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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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It’s interesting to note that although Nintendo did not directly develop this virtual version of the 2005 arcade classic Mario Kart GP , it is an official remake and has Nintendo’s blessing… but the experience will be using the HTC Vive and not Nintendo hardware (will the Nintendo Switch soon be the first VR-compatible hardware from Nintendo???).

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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PlayStation looks to an arcade rollout, Shazam goes augmented, AMD wants to go wireless, HTC Viveport’s new subscription service, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… You can enjoy the full audio recording below: IT’S NOW WAY EASIER TO COMBINE 360 VIDEO AND ANIMATION. Facebook wants to convert their current 1.7B

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GDC 2017: Hands-On With Microsoft’s First Windows Holographic VR Headset

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I tried a Microsoft prototype VR headset at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and got the first public look at the company’s vision for mixed reality beyond Hololens. I was among a handful of journalists invited to see the internal Microsoft prototype, though I was told photos or videos for my demo would not be allowed.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.01.27): Samsung may be working on a new headset, Half-Life: Alyx will ship on time and much more!

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Or that Microsoft is working on a new reference design that fixes the issues of the first one? You may think that so they want to launch the PSVR 2 before the PS5, and it may be, but actually, if this device truly wants to be next-gen, it can’t be compatible with the rather old hardware of PS4. But of course, I hope for a full reveal

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The XR Week Peek (2020.05.25): new rumors on Apple Glasses, Oculus Quest anniversary, HP Reverb G2 and more!

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A leak by the famous leaker WalkingCat shows some pictures of the HP Reverb G2, which is the result of a collaboration between HP, Microsoft, and Valve. There’s a speech at AWE held by Microsoft and HP on 28th , so this may be a good moment for the launch. Image by Microsoft). News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.07.01): Valve Index shipping, Cosmos display revealed, Oculus Rift S may work with next-gen Xbox and much more!

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Considering that Microsoft owns part of Facebook, this wouldn’t sound impossible to me, even if I thought that Xbox would have been compatible with WMR headsets. The one that caught more my attention is the official release of the “Vive Video 6 DOF Lite” mode. Of course, it requires dedicated hardware.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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The Osterhout Design Group is an integrated hardware company with a deep background in advanced augmented reality innovation with the US military, and have their principal outsider investor in 21st Century FOX. This partnership is sure to make major waves and shake up expectations for mixed reality content as well as hardware.