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AUGUST 8, 2017

Wales Interactive revealed the release date for their upcoming PSVR, HTC Vive, and Oculus Rift horror game, Don’t Knock Twice. in North America and £15.99 Due to Microsoft’s lack of VR support, Xbox owners will only pay $14.99/£9.99. Announced last year, the final product will arrive on September 5th for $19.99

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VRScout

JANUARY 16, 2017

Some analysts are now predicting the worldwide virtual reality gaming market will grow by 84.4 “Market research analysts at Technavio predict that the global virtual reality (VR) in gaming market will grow steadily during the next four years and post a tremendous CAGR of more than 84% by 2020,” the report summary said.

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ARPost

MARCH 23, 2021

The one-day marathon event drew together a number of the usual suspects, including Varjo, Lenovo, and Microsoft, all of whom hosted keynotes. Enterprises are creating a new reality of work,” Microsoft Canada’s Azure Mixed Reality Lead Sean Graglia said in a later keynote. “MR How Enterprise Leverages XR, According to Microsoft.

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ARPost

JULY 1, 2020

And, with interest in XR technology at an all-time high, this might be the perfect time to launch a game-changing headset. All of this was to hype the launch of preorders in North America on May 28. Both Valve and Microsoft collaborated with HP on the headset. You’ve Heard That Name Before. Why We Love It Already.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Microsoft announces Mesh, an XR collaboration platform. Alex Kipman promised us a Microsoft Ignite conference with an amazing level of immersion , and he kept his word. But since Microsoft owns one of those studios (and using it costs around $100K/day if I remember well!), You are all fantastic! Here you are my flower for you!

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VRScout

JUNE 17, 2019

There isn’t enough time to properly convey to you my love for this game. Also launching tomorrow is Mini Mech Mayhem , an adorable, pint-sized strategy game from developer Futurlab in which teams of four work together to plan and execute different strategies on a tabletop battlefield. LUNA from Funomena. PROJECT LUX from Spicy Tails.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 14, 2022

Reggie Fils-Aimé, the former president and CEO of Nintendo of America, is clearly no fan of Facebook and its recent push into VR with the metaverse. AR functionality in Nintendo's own video game titles, such as Pokémon Go and Mario Kart Live, make it clear that Fils-Aimé's former company feels the same way too.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

HTC recently announced they’ll be sweetening the pot this Black Friday for potential Vive-owners located in North America by throwing a free Deluxe Audio Strap your way when you purchase an HTC Vive. Viveport Subscription offers you the ability to download up to 5 apps each month from a curated selection of games.

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VRScout

APRIL 8, 2018

Over the past 40 years, the Canadian region has emerged as a dominant force in the video game, special effects, and animation industries. Known in the business as Hollywood North, the area is home to some of the largest VFX stages in North America. Seattle, or Portland, because you’re going up against giants like Google or Microsoft.

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

In just a few days time, Microsoft will host WinHEC , its annual hardware / platform conference. Intel has 600 people here working on hardware form factors, while the similar story is with Microsoft and a few other known global players. As always, the game revolves around the minimum hardware specifications.

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ARPost

APRIL 1, 2022

I think that we can learn a lot from online gaming,” said Microsoft Senior Attorney Carrie Valladares. While America doesn’t have an “eSafety Commission,” the question of whether policy should be enacted that specifically affects these technologies and what that policy might look like was a big issue at the event.

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VRScout

JUNE 7, 2016

If you’re interested in picking up the VR system in-store, the Vive will available in select Microsoft Stores, GameStop and Micro Center locations; pre-orders placed through these retailers will be fulfilled beginning this week as well. The $799 Vive is developed in partnership by HTC and Valve, touting over 200+ games available on Steam VR.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Bundle for North America markets only). Now at a discount, Viveport subscription brings together a specially curated collection of apps and games. Now at a discount, Viveport subscription brings together a specially curated collection of apps and games. Microsoft ‘Mixed Reality’ Headset Discounts.

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AR Insider

MARCH 22, 2021

For example, Bank of America just launched a program across 4,000 branches. — Microsoft AR visionary and Hololens lead Alex Kipman reports that in a recent study, HoloLens2 helped Case Western Reserve medical students score 50 percent better while learning faster and retaining knowledge more comprehensively. Source: PwC.

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AR Insider

MARCH 8, 2021

This week, we look at takeaways from Microsoft Ignite, Space X, Pokemon Go and VR training from Bank of America. The company is going all in on Mixed Reality, to paraphrase its chief executive Satya Nadella, who used Microsoft’s AltspaceVR platform for his keynote. Bank of America is bringing VR instruction to its 4,000 banks.

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VRScout

JUNE 21, 2017

If you want to get a piece of that sweet cash, start practicing: the two featured multiplayer games are The Unspoken from Insomniac Games and Echo Arena from Ready at Dawn. BRAND NAME GAMES COME TO VR: E3 HIGHLIGHTS. SAMSUNG BUYS A SOCIAL VR CARD. INVESTMENT & FUNDING WRAPUP. INVESTMENT & FUNDING WRAPUP.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

One of the largest industry events in North America, the Vancouver-based conference will spotlight how tech giants and startups are creating new ways to visualize and interact with virtual worlds. and LNG Studios , each showcasing programs that put hardware like HTC Vive or Microsoft HoloLens through their paces.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2022

Best Game or Toy. Chicken Waffle CEO, Finn Staber, presented the Auggie for Best Game or toy, saying “Games are so important to us. There was stiff competition, but perhaps little surprise when the award went to Tilt Five for Holographic Gaming System. Accepting the award was Americas General Manager Tristan Cotter. “We

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 15, 2019

ARwall’s cumulative new talent has helped paved the way for companies including Apple, Facebook, Oculus, Microsoft Hololens, Survios, Disney Studios Technology Group, Microsoft TV and more. They also create visuals for advertising, games, training, and immersive content, including their own original content.

