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The XR Week Peek (2022.11.07): PSVR 2 will cost $549, HoloLens are probably dead, and more!

The Ghost Howls

(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. HoloKit X is a plastic augmented reality cardboard. What will be important, anyway, will be the content.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.12.26): WMR gets discontinued, Meta to showcase an impressive AR prototype, and more!

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1, 2026 for consumers and Nov. 1, 2027 for commercial customers, Windows Mixed Reality will no longer be available for download via the Mixed Reality Portal app, Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR, and Steam VR beta, and Microsoft will discontinue support.” And that “ As of Nov.

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Top 5 Reasons to Invest in Spatial Audio in 2022

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billion by 2026, and many leading companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Sony are already getting involved. This is why “spatial audio” is now gaining so much attention. According to some studies, the market for spatial audio will reach around $12.97

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The XR Week Peek (2024.03.04): Meta and LG confirm their partnerships, Meta to unveil some AR glasses at Connect, and more!

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Given the production timeline, this Vision Pro successor could launch in the first half of 2026. More info (Wedding with the Vision Pro) Sony announces many layoffs Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan announced that the company is laying off 900 PlayStation employees.

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Meta bad, metaverse bad

The Ghost Howls

Then of course Sony didn’t match this prediction, and the day after the analysts were shouting that PSVR had been a disappointing failure… where actually they should have said that they sucked at market analysis and they should have gone hoeing the soil. Someone in A REAL STREET playing with someone else in AUGMENTED REALITY.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.04.18): Pico Neo 3 Link launches in Europe, Meta offers monetization tools in Horizon, and more!

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The next versions of the glasses are expected for 2026 and 2028. Epic Games just got $2B from Sony and the owners of the Lego group to keep building its metaverse. The expected FOV is around 70° but probably it won’t be met. Some articles on the metaverse.

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