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Project Caliper: the journey of prototyping optimal controllers for VR

The Ghost Howls

But the gift is not mine, but from the XR ergonomics expert Rob Cole, that has written an INCREDIBLE guest post about his experiments in trying to build from scratch the prototype of a SteamVR controller with a modular design and optimal ergonomics. Image by Rob Cole). Introduction. Lockdowns and shortages. Image provided by Rob Cole).

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2019 Was a Major Inflection Point for VR—Here’s the Proof

Road to VR

People tend to focus on headsets sales, which remains largely speculative as only Sony ever publicly discloses numbers. Sony announced sales of PlayStation VR in January 2020: 5 million headsets over the last four years. It’s difficult to get real data on the VR consumer market.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.05.30): Niantic launches VPS, Pico launches Neo 3 Link, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle?—?for And Sony will give a “Sneak peek” of PSVR 2 games at its upcoming State Of Play event on June 2nd at 3 PM PT. It seems that Sony is hoping for a Q4 release in time for the holidays, but analyst Ming-Chi Kuo thinks that delays will bring the release to Q1 2023.

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Hands-On with VREAL’s VR Live Streaming System & Q&A With CEO Todd Hooper

Road to VR

I took a short break during my time at PAX West this year to checkout VREAL’s new streaming platform at their office in downtown Seattle. We are Sony partner and will be talking more about Sony later. At the office, I strapped on a Vive and jumped into VREAL’s virtual lobby with a couple of others to try things out.

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Exclusive: Here’s How Fantastic Contraption VR Devs Generated More Than $1 Million

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It released with the launch of the HTC Vive in early 2016 and Facebook’s Oculus Touch controllers for Rift late in the year. This summer, it launched on Sony’s PlayStation VR. The game was bundled with Vive headsets for a period when it launched but generally sells individually for $30 on Rift and Vive and $20 on PSVR.