding ability.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 11, 2020

This is a cool video of me unboxing the Nreal Light Devkit: I have to say that I loved unboxing this headset : while Nreal has not reached the mastery of packaging that Oculus has, it has done a great job: the external box is in a very elegant silver color, and the case of the glasses is small and beautiful.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The Use of VR in the Field of Education Vindevogel goes on to say that VR will be a useful tool in the field of education. More Accessible Developer Tools VR solutions are becoming more popular in commercial settings and it’s expected that developing such solutions will become simpler in the coming years.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2019

He has always been a great innovator and I admire his work since the good old Oculus DK 2 times, when he published “Sightline: The Chair” Now he is continuing this innovation work by building a completely open metaverse called Neos , where thanks to object modeling and scripting, it is possible to create everything you want.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 29, 2023

This offering could be the key to helping the tech giant preserve its market share, as innovators like Apple , Microsoft, and Magic Leap all increase their focus in the business world. Meta Quest for Business is a subscription service offering extensive technical support and enterprise-level features to companies adopting XR tools.

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Road to VR

MAY 9, 2019

Though Oculus Quest still doesn’t launch until the 21st, Oculus has seen fit to give us full access to one of its biggest launch titles: Star Wars Vader Immortal – Episode 1. You’ll use a tool to open some control panels and figure out how to fiddle with the insides to unlock some doors.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. Huawei has upgraded its sleek VR glasses and now they support 6DOF movement and 6DOF controllers that are very similar to the Oculus Touch. Notwithstanding all this hate, the Oculus Quest 2 is selling very well. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

They should guarantee better tracking both for the headset and the controllers; The controllers are smaller and seem a mix between the Oculus Touch and the WMR 1 controllers. I don’t see this device stealing the scene from Oculus, since Oculus is cheaper, but I’m quite sure this new headset will be able to grab a good market share.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

APRIL 28, 2023

Despite that, some significant firms are working hard to provide cross-platform, interoperable XR solutions that go against the grain to offer accessible tools. The Reality Labs division develops and manufactures Meta’s VR headsets, such as the Oculus Quest 2.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

There is no point if you have face tracking and it doesn’t work well… and the positional tracking alone is very difficult to provide well even for established companies (only Oculus’s one is very fluid) In the video they say confusing things like “R&D is cheap now” (really? Then why Magic Leap hasn’t delivered a solid product with 2B?)

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