XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 1, 2022

This Monday, leaks in a Twitter post by IT Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo revealed a potential 2023 release window for the upcoming PlayStation virtual reality (PSVR) 2 headset. Sony may launch it in 1Q23, depending on the development schedule of PS VR2 game titles. million units for the second half of 2022. (1/5). 1/5). (1/5).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

So get ready to read some interesting XR news… Top news of the week (Image from Brad Lynch) Meta to launch Quest 3 in 2023, despite the layoffs During the latest earning calls, Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that Meta is going to launch a new device, the Quest 3, in 2023.

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DECEMBER 9, 2022

During last night’s Game Awards, developer nDreams ( Little Cities, Fracked, Phantom: Covert Ops ) and publisher Sony Pictures Virtual Reality offered us our first look at the upcoming cooperative adventure game. Image Credit: Sony Pictures Virtual Reality. For more information visit here.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2024

More info (Sony MR headset — Road To VR) More info (Sony MR headset — Upload VR) Shiftall reveals MeganeX Superlight Shiftall (remember to read the f before the t) revealed at CES a new headset: the MeganeX Superlight. The one winning the most important prize, Best 2023 Experience, has been Noire by Centre Pompidou.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2022

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Furthermore, when the remastered version of Resident Evil 4 has been announced, Sony stated that some VR-related content will be released for it (but it is not clear what). There are still no words on the release date of the device, but rumors about a Q1 2023 release window are intensifying.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Last Thursday, global technology giant Sony released a patent for an in-game blockchain infrastructure that supports the trading and selling of digital assets. Sony’s blockchain allows participants to purchase in-game items or characters. Sony’s XR Vision. The sophomore device is due in early 2023.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 28, 2022

This Tuesday, Sony, the firm behind the Playstation line-up of console gaming devices, announced new details for its upcoming PlayStation Virtual Reality 2 (PSVR 2) headset. In an official blog post , Sony introduced several new features to improve the PSVR 2 user experience. New User Experience. Built-in microphone.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Under its new studio, the collaboration with Sony will debut in the virtual world ‘Nostalgia1999,’ which features concepts from a Japanese six-tatami room from July of the same year. Fans can view the messy Otaku character with Sony’s world-renowned anime shows. ／

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 29, 2023

Nvidia Sony Qualcomm Niantic Meta PICO Pimax HTC VIVE Nreal Nvidia Investing in everything from AR and VR streaming solutions, to cloud platforms for the modern metaverse, Nvidia has a range of options to offer gaming developers. Here are just some of the top vendors in XR focusing in the gaming landscape.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Sony Pictures Virtual Reality (SPVR) and nDreams showed off more of the post-launch roadmap for Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord (2023) , the ghostbusting co-op adventure that landed on Quest and PSVR 2 in October.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

Revealed during Sony’s CES 2023 keynote, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan confirmed the news alongside Gran Turismo 7’s free PSVR 2 update. — Beat Saber (@BeatSaber) January 5, 2023. Beat Saber is officially coming to PSVR 2, confirming what many have long expected.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

As someone who didn't truly get into VR until 2019, a strong set of exclusives like WipeOut: Omega Collection , Astro Bot: Rescue Mission and Blood & Truth kept me invested in Sony's original PSVR, balancing this alongside my Rift S. Metro Awakening Sony's other problem is convincing people that PSVR 2 is the better choice over Quest.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

John Carmack, former CTO of Oculus and key player in the VR startup’s genesis story, says Sony’s upcoming PSVR 2 headset may be see a bumpy road to adoption based on its high price and potential for scattershot geographic distribution. But what about Sony’s impressive global reach with PS5?

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JANUARY 5, 2023

Gran Turismo 7, Sony’s premier racing sim, will arrive on PSVR 2 at launch. Confirmed at CES 2023 by Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan, Gran Turismo 7 joins Horizon Call of the Mountain as Sony’s second first-party launch game.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2024

The time has finally come: on the last day of 2023, Praydog has released to the world his first version of UEVR, a universal VR mod for all games made with Unreal Engine. More info Other news Chet Faliszek (formerly at Valve) has made a video to comment on the current state of virtual reality.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Heading into Gamescom 2023, I suspected that this year might be about on par with 2022 in terms of VR content on offer. That turned out to be mostly true – between my colleague Henry and I, we tried a large number of virtual reality experiences. Sony also had no public presence – VR or otherwise – at Gamescom this year.

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JUNE 17, 2022

Almost a year ago, Sony acquired Firesprite and we later learned that the studio is developing Horizon: Call of the Mountain alongside Guerilla Games. According to Invest Liverpool, Firesprite and Sony signed a 10-year lease on the new office, located in the Ropewalks district of Liverpool.

