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E3 Spotlight: Microsoft Aims For A VR Sweet Spot In 2018

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The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is in Los Angeles, CA next week and it’s always one of the largest events of the year for gamers, giving giants of the industry including Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo the chance to show off the latest hardware and games to drive the next generation of consumer interest.

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Report: Global VR Hardware Revenue To Hit $3.6 Billion in 2017

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But with the latest opening of the IMAX VR Center in Los Angeles, premium VR destinations like this may just be what the industry needs. However, the report did lump together Pokémon GO, which earned 96% of all AR software revenue in 2016, and MR devices like the Microsoft HoloLens proving not yet ready for consumers.

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Snapchat quietly introduced a 360-degree video ad platform

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The first brand to deploy the new Snapchat feature was Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) who released a campaign to promote their latest thriller called ‘Don’t Breathe’. Sony created this initial video with the help of AvatarLabs , a Los Angeles based digital agency.

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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. Not to be outdone, Microsoft finally confirmed that the not-so-secret Project Scorpio (an excellent codename decision) is bringing high fidelity VR to Xbox. Want to do a demo? Real Work to be Done: Aecom and Hololens Team Up.

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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!

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Microsoft is shipping Azure Kinect. Microsoft is finally shipping its Azure Kinect devkits. As promised, Microsoft has released the documentation on its website. If you are in Los Angeles, at the end of July, the SIGGRAPH seems the place to go. Oculus Summer Sale has arrived! More info.

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E3 2017: Six Big Predictions For VR This Year

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The only trees are those that decorate the surroundings of the Los Angeles Convention Center, burning away in the sweltering Californian sun. It’s here that titans like Sony, Microsoft and others do their best to wow us with new announcements on both the software and hardware front.

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