Upload VR

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Searching for this week's VR games and hardware news? Here's what you may have missed: To call this VR's biggest week since Rift launched might be an understatement thanks to Apple Vision Pro. With VR gaming, PlayStation's State of Play announced Metro Awakening and a Legendary Tales port, while Ultrawings 2 reached PSVR 2.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

OpenXR includes all the major companies in the space such as Meta, Sony, Valve, Microsoft, HTC, NVIDIA, and AMD – but notably not Apple. It officially released in 2019. Even if the Unity integration supported OpenXR, there are other barriers to releasing VR apps to other stores.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

Plus it’s even weirder that HTC needed 2 years to bring it to the market (it was announced in 2019). For sure, as someone pointed out on Reddit, that number includes people in every kind of role, from game developers to customer support not to mention researchers. Apple AR headset may have been delayed to 2025. It’s believable.

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VRScout

MARCH 3, 2020

In the gaming industry, however, this movement to open-source started to make sense when a wave of user-generated content evolved into some of the most successful versions of modern gameplay. Castle Smurthenstein (Image Credit: Apple II Bits ). One widely-known mod is a game mode referred to as “battle royale.”

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The rumor is still unconfirmed, but when the world’s oldest extant gaming company finally thinks it’s time to make a dedicated XR device, you know it’s going to be something special. That’s basically been the case from Game & Watch all the way to Switch and Switch Lite.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

95% of the content is about the vision of the future “metaverse” in which we all are always in XR , we work, we connect with other people physically distant away, we attend events, we play multiplayer games, etc… all in XR. Luckily there is 5% of information there that I’ve actually found interesting. I mean, we all already knew this, Mark.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 26, 2020

Since we’re focused on value creation in the enterprise and education space, Charlie Fink from Forbes described us as “ a new 3D game engine that means business “ The MetaVRse Engine was released on June 1, 2020, at Augmented World Expo (AWE). Our mission is to unlock the power of spatial computing for everyone.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

I’m super excited that this week I’ve shared the news that we of NTW are going to launch our game HitMotion:Reloaded on November, 27th. Apple AR glasses may be released in 2022–2023. More info (Apple glasses delayed to 2022) More info (Apple glasses delay). Top news of the week. Image by Magic Leap).

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ARVR

JUNE 29, 2020

The Smart-Accessory Revolution A Pew Research Center survey conducted at the beginning of 2013 showed that only 51% of adults in the United States owned a smartphone, 6 years after the launch of the 1st-generation Apple iPhone. Another survey conducted mid-June 2019, 4 years since the debut of the Apple Watch, showed that roughly 1-in-5 U.S.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

With a tweet on its account, Valve has announced that the most awaited VR game of the year, Half-Life: Alyx is going to be released on March, 23rd. The game will be available only on Steam, but it will be compatible with all PC VR headsets. The price is €50, but the game is free for Index owners. I’m hyped, and you?

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AR Insider

JUNE 30, 2021

As you may have heard, this move triggered resounding consumer backlash, followed by the game publisher, Resolution Games, backing out of the trial. These include video, social media, mobile apps and games (just ask Unity). VR Global Revenue Forecast, 2019-2024. This effectively precludes any meaningful ad revenue.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

We’re looking for a Unity dev for a freelance gig lasting 1–2 months, ideally from Italy or a nearby country (for easier management). It is in Italian, but basically it says that we’re looking for a Unity dev with preferred experience with VR and/or multiplayer games. Image by Epic Games). Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Some months ago, we all read that letter where Zuckerberg claimed wanting to get complete control of the hardware and software stack so that Facebook shouldn’t depend on external companies, like Google or Apple for the SO, or phone manufacturers for the hardware. Interactions are very natural, and the game is fun to be played.

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Hypergrid Business

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

Apple has lagged behind in the virtual and augmented reality race so far. “Industry and consumers alike will be able to easily interact with digital content aligned to the real-world for purposes including training, gaming, health and many more.” million units sold by 2019.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 10, 2019

Google I/O 2019 has just finished and has all been about new augmented reality features. Just a quick rewind for everyone: ARCore is Google’s answer to Apple ARKit, a framework that lets people enjoy augmented reality from their smart p hones without using external hardware or markers. Isn’t it cool? ARCore Scene Viewer.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The Game Developers Conference , a big event where there have been in the past many announcements about VR, has been canceled after all the major brands withdrew from it , leaving the organizers with no choice. Is this really what Apple wants? (Thanks Robert Scoble for this news!). Facebook acquires Sanzaru Games.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a very impressive fusion of hardware and software, but it's by no means perfect. Apple Vision Pro Specs, Features & Details Apple officially revealed the full Vision Pro specs when opening preorders today. And Apple did not send UploadVR a review unit, we bought our own. But does it deliver?

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AR Insider

MAY 17, 2021

This week, the Epic/Apple saga continues, HTC doubles down on enterprise AR Niantic enters the AR platform race, and Spatial leans in to NFTs. Let’s dive in… Apple – Epic Smackdown, part deux. As the trial drags on, Epic’s case against Apple may be losing its edge. What about Roblox? More from AR Insider….

