XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The Hammersmith, London-based company has also partnered with some of the world’s biggest tech and media firms, including Apple, National Geographic, Google, Sony, Meta Platforms, Sky, IMAX, Intel, and many others. The Galapagos with David Attenborough will debut exclusively in virtual reality on Meta Quest TV on 21 November this year.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The price is incredibly low: $299; Announced that in 2021 it will release a pair of smartglasses made in collaboration with Ray-Ban; Teased the work it is doing in AR; Revealed that is working with Ubisoft for two AAA VR games developed around the IPs of Splinter Cell and Assassin’s Creed; Discontinued the Rift. Image by Sony).

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 25, 2023

According to media reports, the layoffs include its entire Mixed Reality Toolkit group and the AltspaceVR team, effectively killing Microsoft’s own Hololens project. Apple, Sony, Meta — they’re still pouring in the cash. In an SEC filing last Wednesday , Microsoft said it will lay off 10,000 employees.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the enormous influence in the XR industry, VRTUOLUO has set up dozens of industry communities (such as the Industry Executives Association, VR Game Developers Community, VR Education Community, Financing and Investment Community, Offline Entertainment Group, etc.) and covered more than 80% of the XR pioneers as communities members.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Image by Khronos Group). Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. These may be upcoming features or possible features Oculus is experimenting with a selected group of beta testers.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Additionally, the room incorporates a Lenovo ThinkSmart Teams Room device, Crystal Vox Loqui 1 Speakers, a Sennheiser TeamConnect Ceiling mic, and a Sony digital camera. Additionally, the organisation raised around £2 million in capital in 2021.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Boz instead clarified that the passthrough MR mode will take a bit of time to be made of the proper quality and we must be patient (I think this means that it will be released in 2021). So probably he was told about a possible launch in 2021 and now this is not true anymore. PSVR 2 may have been delayed. Image by Neos).

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

“Beginning in the early morning hours of November 2, 2020 some of the Capcom Group networks experienced issues that affected access to certain systems, including email and file servers,” stated Haruhiro Tsujimoto, President and COO, in an official release. September 2021. Targeting June 2021 Switch/PC release.

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Mashable VR

JULY 20, 2022

Players will be able to use Discord Voice on Xbox to pop into chat channels and group calls right on their console. Sony announced a Discord partnership of its own in March 2021. While the main Discord app offers an array of features, this Xbox announcement is primarily about the voice chat.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Based in London, the creative has previously collaborated on massive projects with major entertainment firms such as BBC, Sony Pictures, and NBCUniversal. He is also the Chief Creative Officer for Masterpiece Studio, Head of Story for Opis Group, and Lunar-X’s showrunner.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

Apple Glasses may release in 2021 for $499. In a Youtube video, he revealed some juicy details, like: The cost of the glasses is $499 + prescription lenses; They are connected to the iPhone, that does all the heavy lifting; They were planned for a “one more thing” announcement for Q4 2020- Q1 2021 , and for release one year later.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 14, 2021

According to the report, analyzing the orders made to the lens manufacturer, the two new headsets by Sony and Facebook should be released in 2022. The Quest 2 is expected to have 8–9M units sold in 2021 (and this is compatible with the estimated sales data we have now), while the new device should sell 18–20M units in 2022.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Preorders are open now with just a little deposit of $10, shipping in 2021. The startup is pretty new, in fact, and its owner group is Megadodo, another unknown company that is working on an MMO game about which is difficult to find any information. Sony will give PS4 camera adapters for PS5 for free. Some info on content.

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AR Insider

MAY 27, 2021

Our friends at ARtillery predict that AR advertising will pass the $2B mark in 2021, driven primarily by social networks. It’s not a casual group; these folks are oriented toward action. Not only is advertising the primary business model of the aforementioned social players, but lenses themselves are conducive to branded experiences.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JULY 7, 2023

Moreover, Apple expressed dissatisfaction with its Sony and TSMC suppliers when it hosted WWDC 2023. In a survey conducted by Streetbees , the group found that 50 percent of questioned individuals aware of the Vision Pro are excited about the device, and a further 27 percent intend to buy it.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Stay with me for this write-up inspired by the discussion made at the 2021 Smart haptics conference. the XR Haptics working group I chair with Chris made incredible strides in only 6 months. Apple and Sony have brilliant scientists talking and working with open-minded product and designer teams. And it works! ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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AIXR

APRIL 21, 2023

Speaking to Forbes , Founder of eSports Group Alex Fletcher, said: “Once blockchain or third-party entities allow the games to talk to each other, then video games may begin to connect to the metaverse. Audiences The age groups of eSports and the Metaverse also match up, with most players aged 10-35. billion hours.

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AIXR

APRIL 21, 2023

Speaking to Forbes , Founder of eSports Group Alex Fletcher, said: “Once blockchain or third-party entities allow the games to talk to each other, then video games may begin to connect to the metaverse. Audiences The age groups of eSports and the Metaverse also match up, with most players aged 10-35. billion hours.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Meta’s earnings report for 2021 has both lights and shadows. We were all waiting for it, and then it finally arrived: Meta has finally released its earning reports for 2021, and for the first time it treated its Reality Labs division as a separate entity, so we know how well it is performing. Top news of the week. Image by Meta).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Image by Sony, from Road To VR). Sony announces PS5, it supports PSVR. With an online livestream of around 1 hour, Sony has finally unveiled the design of the PlayStation 5. But Sony has confirmed that while we wait for it, the PS5 will be able to work with the current PSVR device. Image from Khronos Group).

