Why Ghost?
We all have been amazed by immersive Augmented and Virtual Reality in movies like Minority Report, Iron Man and Ready Player One but up until now this technology required expensive equipment. Now you can experience it for yourself with only the Ghost headset and your smartphone.
Nowadays busy professionals are used to working on laptops with a second monitor but don’t want to carry it when they are traveling. With Ghost you can have many virtual screens all at once and all you need is the compact headset, your smart phone and your laptop.
People move a lot and it takes a lot of effort to unpack right away. With Ghost you don’t have to miss a night without your big virtual TV screen.
We shop online more than ever before but it's sometimes difficult to know if the product we are buying will work for us. With Ghost and it's 3D Viewer app you can preview models of furniture in your room to real scale, or sit in the car of your dreams without leaving your living room.
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Ghost at AWE 2018
We were at AWE 2018 showing our prototype of the Ghost headset in action. We had an amazing time showing demos of Ghost and gathered amazing positive reactions from the community. Here are couple pictures of show in case you missed it.
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What can you do with Ghost?
Ghost comes with a set of apps that will improve the way you entertain, work, learn and shop.
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- Interact with multiple screens at once
- Position and resize your screens anyway you want
- Use your computer keyboard and mouse like you are used to
Watch a demo of Ghost Multiscreen shot directly through the Ghost headset.
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- Create a movie theatre in your home or on the go
- Watch sports on a big virtual screen and have it follow you around if you want
- Place your virtual TV anywhere, even on the ceiling
Demo of Ghost TV shot with an iPhone through the Ghost headset prototype.
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- View and interact with 3D models
- Preview furniture in 3D to real-scale in your home before buying
- Sit in the car of your dreams from the comfort of your home
- Anchor virtual objects to your environment and walk around them
- Load 3D models from online libraries and softwares such as Sketchfab, Poly and Shapr3D
- With Airdrop support on iOS, wirelessly send models from your computer or you iPad
Demo of Ghost 3D Viewer shot with an iPhone through the Ghost headset prototype.
YouTube
- Watch 2D and 3D YouTube videos on a big virtual screen
- All you need is Ghost and the official YouTube app on iOS and Android
Demo of YouTube shot with an iPhone through the Ghost headset prototype.
Mobile VR
- Ghost also works as a Virtual Reality headset thanks to it's VR visor
- Immerse yourself in virtual worlds
- Works with the hundreds of mobile VR apps on iOS and Android
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Powered by your favorite device
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Ghost leverages the display, camera, and sensors already existing in your smartphone to give a great experience while remaining very affordable.
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From AR to VR in a snap, literally!
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Thanks to its smart design, Ghost can also be used as a Virtual Reality headset. Just snap on the magnetic VR visor and enjoy Mobile VR apps on iOS or Android including the hundreds of Google Cardboard compatible apps. When you order a Ghost headset on Indiegogo it will automatically come with both visors.
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Features
The Ghost headset has been designed to be comfortable enough to be worn for extended periods of time. Its optic system inspired by Virtual Reality headsets provides a high resolution image with great color accuracy while keeping a wide and natural field of view.
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Developers Rejoice!
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Building apps for Ghost is a breeze. Since it is powered by your smartphone we can leverage some of the best libraries out there such as ARKit/Scenekit, ARCore, and Google VR. When we start shipping we will provide sample codes to get started with iOS, Android, Unity, and WebXR. Ghost is the perfect solution if you are looking to develop an application for Augmented Reality and want to reach a lot of people without breaking the bank!
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Available in 2 colors
Ghost comes in 2 colors - Ghost White and Onyx Black.
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Timeline
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Stretch Goals
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About the creator
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Hi, I’m Jean Helfenstein. I’m originally from France where I grew up studying computer science. After getting my Masters Degree, I moved to Los Angeles and started to work as a front end developer at a digital advertising agency and spent the next few years working for entertainment clients such as Universal Studios, Lionsgate, and Warner Brothers. I always had a passion for art and technology and released personal artistic projects throughout my career. I was even recognized with some awards from FWA, Awwwards, Key Art, and Webby.
I was then approached by Apple to join their Creative Technology team to prototype animations and user interaction for Apple.com and later worked with Tesla to help prototyping parts of the user interface of the Tesla Model 3 and Roadster.
I am now the Co-Founder and Creative Technologist of Black Rainbow, a creative design studio based in LA.
Since I first heard about Augmented Reality at school I knew this would change the world one day and I have been experimenting with this technology ever since. I got my first job thanks to a portfolio site using AR technology and was published in .NET Magazine in 2010 saying “we’ve explored only 1/10th of AR.” It turns out we had explored a lot less!
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Risks & Challenges
The creation of any new product comes with risks and challenges. Before taking this project to Indiegogo we spent 2 years developing and prototyping it to make sure we are offering a product we can ship to our backers.
As software developers with 10 years of experience we know exactly how to build the software needed for this project. In fact, we have working prototypes of all the softwares we are presenting on this page so we know we can deliver it.
The manufacturing of the product is the most challenging part of this project but thankfully the Ghost headset is relatively simple and doesn’t have any electronics. We are working with great people, such as Fades to Nothing who have a lot of experience designing and launching products from conception. We have working prototypes of the headset which we used to record the demo videos you see on this page. We also have manufacturing partners that we trust to deliver a great product in a timely manner.
For all these reasons we are very confident we will deliver Ghost to you by the end of 2018.
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Visit the product website
For a better look at Ghost, go to http://ibelieveinghost.com