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

A Horizon game is coming for this new headset, and some rumors talk also about Half-Life: Alyx potentially be available in the future; HTC has announced the Vive Wrist Tracker, a 6 DOF tracker for the Vive Focus 3. New rumors on Apple and Meta devices. A game no one had ever hyped online. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

Since I loved gaming (who doesn’t love gaming?), It was too early for Unity, but they taught me about C++, C#, Java, OpenCV, OpenGL and other fancy development stuff. The weakness of the gamedev community disappointed me, but I decided that since everyone was using Unity, I should learn it myself.

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Robert Scoble

OCTOBER 4, 2019

One VR, one AR, and that will become clearer over time, and trying to force the two together, like Zuckerberg and I were doing is causing massive confusion as we wait for Apple, and others, to ship usable augmented reality devices. It’s clear there are two separate camps. VR is when you see nothing but virtual things.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Regarding the glasses, I have not big hopes for true AR glasses, but I think that thanks to Facebook and Apple, finally we’ll have some important smartglasses entering the market , making the mainstream think about wearing something on their face to enjoy notifications from the phone. Phone AR will be always more popular. Sounded good.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

This year, I’m not going to make an exception, also because my predictions for 2019 performed pretty well. 2019, after a false start, has been a very good year for VR , and we had the arrival on the market of very interesting VR devices that have driven adoption. Every year, I cast some predictions for the new year in AR and VR.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

At GDC 2017 LG showcased a virtual reality headset that was SteamVR compatible: it was a game-changing moment since for the first time a new non-Vive headset would have been compatible with SteamVR tracking and ecosystem. people walking around), so I don't have an apples-to-apples comparison against Santa Cruz.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

But hey, let me play this game anyway, so here you are my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 based on the trends and the anticipations that we had at the end of 2020! Before starting: if you like this kind of posts, you can subscribe to my newsletter to receive them directly in your email!).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

First of all, let me wish a nice rest to anyone who has participated in the Global Game Jam, especially the ones that have proposed some AR/VR games! And then, of course, there is SuperData , that someone has already renamed “SuperGuess”, that has released its estimates of VR sales for Q4 2019. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

We all know that the Vive Cosmos should release very soon since HTC revealed me that the release date would have been in Q3 2019 and Q3 ends at the end of the month. I know about this technology because I remember my friend Scott Hayden having tried some glasses using the same technology (LetinAR) at MWC 2019.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

He’s been a tech journalist for more than 28 years, and he’s covered games for a twenty one of those years. To learn more, you can visit games beat dot com or venture beat dot com. Alan: How did you start… first of all, I guess you’ve been in the games world for a long time. So, thank you very much.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

He’s been a tech journalist for more than 28 years, and he’s covered games for a twenty one of those years. To learn more, you can visit games beat dot com or venture beat dot com. Alan: How did you start… first of all, I guess you’ve been in the games world for a long time. So, thank you very much.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2020

Notice that we have to be very careful about this news: it doesn’t mean that we had 1M of new headsets sold because of Alyx: that wouldn’t be realistic given the estimated sales of the game (around 1M in that period, according to SuperData), and the limited production of headsets due to the pandemic. I hope not, but I think so.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

He's been a tech journalist for more than 28 years, and he's covered games for a twenty one of those years. To learn more, you can visit games beat dot com or venture beat dot com. first of all, I guess you've been in the games world for a long time. But now we pretty much cover the gamut of tech news and game news.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

He’s been a tech journalist for more than 28 years, and he’s covered games for a twenty one of those years. To learn more, you can visit games beat dot com or venture beat dot com. Alan: How did you start… first of all, I guess you’ve been in the games world for a long time. So, thank you very much.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

We entered so the “winter of VR”, which happened between 2017 and the first part of 2019, that is the period when virtual reality was considered “dead”, and it was very hard to survive in the ecosystem. Then in 2019, it was the Facebook Oculus Quest’s success to give new life to the ecosystem.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

Today’s guest got his start in the world of game development. So we built Extality out of a long, 10 year experience in the games industry, building mobile games. Did a lot of games, including Zombie Gunship, which ended up being this kind of worldwide sensation of shooting zombies from an airplane.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

Today’s guest got his start in the world of game development. So we built Extality out of a long, 10 year experience in the games industry, building mobile games. Did a lot of games, including Zombie Gunship, which ended up being this kind of worldwide sensation of shooting zombies from an airplane.

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

Reliance Jio’s foray into mixed reality started in 2019 when they acquired majority stake in deep-tech startup Tesseract which has a few hardware products in XR space. What about Apple Glass? I was very critical of this approach with the Apple Watch?—?it

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. But its reputation as a video game engine can also be intimidating — especially to those who want to create AR software for enterprise. And it was for me as well; I’ve been a Unity user forever.

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