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Xbox Game Studios Has (inadvertently?) Acquired Heaps of VR Development Talent

Road to VR

A year ago, in response to Sony consistently delivering high-quality exclusives for PS4, Microsoft made a commitment to rejuvenating its first-party game development efforts and went on a shopping spree, acquiring a handful of respected studios to bolster its first-party game development talent under the Xbox Game Studios banner.

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These Are The Stocks You Could Buy To Invest In The VR Industry

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VR investments have broken into the billions of dollars with reports showing as high as $4-5 billion since 2010 and $2 billion in the last 12 months alone. Sony – NYSE: SNE – VR Console, VR Games & VR Headset. This list will mostly be made up of publicly traded companies that are confirmed to have a presence in VR.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.05.11): new Quest is in the works, Magic Leap may pivot to healthcare, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I hope that a future rumor clarifies a bit more what is Facebook’s strategy. (Thanks Alessio Palumbo for the tip!). 3D environment scans are in 2020 what pictures were in 2010. In my opinion, 2021 is a better year to talk about a new Quest. I am very excited by this news, but at the same time, I’m very confused. Image by ILMxLAB).

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Top 50 Asian Virtual Reality-Augmented Reality Leaders,Evangelists, Investors & Influencers

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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. Has been at the forefront when it comes to XR, earlier he was VP, Platform Strategy & Dev Community at #HTC and is currently working at Facebook Reality labs.