Remove 2030 Remove Oculus Remove Sony Remove Technology
article thumbnail

VR is dead, the metaverse is dead. Maybe.

The Ghost Howls

Innovation happens in sprints In life as in technology (Image by LizAndMollie) While I was thinking about what to write in this article, I remembered something I studied at University about innovation. Think about what happened to VR: we had the Oculus devkits, which interested only us developers. I was so young and naive.

article thumbnail

Meta bad, metaverse bad

The Ghost Howls

And like the hype brought lots of good things to us, this “Winter of the Metaverse” is going to bring us problems : less investments in the field, many companies abandoning XR, and a general negative sentiment for the technology. It’s the natural evolution of technology. We don’t know when, but it will happen.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The XR Week Peek (2022.08.01): Quest 2 price raise, PSVR 2 passthrough, Pico 4 leaks, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Zuck envisions that by 2030 the “metaverse” may be as profitable as advertising for Meta, but it is a prediction that is uncertain and it is expected 8 years from now. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony releases some details about PSVR 2 runtime. Sony releases some details about PSVR 2 runtime. Upload VR).

Sony 382
article thumbnail

The State of Extended Reality in Gaming

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

It accounts for a significant share of the XR market, which is set to reach a value of $300 billion by 2030. The gaming industry is perhaps one of the most significant spaces empowering the shift to mainstream XR technologies. For the gaming world, the potential for XR varies depending on the flavour of technology.

Gaming 115
article thumbnail

The XR Week Peek (2022.07.04): Big tech companies perform budget cuts, Mojo tests its smart contact lens in-eye, and more!

The Ghost Howls

It’s incredible how we will have the first smart contact lens product before 2030… it seems like hardware coming from a sci-fi movie! This is of course the base technology needed for foveated rendering. First of all, its eye-tracking technology will be provided by Tobii , one of the market leaders in the field. And there’s more.

article thumbnail

The XR Week Peek (2020.01.16): CES is coming, Abrash predicts AR to substitute smartphones in 2040 and more!

The Ghost Howls

This is the first roundup of news of this new year, and to signal a change with the past, I’ve changed the name from “VR Week Peek” to “XR Week Peek”, because, hey, I like talking about all immersive technologies and not only Virtual Reality. Image by Oculus). According to Abrash, AR glasses may substitute smartphones in 2030–2040.

AR 284
article thumbnail

The XR Week Peek (2020.04.13): iPhone 12 adds depth camera, StarVR One is back to the market and much more!

The Ghost Howls

This is very ironic, considering that Google was very ahead of its time with Tango, that had years ago a technology similar to the one proposed today by Apple, but never made the project compelling to anyone. This week Sony has showcased the new DualShock controller for the PS5, dubbed DualSens. Well played Apple.