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Proton Pulse Is The First Good Fully-VR Game On Apple Vision Pro

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Justin Moravetz initially released a Proton Pulse demo to the Oculus forum in April 2013 in the days before Oculus Share. Moravetz was still employed at Sony at the time, causing him some grief later, but he was on the path to becoming an indie VR developer. “So The demo arrived just as DK1 was shipping to Kickstarter backers.

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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

Investments in AR/VR companies are at 2013 level. Bad news for the VR ecosystem come from DigiCapital: the investments in AR/VR companies for the first quarter of 2020 are the lowest in these years and are back to the level of 2013. More info (Google Lens) More info (AR copy to Photoshop) More info (VROOM).

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Searches for “HTC Vive” Have Caught up with “Oculus Rift” and May Be Accelerating

Road to VR

When it comes to Google searches, “HTC Vive” has recently matched “Oculus Rift” and may be continuing to rise. Search volume is a good indicator of relative brand awareness, more so than purchase intent or attitude toward the product as even negative events can generate search interest.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this weekly VRScout Report, Google Earth in VR is a rush, Facebook analyzes your face w/ augmented reality, GE uses AR to talk to machines, the funding wrap-up, cure lazy eye with VR, and more…. GOOGLE EARTH IN VR IS A RUSH. NOKIA AND SONY GET TOGETHER FOR 360 VIDEO.

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Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Tonight Show’ Debuts Virtual Reality Pictionary Segment with ‘Tilt Brush’

Road to VR

NBC’s popular late night talk show The Tonight Show with host Jimmy Fallon has debuted a new segment called Virtual Reality Pictionary which uses the HTC Vive and Google’s Tilt Brush VR paint app. In 2014, Fallon demoed Sony’s PSVR (back when it was still called ‘Project Morpheus’) on The Tonight Show.

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Lifelogging isn’t dead. It lives on, just without any of the promised benefits

Digital Trends

Lifelogging was the tech trend of 2013 and 2014 but quickly disappeared under the weight of privacy fears. But that didn't stop us from becoming lifeloggers.

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Nintendo Jumps into VR (Again) With Switch VR ‘Labo’ Kit Coming in April

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Like Google Cardboard before it, the Labo VR Kit for Switch is effectively a drop-in holder for the console, with lenses which each see one half of the screen for a stereoscopic view. “We wanted to design an experience that encourages both virtual and real-world interactions among players through passing around Toy-Con creations.”.