AR Insider

MAY 27, 2021

I’ve been writing about it for over a year, and working on related products at Unity for much longer. Our friends at ARtillery predict that AR advertising will pass the $2B mark in 2021, driven primarily by social networks. Tony Parisi is Head of XR Ad Innovation at Unity Technologies. Four Myths About AR Advertising.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

In February 2021, ARCore debuted for developers and introduced AR Foundation, which opened the platform up across Android devices. Google now supports numerous Android smartphones such as Asus, Lenovo, LG, Moto, Motorola, OnePlus, Samsung, Sony, Vivo, Infinix, Tecno, Sharp, and Xiaomi. operating system or later.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

The Quest 2 is quite powerful and so Facebook has confirmed tha t in 2021 there won’t be the need for a Quest 2 Pro as some people were supposing. NVIDIA doubles down on Cloud Rendering and Omniverse at GTC 2021. NVIDIA DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) will be natively supported for HDRP in Unity 2021.2. Other relevant news.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Google also offers ARCore , a developer tool for Android, iOS, Unreal, and Unity which help integrate AR elements into the real environment. One-year price performance for SNAP as of 2/3/20 Sony Corp. SNE) Sony is the owner of the PlayStation console and, PlayStation VR , its accompanying VR headset. the year of AR glasses?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Preorders are open now with just a little deposit of $10, shipping in 2021. Sony will give PS4 camera adapters for PS5 for free. Sony has answered this question in the weekend. Simple WebXR” aims at bringing WebXR to Unity. It looks very interesting, and as a Unity developer, I want to experiment with it.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Image by Sony). I was expecting a PSVR 2 launch in 2021, but then suddenly Jim Ryan in an interview with The Washington Post has commented on VR with these exact words: PlayStation believes in VR. Coming in May 2021 , with first units sents to reviewers in January 2021, because the product is almost ready.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 15, 2021

This is not a tweet, it is a #metaverse message… #VirtualReality #VR #AR pic.twitter.com/f9aDJ2mbc3 — TonyVT SkarredGhost (@SkarredGhost) July 25, 2021. I made this meme in Word in 5 minutes, and it started spreading like fire. Internet is beautiful.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). Pictures from FBEC 2021 (Image from VRTUOLUO) Who will be the most important speakers?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Image by Sony). Among this free content, the real interesting stuff is $500 in free Azure credits , while the other things are highly questionable (like 3 months of Unity Pro license… it is more a free trial than a real added value!!). Nreal Light is shipping in Europe and US in 2021. Header Image by Sony).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 10, 2020

Image by Sony). It is not clear, and we hope that Sony will clarify his.(Theoretically Theoretically yes, but Sony always talked about the compatibility of old games with PS5 + old PSVR, not also about new games). The launch date for this marvel is January 2021. Other relevant news. The Hitman trilogy is coming to PSVR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

RT3D engines such as Unity and Unreal significantly streamline XR production pipelines with easy-to-use tools. Epic Games: Reality Scan In 2021, Epic Games acquired photogrammetry solutions provider Capturing Reality, with plans to integrate the firm’s digital twin production tools into the Unreal Engine.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

RT3D engines such as Adobe Substance, Unity, and Unreal significantly streamline XR production pipelines with easy-to-use tools. In 2021, Epic Games acquired photogrammetry solutions provider Capturing Reality, with plans to integrate the firm’s digital twin production tools into the Unreal Engine. Epic Games: Reality Scan.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Both Sony and Microsoft have not given clear plans on their VR offerings for their next-gen consoles , the PS5 and the Xbox Series X, but we have some interesting hints. Sony has confirmed its interest in releasing a new PSVR headset, but it has also confirmed that it will be released after the PS5. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

OpenXR has arrived at the first version of the standard, and now it has been implemented by all the major vendors : Microsoft has implemented it for HoloLens and WMR; Oculus for Rift and Quest; Valve has implemented it in SteamVR; etc… Talking about game engines, Unreal Engine now already offers it, while Unity is still lagging behind.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The Five Boroughs of Igloo Vision According to Igloo Vision, its immersive spaces now include: Immersive visualisation room with floor projection : In a 5 x 5-metre space, Igloo Vision displayed 360 video, Insta360 live streams, Unity-based architectural models, Matterport-based photogrammetry models, and immersive presentations built on Slides.

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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

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. Unity details its MARS solution.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Pico Neo 3 is coming in Q2 2021. Sony announces new games for PSVR. More info (All announcements by Sony) More info (Doom 3 VR) More info (After The Fall) More info (After The Fall on announced platforms) More info (Fracked). All of this running thanks to the power of the Azure cloud. I can’t wait for them to hit the market.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

With this operation, Facebook secures another amazing development studio (after Beat Games), making sure that it will be able to provide high-quality games for its headsets in the future, and protecting itself from hostile acquisitions of other companies (like Sony acquiring Insomniac). 100+ games have exceed $1M revenue. Learn more.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Companies like Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Epic Games, Unity, and others are facilitating the rise of serious gaming technologies. Additionally, motion capture (mocap) systems from Sony and Vicon will deepen realism for content creators developing characters. Meta Platforms.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

My favorite ones have been: Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed that the next PSVR headset will be called PSVR 2 and will feature 2K x 2K per eye, up to 120 Hz framerate, and 110° FOV. Cooking Simulator VR is the best VR game of 2021 on SteamVR. But it’s not the best PCVR game of 2021).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). I like everything that we know on the PSVR 2 device because it is visible that Sony Interactive Entertainment is putting a lot of effort into releasing a high-quality headset that is on par with what the competition is offering. This could be The Unity Cube 2.0. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

In the end, I still believe in the old predictions of Unity CEO John Riccitiello: Look at this graph shown by Mr. Riccitiello in 2017: the purple line is the one of the analysts, while the white one is the one forecasted by him. 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

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. More info (Preview facilities in Unity) More info (Dynamic FFR).

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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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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”. In another scenario, we may see game engines dominant, like Unity or Unreal.

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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. Yeah, the 3D model of the trainer seems taken from the Unity Asset Store… Samsung has not talked about the glasses, not even revealing the name, or the specifications. Sony Playstation.

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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

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Introduced in March 2021, Vive Tracker 3.0 The image above, clearly an homage to the legendary Unity Cube , demonstrates the position and orientation of optical sensors across different surfaces of the object… this would ensure that sensors are always available as the object is turned or moved. Image by Rob Cole).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Image by Sony). Top news of the week. News worth a mention.

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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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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

I think that we’ll have more info at OC7, with maybe a launch in 2021/2022. Unity is offering 3 months of Free Learning so that you can sharp your development skills. Regarding the compatibility of older PS4 titles (including VR ones), Sony has clarified that most of titles will be compatible, but some of them won’t work on Day 1.

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