Road to VR

AUGUST 8, 2019

Snap Inc, the company behind the ever popular Snapchat, plans to raise $1 billion in short-term debt to further develop the content, gaming, and AR features of its platform. The post Snapchat to Raise $1 Billion to Further Build Content, Gaming, and AR appeared first on Road to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

As I said a few months ago , we are in the middle of a paradigm change: the cycle that started with the Quest is arriving at an end, and a new cycle driven by new technologies (mixed reality headsets) and new players (Apple, Google) is starting. They are Apple AR glasses!” I have this impression for a few reasons.

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ARVR

MARCH 16, 2023

billion in 2026. Enterprise spending is 95 percent of that today but will retract to 62 percent by 2026 and continue to decline until consumer/enterprise trendlines intersect. Apple of My Eye So the question that remains is what it’s going to take to accelerate consumer AR acceptance. And that’s what we’re seeing now in AR.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 2, 2024

He claimed that the announcement of “Alien: Rogue Incursion”, the first big-budget VR game that is compatible only with Quest 3 , marks the beginning of the end for Quest 2 and Quest Pro. So it was hard for us devs to make visually compelling games. Quest 2 and the elephant in the room Me wearing Quest 2.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

PS Remember that there is an ongoing giveaway of physical copies of the Sam&Max game for PSVR for all people in North America! 1, 2026 for consumers and Nov. But before, let me list the most important XR news of the past week. (PS And that “ As of Nov. Last week, people said January.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Together with this announcement, Sony has also announced 11 new games that will be compatible with the console, including 4 titles that have never been released before. Since PSVR 1 games won’t be compatible with PSVR 2, Sony has to build a content catalog for this headset from scratch, and this will require time, money, and commitment.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In the last couple of years, AR has experienced tremendous growth and popularity as big technology giants like Google, Amazon, Apple have adopted the technology. billion by 2026. The leading OEMs such as Samsung and Apple are expected to contribute to manufacturing more AR devices. billion and was estimated to touch US$88.4

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Liv was working on a mixed reality esports game called REK since 2022, but canceled it last year citing low audience interest as well as the technical and practical issues inherent in using headsets outdoors. 0:00 / 0:51 1× Vi fitness glove prototype being tested with Apple Vision Pro. The Vi glove is designed for resistance training.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

The Vision Pro bring Apple’s branding into the space and, with it, many eyes. Major XR Firms Push Spaital Productivity Solutions As Apple enters the immersive technology space, a shift towards XR/spatial computing productivity solutions is underway. MWC 2024 was a valuable insight into the mainstream XR market.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 8, 2020

According to analysts at UBS , if the rate of online shopping continues its trajectory nearly 75,000 retail locations will need to close by the year 2026. Selfridges and Apple are great examples of retailers who have combined AR with art to create large-scale in-store installations. The Store as a Game.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

PSVR 2, Apple XR visor) and games, will be fundamental to understand its evolution and its potential. For instance, since I work on a VR fitness game , I’m thinking about all the new training experiences that will become now possible. References to Apple RealityOS have been leaked. Other relevant news.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

However, it appears that despite using the spatial computing term before Apple, Microsoft is dropping more support for its HoloLens and Windows Mixed Reality – a framework for enabling desktop-powered MR experiences. Even during the gaming segment of the earnings call, the most traditional use case for XR, Microsoft did not mention XR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

However, it appears that despite using the spatial computing term before Apple, Microsoft is dropping more support for Windows Mixed Reality – a framework for enabling consumer-based desktop-powered MR experiences. Even during the gaming segment of the earnings call, the most traditional use case for XR, Microsoft did not mention XR.

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AR Insider

JULY 15, 2021

One VR developer who had originally signed up to include ads in their game reversed their decision due to the controversy. Bottom line: earning a percentage of game sales won’t be enough, unless the headsets also earn a meaningful profit per unit. 2026+: AR Glasses. 2023+: Ads Evolve. It’s all fairly innocuous, right?

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ARVR

AUGUST 25, 2022

How the Metaverse will affect the future of the Organizations Image Credit: Unit 2 Games Limited I think that if I ask most people what the Metaverse is, they will start mumbling something related to virtual reality, and some will say online meeting. Since it is still in the making, no one knows. And the Second is Web 3.0.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In the gaming and entertainment industry, metaverse AI is helping companies like Second Life generate dynamic virtual worlds and environments that feel more realistic than ever. With tools like the Apple Vision Pro, you can interact with content using eye movements and gestures rather than separate controllers. The clock is ticking.

