Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

Apple Announces Vision Pro Image courtesy Apple The News Apple announced is Vision Pro headset in June of 2023 marking the company’s first public step into the XR headset space. Apple also boldly announced the headset’s staggering $3,500 price, despite a launch date set for nearly a year later.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 31, 2024

Here are a few great options: Third-party Accessories Spigen Klasden Pouch – $90 Image courtesy Spigen There are scant few cases that were built from the ground-up for Vision Pro beyond the first-party case from Apple. Image courtesy Apple Like many XR headset, glasses just don’t fit inside Vision Pro.

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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. Apple AR glasses may have been pushed back to 2025–26. What will be important, anyway, will be the content.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 18, 2024

Turning Apple Vision Pro's Digital Crown is a bit like tuning your reality. Apple Watch owners will be familiar with the Digital Crown. On Apple Vision Pro, it is a dial on top that jogs you along the spectrum of immersion so quickly it feels like magic. Microsoft formally killed its PC VR platform.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

It’s Monday again, so it’s time for a new roundup of the coolest AR and VR news of the week! It is called Oxymore, and the tickets to enjoy it are free, but limited. The same has happened with Apple, which is now offering bonuses to employees to keep them inside the company. are being very active is acquisitions.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2024

This is going to be the week of the Apple Vision Pro, with the first people who preordered it finally receiving the device at home! Apple released a new trailer for the headset. Finally, we will have some real impressions on the device not coming from scripted demos.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Touted to be a keystone for the metaverse , spatial audio is a core element for immersive experiences in VR, AR, and XR. Popular streaming platforms Netflix , Amazon , and Apple already have spatial and immersive categories among their services. Even popular artists are releasing albums in immersive formats.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

But AR/VR solutions are not limited to Google Glass, mobile apps for trying on shoes or accessories, and AR-based games. Hearables with augmented reality features are becoming ubiquitous thanks to the overall spread of wearables, the contribution of tech giants, and the growing demand for emerging technologies.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

But before leaving you to the best pieces of AR/VR news of the week, let me tease you that in the upcoming days I will publish an article I’m sure you will all love… it’s a hands-on preview on… you’ll discover it! Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Just be sure to keep an eye on your e-mail to not miss it…. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 15, 2023

During the keynote, CEO Sundar Pichai and his collaborators announced interesting features both for AR and VR. More info (Ultraleap teasing a new device) More info (Maybe a new sensor is coming) Has Palmer Luckey tried the Apple headset? All without leaving your editor. It’s good to see XR gaining importance again at Google.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device. We don’t know what all of this means, but the most probable scenario is that the two companies are working together for the next generation of HoloLens AR glasses, probably the one that should target consumers. Apple headset may be very lightweight.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

I have been talking with hundreds of people across the industry and have discovered that the changes coming to Apple are deeper than just a VR/AR headset. This is the fourth paradigm shift for Apple. So, what is Apple getting ready to announce over the next year? Because patents are raining out of the sky.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JANUARY 27, 2023

Regarding the intentions behind the lawsuit, Colorado AG Phil Weiser said: We are taking action by filing this lawsuit to unwind Google’s monopoly and restore competition to the digital advertising business. Recently, Microsoft and Amazon cut back roughly 10,000 employees, and Meta dismissed approximately 11,000 people.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2023

After having announced some of the features and the price just before the launch of the Apple Vision Pro, now the company formerly known as Facebook is already working towards the launch of the device. AR Foundation is typically used for AR devices, e.g. smartphones, and it’s the first time to my knowledge that is employed with a VR headset.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 22, 2023

If you’re looking for a sleek, sophisticated, and affordable set of smart glasses, the RayNeo Air 2 AR glasses could be the perfect choice. Just 6 hours after they were released on Amazon, they claimed the number one “bestseller” spot for the global marketplace’s Smart Glasses category. Let’s find out.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

This is not a tweet, it is a #metaverse message… #VirtualReality #VR #AR pic.twitter.com/f9aDJ2mbc3 — TonyVT SkarredGhost (@SkarredGhost) July 25, 2021. Networking libraries, VR hardware, AR glasses, common standards… nothing is ready to build the metaverse in the short term. Apple could announce its headset.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Following Mark Zuckerberg's claims that Quest 3 is better than Apple Vision Pro and our in-depth Apple Vision Pro review , we learned Meta's planning to rework some of Quest's core UI infrastructure. As for VR gaming, we reflected on PSVR 2's debut year as Sony announced Little Cities: Bigger!

