AR Insider

MARCH 1, 2021

This week, we look at Sony’s tease for PSVR2, new features in Snapchat’s Lens Studio, and a whole slate of new AR glasses emerge. Let’s dive in… Sony Confirms New Playstation VR2 for PS5 with New Controllers. Currently, there are over 1.5M Leaked Concept Videos Show Samsung’s Take On AR Glasses.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Some of the biggest names in the business are teaming up to secure the future of virtual reality. Google, Sony, Oculus, Samsung, Acer and HTC have combined their efforts in order to create a healthy and equal industry for virtual reality hardware and software to develop and expand.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

If you think about AR and VR accessories, you might think about dedicated accessories manufacturers like bHaptics. Here, we’re going to look at AR and VR accessories made by headset manufacturers, as well as how the demand for more personalized experiences may shape the future of these technologies. Modular” AR Glasses.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Data Point of the Week is AR Insider’s dive into the latest spatial computing figures. But there are also some valuable gut checks and thought exercises along the way. As we’ve done with past Oculus content volume disclosures, we can extrapolate and back into hardware estimates. appeared first on AR Insider.

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AR Insider

APRIL 27, 2020

Data Point of the Week is AR Insider’s dive into the latest spatial computing figures. Oculus Quest has been the accelerant that the VR industry needs. But perhaps a more telling metric goes straight to the source: Oculus Quest Store data. Oculus Quest Store is a good proxy for that.

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AR Insider

MARCH 16, 2020

Data Point of the Week is AR Insider’s dive into the latest spatial computing figures. But there are also some valuable gut checks and thought exercises along the way. As background, Facebook reports Oculus revenues under the “Payments and Other Fees” revenue category in its public filings.

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AR Insider

APRIL 6, 2020

Data Point of the Week is AR Insider’s dive into the latest spatial computing figures. It also includes VR’s immersion and escapism (entertainment); and AR’s applications in workplace collaboration and home services (utility). Of course “headsets” is a bit conflated, as subcategories (AR, VR, etc.)

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AR Insider

MAY 25, 2020

Data Dive is AR Insider’s weekly dive into the latest spatial computing figures. I t’s time for another round of our periodic exercises to zero in on Oculus Quest unit sales. As mentioned, there were two recent clues from Oculus. Oculus Quest base model (64GB) is $399 while the 128GM model is $499.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Nreal, the creators of the Nreal Light AR glasses, today announced that shipments of its developer kit will be affected by the recent developments in Asia surrounding the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Nreal isn’t the only company in the AR/VR sector to have felt the effects.

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Tech Trends VR

APRIL 9, 2018

The report published today by global analyst company CCS Insight shows the worldwide market for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) head-worn devices growing by an average of 50 percent annually over the next five years. Latest forecast by analyst firm CCS Insight paints an optimistic picture of Immersive Tech adoption.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. That is if every company implemented OpenXR, a program built for the Oculus should work with SteamVR as well. Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

There are so periods during the evolution of a tech with a certain group of leaders, who change over time. In the case of VR, we all remember the competition between HTC and Oculus in 2016, with HTC clearly winning the market until Oculus used Facebook’s money to slash the price of the Rift around 2017.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Lenovo first released its smartphone-powered Mirage AR headset last year alongside its sole title, Star Wars: Jedi Challenges (2018) , a collection of short AR games that let you do things like fight Darth Vader & Co. Now, Lenovo is returning with a new AR game, MARVEL Dimension of Heroes , and a pair of 6DOF controllers too.

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Road to VR

JUNE 27, 2017

The company has in recent years turned its expertise toward AR and VR, where eye-tracking data can be used for a wide range of useful things from foveated rendering to avatar eye-mapping. The company has demonstrated its eye-tracking solution in the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Gear VR, and other head-mounted displays.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

But as far as I know, nothing disruptive for the industry : Oculus has already shots all its bullets, and HTC for the first time isn’t announcing anything. Some surprises may arrive from Sony (I hope so, but I don’t believe so), but for the rest, I’ve mostly heard about news from secondary operators. Image by Oculus).

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AR Insider

AUGUST 17, 2020

Data Dive is AR Insider’s weekly dive into select spatial computing figures. As background, these exercises are compelled by the fact that companies in early-stage sectors like VR don’t disclose unit sales ( except Sony ). — Sony’s last unit-sales disclosure was 5 million in January (see our coverage here ).

