Next Reality AR

APRIL 5, 2018

Apple's iPhone X now has the power to turn anyone into a Japanese anime character, thanks to a new app that harnesses the device's TrueDepth camera. the Puppemoji app allows you to transcend the confines of Apple's Animoji characters and record videos of yourself wearing virtual masks. Created by Tokyo-based ViRD Inc.,

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Road to VR

APRIL 25, 2023

If the avalanche of recent reports can indicate anything at all, it seems Apple is entering the VR/AR headset market fairly soon, bringing along with it the most inflated expectations the industry has ever seen. The Apple Watch wasn’t the first smartwatch either. In case you haven’t noticed, Apple is a big deal.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

As part of a settlement with the Japan Fair Trade Commission, Apple announced today that it would tweak its App Store rules to allow certain app developers to include a link to an external website to set up or manage accounts. This will be rolled out globally beginning in early 2022 and essentially allows developers… Read more.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This would be a total pivot for Meta, which would so migrate away from the social importance of having eye and face tracking to compete directly with Apple in offering a consumer device totally dedicated to mixed reality. Bytedance is trying to expand also in Japan , launching the Pico 4 with the support of many influencers.

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VRScout

JULY 29, 2020

Pair your Garmin or Apple smartwatches for additional GPS functionality. FORM’s AR-enhanced swim goggles received a free firmware update today introducing support for Garmin and Apple smartwatches, allowing wearers to track a wide range of metrics, such as their GPS location and heart rate, while swimming outdoors in open water.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

Image by Epic Games). Sony invests $250M in Epic Games. Sony has announced that it has made a big investment of $250M in Epic Games through one of its subsidiaries. The long-term results of these partnerships are unforeseeable, but we can still play the speculation game. Rockstar is working on AAA VR open world game.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

Apple Inc has reportedly bought out US headset manufacturer Mira following its Vision Quest headset debut on Monday, a Verge report revealed on Tuesday. According to the Verge report, Apple acquired roughly 11 Mira employees. In the post, Taft said: “Excited for Mira’s next chapter, at Apple :).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2023

We all joked about Samsung waiting for the Apple Vision Pro announcement to copy it, but according to some rumors, this is exactly what is happening. And as usual, no piece of news was mind-blowing (yeah, Half-Life 3 is not confirmed this year, either), but all together show a vibrant ecosystem of VR game studios.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The second one is that we of New Technology Walkers have just launched our fitness game HitMotion: Reloaded for Vive Focus 3. It has been a huge week for events in virtual reality , thanks to three important initiatives of this kind: Venice VR Expanded, Burning Man, and Tokyo Game Show. Other relevant news. Image by iQiYi).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 2, 2021

Vivek Sharma, head of Facebook Gaming, will lead Facebook Horizon, while Jason Rubin, who has been head of AR/VR content, will lead the group’s content team. Because actually, as my meme mentioned above highlights, nowadays “metaverse” is used as a buzzword, to mean whatever thing from a multiplayer game to a social network.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Weighing in at only 77g, the company claims that the Nreal Air can be worn comfortably all day, whether you’re looking at the latest sales numbers during a work call or enjoying some after-work-hour activities like streaming episodes of your favorite TV show or chasing high scores against your gaming buds.

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Upload VR

MAY 18, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is getting systemwide live captions and will reportedly start being sold outside the US , while Immersed gives it extra virtual monitors. VR gaming had a busy week. Thirdverse ( Soul Covenant , X8 ) launched a ' Publishing Support Service ' for global VR game publishers in Japan.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2023

It should launch with 41 new titles specifically made for it, so we can assume that finally, we will see some big new games from the studios that Meta acquired. More info Fanatical is offering a VR bundle Fanatical is currently offering a VR bundle in which you can pick games at a discounted price.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

For sure, as someone pointed out on Reddit, that number includes people in every kind of role, from game developers to customer support not to mention researchers. Apple already made hardware, so it already had the infrastructure to build it and just added XR people on top of this infrastracture, while Facebook could not).

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ARPost

MARCH 12, 2021

Many leading technology companies such as Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Google are investing billions into developing these technologies. It is additionally being used for games, such as Minecraft Earth and Pokemon Go. I am not the only one who has identified this trend. The Beginnings of a New Tech Cycle.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The hype for the Apple Pro is starting to deflate and it is possible to see that from some cues: for instance, there are more critics of the headset and fewer articles are talking about it. So at the beginning of next year, we may have huge players like Apple, Google, and Meta battling for the high-end XR sector.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Star Wars Squadron (one of the most appreciated VR games on PC) is going to be FREE on the Epic Store on November, 24th. From Thursday 24th November to Wednesday 28th November, all customers who purchase a PICO 4 are going to get for free three games: Ruins Magus, After the Fall, Les Mills BodyCombat. More info.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

We don’t know who originated the leak… but honestly, considering the perfect timing to generate hype for Facebook Connect, and the fact that it just shows a bit without showing too much… well, I have some suspects… (Do you remember the “leak” about Quest 2 some days before Facebook Connect 1 and timely before Apple Event?

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The rumor is still unconfirmed, but when the world’s oldest extant gaming company finally thinks it’s time to make a dedicated XR device, you know it’s going to be something special. That’s basically been the case from Game & Watch all the way to Switch and Switch Lite.