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. Authors’ opinions are their own. It’s been called the AR Cloud by many, the Magicverse by Magic Leap, the Mirrorworld by Wired, the Cyberverse by Huawei, Planet-scale AR by Niantic and Spatial Computing by academics. Who will profit?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

and so I’m here writing you this roundup of the best AR and VR news to keep you informed about what is happening in our ecosystem. It’s a transitional moment for Meta, with the company trying to switch technology going all-in with AR and VR. Image by Apple). Apple may implement WebXR in Safari. Upload VR).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This also includes Amazon Polly, Mixamo, Apple’s ARKit, and many more. Additional Didimo clients include Sony, Atom Stars, Soleil Game Studios, NOS Communications, Ceek, and many more. The latter company is also a partner of Sony, which is a client of Didimo’s XR solutions and services.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 25, 2022

Today is a bit of a special day for this newsletter because this article you are reading is the 250th roundup about XR news I’ve written! If you make the calculation, it means that it is almost 5 years that every damn weekend I collect the best news of the week in AR and VR (and the “mmmmmmmetaverse”) and I organize them for you!

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

This week has not been very important for AR and VR: no major event has happened. BUT today is the day of the WWDC, and who knows if Apple will tease something about AR glasses. I think that in the end, Facebook, between AR and VR, will lose a similar amount of money. May he rest in peace. was a lot of money?).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

And in fact, some weeks ago Sony has made everyone understand that it has delayed the launch of the PSVR 2 because the market is not there yet. I think that all the new VR headsets in 2021 will have passthrough AR/MR functionalities. I can’t imagine what company can steal Facebook’s thunder. PlayStation believes in VR.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The VR and AR markets are full of companies of various sizes with many roles in the VR industry, when you consider how many verticals there are it can get confusing. Additionally, many of these companies are still privately owned or in their infancy. Sony – NYSE: SNE – VR Console, VR Games & VR Headset.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

Every week there are pieces of news on how the coronavirus is changing the plans of us in the AR/VR ecosystem. The time has come and finally Apple will implement a depth back camera in its upcoming iPad Pro. It will be able to reconstruct easily the room it is in and it will be able to guarantee a very stable tracking for AR.

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Robert Scoble

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Mark Zuckerberg talks about the future of VR and AR at Facebook’s recent Oculus Connect conference. ” Facebook already has internal plans for the next five years and most of these new plans, and excitement, are about augmented reality. Is VR going to turn into AR? It’s clear there are two separate camps.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

This roundup of the most important AR/VR news of the past week comes out with a little delay since I’ve been very busy with my development job, and I’ve also a damn cold that doesn’t make me feel very well (but it’s no coronavirus, don’t worry :D). iPhone 12 may feature a special connection for AR glasses. Sorry for that!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 25, 2023

The news comes as the US Government cracks down on Big Tech companies such as Meta Platforms, Amazon, and Apple, among others. Other firms such as Amazon, Meta Platforms, and Microsoft have ordered redundancies across their workforces at 18,000, 11,000, and 12,000, respectively. billion USD deal.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 10, 2021

There are arguably 2 companies who bridged the gap thanks to their brilliant research-product teams. Apple and Sony have brilliant scientists talking and working with open-minded product and designer teams. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. How Augmented Reality (AR) is Reshaping the Food Service Industry 3.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Interestingly, these controllers are nothing revolutionary, they are not implementing inside-out tracking like the Quest Pro, but they are refining instead the existing design, a bit like Sony did with the controllers of PSVR 2. These are good news… but even on this side, I hoped for some more hours of duration.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

In April, we opened the doors to the first Upload Collective in San Francisco, a hub for VR and AR startups, development, co-working, education, meetups and even live broadcasting. UploadVR.com also expanded its editorial coverage throughout the year to deliver the very latest news, reviews, features and editorials covering VR and AR.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

And looking to the applications that can be built with 5G, quite a lot of them are actually going to be enabled by XR technologies. So you can think about a myriad of applications where XR, AR, and VR are going to be important and that are going to be leveraging 5G to actually get brought to the market and delivered to customers.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

And looking to the applications that can be built with 5G, quite a lot of them are actually going to be enabled by XR technologies. So you can think about a myriad of applications where XR, AR, and VR are going to be important and that are going to be leveraging 5G to actually get brought to the market and delivered to customers.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

And looking to the applications that can be built with 5G, quite a lot of them are actually going to be enabled by XR technologies. So you can think about a myriad of applications where XR, AR, and VR are going to be important and that are going to be leveraging 5G to actually get brought to the market and delivered to customers.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

New PlayStation and Xbox consoles are still very thin on the ground, whilst the PC graphics card shortage has no end in sight, with gamers still suffering overinflated prices on Nvidia and AMD products. It wasn’t even possible to buy another Tundra HDK, and months later they are still showing out of stock.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

And the fact it's a game engine, you have support for all platform, you can run the same software on a tablet, in VR, in AR, you can run the same model and the same data on the same software in all of those platform. Cloud distribution of interactive content, 5G edge networks are on the horizon. In the cloud.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

And the fact it's a game engine, you have support for all platform, you can run the same software on a tablet, in VR, in AR, you can run the same model and the same data on the same software in all of those platform. Cloud distribution of interactive content, 5G edge networks are on the horizon. In the cloud.

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