The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2024

If developers are not interested, and Sony is not willing to invest in exclusive great content for its immersive console, PSVR 2 is going to have a very troubled (and probably short) life. And he’s not the only believer: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella indicated Mixed Reality as one of the top three trends to follow for 2024.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 6, 2019

times Oculus Rift, 5 times HTC Vive, and many times greater than other headsets like Valve Index, Oculus Go, Pimax, and Samsung Odyssey. For one, the data only includes searches through Google (though this covers 93% of all searches, according to StatCounter ), and search volume is of course quite susceptible to marketing.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

Hero view of PSVR 2 (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). I said that the winner of the 2016 match has been HTC, but actually, the real winner of the tethered headset market at that time has been Sony , with the PSVR headset exploiting the existing Playstation 4 userbase to sell more devices than the others.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Microsoft ‘Mixed Reality’ Headset Discounts. Microsoft’s Windows “Mixed Reality” headsets are now on sale for up to $100, bringing the cheapest among them to just $300. Only available in Microsoft retail and online stores in the US and Canada, the sale goes on until 11:59 PM PST on November 27, 2017. Samsung Gear VR Price Cut.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. with Xiaomi, Oppo, Samsung, etc…) to convince hardware manufacturers to create headsets powered by Android XR.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

I think that the upcoming release of Quest 3, and the increasing rumors about Samsung are going to improve our situation even more. More info Samsung may be working on a smart ring There are new rumors in town about Samsung working on a smart ring that should be called Galaxy Ring. Let’s all hope so. Great job, Magnopus!

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2021

This is the first day of this sunny season (if you live in my same hemisphere of course), and I hope that you won’t have any Summertime Sadness like Lana Del Rey, but you all will enjoy the sun, have some relax, and forget for a moment all the hard times we are living in. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Happy VR Summer!

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2017

Despite Sony being pleasantly surprised by its official PSVR sales figures – with the nearly 1 million units sold since its October 2016 launch – it’s difficult to get a handle on market penetration for VR hardware to date. SEE ALSO What VR Headset Makers (not analysts) Have Actually Said About Sales Expectations.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 18, 2024

Microsoft formally killed its PC VR platform. Samsung (with Google) and Sony have chosen Qualcomm's XR2+ Gen 2 as the engine of their upcoming headsets, after Samsung reportedly went back to the drawing board after seeing Vision Pro announced.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Microsoft and Zoom have also released their respective apps into the Vision Pro this week. It’s still more or less the game of of Microsoft. Jay noted, “one of the biggest disadvantages here is, of course, it’s just flat on the ground,” Jay said, “it does not simulate that you climb.”

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the trend of Gaming entrepreneurs, for example, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Oculus transferred from games to virtual reality and we started to keep eye on the VR area. For example, we invited senior executives from HUAWEI, JBD, HTC, Alibaba, iQIYI, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and so on. What can the attendees expect from it?

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Bernard Marr

JANUARY 4, 2023

Those known to be taking part include Google, Microsoft, LG, Sony, ASUS, Garmin, Panasonic, Nvidia, Intel, Hisense, JBL, and AMD. This year, 46 awards honors went to Samsung for products across its range of TVs, watches, computer hardware, smart phones and washing machines.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Samsung starts off the month debuting its VR Internet browser for Gear VR, becoming the first to offer a VR browser. Zuckerberg makes the declaration as Samsung announces the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge smartphones will ship for a limited time with the Gear VR for free, along with $50 worth of some of the best games available for the platform.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

Of course, the device that is reaching (or has already reached) this magical number is the Oculus Quest 2 , which has literally taken VR out of its quicksands, becoming the first mainstream device. PSVR 2 Controllers (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). I think that PC VR has only a few chances to shine again: PSVR 2.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 20, 2021

Of course, the community reacted pretty badly to this piece of news. Recently, one of the previous Xbox executives has said that Microsoft invested $5-7B for selling Xbox consoles undercost, so that to be able to enter the market and establish XBox as one of the leaders. Hardware is so cheap that no other companies can compete.

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VeeR VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Of course, it would be almost 600 years before the birth of modern VR technology and VR headsets). Not only was Oculus VR company purchased by Facebook, but Sony announced their VR headset for the PS4 under the name ‘Project Morpheus’. In 2017, Sony bundled PS4 consoles with PSVR headsets in order to attract more users.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

This acquisition signs a new course for Facebook strategy in XR: after having just partnered with external studios for the development of its top-notch exclusive titles (e.g. It is also a defensive, move that makes it avoid the loss of its partners, as it has happened with Insomniac Studio that has just been acquired by Sony.

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VR Playhouse

JUNE 15, 2017

VR, of course, is a different beast, or so I tell myself. And to explain at least a small portion of this sudden success, I’m going to look at another piece of technology at the time, Sony’s Playstation 2. Did Sony’s Playstation 2 cause DVD players to become a breakout technological hit? Of course not. That’s impressive.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Billion & mind you i haven't added the overall population of #asia.Ignore us at your own risk #facebook #microsoft & the curators of those lists. BigscreenVR has partnered with many of the major movie studios including Paramount Pictures and Funimation (Sony Pictures). 25- Pankaj Raut. 29- Clyde Dsouza. 30- Thong Nguyen.

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