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Khronos Group , the consortium behind the OpenXR project which aims to standardize the way applications communicate with AR and VR headsets, just added Microsoft to its ranks. There are however too reluctant holdouts left; Apple and Magic Leap, but it remains to be seen what either are bringing to the table.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 21, 2019

Original image from Oculus). Oculus Rift and Gear VR have sold 10M units. At the beginning of the week, Jack McCauley, one of the founders of the Oculus startup, had claimed in an interview with CNBC that Facebook VR will never succeed. Of course, he was not only talking about Oculus but about VR in general.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

While with other VR headsets like the Vive Focus Plus it is already possible to do some kind of augmented reality , this is the first standalone headset that can provide both good quality AR and VR on the same device. These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One-year price performance for MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL, SNE, and NVDA According to the latest report from Statista , the global augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) markets are rapidly growing and are forecast to reach a total of $72.8 It is clear that Apple working diligently to become a big player in the AR/VR space.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

There was (and still is) quite a good hype for these headsets, exactly as there was hype for what was Oculus Santa Cruz, the codename of the Oculus Quest. PSVR 2 Hero view of PSVR 2 (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment) I had big hopes for PSVR 2. They are Apple AR glasses!” Let me tell you why.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 19, 2019

Sony, MWM Immersive, and Tequila Works today announced that their upcoming VR adventure Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son is set to launch next month, which includes support for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PSVR. Image courtesy Sony, MWM Immersive, Tequila Works. Image courtesy Sony, MWM Immersive, Tequila Works.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 31, 2019

If anybody can do it, it’s probably Sony. Ever since the Playstation was first launched – if, like myself, you’re old enough to remember it, you may pause a moment here to consider your own age and mortality – Sony has been in the business of reinventing gaming. Click To Tweet. The same seems to be the case with VR.

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2023

At least from the outside, it appears Microsoft isn’t actively competing for a seat at the XR table, which is fairly odd coming from a company that pioneered enterprise AR while simultaneously wrangling some of its top OEM partners to make a fleet of PC VR headsets for consumers in 2017.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

More info (Jon Prosser’s video) More info (Apple’s proprietary QR Codes) More info (Steve Jobs AR glasses). Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest becomes 1 year old, and Facebook makes many announcements. The Oculus Quest is now one year old. Happy birthday, Oculus Quest! We’ll see…. Other relevant news.

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Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2018

GDC is here once again, all next week we’ll have boots on the ground bringing you the latest VR/AR news. Held annually in San Francisco, Game Developers Conference has undeniably been a focal point for VR the industry, and as augmented reality continues to heat up, we expect it to be increasingly important for AR as well.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2017

“2016 marked an important step for the AR and VR headset market with product finally arriving in end users’ hands and on their heads,” noted Ramon Llamas, research manager with IDC’s Augmented and Virtual Reality team. SEE ALSO What VR Headset Makers (not analysts) Have Actually Said About Sales Expectations.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Beat Games is joining Oculus Studios as an independently operated team based out of Prague. Mike Verdu, Facebook’s Director of AR/VR Content, said Beat Games will “continue to ship content and updates for Beat Saber at the same time across all currently supported platforms.”

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AR Insider

MARCH 29, 2021

And that demand was given a place to go when Oculus Quest 2 launched. –Oculus’s Android App — an indicator of new VR users that have Android phones — has surpassed 5 million installs. — Oculus Quest 2 is now the most-used VR headset on Steam. But demand remained strong. General/Industry Milestones.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2021

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). According to a report from Bloomberg, Sony may release its much-awaited next-gen PSVR headset (which I informally call PSVR 2) during Holidays 2022. This is very interesting: it means that Sony is leaving another year to Facebook to gain market shares with the Quest. Other relevant news.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 5, 2017

With the latest amazing innovations in VR/AR, VRX 2017 next week in San Francisco is the place to be to hear from those leading the charge. Speakers from leading companies including Oculus, Intel, Ford, HTC, Paramount, Google, Epic Games, Walmart, Qualcomm and many more, will be present at the event. Not attending?

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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. It sounds like a group that has to work on social AR/VR and experiment with different solutions. Sony has sold 10M PS5 worldwide. Let’s hope it will keep selling well.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Data Point of the Week is AR Insider’s dive into the latest spatial computing figures. But there are also valuable market signals and gut checks along the way. For example, last week we estimated holiday Oculus Quest sales, and did a similar cumulative sales estimate in September. Due Diligence. ” The Findings.

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AR Insider

MARCH 29, 2021

As over fifty titles join the million-dollar club on the Oculus store for Quest, its largest free social VR site snags the largest valuation for a VR company yet. Astonishingly, 15% of the audience are makers, gluing them to the platform, and attracting others. MeetinVR, a collaboration site, is launching on the Oculus Store.

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AR Insider

MAY 11, 2020

Data Point of the Week is AR Insider’s dive into the latest spatial computing figures. In “new normal” shelter-in-place life, lots of businesses are clearly suffering — especially high touch services and local storefronts. That covers just one segment of the AR universe but an important one. The Bad News.

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VRScout

JUNE 5, 2019

Image Credit: Sony. With Resolution Games already offering Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs on both SteamVR and Oculus, along with an AR version for the Magic Leap One Creator Edition and compatible smart devices, it appears as though Rovio Entertainment is doubling-down on its commitment to immersive entertainment.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

© Sony Virtual reality (VR) performances are quickly becoming the norm for live events, music concerts, and festivals (despite some unfortunate news coming from Wave earlier this week regarding their VR app). © Sony Trending AR VR Articles: 1. © Sony Trending AR VR Articles: 1. the year of AR glasses?

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