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Exactly today, my blog turns 10 years old. It is a huge achievement. Or better, it is a HUUUUUUUGE achievement! This morning I started thinking about this since I woke up. And a lot of emotions started going through me since then. I feel surprised to have reached such a milestone: when I started, I […] The post 10 years of The Ghost Howls appeared first on The Ghost Howls .
One of the startups I absolutely wanted to visit at AWE was Oxford Optical Labs (OOL) because it is developing special lenses that can change their focus on demand. This company got me intrigued since the first time I spoke with them during my AWE preview interview, because its technology could enable varifocal headsets in […] The post Oxford Optical Labs aims to make varifocal headsets possible…
Are you ready for a new episode of this roundup of the best XR news of the week? Of course you are… otherwise, you wouldn’t be here! Top news of the week Speculations and updates about the Steam Frame The launch of the Steam Frame is getting closer, and we are keeping having updates and speculations about […] The post The XR Week Peek (2026.10.08): New rumors on Steam Frame, new VR mods, and more!…
At AWE, I was able to get in touch with the team building the Raven Prism, which are upcoming smart glasses with a strong focus on privacy and openness. Let me tell you more about this very interesting project! Raven Resonance Raven Resonance is an American startup focused on building AR glasses (smartglasses) with a […] The post Raven Prism are the glasses that care the most about privacy…
It’s hot here in Italy… It’s so hot that I miss my time in November in Finland when I was freezing! This week in XR has been kinda lukewarm, with no huge news happening, but this newsletter is still going to be cool, with some interesting news and a lot of fun links at the […] The post The XR Week Peek (2026.08.03): SPECS’s specs to be unveiled in September, Altspace VR is being rebooted, and…
One of the most incredible experiences I had at AWE was trying out Canon’s mixed-reality headsets. One was incredibly small, and the other one incredibly expensive ($20K!!!). Let me tell you everything about these very special hands-on sessions I had. [Notice: I tried these devices for just a few minutes each. This is a “first […] The post Hands-on Canon’s $20K headset and very small MR prototype…
It’s summertime! Many people are going on vacation, the VR magazines have reduced the amount of news they publish, but I’m still here writing for you the summary of the most important pieces of XR news of the week! This week we actually had quite a few notable things happen, so this Week Peek will […] The post The XR Week Peek (2026.07.27): AI-coded mods are bringing new content to PCVR, Samsung…
I’m intrigued by Gaussian Splat videos because they have the potential to bring a person in front of you, as if he/she were really there. Combined with mixed reality, they can really make you feel like an idol of yours is there, at home with you. That’s why I was happy when, at AWE, I […] The post Radiant Images offers a portable system to record Gaussian Splat videos appeared first on The Ghost…
At AWE, one of my most important experiences for me was going hands-on with the prototype Android XR smartglasses by Google, the ones you have probably seen during the keynote at Google I/O. Let me tell you about my experience with them! Android XR smartglasses It’s widely known that Google and Samsung are working together […] The post Android XR prototype glasses hands-on: the usual great UX from…
Yesterday, the Football World Cup ended, and now I feel like I don’t know anymore how to spend my evenings. Compliments to Spain, by the way… I hope that in four years we will be able to play against them… I couldn’t stand another World Cup without Italy! Anyway, enough talking about football… let’s dig into […] The post The XR Week Peek (2026.07.20): Smartglasses have a privacy issue, Lenovo lays…