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ARVR

MARCH 14, 2022

Pokemon Go paved the way for AR in the mobile app development landscape and extended its use apart from just gaming apps. Apps developed with AR and VR technology are widely used for numerous categories such as gaming, beauty apps, professional companies, and more. billion by 2026. Expanded screen ? Engaging experience ?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 27, 2022

billion USD by 2026. Google, Apple, and other map programmes offer this functionality to users. People find it easier to create their own solutions due to SDKs like Apple’s ARKit, Google’s ARCore, and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Spaces, among others. This can include images, animations, text, and documents.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Moreover, last week another Meta-owned VR gaming developer, Ready at Dawn, announced that its online multiplayer game Echo VR would shut down on August 1, 2023. Horizon is less focused on gaming. link] — Echo Games (@EchoGames) January 31, 2023 Ready at Dawn initially launched Echo VR on Quest in 2020.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Fresh Developments from Meta Meta is trying to finish the Nazare device in time for a release in 2026. The lite-smart glasses solution provides consumer-grade features like voice assistance, AR games, and video calling via a lite-weight, designer frame. The firm is also exploring new healthcare-related usage.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

And in this newsletter, you will also find some cool freebies: the keys to get a cool VR game for free, and a huge discount (… and maybe even more) to go to the Immersive Tech Week in Rotterdam! Unity 6 brings a lot of innovations from the previous version, giving new and better tools to game developers. Great job, Vuzix.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2022

But I still love making speculations, so let me play this game with you: what can we expect from the upcoming Meta Connect? But not any kind of announcements, because we already know that the budget cuts pushed the launch of AR glasses to something like 2026. The buzzword salad. Content announcement. Zuck, surprise us!

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AR Insider

JANUARY 1, 2020

But despite that nearer-term reality, the longer-term opportunity could shift to consumers as hardware (glasses) and software (games, apps, etc.) Intel believes that intersection will happen for AR glasses around 2026, per the below graph. This is an enterprise AR category we call B2B2C. Not so Fast.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 23, 2019

But despite that nearer-term reality, the longer-term opportunity could shift to consumers as hardware (glasses) and software (games, apps, etc.) Intel believes that intersection will happen for AR glasses around 2026, per the below graph. This is what we call B2B2C. Not so Fast. Like much of the above, that’s speculative.

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ARVR

JANUARY 21, 2022

APPLE ARKIT 5 The latest version of Apple’s open source mobile augmented reality development toolset, ARKit 5 , offers significant improvements from ARKit 4. ARKit appears to have the best compatibility between software and hardware, as Apple is responsible for all aspects of their devices. million by 2026.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 2, 2023

billion USD by 2026 and $99.76 We discussed his company’s waveguide and materials research, using AR for medicine and surgery, and the Apple Vision Pro. ” “Apple’s notoriously good at this, and I was intrigued with their ability to transition in and out from full immersion seamlessly,” he stated.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The XR field is now growing, and the long-term outlook is also great, with the upcoming release of the Apple mixed reality headset which is for sure going to re-ignite the hype for immersive realities again. I’ve published with my team a fitness game which got very good feedback, and that we are thinking about expanding.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 5, 2024

This seems to hint that the two companies are going to build a new XR headset together, which according to the rumors will be the Quest Pro 2, which would be aimed at competing directly with the Apple Vision Pro. This could be useful to let Meta answer to the movies available on the Apple Vision Pro because of Apple TV.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Meta wants all of us closed in a VR prison, but Apple/Snap/Niantic instead are the good guys doing AR. Meta never said that the metaverse is a VR game. That’s why its greatest bet is AR glasses that are coming from 2024 or 2026. Tim Cook says that Apple is not interested in the metaverse to distinguish itself from Meta.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2022

Pico aims at having 200 pieces of content at launch , and it is actively seeking interesting applications, not necessarily in the gaming field. For now… it has been cool that my name and a frame of my game HitMotion: Reloaded were there in the presentation for the launch of this historical product! I am very much flattered by it.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 9, 2022

We can so expect a price of $1000+ for the device, which at this point is clearly aimed at professionals, the same target of people of the upcoming Apple headset. The money was collected to crowdfund its upcoming game “Otherside”. Thanks to this solution, it is also possible to play Fortnite on Android and Apple phones.

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