These are the days of the Venice Film Festival, one of the most important movie festivals in the world. In the last few years, this festival has always had a section dedicated to VR, that according to many was incredibly well-curated. This year, the Venice VR event, called Venice VR Expanded, is going to be […]
It’s a while that I virtually know Chris Koomen, a talented professional that works with immersive technologies at KLM. During all these months, I had the occasion of reading on Linkedin about all his cool prototypes and enterprise solutions that he and his colleagues have developed inside the company, ranging from 360 videos to hand-tracked […]
This week we have lots of news about Ocu…ehm Facebook! But before digging into them, let me invite you to the official Venice VR Expanded world that I helped building inside VRChat that kickstarts September, 2nd! More info in the article below. Top news of the week Facebook Connect is coming September, 16th Oculus de facto […]
Today I woke up finding on the various VR magazines the preview reviews about the upcoming Facebook Horizon. Unluckily I have not been among the lucky ones that have had the opportunity of trying it in preview (probably the meme of Zuck dressed as an angel that I used in my previous posts has not […]
Today I feature a great interview with one of the most important people in the AR space: Alan Smithson. I virtually know Alan since some years, and I have always admired his ability to combine his entrepreneurial skills with his passion for immersive realities so that to be successful by doing the things that he […]
This week in XR has been incredibly calm and nothing important has happened, apart from little things like the riot of the entire XR community against Facebook 🙂 Jokes apart, I’m working to organize my blog’s 4th birthday party on VRChat… you asked for it, and you will have it! Top news of the week Oculus devices will […]
This week in VR has been pretty explosive because of the announcement made by Facebook that will force VR people to have a Facebook account to use their VR headsets. I’ve read news, editorials, and also lots of memes about it, and I think you too. But as a developer, I also wondered what this […]
Today I host a guest post by Ryan, Senior Writer at AR/VR Tips, an online company that showcases the latest augmented reality apps and virtual reality products. Since AR/VR Tips “showcases new mixed reality hardware and software that you can buy today”, he wanted to talk with you about some interesting pieces of AR hardware […]
Crisis VRigade has been one of the most successful game on SideQuest, and strong of this success, indie dev studio Sumalab has decided to create a new episode of the saga, Crisis VRigade 2, that has been released to various platforms. I have tried the PC VR version on Steam, and here I’m sharing with […]
My blog has just turned 4 years old and I’m incredibly happy about it! I’m thinking about making a VRChat party to celebrate this anniversary and I will keep you posted about when this is going to happen! For the rest, this week in VR has been the typical summer week when nothing special has happened […]
It’s my blog’s birthday! Today The Ghost Howls turns 4 years old, making me feel a little bit old. It was August, 15th 2016 when I wrote my first post, accompanied by an embarrassing image with a flower downloaded from Pixabay. I had no idea what I was doing, I only knew that the marketing […]