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VRGames

JANUARY 31, 2023

2023 is an exciting year for Virtual Reality (VR), as Sony brings to the market its next-gen headset, PSVR 2. This device offers a number of impressive specs when compared to Meta Quest 2 – the current VR market leader.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

A developer then imports the photogrammetry asset into an RT3D engine to use it as a component for many projects, including virtual reality (VR) immersive experiences, augmented reality (AR) objects, and movie VFX sequences. Sony is also empowering the emerging industry 4.0

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Sony announced Demeo’s PSVR 2 release during today’s State of Play presentation, alongside the Enhanced Edition of Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge. ” Demeo will release for PS5 and PSVR 2 in 2023.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

(Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony announces price and release date for PSVR 2. Sony Interactive Entertainment has finally announced that PSVR 2 will be launched on February 22nd, 2023 for $549. Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord , the game announced by Meta and Sony Pictures, is coming in 2023.

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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! Also, the awareness has grown , because every gamer knew about Alyx, and so about virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2023

The first one is Altspace VR, one of the first social VR spaces of this new Virtual Reality era. In total, I counted something like 32 games, which is ok to start with, but then Sony should be fast in collecting more content to not make the PSVR2 players get bored fast for the lack of playable games. Its price will be $24.99

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

During today’s State of Play presentation, Sony revealed Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge is coming to PSVR 2 in 2023. We’re looking forward to returning to Batuu in 2023. With the Last Call DLC attached, Tales From The Galaxy’s Edge finally feels in balance with the Force.

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

According to Bloomberg , Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently outlined plans to reduce the company’s headcount, restructure teams and reduce expenses heading into 2023. This will result in the company being “somewhat smaller” by the end of 2023, according to Zuckerberg.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 3, 2023

This number pales in comparison with the 2 million units that Sony prepared for launch according to a previous report always by Bloomberg. Imagining that Sony could sell 2 million PSVR 2 in just one month seems to me a bit irrealistic, especially at that price and with the present economic conditions.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2023

The support will continue until September 15th, 2023 and its most recent system images will remain publicly available until at least April 1st, 2024. First of all, Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki has said that he thinks that PSVR 2 may sell more than the 5–6 million units that the original PSVR sold. inside warehouses).

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Sony’s State of Play presentation returns this Thursday, promising reveals for five new PlayStation VR2 games. With just one day left before PlayStation VR2 arrives, Sony announced a new online broadcast on February 23 at 1pm PT. State of Play is back!

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Somnium Space is ready to reveal its first headset at CES 2023. More info (Somnium VR1 photos and specifications) More info (Somnium VR1 to be revealed at CES 2023). First of all, he confirms that Quest 3 is coming in 2023. This shows the commitment that Sony has toward VR; The lineup for PSVR 2 is not complete.

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VeeR VR

MARCH 12, 2018

2018 so far has been an extremely formidable year for the virtual reality industry. CES 2018 held the most virtual and augmented reality hardware products on display in history. Virtual reality is being used in the healthcare field to treat depression, anxiety, autism, PTSD and even nicotine addiction with Mindcotine.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2023

Between the lines, he said that when VR games will be able to gain 10M users , then Xbox could be interested in going virtual. More info Sony is working on reprojection improvements for PSVR 2 One of the biggest issues of PSVR 2 is the reprojection that is causing ghosting and other artifacts.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

So, here you are how I envision this 2020 in virtual reality! (I’ll PlayStation VR selling more than 5 million units until now has proven that console players like virtual reality. Too many people still don’t understand the potential of virtual reality. Me wearing the Oculus Quest. The reasons?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

So here you are a collection of the best news in immersive realities from the CES 2023, with many links to go deeper! Well, now we know the price of this special device: $1700, with an expected shipping date of around April 2023. Shipping should happen in August of this year (2023). Of course not.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

The game will release in 2023 for the Quest 2 and Quest Pro, with the developers “ focusing” on the Quest platform at launch. We know that Rise of the Ghost Lord is also getting a release on PSVR 2, but exact timing for the platform is still unknown.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 5, 2022

He just filed a report of his that claims that Apple is having delays again with this device (he says “software-related issues”) and so the release of the headset may be postponed to the second half of 2023. More info (Apple headset delayed to H2 2023) More info (Apple adding features for StableDiffusion). Image by Sony).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Two days ago I was reading an interesting editorial about PSVR 2 by Scott Hayden, and my mind started wandering about the current moment of virtual reality, the stasis we live in, and our expectations for the upcoming headset. PSVR 2 Hero view of PSVR 2 (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment) I had big hopes for PSVR 2.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JANUARY 27, 2023

Microsoft Closes Altspace VR Last Friday, Microsoft announced it would cease operations of Altspace, a virtual reality (VR) socialization, Metaverse-lite platform. Altspace VR is officially closing its doors on March 10, 2023. Apple Teases Reality Pro Specs, Disney/Sony Partnership On Monday, Apple Inc. ”

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