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 26, 2023

It’s been a while since we first busted ghosts in VR , but this time around veteran VR studio nDreams and Sony Pictures Virtual Reality are serving up an at-home co-op game for Quest and PSVR 2 that will finally let you strap on a proton pack and go head-to-floating-head with a good variety of belligerent specters.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

The headset will be much better than Quest, but its problem will be that it won’t be able to have the same great library of content of the Quest , so probably this will become an enterprise headset as well; Sony will tease PSVR 2. Sony has already clarified that it won’t sell the PSVR 2 together with the launch of the PS5.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2022

The rest is our long story… Well, I have time for a long story… Our story began in 2016 when Tao Hu, our founder, and CEO, left Oculus and started the company with VC seed funding and a group of like-minded geeks. This is how we managed to get by till late 2021. Tao Hu, founder of Moon VR (Image by Moon VR).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2020

Sony reveals finger tracking technology for controllers. In a research paper released by Sony and presented at CHI2020 it is possible to see the work that Sony is doing in finger tracking inside VR controllers. We’ll see the actual controllers only in 2021. I wonder why these corporates are blind to these requests.

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Delight XR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

2.0.35 (2021-12-21) [latest]. 2.0.34 (2021-11-23). 2.0.31 (2021-05-31). 2.0.30 (2021-02-16). 2.0.35 (2021-12-21) [latest]. 2.0.34 (2021-11-23). 2.0.31 (2021-05-31). 2.0.30 (2021-02-16). Fixed issue with dynamic hubs and <dl8-hub-group> elements. Delight XR Changelog. 2019-04-25).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

If you are part of an R&D group inside a University, I suggest you give it a look. It is sold by Sony, but actually, the idea behind it comes from Impulse Gear , that studio that developed Farpoint. Discover the story behind the PlayStation Aim Controller. PlayStation Aim Controller is one of the most appreciated VR accessories.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 24, 2023

Deconstruct the Zuck Since unveiling that Facebook would shift to Meta Platforms at the Connect 2021 event, the media has de facto placed Zuckerberg front and centre of the Metaverse. Nowhere in Zucker 2021 Founders Letter did he mention he was the Metaverse , nor would he become the centre of it.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Continuing, he said, “We are excited by the fact that every sports league, every large community, every fashion brand, and every group with a large under-monetized, under-engaged community that is geographically distributed, has a potential opportunity to come into the Metaverse space” Three ‘Improbable’ Challenges.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

This means that probably we’ll need to wait at least for CES 2021 or 2022 to see again something that will truly amaze us. Sony Playstation. Sony was the only VR big player present at the show. Sony has also unveiled the name of the new PlayStation. Mass production version early 2021. We’ll wait.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents like Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft or Snap already own global social graphs, but perhaps looking to unseat them could be the multiplayer gaming behemoths like Sony, Activision Blizzard or EA, or 3D-specific ideas like Aura’s “avatar as a service”. Finally, what kinds of Transactions will happen in the AR Cloud?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 10, 2023

Although, with more recent commercial headsets like the Meta Quest Pro and Sony’s PSVR 2, the technology is finding a home in affordable immersive products. Some of the key takeaways were that in 2022 percentage of VR devices supporting hand tracking has increased by 119% compared to 2021.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

Although, with more recent commercial headsets like the Meta Quest Pro and Sony’s PSVR 2, the technology is finding a home in affordable immersive products. Some of the key takeaways were that in 2022 percentage of VR devices supporting hand tracking has increased by 119% compared to 2021.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

A pair of “Sony type NP-BX1” compatible Li-Ion batteries and a USB charging cradle cost less than £20. Add to it the Kickstarter campaign; mix with a group of enthusiastic testers and a very vocal community keen to go ultra-wide as soon as possible… it’s not surprising that Pimax forums were often noisy and the mods busy.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 3, 2021

In Q1 2021 the increment has been +146% over Q1 2020 and this has been mostly due to the Oculus Quest 2. Its sentence mimics a statement from PlayStation about the upcoming PSVR2, so it seems that now Facebook sees Sony as the only credible competitor. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2022

The expected sales for 2021 are in the 1–2M ballpark. Epic Games just got $2B from Sony and the owners of the Lego group to keep building its metaverse. I find this rumor pretty believable, considering that it is more or less what we were already expecting. Some articles on the metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2023

The price is very steep, but this is kinda of a unique PCVR headset, with a very small form factor and very high display contrast; Sony has announced that Gran Turismo 7 will have a VR version that will launch with PSVR 2. installs are a +27% increase over 2021, which is considered a great year for VR. Karl Guttag is at it again.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

This is not a tweet, it is a #metaverse message… #VirtualReality #VR #AR pic.twitter.com/f9aDJ2mbc3 — TonyVT SkarredGhost (@SkarredGhost) July 25, 2021. If it manages to enter the European market, it means that Meta can sell many millions of headsets more than in 2021. The metaverse hype will cold down.

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