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The XR Week Peek (2020.11.09): PS5 doesn’t improve PSVR, VRChat reaches 24,000 concurrent users, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. This is even more than the 20,000 concurrent users of early 2018 when the app went viral on Twitch. HoloLens 2 availability has been expanded to 15 new regions : Italy (YESSS!),

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The Virtual Arena: Educators Learn Their VR

Peter Graham

This column previously covered the 2018 BETT show and how VR was immerging as a possible EdTech trend – but with BETT 2020 the event cemented this movement, with a vast array of new developments and applications for this technology, and growth of previous early adopters. Image credit: KWP. Image credit: KWP.

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Project Caliper: the journey of prototyping optimal controllers for VR

The Ghost Howls

A big tranche of patents was released earlier this year following the termination of a lawsuit against an optics supplier they’d made a $9 million investment into back in 2018. The name was of course inspired by “The Unity Cube” application (Image by Rob Cole). Image by Rob Cole). The Guncube.