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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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EX-HEAD OF SONY PLAYSTATION LONDON FORMS CROSS-PLATFORM VR GAME STUDIO. Formed by Dave Ranyard, who was the lead at Sony’s London Studio during PSVR’s creation, it includes a handful of early-days development of the PlayStation VR– back when it was still a code name (Project Morpheus was one of my favorite code names).

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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The PSVR unit will work with the PlayStation 4 and Sony says they’ll have 50 games ready to go at launch. Major gaming industry players brought the noise to this year’s E3 conference. PlayStation VR’s release date is October 13, and it will be priced at a very accessible $399. Want to do a demo?

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.07.07): Valve Index shows thumbstick issues, Cosmos works with Wireless Adapter, WeChat introduces AR and much more!

The Ghost Howls

If you are in Los Angeles, at the end of July, the SIGGRAPH seems the place to go. IDC has released another positive report about XR. Top VR headset makers have been Sony, Facebook, HTC, Pico, and 3Glasses. SIGGRAPH showcase experiences have been unveiled and there are many high-quality titles.

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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. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap has sold units of its first device for $550. News worth a mention.

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As UploadVR Turns 2 We Reflect On The First Full Year of Consumer VR

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Magic Leap kicks off the month with the announcement of an enormous $794 million fundraising round, backed by Alibaba. Among a slew of content reveals, Sony reveals PlayStation VR will ship in October starting at $399, with the first pre-orders available at the end of the month. February 2016.

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Big News from XR Awards, Microsoft, Meta, and Sony

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Meta is Licensing Magic Leap This week, rumours revealed that Meta might acquire Magic Leap licensing rights for upcoming XR hardware. Meta looks to ink a deal with Magic Leap to share intellectual property licencing and contract manufacturing to create AR-based solutions.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.12.13): Horizon Worlds is now in open beta, Among Us VR is coming, and more!

The Ghost Howls

A small team has crafted the experience that includes the quasi-realistic avatars of Neo and Trinity , and a great action scene happening in a city that is a bit bigger than Downtown Los Angeles. Image by Sony). Sony shows prototype headset with dual 4K display. Magic Leap rebrands and kills the whale.

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