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JUNE 13, 2017

Just like any other VR headset, Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) leaves plenty of room for improvement, and the company’s R&D division has a few ideas on where to take it on both a software and hardware level. Mallinson isn’t ruling out hardware upgrades though. “But in VR that doesn’t happen today.”

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Apple products weren’t exactly allowed in my house growing up. My school had a lab filled with Apple computers, so I got exposed to the basic ins and outs of macOS. My dad was a computer hardware engineer, and he worked with Windows, so it’s not surprising. But inside my home it was Microsoft-Microsoft-Microsoft. Read more.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JANUARY 27, 2023

Recently, Microsoft and Amazon cut back roughly 10,000 employees, and Meta dismissed approximately 11,000 people. The decision comes following the aforementioned layoffs at Microsoft, which greatly affected its mixed reality (MR) software and hardware divisions. Altspace VR is officially closing its doors on March 10, 2023.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Looking for this week's VR games and hardware news? There's been interesting developments across VR hardware recently. 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.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). I like everything that we know on the PSVR 2 device because it is visible that Sony Interactive Entertainment is putting a lot of effort into releasing a high-quality headset that is on par with what the competition is offering. Oculus Quest 2 has disappeared from all Amazon EU websites.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

More info Apple Vision Pro may have a very slow start The same Ming-Chi Kuo, who probably woke up with a lot of pessimism that day, has also expressed doubts about the widespread success of the Apple Vision Pro. This would mean that Apple’s XR offering should rely for 3 years on a very expensive headset with very low sales.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Apple is entering the XR field, and Facebook is currently dominating the VR market. It makes sense for Samsung, which is great in manufacturing hardware, to partner with Microsoft , that is doing a good job in creating a platform for XR, to compete with the other companies. Apple headset may be very lightweight. Image by Sony).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

Networking libraries, VR hardware, AR glasses, common standards… nothing is ready to build the metaverse in the short term. It will also be a defensive move against Apple. Apple could announce its headset. Apple could announce its headset. Concept render of the upcoming Apple headset (Image by Antonio DeRosa).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

And its ads business is under a crossfire attack: on one front, Apple with its new data policy is limiting how much data the Facebook app can collect about its users, and on the other one, the EU is trying to enforce its regulation about European people’s data not allowed to be sent to Facebook’s US servers. Image by Apple).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 25, 2022

This was the final big surprise of the event: Sony Pictures and Meta, in partnership with nDreams, will bring the famous franchise to virtual reality. The price should be aggressive, exactly like the one of the Pico Neo 3 Link , with Bytedance subsidizing the hardware costs with its ads business on TikTok/Douyin. Image by Amazon).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

2020 has been a good year for the sales of VR devices : Half-Life Alyx and the launch of the Quest 2 have created a big spike in the sales of VR hardware and software. I expect all these trends to continue in 2021, for a year that will see the growth of the technology on all its sides (software and hardware).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

BUT today is the day of the WWDC, and who knows if Apple will tease something about AR glasses. Some reviews of VR hardware. If you love technical hardware details about XR devices, I recommend you read this article! I personally don’t expect a launch or a full reveal, but maybe they could at least hint something.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Sony – NYSE: SNE – VR Console, VR Games & VR Headset. AMD – NASDAQ: AMD – GPUs, CPUs and other computer hardware for VR. Amazon – NASDAQ: AMZN – VR Content & Game Engine. Amazon – NASDAQ: AMZN – VR content. Apple – NASDAQ: AAPL – AR/VR headset. Unconfirmed.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents have an advantage with existing mapping such as Google Maps, Earth, Street View, Apple Maps and the Indoor Maps Program, and Bing Maps but there are also significant geographic data players such as Foursquare and OpenStreetMap. Insane, yet companies are mapping it already.

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Bernard Marr

JANUARY 4, 2023

Those known to be taking part include Google, Microsoft, LG, Sony, ASUS, Garmin, Panasonic, Nvidia, Intel, Hisense, JBL, and AMD. This is a collaborative smart home device standard backed by more than 500 tech companies, including leaders in the field like Amazon, Google, and Apple.

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TechCrunch VR

OCTOBER 8, 2019

It’s an unusual trajectory for a hardware startup exploring a nearly unoccupied market, but CEO Magnus Wanberg is confident that’s because this category of device is destined to grow in response to increasingly invasive tech. Sony and reMarkable’s dueling e-paper tablets are strange but impressive beasts.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Recently, Valve announced delays to their new Steam Deck handheld, whilst Megadodo Games announced a delayed, limited production run of their DecaGear before leaving the hardware market completely. It wasn’t even possible to buy another Tundra HDK, and months later they are still showing out of stock. Image provided by Rob Cole).

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ARVR

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Besides specific hardware technological challenges, every haptics OEM or technology company must re-implement the technology stack for every new product from design guidelines down to actuator technology. Apple and Sony have brilliant scientists talking and working with open-minded product and designer teams.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

The time has come and finally Apple will implement a depth back camera in its upcoming iPad Pro. It is another step towards the creation of a great AR ecosystem for Apple. And probably the Android world will follow Apple’s steps soon and will adopt depth sensors as well in the upcoming months. Yes, Android, Google.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

A series of announcements from Amazon, Crytek, Epic Games and Unity Technologies showcase an evolution among their respective game engines into VR world creation toolsets. For example, Lumberyard from Amazon is released for creating games and VR experiences, while both Unity and Epic reveal in-VR tools to speed up the development process.

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