The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Let’s see how Apple and Google will answer. Sony closes its game studio in Manchester. According to GamesIndustry.biz, Sony is closing its Manchester-based game studio, that it opened in 2015 to produce ‘AAA’ PSVR exclusives. Google Glass 2 is now available for direct purchase. And Facebook has just made its first move.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

The company switched to an enterprise model , but apart from a rebranding and an assistance service it is not clear what it actually means, especially if compared with the enormous enterprise offering that Microsoft is giving with HoloLens (Azure services, integration with Teams, etc…). This must be an out-of-season April’s fool joke.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

On the server-side, it is being integrated with Microsoft Azure, and it is also coming in the future for Google Cloud and Tencent Cloud. This new money, that has been given by Sony and other investors, has been explicitly gathered to build the blocks of the future Metaverse. Google is hiring waveguide developers for AR.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

HP has fixed many of the visual problems of the headse t, and Microsoft has just released a patch on Windows 10 that aims at solving many visual issues of all WMR headsets (like Chromatic aberration). But honestly, I expected a bit more … it’s a bit weird that Microsoft hasn’t solved its biggest pain point yet.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

With Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro on the horizon, developers that have invested the better part of a decade honing their expertise were left to promote themselves at Europe's largest gaming event last month. Sony also had no public presence – VR or otherwise – at Gamescom this year.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I’m sorry about that, but it’s still a miracle I’ve managed to write it… Top news of the week (Leaked image from Samsung video) Samsung is back to XR with Google and Qualcomm The big news of the week is that Samsung is back to XR. What is even more interesting is that this device will be built in partnership with Google and Qualcomm.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! Image by Microsoft). in Europe). This is the 150th Week Peek!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

With this operation, Facebook secures another amazing development studio (after Beat Games), making sure that it will be able to provide high-quality games for its headsets in the future, and protecting itself from hostile acquisitions of other companies (like Sony acquiring Insomniac). Image by Microsoft). XR Europe will be awesome!

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Meta is trying to find a compromise with the EU, but if it doesn’t happen, it is threatening to leave its business in Europe, shutting down Facebook and Instagram in the whole European Union. Especially if it happens by hiring 10,000 people in Europe, so that it can apply stronger pressures on the EU about its data privacy rules.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

Pico launches Neo 3 Link in Europe. More info (Pico Neo 3 Link now available in Europe) More info (Pico Neo 3 Link launched at Laval Virtual). 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. The “metaverse” was not a key topic inside “Microsoft Build”.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

My favorite ones have been: Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed that the next PSVR headset will be called PSVR 2 and will feature 2K x 2K per eye, up to 120 Hz framerate, and 110° FOV. This is why companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Meta are exploring similar technologies. Microsoft Maquette gets discontinued.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2022

Even if it is not so famous in Europe, the SXSW (South by SouthWest) has always been one of the events to be in the United States. I’ve personally met and had a chat with people from Unity and Epic Games, Roblox, The Sandbox, HTC Vive, Microsoft, Rec Room. I saw that there were people from Sony Interactive Entertainment.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

We have about 40 million under management and we invest in primarily in North America, but also in Asia and Europe, too. So they have a platform on their own app and Sony PlayStation’s, as well. And Sony has been a great partner for the company. So it’s more like AR on a Google map. They are just doing fine.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

We have about 40 million under management and we invest in primarily in North America, but also in Asia and Europe, too. So they have a platform on their own app and Sony PlayStation’s, as well. And Sony has been a great partner for the company. So it’s more like AR on a Google map. They are just doing fine.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

We have about 40 million under management and we invest in primarily in North America, but also in Asia and Europe, too. So they have a platform on their own app and Sony PlayStation’s, as well. And Sony has been a great partner for the company. So it’s more like AR on a Google map. They are just doing fine.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Quest Pro costs $1500/€1800 (we have VAT in Europe). Partnership with Microsoft. Highlights of the partnership between Meta and Microsoft. Meta and Microsoft worked together to integrate Quest Pro into the Microsoft ecosystem. Microsoft 365 is coming to Quest Pro! Price and release date.

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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). The company was later acquired by Google in 2010.

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