The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Meta announces at Connect Quest Pro and a partnership with Microsoft. There have been a few key announcements at Connect: Meta has launched Quest Pro , its new premium headset, for $1500 Meta announced its focus on a new vertical, productivity Meta has partnered with Microsoft and Accenture to tackle the XR enterprise world.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2023

But there’s even more: Unity has already published a page about how it is possible to build for the Quest 3 using not only the XR Interaction Toolkit, but also AR Foundation. Unity page also confirms that the headset will provide plane detection, so you will be able for instance to detect the walls and the desks in your room.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

You can access it at this link: [link] ) Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft kills Windows Mixed Reality Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on the Windows Mixed Reality platform , the one of the WMR headsets by Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung which were the first to introduce inside-out tracking in the VR ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

More info Quest 3 will pair with Windows 11 PCs next month Meta and Microsoft announced that the automatic pairing of Quest 3 headsets with Windows 11 PCs is coming in preview access in December. As a Unity developer (also knowledgeable of VRChat), I’m not surprised at all, honestly. I will leave you the link to do that below.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2023

I’ve very limited time, but luckily this week has not been very relevant for the ecosystem, so I’m managing to write this newsletter anyway Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) AltspaceVR shuts down In one of the saddest moments of the latest years in VR, AltspaceVR has closed its doors. I will leave you the link to do that below.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2024

More info (Logitech MX Ink now available) More info (My hands-on with the device) The end of HoloLens 2 Microsoft has officially announced the end-of-life of the Microsoft HoloLens 2: the company is now selling the last stock and will slowly discontinue the headset. I will leave you the link to do that below.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The same element can so be compatible both with Unreal Engine, and Unity, but also Roblox and Minecraft. The reason is that the newest Microsoft laptops feature a neural processing unit (NPU) that improves processing power and battery efficiency when running AR experiences. I will leave you the link to do that below.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

IVAS is the modified HoloLens that Microsoft is experimenting with the US Army and thanks to this partnership it could show better and more useful data to its soldiers. Senior Unity Developer Join our Unity team and be at the forefront of innovation in the global mobile-AR industry.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

This week, Microsoft announced that MRTK will migrate to an independent GitHub account and that the project will be supported by a consortium including Microsoft, Magic Leap, and Qualcomm. That’s fantastic news for all Unity XR developers! Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 22, 2022

Microsoft IVAS program is not doing great. The special IVAS program that Microsoft is carrying on to develop a special version of HoloLens 2 for the US Army is not doing that well. According to Microsoft, around 50% of Gen Z and Millenials are ready to work remotely in XR. Other news. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

It is a terrible moment for tech companies: after Meta and Unity, also Snap stock has lost -30% of its value after the CEO has announced that the company won’t be able to reach its estimated earnings goals. The “metaverse” was not a key topic inside “Microsoft Build”. There’s still no word on when Mesh will be released.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

Unity talked about PlayStation VR 2 at GDC. Unity had a talk about developing for PlayStation VR 2 at GDC 2022. More info (Foveated Tracking boost inside PSVR 2) More info (Full Unity talk at GDC). Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine. News worth a mention.

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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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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Furthermore, Microsoft 365 apps such as Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint, will be connected with Omniverse Project Mellon has been unveiled. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine. Of course, Epic is completely against Apple and its vision of its own walled garden.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Sometimes VR without a headset can be cool too More info (U2 concert in the dome / 1) More info (U2 concert in the dome / 2) More info (U2 concert in the dome / 3) Microsoft launches Mesh For Enterprise In Beta After many years of working on it, finally, Microsoft has finally released a preview of Microsoft Mesh dedicated to the enterprise sector.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

There will be a new launcher, improved graphics, improved in-game camera, production-ready Unity SDK for the creators, improved full-body VR, and much more. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine. First of all, the Web3 VR platform has announced version 3.0

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 4, 2023

More info Microsoft releases MRTK 3 Notwithstanding the fact that most of the team behind it has been laid off, Microsoft has announced that Microsoft Mixed Reality Toolkit 3 (MRTK3) will reach General Availability (GA) in Q3 of this calendar year. I will leave you the link to donate for these two causes below.

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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. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine. Header image by Meta).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

More info Jim Ryan hints at a possible PlayStation metaverse The court documents related to the FTC vs Microsoft trial related to the acquisition of Activision contain a very interesting piece of information related to what Sony may be working on. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine.

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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. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine. I will leave you the link to do that below.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

If OpenAI wanted to slow down to have time to understand the consequences of this new type of AI, Microsoft would already ready be to hire all the talents of OpenAI and carry on AI developments by itself. Now Microsoft is discontinuing them , putting another nail in the coffin of the HoloLens. Thanks to Davy Demeyer for the tip!)

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

That’s why we rejoiced when Apple launched its headset: while Google and Microsoft can discard new technologies pretty easily, Apple is slower at deciding to take a step, but when it makes it, it commits to it. Furthermore, he decided that Unity Personal will remain free and the funding ceiling to use it will double from $100k to $200k.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

While the program was principally incubated by Crytek, students working in VR First labs tend use Unity (48%), followed by Unreal (20%) and then CRYENGINE (14%). LLC Technology Companies Development Center, Ukraine. image courtesy VR First. Graz University of Technology, Austria. HTW Berlin, Germany. Ilia State University, Georgia.

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