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Road to VR

JUNE 18, 2016

PlayStation VR is launching on October 13th in North America, but it’s hard to drop $399 on something you haven’t tried yet. When it comes to virtual reality, you really do have to ‘see it to believe it’, so Sony is joining the ranks of HTC and Oculus in opening demo spaces for their VR headset to retailers nationwide.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 13, 2021

TiMi Studios, one of the world’s most lucrative game makers and is part of Tencent’s gargantuan digital entertainment empire, said Thursday that it has struck a strategic partnership with Xbox. The partnership could help TiMi build a name globally by converting its mobile titles into console plays for Microsoft’s Xbox.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Bank of America has decided to scale up its adoption of VR technologies after completing a pilot project that involved 400 people, according to TechCrunch. Goods and services in the meta-universe become virtual, just like in games. Customers will have a personalized chat with any bank personnel for any service.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

(Image by Microsoft). According to Reuters, Microsoft’s executive vice president Harry Shum took the stage at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai and said that the HoloLens 2 will be released sometime in September of this year. HoloLens 2 could be put on sale on September. In any case, we will see.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

On the contrary, Microsoft has worked a lot on the platform, to make it more appealing to enterprise customers. It has released experiences like Microsoft Remote Assist, that let different teams in a company work together to solve maintenance problems. Of course, it will exploit the already awesome Microsoft platform.

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ARVR

MARCH 31, 2021

For example, Bank of America just launched a program across 4,000 branches. But it takes on new meaning during Covid-era lockdowns when distanced interactions are the name of the game. It found that content delivered in this format produced greater memory retention than a control group. The Possibility of AR on the Urban Space 2.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The price is incredibly low: $299; Announced that in 2021 it will release a pair of smartglasses made in collaboration with Ray-Ban; Teased the work it is doing in AR; Revealed that is working with Ubisoft for two AAA VR games developed around the IPs of Splinter Cell and Assassin’s Creed; Discontinued the Rift. News worth a mention.

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Mashable VR

MAY 3, 2022

I'm about kicking ass, I'm about taking names, and we're about making games." But as Disrupting the Game: From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo , his new book, reveals, the conscious construction of that line came to reflect the rebirth that was at hand under the former Nintendo of America president's leadership.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Based in Germany, ThyssenKrupp is a European national conglomerate that just announced a partnership with the Microsoft Hololens. As the virtual reality medium is physically more immersive than traditional video games, the potential for this real world overlap is significantly higher. …and more.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Similar regulation may soon be coming to America, too. Then again, the question persists – is blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies really a hype, given recent moves by IBM and Microsoft to unveil their own blockchain technologies, with Microsoft using Ethereum smart contracts?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. The reveal that Apple will be using Unity to bring 3D applications and games to Vision Pro was exciting. I think this will help accelerate the development of new applications and games and accelerate the port of existing applications and games to Vision Pro.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

By April, PlayStation VR should be much easier to find in stores, House said, and in the Fall the headset will begin shipping in Latin America. SEE ALSO Report: 39% of Game Developers Working on AR/VR Headsets.

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VRWorld

APRIL 20, 2017

” Microsoft explains why the company opted against combining Polaris GPU with RYZEN CPU architecture. The game streaming site already offers a $5 subscription that lets people support streamers while gaining some benefits. ” Microsoft Doesn’t really Want Mobile Phones (Again).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 3, 2016

He was assigned to a young director named Andrew Stanton and set to work on the militia of jellyfish that would one day stop America’s collective hearts in the movie theater. The legendary video game studio had recently lost its most famous IP, the Halo series, due to a round of corporate maneuvering with Microsoft.

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TechCrunch VR

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Facebook will soon be the latest tech giant to enter the world of cloud gaming. Their approach is different than what Microsoft or Google has built but Facebook highlights a shared central challenge: dealing with Apple. Why cloud stream mobile games that your device is already capable of running locally? Image via Facebook.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

HTC advertises it as a headset for relaxation and productivity because it wants to position it as a different product than a gaming machine like Oculus Quest 2. VR training goes big with Accenture and Bank of America. Lone Echo 2 is one of the best games of 2021, but…. Visually speaking, it is probably the best game of 2021.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The reason for this operation is the fact that the game has now a not huge community (around 10K players) and RAD thinks it’s better to invest its resources on his next (unannounced) project. Games and products are just numbers in an Excel sheet that must produce some defined outcomes. RIP, you will be missed.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has a very interesting working story, having worked for great companies like Microsoft and Fast Company. In the interview with me, he talked about many topics, like the rumors he heard on Apple Glasses, on the Oculus Quest 2 , the America vs China war, XR entrepreneurship, Tesla, and more! XR is going to conquer the consumer market.

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