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The 3 Most Common Arguments Against VR Why They’re Wrong

Road to VR

Consider this article your official rebuttal to these tired arguments. This article is actually a throwback to an article I wrote with the same premise back in 2015. The most popular headset used on Steam right now is the Oculus Rift S [Amazon] which costs $400 brand new.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.05.15): Google confirms headset with Samsung, Ultraleap teases a new device, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I’ve written a dedicated news roundup article dedicated to Google I/O today, so I won’t go deep into details here and I invite you to read that post (linked here below) if you want to have the details about the news. According to Upload VR, for instance, “in UK, it’s now available at GAME , Amazon UK , ShopTo , Currys , Argos and more.

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5 Web AR & VR Experiences for Sheltered-in Fun

AR Insider

This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. Sony Music Entertainment collaborated with Liverpool-based studio Draw & Code on a WebAR experience for Pink Floyd: The Later Years, that allows fans to experience the band’s music like never before. Find out more or contact us to participate here.

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XR Year in Review: The Most Important Stories of 2023 and What They Mean for 2024

Road to VR

What it Means for 2024 The first article about Apple that I ever wrote on Road to VR was this one in 2014 about the company filing a job posting seeking someone with experience in AR and VR. The headset also launched alongside Horizon Call of the Mountain , the first native VR game based on one of Sony’s major first-party IPs.

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HTC Pushes Back On Reports of Declining Headset Sales

Road to VR

Digital Trends recently published a report entitled ‘VR is in a tailspin, and the sales numbers prove it’ It seems HTC has taken umbrage with the article’s thesis in its newest blog post however, which pushes back against some of the article’s claims, saying it’s “not the whole story.”

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The XR Week Peek (2024.01.30): Vision Pro prepares to ship, PSVR 2 sales are stagnating, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Road To VR published some statistics comparing the sales of Quest and PSVR 2 on Amazon US over the holiday season, and the proportion of sold Quests to sold PSVR 2 is 30 to 1! Probably this is the final nail in the coffin of tethered VR, at least for what concerns broad consumer adoption.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.01): Sony confirms PSVR 2, Facebook teases Quest 2 Pro, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Sony). Sony officially states it is going to launch the PSVR 2. PlayStation VR has been the most successful headset until now (if we exclude the crappy mobile viewers), but now it is pretty dated and people were wondering what Sony was going to do. Some people started to think that Sony could have abandoned VR.

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