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TechCrunch VR

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

This week, we’re talking about something that’s a little bit more impactful on the current state of the web — Apple’s NeuralHash kerfuffle. In the past month, Apple did something it generally has done an exceptional job avoiding — the company made what seemed to be an entirely unforced error.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 6, 2022

The global business community is increasingly moving to isolate Russia for the war it's waging in Ukraine, and video games are no exception. Here's a rundown of what we've seen so far from key players in the video game space as efforts to isolate Russia have snowballed in the midst of Ukraine's calls for the industry to take action.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The new Unity Personal will also remove the famous Unity splash screen Successful games using Unity Pro or Enterprise can choose if paying per install or by a 2.5% At the end of the day, I understand that Unity needs to monetize more because the economic conditions are s**t and Apple is killing its Unity Ads cash cow with its privacy shield.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 28, 2017

On the heels of Apple’s developer-friendly ARKit announcement users have already taken to the toolset to create some amazing proof of concept demos. When discussing the greatest and most influential classic games of all-time, Space Invaders has to be near the top of the list. Play A Real World Version Of Space Invaders .

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ARPost

MARCH 12, 2021

Many leading technology companies such as Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Google are investing billions into developing these technologies. It is additionally being used for games, such as Minecraft Earth and Pokemon Go. I am not the only one who has identified this trend. The Beginnings of a New Tech Cycle.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Its main purpose is watching video content and playing mobile games. The main purpose of these glasses, as I’ve told you, is to make people watch videos and play mobile games. They are able to show 2D and 3D content in front of you , but you are not able to walk around in your room and enjoy it from all positions.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Founded in 2014, Bigscreen launched its social VR platform allowing users to stream movies, play video games, and collaborate across PCs with friends and colleagues. Custom Comfort, Bigscreen Beyond Customers pre-ordering the headset will receive a Bigscreen app invitation to 3D scan their faces via an Apple iPhone Xr or later.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This translates into more comfort for the user, both for gaming and professional at-home use. This is good for having better interactions in VR games and social spaces. Finally Pico OS 5 will support hands tracking, so you can interact with the runtime and the games with your bare hands. This was a much awaited feature.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Backed by Chinese tech giant Bytedance, the Pico 4 standalone VR system is coming to consumers in Europe, Japan & South Korea next month starting at just €429. Well, the jury is still out on that one, but at the very least Zuckerberg and his chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth are focusing on a different part of the game right now.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 10, 2019

SEE ALSO Apple AR Headset FOV, Codename, and Stereoscopic Rendering Mode Reportedly Found in iOS 13.1. Pichai is said to have left due to “the demands of his schedule,” replaced by Google Maps VP Jennifer Fitzpatrick, while Jacobs was ousted from Qualcomm for his attempt to take the company private. Image courtesy Magic Leap.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Its resolution is impressive, for clarity that fans of simulator games would love. The game has been a huge success at launch, and I’m also planning to play it, as soon as I have the time. According to the reviews, the game is very fun, and the developers have done their best to transpose the original game to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Image by MegaDodo Simulation Games). Some of its features are: 2,160 × 2,160 resolution per eye 90Hz framerate 4-cameras inside-out tracking (like the Quest) Touch-like controllers with Knuckles-like finger-sensing Face tracking Hips tracking (for better orientation in games) Integration with SteamVR games Wireless add-on.

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Road to VR

JUNE 27, 2022

Earlier this month during Apple’s annual developer conference, WWDC 2022, the company gave developers the first look at improvements coming to Apple’s ARKit 6 toolkit for building AR apps on iOS devices. Image courtesy Apple. Image courtesy Apple. Image courtesy Apple. Better Motion Capture.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The first time I tried the HoloLens I knew I was experiencing the first generation of a game-changing technology. One of the more surprising announcements during the presentation, Spatial Anchors serve as a way to share three-dimensional images compatible with Apple’s ARKit as well as Google’s ARCore. Spatial Anchors.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 15, 2023

AvatarLife grid plans mobile app AvatarLife is currently developing a mobile-based viewer for the grid which will see AvatarLife members playing all types of games on the mobile devices by next year, AvatarLife co-owner Sushant Chandrasekar said. The rest can win in-game tokens. “By September 2024, we should be on mobile. .”

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VRWorld

JULY 19, 2017

” Future plans include expanding to Apple’s operating systems (both iOS and macOS ). The company was founded in November 2015, as a spin-out from the University of Tokyo, with offices in Tokyo (Japan) and Worcester, MA (USA). US office was created to support content creators worldwide.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 27, 2023

According to Pimax, it’s one of the most impressive VR headsets on the market, suitable for gaming, enterprise use, and even pilot training. There’s also free shipping to the US, UK, EU, AU, and Japan. Compared to other headsets like the Apple Vision Pro , it’s a little heavier, weighing around 960 grams.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

I’ll be there to talk about HitMotion: Reloaded and how to properly design a VR fitness game (using the precious lessons that our game designer Max Ariani has taught me). In the meanwhile, if you want, you can attend an Awe Nite event about gaming on 30th September I have been invited to speak at. I really couldn’t wait for it.

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