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The XR Week Peek (2022.11.07): PSVR 2 will cost $549, HoloLens are probably dead, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The press release says that the government is going to invest money so that the country arrives at shipping 25 million XR devices by 2026. Mojo Vision showcases the integration of its contact lens with Amazon Alexa. Ultraleap has improved its touch-less mid-air haptic device. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more.

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EON Reality UK, The Landing and KPMG Manchester Discuss VR, AR and The Future

EON Reality

— such as the immersive businesses at The Landing in MediaCityUK who’ve just received investment for their Government-backed Digital Catapult space in Salford ?— The breakfast tech panel discussed everything from eye-tracking in VR and biosensor or haptic inputs to predictive analytics within AR applications.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.09.01): HoloLens 2 may come in September, Oculus may commercialize a multiplayer LBVR solution, HP Reverb is back and much more!

The Ghost Howls

It is not on sale on US HP Store and will be on Amazon US next month. The device also introduces haptics … and personally, I find a little funny the ide of having haptics on my bottom… I guess it has some applications in some kind of experiences… IYKWIM. HP has also been good in apologyzing for all this mess.

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Super-Detailed Review Of Pimax Sword Controllers!

The Ghost Howls

Because of ongoing Covid lockdowns in China, Pimax were unsure if the controllers would ship with batteries (held at another warehouse location), so advised me to purchase them on Amazon and provided a link. Pimax headset listed on Amazon (Image by Amazon, provided by Rob Cole). Google searches are very revealing.

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My predictions for virtual reality in 2021

The Ghost Howls

Or better, I can imagine who can be the names and they are all the big monoliths: Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon , etc… Only companies of this size could afford selling a good headset under cost and at the same time attract enough developers to publish VR games on their own new stores. Pico Neo Eye 2 and controllers.

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Interview with Ekto VR about its magical shoes to walk in VR

The Ghost Howls

I would expect in that five-year period that our conversation would change to “Well, of course, you get VR shoes” You need your headset, and you need, let’s say, some really interesting haptic version of controllers, and you need your VR shoes because… how else do you experience VR?

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My predictions for virtual reality in 2022

The Ghost Howls

Bytedance can’t compete out off the bat with Facebook, but it has deep pockets too and also may have the support (and the money) of the Chinese government, so it is a company to keep an eye on. Haptic suits like the one offered by bHaptics , addons to increase the ergonomics of a headset (e.g. the Elite Strap), power banks (e.g.